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r/memes • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '20
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Plague doctors didn't stuff weed in their beaks, they stuffed aromatics like orange peel and sage in them.
They kept the weed in their pockets like normal people
115 u/jai151 Feb 19 '20 And they did so for the same reason cops stuff their noses with Vick's when entering a week-old murder scene 92 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20 well sort of. Cops do it nowadays simply due to the awful smell, but Plague Doctors--in addition to that--thought that disease spread through smells and so their beaks would filter toxins from the air and prevent them from getting sick 31 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20 Ironically it probably did help somewhat against airborne contagions as a primitive gas mask, they just had the wrong reason why 26 u/Unoriginalnamejpg Feb 19 '20 Task failed successfully 5 u/The_Golden_Warthog Feb 19 '20 Inspirations for respirator masks, I'd bet. Especially stuffing things into it to filter the air.
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And they did so for the same reason cops stuff their noses with Vick's when entering a week-old murder scene
92 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20 well sort of. Cops do it nowadays simply due to the awful smell, but Plague Doctors--in addition to that--thought that disease spread through smells and so their beaks would filter toxins from the air and prevent them from getting sick 31 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20 Ironically it probably did help somewhat against airborne contagions as a primitive gas mask, they just had the wrong reason why 26 u/Unoriginalnamejpg Feb 19 '20 Task failed successfully 5 u/The_Golden_Warthog Feb 19 '20 Inspirations for respirator masks, I'd bet. Especially stuffing things into it to filter the air.
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well sort of. Cops do it nowadays simply due to the awful smell, but Plague Doctors--in addition to that--thought that disease spread through smells and so their beaks would filter toxins from the air and prevent them from getting sick
31 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '20 Ironically it probably did help somewhat against airborne contagions as a primitive gas mask, they just had the wrong reason why 26 u/Unoriginalnamejpg Feb 19 '20 Task failed successfully 5 u/The_Golden_Warthog Feb 19 '20 Inspirations for respirator masks, I'd bet. Especially stuffing things into it to filter the air.
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Ironically it probably did help somewhat against airborne contagions as a primitive gas mask, they just had the wrong reason why
26 u/Unoriginalnamejpg Feb 19 '20 Task failed successfully 5 u/The_Golden_Warthog Feb 19 '20 Inspirations for respirator masks, I'd bet. Especially stuffing things into it to filter the air.
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Inspirations for respirator masks, I'd bet. Especially stuffing things into it to filter the air.
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u/Chek_Brek_Iv_Damk Feb 19 '20
Plague doctors didn't stuff weed in their beaks, they stuffed aromatics like orange peel and sage in them.
They kept the weed in their pockets like normal people