All The Afflictions You Might Have If You Lived In A Medieval City

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Life in the Middle Ages was dangerous. Whether living in a communal setting, fighting abroad, or simply tending a field, there were numerous challenges that could bring it all to an end. Life inside a castle or a monastery may have offered some protection, but you were just as exposed to horrible, contagious diseases as everyone else.
#Disease #MedievalSociety #WeirdHistory

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@kazenoyonia.6516 2 жыл бұрын

Just gotta say. I admire your dedication to proper pronunciation of the individuals you point out. Also, can’t imagine weird history without your iconic voice

@msatxgault560 2 жыл бұрын

There are a couple with a female's voice. I cannot watch them bc of her

@SweetLilWren 2 жыл бұрын

@@msatxgault560 same

@jarrensmith1060 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds kinda bot like ha

@MIIIVideo 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah 8:56 was just downright impressive

@257796 2 жыл бұрын

Silkiest most informative voice on the tube

@michellerussell49 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing that anyone at all ever survived that time period 😬

@ivareskesner2019 2 жыл бұрын

They didn't. They're all dead 😶🥸

@fedegwagwa 2 жыл бұрын

The Middle age wasnt as bad and dirty and deadly as we make it out to be nowadays really. People still lived well, and not only rich people

@thebigpicture2032 2 жыл бұрын

I think the average age was just over 30 but childhood was the biggest risk. If you made it to 25, then you could expect to live into your 40’s, a little more if you were nobility or clergy, less if you were a peasant.

@fedegwagwa 2 жыл бұрын

@@iheartgrace6636 Obviously not, but I've read books about it from the time. You really think that for more than 1000 years people lived like in hell and nobody cared? And anyways, you dont need to live a thing to know how it is. We know how atoms work without anyone ever actually seeing them with naked eye. We know what the moon and mars and the sun are like without the need to have lived there. We know how dinosaurs were like and what life they used to live without ever seeing one alive, etc.

@uncle5415 2 жыл бұрын

Your next generation will one day is going to say this too

@karlkutac1800 2 жыл бұрын

"That's a pretty harsh timeout." Dark humor and sarcasm, all rolled into one. Excellent.

@annarushlau9722 2 жыл бұрын

I love the humor with which Weird History delivers these videos. Makes it much more fun to learn when you’re chuckling the whole time 😂

@Gibmeprimogemss 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-bs9hq2xw3g what the hell?

@msatxgault560 2 жыл бұрын

You should try Drunk History 😅

@Coryraisa Жыл бұрын

Me too...I love the dry humor.

@joesantos2455 2 жыл бұрын

Some of the hysteria from the Salem Witch trials has been attributed to "ergotism"...otherwise known as: "tripping sac".

@EricK-ig4ko 2 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean tripping balls

@Timmering 2 жыл бұрын

Whats that

@alannasarafat9938 2 жыл бұрын

@@Timmering the fungal infected grain, that have the effect similar with lsd

@jmoneyman8218 2 жыл бұрын

I was very suprised he didn’t mention that when talking about ergotism

@AS-qg1xu 2 жыл бұрын

@@alannasarafat9938 thank you for explaining!

@amyfisher6380 2 жыл бұрын

My father, a doctor, taught us this ridiculous bit of doggerel: “TB or not TB, that is congestion. Consumption be done about it? Of cough, of cough!”

@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm 2 жыл бұрын

That is epic, your father was a genius! :D

@amyfisher6380 2 жыл бұрын

@@NubsWithGuns No. I’m an imposter. ;-)

@dvdv8197 2 жыл бұрын

Now: "Work hard, play hard." Back then: "Work hard, plague hard."

@sen5466 2 жыл бұрын

KZfaq just recommended me this channel, and boy I'm glad it did! You guys make quality content.

@jlshel42 2 жыл бұрын

You can learn about crazy movie productions, Pimp my Ride, or hygiene through the ages!

@Mr_M_History 2 жыл бұрын

Weird History always sharpening my game as a history teacher!

@alicerivierre 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's totes awesome!

