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Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?

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  • RainmanR Offline
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    Rainman
    wrote on last edited by Rainman
    #33

    @LuFins-Dad said in Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?:

    Everyone knows viewership numbers mean nothing.

    How do they get viewership numbers?
    Are "they" able to now ping TV sets, or is it still done by calling people and asking what they're watching?

    Maybe the methods are secret and proprietary?

    I watched more of the funeral last night via YouTube. Just extraordinary in all respects, a most beautiful tribute to hereditary privilege in a country where she set the standard for behavior.
    It is indeed sad for everyone, as we lose contact with those who were there, in WWII and before, and the wisdom garnered.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

      @LuFins-Dad said in Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?:

      I am a little curious about how many people in India watched it?

      The one thing that helped for viewing numbers is the timing. For the largest groups of the world population, it was on at a reasonable time.

      Does it really matter what the viewing numbers are?

      This isn't new, this is everything on television. Go to any broadcast or cable station and talk to them about buying an ad spot. They'll boast exposure numbers in anywhere between 6 or 8 digits. But what they don't tell you, which everyone should already know, is that these numbers are almost exclusively in bars, doctor's offices, the tech sections of Wal-Marts, etc., etc. So congratulations, you've purchased ad space for the most checked out and inattentive "audience" imaginable and you wasted your money.

      Everyone knows viewership numbers mean nothing.

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      wrote on last edited by Catseye3
      #34

      @Aqua-Letifer said in Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?:

      Does it really matter what the viewing numbers are?

      Idle curiosity. Not everything one wonders about has to matter per se.

      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      • Doctor PhibesD Online
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        wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
        #35

        Since people have been talking about little else for quite some time, at least at some point, I'd guess the viewing figures were pretty high.

        I bet Trump is pissed. He might fake his own death just to get back some attention.

        (I know, I know - living rent free in my head!)

        I was only joking

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        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

          Since people have been talking about little else for quite some time, at least at some point, I'd guess the viewing figures were pretty high.

          I bet Trump is pissed. He might fake his own death just to get back some attention.

          (I know, I know - living rent free in my head!)

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          Renauda
          wrote on last edited by Renauda
          #36

          @Doctor-Phibes

          Then on the third day after stage and reappear in a return from the grave rally for all to see and marvel.

          Elbows up!

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          • RenaudaR Renauda

            @Doctor-Phibes

            Then on the third day after stage and reappear in a return from the grave rally for all to see and marvel.

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            wrote on last edited by Catseye3
            #37

            @Renauda
            Which no one would attend, being busy watching YouTube reruns of the Queen's funeral.

            Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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            • Catseye3C Catseye3

              @Renauda
              Which no one would attend, being busy watching YouTube reruns of the Queen's funeral.

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              #38

              @Catseye3

              Well there might be a couple or three attendees.

              Elbows up!

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              • RainmanR Rainman

                @LuFins-Dad said in Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?:

                Everyone knows viewership numbers mean nothing.

                How do they get viewership numbers?
                Are "they" able to now ping TV sets, or is it still done by calling people and asking what they're watching?

                Maybe the methods are secret and proprietary?

                I watched more of the funeral last night via YouTube. Just extraordinary in all respects, a most beautiful tribute to hereditary privilege in a country where she set the standard for behavior.
                It is indeed sad for everyone, as we lose contact with those who were there, in WWII and before, and the wisdom garnered.

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                wrote on last edited by
                #39

                @Rainman said

                It is indeed sad for everyone, as we lose contact with those who were there, in WWII and before, and the wisdom garnered.

                A good point, and QE2 was unique being a leader who had served during the last world war and learned directly from those involved in both world wars, even the Boer War (Churchill).
                I've heard HM described as a 'Golden link', back to a time before living memory (if that makes sense).

                There must still be thousands around the world who served in WW2, but all now over 90 years old?

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                • RenaudaR Renauda

                  @Catseye3

                  Well there might be a couple or three attendees.

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                  @Renauda said in Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?:

                  @Catseye3

                  Well there might be a couple or three attendees.

                  I’m sure I saw a few.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • MikM Mik

                    @Renauda said in Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?:

                    @Catseye3

                    Well there might be a couple or three attendees.

                    I’m sure I saw a few.

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                    @Mik

                    [Newfie accent] Crawl up me arse, bye*. [\Newfie accent]

                    • translation from Newfoundlander = You don’t say; go on with you.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      Since people have been talking about little else for quite some time, at least at some point, I'd guess the viewing figures were pretty high.

                      I bet Trump is pissed. He might fake his own death just to get back some attention.

                      (I know, I know - living rent free in my head!)

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                      #42

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Informal Poll - Did you watch the Queen’s funeral?:

                      Since people have been talking about little else for quite some time, at least at some point, I'd guess the viewing figures were pretty high.

                      I bet Trump is pissed. He might fake his own death just to get back some attention.

                      (I know, I know - living rent free in my head!)

                      Sure you're not paying him rent? 😄

                      How else could Trump appear in a QE funeral thread?

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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