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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre you grumpy about the news focus on the late queen?
Why? How does that affect you in any real way?
Hekate
(90,775 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)48656c6c6f20
(7,638 posts)We could do this forever
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)Thanks for asking.
48656c6c6f20
(7,638 posts)Thanks for clearing that up
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)leftieNanner
(15,144 posts)But I don't need to watch hours of it either.
Let's hope Rachel doesn't do an hour of it on Monday.
I was pleased to hear that President Biden is planning to attend the Queen's funeral. Guessing Tre45on won't be invited.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)It's not relevant to me. So, I'm doing something else.
Ocelot II
(115,829 posts)with their eyelids taped open and forced to watch news coverage about the death of the Queen, an elderly, despotic head of state who was born into wealth and spent her life grifting her people, only to be replaced by another elderly man who accepts the reality of climate change.
Oh, wait....
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)I'm busy working on a new YouTube channel.
bucolic_frolic
(43,258 posts)Chewing up 5-6 days of news cycle works to our advantage
Srkdqltr
(6,315 posts)I think maybe 15 minutes an hour should cover it. After all it will go on for the next 10 days.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)Hmm...
Srkdqltr
(6,315 posts)Movies are not good because one has to actively watch. Same with sitcoms. So its news or game shows or documentary. I can't read and sew. Music works for a while. Silence is well silent lol. So news is on a lot. Although there is a truck race tonight.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Im listening to books all the time. Doing yard work, walking the dogs, feeding the chickens, hanging clothes on the line, housework
you name it.
I highly recommended it!
Ocelot II
(115,829 posts)that has buttons you can push that either make the tv go blank or give you other things to look at. See if you can find one of those, it's very handy.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)There's no TV in my office anyway. MSNBC isn't taking about it right now.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)My problem is misplacing the little device, but thats another issue lol..l
Autumn
(45,120 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)I feel for those who grieve, but that's it.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Many people are interested in that. I'm not, but I don't mind if others are. The monarch of the UK is just a symbolic historical figure. Important to some, but not to others. I'm not bothered.
mcar
(42,372 posts)Given my Irish heritage, my fascination with the British royals is odd, but there you go.
Also, QEII was the longest serving head of state in history? Her passing and her career, are worth remarking on.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,238 posts)dflprincess
(28,082 posts)We were discussing earlier that our Irish ancestors may be watching us in disbelief.
And on my dad's side I have several Revolutionary War veterans including one who was at Lexington on April 19, 1775 they may all be wondering where I went wrong.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)As you said, it's history. I'm half a history major. The other was journalism, so I'm a news junkie. A double major was a requirement and I've always loved history.
I've found it interesting and always love looking at London since it's been quite a while since I was there the last time.
Model35mech
(1,552 posts)A very rich English woman with some Scots ancestry died. She left enormous wealth and power to her son.
That wealth and power will reshape the structure of wealth and power among some other rich and powerful families. Of which mine is not.
This event and the inheritance surely will ripple in some small way into my world, and yours, in the center of North America, but in a very very smallish ripple of a way. Among the things that could make me grumpy it's not even a miss-shappen and wormy turnip from my garden.
Old people die. Yes, they do. We all will.
Old people pass their wealth, and consequently power, down to their chosen heirs. Nothing newsy there.
What's to be grumpy about?
This is quiet concretely situation normal.
And frankly, we need a bit of normal so we can learn to accept it, as if it -IS- normal and expected.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)So it's ultimately a net positive.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,315 posts)Wrestlefire769
(84 posts)You HAD TO KNOW this was coming when this finally happened.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Some of it is a bit silly, but Im usually doing something else anyway.
pwb
(11,287 posts)A new Talker comes on every hour and says the same thing?
beaglelover
(3,488 posts)I love all the pomp and circumstance. Can't wait to see Charles' coronation whenever that happens.
Blue Owl
(50,489 posts)But the Queen had to drop her drawers just like the rest of us whenever she needed to squat for a loo break .
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Though I'd love to hear more stories of Her Maj and her humour. I'm convinced in another world she would have been Lizzie Windsor, standup comedian extraordinare.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)96 is very old. Humans have limited lifespans.
Raine
(30,540 posts)walkingman
(7,655 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)I am relieved to hear about something else besides the depressing crap going on here. There seems to be less coverage today. I am a Canadian dual citizen and also part british so I have an interest in it. And it deserves coverage I think.
forthemiddle
(1,382 posts)I am, honestly, getting sick of multiple threads every day about people getting mad about what the news is covering, and what its not.
This is a special time in history, the death of an icon, and the ascension of a King. It really has only ceremonial importance today, he really wont rule his Kingdom, but I look forward to seeing what a Coronation looks like.