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minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish12•8 months agoThe lights back then probably weren’t very bright were they?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoBut they used very little electricity, almost none
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoThey also did jack shit for illumination, so…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•8 months agoThe average light bulbs in 1546 definitely did jack shit that’s for sure.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoYeah considering they didn’t discover electricity until the 1700s then they didn’t even invent one that lasted long enough to be practical until 1879.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-28 months agoThat’s the joke isn’t it? Just for historical context Michaelangelo completed the Last Judgement on the Sistine chapel in 1541, so like 5 years before 1546, and I don’t think he had flashlights to help him with the lighting.
The lights back then probably weren’t very bright were they?
But they used very little electricity, almost none
They also did jack shit for illumination, so…
The average light bulbs in 1546 definitely did jack shit that’s for sure.
Yeah considering they didn’t discover electricity until the 1700s then they didn’t even invent one that lasted long enough to be practical until 1879.
That’s the joke isn’t it? Just for historical context Michaelangelo completed the Last Judgement on the Sistine chapel in 1541, so like 5 years before 1546, and I don’t think he had flashlights to help him with the lighting.