>the sultan lives in a giant fricking palace
>the rest of the population lives in literal mudhuts
Wow that's kinda fricked up
>the sultan lives in a giant fricking palace. >the rest of the population lives in literal mudhuts
>the sultan lives in a giant fricking palace
>the rest of the population lives in literal mudhuts
Wow that's kinda fricked up
Same as it ever was
>Something Something America
No this is accurate to the middle east. One day we will throw down our tyrants and warlords and replace them with less moronic tyrants and warlords
only until they stop funding SNK
That's how it was in medieval times. Walls out of white marble, cross vaults with splines made out of pure gold. Why the frick would the nobles share?
They should have a law where everyone can be a princess.
The aristocracy doesn't give a shit about commoners.
Something something most of human history this was the case, but in the modern day, due to advancements most of us have access to better things only kings could dream of years ago.
>most of us have access to better things only kings could dream of years ago
Sultan
- Surrounded by gold, gems, art, silks
- Harem of beautiful women
- Massive palace
- Chefs from all over the world cooking whatever the frick you want for dinner
Cinemaphile virgin
- Suicidal
- On pills
- Depressed
- Lives in his mother's basement
- No money
- No b***hes
Hmmm..........
but at least you have a supercomputer to remind how shit your life is compared to everyone else and to project all your favorite media getting pozzed
>Sultan has to wipe his ass with a sponge
I get a month's worth of baby wipes for $2.99
They were muslims anon, they just washed their bums
this lmao
I can't believe some people really think they have it better than kings because they can watch movies on their phone or something
You forgot a few:
>aspires to be a wage slave
>can't go down to the store without risking getting robbed
>in debt
>one medical bill from being homeless
That palace was built in 2017 dude.
this whole "le modern day is soooo better" is kinda moronic when you consider that human ingenuity across the ages ensured that nearly everything modern tech has invented has already been made by someone else. Rennaisance europe had clockwork robots and ancient persia had giant fridges to make ice in the middle of the desert. And of course the pyramids
>Rennaisance europe had clockwork robots
Toys at best.
>giant fridges to make ice in the middle of the desert
Massive endeavors to do what we can do with a store bought apparatus.
>Toys at best.
Todays robots mostly happen to be toys as well! Unless they are factory robots, but that kind of different, and the late middle ages had examples of mechanized, assembly line style factories.
>Massive endeavors to do what we can do with a store bought apparatus.
Not really, these buildings were usually the height of a four storey building, and the only work needed to be done was bringing the water there,
Is your argument that progress sucks because useful concepts don’t always take off the first time around?
not at all, Im just saying that thinking that we have it so much better then those who lived before us is untrue, and that many things we see as modern luxuries are a lot older than one might think
Yeah, but back then the effort to get those luxuries were much more difficult then, and you had to essentially be nobility to enjoy those comforts. Nowadays people today live far more comfortably compared to the average peasant in some mud hut. Things developed to the point where some luxuries were able to be more widespread and cheaper for the common person.
But the dude
said we had it better than Kings (referring to sultans). That's fricking bullshit man.
I may not be able to command armies like a king does in real life, but I for sure can go out buy myself a steak at the same quality if not better than some Eurogay king back in the day could ever get.
>but I for sure can go out buy myself a steak at the same quality if not better
I get what youre saying I just specifically do not believe that a middle age peasant would not be able to obtain a good steak
You don't believe a peasant Butcher wouldn't save himself a choice piece every now and then?
im saying the opposite READ homie
Shit, you right. My b. Only half awake at this point still.
Motherfricker, the noble would've had the cow slaughtered and cut hours before serving. And the meat wouldn't be permeated with growth hormones like yours.
Progress is good. But wagecucks don't live like fricking sultans. It's delusional to even make the comparison.
>but in the modern day, due to advancements most of us have access to better things only kings could dream of years ago.
Do people really believe this shit?
You'd rather sit in front of a screen and rant about a dying medium than chill next to your pool, party and frick all day?
most unrealistic part of this was the fact that the palace guards werent divided into three factions based on tribe lines, and that the princess wasnt abjured and imprisoned for dishonouring the royal family by dressing like a prostitute.
Where can I read up on the tribal lines thing?
The Sultanate of Agrabah is based mostly on the Abbasid Caliphate and many government officials had loyalty to their tribe and ethnicity resulting in factionalism. Its something that affected all islamic countries even today. I can give you a textdump on more detailed examples and historical anecdotes
I'll look it up myself
There's actually a whole episode of the Aladdin TV series where Jasmine realizes this and how fricked up it is and is implied to be trying to do something about it offscreen but since it was an episodic silly adventures status quo show, like usual, nothing really came of anything.
