@Fushiginiku Ancient Babylon don't have magic and elves, soap is not universal. In many ways Ancient people were more advanced than medieval people, it was called the dark ages because past knowledge were forgotten and little to no progress happened at the time.
Isekai Cheat Kaitakuki - Vol. 1 Ch. 2 - Soap, Magic Glasses, And Onii-sama
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@Serafita searched it up earlier and step would be the most appropriate used for a sibling you have no blood relation to, plus people kind of get the idea of the message here regardless, its way better than saying shes my adopted sister, or foster sister.
As long as it isn't weird to say nor completely far, it's whatever, If it really bothers a lot of people ill just start using Sibling. (which i doubt theyll be talking about oh hey remember my ADOPTED sister damn she really out here being ADOPTED)
plus it leaves the potential for "What are you doing step-bro?"
I'll fix the clinic typo later, I sometimes accidentally press my keys twice, I switched back to pink switches and I can't rest my fingers on my keyboard like i usually do
As long as it isn't weird to say nor completely far, it's whatever, If it really bothers a lot of people ill just start using Sibling. (which i doubt theyll be talking about oh hey remember my ADOPTED sister damn she really out here being ADOPTED)
plus it leaves the potential for "What are you doing step-bro?"
I'll fix the clinic typo later, I sometimes accidentally press my keys twice, I switched back to pink switches and I can't rest my fingers on my keyboard like i usually do
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@maxtitus sanitation levels have varied, and methods of cleaning one's body have varied, but people have always had means to clean themselves.
Here's the wiktionary etymology:
From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ,
In other words, in High Medieval England they had a word for "Soap", in Dark Age England they had a word for Soap. The Proto-Germanic word just meant pouring or dribbling, so the concept of soap gets defined in our language during the dark ages, when the Angles and Saxons invaded a civilized place (England) and adopted the practices for themselves. Including the practice of bathing.
It is largely a myth that things were "forgotten" during that time. It is true that a lot of barbarians began adopting civilization, making it appear to later people as if civilization declined, when in reality, its territory just expanded. The economy and population declined badly, and this is why there was a lot less urbanization and thus a lot less architecture, but some of it (see romanesque and gothic cathedrals) was pretty darned impressive.
Here's the wiktionary etymology:
From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ,
In other words, in High Medieval England they had a word for "Soap", in Dark Age England they had a word for Soap. The Proto-Germanic word just meant pouring or dribbling, so the concept of soap gets defined in our language during the dark ages, when the Angles and Saxons invaded a civilized place (England) and adopted the practices for themselves. Including the practice of bathing.
It is largely a myth that things were "forgotten" during that time. It is true that a lot of barbarians began adopting civilization, making it appear to later people as if civilization declined, when in reality, its territory just expanded. The economy and population declined badly, and this is why there was a lot less urbanization and thus a lot less architecture, but some of it (see romanesque and gothic cathedrals) was pretty darned impressive.
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And this is why people go to jail.
@Fushiginiku this a parallel world, it only looks like the Middle Ages. Neither Babylon nor England exist there. Initially soap was just used for washing objects, it was during the civil war when body washing with soap was a practice. It was only a century ago when medicine adopted the practice of hand washing with soap.
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@maxtitus just FYI, the introduction of sanitary medical practices was closer to two centuries, as it was in the 1840s.
My problem is the trope of 'here let me introduce this brand new thing called soap'. If they were only introducing sanitation as good medical practice, or promoting hygiene such as washing hands before eating, that would be completely legit, and a good move for any isekai'ed protag to make. My gripe is they always go clear back to the invention of soap, which is monumentally ridiculous. Even if it is another world, people create technologies to clean themselves. Soap would be something they had already, at the levels of development we always see. I would only accept it if the isekai was hunter-gatherer, stone age level, considering the stuff was invented in our world in either late neolithic or early bronze age.
My problem is the trope of 'here let me introduce this brand new thing called soap'. If they were only introducing sanitation as good medical practice, or promoting hygiene such as washing hands before eating, that would be completely legit, and a good move for any isekai'ed protag to make. My gripe is they always go clear back to the invention of soap, which is monumentally ridiculous. Even if it is another world, people create technologies to clean themselves. Soap would be something they had already, at the levels of development we always see. I would only accept it if the isekai was hunter-gatherer, stone age level, considering the stuff was invented in our world in either late neolithic or early bronze age.
@Fushiginiku I don't remember other isekai titles with the Soap trope. Although I do recall Shampoo as a recurring trope. True soap was only widespread in China in the modern age, detergents were not as popular as ointment and creams. It's likely became a storytelling shorthand to signal modernity based on Japanese bias.
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Is she really 10?
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Yeah, my head canon is that the years in this isekai world are about twice as long as our years and that that girl is effectively twenty, ‘cause her being 10 is all kinds of BS. Dude is also 22ish but just a scrawny runt.
Time to find this artists other work and challenge my NNN commitment day one apparently
Time to find this artists other work and challenge my NNN commitment day one apparently
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ED: Yes I agree.
What the fuck
What the fuck
There was an isekai about a reincarnated pharmacist which I dropped because that guy could have saved millions of lives by spreading soap usage and antibiotics, instead the reincarnated pharmacist focused on his divine healing magic thus turning a very interesting premise into the most boring generic isekai.
This isekai on the other hand has the most boring and generic premise but the protagonist is actually spreading sanitization instead of focusing on his magic thus turning a generic MC into an interesting one.
This isekai on the other hand has the most boring and generic premise but the protagonist is actually spreading sanitization instead of focusing on his magic thus turning a generic MC into an interesting one.
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> OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... A new plot. She was not actually her blood sister...
Then, the ship is on!!!!!!!!!!
> Ive got a boner there with mother...
She has this camel to*
Then, the ship is on!!!!!!!!!!
> Ive got a boner there with mother...
She has this camel to*
