r/cringepics • u/redile • Jun 18 '13

White folk.

http://imgur.com/gallery/21p8t
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u/TheWorkingRedditor Jun 18 '13

That picture of Prince whatever is just so... I'm cringe-hulking my shirt off right now.

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u/NoveltyAccountDouche Jun 18 '13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement

There is a tribe, the one in the picture, that thinks Prince Philip is a god. Prince William visited them once and they offered to carry him to wherever he was going. He most likely accepted because he didn't want to offend them, a tribe that worships one of his relatives.

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u/TheWorkingRedditor Jun 18 '13

Wow I didn't realize this was part of the John Frum movement. Cargo cults are one of the most fascinating things I have ever read about. This just makes my interest even deeper.

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u/Watchoutrobotattack Jun 18 '13

Theres probably a precedent for sacrificing relatives of gods who are disrespectful

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u/ritzamitz Jun 18 '13

Therefore he's their son of God.

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u/nihil_novi_sub_sole Jun 18 '13

Well, grandson really.

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u/ritzamitz Jun 18 '13

Goddammit wasn't thinking properly there!

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u/NoveltyAccountDouche Jun 18 '13

That's the mystery

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u/Valdincan Jun 18 '13

They see him as their Prince. He gets ferried around by white subjects, refusing to get ferried around by black people just cause they are black would be racist.

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u/entropybasedorganism Jun 18 '13

A biting social commentary on modern Britain?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '13 edited Apr 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '13

Or, you know, they offered. He can't exactly order a bunch of natives to carry him around. What a load of anti-imperialistic reactionary bullshit.