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In Ancient Rome, during a meal, gourmands rid themselves of what they had just devoured so they could devour anew -
Seneca: vomunt ut edant, edunt ut vomant (they vomit to eat, they eat to vomit)
Suetonius: μεσσηγυδορποχέστης, ὁ μεσοῦντος τοῦ δείπνου πολλάκις ἀποπατῶν, ὅπως πάλιν ἐμπίμπληται ὁ αὐτός (interprandial pooper, who retires to defecate in the midst of a meal so that he may fill himself up again) -
how come they were accustomed / desensitized to such manners?
Could there be a renaissance of such manners?

In China, to this day, when dining together, each convive repeatedly dips his or her own spoon and chopsticks into the shared containers (platter, pot, etc.), no matter how soupy or saucy the food is.
Could more non-Sinosphere cultures be accustomed / desensitized to such manners?
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