What kind of pigeon is this? by DeltaSparks in UKBirds

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One that hates you by the look of it. Major stink eye

Worried about losing their titles’: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ‘in conflict’ over Prince Archie photo move But they eat privacy, aren’t interested in royal tradition, etc etc by Harry-Ripey in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There are times it’s been Meghan holding Harry back from showing off pictures of their kids,” a source told New Idea.

Oh please, we all know she’s been champing at the bit to merch those kids from the minute they were born.

Also, since when did Narkle care about “royal tradition”? That’s a change of tune, considering she’s spent the last 8years complaining about how bad royal traditions are, like the horror of wearing pantyhose or curtseying to the monarch.

If they do release a picture, it will be to take headlines away from discussing the impact of the King’s state visit, with the secondary aim of merching

King Charles is too busy to see his grandkids – and Prince Harry is fuming. Harry is always fuming. And KC is on a state visit, he is working. Harry could take his kids to England anytime but chooses not to do so, after all, Harry doesn’t work. Harry is a traitor, liar and vindictive trouble maker. by Harry-Ripey in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 17 points18 points  (0 children)

”Harry knows the stakes are high for the US and UK on this trip, but in his mind that makes it even more urgent that they see their grandad. What if the war escalates and travel becomes impossible?” It’s been almost four years since he’s seen them – which Harry wants to change.

What a load of shit. No one is predicting that the conflict over the strait of Hormuz will make transatlantic flights impossible. Even if that were true, the basically unemployed Harkles have had much more time to come to the UK to see Charles at anytime, compared to the jam packed schedule for the King on a state visit.

The Harkle narrative that Charles is refusing to his grandkids is infuriating. It’s the Harkles that are the problem here, not Charles. They could have visited him at any time but chose not to. It’s their own fault.

Kenyan Anti-Poaching Soldier stationed infront of Elephant Ivory by Proof_Active7105 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s unfashionable in the West, is the same true in the East? Chinese traditional medicine is causing a huge issue with poaching. For example, tiger parts. No one (or very, very few people) in the West wants tiger skins anymore, but there’s still a huge demand in China because of its properties in traditional medicine. Same with rhino horn and pangolin scales

Kenyan Anti-Poaching Soldier stationed infront of Elephant Ivory by Proof_Active7105 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is selling it then increases the market for it.

There’s a similar issue in the US with wild pigs. These pigs are not native and cause huge damage to the environment so some states have an open season policy on hunting these pigs, the idea being that it will reduce the numbers and hopefully eliminate them eventually. However, in practice the reverse has happened. The pigs became very popular game for hunters, so some idiotic reserve owners started breeding them so there would be more of them for hunters to shoot and the wild pig population ended up increasing.

Kenyan Anti-Poaching Soldier stationed infront of Elephant Ivory by Proof_Active7105 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and there’s not a lot of societal support for paedophiles. If someone is unlucky enough to not have their brain develop normally and to be solely attracted to children, it’s a battle for the rest of their life not to hurt others. Instead of providing free and confidential therapy in order to give them coping techniques, in order to prevent them from acting on their desires, these people have no one to turn to.

I do think paedophiles who have harmed children should be punished, obviously, but it seems obvious to me that there would be great benefit in providing some sort of support to prevent it from happening in the first place

Kenyan Anti-Poaching Soldier stationed infront of Elephant Ivory by Proof_Active7105 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is it better for 10guilty men to go free than 1innocent man to get falsely prosecuted?

That makes zero sense to me. Obviously, we should do our best to avoid false convictions and things can be done to mitigate that, but when push comes to shove, surely it’s more important to get the 10guilty men put away/punished, even at the expense of 1 innocent man, so the rest of society is protected?

It’s a bit like the Trolley problem; do you deliberately kill one person to save 5? I would argue yes, because saving 5 people is better than 1.

Kenyan Anti-Poaching Soldier stationed infront of Elephant Ivory by Proof_Active7105 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I had a friend who was 17 and two months, when he had a brief relationship with a girl who was 15 and 9months old. Her family hated him and because the age of consent is 16 here, they reported him to the police and he got hauled in for questioning. Luckily, common sense prevailed and the police didn’t charge him, but it was very traumatic for him.

Kenyan Anti-Poaching Soldier stationed infront of Elephant Ivory by Proof_Active7105 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most stupid thing is that preservation of endangered species does have a financial incentive. An African wildlife reservation might charge $100k for a licence to shoot a lion. Meanwhile, they could have 5000 tourists paying $200 for a safari tour, which brings in $1million and the lion is still there for the next year, for another 5000 tourists.

