• DrumpfYouABusta [any]
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    3 years ago

    Imagining an IT Crowd episode where Moss goes to the hospital with his mom and walks into the wrong room where he finds the queen on life support. He gets caught and is forced to lie about it by the British government. Moss saying "The Queen has entered a new phase and we probably won't be seeing her until February." is cracking me up right now.

  • carbohydra [des/pair]
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    3 years ago

    capitalism is a rational and efficient system that doesn't get bogged down in traditions and superstitions

  • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    "The monarchy is beneficial to the economy! We need to keep these inbred imperialists!"

    • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Nah, this post is a bunch of nonsense. From the plans that were fascinatingly leaked 2 months ago:

      The prime minister and the queen have agreed that the day of the state funeral will be a “Day of National Mourning.” This has also led to planning issues. The day will effectively be a bank holiday, although it will not be named as such. If the funeral falls on the weekend or an existing bank holiday, an extra bank holiday will not be granted. If the funeral falls on a weekday, the government does not plan to order employers to give employees the day off — the documents say that is a matter between employees and their staff.

      I’ve got no idea where they got the 12 day figure from, the plans just describe the events in the 10 days between death announcement and funeral.

      Honestly, I wonder if she is actually dead or close to it, they’re holding off on announcing it to avoid an unparalleled super spreader event due to her funeral:

      The Department for Transport has raised concerns that the number of people who may want to travel to London could cause major problems for the transport network, and lead to overcrowding in the capital.

      In a striking assessment of the scenes that could unfold, one memo warns of a worst-case scenario in which London literally becomes “full” for the first time ever as potentially hundreds of thousands of people try to make their way there — with accommodation, roads, public transport, food, policing, healthcare and basic services stretched to breaking point. Concerns have also been raised about a shortage of stewards for crowd control purposes.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Honestly, I wonder if she is actually dead or close to it, they’re holding off on announcing it to avoid an unparalleled super spreader event due to her funeral:

        The government does not care about covid enough for this to be a reason to hide the queen's death.

        • SoyViking [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          They do however care about Christmas being ruined and them getting the blame for it. It makes sense to postpone the chaos of the queen's death and funeral to some time after new year's.

          Maybe they even plan to pull the plug immediately after Christmas in the hope that the royal spectacle will make people forget to be angry about the unsatisfying treat situation during the holidays.

    • I_KEEP_FORGETTING [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      she sounds like shes having a great time

      put her on the golden throne, except instead on 10,000 psychers it's just a bunch of children to keep in the theme

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      They said she will emerge in February. Hot take, they're trying to time a state funeral during the Olympics as cover for a boycott by the Five Eyes Plus More.

  • richietozier4 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The royal family is activating Protocol Theta, meaning they are administering the goblin blood directly into her blood stream instead of the usual slow release pill

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      There's something to be said about how even someone as influential as the King of England can be killed for convenience. Get fucked, old bastard