Why You Wouldn't Last 24 Hours in The Dark Ages....

[@kl9411]

As someone who is devoting my life to the study of the medieval period, I wake up everyday grateful for plumbing, electricity, and modern medicine

[@AnswerisB]

Think of what the future could hold, on that note. Should you have descendants, they'll likely find mundane what you consider miraculous.

[@kl9411]

@@AnswerisB the miraculous part of that entire situation would be me having descendants lol

[@Paliemienckaieo-ix4lg]

Exctactly

[@kgs2280]

And air conditioning and heating and showers! (All because of the things you mentioned).

[@Liz-sn1mm]

Up until antibiotics became available in the 1940s, people died of things we now barely take notice of.

[@tcgrady2000]

I am always genuinely astonished that the human race ever survived.

[@cht2162]

Did it?

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

@@cht2162 Yes. As your response demonstrates.

[@karenlloyd1705]

​@@MichaelLevine-n6y😂😂😂

[@kiyadixon9650]

I could not agree more

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

Life is very tenacious, as well as very fragile. Still, I too have had the same thought as the original post suggests.

[@colormetakenaback]

I'd go for the nunnery. Heck with it. Safe, secluded, prayers and gardening, no risk of dying in childbirth. I'm in!

[@charlottesmom]

It might just be the safest place for a female. 👍🏻

[@franglais-riders]

Only wealthy families could afford to buy a position for a daughter in a nunnery, also the candidate had to be literate. A way round it would have been for a family to give his son ( or daughter) to a convent at a very young age so literacy would have been part of the course . But even so a money was often expected.

[@colormetakenaback]

@@franglais-riders Holy crap. Well I guess I'd have to stow away on a privateer ship or something 😂

[@gingey1853]

@@colormetakenabackwats wrong wi making sammiches and stewing the brew

[@puch9830]

Yeah sure you would, I dont know what is it with feminists why you dislike men, why femimists dont have male authoritiy fogures in their lives?women literally need men but feminists keep being angry and adopting cats to cope.

[@Mart77]

And let's not forget how cities used to be. In movies they are always beautiful and romantic medieval towns. In reality it was filth and shit everywhere and unshowered people, accompanied with terrible stench.

[@LunarWind99]

I've learned actually that people didn't smell as bad as a lot think as they would have baths but they were just a lot more difficult to have, sponge baths were pretty common and they would wear linens that would collect their sweat

[@karenday9109]

🤢

[@thetheater7610]

I guess the paesant lived better then everybody at this point, at least i could have took a nice shit in the fields with grass and rocks as paper toilet

[@christopherlujan4605]

I always felt that Game of Thrones did a good job of showing how terrible living in a large city was. There was giant puddles of shit and piss all over the place. There was a stench everywhere you walked. People were miserable. Lots of crime.

[@notnotiron]

Source: trust me bro

[@OmegaWolf747]

It's a wonder we've made it this far as a species.

[@hubertus1826]

We actually became the dominant species despite all this, and today many complain...

[@tifapanties25]

Whites

[@MisterGoofy]

​@@tifapanties25ok white savior

[@talibanairport1544]

Lol. The middle East had all of the first great cities and societies. They were literally thriving while Europe was in the dark.

[@yvonneplant9434]

According to some new information we almost didn't make it as a species. There were only about 1500 individuals at one time.

[@jimbob4447]

I'm flattered you think I'd last even 24 hours.

[@rudeinterplanetjanet]

Yeah, I'd be gone in 15 minutes!

[@hubertus1826]

Many of the medieval rules would still be needed today.

[@lisaahmari7199]

As someone who is highly sensitive to scents, I would take a single whiff of my new location and fall over, dead. 😅 I can't even change a baby diaper without projectile vomiting.

[@Anymous578]

I’ll be Gone by 2 minutes lol

[@sleepy_18]

I wouldn't last for 50 seconds

[@sleepyburr]

People who romanticize this time period probably think they'd be part of the nobility and lead some cushy life (and even then your chances wouldn't be great) when it's far more likely that they'd be toiling in the fields trying not to get pillaged or stub their toe and get a debilitating infection.

[@brianbaker5555]

You can romanticize the medieval period too much, but you can also caricature it as overly bleak and depressing, which frankly is far more common today (e.g. your comment). It was a complex, sophisticated colorful society with a patchwork of different people and classes. It wasn't just a bunch of dirty serfs toiling miserably in a snobby noble's field.

[@boogiesmell5181]

You are both right 😊 Adding my two cents... first the obvious caveat that of course it all depended on where in Europe and at what time we're talking about. England under King John (1199-1216, worst English king ever) would have been a terrible time for most people wheras it would have been relatively more chill to be alive under Henry III (1216-1272). That said and generally speaking, maybe it wouldn't have been that bad to be a peasant. I refer to the three estates: Those who work (the peasants and bourgeoisie) Those who pray (the clergy) Those who fight (the nobility) The nobility fought eachother in constant wars and sieges. The clergy lived a cushy but unbelievably monotonous life. Plus they were denied any contact with women, so the general vibe in any monastery would have been rather... toxic I guess. Through all this, the peasants toiled their fields and enjoyed a sugar-free, low fat diet which was real good for their teeth and general physique. Being overweight was never an issue! The weekly forced propganda session, which was held in the village church in Latin was seen by most as a good get-together to meet friends and neighbours to gossip, talk, and flirt. They worked hard but they played hard too. The occasional hick-up of foreign mercenaries burning down your farm did occur every once in a while but my point is it wasn't all woe and misery.

[@brianbaker5555]

​@@boogiesmell5181 appreciate the feedback. A lot of what you said I think is correct. A few comments I would make in possible revision: To hone in on a time period we can go with the 13th or 14th century. The term peasant is actually pretty broad. Many peasants were simply what we would today call a farmer. They were called husbandmen, yeomen, and franklins and were free landowners or free tenants that lived standard rural lives. They made up the bulk of the "middle or working class". You also had rich peasants who were urban merchants or who had bigger plots of land. I would imagine these peasants were more free than say today, someone working at Amazon toiling in the warehouse. As for their church attendance. I would not call this forced propaganda. It would just a normal custom and habit that people were expected to do, like how we're all expected in society to do certain things. I imagine that every time we watch a tv ad or a news channel today, there is more "forced propaganda" that we experience there than a peasant would ever experience. As for the clergy. I wouldn't call their life monotonous. They were essentially responsible for the preservation of knowledge, particularly classical knowledge. They were the scholars of the day. They also were involved with charity work, hospital building, etc. I don't think they eschewed contact with women unless you were a monk perhaps.

[@xornxenophon3652]

I am not so sure about that. IMHO, many people today feel a sense of loss, because we have explained away the wonder of tales and the solace of religious belief. Feeling good relies not only on having dental care but also on a sense of belonging, being part of a community and believing that your life does matter.

[@yvonneplant9434]

They don't know much about the pyramid with the king on the top, the nobility next and peasants( us) on the bottom. Folks on the bottom were pretty much serfs.

[@missunderstood6862]

Its a miracle that each of us is here today.

[@samr.england613]

Oh yes! It truly is! (And if anything had gone different in the past, there'd be others in our place.)

[@adamamar5100]

​@@samr.england613 isn't this was only in Europe?

[@jarosbodytko6462]

Absolutely. From chance meetings in the past to that one sperm cell that makes it just before the millions of others, and I’m not even talking about the Big Bang, planets and stars forming and Earth having the exact conditions to support life which is a whole other level of insanity. Being born into the world is winning a lottery with insanely small odds. People never stop to think how amazing it is to experience life, the good as well as the bad. We GET to live!

