fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoHorseshoe theorymander.xyzimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down112
arrow-up1712arrow-down1imageHorseshoe theorymander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 years agoI was taught it was because nobility were the only pale Spaniards in the middle ages, so they were the only people whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins. So they claimed their blue blood showed their divine right to royalty.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years ago whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins Would this not be the other way around? Blue veins show through the skin?
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoYeah, I wrote that poorly.
I was taught it was because nobility were the only pale Spaniards in the middle ages, so they were the only people whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins. So they claimed their blue blood showed their divine right to royalty.
Would this not be the other way around? Blue veins show through the skin?
Yeah, I wrote that poorly.
Blue-blooded means inbread.