Poll: Question for people in the UK.
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yes i do, the UK should dominate everything! XD
nahh just joking, I honestly couldn't care less as it happened like how ever long ago and has nothing to do with me.
nahh just joking, I honestly couldn't care less as it happened like how ever long ago and has nothing to do with me.
^This.ravens_nest said:
Even ignoring people who suck at history, most British students wouldn't be able to tell you much unless it involved the Romans, the Battle of Hastings, the Tudors or WW2. They seem to be the topics that were covered by everone I know, up to GCSE at least.
Us Brits are probably just as ignorant of America as you are of us (maybe more, there's a scary thought).
It's like those times we're told that X% of Americans don't know who Winston Churchill is (or whatever). Well, that may be so, but I'd be willing to bet that there are a even fewer Brits that know who F.D. Roosevelt is. And probably a few who couldn't even answer the first question either. People just seem woefully ignorant of pretty much everything...
I'm going to go and cry now for the inevitible death of the human race by our own retardation :'(
I couldn't care less tbh. What I do care about is Americans distorting what happened. They never seem to mention the fact that the French, the Spanish and the Dutch all contributed to the loss.
hehe, we totally fucked that one upRiobux said:
Anyway, as an american, I honestly don't care that much.
Granted I am a little glad since 4th of July is usually celebrated by blowing shit up and getting drunk, so yay
Now there's something we can all agree oncyber_andyy said:^this^D4zZ said:
Bloody french...
i dont care in anyway really but it doesnt really matter anyway were well off enough and he now have the UN so were prolly better off than you are so meh doesnt really affect us now does it.
meh doesnt really affect us now does it.
It only annoys me when ignorant people say things like 'We kicked your ass, then in WW2, we saved it!' I mean, I appreciate you helped our soldiers, but you were a bit late and you were pretty impartial before that anyway so I've always been a little bit tetchy over how arrogant some Americans can be over the issue when thousands of mens lives are to be trivialised for a half-arsed boast.
Other than that, I'm glad America turned out the way it did.
Other than that, I'm glad America turned out the way it did.
Check up on that as well, the move for Independence was heavily criticized by some of your Founding Fathers. One of the big bugbears in History is the idea of things happening by providence. The push for independence was just the slogan for "Manifest Destiny", which lead to a whole heap of troubles, and ultimately to the American Civil War.Srkkl said:
There's a marvellous "What If?" scenario where the King of England decides to retire to this "peaceful land of opportunity" and moves the axis of power to America at the time of the Revoloution. The upshot of which is Britain declaring Independence from the Crown of America.
Well worth a look to understand the deep divisions behind it.
meh... I'm not really bothered as I know we will win the next one.
soon...soon... Operation giant tea cup will be complete.
ps. I should not be allowed to come up with operation names.
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soon...soon... Operation giant tea cup will be complete.
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Congratulations on being the creator of a new Evil Plan (tm)!
Your objective: World Domination
Your motive: Power
Stage One:
To begin your plan, you must first assassinate the leader of the freeworld. This will cause the world to sit up and take notice, stunned by your arrival. Who is this Guy? Where did he come from? And why do they look so good in a robe?
Stage Two:
Next, you will Steal the Internet. This will cause countless hordes of Stormtroopers/internet-people to flock to you, begging to do your every bidding. Your name will become synonymous with All that is wrong with the world, as lesser men whisper your name in terror.
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Finally, you will Covertly Move your Needlessly Big Weather Machine, bringing about a 1984 Police State. This will all be done from a Underground Secret Headquarters of Doom, an excellent choice if we might say. These three deeds will herald the end, and the citizens of this planet will have no choice but to elect you their new god.
Trust us, it'll all come together in the end.
*Stage four:
release the kraken
Not really. The most important event in your history is only a footnote in ours. Even at the time it wasn't a big deal for us.Srkkl said:
Nowadays we have other things to be angry about, anyway. Like our shoddy MPs or the chavs who keep throwing tennis balls over our fence.
The old British way of colonising a country;
1) Sail over to a country with an indigenous population with inferious weaponry.
2) Stand well back.
3) Muskets
4) Tax!
This didn't work so well in America. What can I say though, you guys just wanted it more.
In all seriousness, I'm not bothered that much. In fact I think I prefer things the way they are.
1) Sail over to a country with an indigenous population with inferious weaponry.
2) Stand well back.
3) Muskets
4) Tax!
This didn't work so well in America. What can I say though, you guys just wanted it more.
In all seriousness, I'm not bothered that much. In fact I think I prefer things the way they are.
I'll think you'll find that's the Spanish way, minus number 4.gallaetha_matt said:
The English were mostly peaceful to start with, given they were Religious.
It ended 200 years (almost to the day) before I was born, so why should I care? For that matter, why should anyone alive today care?
Given the number of times I've been asked this exact same question by Americans (dozens), compared to the number of times I've heard it mentioned by fellow Brits outside of high school history class (precisely zero), I'd say you guys are a hell of a lot more hung up on it than we are.
Given the number of times I've been asked this exact same question by Americans (dozens), compared to the number of times I've heard it mentioned by fellow Brits outside of high school history class (precisely zero), I'd say you guys are a hell of a lot more hung up on it than we are.
I never support a side in war.
There are only greater losers, and lesser losers. I couldn't care less who won, or who wins in the future, we're still killing each other and it is that very fact that makes me wish Aliens would intervene and show us the error of our ways.
There are only greater losers, and lesser losers. I couldn't care less who won, or who wins in the future, we're still killing each other and it is that very fact that makes me wish Aliens would intervene and show us the error of our ways.