[@mlamber7780]

Yup! Life itself is a miracle. ~ John 3:16

[@Menegroth91]

Let’s just take some solace that our ancestors had to endure the dark ages, just so we can play World of Warcraft and eat Doritos.

[@carlycaye90]

yep that is actually weekend plan cause icc is coming soon. but I'm older now and it can't *just* be Doritos, I have to eat a vegetable or two and drink water or tea. but definitely nacho cheese Dorito too

[@poeticsilence047]

Diablo is what I am running now. Stopped WoW once it dropped.

[@peterlawson777]

😂😂😂

[@BrokeNbelt_tv]

Vanilla wow Gnome Mage coming thru

[@hubertus1826]

Today we're all snowflakes.

[@catalinapazhasbunzegpi1065]

I’ve always found it amazing that women had to endure childbirth at their own home, with no pain relief, no way to stop massive bleeding, no antibiotics, no way of knowing if it would go well or not, etc. and then having to endure that repeatedly due to the lack of contraception 😮

[@marionacrosby9267]

And they had multiple kids at that!

[@ShizurinXKiseki]

Yes, blood loss is not joke

[@phoebescott6787]

Also the blood loss of every period if you had endometriosis

[@Blujai28]

And then most of your children would die before ever making it out of childhood

[@Scourge88Monastik14]

Praise for the sufferinf

[@silverco2560]

If I were a woman in the medieval ages I’d run to become a nun right away

[@Malcriada115]

Do you think the nuns had it easy?

[@silverco2560]

@@Malcriada115 I actually don’t know but sounds like a less horrible option than having to marry and give birth

[@Malcriada115]

@@silverco2560 The nuns didn't marry, but did get pregnant and did give birth. Don't ask what happened to the babies.

[@silverco2560]

@@Malcriada115 I don’t doubt it might’ve happened here and there, but that couldn’t be the norm right? I’m guessing most nuns didn’t have children and maintained their chastity vows. If it diminishes my chances of having to have sex with a medieval man and having children, I’m already on board.

[@giampieroilbello5373]

​​@@silverco2560 being a mother is literally the only purpose for a woman's life lmao how is that horrible. Did your mother tell you she regrets having you?

[@realpongking]

I'm always skeptical about those time-travel movies. If you travel back to the past and show all the modern knowledge, it wouldn't take more than a week to get the community to decide to burn you alive for being a witch.

[@seriously58]

This is why I love the Michael Crichton Novel about Time Travel to the middle ages so much. No sugar coating...they die

[@sarabachmann2837]

A good book related to this is "The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England". It gives a good synopsis of life in England as a peasant, nobleman, and king.

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

There is a Renaissance version, too. And be sure to read, "The Worst Jobs in History."

[@spinstercatlady]

Yes, that's a pretty good series.

[@peterlawson777]

Great book, I’ve read it twice.

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

@@peterlawson777 "Timeline" is another good time travel story, though I have watched the movie, I have not read the book.

[@Eunoia345]

Ian Mortimer is great! I love his books on some of the medieval kings in particular, they’re very interesting

[@smackindabox]

I’m from the US, family has been here hundreds of years, Irish and English ancestry originally. It makes you wonder watching this how many families back then died out and how yours made it to the modern day.

[@ItIsYourMom]

Yes, thought about that, as well.

[@loftonrudolph7586]

Survival of the fittest is a thing.

[@williamd1891]

My family did a lot of fu**ing. Strength in numbers.

[@hotelvasthorizon]

They went through all that and still survived and had kids. In contrast, I probably have the most cushy and relaxed life ever next to what my ancestors went through. Yet, I'm like, "nah I would rather not have kids." It's kind of crazy

[@Novusod]

You aren't descended from your ancestors. You are 50% of your mother and 50% of your father. You are only 25% of your grand parent and only 12.5% of your great grand parent and 6.25% of a great great grand parent from 100 years ago. Going back ten generations you are only 0.1% of that ancestor That isn't much different than some random person on the street in terms of genetic variability.

[@DrStabkill]

The childbirth thing is insane. Like getting pregnant must have been terrifying

[@macraghnaill3553]

Just think what it would of been like in the Stone Age ect

[@cuteypoofyosu9198]

Yeah, the childbirth thing is crazy, the only reason women were even able to go through that pain is because they had bigger groins back then, nowadays people's groin are getting smaller and smaller so it's getting alot harder to give birth back then(if they had painkillers, antibiotics ect) so yeah thats the gist of it.😊

[@starfox300]

It was normal for 99% of human history. nobody complained, that's how things always used to be

[@sjdess]

@@starfox300 many women complained. and went on to fight for birth control and abortion.

[@starfox300]

@@sjdess they didn't fight for it at all. Men made those things eventually and gave to them for free

[@englishfortheplanet]

Videos like this one really help to put things in perspective. I'm so grateful to be alive now--despite all the problems we have.

[@etcetc3800]

It was like this in Europe. Not in middle east or India or East Asia

[@viceiceman85]

@@etcetc3800 far worse in those shiteholes

[@CM-ey6qy]

@@etcetc3800Oh I’m sure it was so much better 🙄🤣

[@roobs6745]

I've said for a while now that we really have no idea how good we have it right now. More people need to see this video and learn to be grateful for what you have now...

[@CherBaby13]

You can be grateful and still push for progress (:

[@にちはHYPERSPACE]

​@@CherBaby13found the snowflake.

[@gregs5154]

Vaccine denial. I've heard it described as being in a submarine built by our forebears, forgetting that fact, then declaring that we should open the windows and let some air in.

[@charlie-j4o7u]

Stupid ass logic lmao show this to a homeless man/woman

[@jakeblaine2380]

So Middle Ages people should be thankful they’re not cavemen? Then we wouldn’t be in the modern age.

[@europeanguy8773]

No wonder humans have became so obsessive with material stuff, comfort, sanitation, having more than needed. Many people don't realize we inherited these traits from our very ancestors, they are part of us.

[@willc5512]

I didnt inhert that. I descended from slaves & anarchists.😁. Satisfied with what I have.

[@Fireraidz]

​@@willc5512I was about to say- we could talk about that inherited racism though ☝🏿

[@walker7155]

Idk about that I think it's the innate trait to want to survive. Pain and suffering is not comfortable, humans seek comfort.

[@russellgardner5126]

@@Fireraidz how do you mean? inheriting racism by being brought up that way, or through your genes?

[@zeged]

Assuming you are African the same thing happens in Africa.@@willc5512

[@erraticonteuse]

1:19 Here's what I've never understood. Women were considered morally weaker because Eve ate the Forbidden Fruit. But she was convinced to do so by a supernatural being. Adam was convinced to do so by Eve. So who is *really* morally weaker: the person tempted by forces beyond her understanding, or the person tempted by just another human?

[@thepunisherkz]

The Devil is not a "Supernatural being" but quite the opposite. Eve understood perfectly what She were doing because the Supernatural being (God) told her to not eat the fruit

[@erraticonteuse]

@@thepunisherkz How are you defining "supernatural" that the Devil doesn't qualify?

[@thepunisherkz]

@@erraticonteuse an entity who is above the nature. Correctly the Devil is below and not above so he must use deceit and he has not complete Power over all things like God

[@erraticonteuse]

@@thepunisherkz He is beyond the natural, though.

[@kaymartin2807]

​@@thepunisherkzsupernatural - being above nature. The devil has incredibly persuasion powers and is hinted to know more than even humans, an entity we cannkt really see but is said to control people to do bad things, in all senses, the devil is very much above nature.

[@swordsman3951]

And yet, they built magnificent castles, cathedrals and created beautiful works of art.