@msatxgault560 2 жыл бұрын

Gives you great ideas for delivering lessons

@0Chinese0Arithmetic0 Жыл бұрын

Because repeating uncited propaganda is an excellent way to ensure history is accurately conveyed. I’m glad I pulled my kids out of public school long ago.

@atheistmom3591 2 жыл бұрын

Love how you pointed out the interactions between religion, culture and health in this video. 👍🏽👍🏽

@patrickwilliamson29 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear something about STIs in the medieval times, great videos mate

@msatxgault560 2 жыл бұрын

Syphilis. Knob rot

@thebigpicture2032 2 жыл бұрын

Syphilis was king.

@patrickwilliamson29 2 жыл бұрын

You guys realise there other STIs than syphilis during the medieval times? Jesus, read a book

@b1zzarecont4ct 2 жыл бұрын

They were still made by Subaru, even then

@Valks-22 2 жыл бұрын

@@b1zzarecont4ct samurai met up and dueled by rallying Imprezas, swordfighting is just a modern misinterpretation

@bobgunter9608 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like a longer series on the Black Death The great mortality is a great source it talks about how each country dealt with the plague it’s very fascinating

@cherrypink1108 2 жыл бұрын

Yea we always hear about Middle Europe but surely other countries had bouts no?

@bobgunter9608 2 жыл бұрын

@@cherrypink1108 Most interesting thing is How it came from the silk trail and the originator of the plague was the tarragon bargain marmot

@garethtipton659 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear a video about medieval contraception. I'm assuming poultices were involved!

@mariekatherine5238 Жыл бұрын

Condoms were made of sheep’s intestines, and there were wooden pessaries for women. There were all sorts of horrid abortion inducing concoctions. I think I’d have become a nun! There was also the pull out technique. It probably worked as well as it does today.

@inthelandofmorethansmall7582 Жыл бұрын

Yeah they also used "timing". So they'd avoid having sex until at least a week after their period - when most women are no longer fertile. They also used dried cat poop. They placed it inside the woman before sex. Idk how well that worked though. But they also had teas. Black and red cohosh and other herbs could help increase or decrease fertility depending on the amount and what else they were mixed with. And of course they also breastfed. Which we all know is supposed to lower your fertility, too.

@gtt720 Жыл бұрын

In the days of old when knights were bold and condoms weren't invented, They'd wrap their socks around their c**ks, and babies were prevented. Okay, maybe that humor's a little unbalanced.

@katherinel8661 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to know more about feminine hygiene during these times, if there is indeed any records in relation to it.

@jacobmontgomery513 2 жыл бұрын

Thats somthing I wonder about too,not onley in ancient times but what it was like for american indians or women in the west during pioneer times.

@redstateforever 2 жыл бұрын

@Alias Fakename I read somewhere that modern women have an average of 200! more periods in their lives than women did back in the day. Really, until effective birth control became widely available (a fairly recent development), a married woman could expect to be pregnant a LOT. A child every 12-18 months wasn’t unusual. Add in breastfeeding, and that’s a lot of missed periods. I’m sure it was awful for them when they did have one, poor things. No tampons, Advil or chocolate. Just shoot me!

@P3rmissionD3ni3d 2 жыл бұрын

@@redstateforever our life span is longer tho so wouldn’t that account for the extra periods ?

@redstateforever 2 жыл бұрын

@@P3rmissionD3ni3d Maybe some. But average lifespan was low in the past because it’s weighed down by so much infant and child mortality. If you made it to 5 or so and survived all the childhood diseases (measles, scarlet fever, etc), you had a good chance of living into old age, certainly past menopause. So, we’d still have about the same number of reproductive years as them, say from 12 til menopause.

@evoandy 2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure they just stuffed wool up there When their time came.

@mentor397 2 жыл бұрын

I'm barely alive now. In medieval times, even my ghost would be dead. And his ghost'd be sick as hell and then die.

@btetschner 2 жыл бұрын

These disease/plague topics are award-winning videos. Whoever makes them is the pre-eminent genius on the topic. They are unforgettable too! Thank you for the video.

@fretboy5028 2 жыл бұрын

I am not convinced anyone survived the middle ages.

