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[–] hesh@quokk.au 9 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

So you're saying the bowmen were just dropping loads while standing there shooting bows?

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes, "in extreme cases, over a litre per hour" of diarrhoea.

One other thing to take from this is when you read "so-and-so died of dysentry" it means "so-and-so shat themselves to death".

E.g.

"1596: Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral, shat himself to death on 28 January 1596 whilst anchored off the coast of Portobelo."

[–] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

The true Archers of Loaf...

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 6 points 6 hours ago

god war was so much more fun back then

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 6 hours ago

When you gotta go...