• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    He was born in a British colony long before circumcision would have been anything other than a religious rite.

      • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Christian circumcision wasn’t a thing back then, that didn’t start until the Kellog’s company sold the idea to christians alongside bland cereal to stop children from masturbating.

        Edit: This is not a joke, this is actual documented history.

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          For a lighthearted glimpse into the later years of his crazy shit see The Road to Wellville

          Edit… guess I don’t know how to use italics

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            Just one asterisk on each side instead of two. Or an underscore (though that sometimes seems to randomly not work, at least on Connect).