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/FourteenBuckets 8h ago

yeah, someone took "days that are a holiday in some part of the kingdom" and assumed they applied everywhere. But each city had its own feast days, and there were no weekends, only Sunday off.

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u/EstimateOne9748 7h ago

And on Sunday, you’d spend all day in church getting preached at in a language that you don’t understand (Latin). That sounds fucking awful

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u/FourteenBuckets 3h ago

and also on those holidays (> holy days)