lol @ emulating Lenin!
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3809/8964959055_714ed4b3a6.jpg
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
I'm not sure we can give Lenin all the credit for that one tbf.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
he certainly didn't invent the game!
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
who is the steely dan of royals?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
who ordered louis xvi executed? it was before robespierre
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
Princess Anne - but only because she seems to have a misplaced affinity for us Scots and is a good patron of the national rugby team.
The rest of the mob only conjure treasonous thoughts for me. Charles def the worst.
― I like Poeltls (fionnland), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
steely Anne - makes sense
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
Votin'for the American interloper on principle.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
I think people wish death on them because monarchs tend not to go away if you just ask them nicely Treesh
― Danton Lok (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
who ordered louis xvi executed? it was before Robespierre
No, it wasn't. Robespierre was the one who said, "Louis must die so France can live" - or something like that - though he was jumping on Saint-Just's bandwagon to some extent. Also Robespierre made sure he let everyone know that he'd opposed the death penalty when everyone else was for it, he was in favour of it for Louis but not some poor wretch who'd stolen a chicken or whatever.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
It was before the Committee of Public Safety and all that, but Robespierre was definitely instrumental in offing Louis Capet.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
alright so this is appropriate then
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DchfNh_WkAEPMBF.jpg
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
have these people done anything bad enough to warrant wishing death on them?
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
I think people wish death on them because monarchs tend not to go away if you just ask them nicely
this is a good answer imo
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
yeah, what noodle said
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
aren't they just like kardashians now basically? they don't have any power. i know taxes support the monarchy but they also support amazon.
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
I'm not, by birth, a subject of the Kardashians and their offspring. Not yet anyway.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
I mean we should also murder amazon xp
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
fair
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
the kardashians weren’t appointed by divine right either fwiw
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
have these people done anything bad enough to warrant wishing death on them? i know lenin killed royals but not everything he did is to be emulated.
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, November 14, 2018 5:32 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
most of the current british royals seem like exceptionally spoiled and shitty ppl, to the point where i don't think i could really find someone to vote for in this poll. whereas when i read about the last romanov family, i always find myself feeling quite sympathetic for them. at any rate even if you think the tsar deserved a trial and execution i can't imagine anyone but the most lunatic tankie would cheer on the brutal massacre of young alexei and anastasia, etc., not to mention their servants and their *dogs* for fuck's sake.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
And their elephant iirc.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Tbf they shouldn't have cowered behind it
― Danton Lok (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
The crossover in trajectories of Andrew and Mark Thatcher is quite interesting - squalid, grasping, scruple-free arms hawkers perpetually in awe of other more openly corrupt princlings and scions.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
no one can reign innocently
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
OK so that was Saint-Just, that's the speech that got Robespierre all a-flutter.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
I certainly agree that given the extremely limited amount of power the UK royals currently wields, indiscriminate murder hardly seems like a proportional response.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
it’d be very discriminate murder imo
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
Yeah, we could just wing Harry and the in-laws
― Danton Lok (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Pippa Middleton goes for a run in West London and distracts other runners with her bum
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
she's not even a royal though. surely she will be spared ilx's cruel revolution.
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
George BrettSaberhagenBo JacksonQuizenberryEric Hosmer
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
along with all other royal-adjacent figures, pippa will be given the opportunity to answer a thorough multiple-choice questionnaire to determine her ideological purity after the revolution occurs
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
no respect for steve balboni
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
i'm pardoning her
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
and meghan markle because she is american
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Balboni's pathetic HR record standing for 30 freakin years is one of the most embarrassing things for any major league team
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Why does this poll assume I have a "favorite royal" or that such a thing is even possible?
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
doesn't matter. voting is mandatory.
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
write in vote for King Edward Potatoes, which the original grower labeled the variety "Fellside Hero". Which sounds even worse tbh. xxxpYeah I think this thread is as good as any to dis American Indie Rock royalty and Stephen Balbini's Shellac are a reet pile of rub imo!
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
american indie rock royalty vs. the british royal family
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
I voted for the big bottomed blood sausage
― L'assie (Euler), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
another prince andrew voter eh
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
lol
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
the royals aren't even that good at being the royal family - Diana was proof you can do it with more agility and charisma and populism.
that said, my grandmother's MBE for her work with adults with learning difficulties is her proudest achievement, and I kinda like that the source of that recognition isn't tied to a political party and the baggage that would entail. The royals are obviously not "politically neutral" but they have no real power, if they tried anything they know it would be game over for them.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 15 November 2018 10:30 (five years ago) link
Diana was awful.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 10:37 (five years ago) link
no princess michael, no credibility
― ||||||||, Thursday, 15 November 2018 10:38 (five years ago) link
Diana was awful in the same way the royals are awful but she was better at doing what the royals do
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 15 November 2018 10:44 (five years ago) link
philip is a schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg
― mark s, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
Oh weird. That’s my last name too.
― treeship., Wednesday, 4 December 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
family is saxe-coburg und gotha but the namechange was i believe legal and official (as well as timely and urgent) so they actually ARE windsors now
― mark s, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
another day, another royal link to child rapists
Friendship with Prince Charles made paedophile bishop Peter Ball 'impregnable' https://t.co/uJe3hY8xuH— Guardian news (@guardiannews) January 14, 2020
― que pasa picasso (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
He can certainly pick 'em. Bishop Peter Ball, that is.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
not cool imo
What the actual fuck pic.twitter.com/5epTUdWgMW— Rivkah Brown (@RivkahBrown) January 26, 2020
― the main character Cooly and his fart attack (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
It's just symbolic, eh.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
ffs! it's no wonder they want independence
― calzino, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
Wait till you hear what happens to a house once the owner has been disappeared.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
shit just got real
― mark s, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 10:44 (four years ago) link
RIP. Heaven needed a human tampon.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 10:52 (four years ago) link
brb gonna start manufacturing 'diana and charles: reunited in heaven' commemorative plates
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 10:58 (four years ago) link
I reckon the lizards have deliberately infected Charles, removing him from the succession at last.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:31 (four years ago) link
the virus jumped from bat to man, and from man to lizard, and from lizard to bat again; but already it was impossible to say which was which— george orwell, zoonotic farm
― mark s, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:34 (four years ago) link
Chaz's tooth-brusher valet in self-isolation, emergency brush-training underway for the man who will be king
― akb23 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:52 (four years ago) link
ffs no "looks like charles is getting coronated after all" jokes yet?
― rob, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 12:43 (four years ago) link
not even a special strain just for him
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
i keep reading this thread title in the Michael Palin in Life of Brian voice
― Let's kill the Queen and be legends (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
theory: Prince Charles is a similar personality to Tony Benn in a lot of ways - in the later diaries Benn is forever coming up with plans and reports for how various problems could be solved, various institutions reformed and trying to press them into the hands of influential people in a way that reminds me of Charles and the black spider memos - this impression of frustration that they can't run things themselves, but coupled with untiring enthusiasm for their particular causes. I can imagine Charles looked on Benn's success in renouncing his peerage with envy - this impression that if only he wasn't cursed by being their heir to the throne then he'd be free to advocate for all his brilliant ideas without restraint. There's a bit in the diaries of Benn's personal friend and one-time political ally Chris Mullin where Mullin meets Charles and goes on at length about what a great guy he is, a serious thinker who is unfairly maligned, which seems a bit odd at first, but I think Charles reminds him of Benn. Maybe someone could write a novel set in an alternate timeline version of the 1980s where Charles becomes king and Benn becomes PM.
― soref, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 12:13 (one year ago) link