Sacre-bleu!
Comment on Horseshoe theory
snooggums@midwest.social 8 months ago
When humanity found out how long horseshoes crabs had been around, unchanging and perfect, they decided to name their divine human leaders after them.
That is why royalty are called ‘blue-bloods’.
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I was taught it was because nobility were the only pale Spaniards in the middle ages, so they were the only people whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins. So they claimed their blue blood showed their divine right to royalty.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Would this not be the other way around? Blue veins show through the skin?
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Yeah, I wrote that poorly.
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Blue-blooded means inbread.