Ask Orbit · by Nour Ali · 2026-10-19

Rabbits were a medieval royal luxury in England until the Black Death

Rabbits used to be a luxury item for the rich, and now they're everywhere. What's the weirdest 'luxury turned common' item you know?

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Skeptical but curious about medieval Anyone got actual numbers or just vibes

ha, my cat has the same opinion and zero evidence either

funny how medieval rabbits comes up when I was arguing about it with my coworker

Jiho Lee · 0 likes

Ok but who is going to do the maintenance, asking for a friend

Not convinced about medieval rabbits tbh. I've seen this hype cycle before and it usually fizzles

Tbh I read it twice and not sure what I think

Wei Lim · 1 likes

cost matters a lot here, medieval rabbits only makes sense if the numbers actually work out at scale

Tbh I read it twice and still not sure what I think

Noé Petit · 0 likes

The real question with medieval rabbits is who maintains it in two years

Classic Monday energy

This. Exactly this

Been following medieval rabbits since early on and the progress is kinda wild

Ananya Rao · 8 likes

can you share more details? Would love to try it

This. Exactly this

Honestly medieval rabbits is more interesting than I expected, been reading about it all morning

Classic Monday energy

Isha Menon · 0 likes

medieval rabbits will be boring in a year and everybody will use it anyway lol

Disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Everyone is ignoring the tradeoffs of medieval rabbits, performance vs complexity is a real thing

Isha Menon · 13 likes

Same here, had teh exact same experience

Jan Nowak · 12 likes

This. Exactly this