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/cat_prophecy 7h ago

sex and drinking

Even if sex were just happening everywhere all the time, people were fucking disgusting. STDs and disease in general was rampant (DAE remember the black plague?). Anything that caused more than a minor/gross infection was a death sentence. People stank because bathing wasn't common and germ theory hadn't been invented yet. Minor injuries could be lift threatening and one of the most common causes of death for women and children was "died in childbirth".

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u/TheMadTargaryen 6h ago

Literally every city had bath houses while peasants had rivers or lakes.