“Since the Napoleonic Wars” paints a dire picture; surely war in Europe and global badness are related!<p>One might instead use “since the Industrial Revolution”, “since we started abolishing the global slave trade”, or “since the smallpox vaccine” to assemble a sensational attention grabber.<p>My hemorrhoids haven’t been this bad since the last Cicada brood cycle! Do I need insecticide, or preparation-h?