Germaphobes didn't exist before 1861, amirite?

Sorry boss, I gotta go home to double quadruple check I left the lavender braziers burning. You don't understand, what if a foul miasma shrouds my home?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No they were afraid of bad air and ill humors and cursed apples lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

exactly, and not germs which proves OPs point

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Personally, I'm not too crazy about people from Deutschland. And they existed prior to 1861. And they still exist. Sadly. /S

by False-Huckleberry 1 week ago

Technically, they didn't exist until 1871, as there was no Germany.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Then again, the title was abolished in 1806. So, there was no Germany in 1861. Unless you count the German Confederation - which wasn't really any kind of unified German state.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So, there was no Germany in 1861. There's something wrong with way you define terms. The physical landmass, and the people who spoke "German" existed. They didn't blink out of existence between changes of governments. As did the concept of those people as an identity. But they'd have to do so, if you wish to claim that there's no such thing as "Germ-mans", for the purpose of my harmless joke.

by False-Huckleberry 1 week ago

I'm not detracting from your joke at all, just providing an Akchually punchline as an alternative. Also, you did describe them as people from Deutschland, which technically didn't exist at the time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Sure they did, they just talked about "purification" and "bad air".

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No, but hypochondriacs did.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Except Ignaz Semmelweiss. He didn't have a name for them, but he was very anti-germs. As was John Snow.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I mean, Jerma wasn't born at that point, so it's not surprising. This is just a bad joke. Forgive me.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Lol.... it was just Vapourphobes. Wasn't that the explanation for how illnesses were caught ... Ill Vapours!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Is this against Germans or Germs?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The German empire wasn't founded until 1871, so people had a few years to fear bacteria before germans had a chance to scare them.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Interesting. Germs were invented, and 10 years later, the German empire follows. Coincidence? Perhaps...

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People have been afraid of illness since the dawn of man

by Anonymous 1 week ago

What happened in 1861? Columbus didn't sail the ocean blue, I know that much. Lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago