stackyFACTSNothing screams sycophancy quite like voluntarily undergoing rectal surgery to match the king.
Nothing screams sycophancy quite like voluntarily undergoing rectal surgery to match the king. When King Louis XIV developed a severe anal fistula, a custom curved scalpel was designed to slice it open. After the king survived the excruciating procedure, entirely healthy courtiers actually demanded the same surgery just to prove their absolute devotion to the crown. Royal fashion trends truly reached their lowest, most painful point in 17th-century France.
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