And who could forget granny’s: when you’re left handed, “YOU’RE THE LITERAL SPAWN OF SATAN” ok, dear?

I’m stumped old people didn’t die on their stupidity.

Well the plot twist is, they were generally exceptionally smart at what they needed to know to survive. It’s easy to forget how difficult life was for average people up until fairly recently. Like less than a century ago. Education and literacy really weren’t a priority.