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bill4935
Hey, how many tulip bulbs can I fit in this time machine?
storebrandproductmascot
"Look, this cinnamon only costs a dollar." "What's a dollar?"
foreverinchains
DickieBiggersAndTheHandsFreeRadioVentriloquestShow
the amount of bright light available
TurtIeproof
Behold, Lord, the spice ... hath flow'n.
Alenelvans
Large quantities of things they already know about? Nah, I think the things they never could’ve dreamed of would be more mind blowing
Drakhma
repost.
KonyTornheiser
White people colonize the world for spices then complain that paprika is too spicy.
andyonetime
I’ve thought about this a lot; Bridges. Large bridges would blow their mind.
iidky
Plenty of reasons. Modern medicine. Modern hygiene. Modern modes of travel. Modern dank nugs. Modern weaponry. Grocery\department stores.
JustTryingToHelpDude
Yeah anything modern resembling stuff and uses they know is mind blowing. Phones and internet are too much to grasp. Or like... ok but why??
stephCandyCreator
All the really really old people.
IAmCooCooCaChoo
IT HAS HOW MANY HORSES?
PooVillain
Lots of progress, but what would they be appalled by? Cars everywhere? Lack of nature/ animals in the cities?
andyonetime
More likely the lack of religious participation.
vitorsly
And lower amount of racism/sexism I imagine. Also skimpy clothes. Women bearing their thighs or midriffs in public
DaisyfromDownunder
That dildo collection would win hands down.
UserSubImgurian
How else are you gonna go for a ride?
ITellBadPuns
Also that we can just prevent smallpox and polio on a whim like it's no big deal, but people just don't for some reason lol
smugg77
Spices would be the last thing they would be impressed by, Ffs
IAmTheBasicModel
yep - although they’d never seen so many spices at once, they’d just assume people were rich. cell phones are be beyond their comprehension.
ryanforehand811
The toilet and running water from the tap
sgnight13
They'd burn you as a witch at the automatic doors
WolfRamX4
Lets be real, they'd have their mind blown seeing a pen. Hardly anything today wouldnt be near as to sorcery to them.
TotallySaneScientist
Porn
pekkakaukalo
Work on a field for a day. Get barely enough food for a day. Work for 2 hours. Touch your phone at right places. PIZZA AT YOUR DOOR.
walutschi
Wait till they find out about online shopping and next day delivery.
asdykeasadutchdam
they stored dead bodies in their drinking water and thought baths were bad for you. Impressing them is a pretty low bar.
mooseablethenok
Uh. to be fair, taking a bath in unsanitized water, while sharing it with 6 other people is pretty bad for you.
clawthewolf
Not really. Public bath houses were very popular, and washing yourself every morning and evening was custom.
clawthewolf
Though it should be noted that part of why Bath houses were popular was because they often doubled up as brothels.
ZenToaster
People in 800 years will say same about us
WonderfunkJones
You have spice? You not wait for ship? You buy it CHEAP?
bigasspervypanda
"you can just buy saffron? Like, anytime you want?"
UghItsThatGuy
I think driving up to a restaurant window and handing over a few notes of paper for a big bag full of cooked, seasoned food would also work.
aintnothinbutahounddog28
The paper money would be shocking to them much more than buying food. Oh and the car. They actually did have food back then
VinnieJonesDiary
Do you think Medieval people didn't have street food???
aintnothinbutahounddog28
Yeah the paper money would be the most surprising thing to them in this scenario
VinnieJonesDiary
Even that wouldn't be that odd, promissory notes weren't unheard of, as long as you were someone who actually had money
TheEvilPlatypus
Think of how they would react to tacobell shits
jiminymacca
Honestly with the way food was prepared back then and the prevalence of disease, I think this would be the one thing they are used to.
brobinson2001
Or didn't even get. They MIGHT have an issue with soy fillers though.
mooseablethenok
The ancients had this. It'd be one of the few things kind of familiar to them.
bippityboppitybuttsex
I think anyway pre-1920 would be amazed by a supermarket.
jaggcomputing5
Supermarkets were a 1950's invention.
