most things that were used to kill or repel demons were just antibacterial or very healthy. bacteria can’t live for long on a silver surface. garlic is hella good for your immune system. holy water is water that you’re not allowed to shit in.
I don’t have a point I’m trying to make I just think it’s kinda cool where supernatural beliefs intersect with real science
Bacteria are demons
The entire set of rules on which foods are kosher or not is basically a guide on how to eliminate food poisoning in a pre-industrial society.
Salt is a disinfectant too.
Considering ancient people attributed disease to demonic possession, it makes sense they’d correlate antibacterial methods with anti-demonic ones.
Our ancestors weren’t stupid (not any stupider than us, at least), they just lacked the knowledge we have today.
Person who has spent all their cash on rent and food still has a place to get out of the house and do something interesting.
Cool community classes and community art shows.
ESL tutoring.
Tax prep and forms.
tbh fuck anyone who says a single bad thing about libraries
Not content I normally reblog but libraries are super important and our world would be diminished without them.
The library was how I was able to read so many books as a kid that my parents wouldn’t have been able to afford.
To add to this: Libraries are significant repositories of information, they contain the social and cultural memory of many communities and are places used as such. Libraries are also places to learn and be able to critique society. Limiting access, severely regulating them and defunding them is a classist/fascist tactic. Just look to history to see what happens when that access is cut off from communities or even worse, destroyed. Keep libraries funded, open and easy to access! They are super important.
You can also register to vote at libraries! (At least where I’m from, but I’m guessing other areas as well.)
