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HopperUK posted:I mean - I don't think it's actually that hard to understand. It's bollocks, it's stupid, it should be done away with, but it's not *mysterious*. Please explain it to me then, coz it is totally mysterious to me. I cannot begin to imagine why anyone would fanny about in a queue for 18 hours, or pay hundreds of pounds for the wrist band of someone who did, just so I could tell people I was there. Because a) it's on the telly, I can already see it isn't remotely interesting & b) I never knew the Queen, she never impacted on my life. I've shed a tear when family & friends died, I've been moved by the death of artists & creators who have changed my life through their art, even in a small way. I do not understand the performative morning for someone who has...I dunno, wave at people?
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It really isn't that mysterious. It's no different to any other idol worship. You get the same when famous pop stars die, and you have people camped out for days so that they can mourn. The royal parasites are no different, and a huge chunk of the population know no different. As for why people are attracted to the monarchy? The population are programmed to be so from a very early age. Some people are protected from it more so than others, but if you were brought up in a military environment, or went to certain schools (including state schools of the day), it was force fed into you. I guess it's not that dissimilar to being in a cult. I also find all of this shite confusing as hell, as in I have absolutely no emotional attachment to any of this, but I understand why others might, even in the abstract. I don't get it, but I do... kind of, if that makes sense?
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forkboy84 posted:I do not understand the performative morning for someone who has...I dunno, wave at people?
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I'm sympathetic to anyone who views this as a historical moment, the end of the Second Elizabethan Era and just wants to be part of that history.
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fuctifino posted:It really isn't that mysterious. It's no different to any other idol worship. You get the same when famous pop stars die, and you have people camped out for days so that they can mourn. The royal parasites are no different, and a huge chunk of the population know no different. honestly it might be because i'm on the old autistic spectrum - i often find myself feeling like an imposter of a human being because it's so hard to relate to how people feel about things like this
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:I'm sympathetic to anyone who views this as a historical moment, the end of the Second Elizabethan Era and just wants to be part of that history.
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fuctifino posted:It really isn't that mysterious. It's no different to any other idol worship. You get the same when famous pop stars die, and you have people camped out for days so that they can mourn. The royal parasites are no different, and a huge chunk of the population know no different. Yeah, I suppose I understand the emotions themselves, it's just attaching them to aristocratic inbred parasites that is where I struggle. Artists that we enjoy touch us in our core, I just cannot see royalty on the same level but that's because music plays a far more important part in my life than Liz & her creepy ephebophile sons. It's just weird as hell being on the outside looking in at a national hysteria. I suppose my parents are to blame in that there was no royal worship when I grew up. I like to think I came to my political opinions on my own but easy to avoid indoctrination when you don't experience it
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I was in a bar and 8pm passed like any other minute. I used it as an excuse to get a ludicrously expensive cocktail (laphroig 10 based)
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Lady Demelza posted:I really need to sort out my store cupboards, and chuck a load of stuff on Ebay, but I never seem to have a good run of time to do it. Seriously contemplating taking a day off work so I can make a start. Yeah, I reckoned lockdown would be the perfect time to finally get round to a really good clearout. Ahahahaha. The only thing I've got left in that cupboard now is an absolutely massive 1900s-ish early typewriter that I'm wondering about hauling to a physical auction, because there's no way it's selling on ebay and some rich twit might think it's cool enough to pay me scads for, but oh god it's heavy.
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Scientastic posted:No, we literally did not have heat or hot water, that was money we had to spend on food. The cats were fine, we spent a lot of time under duvets. Some years back I wax literally able to see my breath indoors. No, not fun, but yes, sufficient duvets and if it gets cold enough your cat will get under them too.
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Brendan Rodgers posted:Yeah mine too. I'm kinda thinking of rehoming my cats, it's not fair to them if I have them live in a cold house this winter. That would be a last resort though. They'll probably just rehome themselves anyway they know the neighbours better than I do. They have fur. Unless they are in obvious distress dont do this, they will be fine and in much less distress than if they lose their home and food ape.
