It’s a while ago but you missed one of their earlier genocides, that is still ongoing, in Tibet.

High quality meme. First one I’ve upvoted in 5 years. For me it was when the chili peppers and pearl jam started getting played.

Will have to give that a go. Edit: doesn’t work so well as tweezers on a lightning port but relatively effective on USB-C.

This. Get super fine tweezers and clean the port. Almost always full of pocket lint.

What I’m saying is I don’t notice that. Most of the people I see getting honours are regular folks. There’s a few toffs in there and the rest are people who genuinely did something, and they come from all walks.

Many sportspeople are knighted (Dameified?). Service to community for regular folks also gets honours for those who stand out. At least in the wider commonwealth this has been true for all my life and my parents too. Look up Sir Clive Lloyd, Sir Bobby Robson, etc. There’s a lot of orders of knights who are appointed solely at the discretion of the monarch in there but those specific orders are usually related to the functional aspects of the monarchy. I’m thinking specifically of the orders of the Garter and Thistle here. Generally, at least in Elizabeth’s reign the majority of honours I’ve seen have been for service to the community, arts, sports etc. and the person has genuinely been involved.

Agree on the lordships though

The Forbidden Throne

Abuse or genocide?

And he cannot lie.

https://youtu.be/X53ZSxkQ3Ho?si=_9ViEQ2atbE8-4x4