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minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down2·10 months agoWhen 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’.
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·10 months agoI 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.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months ago whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins Would this not be the other way around? Blue veins show through the skin?
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoYeah, I wrote that poorly.
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoBlue-blooded means inbread.
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’.
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.
Would this not be the other way around? Blue veins show through the skin?
Yeah, I wrote that poorly.
Blue-blooded means inbread.
Sacre-bleu!