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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[-] bermuda@beehaw.org 34 points 1 year ago

I'm willing to nominate Charles II, King of Spain as a formerly alive blunder. The result of decades of Hapsburg inbreeding, he had a number of health and intellectual issues from birth and he was notably infertile. If you live in a monarchy where succession is passed down through children, it's REALLY BAD to be infertile and be King. His death directly caused the War of the Spanish Succession, a 13-and-a-half year war that eventually involved pretty much all of western Europe and likely led to the deaths of over 1 million people.

Literally could have avoided this if the Habsburgs decided to have sex with other people.

[-] Ejh3k@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago

You should be blaming his parents, he didn't ask for all those problems to be born with.

[-] bermuda@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Literally what I'm doing

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