[@donaldbraugh2314]

One shouldn't imagine too much bc then one misses the truth of how they actually lived (better families and role models) and survived instead of the fantasies of how we think it would have been had we been there. We have no idea bc we weren't there but it makes sense that they were survivors, believers in a deity, and noble in their instruction in school and work

[@faulsname8869]

That was actually the Tartarian’s. We found what they built eons ago…

[@CurtisCT]

KZbin video in the year 2523: "Why you wouldn't last 24 hours in the 21st century..."

[@carminaburana9163]

Great !

[@dickyboyryw]

In 2553, they'll think we were totaly lost, morally.

[@Khoisanboogie]

​@@dickyboyrywI think it now in 2024. Fubar

[@NonsoNwaeze]

3001 here we come

[@ankhpom9296]

Presume of course humans still exist in 2523.

[@doomsdayaddams2894]

Antibiotics. My parents were both adults when antibiotics were invented. They pointed how many things I’d had that could have killed me back then.

[@Hugatree1]

Not only that but typical childhood infections like mumps measles chickenpox strep throat and tonsillitis, as a kid back in the fifties my siblings and I suffered through all of these ailments but managed to survive because hygiene and nutrition. In medieval times each one would be a death sentence

[@pa4o93ir49]

Sounds like your parents were just bad parents. I never got any antibiotics or vaccines growing up and I’m 30 now. Your parents were just incompetent in taking care of a child and didn’t know how to keep you safe from diseases.

[@elujinpk]

​@@Hugatree1 medieval times or modern Republican party. Lol. I guess they are the same.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

Even in the 1930s many men, women and children died of infections before discovery of penicillin. Mastoid infections were considered emergencies and surgery to remove the mastoid bone were common. Many of my parents generation had this operation done which could lead to hearing loss in later years.

[@middaywasted3653]

@@elujinpkwhat does that even mean

[@katrinakarena]

Growing up in the 70’s I remember romanticizing this time period. But from documentaries and the internet I have educated myself and now marvel that enough people survived to keep the human population in existence. What a horrible time to have lived and died.

[@jgnogueira]

And now people romanticize the 80s lmao.

[@JM_Mk]

People romanticize things they know nothing about, because they always ASSUME it must have been "so beautiful" what a misconception....

[@kakyoin7248]

@@jgnogueira whats the good and bad things about the 80s? ik there was a massive cigarette problem but what else?

[@StoneHavel]

​@@kakyoin7248racism, drugs, gangs, murderers getting away easily

[@onnabugeisha2841]

​@@kakyoin7248AIDS, crack

[@Hypurr1]

I love my AC, plumbing, etc. I often tell people that say, "It would be cool to live back then" (whenever then is), you wouldn't last a week. Life was tough even just 100-150 years ago.

[@BigUpYourself_101]

Average life expectancy is misrepresented here. It includes the high child-mortality rates, so does not show how old people would get on average. Living into your 50s or 60s was much more common than this suggests.

[@phoebusapollo8365]

i had to scroll way too far down to see this

[@robg4729]

Well it wasn't more common if far more people died as children. That's how averages work. There's zero misrepresentation.

[@phoebusapollo8365]

@@robg4729 the problem is the average comes from 2 extremes being calculated together, which creates a middle ground. Lots of people died young, and a lot of ppl who lived past that hard period lived into retirement age. The average calculated suggests most people died around the middle ground. The problem is the average being calculated makes people think most ppl back then died at the age of 30. Yes the average is accurate by the definition of what an average is, but people take it to mean smth else, because ppl take it to mean most of the data is in the middle, when it’s not distributed that way.

[@robg4729]

@@phoebusapollo8365 That's how all averages work. Life expectancy now is worked out the same way. No one else is misunderstanding this except you. People know what an average is.

[@phoebusapollo8365]

@@robg4729 not really, you’re going off the cold hard definition of average, most people speaking casually when saying average just mean “most people.” So whenever people hear average life expectancy is 30, they just hear “most people” died at 30. Which isn’t the case, the case is most people either died at 5, or at 60. The average taken is misinterpreted. A bimodal distribution and a bell curve can give the same average, and you can’t know from the average whether or not most of the data actually falls there in the middle or if the “outliers” is actually where most of the data is. That’s kinda what me and the original commenter are saying. Yes, it’s technically sound by the definition of what average is, but what most people mean, and what the video guy was trying to present to us as information is that most people didn’t make it past 30s, which further implies it’s where most people died. Again, if u purely look at what average means, what the guy in the video says isn’t wrong, but what he was trying to imply, and what most people take to mean (using context and colloquial meaning of the word “average”) when they hear that piece of information is not correct.

[@Puzzoozoo]

Here in Britain, if you look at graves stones from the early to late 19th Century, you'll see not many people made it to their 70th birthday, and a lot of children died quite young.

[@barkershill]

Yes, that’s. Very true

[@livhope4317]

Not many? The average life expectancy was around 30, so 70 would have been a phenomenon

[@Zalis116]

@@livhope4317 Those averages are skewed by the high number of infant and child deaths. For those who survived into adulthood, living into their 50s-60s wasn't some rare miracle.

[@barbaravyse660]

I’ve traced my paternal ancestors back to the mid 1300s in England. Most died in their 50s.

[@ankhpom9296]

Longer life spans is a fairly recent phenomenon.

[@rangerwhite5165]

Imagine toothache, dying from the likes of cancer or other serious illnesses with no pain relief. If must have been horrific.

[@catalinapazhasbunzegpi1065]

Yeah and let’s not forget childbirth 😮 imagine waiting 9 months knowing you’d have to endure that kind of pain, and having god knows how many children because there was no contraception

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

Medieval monks were aware of the pain relieving properties of milk of the poppy and used it regularly.

[@purgeouterim]

Exactly what i thought a second before reading your comment ! The absolute nightmare 🫠🫠

[@purgeouterim]

@@serahloeffelroberts9901opium based medications had also its fair share of side effects : drowsiness, sedation, nausea, vomiting, respiratory depression especially at high dose, skin rash and so on

[@Morgan_Layfay]

​​@@catalinapazhasbunzegpi1065you forgot the whole dying during childbirth from even just one part lol

[@TaeSunWoo]

Half of Europe really decided to enter “hard mode” after the western roman empire fell. Meanwhile eastern Rome was like “guys…we’re still over here. Come on back, things were better back in antiquity right?”

[@Alphabetical1800]

I wonder what was life in our asia during this time i am certain it wasnt pleasant 😂

[@JaxonSmithers]

The sort of video that really makes you appreciate the most basic of modern comforts!

[@BaresEatBeats]

I don't think many romanticise the Dark Ages 😅 Even those who aren't particularly educated on the period know just how brutal it was.

[@saltwatertaffy7020]

I know I don't romanticize that time period!

[@TheNotSure]

Brave Heart. Lol.

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

what about the "hard times create strong men" people 😂😂

[@BaresEatBeats]

Yeah, now you mention it 😅...

[@Allystargirl]

Another thing people don’t realize is if you think our justice system TODAY are corrupt/ out of date/ unjust, imagine the Middle Ages 💀 there was no forensic evidence, it was ONLY men in power, who the vast majority of did messed up things to other people to be in a position of power, murder rape thievery all went heavily unchecked, word of mouth and eyewitness testimony, true or not, could have you imprisoned, tortured, even sentenced to death. Communication was obviously not nearly as widely accessible, if your family member/ spouse/ friend/ other loved one would go away somewhere for long periods of time, you could be left worrying about their safety and well-being for god knows how long. Not to mention if you where a woman, if you where a different race, if you where gay or trans or disabled or any other version of a marginalized person your SOL 💀💀💀 modern medicine saves us from shit we don’t even bat an eye at anymore. I would rather stay in my comfy safe 2023 than go back to midevil England for 10 damn minutes

[@rhondaatkinson3467]

I have a book to recommend. Its called "Down the Common" by Ann Baer. Its about the month-to-month life of a medieval woman , what she and her family had to go through. Told an account of the life of a woman named Marion and her family and village. Really quite eye opening and interesting. She lost several of her children . (historical fiction of course)

[@juliadwiggins-jo3fo]

So all that to say it isn't real😂

[@rhondaatkinson3467]

@@juliadwiggins-jo3fo Yes. Yep, True. That's right. Correct. Right-o! Yeah. Correcta-mundo. Sure. Spot on. Damn right! Affirmative. Fo Sho. right on! Positively. Hell yeah! Right?

