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The same thing as any major political figure. They're a major political figure. If a member of the President's family were marrying, at least while said President was in office or otherwise relevant, there would be plenty of people invested in seeing the wedding.

Plus isn't the one marrying heir to the throne? I'd imagine that's a big deal if you care about succession.

edited 19th May '18 12:16:53 PM by sgamer82

Harry is currently sixth in line to the throne. In practice he's effectively out of the line of succession.

The way Elizabeth is going, many think Charles is out of the running.

For Harry to become King, he'd need to outlive his grandmother (barring complications, probable), his father (also probable), his brother (possible), two nephews and a niece (unlikely). However, there is still enough of a chance that the Queen had to officially sign off on his marriage.

Also that. Charles isn't looking too healthy.

edited 19th May '18 2:15:56 PM by lakingsif

I mean, this all implies monarchy is important. Which it isn't. Neither is royalty in general.

If you think the weddings are bad, look at projections of what will happen when (if?) the Queen dies.

What's the projection on that?

Is the one about how it's projected to cost the UK economy several billion pounds in direct costs and lost productivity?

...what the flying fuck? Fucking rich assholes, ugh.

All I would like is for it not to clog up all the news channels instead of real news like the school shooting. Even CNN went in on it, and they're american! I imagine that when the queen dies, the BBC will impose a three day mourning period and make it all about her.

Keep in mind that the networks had most likely been planning their coverage for months in advance, and weren't about to effectively burn all the money invested in it.

And Operation London Bridge is a tad more complicated than that.

Denny's have commented on the story about the trans woman being harassed in their loos.

Long story short there line is "We support trans people...but one of our managers saw drug paraphernalia! Honest!".

We should probably move on from the monarchy, it is off topic — especially should not be mentioned again because a lot of people like and respect the Royal Family and some of the comments have been particularly offensive.

How on Earth is it offensive to point out the ludicrous nature of monarchy, royalty, and nobility? They aren't being oppressed for existing.

So dragging things mostly back on topic, I've been trying to get my head around voice training again.

This might help or it might not.

That seems really useful, and a bonus is the host seems approachable and friendly enough for people who may feel uncomfortable having to think about the subject matter to make it through the whole video

I bet everyone who's transitioning is really looking forward to the "listen to yourself, listen to a cis woman you really like, and compare" step. That sounds delightful and affirming from the beginning.

Well yeah. It's not like any of my insecurities come from comparing myself to other women all the damn time or anything.

voice feminization is fucking awful, I can't do it at all

edited 21st May '18 1:40:07 PM by golgothasArisen

It's really common to feel that way that voice feminization is going nowhere - first hurdle is to listen to your own voice. I despise listening to my own voice and a lotta folk do. My sister is always worried about her voice but it sounds much more feminine than it did even a few months ago. But I'm always surprised how weird my accent is, it's like slightly Welsh and sort of posh if that makes sense.

I can recommend a free app called Voice Pitch Analyzer (note the American spelling).

It basically lets you see what sort of pitch you're speaking at and lets you keep track of how you're doing.

It only works on pitch (there's other stuff like intonation), but I've found it really useful for day-to-day vocal practise.

I wish you well with your voice.

I've tried it, but it really doesn't feel accurate at all. one of my cisfem friends said it called their voice masculine, which kind of presents the issue with judging masculinity and femininity based off of pitch alone: there are some really low-voiced cisgirls and really high-voiced cisguys. the pitch isn't the only major factor in how your voice sounds.

this also contributes to just how fucking difficult it is to sound feminine.

Indeed pitch has something to do with masculinity and feminine voicing but not too much, occasionally emotions can affect it as well.

George Takei's accuser now admits assault 'may not have happened'

In short he decided he'd misinterpreted an awkward situation.