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victorz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  He did a fairly good job as the head of criminal prosecutions in the UK for around 5 years, and he was knighted to recognise that when he stepped down

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s… it? You can get knighted for being “fairly good” at your job for half a decade, and then quitting?

    Heck, I’m “fairly good” as a software developer. I’m pretty darn good actually, and have been working for more than half a decade, and I don’t intend to quit. Where do I queue for one of them knightings? 😅🗡️

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    • T156@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s… it? You can get knighted for being “fairly good” at your job for half a decade, and then quitting?

      Yes. Knighthood is generally up to the whims or the monarch. Although to make it there, it’s generally expected you have an achievement befitting one.

      But from what I recall, there’s little stopping his majesty from conferring a knighthood on Chief Mouser Larry for his research into the napping suitability of 10 Downing Street’s furniture if he wanted to do that.

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    • christophski@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hmm depends, were quite good as Head of Software Development for the United Kingdom?

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No. 😞 But maybe I could be, if all it takes is to be fairly good? 🥹

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    • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And how many millions of people are fairly good at being a software developer?

      I think “fairly good” was an understatement on my part… Tim Berners-Lee got a knighthood for being “fairly good” as a software developer, as he invented the worldwide web. Kier Starmer got a knighthood for being “fairly good” as a public procecutor for handling a number of cases of national importance extremely well. What have you done that has significantly changed the country for the better?

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sorry if it isn’t obvious – I’m facetiously joking in all of these comments. 😇 Just playing on the “fairly good” phrasing and memeing on it. 😉

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