[@janettemasiello5560]

That book sounds very interesting. I am fascinated with ith medieval times, especially in England.

[@jodibailey3039]

Oh my goodness. Its probably one of my FAVORITE BOOKS EVER. Re read so many times. Nice to know another person out there who acknowledged this work out there. I've recommended to others many times❤

[@afe4452]

I read this book too....when Dick died from.a splinter....really hit home.

[@THORMYN1]

I have to go and have my tooth pulled out and can’t imagine all the pain and suffering the people had to endure in the past. I’m so grateful I live now !

[@ACDZ123]

The pain from the rotten tooth was worse than having it pulled out I'd say

[@dan13ljks0n]

Rejoice and think - you are alive today due to an unbroken line of life extending all the way back to the beginning of life on this planet! At least two people survived (long enough anyway) the Middle Ages so you could live!

[@mickimicki]

If only 2 of my ancestors survived the Middle Ages, I'd be very inbred indeed 😉

[@dan13ljks0n]

Why - they wouldn't have to be siblings or close relations - 2 of them did survive, that's why you're here - they helped keep the line going through the middle ages, through all the generations between then and now - the endurance of your mother's and father's family lines.

[@fx7105]

@@dan13ljks0n like have you actually ever thought about what an enormous amount of people that really is lol

[@dan13ljks0n]

Yes, it is an enormous number of people (plus other life forms going all the way back), that's the point. Humans and other primates on our distant family tree didn't spontaneously generate after all. In fact, atomically, we are related to everything in the universe. Yet, if only one of your ancestors didn't have kids, you wouldn't exist - don't go back in time and kill your grandparents before they had kids - no matter how far back you go, you would extinguish your family line from that point on.@@fx7105

[@lil.ms.j7156]

​@@mickimickiThe fact that your comment has that many likes tells me people literally do not use their brains...

[@nbenefiel]

I have a DPhil in medieval studies. The dark ages are called that because we have so few records from that time, not because it was terrible.

[@ariesleorising9421]

Maybe it’s because I’m so tired from my full time job as a teacher as well as being a graduate student….but I totally read that as Dr. Phil!! 😂 Oh, my. I now realize you meant Doctor of Philosophy. I need sleep. What a cool degree, by the way!!❤

[@ihavegymnastics]

Uh, but it was still terrible..... (Compared to now.)

[@nbenefiel]

@@ihavegymnastics it wasn’t terrible.

[@Fjk2134]

​@@ariesleorising9421i absolutely thought I read the same exact thing😂

[@jakesjacket]

@@ariesleorising9421omg i read it as Dr Phil too

[@mckamy4711]

This is why when people ask the would you rather time travel into the past or the future question I'll always say future. Being perpetually cold with a lack of good food and freedom as a woman just sounds like a living nightmare.

[@name6953]

Yuh and I'm a black woman who knows what will happen to us there

[@gerrardlee8879]

Always a victim isnt it

[@He2raww]

But you don’t know what the future holds. What if it’s even worse than the dark ages?

[@chaz3196]

​@gerrardlee8879 well we are? What do you want us to say

[@Monatio79]

@@He2raww Yes, that may be so. However, if given the choice I'd opt for an unknown future simply because I already know how terrible the past was; something to be avoided at all costs.

[@DingKong]

500 years from now, people will look at this era the same way we look at the medieval period.

[@MeyrickLagardo]

especially your username

[@QueenHela240]

No actually. Cause people aren't getting executed in our era.

[@kye3k1]

An era at the advent on AI Plastic everywhere and in our brains Food with poisons Chronic illnesses Cancer in most people before old age takes them There's a lot to wonder what the heck is going on from a futures perspective the same way we question why they'd use lead with their food.

[@pavel0900]

This short account of life in the Middle Ages certainly puts things into perspective. Most of us are living in absolutely the best times for humanity!

[@stephengrimmer35]

An average age of 24 when 50% die as infants means that most adults live to be at least 50.

[@richardcrook2112]

Good point!

[@JoanMurray-j5y]

NO IT DOESN'T !!

[@richardcrook2112]

@@JoanMurray-j5y Good point!

[@jandrews6254]

They may have lived to 50 but with dental problems, therefore nutrition problems and infection due to abscesses, not to mention arthritis, rheumatism, osteoporosis and possibly broken bones as a result. And then there’s starvation; if the winter is harsh, who do you feed? The old one who has no teeth and can’t work, or the man who can till fields and tend cattle, followed by the oldest son (same reason). Wife and girls maybe not so much.

[@NoName12344o]

many also lived up to 80 years or beyong, the older you got the more years you were probably to live. it'S such a misconception and lie that mot people lives just up to 30 years.

[@ameliaflowers9836]

33 years of that life would be enough

[@lisaahmari7199]

😅😂 😂

[@vkvarman2422]

Jesus Christ,your right

[@lindsaywarden1746]

Ale was in fact very weak. It was drunk because the water was often polluted, the water was dangerous. The brewing process meant that the water in it was boiled.

[@thecocktailian2091]

Not true. Most people drank water. Beer strength varied widely, from small beer( low ABC) to heavy ales. Certainly instances arrived as you state, but that was not the norm.

[@blackqweenmars]

Also, the alcohol helped kill the bad bacteria and introduced good bacteria

[@rowanjoy419]

I am not even trying to be funny, every single time that I imagine myself time traveling to the past, I even question if I would be able to breath that air.

[@irippiri2847]

Go to the Middle East if you’d time travel, Dark Ages was only for Europe until they gave up the religion (Christianity) madness and opened to new ideas

[@hntrip]

Literally- first 10 seconds in that mug we prolly die to the air toxins

[@bubblegumpop078]

I would fucking die or get punished the entire time i have a case of sailors mouth, other thing id imagine just for fun what if you just start using all the brain rot words how would they take that

[@lawoull.6581]

Ii wouldn't last 2 hrs.. all that 🐴 💩 on my Stacy Adam's shoes.. to the gallows sire😮

[@kalvurk6660]

@@hntrip Air toxins today are far worse than the middle ages.

[@bdgies2721]

The clothes were not scratchy wool. I’ve been spinning and creating yarn from fibres for 45 yrs, primarily wool. If it’s scratchy, it’s overwashed and all the has been removed. Middle Ages clothing was also created from flax (which becomes linen) and hemp ( the cloth and paper variety, not the recreational) and leather.

[@daffers2345]

Thanks. It bugs me when people assume Old-Fashioned Clothes = Super Itchy Wool. I've seen it even in modern times when people make fun of the Amish and say they wear "itchy" wool clothes (or even burlap ... ???)

[@thecocktailian2091]

Im alergic to wool. Even Cashmere annoys the heck out of me. Granted Im an outlier, but there is a sizable minority that would be super sensitive to wool, coarse or fine. And of course it would depend on what region you are in, which fabric type would be the most prevalent.

[@Loupedelou]

They also wore a layer of linen under the wool so it wasn't scratchy

[@jeanlanz2344]

Wow. How grim. Thank you for the research and gathering the cool medieval paintings.

[@princesap4146]

Well I’m black so….

