Memes

Smaller graves fit more efficiently into the cemetary, AND they stimulate the economy via the funeral industry, which Im heavily invested in!

• Some political ghoul, probably

SEWARD, Mark – Died at Gooseberry Cove, Trinity Bay, on the 2nd inst. [January 1891], Mark, youngest child of Thomas and Rosanna Seward, aged 4 years. 

SEWARD, Peter – Died on the 10th inst., Peter, second youngest son of Robert and Mary A. Seward, aged 2 years.

SEWARD – Died on the 14th inst., infant child of James and Mary A. Seward.

SEWARD, Richard – Died on the 15th inst., Richard, youngest son of Joseph and Louisa Seward, aged 4 years.

SEWARD, James – Died on the 19th inst., James, second youngest child of James and Mary A. Seward, aged 2 years (Evening Telegram, January 29, 1891)

https://swahsociety.com/records/obituaries/obituaries-1880s

Or just walk through an old graveyard. There’s a pioneer cemetery near my old place with so many children’s graves. One family gravesite has the mother’s name, the father’s name, a couple of their kids, some young, some adults… and one is just titled ‘babies’.

Like, so many babies died for that mother and father they just put them all in one grave, not even names to remember them by…

Well, maybe not any old-timer...a lot have fallen into that conspiracy black hole

No, graph of life expectancy would.

"farewell" and "last date ever", they always say. As soon as the money runs out... BAM! Time for another tour.

You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced the thrill of watching an air bubble go down the tube and in through your IV!

It’s not super dangerous in a normal IV unless it’s a lot of air, fortunately.

small rocks? no. wood? ... a witch!

25, that is quite a historical extreme, isn't it?

In the wild, average live span was around 40 to 50 years. There's even studies about the evolutional reasons why we live longer than other primates/why we are the only hominide with grandparents.

If they lived in areas with a lot of sunshine, they developed dark skin. If they didn't, they developed light skin. Beyond that, if they were light skinned and moved to areas with a lot of sunshine they wore long sleeves and wide brimmed hats even in hot weather, and their face and neck skin turned to leather. They typically didn't live long enough for skin cancer to be a concern.

We need sunscreen becuase we're indoors 8 and months of the year, then run out naked to sunbathe.

If we were outside more and naturally built up a tan it really wouldn't be that much of an issue for most people.

You have to remember that people generally wore long sleeve clothing and hats. They did not expose much skin to the sun historically

That's a great question! We didn't really need sunscreen in prehistoric time because we adapted to the environments that we lived in and we didn't migrate to new environments as quickly as we could in later times. Those adaptations are getting more tan more easily and growing thicker skin. We can still see this now in people who don't use sunscreen and their skin looks tougher and more leathery. Also, there were some ancient sunscreens ranging from simple mud to pastes made from ground plants.

Human skin stood up better to the sun before there were sunscreens and parasols – an anthropologist explains why - The Conversation

Well there is that protective layer in the atmosphere that we fucked up.

The ozone layer is slowly healing itself, but we still have a long way to go before it is stable again.

Also as others pointed out, we don't work the fields and spend most of our time outside any more....so the natural protection isn't building up like it did in the past.

Maybe people didn't live long enough for skin cancer to make a difference?