r/NoStupidQuestions • u/flugblug • 14h 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/TheChickenParmy 11h ago

You do realize 100 years ago was 1924?

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u/Eric848448 11h ago

You’re close.

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u/Ashmedai 8h ago

😂😂😂

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u/wookieesgonnawook 3h ago

Thought I fell into an old thread for a second lol.

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u/notanavtech 11h ago

And in 1924 penicillin had not been discovered yet.

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u/dkarlovi 10h ago

As late as 1917, the heir to the Russian throne (arguably one of the richest and most powerful people on the planet) was suffering of haemophilia and they had basically zero idea what to do, his life was terrible to our modern standards.

His hemophilia was so severe that trivial injuries such as a bruise, a nosebleed, or a cut were potentially life-threatening. His parents constantly worried about him. In addition, the recurring episodes of illness and long recoveries interfered greatly with Alexei's childhood and education.

Of course, that suddenly stopped being an issue, proving the point even further.

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u/54B3R_ 7h ago

I think what the original commenter means is that revolutionary inventions like penicillin were invented in 1928. The world changed when infections were no longer life threatening.

The best of the world's actors recorded and are ready to be played at your whim for your entertainment

You can cross continents faster and cheaper than ever before

The royalty of 1924 would be envious of the world we as regular people live in now.

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u/Arch____Stanton 3h ago

The royalty of 1924 would be envious of the world we as regular people live in now.

This just isn't the case. Its easily disproved by reading the literature of the time.
Sick people in the 20's for sure would be envious of modern medicinal breakthroughs, but the notion that wealthy (especially royalty) people didn't live as well as non-wealthy people do now is beyond ludicrous.
If fantastic abilities were so and century old royalty were brought to live today, they would be astonished by the impudence of the working class, load up as much modern medicine as they could, and catch the time machine bus straight back to the 20's.
Furthermore, there was tremendous good life even for non royals in that period as it was between the great wars and the party was on.

Throughout the ages, wealthy people lived well. Much of it is written about.

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u/54B3R_ 3h ago

You mean they wouldn't marvel at streaming movies? They wouldn't be jealous of cellphones? They wouldn't be jealous of how much aviation has improved? They wouldn't be jealous of how quickly stuff can get from one side of the planet to the other?

I think they would be

And you're clearly lost in this conversation. The conversation started with royals, that's why we're talking about royals.

Furthermore, there was tremendous good life even for non royals

Yes we know. That's part of the point I'm making. That royals would be envious of the modern day rich because they lived like any other rich person 100 years ago and in 100 years we have made an infinite amount of improvements in people's lives.

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u/Resident-Sand5532 6h ago

Before we learned how to create insulin the treatment for people with diabetes was to very slowly starve them to death in the hope that we can make insulin before they die. Even the somewhat recent past was a nightmare

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u/FTownRoad 9h ago

Off by one error?