[@Raimu_u]

Fr I'm automatically cooked from birth

[@brayann__]

@Taiminshaolmfaooo

[@Alphabetical1800]

As an indian would've been servant or something to nobility 😂

[@brakinglate8828]

Born with the highest difficulty possible

[@lefcandy]

Please watch the video of Time Traveler Guide to Medieval Europe from The Premodernist to learn about Medieval Europe and why you should not worry that much about being black on that time.

[@annmarieknapp2480]

When people talk about the Good Ole Days, I tell them the invention of indoor plumbing, soap, antibiotics, and access to medicine and food in grocery stores has exponentially expanded our life span and quality of life.

[@stevendavis2122]

But at a cost.

[@jokelly1762]

The good old days to me is the 1980’s 😂

[@mich5131]

@@stevendavis2122 Damn worth it.

[@Luke-zz2zz]

Now we live long empty materialistic lives devoid of meaning. Yay progress.

[@krimson4626]

​@@Luke-zz2zz Nigga atleast we get to eat and sleep peacefully (most of the time)

[@octogonSmuggler]

The fact that the majority of the world still can't separate the Victorian and Rococo eras from the middle ages kills me. Every time I read a manga/manhwa and they say they're in medieval Europe I just have to laugh and shake my head. I don't think anyone would appreciate being taken back to the middle ages. The Victorian era would be pretty awful too, though... God I'm so glad we have public restrooms...

[@edgregory1]

George Michael would agree.

[@omomo202]

The Victorian era and the workhouses…I’ll pass! The convent would be a much better place. I agree with you that manga artists don’t know the medieval period from the Rocco. lol! Hollywood doesn’t either. When I saw Sweeny Todd the wardrobe inconsistencies were disturbing.

[@Felix-ic1fc]

Good thing that there are manga like Vinland saga or Vagabond that are historically accurate.

[@omg9261]

​@omomo202 I think in Hollywood wardrobe inconsistencies might exist on purpose. The costume artists (or what does one call them) are *obliged* to learn the history of the costume when they study and the training is severe. In my country they literally have to be able to tell an Italian dress in 1610s from an Austrian dress in 1610s. Which is crazy because to me such dresses look totally the same 😳 If Hollywood guys ignore the reality, they probably do it not because they are ignorant, but because they expect the viewer to be ignorant. Or because they want to create some interesting and whimsical wardrobe and too real one would kill the mood of the movie. Or may be sometimes people don't have budget for giving every character in every scene a correct piece, so they borrow somewhere else the ones which fit the actors. Burton for sure had money for great professional costume designers. Sure, they knew their craft. They probably wanted something whimsical, weird and theatrical.

[@NicE-jq3wv]

Really? People can’t distinguish between lose and loose and you can’t believe that the majority of the world can’t separate the Victorian and Rococo eras from the Middle Ages?

[@martinphilip8998]

The ale and beer they drank was not potent. Rather, it was a safe way to consume water.

[@Fat12219]

To drank water 💧

[@XxowendanxX]

Because the wort is boiled.

[@blueblaze9862]

Contained alcohol nonetheless

[@martinphilip8998]

@@blueblaze9862 As does “non-alcoholic” beer. Do you know the word “potent”?

[@XxowendanxX]

@@martinphilip8998 As does apple cider. Anything less than .5% alcohol is technically nonalcoholic and does not require labeling and can be sold to anyone.

[@JohnSmith-qe6fb]

I would rather live as a poor person today than a King in the Middle Ages. Antibiotics, plentiful food, hygiene, etc. are amazing.

[@samr.england613]

Don't forget painless dentistry!

[@LadyRia91]

I wonder if people 500 years from now will wonder how we survived without some new technology or medicine that we dont even know exists yet.

[@khalidohida6592]

The people from the future are possibly studying the psychology behind this comment 💪

[@kalvurk6660]

@@khalidohida6592 Or smashing rocks against sticks.

[@khalidohida6592]

@@kalvurk6660 you are right 2000 years from now, we'll have created either heaven on earth or devolve back to absolute HELL

[@kalvurk6660]

@@khalidohida6592 In the past there wasn't much Hell, this video is extremely misinformation and does not explain context completely. Back then it took months or preparation, tens of thousands of men, millions in their time period's currency to wage a war to only kill a few thousand., now in today's world we need to only push one red button to kill tens of millions.

[@yubakrarai]

We also might stop existing.

[@mutdd3954]

I’m way too lazy and not tough to have been alive in the Middle Ages. People were actually hard working and had to endure stuff. I def wouldn’t last

[@rain_M4V7]

Pretty much everyone from the younger generation these days😂

[@mutdd3954]

@@rain_M4V7 yep. I’m doing my part to become less lazy tho. But still, we wouldn’t last in medieval times

[@Obelisk44]

@@rain_M4V7 everyone from the last 4 generations probably couldn't

[@kenziereed9263]

I wouldn’t even want to experience 24 hours. I can’t imagine keeping a good attitude during this time everyday life was probably filled with worry and despair.

[@staceyloeffler6795]

I am so thankful going through the grocery store! Five kinds of lettuce, fruit is always fresh and ten kinds of bread, that I dont have to bake! And ice cream....Not to mention indoor plumbing. Thank you!!!!!

[@WVgrl59]

When I think of the Middle Ages, I think of... no modern bathrooms, toilet paper, showers, heating and air conditioning, electric blankets or electricity, grocery stores... the list could go on. 😁❤️

[@krisaaron8180]

I've been putting off a trip to a dentist, but when I finally do go,I'll have the luxury of a pain killer. So that and antibiotics are at the top of my list.

[@cowgfwolos9560]

I'm pretty sure that ancient Romans, Greek and Egyptian also didn't have that. Never understood why people only blame Middle Ages though.

[@JH-ti3lr]

Exactly. The hygiene situation (lack of) is enough for me to say no thanks. Nobody washing their hands or their ass? And then preparing food. Hell no!

[@timspiker]

I'm just sad I wasn't around back then to invent those things. Make the best out of the worst.

[@timspiker]

@@krisaaron8180 What? The pain is the best part, it doesn't even hurt that bad.

[@dw9524]

Bro the smell alone would've knocked me out alone 🤣

[@unknownprofiler5792]

You know that 🐱 stank

[@niraxlevi9930]

​@@unknownprofiler5792not as much the the 🍆

[@Em-tj6rh]

@@unknownprofiler5792and balls guys act like their trunk doesn’t stink 😂

[@BeckBeckGo]

I love how this guy feels it necessary to tell me why even though I don’t even have to know why to know for certain that I’d be dead by sundown.

[@lotus_flower2000]

Lots of misinformation here. For example: the chance of death in childbirth wasn't 1/5 in florence. That was the LIFETIME chance of a women dying in childbirth. Per childbirth risk was around 1-4% depending on location. The more crowded a city, the higher the chance. It actually got more risky in victorian times for this very reason (and the introduction of doctors who went from women to women without washing their hands).

[@AJnzxv1]

Its insane to think that all our ancestors throughout history lived long enough to have children. Your parents, their parents, etc. for millions of years. The odds of you being born is mind bogglingly low.

[@daffers2345]

Look into genealogy sometime (especially if you're able to trace your own family). In my father's line, there are 2 instances where the man's first wife died and he remarried, and a son from the second wife became our ancestor. And that's just one side! Nobody is a mistake!!!

[@rain_M4V7]

If my mom didn’t have miscarriage I wouldn’t be here rn.

[@DarkScorpionPete98]

The Earth is 10,000-years-old.

[@Matt-uq3jd]

​@@DarkScorpionPete98earth is about 4 billion years old

[@matinaki1644]

This is why they had kids early and a lot of them too.

