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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are you kidding? The only things in this universe capable of superluminal speeds are a good rumor and merchandising opportunities

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also monarchy. You guillotine a king and the monarchy instantly jumps to the next one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's probably why being a crown prince in medieval times was more hazardous than a bering strait crab fisherman running for president of the United States

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Actually it was very very safe, if you compare it with peasants or burghers with occupational hazard being very low. Well, unless you were an Ottoman prince.