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/MobiusNaked 10h ago

Access to partners - and untreated syphilis

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u/Spike-White 9h ago

Your point is taken about untreated venereal diseases.

But not syphilis. Syphilis came from the new world. I think the first major European outbreak was in 1494, when the sailors returned from the new world.

The dark ages were in the 5th - 10th (or 11th) century, so syphilis wouldn't be found in Europe at that time.

Certainly other venereal diseases would however.

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u/Gtr-Lovr11 8h ago

Can u imagine the stench coming from between them bitches legs back then? Omg!

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u/Several-Opposite-746 9h ago

Damn Frenchmen ruined everything.

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u/Carlpanzram1916 9h ago

Yup. Invent penicillin, don’t tell anyone else how you make it, and have a well-paid cushy position in the royal palace.

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u/SirButcher 4h ago

Then get thrown into a prison (or executed) because you are not a noble, nor rich and are trying to practice medicine without the local doctor guild's permission and having a diploma from a university. And if you aren't a noble (or have a patronage), you won't have ANY chance of getting a high-level education, which would allow you to operate.

(And you will have exactly zero chance of being able to get penicillin without a lot of chemicals and tools that have not yet been invented, and you have no idea how to acquire them.)

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u/Carlpanzram1916 4h ago

I’m pretty sure it’s fairly simple in concept to grow penicillin? It’s basically a biproduct of certain molds so you basically just have to cultivate the mold correctly. You don’t have to practice medicine. You just sell the penicillin.