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Queen Elizabeth II has died

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2827 points xd | 1 comments | 08 Sep 22 17:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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saberience ◴[08 Sep 22 17:52 UTC] No.32769157[source]▶
It's weird, I've never considered myself a "royalist" but this news has affected me quite strongly. I just burst into tears unexpectedly on hearing this news and I don't quite understand why I feel so very sad. I guess I have grown up and lived my whole life (as a Brit) seeing and hearing the Queen, singing "God save the Queen" etc, and this news made me suddenly feel very old, very nostalgic, with the sense that all things pass in time, which makes my heart ache deeply.
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NoraCodes ◴[08 Sep 22 18:24 UTC] No.32769757[source]▶
meanwhile, Irish Twitter and TikTok have been absolutely ablaze with celebration...
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1. hackerlight ◴[09 Sep 22 04:35 UTC] No.32775335[source]▶
The hashtag #IrishTwitter that artificially gets pumped up by Twitter's recommendation algorithm does not equal Irish Twitter, and it certainly does not equal Ireland.