Congrats to my brothers and sisters across the pond!

[online_olympian]

You threw off the yolk of the globalist cabal that is the failing European union! I am so happy for my brethren!

[Dash Lambda]

I realize that "General Discussion" is quite vague, but my understanding is that it still should be at least loosely related to technology.

I think this should be in "Off Topic."

[manikyath]

... does this fall under trolling?

 

anyways, while europe is a horribly expensive puppet show, it's really effective at what it was founded for:

 

stop all those european countries from starting wars 24/7 and solve it in a humane way, while also boosting the vareous european economies.

 

fun fact: most of the "stay" voters were college/university students, or people otherwise involved in international affairs.

 

or as someone who was interviewed on belgian tv said: "i voted stay because i probably understand more of the deeper meanings than most other people"

[online_olympian]

7 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

I realize that "General Discussion" is quite vague, but my understanding is that it still should be at least loosely related to technology.

I think this should be in "Off Topic."

Wherever it belongs. I don't know how to move it but I thought it seemed pretty general.

[Zyndo]

I've not heard any of this. what is going on exactly?

[mikat]

5 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

I've not heard any of this. what is going on exactly?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36636853

[online_olympian]

2 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

I've not heard any of this. what is going on exactly?

Brexit! The united kingdom voted to leave the European Union. 

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, mikat said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union

should add to this that this gives them less freedom than they think, because europe wont trade much with the UK if they dont keep to european humanity laws.

[online_olympian]

 

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

should add to this that this gives them less freedom than they think, because europe wont trade much with the UK if they dont keep to european humanity laws.

Are you quoting George Soros? Cus that is fear mongering...

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, online_olympian said:

 

Are you quoting George Soros? Cus that is fear mongering...

truth is europe has very strict humanity laws, and they gladly ban trades with countries that dont follow their standards, which the UK will be watched closely now.

 

also forgot to add that this "brexit" may also end up tearing the vareous parts of the UK apart as well.

[online_olympian]

Autonomy is a blessing. 

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, online_olympian said:

Autonomy is a blessing. 

if that is your opinion on brexit, you need to study some politics, probably even those of your own country

[online_olympian]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

if that is your opinion on brexit, you need to study some politics, probably even those of your own country

I have. I am a constitutionalist. 

[NumLock21]

I heard the EU has some weird laws on bananas and cucumbers.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, online_olympian said:

I have. I am a constitutionalist. 

meanwhile your own country operates in a not too different way from how the european union works.

[online_olympian]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

I heard the EU has some weird laws on bananas and cucumbers.

I am not sure if that is true. But my gut says it is, must be fact.

[online_olympian]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

meanwhile your own country operates in a not too different way from how the european union works.

Except we all have an understanding and a certain agreement that we all adhere to. It is the constitution and the bill of rights.

 

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

I heard the EU has some weird laws on bananas and cucumbers.

 

1 minute ago, online_olympian said:

I am not sure if that is true. But my gut says it is, must be fact.

now if only bananas and cucumbers were the only weird laws

[SQZY98]

inbe4 lock.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, online_olympian said:

Except we all have an understanding and a certain agreement that we all adhere to. It is the constitution and the bill of rights.

 

congrats, you have explained what a lawbook is for.

 

and sorry to be a party pooper here, but the bill of rights in the states basicly turned into the richer and whiter you are, the more rights you have. the way politics are executed in europe makes me a very, very sad citizen, but some of the news coming over from your side of the pond plain sickens me.

[online_olympian]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

congrats, you have explained what a lawbook is for.

 

and sorry to be a party pooper here, but the bill of rights in the states basicly turned into the richer and whiter you are, the more rights you have. the way politics are executed in europe makes me a very, very sad citizen, but some of the news coming over from your side of the pond plain sickens me.

We don't have a common ancestry. We have to agree on something and its the constitution. Don't listen to lamestream media. They are all shills for the left.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, online_olympian said:

We don't have a common ancestry. We have to agree on something and its the constitution. Don't listen to lamestream media. They are all shills for the left.

oh, you're *that* kind of american

[online_olympian]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

oh, you're *that* kind of american

Yes, a constitutionalist.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, online_olympian said:

Yes, a constitutionalist.

i rest my case.

 

you do you on your side of the pond. we'll do us at our side of the pond.

[NumLock21]

Found EU law on banana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_Regulation_(EC)_No._2257/94

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3658811/Barmy-Brussels-regulations-UK-leaves-EU-referendum-result.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/06/26/brexit-will-free-the-bendy-banana-incandescent-light-bulbs-and-tomato-marmalade/#3ae8808c4600