Seriously. The thread has a plot thicker than a soap opera.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    One nation in the Pacific Rim (I forget which) was ashamed of their mostly naked primitive peoples. (Their men wore penis-horns.) So Levi-Strauss provided them with a bunch of modern clothes to wear, which they liked… for a while.

    Neither Levi nor the government provided the trobe with modern laundering, and as a result, the whole tribe broke out in an epidemic of skin rashes. it was super unpleasant, and everyone learned the hard way going regimental is better than letting your underwear get too dirty. Without modern water and power it’s good to get used to a brisk wind between your nethers.

    All the Levi-Strauss clothes were mostly discarded. Some was turned into furniture or carrying sachels. The tribe still goes around with their penis horns and other bits flapping about.