At least it gave us the hottest Disney princess, Aladdin got lucky for scoring this
she's definitely destroy incel ego
Imagine having to kiss her feet haha
>Be sultan
>Have over 50 manors and castles all over the world, including France, Spain, Italy, Britain, and the United States.
>Have over 200 luxury cars, a dozen yachts and private jets.
>Cinemaphile poster still looks down at you for being a shitskin.
>Be nouveau riche c**t who went from being illiterate goat herders to having enough money to cure cancer five times over within half a generation
>Never appreciate the Scrooge McDuck tier money you lucked out into because you lack the education to comprehend the level of frick you money you have
>Spend all your money on gaudy, kitsch plastic looking chateaus, meme supercars and slave labour artificial islands
I don't hate them for being shitskins, I hate them for being tasteless.
Okay anon. What would you do if you had a personal net worth of $50 billion?
Keep a couple million to meself so I can live comfortably without ever having to wagecuck again and then I'll pick a small african nation and use it to play sim fricking city. I'll pay for their water and power infrastructure, I'll fund schools and hospitals and I'll become their God.
One cabin on the woods and a frickton of funs
That sounds par the course for most pre-industrial revolution monarchies
You can say it's barbaric, but hey, it's home.
>be sultan
>chillin' in your harem
>surrounded by a dozen naked beauties bare breasts hanging out
>two keep you cool with fans
>one reads a book for you (will sing, dance, do whatever)
>one feeds you fresh fruit
>one pours your wine
>two suck your dick
>five are having lesbian sex per your instructions
>be dweeb
>work 12 hours / day to keep up with rent & bills
>have to take the bus with homeless stinkies because you can't afford gas
>eat ultra-processed foods with microplastics
>talk to a woman in the bar, get rejected
>go on /h/ jerk off
>sleep
>repeat
>>be sultan
' in your harem
by a dozen naked beauties bare breasts hanging out
>>two keep you cool with fans
>>one reads a book for you (will sing, dance, do whatever)
>>one feeds you fresh fruit
>>one pours your wine
>>two suck your dick
>>five are having lesbian sex per your instructions
This is basically my life though.
Bodypillows don't count.
We got a Saudi noble chilling here? How's that oil money treating you?
They all got purged bro you didnt hear the news?
Shit really? Whose in charge of Saudiland now?
>Shit really? Whose in charge of Saudiland now?
Israel?
There was the whole ritz carlton affait where many princes and rich folks from the royal tribe were detained in the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh. Theres also been a string of... vanishings of high profile individuals as well as multiple "accidents". Things have changed a lot ever since the new king and his son came to power
Did the Genie throw Aladdin into an already existing royal lineage for his wish? Or did the Genie have to create a whole new lineage for Aladdin to be seen as royalty?
Imagine being a Janissary
I was under the impression this took place pre-lslam. Like sometime in the Persian Empire.
The original story from 1001 nights actually takes place in Imperial China.
Bullshit
>The original story from 1001 nights actually takes place in Imperial China.
It wasn't part of the original Arabic versions of Nights. It as only later added when a French guy heard the story from a Middle-Eastern guy and then took it to add to the French version of Nights.
Also, the story doesn't take place in Imperial China. It only mentions that Aladdin was living in a city in "China" which can be taken as the Eastern edge of the Arab world which could be around Central Asia possibly somewhere along the Silk Road. They also mention there being a sultan who Aladdin succeeds and the sorcerer being from someplace in Northern Africa and no mention of anything Chinese.
Yeah, the Sultan's kind of a dick, but thankfully his Vizier is gonna sort everything out for us, the little people.
I'd rather live one day as a king than a lifetime as a peasant.
you would be immediately murdered by your jealous relatives or some annoying general or whichever ambitious frickwad wants the throne that day.
Now, being a lazy loafer who is a member of the royal family, or vaguely related to them, close enough to enjoy the benefits but far away enough to be shielded from the heat, that is where its at
>Wow that's kinda fricked up
nothing has changed in those places btw
USA is like this too.
>forgot the flag
What an interesting homeless camp.
This is Portland Oregon, btw, a city completely devoid of any commerce. It loves its homeless so much that it refuses to build them any cheap housing to ensure they stay homeless.
This city is infamous for having an extremely moronic homeless person problem, competitive with San Francisco in how far gone it is.
It does house all the military guards, various servants, a bunch of high ranking nobles with their various jobs in accounting, strategic planning in both country and military,religious figures, Jafar and all the stored wealth of Agraba
Imagine the US holding all of its precious metals wealth and military in the white house
Or just a major city handling that. Its hard to not make big buildings to protect leadership when everyone has the same weaponry