UnblessedSoul
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2 billion watching...what
William & Kate Royal Wedding |OT| 2000 Guests, 8000 Media, Est.2Billion Watching
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Jedeye Sniv
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Wes said:
The last thing i remember that was similar was Diana's funeral, the shops were deserted then (but open nonetheless!). My local comic store is closedthough, that sucks.
And thanks, I'll need it
Jeff Albertson
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It seems like every third post in this thread is either, 'no way 2 billion' or 'I'm not interested it's boring'
If you're not interested why post in the OT? Do you go through every thread on the gaming side saying 'I am not intersted in this game and can't see why anybody should be'
Either way I'm looking forward to the spectacle, should be fun, I think I'll bust out the England shirt for the first time since the World Cup.
If you're not interested why post in the OT? Do you go through every thread on the gaming side saying 'I am not intersted in this game and can't see why anybody should be'
Either way I'm looking forward to the spectacle, should be fun, I think I'll bust out the England shirt for the first time since the World Cup.
JonathanEx
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Tricky I Shadow
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**yawn**
Apple Sauce
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I don't think people really know why they're watching this themselves.
Everyone I know that is watching seems to have vauge thoughts of: "Royal Wedding -> Proud to be British -> Might as well watch it". For old people it's just the thing to do.
At best this is an excuse for a day off and a chance to get pissed and eat party food. At worst this is a celebration of a quintessential British institution.
ITT: Americans act confused at people's displays of irrational, mindless patriotism like they haven't had the monopoly on that shit for decades.
Everyone I know that is watching seems to have vauge thoughts of: "Royal Wedding -> Proud to be British -> Might as well watch it". For old people it's just the thing to do.
At best this is an excuse for a day off and a chance to get pissed and eat party food. At worst this is a celebration of a quintessential British institution.
ITT: Americans act confused at people's displays of irrational, mindless patriotism like they haven't had the monopoly on that shit for decades.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
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Jason's Ultimatum
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R2D4 said:
Jedeye Sniv said:The last thing i remember that was similar was Diana's funeral, the shops were deserted then (but open nonetheless!). My local comic store is closedthough, that sucks.
And thanks, I'll need it
Something I remember quite vividly about Diana's funeral was my bemusement at seeing no traffic on the M1. Just nothing in either direction. I don't imagine it'll be like that tomorrow though.
Xilium
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From what I can tell, anything that claims to have 1B+ viewers is based almost purely on speculation (and I'm sure some highly exaggerated counting methods as admitted by FIFA and the NFL).StuBurns said:
Anyway, it'll pull in a lot of viewers simply cause every broadcast channel the world wide will be showing it.
adamsappel
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I didn't see this answered, but I thought it was fairly well established that Hewitt didn't even meet Diana until Harry was around 2 years old. Besides, even if he was, Harry doesn't have much better to look forward to:SmokyDave said:On the left is Diana's 'friend', James Hewitt...
Mmm hmm.
VelvetMouth
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Apple Sauce said:
It's just some Gaffers trying to act above it all. For every Gaffer yawning at the wedding there are thousands upon thousands of Americans who can't get enough. Our local news affiliate sent people over to report on the wedding for the past week. If you dare to read Yahoo reader comments on wedding stories, even the Amerika Fuck Yeah! crowd are talking about America and it's good friend the UK and how we will stand together bullshit and how great the Queen is.
Last night I tried to find some news on the tornadoes. CNN and Anderson Cooper were all about the wedding. Tried Fox News, they had a couple of minutes of breaking news to update on the weather and then switched back to SKY news so that we could watch British coverage.
TheFuryMGS3
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I am amazed that the world is so into these two getting married. I find it fascinating that those in the UK are fine supporting a vestigial branch of government.
Jason's Ultimatum
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VelvetMouth said:
More like it shows how tawdry our society really is.
VelvetMouth
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adamsappel said:I didn't see this answered, but I thought it was fairly well established that Hewitt didn't even meet Diana until Harry was around 2 years old. Besides, even if he was, Harry doesn't have much better to look forward to:
Not only did they meet long after Harry's birth but if there was any chance that Hewitt was Harry's father, he would demanding DNA tests and money everyday of the week. The guy is scum.
Harry takes after Diana's family. At Diana's funeral he looked like the twin brother of one of her sister's sons. He also looks a lot like Earl Spencer.
MarkMclovin
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Why are so many people vexed about there being an estimated 2bn people watching the wedding?
It's all estimation/guesswork/specualtion when you reach such high numbers. Should they not estimate because some people wont believe what they come up with? This is the media, they love throwing around numbers.Xilium said:
The only "authoritive" piece of research regarding record global television numbers I could find was this article which has exact figures (or as exact as they can be) correlated from agencies such as Nielsen saying the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was watched by a global audience of 984m (593m of whom watched all 4 hours in it's entirety).
VelvetMouth
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Jason's Ultimatum said:
Yes because getting excited over a royal wedding once every 20+ years is so much more tawdrier than watching Jersey Shore, 16 and Pregnant and a bunch of overpaid goons running after a ball every Sunday and then spending hundreds of dollars on jerseys to show your support of said goons.
Mecha_Infantry
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2 BILLION?!
WHAT?? NEVER
OMG I'M NOT WATCHING IT
*yaaaawn*
smh
Ps* Jay & Silentbob will be covering it live, so you know I'm going to be watching that!
WHAT?? NEVER
OMG I'M NOT WATCHING IT
*yaaaawn*
smh
Ps* Jay & Silentbob will be covering it live, so you know I'm going to be watching that!
VGChampion
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I wish I was over there this week. But I do wonder what all the citizens think of the American's over there. They made a joke about it on the Today show earlier about it.
VelvetMouth
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LQX said:
Silly me. I forgot to go into an OT thread act misserable and uninterested. What can I do to redeem myself, should I type *yawn*, is that edgy enough?
Your Excellency
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Why is nobody talking about the dress?!
VelvetMouth
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LQX said:
The only issue I had is with people in this thread saying stuff like people who watch this need better lives, how boring it is, who cares, it's tawdry when we spend time watching far worse shit on television.
Mecha_Infantry
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Your Excellency
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CHEEZMO said:
Yeah but who's it gonna be? Anyone really think she has the balls to come out in the outlandish Alexander McQueen Ice Queen outfit that many seem to be predicting?
J-Roderton
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Divvy said:
We have no royal system in the U.S. so people are just fascinated by this sort of thing. If we did, no one would watch that shit if it were aired, like they do with the William and Kate wedding.
What makes me confused more than anything is the (mostly American, but often not) 'all or nothing' stance that decrees the British monarchy a threat to the very fabric of democracy itself. I believe it comes from the same crowd that labels Obama 'left wing'/'socialist' because he isn't as right-wing as Rush Limbaugh.
Will be watching tomorrow. Unlike people doing their best impressions of ostriches in this thread, I can acknowledge the importance of tomorrow's event even if I don't in theory like the existence of the Royal Family.
Will be watching tomorrow. Unlike people doing their best impressions of ostriches in this thread, I can acknowledge the importance of tomorrow's event even if I don't in theory like the existence of the Royal Family.
JonathanEx
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Suairyu said:
I'm of a similar view. I've been annoyed by a lot of the faff in the runup to the event, but the event itself... it'll be a nice day, good to do something as a country, should be nice and golly and wish them the best and it's an important moment.
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