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there was that one summer in 67BC (europe.pub)
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[โ€“] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Look, I just want drugs.

Gimme morphine for a minor headache, heroin to quell a cough, opium to relax, and some laudanum when the opium turns into nightmare fuel.

The past was the worst, but some of them were too blitzed to realize it.

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 9 points 11 hours ago

The golden age of the 18th and 19th centuries, when opium solution was cheaper than booze ๐Ÿ˜ญ