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pavel_lishin on Feb 1, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016)

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.

wavefunction on Feb 1, 2017 [–]

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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