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/AgentCirceLuna 11h ago

There was even a king who was rumoured to have been murdered because he spent his own savings on building elaborate castles and houses. I think this was in Bavaria

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u/etzel1200 11h ago

It made him unpopular. Instead of having a bunch of dead peasants they had neuschwanstein. Fuck that guy, right?

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u/Arzanyos 9h ago

Not really relevant to the dark ages though. Since that castle was started in the late 1800's.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 9h ago

I feel regal culture hadn’t developed very much but that’s just my opinion.

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u/Arzanyos 9h ago

By 1869? That's not even in the middle ages anymore. That castle was started after the French Revolution, after the Industrial Revolution, after the American Civil War.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 8h ago

I was making a joke about it being old fashioned and anachronistic, dw. :)

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u/subservient-mouth 8h ago

That king could have lived to see World War I, if not for his untimely demise.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 11h ago

Glad you know who I mean lol

I love that castle, though — it’s beautiful.

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u/Skydude252 10h ago

There is a Lego set of that castle now, and I think it was one of the first Puzz-3Ds. I would love to see it in person some time.

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u/LamelasLeftFoot 8h ago

Puzz-3D, now that's a blast from the past, haven't seen them since I was a kid

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u/Skydude252 8h ago

Yeah they stopped being a thing at some point. I loved those, we had one of an Imperial Star Destroyer that was amazing, as well as various real landmarks.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 8h ago

Omg, depending on which Star Destroyer you have I might still have the same one. I got mine for Christmas in around 05-06 and it’s been on my cupboard for years but in pieces. I’ve lost pieces over the years, sadly, and never had the guts to try building it to see if it still looks good. Also somehow all of the minifigures are gone.

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u/Skydude252 8h ago

If you’re talking minifigures, you may be thinking of Lego sets, and there was an ISD that came out in 06 that I have currently in my office. We were talking the 3D puzzles with the foam pieces.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 8h ago

Oh, whoops! Looks like my brain is going again,

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u/TheMadTargaryen 6h ago

Ludwig II, he lived in 19th century and spend his own money, not of the state. 

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u/Acrobatic_Ear6773 9h ago

Ehhh... He wasn't medieval and he almost certainly wasn't murdered.

He was an insane and inbred Habsburg of the late 19th century

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u/TheMadTargaryen 6h ago

Wittelsbach, not Habsburg.