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Quite long but interesting read. https://www.tribunemag.co.uk/2021/09/remembering-the-invergordon-mutiny quote:Remembering the Invergordon Mutiny
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Jakabite posted:I was in a bar and 8pm passed like any other minute. I used it as an excuse to get a ludicrously expensive cocktail (laphroig 10 based) Laphroaig based cocktail sounds odd. I'm sure it's a relatively normal thing but i dunno, it seems like the thing makes Laphroaig lovely, the hit you in the face with a brick strong flavours, would make it tricky as a cocktail base.
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forkboy84 posted:It's just weird as hell being on the outside looking in at a national hysteria. I suppose my parents are to blame in that there was no royal worship when I grew up. I like to think I came to my political opinions on my own but easy to avoid indoctrination when you don't experience it
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forkboy84 posted:Laphroaig based cocktail sounds odd. I'm sure it's a relatively normal thing but i dunno, it seems like the thing makes Laphroaig lovely, the hit you in the face with a brick strong flavours, would make it tricky as a cocktail base. Does adding a few drops of water to the whisky count as making a cocktail?
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keep punching joe posted:If you must have whisky in a cocktail or a mixer then use some blended garbage like bells or johnny walker. Eh, I dunno. Don't really see the issue with using a £30-£45 single malt in a cocktail if that takes your fancy. Like I can imagine the use of a Speyside or Highland malt in a cocktail. I just think Laphroaig in particular is very overpowering between the smoke and the iodiney seaweed. Even then I'd assume a skilled mixologist could easily come up with something that works. Actually I'm quite intrigued by the idea and I'm not even a cocktail person (I find the idea of asking a bartender to make something with more than 2 ingredients deeply presumptuous and anxiety-inducing, which is stupid when it is part of their job)
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Laphroaig & Irn Bru. And uhhhhh pretty sure the only spirit I have that isn't whisky is Pisco, and at this point I'm just recreating the horrible shitmixes we'd make at house parties where you just pour whatever is open into a large glass & regret it instantly
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The Google word has changed from grey (for the last week or so) to black tonight (well early hours Monday). Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Sep 19, 2022 |
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crispix posted:
Conservative Backbencher, obviously
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crispix posted:honestly it might be because i'm on the old autistic spectrum - i often find myself feeling like an imposter of a human being because it's so hard to relate to how people feel about things like this fwiw I also really don't get it, I don't get it with other celebs either. I know people do it but I can't at all empathise with the feeling, so I guess I am dulled to the weirdness of it but have never actually understood it. Like people getting really het up about the footy or something. I know people do it but I haven't ever properly understood it.
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fuctifino posted:Seen in Bristol Banksy here wanting to put the Groom of the Stool out of a job, typical ivory tower lib.
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forkboy84 posted:Eh, I dunno. Don't really see the issue with using a £30-£45 single malt in a cocktail if that takes your fancy. Like I can imagine the use of a Speyside or Highland malt in a cocktail. I just think Laphroaig in particular is very overpowering between the smoke and the iodiney seaweed. I've seen cocktails that used actual smoke as a garnish, I think you could do something interesting with Islay malts and that. I think the best cocktails I've tasted use good liquor; sure, if it's just something that's overwhelmingly sweet it would be a waste to make it with top shelf stuff, but why drink that anyway?
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Albinator posted:I've seen cocktails that used actual smoke as a garnish, I think you could do something interesting with Islay malts and that. I think the best cocktails I've tasted use good liquor; sure, if it's just something that's overwhelmingly sweet it would be a waste to make it with top shelf stuff, but why drink that anyway? Penicillin for example is a cool and good cocktail that uses a small float of your islay of choice on top at the end and I think used that way it works great. You get the smoky and peaty nose without really overpowering the rest of the drink, where the major alcohol component is some lighter mixing whisky. Lunsku fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Sep 19, 2022 |
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forkboy84 posted:Please explain it to me then, coz it is totally mysterious to me. I cannot begin to imagine why anyone would fanny about in a queue for 18 hours, or pay hundreds of pounds for the wrist band of someone who did, just so I could tell people I was there. Because a) it's on the telly, I can already see it isn't remotely interesting & b) I never knew the Queen, she never impacted on my life. I've shed a tear when family & friends died, I've been moved by the death of artists & creators who have changed my life through their art, even in a small way. I do not understand the performative morning for someone who has...I dunno, wave at people?
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