Queen Elizabeth II died today at Balmoral
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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What a significant moment in history this is.
Accelerationists, rejoice.
Shit is falling apart faster than even I expected…
While this was of course inevitable, I do not think the timing could be much worse.
The Queen was one of the few things tying together the last 4-5 generations, in “Commonwealth” countries.
I gave “Western” society probably a decade. At this point, I’m not even sure we’ll last that long…
I don't think that can be overstated. Her long reign has made her feel like a constant. It's not just the last 4-5 generations, it's the last 4-5 generations of the entire Anglosphere.
She had the good fortune of becoming Queen when she was young and beautiful, at a time when, while the British Empire was already crumbling, the overall Anglosphere was arguably at its absolute zenith of power over the rest of the world. On top of that, she miraculously lived an entire lifetime free of any major scandal or controversy.
Charles approaches the throne as an old husk with a history of opening his mouth on matters that nobody wants his opinion on, who cheated on a publicly beloved wife, who then died young and tragically.
On the Queen when young, I do recommend “A Royal Night Out” for a bit of fun fluff…
Admittedly Sarah Gadon is way more attractive than Liz ever was, but yeah…
It’s genuinely a good film.
On that connection… I know people who got to meet Liz (more than 10, weirdly), so I find this quite… Momentous, as you say.
God it’s a weird moment…
My parents reacted with complete antipathy, though, so that’s interesting, ha.
Sarah has a prettier face for sure, but from the neck down, Liz's titties are victorious.
I don't personally care for the queen or the monarchy either, but I can't forsee a way in which her death doesn't further destabilize the west.
Charles isn't even remotely likeable. He's got almost nothing but negatives surrounding his public perception. At a bare minimum, this is going to put the commonwealth at risk of more nations leaving it, which will alter the political systems of those nations, and in time, set them all on different trajectories. We have for better worse, we have lived in an Anglosphere that has been largely united in its direction of travel, but that may be about to significantly change. The world is about to reshuffle, and anything could happen.
Hahaha I guess I’ve just never looked at the Queen herself in that way, lol…
Though I admit the “secret footage” of her and Charles swanning it around the pool, early in their marriage (can’t remember exactly when) were not bad, heh…
I guess I just have a thing for (depressed, Canadian, stage-acting) blondes? 🤔
But yeah, you may be right, ha.
I’m sure we’ll see a bunch of early photos of her over the next few days, so, uhh, I’ll see whether I agree, I guess, heh.
So after hours of this shit all morning - you’re right, lol…
Sarah is taller/leggier than Lizzie ever was, though, and is a natural blue-eyed blonde - so I think that’s partly why I find her more attractive, lol.
I clearly have a type, ha…
Yeah, I don’t like any of them, but I’ve always thought Charles was an entitled douche-nozzle…
Phillip was more my kind of person - witty, low tolerance for BS, but of a dick. And Edward seems alright, as do Fergie’s kids, relatively speaking. But yeah, fuck the rest of them, ha.
Wonder if they'll take the opportunity to take off the monarch's head from coins?
Yeah, especially considering the Australian dollar has literally only ever had her face on it, since it’s inception!!
I actually don’t know specific details, but I believe that it remains legal tender until the Mint takes it out of circulation (how they decide when to do that, or recoup the cash, I do not know)…
Given inflation here, I actually unironically wouldn’t be surprised if they (sadly) take some of the smaller (silver, like the American dimes and nickels, essentially) coin denominations out of circulation, sooner rather than later, use this as an excuse, and simply don’t replace them…
Unfortunately. I find that rather sad, but it suits their agenda just fine…
We're all going cashless anyway, so it won't matter. It is depressing.
I don't want a politician's head on our coins. Fuck politicians.
Klaus Schwab isn't a politician.
If politicians are bottom feeders and swamp life, Klaus Schwab is a cockroach. Ubiquitous, pestilential and difficult to eradicate.
It's inevitable if the UK is as cucked as Canada is.
This is the beginning of the end.