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This is especially surprising because the common idea is that civilization arrived later into northern, colder Europe. Bushcraft like on the wonderful Primitive
by b0rsuk 5y ago
This is especially surprising because the common idea is that civilization arrived later into northern, colder Europe. Bushcraft like on the wonderful Primitive Technology youtube channel is harder when you don't have a year-round growing period. You need not just warmer clothes, but ways to stockpile and preserve food. Traditional Polish cuisine has many ways - preserves in glass jars, salt, pickling... Actually the cuisine is the aspect that positively surprises visitors the most. So many peoples and empires were present in the region, so many culinary influences. It's only lacking in saltwater fish because historically there was limited sea access.
Maybe the climate was different?
- irthomasthomas 5y agoI vouched for this comment because it was dead, and I don't understand what is controversial about it?
- q1w2 5y ago> the common idea is that civilization arrived later into northern, colder Europe Some people interpret the notion of "civilized" people vs not-civilized people as racist. I don't agree with that - but that is why that word gives people negative emotions. I subscribe to the literal definition of "civilized" to mean the use of written civil laws (civil society) - which would make its use in this context meaningless since a piece of jewellery does not the codification of laws.
- b0rsuk 5y agoIf you precede everything with disclaimers or definitions, it makes the message less clear. Here by "civilization" I meant larger scale settlement. If you look at maps of migration or neolithic revolution, they tend to happen in the most hospitable regions first, then in less hospitable.
- mkl 5y agoIt's nothing to do with this particular comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=b0rsuk https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=b0rsuk B0rsuk, you may want to email dang.
- Chris2048 5y agoAccount was (shadow?) banned for this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28596635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28596635 EDIT: that said, not everything is dead, I'm not sure how this works - so maybe they are also being trolled by someone too..
- mkl 5y agoProbably individual comments being vouched for like the one here.
- b0rsuk 5y agoI considered it, but decided I will not do it, at least for now. I find treatment like this humiliating and patronizing. I stated my opinion on a religion, to the tune that it is extra prickly and likes to react to criticism of its prophet with violence. I would feel dishonest if I retracted that.
- simonh 5y agoArguably in colder climates technology is even more important, due to having to survive in the harsher environment. You need better clothing, better shelter and are more reliant on tools and food preservation techniques.