Yeah it is. It's a full generation.

The Spanish flu is a great example of that phenomena. It's hardly mentioned in history books yet we had a flu season where people were dying in the streets. Very shortly after it happened, people stopped talking about it or mentioning it.

COVID is looking like it will very much turn into the same thing.

These are massive global events that may only get small blubs 100 years later. Now imagine an event that happens in a localized area. How much of that event will get carried on or reported?

You also have to remember that in the 1200s, things like paper and ink were a lot more expensive than modern paper. That's part of the reason literacy rates were a lot lower.

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lproven 18 hours ago | parent [-]

> It's a full generation.

This is wrong. It is 4 generations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation

« the average period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children. »

> a great example of that phenomena

This is wrong. "Phenomena" is plural. The singular is "phenomenon."

> It's hardly mentioned in history books

Because it is living memory for a small number of people.

"Spanish flu" is widely remembered, and just 4-5 years ago thousands of articles were published comparing the measures taken a century before against a pandemic.

> small blubs

I think you meant "blurbs", as in "short informal pieces of writing", and it's a poor choice of words anyway. "To blub" means to cry.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/blub

These repeated errors strongly weaken your argument, and suggest that despite your confident tone you don't know as much as you think.

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jvanderbot 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Your off-topic ad hominems or pedantic takedowns weaken any point you might have had, if you'd had one. This is not high school debate or reddit. We can do better here. It's best to take the most generous view of a post and address the core thesis.

	▲	lproven 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think the core argument was wrong and it was surrounded by a whole list of other errors which demonstrate flawed thinking and lack of knowledge and understanding. I further think that pointing out errors is absolutely vital and core to intelligent discourse and discussion. It is a terrible weakness of 202x attitudes that saying "you are wrong, your reasoning is wrong, and here I will spell out how and why" is perceived as rude. This attitude is what led to Trump, notably the 2nd term, it led to Brexit, it led to the Ukraine war, and it led to international attitudes on Israel v Palestine. Calling out mistakes and outright lies is crucially important. It is not rude or discourteous. It is necessary. If people don't like it... well, tough.

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hluska 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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