r/BeAmazed Aug 06 '25

Skill / Talent The royal lifestyle

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u/TinkerTom69 Aug 06 '25

Shaking peoples hands for a living ? Yes. Being a nonce ? No

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u/Clusterpuff Aug 06 '25

For real. people are working 3 jobs to afford ramen and I’m supposed to feel sorry for a guy eating caviar off the back of a platypus with a diamond spoon… because he has to shake hands with other wealthy people for his job? Big fuckin boo hoo

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u/Same-Instruction9745 Aug 06 '25

That is not nearly all there is to it. You may be rich, but your time no longer belongs to you. Good bye gaming. Goodbye driving where you want. Your entire life is now on display forever and you can no longer do..nvm other guy wrote it all out for you

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u/RipperReeta Aug 06 '25

I see your nuance and you are 100% right - but unfortunately people won't be open to nuance on a website that rewards single-mindedness.

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx Aug 06 '25

Or maybe...you and that person both come from a relative place of privilege and you wouldn't make that swap while many people struggling to feed their family would readily make the switch because they already have no free time or money to spend on things?

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u/RipperReeta Aug 06 '25

I'm disabled and bed-bound. What privilege am I coming from?

Don't make assumptions about my reality based off the fact that I'm capable of empathy and understanding even in situations that seem obviously greener.

I'm not defending the apathy of the billionaire class, i'm accepting that the lives of others may be harder than we are capable of understanding. If they're not actively out to screw my life over and control society, I'm leaving them be - not wasting energy pissed because I don't have money to "spend on things".

Chucky is a last remaining whimper of a monarchy on it's last breath. He'll die, like you and me. And everyone will move on WAY faster than anyone would like to face. Like you and me.

I'm at peace with my hand in life... i'm not blaming anyone else or angry at random people for our differences. That's it.

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u/TheDirtyDorito Aug 06 '25

I can imagine it is more difficult than we let on, but he still lives a luxury, privileged lifestyle. The royal family has had plenty of controversies and I'm sure they take the piss out of 'common' folk just as much as we do to them. I'll save my empathy for those who are really struggling

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u/Samurai_Meisters Aug 07 '25

lol what nuance in that comment? They outlined a binary situation. It's also completely untrue.

No gaming? Charles gamed all the time, but his games were polo, hunting, fishing, sailing, skiing, scuba, racing, and way more.

Sure, he has obligations, but so does everyone else.

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u/RobinVanPersi3 Aug 07 '25

Fookin avvv it lad