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Royal Fuckup (midwest.social)
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[-] UpperBroccoli 1 points 1 hour ago
[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Never heard a European or Brit describe any royalty as classy, other than in sarcastic jabs at their mates (e.g "Who do you think you are, the Queen?" when somebody goes for the second-cheapest instant noodle option, instead of the cheapest).

Largely, at least in Britain, they're pretty widely considered inbred freeloaders, in my experience. Might be very biased, as I'm of a younger generation, but a lot of the older folk I've spoken to feel similarly (if, mostly, less hostile).

Most people are completely apathetic at best, I think.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Did that guy just tattoo his birthday on his chest?

Yup just checked, he was of course born in 1997.

Wow what a way to declare to the world what kind of a narcissistic asshole you are.

Charged with any crime? All the prosecution has to do is make him show that tattoo. No other evidence required.

[-] breecher@sh.itjust.works 10 points 13 hours ago

I've only ever heard Americans describe European royalty as classy and sophisticated.

I don't think most Europeans would think their royals are classy at all. Even if we stripped them of their power now they'd just be rich people living in large houses their family could already afford anyway. They're basically government pawns we keep around for tradition and to make deals with vain foreign leaders. China does something similar, but they used pandas. If you're a good little friend of the totalitarians, you get to have a panda in your zoo.

You think the leaders of shit holes are going to be interested in presidents? Nah, they meet presidents every day. If you want to placate them, you take our the big guns. You go "Who's a big boy president? That's right, it's you! You can have a sleepover in a real palace just like in the Disney movies! Everyone thinks you're such an important big boy!" These leaders aren't rational-thinking, they're coming from (sub)cultures where displays of wealth and status mean something, and I bet nothing makes a vain guy happier than to say they made a king entertain them. They feel like they're such big shits pushing around our stage puppets.

You'd think those foreign leaders would feel belittled but sending royalty to shitholes works great, politically. The national news broadcaster has this trick where they're officially "royal Dutch news" (because of weird laws, you don't need to be related to royalty in any way to be granted that title as a company) and yelling "royal Dutch news" instead of "Dutch news" when trying to ask questions actually works. Even in countries with presidents. It's extremely stupid but it's been proven to work.

I don't think the royals are anything special but I also don't think the political circus around electing a president and the endless drama that follows will be any cheaper (or better, for that matter). With the way things are going in this country, I'll take King Wimlex over President Wilders, thank you very much.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

China does something similar, but they used pandas

Takenoko intensifies

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also Trump was super delighted that he could sleep in a Dutch palace. The charm offensive by the Dutch royalties worked on him since he wasn’t as belligerent at the NATO summit as he normally is, so the adults in the room could do the talking.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

I've literally never heard any human being praise or admire royalty, aside from Diana.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 13 points 1 day ago
[-] hungryphrog 4 points 1 day ago

Compromise: we can keep monarchy but from now on they all have to wear bunny ears.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 22 hours ago
[-] hungryphrog 2 points 15 hours ago
[-] meekah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago
[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 1 day ago

yeah but he didn't wear as many hats

[-] Geobloke@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

As long you don't say the hard r

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

Knigge please

[-] lime@feddit.nu 66 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

honorable mention: princess märtha louise of norway is a clairvoyant married to an american conspiracy theorist and serial rapist.

[-] ziggurat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah sadly she counts as a royal, but the civilian in the picture is her sister in laws son pre marriage into the royal family. So technically not a royal, but might as well be.

Most people in Norway like the king and the queen, and the crown Prince and the crown princess, and their children (together), they used to like this guy too before he got caught doing all this illegal shit

[-] Almonds@mander.xyz 50 points 1 day ago

Well, his Wikipedia article is horrifying

He asserts that casual sex attracts subterranean spirits that make an impression on the inside of women's vaginas and offers exercises to "clean out" said vaginas; he writes that children get cancer because they want it;

I hope her first husband kept their daughters away from him

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago
[-] BillyCrystalMeth@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 day ago

First husband took his own life, so there's that

[-] LazyWatermelon3623@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Everyone of those rich farts should follow suit.

[-] anachronist@midwest.social 22 points 1 day ago

Reading about this family just reminds me of this:

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

Just for the record: He's not royalty

[-] Nalivai@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Nobody's saying that our royals are classy, except themselves, their paid weirdos, and, weirdly enough, americans.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 day ago

idiot americans worship money and think being royalty means being loaded

[-] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago
[-] lime@feddit.nu 48 points 2 days ago

the son of the crown princess of norway. she had him before she was married to the crown prince so he's not an official part of the royal family, but he's a major pain in their ass anyway.

[-] anachronist@midwest.social 23 points 2 days ago

Son of the Norwegian crown prince. You'll be unsuprised to learn that he stands accused of many sexual assaults.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 20 points 2 days ago

crown princess*. he's the "bonus prince" because she had him before she married the prince.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Thought the gun was a squirt gun connected to the (wine? champagne? w/e) bottle, now that would've been classy

[-] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

What a fucken dork lmfao

[-] atlien51@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Bro is about to shoot his own coffee mug

[-] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

It looks like he wanted a big chest piece but chickened out after the lining and never went back to get it finished.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

is that really a "mom" tattoo? i guess might as well if you're going the sick ass panther route

also is that an airsoft gun? and is he drinking champagne in a coffee cup?

[-] _AutumnMoon_ 2 points 1 day ago

It's a royal thing, clearly us peasants won't get it

[-] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Terrible Trigger Discipline but that looks like it's a BB gun...

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Helen Keller would produce better quality tats but at least he leans into his trash identity enough to identify from a distance

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