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I read two separate AMAs on reddit of +90yo German ladies. When asked what was the favorite invention of their lifetimes (telephone and electricity spreading, r
by JorgeGT 11y ago
I read two separate AMAs on reddit of +90yo German ladies. When asked what was the favorite invention of their lifetimes (telephone and electricity spreading, radio, TV, antibiotics, modern surgery/dentistry, aircraft, cheap automobiles, Internet, etc.) the answer of both was the washing machine. It was a real life changer for women everywhere.
- jacobolus 11y agoNow go back another 150 years earlier before the era of carding/spinning machines or industrial looms, and you get even dramatically more time spent on clothing. Making cloth by hand out of raw wool or cotton is an unbelievably time-intensive process, which is why most people only had a couple sets of clothes.