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Transcription. A four-panel meme.

Person A: “I’m an expert in French history.”

Person B: “Oh yeah? Name 15 kings.”

Person A: “Louis.”

Person B: “That’s on me, I set the bar too low.”

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[-] sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not sure; I’ve wondered that before too. If I had to guess I’d say people just keep naming future kings after previously liked kings - the first few king Louis weren’t all that popular, but later on there were some popular ones (Louis IX was named a saint, for instance, which may have boosted it).

16 is certainly a lot of kings to have the same name. I believe there’s 20-something Pope Johns, if I recall correctly

[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I'm just waiting on pope John Paul George, then we just gotta tack on Ringo somehow and we've got The Beatles back!

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