people will say “early medieval” and be talking about shit from the high middle ages. people will say “medieval” and be talking about the early modern era. people will say “the early modern era” and literally mean 1952
people will say “ancient” in reference to something that happened in 1250 AD
people will say “Renaissance paintings” and then show some random french painting from 1770
people will say “I can’t believe it’s not butter” when they can in fact believe it is not butter
I want to destroy this post with a flame thrower
Imo the worst is how people will say ‘ancient’ about 16th century Mesoamerica….
amhrancas 