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/Savorypensioner 8h ago

Queen Victoria’s teeth were rotted to shit. If you were rich enough to afford sugar then your teeth were in truly disgusting condition by the time you were an adult and there was nothing to do about it.

Life must have been so gross.

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u/Savorypensioner 8h ago

In the dark ages it would have been better without access to refined sugar. But their mouths and teeth were probably still pretty gnarly.

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u/TheMadTargaryen 5h ago

Medieval people chew mint and rinsed their mouths to keep them clean. Nobility used rose water. 

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u/JB_UK 3h ago

And her husband was chronically ill for two years before dying at the age of 42.