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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • 14d ago
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Nah, that was the medieval equivalent of taking a gold-plated limo to Mecca and occasionally popping out the sunroof to hose villages down with a cannon that fires 100 dollar bills.
96 u/zachdidit 14d ago Haha crashing entire economies as he passed through 32 u/Bass2Mouth 14d ago Have a taste of the good life, you sack of shit!! Definitely giving Frank Reynolds vibes lmao 3 u/AudieCowboy 14d ago That's a very accurate assessment 2 u/Internal_Trust9066 14d ago Yea. Private jet equivalent in those times, were ships. 1 u/fizzy_lime 13d ago That's the most creative description I've ever seen, the mental image is fantastic 1 u/agumonkey 13d ago Wondering if some ruler ever assembled a team of eagles to be carried to a holy place in the sky 1 u/jjcrayfish 14d ago That was the medieval equivalent of billionaires just paying their fair share of taxes 1 u/Due-Memory-6957 13d ago Absolutely not, it was charity. Do you think we should replace social welfare with charity? If so, remember to vote for right-wing parties.
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Haha crashing entire economies as he passed through
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Have a taste of the good life, you sack of shit!!
Definitely giving Frank Reynolds vibes lmao
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That's a very accurate assessment
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Yea. Private jet equivalent in those times, were ships.
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That's the most creative description I've ever seen, the mental image is fantastic
Wondering if some ruler ever assembled a team of eagles to be carried to a holy place in the sky
That was the medieval equivalent of billionaires just paying their fair share of taxes
1 u/Due-Memory-6957 13d ago Absolutely not, it was charity. Do you think we should replace social welfare with charity? If so, remember to vote for right-wing parties.
Absolutely not, it was charity. Do you think we should replace social welfare with charity? If so, remember to vote for right-wing parties.
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u/SirDoober 14d ago
Nah, that was the medieval equivalent of taking a gold-plated limo to Mecca and occasionally popping out the sunroof to hose villages down with a cannon that fires 100 dollar bills.