Ah, interesting. That'll be the first time the simple man can see part of the consequences he voted for (if he is a Brexiteer). And the other half (Remainers) can wave those leaflets in front of their friends and blame them properly for it. Good times, looking forward to the next 2 months.
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Yes, well.. it's hard not to be. The alternative would be I-Told-You-Soism.
Oh heck, we can do both. Why be stingy...
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I know, Slant - but we've already had this discussion...
It just pisses me off.
You know, fundamentally, we're probably all here because at some point or another we've played WoW.
For all I know, I may have been guilded with the schadenfreude-loving Belgian above. Now he / she's baying for our blood?
Yep - cheers.
Edit... it's not the way forward.
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Adele?
Not nearly strong enough, I'd suggest The Doors:
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend
The end
skip to the [Bridge]
Come on baby, take a chance with us
Come on baby, take a chance with us
Come on baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Of the blue bus, on the blue bus, on the blue bus
Come on yeah
Fuck, fuck
Fuck fuck, fuck, fuck
Come on baby, fuck me baby yeah
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
Come on baby, fuck me baby
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
Come on
Fuck fuck
Alright
Fuck fuck
Kill, kill, kill, kill
Dude, did you actually think the UK going "Fuck you, we're out! And while we do that, we'll keep our dick in your gf, too!" would go down well with the rest of Europe? Seriously, what reaction do you expect?
Just the best of, I'm speaking from the supposed British viewpoint now:
1. We'll scratch anything that we don't like, reintroduce border controls and generally do away with any rules we don't like.
2. We will reject European jurisdiction over the rules that we deem acceptable.
3. We expect the EU to conform to our ideas and solve the problem of Northern Ireland for us.
4. Preferably, that solution would involve the UK having free reign on the international trade market, while also having free access to the single market.
5. EU complaints that we are now the sole entry point to the EU and can snatch up any profit on the way that we like have to cease immediately.
Please, tell me that any of those things haven't at some point demanded by the UK. No, I am on the continent, I don't give a shit who's Remainer or Brexiteer. That is what it looks like from our side. Absolut petulant and arrogant behaviour. But that is not enough, the UK again and again points the finger at the EU and blames us for it? They have blamed the EU for pretty much 40 years. The culmination being that we're somehow stealing their sovereignity and enrich ourselves on their cost.
Enough is enough. I'm done with righteous people telling me that the UK don't deserve the most ridicule that a German can bring. I just wish our papers would sink to your papers standards, you'd have fun reading them before the next football game. Talk about holding a grudge. Nah man, you can take it. You can take a lot more of this. You've had your fun for 70 years at our expense, it's time to turn the table now, methinks.
I'm not pissed off at British people. But if you're sitting there demanding from me that I behave myself and not in some dark corner of my brain chuckle at you lot and your country's Government, you're quite delusional. Admit it, the circus in Parliament has to be amusing even for you.
To make it clear, you deserve all of the ridicule and Schadenfreude. Or, as the proverb goes: The laugh is on the loser. Sounds odd to me, but is probably the closest translation for Wer den Schaden hat, braucht für den Spott nicht zu sorgen.
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Not sure Nigel feels the tickling of the funny-bone at the parliament antics. It is after all a lot like being tied to a bomb and watching the EOD team arguing over who gets to cut the red wire and whether or not choosing the red wire means they've embraced communism or symbolically severed it - all as the timer gets ever closer to zero.
The UK as a whole pretty much planted themselves in the nettle-field, but individual Brits might have done all they can to avoid it and are just stuck with what the rest of the country made.
You think I enjoy a political unstable nation nearby? Your political class has set a lot of bad blood over the years but I'm well aware this brexit debacle is a two edged blade.
So no I'm saying it's going to suck because it is really going no prediction has any positive under tone in this.
The only one I can think of is the unfair advantage the UK had in the EU is gone and gone for good. That and this wierd flip flops one time expanding the EU the other being completely irrational obstructionists.
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Not really.
We do not like watching our fellow Europeans inflict self-harm upon themselves--even those who have another sense of humour and sometimes do not understand ours.
That post you quoted for example is unlikely to have been an expression of schadenfreude, more like resigned sympathy expressed in a away that acknowledges that we are better off and thus our commisseration only reflects your pain. It also takes into account that people do not like to accept help, therefore the offer itself is never explicitly stated, but it is made clear that one will be in reach. (See how complicated and wordy it is to explain this? That's why, usually, it is only implied.)
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See, this is another example of it
By overdoing it he expresses that he is there, too. (He probably won't explicitly admit to the implied meaning, though.)
His next post kind of proves it, he gets offended that you rejected (misunderstood) his sentiment.
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The best option is to cancel it and have brexiteers flogged publically. Alas, we are civilised now..
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As long as Germans forgive all the times I butchered their language while learning it at school. All these Der, Die and Das. How is a non speaker supposed to know which goes where. Then after that the er, e, en es.
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One is never too civilized for a good old fashioned public flogging.
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13/11/2022 Sir Keir Starmer. "Brexit is safe in my hands, Let me be really clear about Brexit. There is no case for going back into the EU and no case for going into the single market or customs union. Freedom of movement is over"
https://www.ft.com/content/72252768-...9-4b5ddcca99b3
Sorry to say, but Britain will owe EU regardless. You don't just get to skip out on payments because you don't want to make them.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...an-latest-odds
Leaving without any deal would mean an immediate Brexit, without the 21-month transition period agreed upon with Brussels.
The House of Lords reported this will also mean forfeiting the £39 billion bill the UK will have to pay the EU.
The people who would have to write the cheque disagree, if they won't write it, what then?
13/11/2022 Sir Keir Starmer. "Brexit is safe in my hands, Let me be really clear about Brexit. There is no case for going back into the EU and no case for going into the single market or customs union. Freedom of movement is over"
Yeah, that'll be a great foundation for your upcoming trade talks, having a history of not paying your dues and simply ignoring what you've signed up for.
Hey, how about we work together? - Wait, aren't you the one that left their last partner sitting on the bill? - Yeah, about that, how about we share pay? You in?