when i was a kid i flatly refused to believe that the UK existed
mainly
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queens were just things in fairy tales
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harry potter is fiction and it was based there so obviously everything in it is fiction
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i thought the accent sounded stupid and clearly made up lmao
i thought the accent sounded stupid and clearly made up lmao
large parts of the posh southern english accent were just made up because someone thought they sounded cool. for example tomahto was literally just some dumbass doing a silly voice and it caught on.
the English from the north are worth feeling sorry for in this respect because they speak english the way it was always spoken and get made fun of by people who started randomly changing the way they speak for the stupidest reasons imaginable.
At one point macarone was slang for fashionable in London because someone was in Italy heard the word and thought it sounded cool without knowing what it meant
At one point macarone was slang for fashionable in London because someone was in Italy heard the word and thought it sounded cool without knowing what it meant
The song Yankee Doodle explicitly dunks on this sort of person
it's more complicated than that the song Yankee Doodle dunks on Americans for calling things macarone that the singer deems uncool.
both the song and the people it's making fun of use macarone to mean fashionable
There was an ultra-cringe time at the turn of the century where Posh British Accent was used almost everywhere to bait credulous nerds into consuming product. SciFi/SyFy Channel even used it to say, unironically, "YOU ARE A GEEK" during commercials as a validation ritual for the alienated consumers that would soon be a part of the GamerGate movement, "elect a meme" as they themselves put it :a-little-trolling: , and march in Charlottesville with tiki torches when the treats started getting too political. :lmayo: :us-foreign-policy:
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No shit? Wasted opportunity. The utter joy he brought to the role was such a great way to kick the series back off
I didn't know, I've always heard he just didn't care for the role in general and that's why he only agreed to do one season.
In Interviews he usually says that there was a lot of conflict between him and the higher ups (including RTD) about the working conditions and shooting schedule. And he was dealing with anorexia at the time, so it all was just too much for him. I think he still loves the role as he has reprised it on Big Finish, he just hates the BBC. I've never heard him talk about a political conflict though.
non-constitution
Nice. I'm sure half the replies are libs going "the british constitution is a vibe, actually"
the ministerial code of conduct is pretty much entirely vibe based
that being said America is living proof that having too rigid a constitution is dumb and bad
I kinda like the Chapo take on it:
They're going to basically turn the queen into a demigod and she will "rule" from the great beyond while they slowly get rid of all the monarchy window dressing.
that is definitely going to happen and libs will still say stuff like "North Korea is a failed state because their president is a dead guy"
that would be badass tbh Going back to their mystical roots and admitting that they like the Queen because actual dark magic and demiurge.
Cryptofascist and just directly fascist unexamined 40K LARPers already "joke" about that and how it's "based" because it vaguely reminds them of the space fascist treats. :so-true:
It is https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/harry-and-meghan-the-union-of-two-great-houses-the-windsors-and-the-celebrities-is-complete-1.4504502
It's a pretty savage takedown. I gained a lot of respect after seeing that
i wonder how many people would just die from rage if you'd show this to every single monarchist. absolute masterpiece, pure fire from start to finish.
take your pick:
:frothingfash: :bojo: :margaret-thatcher: :walking-dead: :british-maw:
Like peak fucking lib-shit. Half the episodes are laundering the reputations of the british
France gets more tourist income from their empty former palaces, so the market demands the guillotine
I always did prefer Eccelston as the Doctor. I liked his long coat, grinning face and straightforward attitude that lacked the snark of later doctors. Like a neutral good Vinnie Jones