@ivareskesner2019 2 жыл бұрын

Another worrying affliction was Twoimbism. Named after Twoimb Pullbuckle. It was mostly characterised by forgetting to finish one's sent

@user-bs9hq2xw3g 2 жыл бұрын

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@nicholeczyz 2 жыл бұрын

Clever😅

@Hypestrike1 2 жыл бұрын

Caitlin Doughty: "The Middle Ages were magic." Weird History: "Hold my brewed ale...."

@raeandringa7260 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like it would have been worth mentioning that the horrible ostracizing of Hanson's Disease (leprosy) victims is still an extreme problem. The disease is fairly difficult to catch, and yet the stigma still leads to total shunning, rather than genuine help.

@pinkbombshellcasing2672 2 жыл бұрын

I feel that it’s also worth mentioning this is not a typical “western” culture stigma, as leprosy is mostly eradicated and very treatable. Except for one place in the US. Hawaii, where for more than 150 years, the island of Molokai in Hawaii was home to thousands of leprosy victims who gradually built up their own community and culture. As of 2015, six leprosy patients still live on the island, where they have elected to stay. The stigma and discrimination most cultivates in places such as India, Brazil, China, etc, where leprosy is more prevalent. Leprosy victims continue to isolate themselves due to traditional ostracism in their communities. The problem is particularly pronounced in India, where more than 700 informal leper colonies still exist.

@qienna6677 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Leprosy is still happening, particularly in third world countries and organisations such as the Leprosy Mission are fighting to eradicate it. People can be so ashamed and stigmatised they don't always seek medical help from such organisations and the physical deformities afterwards have a lasting impact, once they are cured.

@professorsprout3382 2 жыл бұрын

When I was 24 I started having migraines and was given a derivative of Ergotin. The docs told me it came from the same RYE that created hallucinations but I didn't know the fungus harmed the body as well. What they gave me worked and after about 6 months I stopped having migraines completely .Thanks for the rye.

@flaviobrandli5979 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, LSD is made using Ergot fungi! It has also been a topic of discussion for medicine for migraines.

@3frenchhens818 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is the most well expressed, well pronunciated, insightful and humorous video I've seen on your site. Really big congratulations! About leprosy: It didn't affect your intellect so, if you were lucky enough to have others speak for you, or speak yourself without being seen, you could still rule a country or your family.

@carrieeawbrey2830 2 жыл бұрын

I learn so much from these videos! Thanks Weird History for another great entertaining and informative upload! Can’t wait to see what’s next! Much ♥️& all the best! Have a great day/night all!

@dannyjoebrown4611 2 жыл бұрын

Whole lotta people yearning for these good old days to return.

@JABoyle3875 2 жыл бұрын

If you make fun of a guy named Terry, and then he kills you, you’ve died of dissin’ Terry.

@alyteima4185 2 жыл бұрын

My last name is Terry. So LOL

@jungefrau 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like living in the Middle Ages may have been so bad that if you died in infancy you were the lucky one.

@TinekeWilliams 2 жыл бұрын

I remember TB was rife in the 40s when I was born. I remember the schools were closed and a girl down the street got it. My mother’s in laws always said feed the children well as it hits the malnourished first. Syphilis was rife in the 50/60 as well. No antibiotic

@JB-vd8bi 2 жыл бұрын

Certainly had treatment for syphilis in the 1950s and 60s

@ankeapowell Жыл бұрын

There were certainly antibiotics in the 50s.

@coreychilders9238 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody gonna talk about the mole man with the owl on his head at 4:04 ???

@thomaslarson5165 2 жыл бұрын

It would have strange to live at a time when your cousin's medical advice was probably safer than what you got from a doctor. Of course, neither charged enough to send someone to bankruptcy court.

@btetschner 2 жыл бұрын

That Bubonic Plague sounds like a scary experience.

@sandy.2016 2 жыл бұрын

One of my fav channels ❤

@patmann123 2 жыл бұрын

anyone else love this guy's voice? I mean it screams history class prof but I want to learn!!!!!

@kathypappas6867 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is so interesting, and I love how you throw in humor! 😊

@zach7193 2 жыл бұрын

Man, that's something. It's like what happened in ancient Rome. Man, this channel covers more on medieval life than any other channel I come across.

