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[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 points 6 days ago

Your collective choice as a country is to currently fuck around for four years. You are committed to that. It's not like there's an option like insurrection or

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 132 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the world often does the fucking around part for you, and you're stuck finding out with them. Sincerely a Remainer being forced to find out on Brexit.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Boy, what a reversal we have now. Around when Brexit finally happened, the US kicked Trump out of office. It felt like we were going in the right direction and the UK wasn't. Now the UK has put Labour back in power while we're going all-in on fascism. Fuck. We should have just stuck with the monarchy.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear, now the US is installing a new monarchy

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

No, not like that!

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't worry - I'm sure in a few years time when our next election comes up, our population will have forgotten about the previous decade of getting fucked by the Tories, and immediately put them, Reform-UK, or some other alt-right party into power for round 2 just like you guys

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Probably. The apple doesn't seem to have fallen far from the tree.

[–] pyrflie@lemm.ee 56 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Finding out is universal, fucking around is optional.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago (5 children)

My only British friend is apolitical (and a bit of a dumbass, if I'm being honest). What's brexit like for your average Brit? I can't imagine having the right to just move (almost) anywhere in Europe and getting that ripped away from me, but I'll admit, I don't really know any of the other repercussions of leaving the EU.

[–] echodot 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It totally ruined a lot of people's lives. They had plans to go work somewhere in Europe maybe even live there. Now they can't do that.

The whole point of the European Union was it was supposed to be a bit like the United States without having to actually form a single nation. All of the countries would effectively act like States in one nation - they even setup Interpol to act like state troopers. Imagine if you suddenly couldn't move between states. Utterly stupid outcome, and 100% predicted.

Just like any government the EU council did do some brain dead things, but that wasn't a good reason to leave.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Imagine if you suddenly couldn't move between states.

This has already become reality for all the women I know that are pregnant or trying to become pregnant.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As an American, please don’t give anyone ideas. I really don’t want to need refugee status to go out west.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago

Fellow American, given the cost of living, I feel like I'd need refugee status to get out of the ~~methbelt~~ red states

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can’t imagine giving that up. As an American I once wanted us to join the shengen as one of my long term political pipe dreams.

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[–] goatbeard@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Economic disaster mainly

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[–] lath@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You don't have to be the one fucking around as long as there are others fucking around you.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I kinda want to fuck around, just not like this. Not like this!

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[–] pyrflie@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago
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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also there's no opting out if you didn't fucking vote. You can't be complicit in opting out.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With the electoral college and FPTP, even opting in is of dubious benefit.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

You should still do it obviously, but it is a rigged system.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Jon Baker

Jon Baker

Ban Joker

🤯🤯🤯

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I learned early on as a child that you might as well participate in the fucking around because you're just gonna get lumped in with the rest of them when the finding out happens.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Me too thanks

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If Nato fails and Russia attacks, I'm not going to fight. All those xenophobic extremists nationalists in my country that fell for the Russian propaganda can clean up their own mess they caused.

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Ha ha

Too bad

It's been chosen to fuck around and find out on behalf of our entire society

The innocent, the guilty, doesn't matter. We're all going to find out.

I hope everyone involved in bringing this down on us is happy with themselves. I'm sure most of them will be fine, of course.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I feel like I didn't fuck around enough to help...

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Opt out of as much of their levers of power as you can. Deny them your eyes and your money. Use your eyes to look around you and see where you can push counter propaganda in your local community. Use your money to help the people you are in community with. The christo-fascists use money to "help" the homeless with soup kitchens that force people to renounce what they know to be true before being served. Mutual aid is not just about harm reduction, it's about freeing minds. Serving someone food is an act of liberation. It's an act of a true and powerful love that's been written about by theorists and philosophers for millennia. It's even at the core of who Jesus was at his core, it's just the christo-fascists misinterpret which group of people in revelations they are

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So I like where you're going with this, and it's the kind of thing that's been bubbling in my brain for a bit now, but question: I've been to a few soup kitchens in different areas of my own country. Never once have I witnessed or heard of anyone having to renounce anything to get served. You show up, you get fed - there's Jesus freaks in the wings who may use the opportunity to try and convert you, sure, but if you walk away from them it doesn't mean they take your plate.

Do you have any specific examples you can point to where this isn't the case? If nothing else, helps name and shame.

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[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
[–] leadore@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Sometimes we all just have to find out, if there's to be any chance of getting them to stop fucking around. 😐

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