You’ve got it good
right here, right meow
Alo dear reader!
Just a quick Saturday reminder that you have more wealth, knowledge and opportunities than the greatest of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Empresses of the past.
The Sun King may have had it good with his court and mistresses but he didn’t have simple sterile gauze bandages and antibiotic ointments.
The result?
Gangrene that ultimately led to his death.
Now?
Type two diabetics live for decades.
Sure George Washington led the silly little colonial uprising with moderate success, but in the end? An epi pen would have saved his life.
Instead?
They sucked out 40% of his blood with the hope that poor old Georigie would make it.
With today’s tech he would have lived decades longer.
And given that we’re talking about the ungrateful colonials dead presidents, Honest Abe lived nine hours after being shot. With the current / old tech of chest tubes and suction, he would likely have survived.
While on the topic of assassinated presidents, James Garfield’s death can be attributed as much to sticky little dirty fingers as to the bullet in his back.
For days doctors without latex gloves poked around with their filthy little digits looking for the bullet in his back.
A metal detector wand and clean fingers would have saved his life.
Imagine what blood pressure pills would have done for Catherine the Great or a water filter for Alexander the Great.
With DNA screening and ultra sound technology, how many wives would have Henry VIII gone through.
Don’t even get me started about how much more quickly we can streak around the planet.
So if you’re reading this and think that your life sucks?
Suck it up sunshine.
We live in a time of unprecedented health, wealth, knowledge and safety.
So once you stop muling and puking about how crappy life is, look up at the sky. Touch a rock.
Life is so good and you’re so lucky to be right here, right meow.
Stay grateful you fools!