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TheMayorOfTittyCity
I've never heard of the idea that their shit made it harder to climb, don't know if I believe that. But it was a form of conspicuous consumption. The more shit that coated the walls, the more apparent it was that you have a lot to eat. It was a form of advertised wealth and power, which many "castles", especially domiciles that were not true militarized fortifications, themselves symbolized. Keep power by demonstrating power. And poop was power.
KaijuMcCitysmash
That's where tywin died
bullestock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_latrine_disaster
0penname
Trickle down economics
eadanke
As far as medieval toilet factoids go, I think I prefer the Erfurt Latrine Disaster.
LordHelmetTheThird
To those who don't know, it's an incident where a large group of noble men gathered for Hoftag, court date, conducted by King Henry VI.
Due to the weight of the people, the floor collapsed and almost everyone fell down into the pit below where all the human waste from the toilets was collected.
Approximately 60 attendees died either from the fall or drowned in the human feces. Henry VI and Archbishop Conrad were saved because they were sitting in a stone window alcove when the floor collapsed.
cyno01
Accurate LEGO.
SlyMrFox
Erfurt Latrine Disaster.
FuckmotheringxVampire
There are enemies at the gate, some of us may not make it through the next day...so tonight...we dine...AT CHIPOLTLE!!!!
harthram
#1 "I used to be an adventurer like you..."
WhatD0thLife
Objection, misuse of the word irony!
Ghlargh
Irony: similar to iron.
levyathyn
They were also used to store clothes, as the aura of the shit would keep moths away.
cousteau
Boy, that era must have smelled awful. I'm glad I'm not a time traveler!
levyathyn
What, you don't have it in you to take your monthly bathtime without soap, and maybe have to miss it if you're too busy?
chaoswarrelt
I doubt they were called garderobe, which literally means wardrobe.
zweifel
Garderobe? No. That's a wardrobe.
stryhf
Toilets on old sailing ships
BellsTheorem
The poop deck
KnuckleDeepInABook
aye
stryhf
Fun fact, the reason why ship's toilets are called the "head" is because these holes were at the front of the ship near the figurehead.
theotherwhitematt
Quite the draft though.
BARP
That's how they was, huh?
UserMCP
*fires an arrow up at the garderobe hole* Huh, maybe this is why some people worry about something coming out of the toilet...
Agouti
Reminder that before these were even built many other cultures (including in Africa and South America) had multistory buildings with flowing water and flush toilets.
EroticZombiePants
Yeah, but did their shit ever reach its maximum velocity?
Imtoolazytothinkofaname
Were* built
Wiesel2000
The Trickle-Down-effect
Agatsu74
They later changed the design to have an angle, after someone got shot up the ass with a crossbow bolt.
IJustWantToMakeAComment
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DrDadJokes
Toilet technology hasn't evolved much in the recent century, except for astronauts
gablestout
ArcadiaBerger
Actually, the Artemis toilet is more lie a garderobe than you might think, since feces is pulled away by a fan. Instead of a water closet, it's an air closet. There is also such a thing as an earth closet (basically, a human-rated catbox), but if there is a fire closet, I don't want to know about it.
HillOfBeans
BatmanAndCradleRobin
I don't like it when people use the word ironically incorrectly.
sacrosanctt
A little too ironic. Don't ya think?
StewedTomaters
Like a "no smoking" sign on your cigarette break.
FluidExchangeProgram
Ahh yes, ye old poop chute.
RoryBory
Remember the Game of Thrones years? Specifically when Tyrion killed his old man whilst said dad was in the privy? Good times
ShimmerinStrider
SirNinjaPirateBot
TheWombatStrikesAgain
That was the day the Kackstufe was invented.
bobbersonbob
then, we need to change the name from bullseye to browneye
Level21Magikarp
Han solo shot first.
bingotown
Only Han shot
andexer
LoveDjinn
FIRE IN THE HOLE!!
wadatahmydamie
Is that Gene Belcher?
Adester
who shoots first? who has the better aim?
WellThatsJustWhatWeCallPillowTalkBaby
Enemy archer: "watch me skip an arrow up that shitter"
muliphen
I used to be an adventurer like you...until I took an arrow to the anus.
5ywjdPumpkinPrincess
stopoverthinkingitcrazy
The origin story of the medieval superhero, Brown Arrow!
KleptoKea
Shitkebab
KleptoKea
My downvote fairy even came for my Shitkebab remark!? Have you no shame sir?! 😂
WellThatsJustWhatWeCallPillowTalkBaby
They skipped a downvote up that shitter
Tomigami
Call that whipping a shitty
ATinyWaffle
"It's not impossible. I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much bigger"
gearsmith
Hole in one!
ThatswhatIwasthinking
That's what I was thinking
qshmpsh3sw
Why is it ironic that covering the wall in waste made it more slippery?
jaggcomputing5
At least it wasn't paradoxical
flagbasher
ArchMagos
Because it's a shitty defense, but an effective one.
MrStealYourGiF
meh, whatever crap works.
mynamespaul
Because you’d think intuitively that putting a big hole in your walls just to increase hygiene would make the defences weaker - but ironically it made them stronger in that spot?
Arbitrarynamehere
Contrary to expectations, having shit on your walls can be a good thing I guess
MrStealYourGiF
because it's like rain on your wedding day.
animi
It's a free ride that you just can't take.
OffStageSpring9
Maybe they already paid?
5ywjdPumpkinPrincess
And who would’ve thought? It figures 😂😂😂😂
5ywjdPumpkinPrincess