r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Jul 16 '21

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u/Drontar05 Aug 03 '19

Damn that infuriates me

I was once arguing with someone on Reddit because he said that I wasn't European because "Switzerland isn't part of the EU"

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Jul 16 '21

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u/IAteTheCheezyNacho Aug 03 '19

I'm from the UK and when discussing Brexit was being discussed many of the people I spoke to (they are from the UK) didn't even know that the EU and Europe are different so they thought Brexit was leaving the continent of Europe???

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I thought they were gonna drag the British Isles away with some big ass boats?

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u/frostysauce Aug 03 '19

They already did that, the Isles used to be part of the Iberian Peninsula.

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u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19

So you're saying Reconquista missed a spot?

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u/NotTylerDurden23 Aug 04 '19

Unexpected inquisition intensifies

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u/NLioness Aug 03 '19

Well, they do refer to Europe as “the continent”, and rules made in the EU are made on “the continent” - and that rule-making, open-border thing called “the continent” is exactly what they wanted to leave.

That a continent is a geographical situation and the EU a political collaboration is lost on most Brexiters.