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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You and me both brother. Albeit I still have this silly notion of educating others and perhaps not everything sucking as bad in the future. But that's the naive kid in me.

I'm pretty sure I could make soap. Catch a deer, process it properly, render a good measure of fat somewhere, the good white fat you scratch from the top.

Make potash; Drip water through hardwood ashes in a bucket with a filtered hole. Boil the collected brown liquid until a fresh egg floats in.

Then

Make Soap: Heat the fat until melted. Slowly stir in the potash liquid. Boil and stir until it thickens into a heavy paste (it will likely be a soft/liquid soap).

But that's just one utility item, and a daily one. All the toothpaste and other cleaning supplies as well and whatnot. Ofc you could get basics from companies which abide by your morals, if such exist.

Here's a not wholly unrelevant thing from J Draper on utube

https://youtu.be/2RxwwC3c89k?t=2m55s

It's about a large victorian households needs for servants and the timestamped bit talks of outdoor servants so like who would've hunted the game and maybe made potash idk

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)