Reading arguments among historians or scientists is always funny because some people are completely normal about it and some people are soooooooo off the walls angry and it comes through the academic style of their writing as vicious contempt to a degree that's almost shocking and always hilarious
anyway i'm finally listening to the history of byzantium podcast because i needed something new to listen to while cleaning...imo should have said more about theodora. it's also greatly improved by playing at 1.5 speed but really it's pretty fun to listen to!
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sorry for getting mad about my dad saying that he didn’t mean it negatively or anything but telling someone that should call something the scientific name over idk. the more common colloquial version is just annoying and reads as really pretentious to me. let me call it the black death if i want to??
Something I think people underestimate about the corruption is that with all the insects,rot and decay-
Although revolting,people underestimate the simple power that an illness has to make one afraid.
Think of the cholera outbreaks in 1854, especially in London,the bubonic plague in both the Byzantine empire and broader Europe,or just smallpox anywhere.
What people forget about the corruption is that an illness can come upon anyone
Sure,now we might have better ways of curing illness,the trappings of disease, but think back to Spring of 2020.
do you know how free i feel rn. like ok i had to take a bit of a pay cut accepting this job but i get to work in a lab where i handle plants & chemicals, doing chemistry shit (which i focused on in my associate's), i will finally get pto, i can have a normal human schedule and not have to work graves anymore, and most importantly of all, i can stop literally handling piss shit & blood all day