"why do they keep showing this every 5 minutes? what has she ever done? oh who gives a fuck about her? fuck her!"

- my dad regarding the queen mother (translated to english)

sometimes i wonder where i get it from!

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if you're wondering how is it that the media can compile such exhaustive retrospectives and biographies about a famous person when he/she dies, it's because they edit and prepare the pieces before the person is even dead. if it's widely known a public figure will die soon, documentarites and specials are produced while the person is still alive, but will only air once that said person has passed on. they're produced usually with various holes so they can edit live reactions from friends and admirers in to those spots later. that's why the sunday paper is able to print a 12 page special report on the queen mother. that's why there was a 30 minute retrospective on the life of pierre trudeau the same night he died.

why do i know this? i know a lot of (useless) things.