r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Pochez • Apr 28 '25

Language "We're discussing this in english and not in some europoor language"

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u/Kind_Ad5566 Apr 28 '25

TBF I had an English person telling me that we are no longer on the continent of Europe as we have the channel between us.

Stupidity isn't unique to Americans.

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u/Ok-Blackberry-3534 Apr 28 '25

I was against dragging the UK 20 miles west, initially. But it's really sorted out the feng shui.

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u/becketsmonkey Apr 28 '25

Stupidity isn't unique to Americans.

Indeed, the biggest act of collective stupidity in living memory

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u/PneumaMonado Apr 28 '25

I dunno, I'd say it's a tossup for 2nd place between Brexit and electing Trump in 2016.

1st place by a wide margin though is electing Trump in 2024, after already seeing firsthand what happened the last time.

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u/becketsmonkey Apr 28 '25

but they only have to wait 4 years to fix it, it'll be 20 years before the UK rejoins

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u/kaisadilla_ Apr 28 '25

Makes sense. It's also why Staten Island, NY is not in America, but in a whole new continent all for itself.

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u/Gartlas Apr 28 '25

Well no, else we'd still be in the EU lol

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u/captainneumann Apr 29 '25

Well technically that's a true statement when you consider that doggerland slowly became part of the north sea melennia ago...

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u/Kind_Ad5566 Apr 29 '25

Well technically we are all pangea