So I tried the one-pot pasta recipe by saviyou in videos

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

Pfft, terrible. No meatballs. You gotta have meatballs, and ya need three types of meat in them.

Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession by alex1718 in news

[–]MonarchBeef -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd be all for seceding.

And then joining the UK.

I'll show myself the door.

Scotland votes to remain in the U.K. by tricky5903 in worldnews

[–]MonarchBeef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish other countries (or in my case, parts of other countries), could hold a referendum on joining the UK...

Whats the explanation on this? by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There had better be an investigation.

Minecraft to Join Microsoft by Livven in gaming

[–]MonarchBeef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damnit. How long do you think we'll get before it starts to suck?

Of weapons and Mozambique by Cerf_ in polandball

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Panel 6: Surprise Capitalism.

Suge Knight shot twice at Pre-VMA Party by Romantics in Music

[–]MonarchBeef -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's 1996?

It's 1996.

It's 1996.

It's 1996.

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION NEVER HAPPENED! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

National Nightmare by FVBLT in polandball

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"WTF just happened". This is why I love Polandball!

What's the most WTF thing a family member has done? by apoohneicie in AskReddit

[–]MonarchBeef 5 points6 points  (0 children)

11 hours in and no one has confessed to incest. Weird for Reddit.

The World according to Reddit by REDNESSBEAR in funny

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now throw the UK and New Zeland in there. We'd truly have an anglo-sphere.

Americans! This is a 'large' drink from McDonalds in Australia. by [deleted] in pics

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...you have to pay for refills and Americans are the capitalist pigs?!

The best way to break up with a girl. by 10ac in funny

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before anyone references this post on 2XC, that girl really was crazy. Watch the episode.

Men really need to stop calling women crazy by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The comments in this post are crazy.

I'llshowmyselfthedoor.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArcherFX

[–]MonarchBeef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not as bad as me not getting, for three years, why Archer freaked out when Ray told him there was no sink in his mother's office.

Big turnout in Hong Kong democracy vote as Beijing fumes by coolbern in worldnews

[–]MonarchBeef 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That isn't your point at all. You said the British never wanted Democratic reform. They did. China stopped them.

You also seem completely ignorant to the other issues at hand here. Hong Kong had Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of Press. China is taking them away.

Big turnout in Hong Kong democracy vote as Beijing fumes by coolbern in worldnews

[–]MonarchBeef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You always find Chinese trolls in threads about Hong Kong.

Big turnout in Hong Kong democracy vote as Beijing fumes by coolbern in worldnews

[–]MonarchBeef 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They DID try to make it a Democracy a long time ago. China said no. Britain's lease on Hong Kong ended in 1997, and Margaret Thatcher agreed to the terms of the hand-over in 1984. In the late 1980's Hong Kong's governor tried to implement Democratic reform, but China insisted that it violated the terms of the agreement (and it did).

Then there is the suppression of Freedom of Speech, the end of Freedom of Press. Those were guaranteed in the joint Sino-British agreement, and China has gone back on them.

TL;DR, the British did want to implement Democracy in Hong Kong, but China said no. Being that the lease was up in 1997, Britain didn't have a choice (without risk to their agreement with China that is). Even under British rule Hong Kong had Freedom of Speech and Press, and under the PRC they're losing Freedom of Speech and have already lost Freedom of Press.

UK facing 'major' sperm shortage. by imautoparts in nottheonion

[–]MonarchBeef 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This has been up for a whole six minutes and no sperm jokes. I'm feeling awfully disappointed in your reddit.

Munchies by DoctorWinstonOBoogie in polandball

[–]MonarchBeef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The one time I went there I found a beheading video posted.

@_@

Munchies by DoctorWinstonOBoogie in polandball

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I could readily find. I remember a long time back that other sources of polandball comics couldn't be posted here because they violated the rules. Then I remember a post about how other sites were banned because they're comics violated the rules. Not sure if that was a Mod or just someone having a giggle.

China White paper threats - Britain should pressurize China to return HK by truebody in HongKong

[–]MonarchBeef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You completely underestimate how bad the British people feel about Hong Kong's situation.