Rusty Shackleford

Ahem… Preferiero El Señor Arch-Magos.

Alabadados sea El Omnissiah, tampoco, naturalamente.

Me, when the family asks me, “the IT guy”, for help.

Not a lot. Should be zero. But at least it’s below 10.

FilthyHookerSpit

Discount for you, but on one condition:

You gotta spit on all of my tankie “friends” over at lemmy.ml, hexbear, and lemmygrad and say, “This service was prepaid, and I made a handsome profit, ultimately at your expense and exploitation.”

The ancient Roman Republic, lasting from the overthrow of the kings in 509 BC to the establishment of the Empire in 27 BC. This constitution was characterized by a Senate composed of wealthy aristocrats wielding significant influence; several popular assemblies of all free citizens, possessing the power to elect magistrates from the populace and pass laws; and a series of magistracies with varying types of civil and political authority.

• 482 years

There may be longer ones (e.g. Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese dynasties), but the Habsburg’s rule is listed from 1282-1918. The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm (/ˈhæpsbɜːrɡ/), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg.

• 636 years

We await patiently for your demonstration.

we’re a constitutional federal republic, with democratically elected representatives, but a plutocracy, in practice

• me, a political science pedant of highest/worst order