Queen Elizabeth II, Longest Reigning Monarch of England/UK, Dies

[Dirty Hipsters]

The French had the right idea about royalty (and this is one of the few times I will be complimenting the French).

The Queen was a perfectly mediocre woman who had everything handed to her, worked for nothing and wasted resources while 1/4 of the UK's children lived in poverty.

She gave birth to some inbred pedophiles, as is pretty standard for royalty.

Her only achievement was living an incredibly easy life for a very long time with all of the best healthcare the country could afford.

All in all, royalty is useless and I don't understand countries that hang on to their little crowned mascots.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

He has zero chance of ever being able to remove his rings. Remarkably balloon-like hands. Don't know if that's an illness though, could be just how better people's hands are.

It's what happens to your hands when you never have to use them. They just turn to jello.

 

[Cheetodust]

I'm the only Irish person here aren't I? I'll keep my mouth shut so.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I'm the only Irish person here aren't I? I'll keep my mouth shut so.

As all Americans I'm Irish on Saint Patrick's day. And as all Americans SHOULD I hate the British royalty. Does that count?

 

[McElroy]

Rip. The memes are good still.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

 

[Baffle]

She was the head of state for 70 years of a nation that's on the UN Security Council.
Can any other world leader say the same?

Just shows that if you keep your nose to the grindstone you can rise to the top no matter where you come from.

 

[Casual Shinji]

She lived to the age of 96 and was stinking rich for all of it - don't expect me to cry or feel even slightly sad for her passing.

Here's a clip of her getting pushed out of a plane.

 

[Cheetodust]

As all Americans I'm Irish on Saint Patrick's day. And as all Americans SHOULD I hate the British royalty. Does that count?

Today it counts.

 

[laggyteabag]

Im not a royalist. I don't particularly care for the royal family. I've never watched any of the Queen's speeches. I haven't tuned into any royal wedding, or lost my mind over another royal baby. I could probably count on one hand the amount of times that I have ever actually heard her speak.

Im sure the Queen was also responsible for a load of shady shit over her lifetime, most recently the coverup of Prince Andrew's noncery.

And yet, undoubtedly, the queen and the royal family are very important to British culture. So I guess I just kind of feel deflated. Im not sad, or upset. Im not liable to shed a tear at any particular point. But I guess I will miss the familiarity of her.

Thats really all I have to say, really.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I don't mean care in the sense of importance, more of affection. Like the way people idolize celebrities.

Well, royals were the original celebrities. And the state PR machinery tends to be on their team.

 

[Hawki]

(Because I felt like it.)

 

[Baffle]

the Queen was also responsible for a load of shady shit over her lifetime, most recently the coverup of Prince Andrew's noncery.

And yet, undoubtedly, the queen and the royal family are very important to British culture.

Bit worrying!

 

[Seanchaidh]

 

[Gordon_4]

I totally want that Transformers set of stamps. I don’t have much Marvel UK stuff.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

"Level up opportunity"? Is he trying to use gamer jargon or is this some Britishism I've never encountered?

 

[Silvanus]

"Level up opportunity"? Is he trying to use gamer jargon or is this some Britishism I've never encountered?

"Levelling up" has become a political/ media buzz-term in the UK to refer to improvement.

It's not related to "levels" in a gaming sense. It's related to the spatial sense of the word, as in "raising the level".

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

 

[Baffle]

"Level up opportunity"? Is he trying to use gamer jargon or is this some Britishism I've never encountered?

'Level up the regions' means to increase funding and opportunities to places outside the south east, but at the same time it means absolutely nothing because they're never going to do it.

 

[Catfood220]

Is it too soon?

I thought the queen died years ago...