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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He is a narcissistic asshole, but having your birthday tattooed doesn't mean you're guilty of any crime you're accused of.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world -5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like it is a very good evidence

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Then I'm certain (and glad!!) that you are not a criminal judge

Have a nice day:)

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 4 points 4 hours ago

Have you ever been to Europe?

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 3 hours ago

The OP image does not say "most europeans" :)

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 22 hours ago

China does something similar, but they used pandas

Takenoko intensifies

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 12 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 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com -5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Argument from Ignorance (Ad Ignorantiam): This fallacy occurs when someone asserts that a proposition is false because they personally haven't heard of it, or it's not commonly known to them.

“Well, I've never heard of that” ⟶ Implies: “Therefore, it's probably wrong or not credible.”

It’s an epistemic fallacy, where the absence of knowledge is treated as evidence of absence or insignificance.

Essentially, your ignorance of the subject matter doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it just means you're ignorant of the subject matter. 🤷 🤣

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I missed the part where they said anything other than never having heard it themself. They never claimed that nobody says it. Maybe think about that next time you're going to be condescending for no reason.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You will not find that I have declared any fact beyond my ignorance, and it is rather the imputation of an assertion beyond that ignorance that constitutes the genuine fallacy here.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com -5 points 4 hours ago

You're backpedaling now because you've been caught. I'd be humiliated too :)

[–] lime@feddit.nu 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Only praise and admiration from very old people, for everyone else he's basically just a goofy mascot that keeps doing weird things.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 17 hours ago

that's the only things a head of state should be allowed to do

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

a goofy mascot that keeps doing weird things.

Sounds like exactly what a king should be.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Americans: Our system is the best because we don't have royalty, we have a President instead!

American President: Plating his palace with gold and being completely above the law.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

Also American President: My son will inherit my presidential seat.

[–] amorangi@lemmy.nz 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The American king is far more absolute than any European king.

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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com -2 points 15 hours ago

this post was about europeans, not americans........

[–] lime@feddit.nu 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

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

[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours 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 49 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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 1 hour ago
[–] BillyCrystalMeth@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago

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

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just for the record: He's not royalty

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 0 points 14 hours ago
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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com -1 points 3 hours ago

Your argument can be debunked if even one european person says that their royalty is classy. Are you sure you want to make that argument? Please respond.

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