The Worst Period to be alive in?

[Florexas]

I want to know which is the most terrible time period to live in. Now I know this poll may leave a lot be desired, but I have done my best to fit the categories into correct time periods.

[Insertdecentnamehere]

Why do the Dark Ages end in 1066 on this poll? For Western Europe it was sometime in the 800s.

[Insertdecentnamehere]

I pick prehistroy, btw.

[RightLeaningChristians]

I voted for the 1st option.

[Taeshan]

I voted the last 20 years as things have just continued to get worse and worse.

[Risottia]

I pick prehistroy, btw.

Yep.

Also I think that being a subject of empire X when empire X was collapsing (Roman empire, Inca empire, etc, etc) must have sucked like an American vacuum cleaner plugged into the European 220V.

[Tagmatium]

Why do the Dark Ages end in 1066 on this poll? For Western Europe it was sometime in the 800s.

1066 is usually a handy date for those who are somewhat Anglo-centric on when the Early Medieval Period draws to a close. It's usually said to be about there or the First Crusade.

I reckon most of them in the poll, especially if you were poor.

[Risottia]

Why do the Dark Ages end in 1066 on this poll? For Western Europe it was sometime in the 800s.

1066 is usually a handy date for those who are somewhat Anglo-centric on when the Early Medieval Period draws to a close. It's usually said to be about there or the First Crusade.

Generally for Western Europe it's the crowning of Charlemagne in Rome as the first Holy Roman Emperor (Christmas 800).

[Narcidia]

1919-Present Day.

[United Russian State]

That would depend on where you live and what time peroid we are talking about for the place, I would think.

[Insertdecentnamehere]

1066 is usually a handy date for those who are somewhat Anglo-centric on when the Early Medieval Period draws to a close. It's usually said to be about there or the First Crusade.

Hmmm, but 1066 is the start of a reign of terror for the English, harrying of the north and all that.

[Kobrania]

The middle ages, too much religious and sexual cleansing by fire and the sword.

[Macindia]

Middles Ages. Spanish Inquisition + Black Death = sad times

[South Lorenya]

[x] that prehistoric time where some huge disaster nearly wiped out humanity (and likely left the ones who survived miserable)

Edit: That was the Toba catastrophe about 70,000 years ago.

[Florexas]

Actually I would have put The Early Middle Ages as 800 to 1066 instead of it being part of the Dark Ages, but I was trying to get a broader sweep of history. Also I thought that 800-1066 was a continuation of the Dark Ages. Obviously I was wrong.

[Pope Joan]

I would not have the renaissance extend that far forward.

The Thirty Years' war and its immediate aftermath get my vote.

Turmoil, death, disease, no stability anywhere, for two generations.

The only good thing that came out of it was that everyone got sick and tired of fighting over religion.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

In my opinion, one of the worst periods to live in would have been during the times of heavy plague, the middle ages. During that time it took a bit of persuasion for the Christian churches to gradually accept the practical cures and treatments because early on, the church at the time believed in the forces of the god or the devil. The rediscovery of medical knowledge is one of the factors of the Renaissance age.

[Tagmatium]

Hmmm, but 1066 is the start of a reign of terror for the English, harrying of the north and all that.

Indeed, but it's a neat cut-off point. The end of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom and the beginning of what would become modern England. It's the last successful invasion of England and the last major Viking invasion. A lot of things put the end of the Early Medieval Period around the 11th Century.

[GetBert]

I think you need a time and a place.

[BrightonBurg]

5000 BC to now.

It all sucks, life is pain,anyone who says different is tying to sell something...


* Storm Clouds *

[Virgin Incursion]

Definately the Dark Ages !

[Free Soviets]

depends where and who you are in the world at a given time. the general answer is that it always sucks to be a poor farmer for the entire history of civilization, up to the present day in most parts of the world. and it also always sucks to live in permanent settlements before the invention of sewers. and it also also always sucks to live next to those damn expansionist farmers who are all disease-ridden and starving but also outnumber you by huge margins.

[Kashindahar]

The girlfriend you caught cheating.

[Iniika]

I think this sorta depends on who's point of view you're looking from. If you're a rich white guy, then it's all good, really.

On the other hand if you're a woman, you're more or less fucked no matter what time you're in.

[New Manvir]

depends where and who you are in the world at a given time. the general answer is that it always sucks to be a poor farmer for the entire history of civilization, up to the present day in most parts of the world. and it also always sucks to live in permanent settlements before the invention of sewers. and it also also always sucks to live next to those damn expansionist farmers who are all disease-ridden and starving but also outnumber you by huge margins.

Yeah, basically this. I mean living in ancient Rome or Greece would be awesome if you were a wealthy landowner or something, but suck immensely if you were a slave or a woman.