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US soldier wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave in Germany, WW2, 1945

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Kinda wish the billionaires of the world would at least bring back crowns. Like the cosplay aspect was one of the few fun parts.

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- At least King Charles is rocking the Star Wars villain look.
  
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  The man's got mad drip.
  
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  DUN-DUN-DUN dᵤₙ₋dᵤₙ₋dᵤₙ ᵈᵘⁿ⁻ᵈᵘⁿ⁻ᵈᵘⁿ
  DUN-DUN-DUN dᵤₙ₋dᵤₙ₋dᵤₙ ᵈᵘⁿ⁻ᵈᵘⁿ⁻ᵈᵘⁿ
  
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- New life goal acquired. Become a billionaire. Construct an absurdly lavish crown of solid gold and precious jewels - so lavish, in fact, that it makes the holy crown of the Roman Empire look as though it's a paper crown from Burger King (home of the flame-broiled beesechussy). Wear this crown everywhere, every single day, in every public appearance. Set 1 billion aside to maintain your billionaire status, and live only off the interest to afford your Burger King sandwiches. Spend the remainder of your income (billions of it) on charities and other humanitarian causes. Contribute toward paying down or paying off entirely the debts of the poor and the working class. Buy Smuckers just to ensure that their jam continues being delicious and that the capitalists don't fuck it up like they did Cadbury. Continue to act as a beacon of hope and good-will, but never stop wearing that crown until the day you die.
  
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Look at me. I'm the emperor now!

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- I understand the war, the pain, the stress and all. But you don't handle an ancient object like that... You should feel the importance of the thing for all the human people, as an extraordinary artifact... Average extra ignorant USer, moreover a soldier one... Bleah
  
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  Waaah, waaah, bad US man touched an object 80 years ago and that makes me sad for some reason. Go get some real problems to be upset about.
  
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  Bloody royalists
  
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  To be fair morale could not have been that high in one of the worst modern wars in world history...least he didn't destroy it.
  
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  Fuck that, give it to BigStackD and let him melt it into a brick for fun.
  
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  You should tell him that
  
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His .45 is in a tanker holster, so I'm guessing that was his job.

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- Wearing crowns?
  
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  Glorious purpose.
  
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- That or a Monuments Man.
  
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Look at me. I'm the pope now

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- The crown of the Holy Roman Empire was not for the pope but for the emperor. The name might be confusing but it’s basically the predecessor of Germany.
  
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  Listen Leeroy, I’ve been killing Nazis for 3 months now. How about instead of fact checking my joke you put your big city learning to good use and tell me which of them paintings over there is valuable.
  
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Believe it or not, entirely edible.

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Does it still exist? When was it made? Very interesting.

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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire
  
  It still exists and was made about a thousand years ago
  
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- Made in the 10th century, still exists
  
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We thought Mussolini died to the mob this whole time, but no

he died of envy.

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Now that's one way to wake up Heinrich and his legion of undead

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He's got a lot of rings on his left hand.

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- Tbf men used to wear jewelry more commonly than now
  
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  Rings, watches, what have you
  
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- In my head there's an unsavory story involving dead nazis and marking his kill count.
  
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  unsavory
  
  involving dead nazis
  
  Sounds pretty wholesome to me, ngl.
  
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Rich people do the weirdest shit. Why would anyone want to wear that?

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- They didn't have Bentleys and Private Jets yet.
  
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  At least luxury cars are comfortable and fun to drive. This thing just looks uncomfortable and ugly with no utility.
  
  I mean I sorta get it. Anyone wearing it is conveying that they can't do anything practical or even tend to their own needs. Which means they have the resources that free them from it. Induced weakness to display strength.
  
  Point is it still looks uncomfortable.
  
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- Display of wealth and power seems to be the obvious answer
  
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- People and hats.
  
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  As Team Fortress 2 proves
  
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Why is he sideways?

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Where's that crown now?

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- According to Wikipedia, after the Nazis were defeated in Europe, the crown jewels were returned to Vienna by U.S. forces where they are still on display today in the Imperial Treasury.
  
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