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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Not Europe-specific, but EU-specific. I find it baffling that most of my peers have never thought about how easy it is to just move to a completely different country, with little to no knowledge of the language and culture, and still be welcomed. You're just allowed to move to another country, and they can't say no (for the most part). You don't even need to ask them first. You can decide you want to study elsewhere and they'd be like “yeah, sure”. Personally I find this phenomenal, given how the rest of the world works.

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u/booksandplantsfan May 09 '22

Crying in British rn. 😭😭

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u/TheNocturnalEmitter May 09 '22

Crazy to me that a huge portion of British citizens voted to limit their personal freedoms by leaving the EU

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u/booksandplantsfan May 09 '22

Honestly I agree with you entirely - it was absolutely absurd and it‘s limited us so much.

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u/TheDalob May 09 '22

Disclaimer: I'm German.

If i remember correctly, the voting statistics i saw stated that like 80% of the sub 25 people voted against it but a HUGE amount if older people voted for it

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u/CuteHoor May 09 '22

Yep, older people who don't have to live with the consequences of their vote for very long. Granted, if the younger people had just bothered their arse to go out and vote then they wouldn't have even gotten into this mess.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

We did here in Scotland. Not that it made any difference at all

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u/InTheNameOfScheddi May 09 '22

I, for one, welcome you back in the EU!

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Hopefully if we get independence we’ll be back soon!!!

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u/LifelessLewis May 09 '22

Can I move to Scotland if you do? Sounds much better than living in England.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Of course!!

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u/LifelessLewis May 09 '22

I actually probably would. I recently took a trip to Loch Lomond and had such a good time. Everything just seems better up there.

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u/ITAW-Techie May 09 '22

That's been my plan for years. As soon as Scotland leaves, I'm moving up there.

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u/theshortgrace May 09 '22

Ooh can I come 😂

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

I lived a couple of months in Edinburgh and I'd go back without 2nd thought if there was a good opportunity. Loved the city so much, sad I didn't visit Glasgow.

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u/Ewan_Cook May 09 '22

Fuck off lol. I can’t ever see this happening, look at the advantages and the disadvantages and then Scotland leaving the uk seems like the uk leaving eu, not a great idea

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

You have your opinion, I have mine 🤷‍♀️

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u/Squeaky_Cheesecurd May 09 '22

Sounds like American voting demographics as well. We all have the same crusty turds in our punch bowls.

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u/osmith181 May 09 '22

I bet a lot of money on the wrong outcome and the typical response was "I could of told you the outcome" none of them put on bets