Everything, almost. Cars, phones, computers, spices, water on demand, electricity, the quantity and quality of almost everything, etc.
If the average person from, say, mid 1600’s were teleported to now, they would be so unimaginably confused, and hostile towards everything, and that makes sense, since so much has changed.
The internet would be something beyond comprehension for them, yet it’s something most of us use multiple times a day.
Have a great day, be kind, and I hope this answers the question! :D
I have a flashlight in my pocket.
Being able to use my magical talking rock to talk to people on the other side of the planet.
What wouldn’t be?
Something as simple as flipping on a device with a light switch would seen like witchcraft.
Want to know what time it is in the dark of the morning? reliable time keeping might be possible in a house, but certainly not in a bedroom, and certainly not millisecond-accurate or observable in the dark.
I think the only thing they wouldn’t be impressed with is alcohol consumption, but even then we have a variety, production scale and safety level they couldn’t fathom.
And the capitalist overlords will readily trot out these points and claim we live like nobility from the 1600s while sapping us of our every free moment and waking thought. Forgive my turning this political
Having reliable and cheap lighting at all hours of the day.
Light was very expensive for a lot of human history.
Tons of things. Instantly talking to a person the next town over, let alone the other side of the world. Turning on a light source whenever we want. Freezing a moment in time by taking a photograph. Etc
The pedant in me also feels the need to point out that the 1600s weren’t medieval though.
medievalcrossed out :slight_smile:
Hot water from a tap at home.
Travel 2 cities away and back in the same day.Using toilets and showers. Sanitation and hygiene are among the biggest factors in the increase of life expectancy we get to enjoy. Yet we take those things completely for granted.
10 packs of underwear for $8.99.
Food from thousands of miles away in abundant quantities.
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Have a drink with ice. Hands down that and air conditioning would be my top two missed conveniences if I went back in time.
Live past 35.
This is a poor interpretation of average life expectancy numbers. Plenty of people lived into their 60s+, but due to high infant mortality, the average gets pulled way down.
this stupid meme needs to die, something like 30-40% of people lived past 60 in the 1600s…
i’m just gonna generalize this to “any year before 1600” and edit the title
