Subject: If we're being hypothetical, Potentially also consider... (NSFW, potentially gross)
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Posted on: 2021-01-20 04:11:49 UTC

Grease, or fat. In any meat-eating society that postdates the invention of fire, those should be prevalent.

I haven't seen any proof this happened in an culture (searches were inconclusive), so I am guessing wildly right now. This form of lube seems to be common in a lot of fiction for some reason. I kind of wonder where the point of origin for that was, but it's besides the point. And just because it's in fiction doesn't mean it's plausible. However, this does actually seem reasonable. It's a slick substance that would have been in ample supply, so someone tried it at some point. Note I said "reasonable", and not "a good idea": These are animal byproducts and they can go rancid. Don't try this at home (obviously) and please wash yourself thoroughly after thinking about it. If you're a historical individual who needs some lubricant, I'd consider this ill-advised unless your society has high standards for hygiene. Then again, given some of the things that historical thinkers actually recommended as lubricant, maybe it's not so bad an idea... In short, avoid unless you bathe as or more often than the vikings, and even then I'd think twice. But there were quite possibly people out there who did it anyways.

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