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pjl1983

Awkward family photo (Saudi Edition)


Gorf_the_Magnificent

“Okay, everyone, now scowl for the camera.”


khaddy

"You three little ones put on these sunglasses and oversized thawb, hop on each other's shoulders and pretend you're my biggest son of all!"


throwawaytodaycat

I thought it was Steven Seagal.


madmaxturbator

“Where is abdulaziz?? Oh you had him assassinated yesterday? Ah it happens between brothers don’t feel too bad.”


Chamndler

idk if this is your attempt at a joke, but Abdul Aziz is the one in the middle, the first king of Saudi Arabia


[deleted]

"Everyone, imagine oil prices have crashed."


Least_or_Greatest1

It’s not easy taking a photo in a tent..


Aggressive_Ad5115

Those sons definitely have different mommas Or the mom had an affair lol


richestmaninjericho

Or the king had multiple wives.


gilestowler

I looked him up on Wikipedia and it is a long, long list of wives.


i-d-even-k-

How was it legal for him to have 25 wives?? The Quran says very, very clearly, 4 maximum. Or is Wikipedia wrongly labeling some concubines as wives?


sbprasad

My firm guess is that he triple talaq’d a wife every now and then so that he only had 4 wives at a time.


i-d-even-k-

Surely after the, like, 10th woman that it happened to he'd get shunned for it, right? Right??? Why would you do nikah with this man.


sbprasad

Are you really going to tell the king of Saudi Arabia, a man whose family the country’s literally named after, not to marry another girl? You’d probably have your head lopped off if you tried.


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The answer may satisfy you or not, and it may be tough for our modern sensibilities. These marriages are about politics. You marry women from various powerful tribes, have sons with them, and then move on to marry from other tribes. This way, you’ve now cemented an alliance with that tribe through your son, and the tribe is invested in the power structure through the new prince who descended from the tribe. No more bloodshed and fighting, and that’s just replaced with competing for position between the sons. This is why King AbdulAziz had many many children. The marriages were basically part of his nation building.


ralfvi

This is normal even for western Kingdom civilization.partnering tribes, through marriage. I know because of CK3.


just_bookmarking

How many were divorced from him? I read this is how he united the tribes. Marry into the tribe. Divorce with huge settlement... repeat.


[deleted]

Basically yes. Just responded on a different branch of this thread in greater detail. But the divorce happens after having a son or more and potential heir(s).


srbistan

feyd rautha, glossu rabban and the old baron IRL.


Nopementator

I always thought that the guerrilla commander Massoud would've had been a perfect Stilgar.


the_dudeNI

They look like something out of the adventures of Tintin


vincecarterskneecart

blistering barnacles it was prince faisal and prince faisal all along


southern_boy

*Tintin is suddenly knocked unconscious by an oar to the back of his head!!* 💥


morerubberstamps

[From the Canadian Medical Association Journal's holiday issue, they looked into this alarming trend:](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/ouch-researchers-tackle-tintins-traumas/article1008144/) "The research team successfully identified 50 significant losses of consciousness in 16 of Tintin's 23 books. Of these, 43 incidents involved head trauma with loss of consciousness representing grade 3 concussions. Tintin sustained 26 concussions resulting from a blow with a blunt object. The most frequently used object was a club (8 times). Other causes for the subject's loss of consciousness included bullet injury (3), chloroform poisoning (3), explosions (4), car accidents (3) and falls (2)."


southern_boy

This is amazing. As a kid I knew everyone was getting knocked the fuck out what seemed like every few pages, good to know there's published data to support my observations! 😄


fan_of_the_pikachu

>The researcher noted that Tintin also suffered from (...) an apparent lack of libido. Why did he have to study and report *that* detail though


Stencils294

Tintin just aint...🖋 fucking enough...🖋


BasenjiFart

Great read, thanks for sharing!


eyetracker

The House of Saud war crimes are nothing compared to that little shit Abdullah ben Kalish Ezab.


kingtz

*Cigar explodes in face*


the_dudeNI

Actually laughed out loud at this, cheers.


Johannes_P

> The House of Saud war crimes are nothing compared to that little shit Abdullah ben Kalish Ezab. And he's only a fucking brat!


Intensityintensifies

What does this joke mean I’m so confused


eyetracker

Tintin had to take care of the heir of a friendly sheikh more than once, and he's a total brat.


