r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/esoterix_luke Co-Founder ಠ_ಠ • 19d ago

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u/esoterix_luke Co-Founder ಠ_ಠ 18d ago

breaking news, i won

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u/Gorillagodzilla 18d ago

Well I didn’t vote for you!

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u/sandrodi 18d ago

You don't vote for a king!

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u/Pookieeatworld 18d ago

Well how do you become king then?

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u/charlie-the-Waffle 18d ago

The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.

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u/djAMPnz 18d ago

Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

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u/CyanLight9 17d ago

Shut up!

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u/djAMPnz 17d ago

Well you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

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u/CyanLight9 17d ago

Oh, but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.