[@Lulusnotreadyforthis]

Sat here watching this on day 3 of antibiotics for a serious chest infection. Only yesterday I laughingly told my husband ''pre antibiotics I'd be dead by now.'' Watching this reminds me I wasn't wrong...

[@mal74]

Me too, Scarlet Fever in the first grade.

[@matinaki1644]

Me too, serious tonsillitis which could have spread to my blood.

[@robvangessel3766]

A time travel scenario just hit me. If any of us took that trip back to the Middle Ages, we'd probably wipe out the whole population with diseases we carry that didn't yet exist back; and LIKEWISE, we might catch something from them that could kill us before we return to our own time. And then there's the stench you'd probably experience the moment you entered their world! Wow!

[@pendemarci]

1:38 I think the middle age got it wrong! In (11:5), Paul writes that women were praying and prophesying in the church. He does not prohibit them from this practice, but asks that they cover their heads while they do so. Surely, praying and prophesying require that a woman speak. Therefore, in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, Paul cannot be referring to speaking in general, but must be speaking to a specific situation. Because the major concern of the context of the letter is orderly worship, it is likely that married women were speaking in a disorderly way, which is why Paul would recommend that they ask their husbands at home if they have questions (14 : 35). The type of speaking to which Paul was referring was asking questions which were disrupting worship. Thus, the main concern was not that women were speaking but that their speaking was disruptive or disorderly.

[@paulsawtell3991]

Religion was a major cause of so many of the problems.

[@Mpz3cat]

We’re here because our ancestors survived so really we should be proud and confident in our strength and abilities

[@giuseppeLizzi-rj3er]

Are we really lucky or cursed? To live today

[@TyWerks]

facts the best genes

[@wyattcole5452]

It wasn’t this hard to survive back then but I agree

[@JohnWilkes-mg8di]

Shout out to our single celled ancestors born into boiling, acidic sludge that oozed their way onto dry land and evolved into multicelled oxygen breathing slime

[@mazinhussein4297]

Let’s hope far away descindents form us feel the same way..proud

[@cuteladybug8622]

I was born two months early, a preemie. I probably would've died shortly afer being born; or within a few hours if I'd been born back then.

[@poeticsilence047]

Same. I was born early for the same amount of time.

[@ratherBEaREDNECK]

James, I rarely comment, but this is my favourite video you have done! Excellent work to your whole team. Now go plow the fields!

[@donnaroushall5397]

I agree…. This was a very entertaining video for sure…. Thanks for letting us current folks know that we would have NEVER survived that period in history

[@sheastadium2008]

I have never heard anyone romanticize the middle ages, the prior decades, yes. Great Video!

[@carnifaxx]

I suppose the life expectancy was as usual counted incl. the child mortality rates, which makes it basically a statistic mockery. If you excluded the child mortality and counted only people who lived over 15 or 18, their life expectancy was probably almost double of what you said.

[@Man.Well93]

Which would put it at 50 for males who had a harder life than females, which is still pitiful.

[@carnifaxx]

@@Man.Well93 It's also interesting, though, because women were like 10-15 times per life on the verge of death during child birth. The concept of "harder" life is a bit weird, esp. for poor people, because at least from what I know, they basically worked almost the same way, but during that time, women were often pregnant and still expected to work very hard - or take care about everything if men were gone fighting. Also the levels of domestic violence (and its acceptance as normal) were probably quite crazy - and I mean severe beatings, not just making faces or sarcastic remarks.

[@panhandlersparadise1733]

There were still infections, diseases, and malnutrition. You and I could mitigate such dangers with even a modern layman's knowledge of sanitation and treatment, but medieval people could die from a small cut or the common flu.

[@carnifaxx]

@@panhandlersparadise1733 I don't question that, but if you exclude child mortality, you wouldn't get an average life expectancy of 24 and 33 years, that's nonsense. (And I very much enjoy seeing people who try to match this nonsense with like 12 births per woman and the supposed existence of fairytale grandmothers who took care about these children... and the average age of menarche which was like 17 if not more. Bonus points for presuming nobility child marriages were a common thing also for peasants :D )

[@Alex-zs7gw]

​​@@Man.Well93😂😂😂😂 what an incel you are on everyone's comments Women had it way worse mate... We're not rising to your bait P.s. If a woman won't sleep with you it's your problem not hers

[@zibane6246]

I imagine future people will view today as we view medieval times. "Oh my, how did they ever survive the pandemics, political turmoil, tyrannical governments, unpredictable economies, ecological disasters, wars, poverty, hunger, drive-by shootings and the drudgery of every day life?"

[@munteanumarius-gabriel9330]

Of course, if we survive climate change, which I doubt.

[@briannalloyd3502]

(In America) school shootings..

[@goon_eli4030]

​@@briannalloyd3502theres only school shootings in America?

[@mazinhussein4297]

I mean if our ancestors got it hard so we have it easy, then we must have it hard so descendent have it easier and so on

[@michaelmarra3159]

Praying things get better..not worse

[@yankee2666]

Life expectancy numbers are dependent on infant mortality rates, war mortality rates, and epidemic mortality rates, and can be very misleading. A person in their twenties or thirties was not elderly.

[@GemmaMarie278]

Good point

[@AnushkaBhattacharya710]

As a woman I can say I'm happy I live in the modern day

[@1EverythingENT]

Somebody gets it

[@birdyghostly]

Wow yeah. As a girl I’m so lucky. I’m very grateful that we can chose where we want to go, who to talk to, who to marry, what to do with our lives, whether we want children or not, what our sexuality is, (depending on the country and area unfortunately) what job we want or at all, and so much more. I wouldn’t stand being subordinate to anyone just because of my gender or be forced to have children and chose a husband I don’t want.

[@vmeansvictory]

It's still horrible to be a woman some countries today too

[@olivercharles2930]

As a man I can also say I'm happy I live in the modern day.

[@burntpancake834]

@Therebelliousprince001 you censor a lot of words that don't need it, why is that?

[@timbrown1790]

Whenever you hear about the low life expectancy back then, keep in mind that the insanely high infant and child mortality rates highly skew those numbers.

[@coltonprivett5221]

And thus, the median was born

[@Mayflxies]

also when a king died early sometimes their young child would become king.. the youngest king was about *9* months old. and those children almost always died before twenty from assassination, battle, or illness

[@daffers2345]

Wars also have a hand in the life expectancy, especially for men. It's likely that all the wars were the reason that a man's life expectancy was so horribly low.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

And the Quality of Life ???

[@maiyannah]

To quote LindyBeige, "Filth has never been fashionable."

[@n.a.3795]

I’m trans, gay, AFAB, have a weak ammune system, and have ADHD. I’d be the FIRST to go-

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

read aajonus vonderplanitz it will heal all your physical problems. once you are "normal" tell these medical fools to kick rocks you are perfectly normal the way God intended but the enemy tries to deceive Gods children by keeping them in the dark about how to have healthy bodies so they are more easily controlled. the real life span is like 200 minimum, vonderplanitz had a 98% cancer reversal rate based on thousands and proved chronic disease and basically all mental problems can be reversed easily on his diet. In a secular world human kind has no value but to God we are everything

[@GravyDog]

And you can’t spell.

[@nnjack9931]

Monastic life might work. There was a monastery where homosexuality was promoted.

[@AliHassan-np4vw]

If you were born back then, you'd actually have real problems like the ones mentioned in the video rather than this trans bullshit u got rn lmao

[@moleyroley3263]

LOL gross

[@Man.Well93]

"Receiving stolen goods = death penalty". Man, it wasn't ME who stole it and how could I have known?! That is absolutely crazy...

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

In the US receipt of stolen goods is a crime. Not a capital crime, but prosecutable.

