Air conditioning is a big one.
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Agreed
Aluminum foil.
It was so expensive that Napoleon had his imperial staff made out of it
imperial staff
I read "staff" as in his advisors and servants and stuff, and was very confused for a minute!
Just imagining his guards wrapped in aluminum foil instead of actual armor because it was more of a flex...
I mean nothing cause kings still exist.
I mean folk back in the day that wouldnt recognize the world compared to back whenwho would be dead now
Draft- and (usually) pest-free buildings, with climate control. Outside light without outside pests. On-demand light. Instant access to high-quality concerts and entertainment of any type. Almost-instant communication with every corner of your kingdom - and those of your enemies and allies. Accurate maps, mostly accurate weather prediction.
Spices. A variety of foods from foreign lands. Both fresh fruits and vegetables from around the world, and dishes like enchiladas, and pizza, and angel food cake. Just a crazy another of things we get to eat today that would have only been for the rich or the explorer.
Food from around the world, and out of season too! Unique cooking methods! OMG, stable oven temperatures!
For real. We take for granted to endless variety of dishes we can go get or make at any time. It seems so normal but is such a recent thing really
Even a poor person with no dental insurance can get cheaper and better dental care than any Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh ever could. Not to mention even the cheapest wonderbread that is seen as the symbol of bland and boring is actually really, really revolutionary compared to any bread that came before it.
We're living in a world of healthcare denial by lunatics like RFK Jr. But once upon a time some geniuses at a boring bread company decided 'let us fortify our basic bread with minerals and nutrients that aren't normally there. This is being eaten by everyone anyway, so let us eliminate rickets and other vitamin/mineral deficiency diseases with something that costs next to nothing'.
And it fucking worked! I should mention that people like RFK Jr. were always around. In the first 30 years of the 20th century in the American South there were diseases that cropped up due to a lack of vitamins or mineral (my memory on the whole thing is fuzzy) that didn't happen before. This was because new machines to refine grinding corn threw out the stuff that contained the needed stuff to prevent those diseases. It took a long time for people to just say 'that shit was good actually, let's not throw it out!'
Synthesizers.
Steam deck
Indoor plumbing
50% of people technically already had it ;)
Clarity of mind
Contentment is king
Everything.
Numbing anal lube
Now why in the world would you want a silly thing like that?