@user-bs9hq2xw3g 2 жыл бұрын

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@ronaldosorio566 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever writes this stuff is amazing. I never expect a joke and you do it at the best times. Interesting and hilarious omg

@Sorchia56 2 жыл бұрын

I’m still chuckling! Brilliant presentation!

@yagsipcc287 2 жыл бұрын

The black plauge came after what was is known as the medieval warm period it was around 1.5-2 degrees warmer globally it last around 160-180 years it saw warmer weather, longer days and massive number in people in the world because food was able to grow for longer, with brighter and warmer days this is when there was also a huge jump in art being done as life became easier in terms of getting food, large more complex buildings came about when it ended days were shorter and cooler art stopped, people became weaker, more illnesses as there was less food to be had with the shorter and cooler days. People became malnourished and died easier from all sorts of things.

@AS-qg1xu 2 жыл бұрын

Great info, thank you !

@matthewsermons7247 2 жыл бұрын

Your transition from "St. Anthony's Fire" to "Tubburcliosis" with the fluid effects on the background was "Maddeningly Trippy".... Well Played Good Sir!!!!

@hollyholmes1392 2 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel!! Love the interesting stories!!

@technoman9000 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great video to watch while eating lunch, thanks!

@Poptart21ish 2 жыл бұрын

My husband & I are homeschooling our daughters. Well, I’m happy to say that this channel is part of our curriculum. 🤣🤣🤣 They actually enjoy it more than I thought they would.

@snepping1885 2 жыл бұрын

bad idea ngl

@0Chinese0Arithmetic0 Жыл бұрын

@@snepping1885 it’s really hard to take your opinions on education seriously with that avatar, kid. Homeschooling is the historic norm.

@snepping1885 Жыл бұрын

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@kimberlypatton9634 2 жыл бұрын

"Wow..tough crowd..." This is why I love "Weird History" SO freaking much!

@karenduncan4457 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy all your history it's awesome keep up the fantastic work 👍

@trineperstuen7011 Жыл бұрын

Your voice is perfect for this❤and the humor.all perfect.

@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 2 жыл бұрын

Scropula is the coolest name for a disease.

@isabellind1292 2 жыл бұрын

It's "Scrofula" .🥼🔬📿I think Jumping Frenchmen of Maine Syndrome sounds cool until you realize you don't have to be French or a man or live in Maine in order to acquire it!🤾‍♂😏

@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 2 жыл бұрын

@@isabellind1292 I kinda like scropula better. It sounds like a cross between scrotum and spatula.

@cleocatra9324 Жыл бұрын

It comes from “ brood sow/ pig

@meganmcclary5766 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love a video about the history of bloodletting!

@notoriouswhitemoth 2 жыл бұрын

When the Bible talked about lepers being unclean, what it meant is that they're _contagious_ - somehow there are people who still don't get that and misinterpret it as some kind of moral judgment.

@catsberry4858 2 жыл бұрын

"unclean" just means you can get diseases/ailments from it, yes :)

@Cafeallday222 2 жыл бұрын

I was always confused about all the leper stuff as a teen but I figured that “unclean” just mean they were sick 🤷🏻‍♀️

@JNeil1975 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the old Jewish purity system associated sickness and disease with being sinful, with judgement and punishment. They avoided anyone who was considered "contaminated" or unclean. So it goes far beyond just being contagious.

@notoriouswhitemoth Жыл бұрын

@@JNeil1975 as several people have already pointed out, uncleanness was first and foremost a matter of hygiene. The reason the sick were isolated wasn't to shame or control them, that's literally the reasoning of anti-maskers. They isolated the sick for the same reason we do now: to keep infections from spreading.

@NX6.2 Жыл бұрын

Leopards are actually quite hygienic.

@EBThisThat 2 жыл бұрын

Could you do a piece on humours ? I’ve always been fascinated by this. Dysentery came back into view during the Great War and WW II. Sounds absolutely horrible!

@roohana 11 ай бұрын

One of my favorite channels with an amazing and funny narrator

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 2 жыл бұрын

Staph. Staph from a simple scratch in that filthy environment would scare me the most.

