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> "The hilariousness of it," Donoughue added, "is that they restricted one of my member's accounts, and he's a Lord." Maybe there's something about British cla

> "The hilariousness of it," Donoughue added, "is that they restricted one of my member's accounts, and he's a Lord." Maybe there's something about British class relations that I'm missing (I'm not British) -- can anyone explain why it's particularly hilarious or even unexpected that they would have restricted a "Lord"'s account, as opposed to anyone else's? (Tangential question: does "Lord" here mean a member of the House of Lords? Or anyone with an aristocratic title? Or something else?)

beaconstudios 8y ago
> Maybe there's something about British class relations that I'm missing (I'm not British) -- can anyone explain why it's particular hilarious or even unexpected that they would have restricted a "Lord"'s account, as opposed to anyone else's? Not really. I think he's just saying that these filters are meant to keep out the cheating proles, but in this instance they banned a true-blue member of the British Aristocracy! I kid, but no - we really don't assign any great value to aristocracy. Not us common folk anyway. Except the queen, she's wonderful. It mostly means you may have a family estate (see: expensive mansion) now but even most of those have been sold off. > (Tangential question: does "Lord" here mean a member of the House of Lords? Or anyone with an aristocratic title? Or something else?) The house of lords used to be all aristocracy but my understanding is that they let any old bugger wander in now. Mostly MPs who rank up I believe.
- umanwizard 8y ago
  In most countries, politicians wouldn’t say “hilariously, this even affected a rich person!” which is why I thought there must be more to it.
  - beaconstudios 8y ago
    the aristocracy and their associate bum-scratchers do still hang around, and to them it may well be hilariously crass that a bookkeeper might ban a member of the elite. But I don't think it's much different now compared to other elite castes. I don't doubt there are people out there who would find it funny if a Saudi prince or a tech billionaire was banned from a casino.
  - ethbro 8y ago
    Glad you said something. I also go to that sentence and had a moment of culture confusion. For reference, I suppose the nearest we'd have here in the US would be "... and he's a Roosevelt / Kennedy!"
DoreenMichele 8y ago
I'm not British, but I would take it to mean "They placed limitations on some rich guy's account." when those limitations are ostensibly intended for deadbeats.
- TylerE 8y ago
  Not just money.... OLD money, or at least old property, much of which is actually ruinously expensive to keep up.
- valuearb 8y ago
  Not deadbeats, sharps, an entirely different thing.
dmurray 8y ago
I read this as if it's unlikely the customer is an advantage bettor, he would be (stereotypically) well off and easy with his money, rather than analytical. Here Lord means someone in the House of Lords.
adw 8y ago
Member of the House of Lords. It's fairly clear from context: "secretariat for an all-party parliamentary group that focuses on gaming" But any member of the House of Lords has the aristocratic title – probably as a life peerage.

beaconstudios 8y ago

> Maybe there's something about British class relations that I'm missing (I'm not British) -- can anyone explain why it's particular hilarious or even unexpected that they would have restricted a "Lord"'s account, as opposed to anyone else's? Not really. I think he's just saying that these filters are meant to keep out the cheating proles, but in this instance they banned a true-blue member of the British Aristocracy! I kid, but no - we really don't assign any great value to aristocracy. Not us common folk anyway. Except the queen, she's wonderful. It mostly means you may have a family estate (see: expensive mansion) now but even most of those have been sold off. > (Tangential question: does "Lord" here mean a member of the House of Lords? Or anyone with an aristocratic title? Or something else?) The house of lords used to be all aristocracy but my understanding is that they let any old bugger wander in now. Mostly MPs who rank up I believe.

umanwizard 8y ago
In most countries, politicians wouldn’t say “hilariously, this even affected a rich person!” which is why I thought there must be more to it.
- beaconstudios 8y ago
  the aristocracy and their associate bum-scratchers do still hang around, and to them it may well be hilariously crass that a bookkeeper might ban a member of the elite. But I don't think it's much different now compared to other elite castes. I don't doubt there are people out there who would find it funny if a Saudi prince or a tech billionaire was banned from a casino.
- ethbro 8y ago
  Glad you said something. I also go to that sentence and had a moment of culture confusion. For reference, I suppose the nearest we'd have here in the US would be "... and he's a Roosevelt / Kennedy!"

DoreenMichele 8y ago

I'm not British, but I would take it to mean "They placed limitations on some rich guy's account." when those limitations are ostensibly intended for deadbeats.

TylerE 8y ago
Not just money.... OLD money, or at least old property, much of which is actually ruinously expensive to keep up.
valuearb 8y ago
Not deadbeats, sharps, an entirely different thing.

dmurray 8y ago

I read this as if it's unlikely the customer is an advantage bettor, he would be (stereotypically) well off and easy with his money, rather than analytical. Here Lord means someone in the House of Lords.

adw 8y ago

Member of the House of Lords. It's fairly clear from context: "secretariat for an all-party parliamentary group that focuses on gaming" But any member of the House of Lords has the aristocratic title – probably as a life peerage.