Topic: Brexit Bongs ITT
Big Ben started this discussion 6 years ago #96,276
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,162
u cared to try for this thread to what avail? none. the answer is none. you are shit.
Big Ben (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,163
fake ninja !XUTpieWBpk joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,165
今日の夕方にビッグベンが本当にボングをしますか
Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 45 seconds later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,166
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,171
@1,086,165 (fake ninja !XUTpieWBpk)
No, the real thing isn't bonging, thank fuck. This is the closest OP could get.
No, the real thing isn't bonging, thank fuck. This is the closest OP could get.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,172
In fairness the government projecting the clock onto the side of 10 Downing Street and then announcing "WE'RE OUT!" on the stroke of 11, like some reverse dystopian New Year's Day, was priceless. I didn't think Johnson could out-Trump Trump when it comes to jingoistic rabble-rousing gestures but by God he dutifully gave it a go.
tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,174
@1,086,171 (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)
We can't even make a clock make a noise. Post-Brexit Britain.
We can't even make a clock make a noise. Post-Brexit Britain.
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,180
@1,086,172 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I'm mostly just tired at this point, but this still pisses me off a little. Virtually half of the country didn't want to go, but that populist buffoon couldn't care about that. Nevermind trying to build unity when you can just stoke your nationalist base all the time.
@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
I mean, having it bong during its repairs would've cost a lot of money and delayed said repairs. Sounds like a perfect way to mark the occasion to me! An empty "patriotic" gesture that's needlessly expensive and ultimately does more harm than good. Very fitting.
I'm mostly just tired at this point, but this still pisses me off a little. Virtually half of the country didn't want to go, but that populist buffoon couldn't care about that. Nevermind trying to build unity when you can just stoke your nationalist base all the time.
@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
I mean, having it bong during its repairs would've cost a lot of money and delayed said repairs. Sounds like a perfect way to mark the occasion to me! An empty "patriotic" gesture that's needlessly expensive and ultimately does more harm than good. Very fitting.
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 17 minutes later, 50 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,189
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,192
@1,086,180 (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)
> Virtually half of the country didn't want to go
Inaccurate. Whether you like it or not, more than half of the country did want to go, and that's how democracy works I'm afraid - the majority gets their way.
> Virtually half of the country didn't want to go
Inaccurate. Whether you like it or not, more than half of the country did want to go, and that's how democracy works I'm afraid - the majority gets their way.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,193
@1,086,180 (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)
You sound like you want a communist regime making decisions for the people instead of democracy and people making decisions for themselves. You must be a leftist.
You sound like you want a communist regime making decisions for the people instead of democracy and people making decisions for themselves. You must be a leftist.
Anonymous F replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,197
Anonymous G replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,198
@previous (F)
> > more than half of the country did want to go
> Not true.
How do you square that with a) the result of the 2016 referendum, and b) the result of the 2019 general election (Tory landslide victory)?
> > more than half of the country did want to go
> Not true.
How do you square that with a) the result of the 2016 referendum, and b) the result of the 2019 general election (Tory landslide victory)?
Anonymous F replied with this 6 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,200
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Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,204
@1,086,192 (G)
Yes, accurate. I said virtually as it was so close.
You also failed to understand my point, I wasn't disagreeing with the referendum, I was complaining that the PM is being overtly partisan despite the issue being so divisive.
Yes, accurate. I said virtually as it was so close.
You also failed to understand my point, I wasn't disagreeing with the referendum, I was complaining that the PM is being overtly partisan despite the issue being so divisive.
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Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,206
@previous (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)
Boris is an arsehole and doesn't care about bringing the country back togther. He's always been on a massive power trip and has almost always got his way so will never change.
Boris is an arsehole and doesn't care about bringing the country back togther. He's always been on a massive power trip and has almost always got his way so will never change.
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE replied with this 6 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,208
@previous (Erik !AltRitexT6)
That's surprising to hear coming from you. I mean, I agree, but I would've assumed you liked him. Glad you don't see him as some sort of flawless messiah like some people see Trump, then.
That's surprising to hear coming from you. I mean, I agree, but I would've assumed you liked him. Glad you don't see him as some sort of flawless messiah like some people see Trump, then.