@zoso1up 2 жыл бұрын

So being reminded of the plague always cheers a man up,...

@najahbrah 2 жыл бұрын

Getting answers to the questions I didn't know I had any interest in having answered!!! This is why I subscribe to @weirdhistory channel!!!

@Satou-Akira71 2 жыл бұрын

Good thing you release this one on Friday it's time to do some drinking & forget 🥴

@karenduncan4457 Жыл бұрын

Weird history is fantastic 🙏

@AndrewOnYoutube 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, history was rough

@joelm3142 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video about hygiene in the Islamic golden age

@Rob-qv8hi 2 жыл бұрын

Dysentery....it's a shitty experience

@steveaustin5399 2 жыл бұрын

No shitt!

@isabellind1292 2 жыл бұрын

How did you pull that off? I tried typing in "dumba**" (to a lame commenter) and got a warning from YT to either edit it or else...man alive, they're so touchy! I don't even know what dog breeding videos do anymore since they get the same warning if they dare use the word "bi*ch" when referring to the female of the species!

@khairunaqilah6167 2 жыл бұрын

As a muslim i appreciate you pronouncing islamic names properly

@paulccrimmins 2 жыл бұрын

Aloha 🤙 from Honolulu! Love your videos and sense of humor! Mahalo!

@arnolddavies6734 Жыл бұрын

Life in the Middle Ages seems horrific. So grateful to have been born in the 20th century.

@yvonneemmert9185 2 жыл бұрын

I totally enjoyed myself. . .my sister thinks I'm weird! Lol! Kudos on a most excellent presentation!

@FaithofMelchizedek 2 жыл бұрын

Love the jokes as well as the voice. Thank you

@tundemikoczi3432 Жыл бұрын

I thought my sinusitis I’m having is a serious sickness… until I watched this XD Anyhow, great video, as always.

@pattycake8272 2 жыл бұрын

loved it...the program not the disease.

@brianedwards7142 2 жыл бұрын

This is why, when people ask if I would like to live in another time I say I don't want to go out of reach of working antibiotics and morphine should I need them.

@nativebae 2 жыл бұрын

“…digging at the damaged area” *I gasped*

@TinekeWilliams 2 жыл бұрын

I had enough in the past 50 years! Hope to never be reborn!

@oneshotme 2 жыл бұрын

Damn with a name that long I'd hate to have to sign for anything Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@KarimaRilana 2 жыл бұрын

The history of holland ! Im soo curious

@yeshuasage3724 Жыл бұрын

The worst place to be at that time was in urban populated places, it would be 1000x safer to live in an isolated tribe in the wild

@taffykins2745 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever writes you copy needs a gold star! The jokes that are thrown in there are hilarious! 👍😁

@slystone4892 2 жыл бұрын

Such a relief o wasn’t born at those horrible times.

@CatswithGuns1 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I’m sure you probably were you just can’t remember ! be thankful for that!!

@WildWinterberry 2 жыл бұрын

We have no business still saying life is short

@Uzair_Of_Babylon465 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

@planescaped 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like most knew they weren't actually cured, and the touch-talisman was meant to basically force other people into denial that you were sick. If you were confronted over your illness you need only show them the touch talisman and say you were cured by the king himself, are you calling the _king_ a liar? _crickets_ _everyone stares_ Uhh... w-w-welcome in perfectly healthy sir! There was a lot of weird altered states and mental gymnastics medieval people put themselves through to appease the whims and flights of fancy of monarchs and nobility.

@Firstthunder 2 жыл бұрын

I freaking love Weird History. It’s on my laugh go to list.

@Firstthunder 2 жыл бұрын

Like the Guns and Roses Album! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@carolnabors6746 2 жыл бұрын

Awful. Lucky anybody survived those times. Also dental care was probably non existent. No only could you have a nasty disease but raging toothaches as well. Glad I was born in time of modern medicine.

@72lbennett 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Just wow! 😳

@monkeygraborange 2 жыл бұрын

All things considered, it’s a miracle anyone survived at all!

@HickeyXC 2 жыл бұрын

Hate to break it to you, but they're all dead.

