• ruk_n_rul@monyet.ccOP
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    1 year ago

    “expired without issue” has a whole different meaning to historians/nobility/royalty:

    explanation of the joke

    expire: die
    issue: children
    and thus:
    expire without issue: die childless

    which is a problem with royalties since it means their line of succession ends.