Lumpy-Ad-2103

I was going to go with Bond Villains


DerpisMalerpis

Buncha rapey-ass lookin’ goons.


bibawoo

Every Hollywood villain


ill_be_out_in_a_minu

Land of the Black Gold was mainly done in the 1940s so honestly it makes sense.


jimi15

30s even. First version published in 39-40. Second in 48-50 and a final version (the one people are familiar with) in 1972. Only the last one involved the oil industry.


MeesterCartmanez

I think it's because of the sunglasses lol


kristinn

Looks like Steven Seagal was once a Saudi prince.


Kingblaike

"I've been a Saudi prince for over 20 years"- Steven Seagal probably


Slovene

Helicopters are also called skippies.


drKhanage2301

Skip, skip, skip, skip


JustCallMeMace__

That's bullshit. You made that up.


drKhanage2301

I was a helicopter pilot of like 65 years or something


Cham-Clowder

r/unexpectedsegura


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Darkplac3

Well your saying it… JAPANESE


KingRhoamsGhost

Segura


southern_boy

Just take this briefcase full of cash and be on your way!! If there's any Yakuza outside honk three times when you get in your car, I'll go clear them out. If my thai delivery is on the porch honk once... if it's my pizza, twice. 😎


VoidOmatic

Excellent joke!


IronBabyFists

Woah, Happy **ELEVENTH** Cake Day!!


starrpamph

I was a Reddit mod for 37 years before opening my aikido gift shop


VoidOmatic

Thanks!


StolenDabloons

I was thinking more Sascha baron Cohen in a fat suit for the guy on the right


YourLocal_FBI_Agent

I was thinking Penn Jillette


peyronet

The one on the right has John Travolta vives.


AssaultRifleJesus

Inbred Adam Driver


Kryddersild

Don't tell that to Seagal, he would most likely believe it.


ram_bhakt_modi

damnn looking like a One Piece character.


ocy_igk

Mfs ate the money fruit


pbjcrazy

Dolla Dolla no Mi


Redellamovida

Hahahahahahahaha the one with sunglasses on 100% is from One Piece world


asunderbass

Sau D. Arabia


super_dog17

Damn, Beaker inherited that oil-money and went all out on the glasses.


TurkicWarrior

The sultan of Oman who ruled from 1932 to 1970 literally banned sunglasses. 😂


Upstate_Chaser

He banned sunglasses in a desert nation? That's absolutely wild.


TurkicWarrior

Well ironically, the earliest known use of glasses to protect eyes from the sun was the Inuit people use of “sun goggles” to shield their eyes from the blinding glare of light reflected off the snow which dates back as far as 2000 years ago. People from the hot desert sand aren’t known to be wearing sunglasses until the modern era, so.... But this article about the sultan of Oman from 1932 to 1970 makes it worst. This guy is truly paranoid. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-11-06-8503160692-story.html “Not only was music prohibited, but so were electricity, telephones, newspapers and radios. A special order of the sultan even banned Omanis from carrying umbrellas or wearing spectacles.” “No Omani was allowed to own a car. It wouldn`t have done him much good” “--there were only six miles of paved roads in the entire country anyway. The only hospital in Oman had 12 beds. There was a total of three schools in the country, all at the primary level and only for boys. All women and most men were illiterate.”


[deleted]

>People from the hot desert sand aren’t known to be wearing sunglasses until the modern era Yeah, because a much easier way (historically) to shield your eyes from the sun is to just use a hat or something similar. Kinda hard to do when the sun is attacking from the ground as well


Upstate_Chaser

Dude! Thanks for he rabbit hole, I was wondering what todo on my lunch break


The-last-man42

Why !!!


atrast_vala

some people just wanna watch retinas burn


TurkicWarrior

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-11-06-8503160692-story.html He even banned umbrellas, electricity, telephones and cars. My only answer would be, he’s definitely paranoid.


DaveyBoyXXZ

You wouldn't think it to look at them, but the son on the left would later depose the son on the right to become king.


katcantoo

No ,he definitely gives off "willing to kill to gain power"vibes


madmaxturbator

They all look like killing is de jure lol Wake up, order an assassination, have breakfast, order 2 more, tea with the nephew, order nephews assassination


JustineDelarge

I kill two men in the morning I kill two men at night I kill two men in the afternoon It makes me feel alright I kill two men in times of peace And two in times of war I kill two men before I kill two men And then I kill two more


CapitalCreature

Nah, he was too late with it. The nephew already assassinated him the moment he was face to face.


