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To not understand why anyone would not watch the Coronation?

519 replies

Katypp · 06/05/2023 13:53

OK, I get that you are an edgy republican, but are you not a little bit nosy?
And if you really don't care, why are you on every Coronation thread telling everyone you don't care? Why would you not just ignore them, as you don't care?
I personally have no time for the Royal family and think they should be abolished completely, but I can't imagine not watching such a big thing for the whole country, in the same way I watched the euro Cup final even though I could not name any of the players as I have no interest in football.
Why wouldn't you?

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DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 13:53

Because he’s a liar. Very simple.

dementedpixie · 06/05/2023 13:54

My TV isn't even on. Have no interest in watching it

SnotSnotSnottySnot · 06/05/2023 13:54

Not interested. Plus, Red Dwarf is on Dave

Katypp · 06/05/2023 13:54

But you not watching changes nothing. Are you not a little bit curious?

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whumpthereitis · 06/05/2023 13:55

I genuinely don’t care about it. Same reason I didn’t, and don’t, watch football 🤷🏻‍♀️

dementedpixie · 06/05/2023 13:55

No, not curious
Wouldn't watch football either

Vegetus · 06/05/2023 13:55

I didn't watch it because I find it boring. Would get more joy sitting down and watching paint dry tbh.

dementedpixie · 06/05/2023 13:56

I'm in Scotland so it feels very far removed from me. Have no interest in the monarchy. Basically I just don't care!

JulieHoney · 06/05/2023 13:56

Because a day in the garden is more productive and interesting. Because I can laugh at the Twitter comments when we stop for a tea break without the tedium of watching it. (I hear Penny Mordaunt played a blinder)

Because there’s plenty of rain forecast so why not make the most of the dry weather. Because planting sweetpeas is infinitely more satisfying than watching a tedious adulterer being handed magic items while his sex offender brother watches.

Dortmunder · 06/05/2023 13:56

Not curious about watching billionaires play dress up at all.

Katypp · 06/05/2023 13:56

Vegetus · 06/05/2023 13:55

I didn't watch it because I find it boring. Would get more joy sitting down and watching paint dry tbh.

Fair play, it was very boring. I had no idea, it would go on so long. But it was historic and I am glad I watched it

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Hummusanddipdip · 06/05/2023 13:56

I don't have a TV licence, so can't legally watch it.

I mean we might've chosen to watch it if we had a licence, but I won't pay for one, so we can't...

TooBigForMyBoots · 06/05/2023 13:57

My kid is watching You Tube. I did suggest we watch the Coronation but he was having none of it and I'm not that bothered.🤷‍♀️

Icedlatteplease · 06/05/2023 13:57

I watched a bit by accident. It was on a screen at a place we went to.

It looked ridiculous.

He has absolutely no natural majesty. For a figurehead natural majesty is about the only requirement for the job.

I'm not watching anymore. Viva la Republic!!

Aaron95 · 06/05/2023 13:58

I'm not an edgy republican, I just have zero interest in it. I get that some people want to watch it and that's fine but I have other things I would rather be doing.

HirplesWithHaggis · 06/05/2023 13:58

We're watching the livestream of the Indy rally in Glasgow, waiting for Alex's speech, and some rugby match or other. Not enough screens for Charlie too.

GuppytheCat · 06/05/2023 13:58

I had kittens to watch instead.

Sorry, your maj, there’s just no contest.

ImthatBoleyngirl · 06/05/2023 13:58

Not interested in the Royal family and I can't imagine anything more boring than watching the Coronation.

I also don't watch the World Cup/Euros because I don't like football. Big matches don't suddenly make football more interesting. IMO you either enjoy football or you don't.

JulieHoney · 06/05/2023 13:58

I wouldn’t watch the football either. Events can happen without my needing to watch them. I doubt football mer not the King give a stuff whether or not I watch, and there are geraniums that need planting where the dandelions were.

IhearyouClemFandango · 06/05/2023 13:58

I wouldn't watch the world cup either, don't really care.

But then neither are on my radar so I wouldn't go on about how I'm not watching them either.

QueefQueen80s · 06/05/2023 13:59

Watching the euro final is odd if you have no interest.

Tessisme · 06/05/2023 13:59

Is it today?

Jonei · 06/05/2023 13:59

Because it's boring. And I don't like KC.

DanceMonster · 06/05/2023 13:59

I don’t want to. I’m not interested in it all, so it would be weird to watch it, wouldn’t it? I’m not curious about it, and it sounds like it was boring anyway.

HoldingTheDoor · 06/05/2023 13:59

No I'm not at all curious. I have no interest in watching it(Is it still going?) And I have no interest in football. I didn't watch the Queen's funeral either.

I'm from the U.K so I've seen enough pomp and circumstance to know what approximately what sort of nonsense this involves even if I haven't witnessed a coronation before.