I think journalism in the UK has dual problems when it comes to covering the royal family. There’s a tabloid press that is aggressive and willing to treat insane speculation as fact. But that is paired with a mainstream press that is at times passive, credulous, and deferential to the royal family. So readers are…

Yes, it’s pretty strange to insist that the takeaway from this story is, “See, conspiracy theorists, you were wrong all along!”

Saying “I have cancer” is like saying “I have a virus.” A deadly virus? Or one that you’ll get over in a few weeks? Cancer can kill you in 2 years or 200. Say what kind of cancer you have and people will hurl money at charities that research it. Do a favor to everyone with that specific type of cancer, Kate.

Like everyone said, no one with a heart wishes cancer on this woman and hopefully she makes a full recovery. I’m just surprised that no one has mentioned that when MM suffered a miscarriage and was suicidal, the royal family did f*** all to offer her time to heal privately. They fully expected her to go out and…

Just about all the stuff I saw about her wasn’t jokes at her expense, but rather being worried at her disappearance.

Agree.

forget being born into it; anyone who voluntarily chooses to join the british royal family should be treated with scorn and suspicion 100% of the time

Return the wealth back to their countries and I will lift the curse.

Fascinating to see how this has already altered the media narrative in exactly the way the palace will have wanted... now, of course, anyone who ever questioned the official story (and its terribly staged and/or photoshopped images) is clearly a heartless, uncaring individual because this poor woman has cancer, how…

Is that sarcasm?  Or are the AI bots that write the AV Club’s articles really that naive?  

If Kate didn’t want to be in the public eye then why did she release a badly photoshopped photo of herself? She could have just gone completely silent for a few weeks, but she chose not to.

Those “fucking ghouls” paid for the giant castle Kate and her family come home to after a long day of doing absolutely nothing, so I think it’s more than a fair trade that they occasionally get to express interest in what’s going on with the family that’s living off their tax money while contributing nothing to the…

If she wanted the public to ignore her, then choosing to release a badly photoshopped picture that absolutely no one asked for is a weird way to go about that.

Karma for being racist to Megan.

I mean, yeah, I’m not saying that the public has the right to immediately know everything that’s going on, even with someone in the royals’ position. And I have sympathy for the difficulty of dealing with tough personal decisions, especially when you’re under a spotlight. But my sympathy (about the privacy, not the…

“clamoring for details about a stranger’s private life”

The Gen Z fans on Twitter and other social media are kind of treating the show like it’s anime - shipping characters, obsessed with Aemond, etc. - and yeah as a fan of the books it makes no sense in context and is very annoying lol

I really appreciate the thoughtful response! I think we’re ultimately coming down to a difference in how widely we want to apply our definitions (and probably some bias on my part in terms of how I got to these games) since I’d also categorize Nioh (a franchise I love, at least from the second game onward, and into…

I disagree that Souls-like has a nebulous definition. It’s not about timing your attacks (this has always been a thing in gaming, long before the Souls games). A Souls-like first and foremost is a game that prioritizes not JUST penalties for dying, but putting an emphasis on its overall difficulty. On expecting you to…

Such a dumb, lazy, clueless way to describe what is a very unique game that has zero resemblance to Dark Souls. This site and its reviews are increasingly awful.