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OT: The News Thread

I have no problem with Liz as a person and she was exemplary at her job, which she put ahead of everything else, including her family and herself, because, well, that was the job. I have no issues with how she did the job my issue is with the fact that such a job still exists in 2022, at least in the way it exists in Britain.

Seven decades on the job buys you a lot of gravitas and that plus a lot of "stiff upper lip" has sustained the monarchy because anything less than that and it probably would have died out years ago, certainly in the wake of public opinion following the death of Diana. But now that she's gone, I doubt that any of her heirs can keep the ball rolling much longer. They all have very public personal failings of character on their resumes and those things alone will prevent any of them from having the mystique and veneer of near-perfection that Liz was able to cultivate in the pre-smart phone era. Those recorded conversations between Chuck and Camilla, where he said he wanted to live in her pants, are never going away. Neither is Andrew's life of sleaze or Harry's poor choice of Hallowe'en costume or the public rift between him and his older brother, the next King, over his choice of wife.

All the remaining royals are debased in a way that Elizabeth never was. Consequently, they can never attain the same level of respect that she did among the common people.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
I have no problem with Liz as a person and she was exemplary at her job, which she put ahead of everything else, including her family and herself, because, well, that was the job. I have no issues with how she did the job my issue is with the fact that such a job still exists in 2022, at least in the way it exists in Britain.

Seven decades on the job buys you a lot of gravitas and that plus a lot of "stiff upper lip" has sustained the monarchy because anything less than that and it probably would have died out years ago, certainly in the wake of public opinion following the death of Diana. But now that she's gone, I doubt that any of her heirs can keep the ball rolling much longer. They all have very public personal failings of character on their resumes and those things alone will prevent any of them from having the mystique and veneer of near-perfection that Liz was able to cultivate in the pre-smart phone era. Those recorded conversations between Chuck and Camilla, where he said he wanted to live in her pants, are never going away. Neither is Andrew's life of sleaze or Harry's poor choice of Hallowe'en costume or the public rift between him and his older brother, the next King, over his choice of wife.

All the remaining royals are debased in a way that Elizabeth never was. Consequently, they can never attain the same level of respect that she did among the common people.
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The British Royalty always has a little more going for it than many other royals. Like, I bet more people could name the next 5 or 6 in the line of succession than can name literally any other King or Queen in all of Europe.

I do think what happens with them will depend a little on how long Charles sticks around. People don't really care about him, so honestly if he stays around for another 20 years, I can see people growing tired of the royalty. Because then William is going to be in his 60s when he takes power too. At that point, people are really only going to figure the new king is going to be in charge when they're old and should be retired, so it's hard to be as excited for them.

But if Charles only rules for like 5 years, then I could see a little rejuvenation in the crown, since you're going to have a ruler who is "young", and that will cause its own excitement, even if William and Kate are a relatively boring couple by tabloid standards.
 
Even if he’s looking pretty red-faced and haggard these days, seems like a small chance Chucky only rules for 5 years.

Can’t imagine a circumstance where he’d ever consider abdicating.

And then considering his parents lived a combined 195 years, at the very least he’ll probably eke out another 10-15 years, barring illness or something unforeseen.
 
hockeylover said:
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Counterpoint: look at those stubby things.
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Those are some ridiculously swollen hands & sausage fingers.

This is probably the only way you could get that ring off at this point:

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LeafGm said:
Even if he’s looking pretty red-faced and haggard these days, seems like a small chance Chucky only rules for 5 years.

Can’t imagine a circumstance where he’d ever consider abdicating.

And then considering his parents lived a combined 195 years, at the very least he’ll probably eke out another 10-15 years, barring illness or something unforeseen.
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and if the sausage fingerism did happen to spread and become fatal, William is only 40 right now. he'd be around a good long while you'd think.
 
RedLight said:
That's a very privileged statement. However he met his end has absolutely no effect on you or your life. Yes he did a intolerable act and he deserved to be held accountable for his actions, but completely ignoring the impacts of generational trauma with statements like yours only shows a complete lack of knowledge or empathy in this situation.

.....jmho
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Much more knowledge then you will ever imagine ... so take your fucking opinion and stick it up your ass if that offends you then pm me and i will give you my address champ .... come on up 4 a visit.
 
With that said....as an amateur zoologist (I follow this awesome black dude on YouTube, and Kevin the Lion guy so im kind of an expert on these things), I think those are Cayman and not crocs
 
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