A royal baby

[roushutsu]

Seeing as how I'm on the other side of the ocean from the UK, it won't make much of a difference to me. But regardless of that, it does mean something to them, so congratulations on your baby prince!

 

[cikame]

Brits don't need more reasons to get drunk.

From a bored and tired 'Brit'.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

While I don't much care for the Royal FAMILY, I do have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for the Queen. I've seen a lot of things on her life and what exactly she has to do, and let me tell you, it's not easy. People here in America joke that she gets an enormous salary to do nothing, but honestly, she never gets to do nothing. She's the Queen. That's not just a title, that's a job. Every second of every day she has to be "On."

Anyone ever work in Retail? Know that fake, smiley, care about the customer act that you have to do to keep your job? That's the queen, 100% of the time. She can never lose her temper, she can never just say "Fuck it, I'm tired and going home," she can never go for a walk in a park on her own. Anyone here ever lose a parent? Any of you who did ever have to address a nation while it happened, holding back all of the emotions that we all would have in that situation? Who here wants to give up the ability to bum around in sweatpants and a T-shirt drinking beer and watching TV to instead have constant fancy dinners and receptions? Wouldn't it be great to be constantly meeting foreign leaders, who get to make actual policy, and have all the pressure of never insulting them accidentally without any of the actual authority to do anything if they were to offend you?

But anyway, I don't care about this baby's PARENTS, but to me, The Queen just got herself a Grandson, and that's awesome. Congratulations, Your Majesty.

Wah wah. The taxpayers are still paying to keep rich ol' Lizzie on top of the throne doing fuck all but occasionally knighting people and driving around in a posh car, while she's probably thinking, "I wish these commoners would leave me alone and get a job, but hey-ho, they're paying for my champagne, so I'll smile and wave!"

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

I think it is ridiculous that we just assume the royal baby is a boy when it hasn't even chosen it's gender identity yet. It's a shame that that patriarchy just jumps on and tells the baby that it has to be male just by a poor accident of birth.

 

[Bluestorm83]

While I don't much care for the Royal FAMILY, I do have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for the Queen. I've seen a lot of things on her life and what exactly she has to do, and let me tell you, it's not easy. People here in America joke that she gets an enormous salary to do nothing, but honestly, she never gets to do nothing. She's the Queen. That's not just a title, that's a job. Every second of every day she has to be "On."

Anyone ever work in Retail? Know that fake, smiley, care about the customer act that you have to do to keep your job? That's the queen, 100% of the time. She can never lose her temper, she can never just say "Fuck it, I'm tired and going home," she can never go for a walk in a park on her own. Anyone here ever lose a parent? Any of you who did ever have to address a nation while it happened, holding back all of the emotions that we all would have in that situation? Who here wants to give up the ability to bum around in sweatpants and a T-shirt drinking beer and watching TV to instead have constant fancy dinners and receptions? Wouldn't it be great to be constantly meeting foreign leaders, who get to make actual policy, and have all the pressure of never insulting them accidentally without any of the actual authority to do anything if they were to offend you?

But anyway, I don't care about this baby's PARENTS, but to me, The Queen just got herself a Grandson, and that's awesome. Congratulations, Your Majesty.

Wah wah. The taxpayers are still paying to keep rich ol' Lizzie on top of the throne doing fuck all but occasionally knighting people and driving around in a posh car, while she's probably thinking, "I wish these commoners would leave me alone and get a job, but hey-ho, they're paying for my champagne, so I'll smile and wave!"

Nice judgment. Let me just ask... what exactly have you done with YOUR life that's any more impressive than what she's done in hers?

 

[Alfador_VII]

If you believe the BBC the "whole world" is celebrating the birth of the Royal Baby, like he's the second coming of the Messiah.

The attitude of most people is actually somewhere between "meh" and "That's nice"

Personally I hope the kid and his mother are ok, beyond that, I don't really care

 

[Megalodon]

While I don't much care for the Royal FAMILY, I do have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for the Queen. I've seen a lot of things on her life and what exactly she has to do, and let me tell you, it's not easy. People here in America joke that she gets an enormous salary to do nothing, but honestly, she never gets to do nothing. She's the Queen. That's not just a title, that's a job. Every second of every day she has to be "On."

Anyone ever work in Retail? Know that fake, smiley, care about the customer act that you have to do to keep your job? That's the queen, 100% of the time. She can never lose her temper, she can never just say "Fuck it, I'm tired and going home," she can never go for a walk in a park on her own. Anyone here ever lose a parent? Any of you who did ever have to address a nation while it happened, holding back all of the emotions that we all would have in that situation? Who here wants to give up the ability to bum around in sweatpants and a T-shirt drinking beer and watching TV to instead have constant fancy dinners and receptions? Wouldn't it be great to be constantly meeting foreign leaders, who get to make actual policy, and have all the pressure of never insulting them accidentally without any of the actual authority to do anything if they were to offend you?

But anyway, I don't care about this baby's PARENTS, but to me, The Queen just got herself a Grandson, and that's awesome. Congratulations, Your Majesty.

I feared i was in a sea of Republicans. thank Jim for you.

Hate to burst your bubble, but I'm- well, okay, I'm not a REGISTERED Republican, because I see political parties as nothing but secular cults and are 80% mob mentality with 20% pep rally mixed in, but I am definitely more Conservative than Liberal.

But what are Conservatives, REAL Conservatives about? We're about work and duty and continuing a legacy of greatness and putting 110% effort into making tomorrow better than today. And that's the kind of stuff that the Queen does. Might not be obvious, she might not be swinging a sledgehammer and literally building the foundations of Britain, but just having the Queen BE the Queen gives the country a lasting stability and an ideal that everyone can aspire to.

