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Re:Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016) by pavel_lishin on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:12PM (#13537568)
I drank kvass as a kid in Russia all the time in the summer.

I don't know which is worse for a kid, on average: a light buzz on most days, or getting sick from drinking tainted water.

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Re:Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016) by wavefunction on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:21PM (#13537928)
Probably the tainted water. With tainted water, you're going to vomit or experience diarrhea which leaves you dehydrated. What do you drink then to rehydrate, more tainted water?
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