Not to be too pedantic, but “The Prince” was intended as a sincere operating manual for governing (not a satire in any way).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince

The shocking lack of morality in the book is what made it rather infamous. It was not a joke at all.

That’s not as big a problem as you’d think because they have those scooters at the supermarket. You can ask another shopper to reach stuff on the upper shelves for you.

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Wasn’t this an episode of Seinfeld?