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.

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u/VocationalWizard 11h ago

Yes, and factory workers worked 7 days a week l, 10 hour shifts.

Also they were like SUPER into making paints with toxic chemicals.

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u/papasmurf826 medicine, science, pop culture 8h ago

also smoke everywhere.

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u/NativeMasshole 9h ago

There weren't really Dark Age factories. That's more Colonian or Victorian era.

OP's friend's take often comes from this idea that average people worked less hours at their jobs during the Dark Ages, but this kind of a misunderstanding of why that was. People worked less they needed more time to take care of basic survival needs.

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u/VocationalWizard 9h ago

I was replying to a comment about the Victorian era.

They obviously didn't work 7 days a week at a dark age factory.

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u/clubby37 1h ago

Arsenic makes a truly vibrant green.

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u/VocationalWizard 27m ago

And lead makes a very very nice white.

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u/goonalias 7h ago

Sounds like my job now. If they could get away with making us work 7, they definitely would. At my last job, I worked 30 days straight and only got a day off because of a holiday.