• Rothe@piefed.social
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    18 hours ago

    The first step would be opening an encyclopedia. A lot of households actually had an encyclopedia on their shelves for this very reason. Something which these “pre-internet” rumination threads always seems to neglect.

    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      14 hours ago

      Honestly I only ever knew one household with an encyclopedia set, I’m sure it depends on the location but where I lived that was more of an upper middle class thing.

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      11 hours ago

      I still have an encyclopaedia on my shelf. I have to admit it’s the small edition though.

      I also still have a bunch of dictionaries (different languages), and a very outdated atlas.