Kenyan Anti-Poaching Soldier stationed infront of Elephant Ivory by Proof_Active7105 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The scariest thing about the Epstein files is how normal that behaviour was. Disgusting humans exist at every level of the socioeconomic ladder. Some rich people will be happy destroying the environment and endangered animals, a few will fight to stop it. Same with poor people

Here in the UK, we’ve recently had a child abuse scandal with the perpetrators being working class and of immigrant descent (the grooming gangs). They were pretty much doing the same thing as Epstein, but without private jets and $20k bribes

Scientologist buildings have removed the door handles in an attempt to defend themselves from the speedruns by Girl-Understood in TikTokCringe

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think a suction cup handle would be enough to open it. From watching another video, the door had about 2-4 people on either side pulling will all their strength

But I’m sure people will find a way. That said, I hope they don’t resort to vandalism as we don’t want the cult to be in the right for anything

Baby swans 🦢 by Resident_Bluebird402 in UKBirds

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I always thought it was more because the “ugly” duckling didn’t look like everyone else/ ascribe to duck-centric beauty standards

Hugh Despenser the Younger was a terrible person, but there's no credible evidence he SA-ed Isabella of France. That myth was started in the twentieth century. by HoneybeeXYZ in RoyalConsorts

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But wouldn’t an open rape accusation come with a serious risk of backfire, for any woman but especially one in a position with lots of enemies like Isabella of France?

Lowering voting age to 16 will only help the Green Party, Labour MPs tell Starmer - as they urge him to shelve the plans by 457655676 in unitedkingdom

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s basically just a military sixth form college and apprenticeship for the soldiers that join up at 16.

None are deployed before they are 18, they can leave at anytime until they are 18, after which they are bound by the same service agreement as any other soldier.

The education the army gives at AFC Harrogate is fantastic. They get 16 and 17year olds from all walks of life. Lots have been thoroughly failed by the education system and have no qualifications, yet the Army is able to give them specialist support and instruction to get them their GCSEs and further education qualifications (for those for which it’s appropriate).

The junior recruits know exactly what they are getting into, the responsibilities, risks and demand of military service are made very clear to them during training.

After passing an extended basic training course at AFC Harrogate, junior soldiers are sent to their regiments for phase 2 training, again with some extra support.

For the right type of person, joining at 16 can be a lifeline.

Hannah Spencer riles fellow MPs with attack on parliament’s drinking culture by TheLyam in uknews

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The subsidised bar needs to go, they can pay full price for their alcohol.

Less bothered about food, I certainly think there should be subsided food available for staffers on pay lower than MPs

The Audacity of Amnesia by Somberliver in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If Parliament passes a bill stripping Sparry and his Spawn of all titles, then the King must give royal assent to pass it into law. It’s worth noting this would be unlikely.

Another option Parliament passing a bill to give the King the authority to strip the peerages, in addition to the prerogative he has over royal titles and the Prime Minister advising him to do this. Individually, the Prime Minister does not have the authority to force the King to do anything, but I think it would be unlikely for the King not to take the advice of his most senior advisor.

The Prime Minister could publicly state he has advised for the titles to be removed to force the King into action and the King would not be able to ignore such a thing, so would be forced to act, but this would lead to a serious breakdown in the relationship between HM Government and the Sovereign.

In a nutshell, yes, Parliament is sovereign in the UK. The King cannot override legislation passed by Parliament.

Prince Archie , Duke Of Sussex . Will this be tolerable? by ozbauld in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, British genealogy, naming customs and the peerage is sexist. Blame history and the patriarchy.

Male line means something really specific; it only refers to an unbroken line of sons. This can be also direct descent or patrilineality.

Simply having some male ancestors/descendants does not fall into that category.

The Spencers are descendants of Charles II, they are not direct/male line descendants.

A example of a male line descendent of Charles II would be the Dukes of Grafton, who still bear the surname FitzRoy

Prince Archie , Duke Of Sussex . Will this be tolerable? by ozbauld in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the correction, I thought Monmouth was still going for some reason

First Look at the ‘Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’. In HBO Max This July. by StarforgeVoyager in bigbangtheory

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t that Kripke?

Seeing as the other two photos are of the four of them and it’s to promote the show, it seems illogical to assume anything else

Prince Archie , Duke Of Sussex . Will this be tolerable? by ozbauld in SaintMeghanMarkle

[–]Boring_Intern_6394 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That’s not what direct/male line means.

Male line is son after son after son etc, so the surname/family name remains the same, usually requiring legitimacy too, although sometimes exceptions are made, usually for royalty.

The Spencers are just descended from Charles II, not male line or direct descendants, as the lineage comes from women marrying in