@MissGayleEnlightens 2 жыл бұрын

The snout-faced dude on the left @ 4:09 🤯

@legendagem 2 жыл бұрын

this man read "abu bakr muhammad ibn zakariyya al-razi" like it was nothing, damn.

@splunkmastah4609 2 жыл бұрын

Man, we really were idiots back then.

@feresmourali5783 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a video about Emma Goldman!

@bajarizo7255 Жыл бұрын

Love you’re sarcasm 😂. Made me laugh !! thx ! Also love you’re Chanel

@TheRiverPirate13 2 жыл бұрын

I love the humor and references to places in Central Florida in the video. Lol! I assume the narrator of the video lives there. I live in St Augustine and there is a lot of Cemetaries with people buried who died of Yellow Fever epidemics back in 1800's. That epidemic was caused by a boat with an infected crew coming from Cuba.

@MegCazalet 11 ай бұрын

That crack about Van Halen was so unexpected! 😂 Fun Fact: Gary Cherone was also one half Extreme, of “More Than Words” fame.

@relaxtune9555 2 жыл бұрын

This channel suddenly appear in my youtube, interestingly I just love it.

@danemassie3750 2 жыл бұрын

Being human seems to be the worst affliction in middle evil times

@n3v3rg01ngback 2 жыл бұрын

Zefrank should narrate some of these, especially when talking about bebehs.

@rusteshackleferd8115 2 жыл бұрын

All of them to be honest with y'all, I mean the more you know about any disease the more we learn to respect them!

@censusgary 2 жыл бұрын

The disease called “leprosy” in the Bible (in English translations) is thought not to have been the same “leprosy” we now call Hansen’s disease. Ancient “leprosy” was probably a nonspecific term for a variety of skin diseases.

@berilsevvalbekret772 2 жыл бұрын

that makes it even worse. So much for God's compassion

@amandahawes3154 2 жыл бұрын

did the treatments ever work and what were they?

@mkaylachristler1512 2 жыл бұрын

I kinda wish they talked about Malaria, it was a horrible issue especially in the marshes and low lands of eruope.

@Friendship1nmillion 2 жыл бұрын

#Video 📼 time stamp : 6:29 is Perfect Pronunciation ! 👌🙂 ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇸🇯

@lgwalbaum 2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert. "They couldn't"

@isabellind1292 2 жыл бұрын

There are no "spoilers", only commenters who expect them to be announced when they read the comments before the video and think no one's going to discuss the particulars of the video because these people do stuff backwards.😊

@weirdorwhat7294 2 жыл бұрын

We have all lived every generation since the beginning of time

@P3rmissionD3ni3d 2 жыл бұрын

As in dying and being throw back into this cesspool over and over again. I wonder if I can ask for early retirement.

@CatswithGuns1 2 жыл бұрын

@@P3rmissionD3ni3d I’m pretty sure this is my last life here because I would rather go back to the medieval times then be reborn to my current parents. That’s pretty bad. Lol so yea I’m done. Goodbye cruel world ! 😹

@P3rmissionD3ni3d 2 жыл бұрын

@@CatswithGuns1 there is a big freaken part of me that really hopes your right and it just ends some day. I have my doubts tho.

@Zackatoh 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@arthercurey1726 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching your videos I watch at least one every morning before work, I was wondering if you have a video about the history of showers, showering..

@nomdeplume7537 2 жыл бұрын

Back when I was in Boot Camp after joining the USN there was a play on words and a term used for new Recruits ... they were called Rickys, as in Ricky Recruit ... don't ask me why I Boot Camp, like in college dorms, you take large numbers of people from varying and disparate regions of the country, and cramming them all together in close confines. Not only that, their immune systems were all jacked up on a shit ton of immunizations. The most memorable one being the Bicillin shot in the ass. If you've ever had this milkshake thick cure all ... YOU WILL REMEMBER IT FOREVER All these variables stacked together nearly each and every one of us came down with the affectionately term Ricky Crud With symptoms ranging from fevers up to 104 or 105 in some instances. It is the worst you've ever felt. Made COVID look like a tickle in your throat. Long set up ... middling payoff