Aimless aren't you embarrassed to have posted a defence of the monarchy last week
Oh, you mean the defense where I called the monarchy "pathological"? Why would I be embarrassed about something I did not do, just because you misremember it and then mislabel it?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:00 (one year ago) link
you did post the old "harmless figurehead" defence, which is completely clueless and embarrassing tbf.
― calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
Yeah cmon man you showed your arse there, maybe ppl are missing some actual point to your “fine idea” (I know I am) but it hardly takes alphian bad faith to reach the conclusion you are at it
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
I mean, I'm sure some people cried when Richard Nixon died.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
Professional impressionists maybe
― barry sito (gyac), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
The old bag was on the throne for 70 years and every single media outlet in the UK was hellbent on whipping up nationalistic fervour - and was given 10 days to do so - and yet the numbers don't compare to a mere commoner like Churchill. Good.
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
― calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 bookmarkflaglink
Aimless tried to separate the Monarchy and The Queen in a pathetic attempt at nuance.
Then gyac actually posted some articles (when laughter was all that deserved) and the guy stopped posting for a week. Now he's got the nerve to come back for more!
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:01 (one year ago) link
was churchill a commoner? he was the grandson of the 7th duke of marlborough so he was definitely aristocracy-adjacent
― mark s, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:01 (one year ago) link
Sat in the Commons though.
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
lol yes i had gradually crawled my way round to this hard-to-deny counterargument
viscount stansgate ruined it for everyone, left the commons lousy with self-demoted lords
― mark s, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Then gyac actually posted some articles (...) and the guy stopped posting for a week. Now he's got the nerve to come back for more!
Your version is wrong, but accurately reflects your prejudice against me. It was Zelda Zonk, not gyac, who posted about some of the more egregious sins that Eliz II committed. Zelda was responding to what I said, not who she presumed me to be, and thus was being helpful. I took it in that spirit, agreed my perspective was wrong, and dropped it.
As for my 'coming back for more', it simply emphasizes that your reflexive response to me is to abuse me simply for quoting you and agreeing. I recognize this as bullying and I find it as off-putting as it is meant to be. So, your strategy is working just fine. I'm sure this will gratify you.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
He’s referring to this post.
― barry sito (gyac), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:56 (one year ago) link
Gyac posted a few links. Zelda did also respectfully respond, maybe they don't know your posts xp
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
maybe they don't know your posts
since your memory seems to rewrite my posts to fit your preconceptions, perhaps you are the wrong person to consult on this
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link
I recognize this as bullying and I find it as off-putting as it is meant to be. So, your strategy is working just fine. I'm sure this will gratify you.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 bookmarkflaglink
We have a saying in this country. It is as follows: "Chat shit get banged". Study it.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:05 (one year ago) link
and a lovely country it is, too
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
We have an expression in America. It is as follows: "Shit, cat. It don't make a difference."
― SincereLee 'Scratch' Perry (President Keyes), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
lol
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
Queens funeral isn’t sad if you put “Life is a Highway” behind it pic.twitter.com/aSnfnoZmEo— Brent Albrecht (@Radio_Brent) September 19, 2022
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
it's hardly bullying, more like you came back to shit on a thread where you'd previously shown your ignorance and made an arse of yourself. And not just shit on the thread but also trying to defend the stupid fucking senseless post you made in the first place!
― calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
thx for the input, calz
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
no probs.
― calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
He wants to be helped you see.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
Also ignored the fact that the post of mine I linked above was responding to his post and not whatever ad hominem shit he says it was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― barry sito (gyac), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
OK, I'll respond, since you make an issue of it. Your post, which you helpfully linked a short time ago, was responding to mine. But his contention was that your post was so damning that it caused me to flee the thread. Your post appeared on September 12, 2022 1:58 AM, my local time. I had already responded to Zelda's polite correction to my mistaken views, with which I agreed, and I had stopped posting six hours earlier. This hardly matches his version of my being trounced by your links and slinking off in shame.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
Now, I am going to go about the rest of my day. Which is not quite the same as running away in horror at my predicament. We all have lives apart from ilx.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
My god he is going to stop posting
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Jq9-HM53L._SX338_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
Gotta check the cell tower pings
― SincereLee 'Scratch' Perry (President Keyes), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
Expecting mark s to be called to the stand any minute.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/21/flag-queen-coffin-muhammad-khan-court-westminster
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 12:38 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/Pf0gphWUyR https://t.co/62Z1qfKdMM— Kam Sandhu (@_kayayem) September 20, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:27 (one year ago) link
Read that: 1) this was viewed less than the Euro '20 final in the UK, and now how this funeral is the most watched event in TV history.
Guess both things can be true.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
needs better stats for aliens watching the royal signal as it gradually percolates thru space
― mark s, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/EktigxE.png
― mark s, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:49 (one year ago) link
Oh no a Superspreader event among the aristocracy and world leaders https://t.co/bzjWYSUZy4— MARCUS. 🇧🇧🏳️🌈 (@marcusjdl) September 21, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
Honestly did not realize that thr funeral was even broadcast in the U.S. until my mom mentioned on Monday that she'd watched some of it.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
the 6bn number originally came from the right wing press, i think. it was reported by the bbc but didn't originate there.
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 16:17 (one year ago) link
Sitting here idly wondering how many people drew their last breath during the funeral festivities. Must be a few?
― promised you a spiracle (Matt #2), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
120 ppl die every minute if that helps
― mark s, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 16:28 (one year ago) link
it definitely helps a little
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 16:46 (one year ago) link
Nice try. pic.twitter.com/72UTWPLSuZ— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) September 20, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
looks legit
― feudal vague (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link
= entire UK population dead in a year. Make the most of it!
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 17:57 (one year ago) link
ffs they still had a minute's applause at the start of Scotland v Ukraine game, how long is this shite going to go on? For those unfamiliar with the concept, a minute's applause is the fallback when the authorities aren't confident a minute's silence is going to be observed, and indeed the applause just about drowned out the boos.
― Narada Michael Fagan (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link
this proves that people that show up for international games are at least 60% more likely to be melts
― calzino, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 19:05 (one year ago) link
some scientists did an ant tally and estimated that there was 20 quadrillion of the bitey little radge fuckers on this planet. The international ant community only go into a state of mourning if more than a billion of them die in one day, probably.
― calzino, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
There's a scientific theory that ant nests are ruled not by their queens, but rather by sizeable fungal growths at their base that release behaviour-altering spores. That fungus? Rupert Murdoch. The spores? Take your pick.Still working on this one tbh.
― promised you a spiracle (Matt #2), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
So funny to me that when Diana died there were those amazing couple of days where it felt like the royal family itself was in danger of getting booted out, but this time around it's Phillip Schofield in danger of not presenting This Morning— Europe's Leading Soccer Futurologist (@TreborRhurbarb) September 21, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
Monarchy WTF notwithstanding, that Emma pony was damn cute.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link