To be fair, there were positives to the Black Plague. Archived Message
Posted by JFG  on April 24, 2025, 13:31:39, in reply to "Nearly 1/10 Americans has a favorable opinion of the Black Plague? WTAF?"
1. Prior to the Black Plague, it was considered immoral to do autopsies in Europe due to the Church's views on desecrating the body...the Black Plague eased that because people were so intent on finding out what was going on, and that led to medical knowledge and anatomical knowledge increasing.
2. Due to the massive amount of death, that led to a lot less people to work in agriculture. This led to increases in farming technology to get more done with less people, and also allowed the remaining peasant/serf class to gain land and more rights since they were more needed.
3. More food and resources were available for a while after the Black Plague since there were less consumers.
And if you took time to read all of that, then I appreciate you.  Previous Message
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- Nearly 1/10 Americans has a favorable opinion of the Black Plague? WTAF? - ATL April 24, 2025, 13:22:45
- NO ONE EXPECTS THE….* - timmer April 24, 2025, 18:45:29
- the Black Plague originated in China. Nowayyy* - bbonb April 24, 2025, 16:46:32
- Clearly, the Black Plague needs to change their PR firm.* - osklister April 24, 2025, 16:21:45
- Those 9% think it's a sickness that affects black people. * - uofi1998 April 24, 2025, 14:29:33
- I feel like we don't control for people's reaction to be asked to rate dumb shit * - ijustkrushalot April 24, 2025, 14:07:09
- 1 in 10 Americans also needs three tries to get their shoes on the correct feet. * - doubledown April 24, 2025, 14:06:43
- Who woulda thought that such a useless poll would have spawned such entertaining responses. - EffinIllini April 24, 2025, 13:56:48
- #TeamThanos - DT April 24, 2025, 13:34:03
- To be fair, there were positives to the Black Plague. - JFG April 24, 2025, 13:31:39
- Siri, show me a poll that is neither instructive nor interesting*
 - Sammich April 24, 2025, 13:31:03 - Remember that time ATL had a thought and didn't post it on The Deuce? - HamptonSki April 24, 2025, 13:30:39
- No* - Stu April 24, 2025, 14:36:38
- They think it just killed black people.* - SurfTheBoneyard April 24, 2025, 13:27:27
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