Royal Fuckup

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

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
- There's a whole lot of words there that I do not like together
- First husband took his own life, so there's that
- Bwuh?!
Reading about this family just reminds me of this:
- lol
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

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.

The American king is far more absolute than any European king.
- No kings, but an Emperor! Hail Emperor Norton!
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
Also American President: My son will inherit my presidential seat.
this post was about europeans, not americans........
- Was it posted by an American though?

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

what about the knig of sweden?
- Knigge was German
- Compromise: we can keep monarchy but from now on they all have to wear bunny ears.
- Only praise and admiration from very old people, for everyone else he's basically just a goofy mascot that keeps doing weird things.
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. 🤷 🤣
- 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.
- 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.

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.

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.
China does something similar, but they used pandas
Takenoko intensifies
The OP image does not say "most europeans" :)

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

idiot americans worship money and think being royalty means being loaded
- Banned from my sub for targeted hatred.
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.

Just for the record: He's not royalty

lol

Who is this?

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.
- first sentence was necessary context
  everything after that was rage-induced defensiveness
Son of the Norwegian crown prince. You'll be unsuprised to learn that he stands accused of many sexual assaults.
- crown princess*. he's the "bonus prince" because she had him before she married the prince.
- He is not royal. His mother married a royal

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

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

Have you ever been to Europe?
- I've almost never left

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.

I find that most people I talk to had positive opinions of the late queen, but as you said are apathetic towards Charles at best and disturbed by Andrew. Prince William seems to be highly regarded though.

What a fucken dork lmfao

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.

He is a narcissistic asshole, but having your birthday tattooed doesn't mean you're guilty of any crime you're accused of.
- I feel like it is a very good evidence

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

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

Pretty sure my .22s have a larger bore, and I have a shitload.
Funny story:
Black dude runs up in the local redneck bar and starts waving a BB pistol around. "You're money and your jewelry!", kinda talk. People were like, whatever dude, that's a BB gun. "I'm fucking serious!" One the guys playing pool walked up behind him and clocked him over the skull with the blunt end of a pool stick. Fin.

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?

Literally every tattoo he has is generic as hell lmao.
It's a royal thing, clearly us peasants won't get it

prince harry as a nazi back in 2005: https://www.illustre.ch/fp/660/440/1140/855/sites/default/files/media/field_image/2023-01/le_prince_harry_en_costume_nazi.jpg

(who probably is not son of Charles but an army major Diana cheated with)

Bro is about to shoot his own coffee mug

It's ok, it's a BB gun, all it'd do is break the cup and maybe hurt his wittle hand like a bee sting.

I hear he has lots of sex.

Them:

Us:

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

Sure, but they're on the way out. Get rid of the billionaires a d the most problematic royals will be caught up in that as well.
Chill... Royals aren't what they used to be. They are more like well paid circus clowns than power tripping maniacs now.
- royalist nonsense
- Constitutional monarchs are even worse. They're slimy, mincing predators, scavengers sitting on the sidelines.
  Modern royals remember the power their ancestors have, and they yearn for that power back. They play pretend that they're happy being ceremonial monarchs. But really, they're just biding their time. Monarchies are used to thinking in centuries. So they sit there, waiting on the sidelines, waiting for some crisis of democracy, something that causes people to lose faith in the system. Then they'll step in and reclaim real power. They're a bunch of mincing pedophiles just waiting for someone to lose sight of their kid.