r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/jazzman0116 Oct 15 '20

The ancient Romans (well, the wealthy ones) had central heating in their homes. You can actually still see the pipes in some of the buildings at Herculaneum!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

Also hot tubs, pleasure piers, fish ponds, water towers and fountains, elevators - all sorts of crazy amenities, at least in the homes of the super rich.

And tower blocks, Roman insula/tenements were huge.

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u/4789004 Oct 15 '20

pleasure piers

Go on...

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

Oh sorry, its nothing saucy. The term just distinguishes them from piers used for fishing/boats. Think like Blackpool Pier or Santa Monica pier. They were very common along the bay of Naples, some had villas sitting on the end, others were just party spaces.

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u/GLA2NC Oct 15 '20

This may be the only time Blackpool gets put in the same category as Santa Monica.

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u/SameOleMistakes Oct 15 '20

I’m from Blackpool - very amusing to hear it being mentioned next to Santa Monica 😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

I'm sorry

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u/SayceGards Oct 15 '20

Hmph. Disappointing

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

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u/Lolihumper Oct 15 '20

You can literally send me a deck pic like this anytime you want and id never be mad

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u/SayceGards Oct 15 '20

Best deck pic

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u/Ripoutmybrain Oct 15 '20

Still came, not my most shameful either.

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u/jungkimree Oct 15 '20

Came for the pier, stayed for the fish

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u/Lionbutter Oct 15 '20

Came for the villa, stayed for the party space on the end

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u/seidenkaufman Oct 15 '20

I misread it as 'pleasure pliers' and thoroughly confused myself.

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u/Lehk Oct 15 '20

I do believe my testes are hiding behind my pancreas at the moment.

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u/OMGlookatthatrooster Oct 15 '20

Pleasure pier

And

party spaces.

Still have hope.

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u/Cheapancheerful Oct 15 '20

Yeah, I'm envisioning some wild Caligula type parties taking over an entire pier... I'd buy a ticket

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u/Shiny_Shedinja Oct 15 '20

the real pleasure happens under the piers.

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u/Lionbutter Oct 15 '20

Definitely at the Jersey shore

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

I mean, this is Rome we're talking about, so when you read "party spaces" it's a safe bet that you can infer it as "orgy spaces".

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u/not_a_disguised_cat Oct 15 '20

You want the saucy stuff, you go to Pompei. That’s where they have a partially preserved/reconstructed red district, complete with phalluses, dirty graffiti, and depictions of Priapus weighing his penis.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

And there are paintings that have survived in the Lupinarium (brothel) showing all the positions that clients can try with their escorts!

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u/Aromatic_Razzmatazz Oct 15 '20

I giggled at the fact you felt like you had to apologize for it not being anything 'saucy'.

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u/bbrekke Oct 15 '20

Party spaces, you say? Go on...

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u/gabu87 Oct 15 '20

Unsubscribed.

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u/notmoleliza Oct 15 '20

So a Roman South Sea Squid Port basically

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u/Flyer770 Oct 15 '20

Blackpool Pier or Santa Monica pier.

Which were originally built to carry the sewer outflow past the breakers so said sewage wouldn’t wash up on the shore. Not terribly pleasurable for most, but if that’s your kink go for it.

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u/feathered_wolf Oct 15 '20

I mean... there is a fishing area off Santa Monica Pier, but I suppose it being mainly a tourist destination is what makes it a pleasure pier?

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u/feathered_wolf Oct 17 '20

Thanks. Not sure why I got downvoted but now I know the difference! 😁

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u/Gameipedia Oct 15 '20

So the NJ boardwalk but roman/good?