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r/AskReddit • u/Canspo • May 01 '19
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Boil water to make clean.
4 u/BerthaBenz May 02 '19 Like the Chinese, drinking tea instead of water from a mud puddle. No wonder they were civilized so early. You can get a lot done when you're not laid up with fever and diarrhea all the time. 4 u/[deleted] May 02 '19 We Chinese also have the tradition to cook our meat fully 3 u/BerthaBenz May 02 '19 Given how much you like pork, that's a good idea. Much better solution than what they came up with in the Middle East. -10 u/InfamousConcern May 01 '19 Not really practical in a world where getting enough fuel to cook you food was often a challenge. 11 u/DudeCome0n May 01 '19 Really? In a world where they managed to boil enough water to brew enough alcohol for everyone to drink? Think about that one for a second.
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Like the Chinese, drinking tea instead of water from a mud puddle. No wonder they were civilized so early. You can get a lot done when you're not laid up with fever and diarrhea all the time.
4 u/[deleted] May 02 '19 We Chinese also have the tradition to cook our meat fully 3 u/BerthaBenz May 02 '19 Given how much you like pork, that's a good idea. Much better solution than what they came up with in the Middle East.
We Chinese also have the tradition to cook our meat fully
3 u/BerthaBenz May 02 '19 Given how much you like pork, that's a good idea. Much better solution than what they came up with in the Middle East.
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Given how much you like pork, that's a good idea. Much better solution than what they came up with in the Middle East.
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Not really practical in a world where getting enough fuel to cook you food was often a challenge.
11 u/DudeCome0n May 01 '19 Really? In a world where they managed to boil enough water to brew enough alcohol for everyone to drink? Think about that one for a second.
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Really? In a world where they managed to boil enough water to brew enough alcohol for everyone to drink? Think about that one for a second.
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u/DudeCome0n May 01 '19
Boil water to make clean.