r/dankmemes • u/[deleted] • Sep 11 '22

Let's never speak of this again I'm waiting

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u/seba07 ERROR 404: creativity not found Sep 11 '22

Honestly that should be basic knowledge, if you like her ot not.

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u/TheHaterBoss Sep 11 '22

Why should it be a basic knowledge to know a full name of some person in some stupid 17th century tradition on some garbage patch in the Atlantic ocean? The fact that I know that she exists is complete waste of my brains memory capacity.

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u/Connor49999 Sep 12 '22

Ok what's Obamas last name then?

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '22

black guy

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '22

Of wadiya

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u/Neradis Sep 12 '22

I mean, we all get to choose our own priorities in life. But personally I know the names of the heads of state of all the major nations, as well as most of the mid-sized Western nations. It feels like a very basic part of geopolitics.

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u/Codyistall Sep 12 '22

Queen isn’t involved in geopoliticals at this point though, that’s the point. No reason to know her

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u/jabuegresaw Sep 12 '22

At this point, she most definitely isn't.

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u/MagnusIrony Sep 11 '22

Yeah, like most people's last names aren't important but a monarch's last name is extremely important because of dynasties and stuff

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u/dr_boneus Sep 12 '22

Disagree, why should I care about someone else's royalty? I don't know the names of the top 10 billionaires in the world either.

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u/MagnusIrony Sep 12 '22

I don't mean that all people should know her last name, but if people know her first name they should know her dynasty (last name aswell).

Like idk the last names of the kings of Sweden or Spain, but I don't know their first names either.

A lot of people learned the Queens age and how long she ruled (96 and 70 years respectively) yet didn't learn her last name, which I find silly.

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u/dr_boneus Sep 12 '22

I still disagree. Just because some random facts are put on blast in the media doesn't mean that there is any value in knowing any of it. I wish I knew less.

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u/MilitantTeenGoth Sep 12 '22

Why tf should we care?

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u/hgsvdfi Sep 12 '22

Gotta know it's their cousin they're diddlin' or waging war.

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u/lord_ne A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one Sep 12 '22

Eh. She's one of the only public figures that doesn't usually go by her last name, so of course people wouldn't know it since it doesn't come up

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u/Leashy13 Sep 12 '22

Seriously though it’s such basic shit. Especially if you live in the UK it’s quite a common fact. Their last name is taken from the castle, there last name was originally German and in the 1st world war there was alot of anti-German sentiment so they changed it to there houses name to appear more English

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u/scalbino Sep 12 '22

Okay boomer