Green !StaYqkzUPc joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,209
@1,086,206 (Erik !AltRitexT6)
Agree. He's already starting to show his true colours with the Huawei deal and potentially not scrapping HS2.
Agree. He's already starting to show his true colours with the Huawei deal and potentially not scrapping HS2.
Anonymous G replied with this 6 years ago, 13 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,210
@1,086,200 (F)
> Neither of those events involved "more than half of the country" wanting to leave.
They literally did. What planet have you been living on?
> Neither of those events involved "more than half of the country" wanting to leave.
They literally did. What planet have you been living on?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 14 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,211
@previous (G)
Not them but with a ~72% turnout, 51% of voters voting for Brexit means only about 36% of voting-eligible UKBrits™ actually voted to leave. 35% voted to remain and 29% didn't vote at all.
Not them but with a ~72% turnout, 51% of voters voting for Brexit means only about 36% of voting-eligible UKBrits™ actually voted to leave. 35% voted to remain and 29% didn't vote at all.
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Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,213
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@1,086,211 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
> Not them but with a ~72% turnout, 51% of voters voting for Brexit means only about 36% of voting-eligible UKBrits™ actually voted to leave. 35% voted to remain and 29% didn't vote at all.
If it had been the other way around and people had voted to remain, would you be quibbling about whether or not "half the country" is a short way of saying "half the country's population of eligible voters who turned out to vote"? Generally, in a democracy, this meaning is taken for granted. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that more than half the country wanted to leave.
Anyway, of the people who abstained from voting or who were not eligible, how on earth can you know for certain what their desire was? I don't see how anybody can possibly argue to the contrary that if more people had actually wanted to remain than leave, we wouldn't now be leaving. All those tired old arguments about leavers being too stupid to know what they want and/or misinformed, or remainers being lazy or complacent and not getting up off their arses to vote are fundamentally flawed, and indicative of the fact that a bunch of immature, whining children just can't accept that they lost, and that maybe, just maybe their world view is slightly skewed.
> Not them but with a ~72% turnout, 51% of voters voting for Brexit means only about 36% of voting-eligible UKBrits™ actually voted to leave. 35% voted to remain and 29% didn't vote at all.
If it had been the other way around and people had voted to remain, would you be quibbling about whether or not "half the country" is a short way of saying "half the country's population of eligible voters who turned out to vote"? Generally, in a democracy, this meaning is taken for granted. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that more than half the country wanted to leave.
Anyway, of the people who abstained from voting or who were not eligible, how on earth can you know for certain what their desire was? I don't see how anybody can possibly argue to the contrary that if more people had actually wanted to remain than leave, we wouldn't now be leaving. All those tired old arguments about leavers being too stupid to know what they want and/or misinformed, or remainers being lazy or complacent and not getting up off their arses to vote are fundamentally flawed, and indicative of the fact that a bunch of immature, whining children just can't accept that they lost, and that maybe, just maybe their world view is slightly skewed.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 5 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,351
@previous (G)
Again, I didn't say that I was that poster, or that I agreed with them, just that that was the argument. And it is as a technical matter, true! 50%+1 of the eligible UK voting population did not in fact vote to leave the UK. The salience of that is a different matter.
> Anyway, of the people who abstained from voting or who were not eligible, how on earth can you know for certain what their desire wa
You could...poll them! You could also extrapolate from the demographic date. If the people who didn't vote were say generally younger, you could infer that they would have voted for Bremain had they voted, for example. The vote is what it is, and you win it or lose it based on who actually shows up, but it's not like some impossible to deduce fact of life.
Again, I didn't say that I was that poster, or that I agreed with them, just that that was the argument. And it is as a technical matter, true! 50%+1 of the eligible UK voting population did not in fact vote to leave the UK. The salience of that is a different matter.
> Anyway, of the people who abstained from voting or who were not eligible, how on earth can you know for certain what their desire wa
You could...poll them! You could also extrapolate from the demographic date. If the people who didn't vote were say generally younger, you could infer that they would have voted for Bremain had they voted, for example. The vote is what it is, and you win it or lose it based on who actually shows up, but it's not like some impossible to deduce fact of life.