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September 08, 2022, 07:04:39 PM |
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But then again - if you feel royal life is not meant for you, you can always step down/retire? So it wasn't that crazy after all? Srsly, try to rethink "free will" of a woman in the mid 20th century... Practically nonexistant. But then, she would have been ousted, so forced to work, which is also not exactly "free will"... And yeah, the "old" queen could have stepped back, but i think this would have been untraditional (unbritish) AF EDIT: @ChartBuddy: No, the other pedal! Don't step on the breaks brakes again EDIT2: Fuck my english
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xhomerx10
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“ I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong.” ...and she was; she essentially worked every day of her life after that for 70 years and 7 months.
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OutOfMemory
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September 08, 2022, 07:07:33 PM |
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“ I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong.” ...and she was; she essentially worked every day of her life after that for 70 years and 7 months. FTFY +1 WOsMerit
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cygan
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September 08, 2022, 07:08:18 PM |
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ChartBuddy
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September 08, 2022, 08:03:24 PM |
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BitcoinBunny
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Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth 2nd. I actually was in attendance at some official royal related visits, and saw her in person on a number of occasions. It definitely made me respect her more. Those who say she didn't do anything or had an easy life have no clue. I would suggest to look beyond the silly click bait headlines and hate / bitterness that is often a deflection for another problem. It will be interesting to see how the UK will get on without the queen's long reigning stability.
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Hueristic
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September 08, 2022, 08:28:16 PM |
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Few people work as hard as a head of state, and she kept doing it until she died.
Please elaborate me on her accomplishments other than keeping her kin out of jail?
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sirazimuth
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September 08, 2022, 08:49:03 PM |
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And it figures the yanks had to do a direct rip-off of the British National Anthem for their patriotic song "My Country Tis of Thee" I remember learning this in 4th grade after immigrating to Amerika . I was like "hey, wtf!... these are the wrong lyrics!" when the teacher had us sing it in class after that Pledge of Allegiance nonsense. (apologies for quoting myself)
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Hueristic
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September 08, 2022, 08:52:28 PM |
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Piece of shit royals are not even worth a google for me and that site requires js. So if you wanna be the bitches champion then make your case.
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sirazimuth
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September 08, 2022, 09:01:10 PM |
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Jeezus bro!... why the toxic-ness? I mean, I'm not really into royalty or anything. Its kind of silly, and I don't GAF... But they never really affected my quality of life.
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September 08, 2022, 09:01:21 PM |
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Hueristic
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September 08, 2022, 09:06:18 PM |
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Jeezus bro!... why the toxic-ness? I mean, I'm not really into royalty or anything. Its kind of silly, and I don't GAF... But they never really affected my quality of life.
I have a special hatred for those that think they are better than others simply by being born.
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sirazimuth
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Point taken... but did you meet her?
I'm sure if I met a few folks on this thread irl, my opinion would change about them.
edit...not necessarily in the positive direction, mind you....lol
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Hueristic
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September 08, 2022, 09:18:02 PM |
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Point taken... but did you meet her?
Nope, even if I did I couldn't follow the rules.
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September 08, 2022, 09:21:00 PM |
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What??!...don't you even know how to bow?? lmao
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xhomerx10
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September 08, 2022, 09:42:09 PM |
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Jeezus bro!... why the toxic-ness? I mean, I'm not really into royalty or anything. Its kind of silly, and I don't GAF... But they never really affected my quality of life.
I have a special hatred for those that think they are better than others simply by being born. 95% of humans are followers; she was just fulfilling a need and providing a service as that duty was passed on to her. Anyway, I know many, many people who aren't royal by dynastic or divine right yet think they're better than others simply for being born even when it isn't expected of them.
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Hueristic
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September 08, 2022, 09:57:17 PM |
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Jeezus bro!... why the toxic-ness? I mean, I'm not really into royalty or anything. Its kind of silly, and I don't GAF... But they never really affected my quality of life.
I have a special hatred for those that think they are better than others simply by being born. 95% of humans are followers; she was just fulfilling a need and providing a service as that duty was passed on to her. Anyway, I know many, many people who aren't royal by dynastic or divine right yet think they're better than others simply for being born even when it isn't expected of them. Respect is earned in my book, not handed out by divine right.
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