I daresay that a problem that America has is that, at the moment at least, we lack a historical icon that we can ALL identify with. Some people love Washington or Lincoln, others idolize FDR or Teddy Roosevelt. A couple like Kennedy, despite him doing very little besides call himself a donut, cheat on his wife, and then disperse across a wide area at high velocity. But every President is their own identity. The Queen is a continuation of The Monarchy, and that's a source of Pride. And that's cool.

Pretty sure he meant republican as in people who would prefer a republic instead on a monarchy, not the American political affiliation. Advocating a republic doesn't necessarily place you anywhere on the right/left spectrum. A socialist and a libertarian can both believe in the removal of monarchy.

 

[Undomesticated Equine]

It is on my radar if only because Colbert report and Daily Show covered the hype machine. Honestly I do not get people who are getting all excited for a single damn baby (or a wedding) like if it was their own.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

I'm not British, but congrats to the happy couple regardless. Hopefully, the media won't screw things up somewhere down the line...

 

[kyuzo3567]

Already people are making this into a feminist and LGBT issue, even though all they've announced is the sex they're complaining it's a CIS privileged male like Kate had any choice in the matter:

Spoiler

OT: Well, let's hope they name it something cool. We need a Prince Karnage.

Please note I don't mean this towards you personally, rather everyone in the picture you spoilered.....FUCK OFF!!!

Seriously, those people need to just piss off, if the baby is gonna be trans then it'll be trans whether or not you call it a boy or girl. The fact that it has a penis makes it, currently, a boy. Deal with it and move on with your life.

Sorry, I'm not against anyone or anything trans, I just hate when people are so vocal about it and when you try to say anything besides 100% agreement they flame you and call you a horrible heartless evil person.

That is all, go on with your day everyone

 

[Pebblig]

Already fed up of it. It's like a minute long news story, yet it's dragged out over 3 or 4 days, with loads of crap like speculating what school it'll go to.

No need to fill the news with pointless discussions.

Some of the stories they cover on the BBC annoy me due to how pointless they are, it's where they drag them out that it annoys me. (which is why I now just skim the site rather than watching it in the morning.)

 

[n00beffect]

The royals on the other hand, what do they do? They just mosey about, going to ceremonies and smashing bottles of expensive champagne on the ass of newly built boats (however the hell you call that tradition). They have no function what-so-ever, and yeah yeah, you could probably make an argument that they somehow run the circus from behind the curtains or some such conspiracy, but still...

I'm not saying behead them, that's way too much. Just, I suppose, stop spending 38 million quid a year on their banquets and crap? Sounds reasonable, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgnhhKFw its simplistic, but it really does get the point across.
Also, no power? what do you think would happen if she said no to a law? people would question it, investigate it and in the end could topple a government. I mean, why would she say no without a reason?

Hmm... ok. So what are you saying is, the Queen doesn't have 'official' political power, but rather has influence over the public? That makes sense. And that video was indeed helpful in explaining what her function is, exactly. I used to think she was completely stripped of power, and was just another aristocrat. My bad.

 

[Colour Scientist]

Come on, Prince Vegeta!

That would be way better than George. It's most likely going to be a George.

It's nice for them, shame they have so many millions hounding them but I suppose that's the price you pay for being filthy rich.

 

[Ickorus]

Already people are making this into a feminist and LGBT issue, even though all they've announced is the sex they're complaining it's a CIS privileged male like Kate had any choice in the matter:

Spoiler

OT: Well, let's hope they name it something cool. We need a Prince Karnage.

[rant]Those fucknuts are the reason LGBT, feminism, and other similar movements are looked upon negatively and has trouble getting the traction it needs to be taken seriously, I hope one day they realise just how negative an effect they have on a movement they claim to support and either shut up or adopt less pants-on-head retarded ideologies.[/rant]

OT: I have no strong feelings one way or the other about the kid, I just find it really funny that Americans seem to be more interested in it than us British people.

 

[LetalisK]

Already people are making this into a feminist and LGBT issue, even though all they've announced is the sex they're complaining it's a CIS privileged male like Kate had any choice in the matter:

Spoiler

OT: Well, let's hope they name it something cool. We need a Prince Karnage.

Seems a few people enjoy the smell of their own farts. "Heeeerrmmmmm, I'm so evolved that I'm going to make pretentious remarks about the media using gendered terms when anyone with half a brain realizes they're referring to sex. Why can't they use words like we do? Hrufhrufhruf."

Then there are the blatantly offensive ones.

"RoyalBaby is a boy...way to let feminism down Kate. Could have had a girl third in line to the throne, instead it's a sausage party."

Hope she's trying to be funny. Otherwise, fucking despicable.

 

[nat_401]

I'm so angry that the media is acting like being born as a male makes you a boy! Don't they know that there is a 1:300 to 1:1000 chance of "him" being a girl trapped in a boys body?! The damage they could do to "his" little mind is incomprehensible! The fact that "he" is almost certain to identify as a male has no effect on me projecting myself onto this child and bemoaning this abuse of identity! I DON'T HAVE ISSUES!!!!

OK, sarcasm aside, I was annoyed I didn't get a holiday today, apart from that little attention was paid to the birth, apart from comments on how the rest of the wold cares far more than I do.

A lot of people seem not to care at all.... apart from just enough to come here and post a comment, strange that.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Admittedly, I couldn't care less. Non-Brit here, and it perplexes the hell out of me how big of a deal it is here. I work at a doctor's office, and so far today pretty much every patient that's come in today has been talking about it.

Frankly, I think it's just an excuse for people to gossip. It's something to talk about around the water cooler, so to speak, even though they don't really care. They care more about having something to small-talk about than the actual event. If that's actually true, it's kinda sickening. I can't freaking stand this reality-TV obsessed culture where the only thing of importance is prying into other people's business.