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The Internet in Ancient Times

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Welcome to the stone age... or the bronze age... or the iron age... heck, anything with an 'age' is welcome, except our modern age or any ages to come.

This is about what the internet was like thousands of years ago back when it all started. Like when Darius the Great hired mercenaries via Craigslist or when Egypt invented emojis.

CODE OF LAWS

1 - Be civil. No name calling, no fighting, keep your flint hand axes inside your leather pouches at all times.

2 - Keep the AI stuff to a minimum. It gets annoying and old fashioned memes are more fun for everyone.

3 - None of this newfangled modern 21st century nonsense. We don't even know what "21st century" means.

4 - No porn/explicit content. The king is sensitive about these things.

5 - No lemmy.world TOS violations will be tolerated. So there.

6 - There is no ~~rule~~ law 6.

Laws of justice which Hammurabi, the wise king, established. A righteous law, and pious statute did he teach the land. Hammurabi, the protecting king am I. I have not withdrawn myself from the men, whom Bel gave to me, the rule over whom Marduk gave to me, I was not negligent, but I made them a peaceful abiding-place. I expounded all great difficulties, I made the light shine upon them. With the mighty weapons which Zamama and Ishtar entrusted to me, with the keen vision with which Ea endowed me, with the wisdom that Marduk gave me, I have uprooted the enemy above and below (in north and south), subdued the earth, brought prosperity to the land, guaranteed security to the inhabitants in their homes; a disturber was not permitted. The great gods have called me, I am the salvation-bearing shepherd, whose staff is straight, the good shadow that is spread over my city; on my breast I cherish the inhabitants of the land of Sumer and Akkad; in my shelter I have let them repose in peace; in my deep wisdom have I enclosed them. That the strong might not injure the weak, in order to protect the widows and orphans, I have in Babylon the city where Anu and Bel raise high their head, in E-Sagil, the Temple, whose foundations stand firm as heaven and earth, in order to bespeak justice in the land, to settle all disputes, and heal all injuries, set up these my precious words, written upon my memorial stone, before the image of me, as king of righteousness.

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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 86 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Copper can react with acidic liquids like citrus juices, vinegar, and certain alcohols, leading to the leaching of copper into the drink. Ingesting high levels of copper can be toxic, causing symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, and in severe cases, can lead to liver or kidney damage.

Use silver instead.

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Like bleach, acid, alcohol, and fire: Copper is pretty good at killing things.

We happen to be bigger things than most, so we have more resistance to it, but we're not immune.

I test my aquarium for copper fairly frequently because it i something that can kill my shrimp in small doses.

They sell copper nails that can poison a tree.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I should get a better aquarium testing kit. I only ever check ph on the regular.

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly, in a stable tank with a solid ecosystem and no chemicals you shouldn't need to test anything, usually.

I just got the shrimp, and they're especially sensitive to water parameters. I'm being cautious.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I just keep mosquito fish, I swear they are hardy enough I could pour in bleach and they would just spit it back at me.

[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Throw a penny in for decoration :0

JK I love shrimp and have a ton. A while ago I used to fear copper too only because I once dosed a fertilizer with it and all my shrimp started to turn black. When I put them in new water it saved them though.

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