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re: Say you were teleported back to AD 1400
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:52 am to LordSaintly
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:52 am to LordSaintly
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The skinny girl phenomenon is more recent than you realize
Yeah, and I'd miss it
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Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:52 am to okietiger
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What modern convenience would you miss the most?
douche
razors
waxing
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:53 am to okietiger
quote:Water-heaters. I'm in Bahawlpur, Pakistan right now and waterheaters do not seem to exist here. Taking a shower here is pouring water over yourself using a pail and tapwater. Taking a "shower" in 20 degree weather with no hot water is fricking hell.
What modern convenience would you miss the most?
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:54 am to okietiger
Dental anesthesia.
Back then you were basically destined to need it eventually, and there's no pain quite like severe dental pain.
Back then you were basically destined to need it eventually, and there's no pain quite like severe dental pain.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:55 am to okietiger
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What modern convenience would you miss the most?
Modern medicine: from antibiotics and preventative meds to surgical procedures/luxuries.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:55 am to LordSaintly
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Marilyn Monroe was idolized, and she was a size 14 or something.
Not trying to hijack this thread but that's complete BS. A size 14 during Marilyn's day was like a size 2 or 4 today. They changed all those sizes for women to feel better about themselves and thus sell more clothes to fatties.
Article discussing this. There's a NSFW fat whale in a bikini too so you've been warned.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:55 am to okietiger
Ya'll do realize you could likely invent most of this stuff?
Water heaters? WTF? they had fire, heat up the bucket of water then bathe in it.
Water heaters? WTF? they had fire, heat up the bucket of water then bathe in it.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:57 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Everything else I could invent.
I think you're using the word "everything" a wee bit loosely here.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:58 am to okietiger
I mean everything I would need
Not everything I could possible want/desire
Not everything I could possible want/desire
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:59 am to okietiger
Modern medicine. Back then a simple broken bone or deep cut could be a death sentence.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 11:59 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Ya'll do realize you could likely invent most of this stuff?
If it was 1850 or 1900, absolutely.
But 1400 is going to pose some serious challenges. No electricity, no factories, etc. You could bring tons of ideas to the drawing board but so many would never materialize.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:01 pm to okietiger
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What modern convenience would you miss the most?
I'm going to go with "doctor whose best technique isn't 'leech' or 'poke a hole in him' or 'drill a hole in his skull' or some other form of 'torture the frick out of him until he dies from whatever minor bacteriological infection he has that we won't be able to cure for 500 years.'"
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:01 pm to okietiger
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Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:03 pm to okietiger
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You could bring tons of ideas to the drawing board but so many would never materialize.
because they'd fricking murder you for having those ideas
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:03 pm to okietiger
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Would you be able to use your futuristic knowledge to become wealthy?
Nah. You could use it to become a witch and get burned at the stake, though. Remember, in the 1600's, Galileo said some pretty fantastic things and all anyone had to do to know he was right was TO frickING LOOK AT JUPITER. They couldn't be bothered, and he faced the very real threat of execution for it. The only reason he was allowed to live was because he recanted and he was fricking Galileo, so he was just under house arrest for the remainder of his life. All because he said something crazy and no one wanted to check it out for fear of the repercussions.
That was 200 years advanced from what we're talking about. The more I think about it, in the 1400's they'd probably just call you a witch, put you in a bag with some rocks and toss you in the river. That way they could fish the bag back out and reuse it. Stakes get expensive to replace, you know.
This post was edited on 1/10/14 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:07 pm to AlaTiger
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I could care less about AC/Heat.
Me too. I could care a lot less. Because I care. I'm glad you care, too.
fricking moron.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:08 pm to SlowFlowPro
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because they'd fricking murder you for having those ideas
Kill the heretic! He's talking about crazy ideas like electricity, Facebook, and oral sex!
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:10 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
After consulting the wiki page on the 15th century I've decided I would go take out Vlad Dracula and become king of the vampires.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:18 pm to Will Munny
Good call.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 12:28 pm to okietiger
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This post was edited on 1/11/21 at 11:29 am
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