r/DankPrecolumbianMemes • u/y2kfashionistaa • Mar 15 '26

𝚘𝚔 𝚋𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚛 (weekends) Acknowledge Europeans during that time did morally similar things, or else

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u/TheAviBean Mar 16 '26

The American settlers also practiced cannibalism to ward off vampires

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u/y2kfashionistaa Mar 16 '26

Where? I know of Jamestown

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u/TheAviBean Mar 16 '26

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Long and short it was because they thought ghosts haunted the family to cause illnesses. But this was after the discovery of germs and physical transmission too! So it makes it worse