• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Nope, the separator structures just didn’t survive so we don’t know how “communal bathrooms” looked they could have had wooden walls around them but you know wood doesn’t last very long.

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      We have more to go off, though.
      Surviving texts speak of the social aspect of shitting.

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      Really but for most of human history your parents having sex with you in the room or same bed wasn’t an issue? People didn’t care it’s the way things where.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      Is that an opinion among history experts, or a deduction based on your observations? I’ve never heard this theory before, but I’d love to read more if you’ve got information.

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      I mean, the spacing looks like it would be pretty squishy if you had little wall separators between each spot