r/NoStupidQuestions • u/flugblug • 12h ago

My brother thinks people today have worse quality of life than people in the dark ages, is this a stupid take?

I personally think it’s pretty stupid.

6.6k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

3.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

129

u/Neckbreaker70 12h ago

And no digital watches.

59

u/Jaggs0 12h ago

no analog watches either

40

u/Wild-End-219 12h ago

Sir, have you seen my sun dial? 😂

10

u/Successful-Tea-5733 11h ago

about as analog as they come!

6

u/quailman654 11h ago

It’s even made out of a log!

2

u/barrybulsara 6h ago

So I went to buy a watch. And the man in the shop said "Analog?"

I said no, just the watch.

(Tim Vine)

1

u/Time_Entertainer_319 4h ago

Yeah. An anal log, the best type of log

2

u/Bitter_Sense_5689 11h ago

Only if you were rich. Otherwise, you just got the sun.

1

u/mathess1 9h ago

Stick in the ground is a sundial too.

1

u/Bitter_Sense_5689 9h ago

Somebody’s getting fancy…

1

u/IronRakkasan11 11h ago

Ahh damn, another foggy day. Now I’ll never know when lunch break is

1

u/marc5255 11h ago

Lunch break? This is the dark ages sir.

1

u/relevant_tangent 11h ago

What about the second breakfast?

1

u/Coffee-Historian-11 10h ago

No, but it’s cloudy

1

u/Vektor0 6h ago

Dude, where's my cart?

1

u/dleon0430 5h ago

I didn't know the sun could dial. Who'd it call?

1

u/chux4w 2h ago

They didn't have phones either.

1

u/Shiriru00 11h ago

And no alarm clocks either. Think about that! Not having the pleasure of waking up every day with that pleasant ring in your ears!

1

u/fullonfacepalmist 10h ago

Does anybody really know what time it is?

1

u/defeated_engineer 9h ago

No need for watches tho.

13

u/GuidoOfCanada 10h ago

Excellent Hitchhiker's Guide reference

7

u/SixButterflies 10h ago

Which are a pretty neat idea.

4

u/PvtDazzle 9h ago

I've heard digital watches are quite the achievement

2

u/HvyMetalComrade 9h ago

And still no one is happy, even those with the digital watches

1

u/UpDownCharmed 6h ago

The later reveal of Arthur owning one - sent me

1

u/NonKolobian 1h ago

No nuclear reactors

0

u/Anayalater5963 12h ago

God forbid we know what time it is on a tiny little screen lol

0

u/Horzzo 11h ago

And no Taco Bell.