The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XLI

[Cutlass]

"Commonwealth" would be the name with the great historical resonance, and is understood as less stridently republican than "Republic" (Australia uses the name while retaining the monarchy, for example), so would probably be seen as a reconciliatory gesture.

But they might go the Canada root and just become "Great Britain", with no official description.

Wouldn't "Average Britain" be a more contemporary descriptor?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Hopefully, if the monarchy was ever dissolved, Ireland would be one country again. And I don't mean a state like N. Ireland.

King Charles or King George William might free N. Ireland from British rule. Both are more progressive than Lizzy.

 

[Takhisis]

United Commonwealth or Commonwealth of Britain or?

Commonwealth of Britain. None of the ‘united’, please.

 

[Synobun]

What's the gold standard for webcams these days? The last time I bought one was 8 years ago and it was a LifeCam, and I'm guessing that's no longer the case given all the HD streaming that's happening these days.

Answer: Logitech C920.

 

[Broken_Erika]

My last webcam had the quality of something that came out of a box of breakfast cereal.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I have a Logitech C270. It works great and it was relatively cheap. I guess if you were streaming live porn you might want something better, but this does fine for meeting with patients.

 

[Synobun]

I have a Logitech C270. It works great and it was relatively cheap. I guess if you were streaming live porn you might want something better, but this does fine for meeting with patients.

How did you know?

 

[shadowplay]

I can't identify the orange fruit. Any guesses?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Dragon fruit? Passion fruit? Imagine dragons fruit?

 

[Synobun]

Imagine dragons fruit?

lol

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Sapodilla fruit? I'm fairly certain its sapodilla. I can't link to the images on mobile, but Google it and look for images of the fruit cut across the equator of the fruit.
Edit: Got it

 

[shadowplay]

I think it might be persimmon.

Spoiler :

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Yeah that looks right

 

[Valka D'Ur]

King Charles or King George might free N. Ireland from British rule. Both are more progressive than Lizzy.

What about William? George is just a little kid right now.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Yeah William....

 

[GinandTonic]

Who the monarch is really has no bearing on NI. It'll be whatever the people want it be be.

 

[Samson]

Who the monarch is really has no bearing on NI. It'll be whatever the people want it be be.

For some values of "the people".

Though whatever its problems, the last 22 years has had a lower death rate than quite a lot of 22 years periods, so the current system has something going for it.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Who the monarch is really has no bearing on NI. It'll be whatever the people want it be be.

They can influence public opinion.

 

[Traitorfish]

United Commonwealth or Commonwealth of Britain or?

I would imagine just "Commonwealth of Britain". The use of "United Kingdom" as a standalone name to describe the country is kind of a late twentieth century neologism, a way of stepping around sticky questions of national identity, so it doesn't have the same sort of historical traction as "United States". Prior to the Second World War, it was just "Great Britain", and you would only encounter the description "United Kingdom" in the context of the full formal name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

 

[Broken_Erika]

Just call it the Former United Kingdom.