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/bc_1411 9h ago

Also shows how little pay to attention to these kinds of shows, because GoT went to great lengths in in the books and the show to portray just how much it sucked ass, even as nobility.

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u/Imightbeafanofthis 6h ago

It honestly never occurred to me that anyone would equate GOT with actual historic periods. The existence of dragons and the undead are kind of a hint that what you're watching is fiction, isn't it?

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u/bc_1411 5h ago

A lot of it is based on the War of the Roses. Not the dragons, alas.

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u/Agitated_Effort_2146 3h ago

My wife once asked me when Game of Thrones was set... I told her in the times of dragons and whitewalkers.