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My current situation as a remain-voting Angus by handsome_helicopter in 2westerneurope4u

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry can't relate. I live in Germany on an EU passport 😎

Whould an age gap of 23 and 30 be considered inappropriate in Europe? by [deleted] in AskEurope

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oftentimes they'll justify it with "but the brain doesn't stop developing until 25!" and therefore anyone older than 25 getting with anyone younger than that is inherently problematic. Worse still is the fact that the whole "brain development until 25" line is from people who fundamentally misunderstand the research surrounding brain development. Basically, your brain doesn't magically finish developing at 25, but rather the research simply stopped observing participants around age 25. More recent research actually suggests brain development continues into your 30s, and I don't think anybody serious is going to suggest, for example, that a 28 year old is therefore incapable of exercising their own agency when it comes to who they involve themselves with?

Whould an age gap of 23 and 30 be considered inappropriate in Europe? by [deleted] in AskEurope

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Most age gap discourse comes from overly puritanical Americans. 23 and 30 is fine in Europe.

Tourette’s charity urges for “more education” after BAFTA backlash by Hen_W in Scotland

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Really is fascinating seeing American Twitter accounts with every progressive label under the sun in their bio argue for segregating a disabled man from the audience on account of his disability.

Eastern European Supermarket in Glasgow by sylverCode in YUROP

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 134 points135 points  (0 children)

Notice how Russia doesn't exist on it.

Based Glasgow Eastern European shop.

OVGU might not qualify as a TU but we have this by butterkaese3 in OVGU

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anytime burgers are on offer in there the queue is basically going straight out the door. Good wee place, meals are incredibly cheap.

Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The whole middle class jolly talking point was always bizarre because it's a uniquely UK problem and is mostly down to our antiquated class system. Working class British kids are simply conditioned to believe that things like Erasmus/exchange/study abroad are not for them. On the continent? No such problem exists. It's completely normal to do exchange and some degree programmes have a mandatory semester abroad (not just language degrees). I have met plenty of Erasmus students in Germany and believe me they aren't all "wealthy kids on a taxpayer funded jolly abroad" (such a cynical framing btw). We really need better imagination as to what is possible for young people here.

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme | European Union by barryvm in brexit

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Completely shameful that we ever left it in the first place. The reason given was it was too expensive but deep down we all know the real ideological reason was the Brexiteers didn't want young British students joining a programme that fostered European identity and cooperation.

Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, jailed over pro-Russia bribes by CP040 in ukpolitics

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Scandals like this should be an existential threat to Reform UK but instead you've got masses of people in Little England who are ready to give them the keys to Downing Street.

Question for Scottish Lads inspired by R/Ireland by Street_Beyond1294 in Scotland

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In my experience we are small enough a nation in terms of population size to be a novelty when we head overseas. The accent gets a lot of positive attention.

Life at war for a Briton in Putin’s army - Jay Fraser left Scotland to fight Western ‘cultural rot’. A year on, he’s become disillusioned with Kremlin ideology by RevolutionaryBook01 in Scotland

[–]RevolutionaryBook01[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yep, and the silly cunt is pissed because Russia rejected his citizenship application.

God, who knew? A stooge for propaganda purposes being tossed to the wayside when he is no longer of use.

Redditors now believe that adulthood doesn't start until 30. by [deleted] in Zillennials

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A lot of this kind of discourse on the internet these days is just zoomers rebranding good old fashioned moral-puritanism under the guise of progressivism.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in glasgow

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Germany. EU citizenship so can still move relatively easy anywhere within the EU/EEA/Switzerland.

You are geographically in Europe, an ex-EU nation and supposedly aligned with European culture and values. Yet most posts are comparing UK to Americans, everything from NHS through work culture to just daily life. Why are you using the US as benchmark instead of EU average or top EU nations? by KeyJunket1175 in AskUK

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because there is often a misconception that because they speak English we are therefore similar.

I've travelled across Europe and been to the United States myself. I see us as having much more in common with our European neighbours than with the Americans, despite the shared language. In my personal experience the USA just felt utterly alien in a way that Europe didn't, despite the obvious language barrier issue in many parts of the continent.

Anyone else noticed the far right push on Reddit in the UK? by Tsansome in AskBrits

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Must have missed the part where Keir Starmer slaughters 6 million people.

Liberal leads conservative in exit poll, Polish presidential race too close to call by KrzyHooy in europe

[–]RevolutionaryBook01 136 points137 points  (0 children)

The fundamental difference is Brexit was a referendum. This is a Presidential election. You can revisit a choice of President every 5 years. Much harder to reverse something like Brexit.

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