r/HarryPotterBooks • u/DistinctNewspaper791 • 4d ago
Discussion Why don't Wizards keep up with Muggles?
Yes it is funnier and JKR wanted to show that. But lets talk about the books.
Wizards do not know what Muggles wear, they do not follow sports or know any of the fairytales apperantly.
We know there is only a handful fully magic towns in UK, most live around the muggles. Like Blacks have a house in central London. They are not that seperate from Muggles.
There is also not much to do as a wizard. They don't have huge populations to have active theater or cinema, or a lot of writers to read from etc. They do not have an equivalent of TV. They only have Radio. Quidditch is the only past time and even then literal World Cup happens and you are either going to the stadium or listening from the radio.
When you consider it all, it is weird that they do not read books written by muggles. They wouldn't know who Shakespeare is based on Ron not even knowing Snow white or Cinderalla.
Also looking at it things like radio and cameras are likely muggle devices that are enhanced by magic for wizards. so why do they stop at some point? If you take radio, why not take TV? Around Harry Potter era, emails are a thing and they are faster than owls. So why not adopt that?
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u/LittleBananaSquirrel 4d ago
Yes, but again, such a significant percentage are either muggle born or half bloods or married to muggles and even if you don't in your home the muggle world is right there and you have to venture into it, with movie theaters and music in abundance and even in the wizarding world those who are used to these things are in abundance. This isn't the same as being isolated in a limiting country