[@nguyenquyetthang1326]

Medieval court: doesn't care. Off to the gallow you go

[@bigballzs]

No playing futbol mate . Kill me now

[@Malovane77]

In that day and age you generally would have known. If someone stole some candlesticks from Ishmael the local cobbler, you'd hear about it. When Billybob Thatcher, an unskilled laborer, came up to you with several bronze candlesticks for sale, that would raise alarm bells. People would buy such things, but those people, called fences, were usually some local corrupt industry like a tanner or a miller, which had the means to send them in bulk to another town on occasion. Removing the fence was therefore a priority, hence the death penalty.

[@francisdec1615]

There was a man here in my home parish in Sweden who got 2 years hard labor in a fortress for stealing a bowl of porridge, and that wasn't even in the middle ages but in the later 1600s...

[@mrsbluesky8415]

I wouldn’t last 24 hours in pioneer times. Pump my own water, wash clothes in the creek, chop wood ? Forget it !

[@crimony3054]

I detest camping.

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

Don't discount the people who did that without choice so that you could sit and refuse the same.

[@JimmyPizzaDelivery]

There's people who'd help you do that of course, and you'd still end up doing all of that most likely. You'd still strive to survive, but that's just in our nature. We have a hard time dying.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

@@jenniferlloyd9574 no one’s discounting anything except your ability to comprehend a simple comment

[@missalicesmiles]

It sounds rough but that's how my parents grew up. They are in their 50s and 60s

[@sk8razer]

5:30 the average life expectancy was dragged way down by the infant and child mortality rate, unless these estimates are based on data that excludes infant & child mortality. Based on the incredibly high infant and child mortality rate, those who survived past the age of ~7 years may have had a decent chance of living into their 50s or beyond (unless it was a plague period lol)

[@fido9745]

I sure like those medieval paintings of violent acts and blankly content expressions 00:27

[@fritsdaalmans5589]

I think it was the "farmer's wedding" by Pieter Brueghel (don't remember the Elder or the Younger).

[@shellyraymond4337]

Does anyone else automatically hit the like button before you watch the video? Never a disappointment! Love this channel along with the added humor.

[@sherlockgnomes8971]

No

[@almogxchq5282]

Yess lol

[@GeorgeSukFuk]

No. How do I know I'll like the video before I watch it. Is this what's wrong with KZbin these days?

[@cyndlehick9777]

It’s because of love. If humans didn’t love each other none of us would’ve survived. Love everyone people.

[@funkydown]

lmao sure, maybe i'd love you if you weren't such a wuss

[@okboomer5200]

@iamleftover lol

[@mazinhussein4297]

Too much love is also bad, as is too much individualism. The Industrial Revolution came because people hated each other and fought eachother one in War

[@marckg6950]

Yes to all the comments. . I live for love , but reading %70 of people do not wish me well. Hard to take but explains a lot.

[@musiczkl98]

nobody loved eachother its just basic Instinct to survive

[@faiirysomi]

the childbirth is just insane, and they had so many children too 😟

[@SirCaIIum]

As a Catholic deacon capable of speaking Church Latin I’m feeling quietly confident about my chances 😂

[@katherinetomasello3661]

Say "She sells sea shells on the seashore" in Latin....

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Not if you were brutally stabbed to death by a mad monk.

[@largedarkrooster6371]

Ikr. The linguistic situation is of least concern I feel. It'll be rocky at first, but you'll understand eventually and can get what you want/need by pointing, especially if you end up in a trade city where they're used to different people coming and going

[@FBI.Open.Up.]

You wouldn't survive the religious strife and wars. Or witch hunts

[@largedarkrooster6371]

@@FBI.Open.Up. I would. I'm built different frfr

[@brittibeeper]

The age average was also including child mortality. If you actually do your genealogy, many of our ancestors lived very long lives

[@EmilyLapara-Hebert]

The average was still in the 50s at best. The "fact" presented in this video is misleading, but they didn't live long lives by our standards either.

[@TheWiseowleyes]

Unless you were descended nobility, you are unable to trace your lines back to the middle ages.

[@aquastar4336]

Yep💯I've been studying my family tree since 2008. I've traced a couple lines back to 400ad. Many of my ancestors lived into their 80s and even early 90s. Average is probably 60-70 according to my line.

[@watertonic2406]

How are you tracing your family tree?

[@TheWiseowleyes]

@@watertonic2406 If you know who your grandparents or greatgrandparents are, then you try to look at a free or paid subscription genealogy sites and trace them back further, by using information alread researched by people who shared you same ancestors.

[@zenncatt]

Well, that put an end to my fantasy of being a Medieval knight and all!

[@letshangout6359]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@RoyGribbleston01]

I came here immediately after reading the title to say i would survive a day

[@honeybeeblues_]

i definitely don’t need a video telling me why i wouldn’t survive in the dark ages, but here i am.

[@derBene]

6:20 So: One of two children died, food was scarce and A LOT of work had to be done by hand. But still people were immediatly hanged for rather small crimes. ...why would you kill your already small work force?

[@largedarkrooster6371]

Control. Fear keeps them in check and the smaller their numbers, the less likely they are to try to overthrow you if you do something they don't like

[@danielleburke87]

​@@largedarkrooster6371plus they have to feed that force it would cost more to keep them then their worth

[@timspiker]

@@danielleburke87 Precisely why you shouldn't get a job today, bosses are not worth your time.

[@pomelo9518]

@@danielleburke87 and who makes the food? something seems very wrong here. I'd wager the middle ages didn't exist, actually.

[@JJsiN84]

And people love to complain about how bad their lives are now over the most trivial of things. I am guilty of that sometimes myself of course I'm not better than anyone else. The last few years once my life really started coming together I actually really do stop to appreciate the small things: being able to eat, having my own home, modern medicine, hot showers! It's honestly impressive how we even made it this far. I do feel like we used to be tougher and more resilient, that's not exactly a bad trait to have.

[@thelittlemoonling]

Same! Im like WHAT when I hear ppl say we are living the worst of times... that’s not true at all. (It’s like weird popular gossip that’s just so not true) The pure fact that ppl died at like 30 yrs old (w no pain relief) shows that they were suffering in ways we can’t even comprehend.

[@harmoniabalanza]

small things are all we have as we learn as we age...

[@daffers2345]

It can be humbling how much we take for granted. I don't like my beat-up old car, but I renind myself that I HAVE a car that runs. I wish I could afford a bigger apartment, but I HAVE a place to live that is safe, warm, and dry. I have clean socks to wear every day, I have the ability to buy soap instead of making it myself, I can keep foods I like to eat from all over the world right in my fridge (which is provided by the apartment). Sure, things could be better, but I am content. Even things like emotional struggles are more understood and I can get FAR better help for them than I would have even 50 uears ago.

[@fabtins1993]

Our modern comfort comes at a cost. Our unchecked consumerism is causing global warming, polluted oceans and unprecedented rise in temperatures.

[@robertfischer6437]

A good video explaining how hard life was day to day, as for war or just having armies I think history greatly exaggerates them.

[@hollycammy7114]

I love this narrator's voice, accent and delivery. :)

[@goldensus7778]

Very enlightening to watch this video. I didn't realize how safe it is to be living in modern world which have a much higher average living expectancy. I guess we the modern people taking all of these for granted all the time

[@userT7898]

Yep, just read the top comment…

[@janerkenbrack3373]

I should make a stock answer I get insert with a keystroke shortcut to respond to questions about life expectancy. Life expectancy is and always has been a birth-death model. If one person lives to 80 and another dies while still an infant, the life expectancy is the average, which is 40 in that case. When we are given a life expectancy of 38, this doesn't mean no one grew old. It means that many died very young. Today the lowest life expectancy is in Chad, at just over 52 years. But if you go to Chad you will find many people far older than that. This is because many still die very young. The US had a similar life expectancy in the first decade of the 20th century. But fifty years later life expectancy was 20 years longer. This was because of our near eradication of childhood deaths. The Middle Ages had many people who lived to be very old.

