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Hentai Jihadist posted:I was talking with some friends about what are the actual historical traits of britain Recently Not Getting Invaded has been kind of our thing
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Last time the UK was invited it was because they sent a letter saying: "Would you mind terribly invading us and deposing our king?" It worked.
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Dec 26, 2018 11:12
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Captain Splendid posted:Last time the UK was invited it was because they sent a letter saying: extremely british typo
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Dec 26, 2018 13:32
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I'd also go with obsession with authority and arbitrary rules and Amateur and unserious government Which combines to make the fun situation we have today where parliament is pulling all the levers marked "depose May" and finding out none of them work. Then being utterly powerless after she casts the "tomorrow" spell. Also the other trait would be a firm belief that if there is information in the public's interest to know then it's not in the public interest for them to be told it.
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The UK still manages to surprise once in a while. https://twitter.com/onlxn/status/1077961884152750080
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Hentai Jihadist posted:I was talking with some friends about what are the actual historical traits of britain Having 0 honor, apparently, because quote:The use of the adjective "perfidious" to describe England has a long history; instances have been found as far back as the 13th century. lol at perfidious Albion the USA learned that lesson well, as the natives can surely attest e: quote:In 2012, Fabian Picardo, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, used the phrase to describe the UK government's position on the UN Decolonisation Committee: "Perfidious Albion, for this reason ... The position of the United Kingdom is as usual so nuanced that it's difficult to see where they are on the spectrum, but look that's what Britain's like and we all love being British."[10] lmao
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it just rolls off the tongue in both english and french, use it all the time regardless of social context
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Captain Splendid posted:Last time the UK was invited it was because they sent a letter saying: *Starts frantically searching for the right dutch protestant king*
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prefect posted:The UK still manages to surprise once in a while. Tbf Macron did his "please calm down" speech to the gilets jaunes from behind a golden desk. Turns out abolishing the monarchy without outlawing gaudy furniture results in an incomplete revolution
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Bryter posted:Tbf Macron did his "please calm down" speech to the gilets jaunes from behind a golden desk. Turns out abolishing the monarchy without outlawing gaudy furniture results in an incomplete revolution 
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Bryter posted:Tbf Macron did his "please calm down" speech to the gilets jaunes from behind a golden desk. Turns out abolishing the monarchy without outlawing gaudy furniture results in an incomplete revolution That guy thinks he's Jupiter. (Which is to say, yes, he's also an rear end in a top hat.)
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Dec 26, 2018 19:56
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good thing that assholes have necks
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https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/27/its-completely-wrong-falsely-accused-tory-mp-attacks-legal-aid-cuts I never would have thought voting to cut legal aid would cost me all my money in court costs, says man who voted to cut legal aid
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Bryter posted:Tbf Macron did his "please calm down" speech to the gilets jaunes from behind a golden desk. Turns out abolishing the monarchy without outlawing gaudy furniture results in an incomplete revolution I mean the french president lives in a literal palace so thats expected, the thing that really was over the top was the golden inkwell or whatever
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Jel Shaker posted:https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/27/its-completely-wrong-falsely-accused-tory-mp-attacks-legal-aid-cuts lol Reminds me of the story of the dumb American who whined after his house burned down due to not paying the privatized fire department fee.
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here's a fun follow. https://twitter.com/crimesofbrits/status/1072801460298113025 https://twitter.com/crimesofbrits/status/1077686265200422912 https://twitter.com/crimesofbrits/status/1074109941642944512
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etalian posted:lol in the US though if you're acquitted you don't even get any of your legal fees refunded and never have.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbSGp4WIBsQ
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hobbesmaster posted:in the US though if you're acquitted you don't even get any of your legal fees refunded and never have. yeah but if you sue someone and lose you don’t have to pay their legal fees either
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Hentai Jihadist posted:Which combines to make the fun situation we have today where parliament is pulling all the levers marked "depose May" and finding out none of them work. this is currently a running theme in democracy
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Yinlock posted:this is currently a running theme in democracy its gonna be interesting seeing all these various democratic republics degrade into run of the mill monarchies at about the same time, maybe we'll get Westphalia 2
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:yeah but if you sue someone and lose you don’t have to pay their legal fees either depends on how badly you lose
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:yeah but if you sue someone and lose you don’t have to pay their legal fees either that’s nowhere near universal
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Paying the other party's legal fees is a pretty common thing that gets tacked on to the losing side's poo poo.
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Jel Shaker posted:https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/27/its-completely-wrong-falsely-accused-tory-mp-attacks-legal-aid-cuts Every single conservative on the planet can only learn the stove is hot by burning their hand on it.
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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:Every single conservative on the planet can only learn the stove is hot by burning their hand on it. They never actually learn it.
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Moridin920 posted:Paying the other party's legal fees is a pretty common thing that gets tacked on to the losing side's poo poo. i remember john stossel of all people complaining about this in an ancient 20/20 bit
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:depends on how badly you lose yeah true but it’s not a universal rule
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etalian posted:lol IIRC it wasn't privatized, he just lived in a really remote rural area. The local fire department closed down b/c nobody would pay taxes for it, so a local city said they would provide fire coverage if the rurals would pay taxes to support the cost of the expanded coverage. The locals agreed, and everything was good until this guy's house caught fire. The fire department went and put it out, and noticed that he hadn't paid the tax. They gave him a warning, he said he would pay the tax, and that was that. Until a few months later, his house caught fire again. Fire department put it out, noticed he still hadn't paid, they said, "next time, we let your house burn down", and left. The house caught fire a third time, so the fire department went out, made sure there wasn't anyone stuck in the house, and then they let the house burn down.
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Why did his house keep catching on fire
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Flavahbeast posted:Why did his house keep catching on fire Don't gently caress with the taxman
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Flavahbeast posted:Why did his house keep catching on fire I'm assuming meth lab, but who knows?
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logikv9 posted:all paths lead to hell
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In torched house guy's case, literally
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Lol if England thinks anyone will miss them as significant. We've seen what you cunts do when you have any power. The best part is your fear of everyone else caused you to poo poo yourselves to death. The fear we're like you. Rule brittania lol. Rule your fuckin nazi shithole country and gently caress off.
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lol the entire anglosphere has gone insane and continental euros are thinking everything is fine
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Baloogan posted:lol the entire anglosphere has gone insane and continental euros are thinking everything is fine I can't wait for the Canadians and Aussies to reveal how they plan to destroy themselves.
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