Theduckofawe
Yeah but you need to go back a bit to get the real culture shock
bippityboppitybuttsex
1930 in Jamaica, Queens... many more popped up in the 1930s, large ones, like A&P started in 1936
jaggcomputing5
Oh, ok. My experience is here in Australia.
NonDenominationalSpaceLaser
They'd really be impressed by the Colonel's 11 herbs & spices.
BklynPunisher
Then popeye’s would blow their minds.
NonDenominationalSpaceLaser
Now I want red beans and rice...
frischcode
Show them the tea selection!
myeyesthegogglesdonothing
I was going to jokingly name a crappy iced tea but then realized I can't name one single kind of tea. I agree with Ted Lasso.
myeyesthegogglesdonothing
confanity
Do you want the British to invade your country? Because that's how you get the British to invade your country.
Ialwaysupvotewinston
narcoleptiKnickers
Had tea made it to Europe in the 1300s?
frischcode
Not until the 1650s. They still would have enjoyed the taste I think.
Duros62
England: the only country to plunder the world for spices and then decide they don't like any of them.
exeverSK
Yeah just salt and vinegar to make eating potato even more painful lmao
Baelnorn
Something something never get high off of your own supply.
DareDemon666
Oh no we like them, we just present ourselves that way to keep you ignorant lot from staying here and ruining the atmosphere ;)
raptorlight3000
You can buy most spices in any supermarket. I know you stole the joke but it's kinda inaccurate as curry etc has been around here forever
jaggcomputing5
They are them, oodles of them. WW1 did bad things to English cooking. Read Mrs Beeton or Filipini.
CowboyRooster
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jamieCosmosKing
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BeaveIt2Leaver
Oh, they like them. That's why indian take away is so popular. They just refuse to use them. Cheeky bastards.
llortamai
Don't get high on your supply.
moonsaves
For real. It's why we have no concept of the whole "haha white people can't handle spicy things". People need to experience a vindaloo.
FortressCraft
HAHA! NOW DO THE SIMPSONS JOKE ABOUT BRITISH TEETH TOO LOLLLL
bluesun68
Is curry ever more than a shit load of curry with shredded mystery meat?
bornsleepy
Ketchup is to spicy for me
nonCanadianGoose
Not really, pepper, nutmeg, and allspice hugely popular. They just used them more in their desserts. Mince pies. Ginger. Tikka masala??
PoorlyDrawnFox
This same comment gets made every time this picture is posted, and it's never true.
cyrilzeta
I feel like it's similar for the Dutch. Never get high on your own supply, I guess.
MightyMoonworm
They just liked selling then to others.
Precastbubbles
During the Norman period English cooking used more spices than French cooking.
evilcarp
Vikings liked to eat well.
somnif
So when England was ruled by the French, they used more spices than the French. ....I am confused?
VinnieJonesDiary
Normans are not the same as the French.
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somnif
Wait, Normandy isn't in France? Shit, someone tell Eisenhower! /s
NomDeDieuDePutainDeBordelDeSaloperieDeMerde
Guillaume, who conquered England, was born and raised in french culture of that tim, french speaker, english by fact, but french culturally
VinnieJonesDiary
He wasn't English as all, he was Norman.
Sarcasticorjustanarse
We liked salt and pepper, and that’s about the end of it.
Nalianna
Push it real good.
cusbuster
But only a little bit of pepper, that shit is spicy af. Some English dude.
Zreen
That's a pornhub category
UttermostDelirium3
The fuu...
AC1D1C
As a Dutch guy, ...yeah. I love spices but have no idea how to use them
mcharend
Seriously? With all that Indonesian food / culture around? Riksttafel was my favorite thing over there.
sirfanciesadrought
As an Indian guy (who can't cook tho), add a bit of onion, garlic, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, chilli
sirfanciesadrought
chilli powder, turmeric powder etc etc into everything.
LucidPariah
Don't forget to murder potato with dill!
sirfanciesadrought
I don't get it.