[@mongo88now88]

Actuary here. Life expectancy is an expectation of a distribution, by definition. The survival curve is not a normal (Gaussian) distribution. So, yes, lots died young, but there were some who lived a long life. I don't understand why anyone is confused. The biggest challenge was surviving the first 5 years of life. Of course, then many other things could kill you that we don't worry about (much) today.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@mongo88now88 Right. I made the comment because I routinely see people treat the life expectancy as a upper limit. As if you would go to that time and place and see no one over 40 years old.

[@addicttt]

I was just learning about the Dark Ages in history ! ⭐️

[@Cheri461]

I used to romanticize this period ogf history. As I studied more about it, I'd have to say the first thing you'd notice was the SMELL.

[@troylee4196]

Like a gaming convention but with more horses

[@otgbaby4615]

Why smell

[@Fuckhead5404]

@@otgbaby4615no plumbing, people don’t shower, bodies everywhere, diseases, etc

[@Iamtheone-x8w]

The smell of dirty fish

[@dulciemidwinter1925]

A couple of years ago on UK tv, a programme featured a man who tried to recreate the smell we would be familiar with in those times. It seemed to be an amalgam of unwashed bodies, sweat,, urine, faeces, halitosis from rotting teeth and gums, and general detritus from walking in the dirty streets filled with animal droppings and the remains of anything thrown into the streets from the shops and rooms above them, including more human waste, with perhaps a little pinch of suppurating sores!. I remember watching this person, clad in medieval garb, lurking in a shopping mall with his little phial of essence of stink de homme clutched tightly in his hand. He would approach people and ask them if they wanted to know what the odours of bygone days smelt like. Most people were rather naive and willingly agreed. With that, he uncorked his bottle, and we watched them reeling away in disgust, disbelief and horror!

[@andreasghb8074]

I participated in the excavation of an Indigenous village in Mitchell, SD, which was populated around the 12th to 14th Centuries C.E. The chief archeologist described to us how the quality of life in the village was vastly superior to anywhere in Europe at the time.

[@chancethewrapperr]

Yup

[@StrangeFacinations]

That sounds amazing.

[@tracyjamieson362]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@gracetruthandlight]

C.E.?

[@StrangeFacinations]

@@gracetruthandlight > it means Common Era. It is the new way of saying AD, but I prefer BC and AD because they mean the same eras and were named by the people who originally did the time frame calculations.

[@patty-pat-pat]

Wine back then, contained 3-9% alcohol on average. Medieval ale was about 2% alcohol. And a unit was significantly smaller than today.

[@hydro.pl.27]

Communication is still horrendous today let alone 1,000 years ago. Outside of a few careers, most jobs and careers have very poor communication.

[@bubblymilkshake9055]

I just wish people were still has competent with their hands as they were back than. People were really good at crafting, sewing, farming and the list goes on. Everything was of REALLY good quality and craft such as any kind of frabric was pass generation through generation. I’m glad we lost most of the bad part of the dark age but that’s a thing I would like to bring back.

[@Archbishop_of_the_Noodle]

The fabric thing was mostly the stitching. Nowadays because of sewing machines, the single stitch is what everything is bound in. Back only 100 years ago nobody would be caught dead with the emergency repair stitch.

[@dilbophagginz]

How do you know everything was really good quality? You only see the stuff that survived.

[@microbios8586]

Good quality? 😂 Where can I find these surviving artifacts?

[@mikeb5372]

Wow! Do you go through life with your eyes closed? The things people are capable of doing these days with their hands, feet and everything else is incredible. There's still great craftsmen in every sort of profession

[@bubblymilkshake9055]

@@dilbophagginz I am an archeology student in canada. We have lots of records of the thecnic they used, the materials and how long it lasted. (Some people lasted them GENERATION because it was expensive and good quality) And we still have a lot of clothing that survived! Unfortunately a lot of them degrade over time as they were made of 100% cotton most of the time.

[@slayer7682]

I couldn't imagine just witnessing dozens of people dancing uncontrollably in the streets. That must have been terrifying. Do the people scream help I can't stop or they just under the influence of whatever is causing it?

[@Bubblemantis]

Google ergotism. Caused by a fungus and sounds quite unpleasant. With the hallucinations and other symptoms, it was prolly often difficult to seek help. Was often blamed on witchcraft.

[@slayer7682]

@@Bubblemantis cool, thanks for the info. just checked it out, Sounds terrible. Said it might have been the reason for the Salem Witch trails. At least one of them.

[@harmoniabalanza]

things that couldn't be explained by science --which they didn't have-- were blamed on witchcraft. Very convenient.Men were sometimes condemned as witches too.@@Bubblemantis

[@elizabethnavarre7972]

Nice video. I like the narration. Thank you for bringing up the communication piece! I love that every fantasy, time-travel type story totally glosses over that. Also, please remember that the average life expectancy was affected by that ridiculously high infant mortality rate. It's not like a man turned 24 and croaked. It's like any set of data, you have to keep the outliers in mind. I'm not saying the average person lived to 85 or anything, but if you survived childhood, you could naturally make it to your 50's or 60's if other disasters like war, famine, or disease didn't get you. I just don't want people thinking there was some magical self-destruct that activated when a woman turned 33 or something. It's kind of like how 85% of people who are struck by lightening are men, simply because men are more likely to golf and fish outdoors and work the kinds of jobs that would put them at risk, like working powerlines. Statistics are fun little things. :)

[@Funkytrip73]

Ha! I was about to post this same comment about the mistakes made with 'life expectancy' , but then I saw yours.

[@misamoto]

Yes, this tends to be a very common misunderstanding. But not only that. The video is highly reductive to keep up with the "top 10" format. There were huge differences between countries in Europe. Each had their own variation of feudal system, different position of 'peasants', relationship to church and so on. And that's only Europe. The video even picks Japan to hammer down one of its points. When so much information is lost and you're only going for a shock value, the educational purpose of channel is subverted and all it does is serving history as fast food.

[@daffers2345]

@misamoto I got that sense while watching this video. I kept thinking "Seems a bit simplistic," etc. I felt like maybe they were trying to make it look worse than it really was, but leaving out helpful or interesting info, such as how plants and things were used to help with pain or healing.

[@christopherbain9165]

That was a great video! 😊

[@nanipanini]

"if you were innocent while being tortured god would perform a miracle to save you" genius

[@davidbudzynski4847]

It's some kind of Calvinism

[@wataboutya9310]

None were innocent guaranteed.

[@academy_killer]

I think that the opposite would also be true. Medieval peasants wouldn't survived our times either. It reminds me of that one post in Tumblr(?) where it says that if we came in contact with a medieval peasant they would probably die in an instant due to our bodies immunities and acquired abilities to resist olden day diseases. It's like a reverse infection or something.

[@AgrestisAnima]

It's also the reason we can't get in touch with the few remaining "wild" tribes. The moment we step into their community they fall sick and die.

[@monirupapurkayastha2005]

Wow that’s interesting. But actually in an instant? Wouldn’t the infection take time to spread?

[@busubalang2361]

@@AgrestisAnima I was remember watching a documenter on KZbin about a tribe in Amazon. A father who got infected by deadly disease after met outsiders (modern people), he need to teach his kid hunting before he died :'(

[@DreamyGaby6]

​@@monirupapurkayastha2005Did you ever learn about Christopher Columbus? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@DreamyGaby6]

Even people back in 1920 would experience this. Think deeper...there's more to think about besides this...