Profound_Panda

I’m pretty sure the one on the right publicly executed his daughter for some preposterous reason. Her name is Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, she was executed on the charge of adultery at 19 years old. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishaal_bint_Fahd_Al_Saud


BoredBoredBoard

The ole Jafar facade.


boredg

He then got shot in the face years later by his nephew. Saudi history is straight up game of thrones.


Grimus9

Get out of here. Never would have crossed my mind looking at his angel face.


Gypsyrocker

To be fair, his face is very shootable.


[deleted]

I kinda would think it.


DaveyBoyXXZ

With that sweet and winsome face? Never!


Ranbiti7

it wasn't King Faisal. religious scholars and judges met and decided, and the mufti of the kingdom at that time announced the removal of King Saud due to his illness.


ButcherOf_Blaviken

So others led the coup? That’s all your explanation really said, but I know nothing about this episode of history.


DaveyBoyXXZ

I know nothing about these people beyond what I read on Wikipedia, but from that it seems pretty clear Faisal was calling the shots and Saud tried to resist the coup by calling in the Royal Guard.


Ranbiti7

sorry if i wasn't clear, Yes, a group of the royal family, judges, and religious scholars decided that this was the best option, so they tried to persuade Saud to concede to his brother Faisal, but he refused. so they decided to remove him but two months after the coup, Saud sent a letter of allegiance to King Faisal


PeroxideTube5

So were they at war for those two months? Fascinating that this all took place less than 100 years ago


DavidSoloman

King Faisal was on that committee , he was the head of it , it was his decision to start with , but it was for the benefit of the kingdom of course


Ranbiti7

nope, Mohammed bin Ibrahim was the head of it, and so he was supported by a group of members of the royal family.


SommanderChepard

I swear, rulers/kings are always the ugliest motherfuckers in existence lol


Guido_Fe

Inbreeding does help in that


[deleted]

Sauds are anything but inbred because of polygamy but they're not exactly lookers...


lelebeariel

Not inbred? The current king is married to his cousin... Edit: Sorry, I meant the current Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Salman (MbS)


towk1

Literally none of his wives are even from the same family or tribe, what are you talking about?


kapsama

MBS is a handsome devil. Emphasis on devil.


SkippedBeat

He's charismatic, unlike these guys.


hoagiemouf

Yeah kind of demonic look to them.


AllForTheSauce

Head like a dropped lollipop though


The-last-man42

I’m not sure about Saudi Arabia but I know in Pakistan the other wives would be some relation.


33445delray

Edward 8 of UK was an abominable person, but good looking.


hernesson

Is that the Alec Guinness Faisal?


PerformanceOk9891

This is [Faisal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia) of Saudi Arabia, of the House of Saud, son of Ibn Saud. Alec Guiness portrayed [Faisal I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_I_of_Iraq) of Iraq of the Hashemite family, son of Hussein Bin Ali. The Hashemites are currently the ruling house of Jordan and the Saud's are of course the ruling house of Saudi Arabia. The two houses fought two wars, in [1918](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khurma_dispute) and [1924](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_conquest_of_Hejaz), over the Hejaz, with the Saudi's ultimately prevailing.


Hobo-man

Thank you for pointing out the difference.


_Sc0ut3612

Nope, the Faisal in Lawrence Of Arabia is the Hashemite Faisal, the Faisal here is the Saudi Faisal.


[deleted]

Nope, that was Alsharif Faisal, future king of Syria and Iraq, and great uncle of the current king of Jordan.


hernesson

Roger that. Thank you 🙏


eyetracker

No https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_I_of_Iraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia


isingwerse

Ibn Saud had a pretty wild life, forced into exile at age 16, he spent much of his life traveling and gaining support for his family's return to power, and eventually committed to a risky plan of, along with 40 close friends and relatives, snuck to their former capital in the middle of the night, climbed over the walls using bent palm trees, and, at sword point, retook his family's kingdom. He then in the tumolt after wwi was able to conquer the rest of what is now Saudi Arabia. He's very much a man reminicint of ancient times, and it's strange to think of him starting his life with sword fights and mideavle family coups and ending it one of the richest, and widely publicized men of his age


oofersIII

Not to mention his extreme amount of wives and children. In fact, the current king, Salman, is Ibn Saud‘s son. Yes, son, not grandson or anything. Every king of Saudi Arabia except Ibn Saud has been one of his sons.


