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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 74 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Wrong 80+ year old world leader...

Death is really fucking it up this year.

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

L̶̨̯͗̂͘o̵͚͐o̵͈͙̽̓k̵͍̪͗̉,̶̧̥͆ ̸̯̝͑̄̓Ḭ̴͔̤̇̋͗'̶̥̄̕v̵̜͂̂͌e̷̦̋̿ ̴̢͎̈́b̵͎̝͂̿̋ë̴̳́̆e̴̥͈̺͑n̵̨̏͐ ̸̯̯̂h̶̩͂a̶̮͌͊v̸̞̰̎͜i̴̫͉͐ͅn̸̘͛ḡ̴̢̫̱͝ ̶͙̎̎t̴̺͐̏̀r̶̜̘̞̓͝͝ờ̸̗͑u̶̹̒̀ḇ̸͋̍̌l̸̹͋̓e̸̳͆͊s̴̛̠̟̯̃ ̴̮̲̭̾͊̅ã̷͈̣͛͠ṭ̴̣͒͐͝ ̸̳͋ḧ̷̥̟̂̍o̶̡̜͕̎m̷̦̲̜̊̚̕ě̵̠̰̳͒̍ ̸̰̦͕̌̓̇ā̸̡͉͛͊ṅ̶̦̔́d̶̥̥͑͆ ̵̢̭͍͐́m̷̨͖̔͐͘ý̶͉͒̄ ̷͙̙͙͒̚͝s̴̛͓k̸̳̥̿͐u̸̮͝l̵̔͌ͅl̸̤̃̓͑ ̷̢̬̼̌͆h̶̡̹͔͝a̷͖͎̲̋̄͠s̶̡̓n̶͚͐'̴̯͕̥̇̑̏ẗ̴͈́ ̵̱̫̄̓͝ͅb̷̦̫̈́̊e̴̟͖͙͊e̴̻͂͝ņ̸̰̞̑ ̷̯̝̬͐̾i̴̖͙̳̐͘͠n̶̦͕͒̽ͅ ̷̻͐̉͗ṱ̸͉̒̑̈́h̷̻͈̅̀̾ẹ̸͑ ̴̟͕̥̄g̸͚̹̐̈́̄ą̷͍̈́͝m̶̠͕͝e̴̲̿̈́ ̶͖͉͍̿͛l̸̥̰̒á̶̮̘ͅṱ̴͇̽́͋e̴͙͇̚l̴͉̰̼̑y̵̼̱̽̓͝.̶̠̌ ̴̛̲̮͇̏̕ ̴̱̆̉Ś̷̹͘͝e̸̗̯͎͛͐ë̸̤́͝ ̸̺̥̿y̵̹̩̐͋͝ó̸̟̘̯u̶͈̓̕͝ ̴͍̆̂̌s̸̱͖͘͝ọ̴̅͂o̷̜̮̠͋̊n̸̬̪̲̓̕̕.̷̛̳͐̅

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Fuck off death. No one likes to hear your damn excuses. Finish the job you started like an adult. I cannot be plainer. While we are at it, return Dolly and Tim, or else.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My wife's grandmother had a grudge against his older sister.

[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure which it was, but I know that Ragnhilde did visit.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So many more questions now.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I probably don't have many more answers, but I saw a picture of Princess Ragnhilde visiting, oh Astrid visited too.

https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/21274

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

During ww2 her mother (my wife's great granny) had a job as a secretary or office assistant or something at the Royal Norwegian Air Force base in exile in Toronto. In preparation for the royal Christmas visit great granny was tasked with buying a dress to be given as Christmas present to the princess. I guess she took it home to wrap it, and my wife's grandmother saw it and was incensed that her mom had bought some stranger a nicer gift than her.

[–] Craccoon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Damnit, the wrong guy died. I guess there's always next time.

[–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

80 something year old head of state dies

It isn't Trump

Keep trying, Universe. You'll get there eventually.

[–] oyzmo@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He was a wise and kind king. Loved by his people. The world is a bitt less without him. 😢

[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh no! A royalty died!

Anyway...

[–] diocesegoldmine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

lmfao of course treating the upper class leeches the way they treat us gets downvoted.

[–] Kuma@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Just for information for you and everyone else. This king is very special. He is called by the Norwegians grandpa, they feel very close to him. So I assume that is the reason for the down votes. I don't think they feel the same for the rest of the Royal family, Harald is just very special for all of the Norwegians. I have heard he was a very kind and compassionate king. But it is better to ask a Norwegian about it.

[–] GeirGrusom@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Yes, most Norwegians loved the guy regardless of what they think about the monarchy.

[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No king is special, no king has ever deserved his crown, and he better had beed good to his people. I know I'd be too if all it took for my ass to get a crown was just to pop out of my mother.

[–] Kuma@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It doesn’t really matter whether he deserves it or not if he moved the Norwegians then that is enough to be special for them. Not for you and I because we didn't grow up with him, but to the ppl who did.

It is a fact that norwegians are mourning him national wide and it is a huge "event" for them, they care about him deeply.

I don’t understand how they feel, but I respect their feelings and wanted to share the information so that everyone can make an informed decision about how they interact with the news.

[–] Craccoon@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Exactly. Fuck em.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

I declare holmgang for the throne

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] AnitaBonita@futurology.today 1 points 46 minutes ago

Your AI slop bores me

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

King Harald was going to the opening of the Johan Sverdrup oil field, until people pointed out that celebrating profiting by causing a mass-extinction probably isn't that great.

FuckRoyalty FuckOilIndustry FuckCars