Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.imagemessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1513arrow-down1imageTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square215linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s true for a lot of customs.
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPretty much all customs are culturally transmitted - that’s kind of the definition. But they’re not necessarily totally arbitrary either - there is often some other information that can be added beyond “they have learned to do it.”
That’s true for a lot of customs.
Pretty much all customs are culturally transmitted - that’s kind of the definition. But they’re not necessarily totally arbitrary either - there is often some other information that can be added beyond “they have learned to do it.”