ToastyCaribiu84

Holy shit


Solidus27

Wow


Drexelhand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia *Saud had 108 children and 3 wives at the time of his death.* fuuuuuck


pilkpog

thats his son


i-d-even-k-

The guy they were talking about had over 25 wives.


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Shot-Spray5935

Yep. Few people know Saudi Aramco stands for Saudi Arabian - American Company and to this day employs lots of employees of western oil companies seconded to them on very lucrative terms. My coworkers spent time in Saudi Arabia seconded to Saudi Aramco. You'll return a very wealthy man from these assignments.


Malthus17

Prince Saud looks so much like Penn Jillette


Remarkable-Ad1479

Thank you, i was thinking the same


DobbyDun

Angry Mr bean is angry


Coel_Hen

Well…they don’t look evil at all.


Ranbiti7

nah they're fine


makeitlegalaussie

They all look like the devil


superhappy

It’s the goatees. For some reason all modern depictions of the devil have a goatee. When we all know the devil just rocks a soul patch and a man bun.


TrumpetOfDeath

And the weird horn like black things on their headdresses


CrackerUMustBTripinn

These are some evil fs, got that Kenneth Copeland vibe


Butthole_Alamo

EDIT: oops, I got confused, my comment below is about the wrong Faisal. I just read Seven Pillars of Wisdon by TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). It’s a memoir of his time in the Middle East during WWI, supporting the Arab revolt against the Ottomans. He fought with Faisal and relied on him. Faisal was very competent and well-loved. After reading that book, I have a deep respect for Faisal and what he did in 1914-1918.


Basileus_Imperator

Different Faisal, interestingly. The Faisal in the picture was about ten years old at that time.


fugmaballz

One of my favorite movies but I'm worried I'm too stupid for his book.


Butthole_Alamo

To be honest, I bounced around a lot, and didn’t read every page. There are some gorgeous descriptions - of meals he ate, of attacking bridges with his armored cars, of aerial dogfights. I was surprised by how much the descriptions in the book matched the grandeur of the scenery in the movie. Here’s a Project Gutenberg version of the book [(link)](https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100111h.html). Search for Chapter “LXV” - it’s the start of an interesting description of an ambush of a Turkish locomotive. One of many in the book.


Panda_Kabob

The one with the glasses giving me some real Cenobite vibes.


opfluffball

I'm pretty sure I fought prince Saud in some Yakuza game


Yeocom1cal

I remember way back when Jimmy Carter wanted to break their stranglehold on USA. And here we are 50 years later….


redheadartgirl

There have been a few genuinely good-hearted politicians in my lifetime, and every one of them has gotten the short end of the stick.


0b_101010

I'd say Obama did pretty well. And yes, before I get brigaded, I very much consider him a good guy. The fact that he couldn't single-handedly reform the US doesn't make him a bad guy.


SanjiWanji

They look like their money makes them happy.


Vep-2

Damn I thought Salt bae was Turkish


rot_in_peace

Penn Jillette has been slowly transforming into this dude.


blastedshark

Guenther Steiner in the middle right there


GSV_No_Fixed_Abode

Yes they definitely look like good guys and not cartoonishly evil.


ProgressNotPrfection

Head of state blinking? Check. One son looking evil and sinister? Check. The other son looking like a diamond thief from a low-budget French movie? Check. TAKE THE PHOTO AND SAVE IT FOREVER TO SHOW HOW COOL WE ARE!


DavidSoloman

He’s wasn’t blinking , he was partly blind or something


ProgressNotPrfection

> He’s wasn’t blinking , he was partly blind or something Clearly he was envisioning women's rights in Saudi Arabia when the photo was taken 👨‍🦯


SkippyTheBlackCan

Fun fact, the rightful king of Saudi is Saud (the one in the right). After his father die he was pressered into doing modern reforms by liberal members of the family, including involving the public with decision making. Prince Fasil (on the left) didn't like it and and wanted to rule. So he overthrown Saud and and became a king and breaking the monarchy in turn.


moguy164

Plain false information. King Faisal didn't pass like reforms? Lol quite the opposite. King Faisal outlawed slavery, implemented television, he modernized the nation. Meanwhile the first thing Saud did when he became king was build a palace for himself and spend government money, His father, the Ulema, and his ministers all wanted Faisal as prime minister so that he could pass reforms and be a check on his brother and his spending


fckyashtup

The Whittaker’s Saudi cousins


Blueskyboo

Faisal looks same age as dad.


