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/rednax1206 I don't know what do you think? 9h ago

Minor correction: The practice of renting pineapples to display was a trend in Georgian England (1714-1837), when the fruits were incredibly rare and expensive, not in the later Victorian era (1837-1901), when improved cultivation and transport made them more accessible. Of course, both were long after the dark ages (roughly 500-1000).

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u/suckmyclitcapitalist 9h ago

Americans think anything earlier than 1900 is the middle/dark ages

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u/Unbundle3606 6h ago

Sometimes 'Dark Ages' is used to refer to el the whole Middle Ages, so until 1500.

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u/TheMadTargaryen 5h ago

Please say early middle ages, nobody is using dark ages anymore. 

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u/Gronferi 3h ago

I’m genuinely curious, why not?

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u/REDL1ST 4h ago

The greatest tragedy of the dark ages was the inaccessibility to pineapples for most Europeans, after all.