• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    The average life expectancy for a human was also less than 30 for thousands and thousands of years.

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      5 months ago

      Not it wasn’t.

      The average life expectancy wasn’t all to different from today, infant mortality was crazy high though. But if you survived childhood you were pretty set.

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        5 months ago

        Yes it was. We can argue about why it was which is what you’re doing, but it was less than 30. There was a spike in deaths before 30 and after 55. Even still 55 is a much lower number than 80.

        The exact cause of the statistic isn’t really the point though, the point is that just because humanity did something for thousands of years does not mean it was ok. Being a human was pretty damn awful for a very long time for a number of reasons including disease which is the point of this thread, that raw milk carries disease.

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          5 months ago

          I’m not saying it’s okay, only an idiot would willingly do it today when we have access to better methods.

          I’m saying it’s not the most dangerous thing to do, humans have survived just fine alongside the practice.

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            Nobody would claim it’s the most dangerous thing to do I hope, that would be a difficult claim to defend.

            My point was that I disagree with your assessment that we survived “just fine”. There are many things far less than fine about human existence particularly going back thousands of years.

            Although I have to wonder what the point is if you agree it’s not a good thing to do, why assert that humanity was just fine alongside the practice? It gives the impression that you’re at the very least dismissing the concerns even if you’re not advocating for it directly.