Queen Elizabeth II has died • Hacker News Board

bogantech wrote: post #64

jackfruitpeel wrote: post #42

Sad on a human level, but she spent her years as the figurehead of an inherently fascist, racist institution — royalty. "Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.”

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Post by racktash » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

This is probably the only death of a public figure that has really hit me hard. The Queen was a constant all of my life, all of my parents' lives and, indeed, a good deal of my grandparents' lives. The comfort she could bring to many is not to be underestimated in my view. When Covid-19 was kicking off in the UK, and our lives were changing in ways we couldn't predict, I remember being immensely comforted by her speech.

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Post by dang » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

bitcharmer wrote: post #57

already wrote: post #13

RIP. You had an inspiring life!

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Post by mytailorisrich » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

CSMastermind wrote: post #47

faxmeyourcode wrote: post #16

Born in April, 1926, it's crazy how much the world has changed in her lifetime. May she rest in peace.

Arguably the largest change in humanity in a ~100 year span? Especially if we go back to 1922. Mass communication, mass travel, etc. were all non existent. Like the first radio stations had just started broadcasting when she was born, now we're all discussing her passing on a communications network that connects the entire globe. Possibly some of us while on flights from one side of the world to the other.

I would argue that the biggest change came to her parents' generation more or less.

They were born without electricity, and everything it brought, and without cars or planes, and they lived to have pretty much all modern comfort and watch a man on the Moon on TV.

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Post by swalls » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

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Post by insane_dreamer » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

The last monarch of her kind; I don’t think the British monarchy institution will ever be the same nor future monarchs looked at with the same respect.

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Post by michaelwww » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:59 PM UTC

celticninja wrote: post #93

michaelwww wrote: post #45

I admired her grace and incredible sensitivity to the role she played. To use an Americanism: "they don't make 'em like her anymore"

No they do not and for that very reason we should abolish the monarchy. It is nothing but disappointment and indifference from here on. Go out on a high note I say. It doesn't have to be in the French style, but it also doesn't not have to be in the French style.

I'm not British so I won't recommend what they do with their monarchy, but I agree with you that her descendants are an unimpressive lot