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[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 226 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sick speedrun strat

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 138 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I was happy for a second and then remembered that karma is a bad take and that he will be getting the absolute best available healthcare and even if he does die, he will be doing so having gotten to old age, in extreme luxury and in more comfort than any of us will ever experience.

I worry that if he does die soon it will only embolden royalist sentiment in this country as the grieving masses will cling on to the "young king" which the media will spin as "progressive" or whatever, and we'll just keep getting further and further away from abolishing this disgusting establishment.

We seriously need a King Ralph type thing to happen, only the people take over, instead of a stereotypical American. Turn Buckingham palace in to a community centre with a kitchen and a shelter and childcare and a free mental health clinic, and put those gardens to actual use..

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[-] venji10@feddit.de 66 points 10 months ago

Who cares about this random man having cancer?

[-] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 125 points 10 months ago

When he dies the UK will spend around $300 milion on his funeral and a party for his kid.

[-] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 83 points 10 months ago

Fuck the monarchy. Fucking parasites.

[-] frshmt@lemmy.zip 29 points 10 months ago

Unelected sponges, as Bill Bailey once put it

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[-] peter@feddit.uk 20 points 10 months ago

So brave and controversial of you to pretend he's just a random man

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 59 points 10 months ago

It will be so funny if he takrs a sharp turn downhill and dies. Dude was famous for never getting a chance to be king and then to go out so quickly would be * chef's kiss *

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[-] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago

I love the people in here standing up for him lol. An absolute fuckton of people die every day. Basically every moment has human death in it. No one defending him cares a single wit about them, but they'll get wound up over this old man dying of something many many people die of daily.

Considering everything that's come out about the royal family, I can't find a single care in me for him. I feel more for the countless faceless strangers dying worse deaths. This old pampered fuck will die well in comparison. He doesn't need any sympathy from me.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 10 months ago

you don't have to be a royalist to feel empathy for someone with cancer....

[-] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

I'll save my empathy for cancer patients who don't have his history.

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[-] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 56 points 10 months ago

The royal family, including Charles are big proponents of homeopathy. Let's see how much homeopathy is going to help him now. I'm sure at least as much as those alternative methods Steve Jobs chose helped him, back then...

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[-] kusukasaka281@lemmy.id 48 points 10 months ago

Oh no... anyway...

[-] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago

Oh man, he only just got his dream job.

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

Nah, he was doing his dream job the whole time, running a research farm and advocating for sustainable farming practices. Soon as he became king, he had to stop with the targeted advocacy.

[-] set_secret@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

he also advocated for homoeopathy......maybe that's what he'll treat his cancer with (i hope so)

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[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

~~Prostate cancer is very common, very survivable, and very easily treatable. It's a serious health problem, but he's almost definitely gonna be fine~~

Me fail reading comprehension. The article says it's NOT prostate cancer

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

Would be weird for the longest serving monarch to be replaced by the shortest serving one.

Which raises a good question... who was the shortest serving British monarch?

Oh, of COURSE there's a Wiki for that...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_monarchy_records

"The shortest-reigning monarch was Lady Jane Grey who ruled for 9 days from 6 July until 15 July 1553 (although she was only proclaimed queen by the Lords of the council on 10 July). Her husband Lord Guildford Dudley was her consort for the entire reign, making this the shortest tenure of the male consort of a female monarch. Note: Jane's reign is disputed.

The king with the shortest definitively known reign was Edgar the Ætheling who ruled for 2 months, 12 days in 1066 before submitting to William the Conqueror. Some records indicate that Sweyn Forkbeard reigned for only 40 days in 1013–4.[7]"

Queen Elizabeth II died 9/8/2022, so Charles has already been in 514 days. He's good...

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[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

So is it the pedo next in line?

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

No, he's completely out of the running unless all of King Charles children and grandchildren mysteriously die

[-] souma@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Don't give the pedo any ideas

[-] Lath@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago

I think it's primogeniture monarchy, so it's from parent to child. Next in line is Charles' firstborn.

[-] octobob@lemmy.ml 31 points 10 months ago

Becomes king

Fucking dies

Lmaooo

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 25 points 10 months ago

English taxpayers paying for another coronation ceremony be like: 🥶*

* can't pay to heat their house.

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[-] Shepstr@feddit.uk 24 points 10 months ago

Jesus, lemmy is full of hate

[-] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 52 points 10 months ago

I have 0 sympathy for monarchial families living off the backs of UK taxpayers for... Centuries :|

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[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago
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[-] nbailey@lemmy.ca 17 points 10 months ago

I just got my first Chucky Buck this weekend, we can’t switch to a new currency this quickly! Our economy is in shambles!

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[-] urfavlaura@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago

oh no anyway

but in all seriousness I hope he dies that guy is a piece of shit

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[-] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

...zzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[-] Chef@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

Has anyone wished good luck to the cancer yet?

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