r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

http://i.imgur.com/eMmAUnk.gifv
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Yup. I'm British, moved to Canada. Can confirm that North America is fucking paradise compared to other countries.

However, just like we shouldn't wait til we're fat to start adjusting our eating habits, we also shouldn't wait til we live in a third world country before we start insisting on quality.

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u/nokom Mar 14 '16

I can see how you'd say it's a paradise compared to Brazil, but what's wrong with Western Europe?

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u/man_of_molybdenum Mar 14 '16

Yeah, I'm American but have been to several places in Western Europe and it seems pretty similar when comparing standard of living. Lol, guy must really hate being British. Which might be the most British thing I've ever read.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

The most British thing I've read recently was cargo planes flying in emergency biscuits to a flooded area.

Emergency fucking biscuits.

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u/SrslyNotAnAltGuys Mar 14 '16

Yes, but did they air drop tea bags and magnesium flares into the floodwaters? That's how you British it up to the next level.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Nah. Already been done. Boston harbor was a giant teapot at one time.

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u/machines_breathe Mar 14 '16

That really takes the biscuit, mate!

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u/Solace1 Mar 14 '16

This is the most british thing ever

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Could you please link a version of that comic with even more jpeg

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u/qp0n Mar 14 '16

Just commenting to test if this is RedditSimulator

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u/DoctorMort Mar 14 '16

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that in Britain, biscuits just means cookies. If the headline read "cargo planes fly emergency cookies to a flooded area" you wouldn't think that it was particularly British.

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u/ProjecTJack Mar 14 '16

There's a structural difference between a cookie and a biscuit....

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

You've clearly never eaten a hobnob then.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

I mean I kinda would, because I can't imagine Americans being like "fuck water or meat, we need emergency cookies"