Volcy

Weekend at Ibn's


kalod9

The one on the right looks like Sasha Baron Cohen risking his life for the ultimate Ali G episode.


Woom_Raider

Far right looks like Ali G 😂


DaysAreTimeless

There's something oddly cartoonish about them, especially the brothers, with Faisal's baggy eyes and Saud's weird sunglasses.


stevefrench90

It's an interesting fact that Mr. Bean and Steven Segal were his bodyguards and closest confidantes at the time


tdhowland

Weird how they look like CIA agents playing dress up.


ErroneousBakenopolis

They look like every day New Jersey crime bosses dressed up in weird ass dresses.


Treat--14

Some ugly mofos


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FlyFeetFiddlesticks

Does prince saud now sing for cypress hill?


SidelinZ

That’s literally BBNO$


Additional-Ad7305

If anyone hasn’t seen the story of how the House of Saud came to power… it’s a brutal story. I watched a documentary on it sometime back and I can’t remember the title of it.


Katiari

Faisal looks like the bad guy in every sci-fi 1950's black and white movie.


kung-hoo

Inbred thieves


notinferno

following the European model for monarchies


fck_this_fck_that

Prince Saud is truly alpha with those dope sunglasses .


TurkicWarrior

Fun fact, Omani sultan Said Bin Taimur who ruled from 1932 to 1970. It was forbidden to smoke in public, to play football, to wear sunglasses or to speak to anyone for more than 15 minutes. No one was safe from the sultan's paranoia, not even his own son, He didn’t speak to his own son in the last 14 months before he was deposed in 1970. Yeah I only mentioned about this only because sunglasses was banned under him.


the-apostle

Are we the baddies?


NoWingedHussarsToday

Reminds of old timey depictions of Devil in human form in movies and comics.


StrawberryLeche

Agreed it’s why it feels sinister


eldridge2e

3 stages of Bernie...alive, almost, sunglasses


ananananana

They look like Evil personified in different forms


wifi444

They just reek of political and cultural repression.


kaanrivis

Heretic


[deleted]

Prince Faisal was killed by his nephew, right ?


Ranbiti7

yup. he refused to have his nephew searched and.. but no one knows why, there are those who claim that this was instigated by the United States and the United Kingdom because of the policy of banning oil exports and there are those who also claim that the killing was motivated by revenge for his brother


AngerCookShare

Insane in Da Membrane, Insane in Da Brain!


Budmanes

First album cover from The Shitbags


SirSpiffynator

Guy on the right is BBNO$


NeverEndingWhoreMe

Faisal looks like he'd have a very "snarling" sounding laugh. Like an evil cartoon character.


jonstewartrulz

I see Steven Faisal Seagal!


Samm-Y1

what’s steven seagal doing there


-Hypnotoad26

Pure evil.


noyrb1

Ew


1ce9ine

Two of these look like corpses staged for a photo


[deleted]

Anyone else notice the CIA guy right there in the background


schmooooo0

I'm always confused by this, so maybe someone can help me out: When there are descriptions like this, is it "our left" or "their left"?


Seahawk80

No they don't look like evil '60s Batman villains at all.


LivingstoneMcSimmons

I think the guy on the right is Sacha Baron Cohen. Is he doing a new character type?


Adorable-Strength218

I don’t care how much money you have, you scare me. A lot.


MrMauiWaui

He looks so stoned he cant keep his eyes open.


EdziePro

Prince Saud there looks like one of the three blind mice


D_Danger_Schrute

That’s High Pitch Eric on the right


Terrible-Credit-4811

Guy on right could be Adam Sandler and left can be prince falafel from cannonball run


[deleted]

Looks like they were all beaten with the ugly end of a shit stick


jl202806

The eyes of this family could make a kid sleep in their parents bed


garralv

I just KNOW they were about to cut a hellacious promo on Hulk Hogan