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It’s really sad to see the UK get grouped like this.

It's not sad, it's how a democracy is supposed to be working imho. A majority of the UK voted for the Brexit, which means that the UK as a whole voted for it and then acted accordingly. Sure, you were many to oppose it. Still the vote was made and no matter how stupid it was, that was the result for the entire country. A bit like many here in France were against re-electing Macron as our President (note that I don't say I was for nor against him being re-elected) but since he has been re-elected by a majority of the voters he his the President of the entire French Republic and of all of us, he is not the President of just the ones that voted for him ;)

I was part of the 48.1% who voted remain. How does the UK feel about Brexit now? Myself, and everyone I know is unhappy that it happened.

The morning I heard the results I had to check with friends over the channel if all our media had all been hacked by russian-hackers because I could not believe such a thing had indeed happened. That was so, well...

fucking idiots.

I could not have said it better ;)

It's not much, still I'm glad I'm almost done with using anything related to Google. I've not used their search engine for many years and I don't miss it. I still have a few user accounts linked to my gmail address because those accounts won't let me to change email but, sooner than later, I'll swallow the pill and close them.

As for YT which I was watching a lot (and was paying for), I'm down to two creators and one news channel, and that's it. One of those creators is from the UK and the news channel is French, hopefully recent events will convince them it's more than time to look for a less... US-owned platform?

I know it's 'just business and if it's not them it will be some other corporation doing the job' but fuck you, Google.

Forest. Any day, any time.

Define “people’s”, because not doing so is how we get into a police state and that was some Germany shit. Everyone? A subset at random? A subset at convenience? A subset based on how brown they look?

Note sure to understand your reasoning but here you are: 'people' is someone, any person or any group of persons be they a citizen of the country or a foreigner.

In France, for example, the French police has the right to ask for my ID anywhere in the country, it's part of their job. It doesn't matter if I'm French or a foreigner, I'm subjected to their legal authority by law (and not giving my ID could get me into some trouble, even if I had a bottle of wine in one pocket, cheese and bread in another and pretty beret on my bald head). That's also the reason why anyone is expected to always have their ID with them outside of their home... And that is true also when I travel to Germany, or England, or Belgium, or Italy, or anywhere in the EU. 'No borders' does not mean no ID and no control anymore. It only means no systematic control in normal situations.

But if you think I am lying and the bus driver is lying, you can easily search for sources you trust.

Keep calm dude, I simply asked for a source. If that makes me suspicious to you, well, that's too bad.

You struggle to believe

Indeed, I'm not much of a believer.

But you seem confused. You struggle to believe it while at the same time claiming the police are doing their job. Feels like cognitive dissonance.

Wow.

Either you're really looking to make it a personal issue with me or you have a serious reading issue. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and go for the second option and therefore will encourage you to calmly re-read my comment. If it doesn't seem clearer to you that I have said nothing of the sort (and presupposed nothing), feel free to quote each problematic passage of my answer and ask specific questions. Otherwise, sorry to disappoint you but I'm not much into personal quarrels.

edit: typos :p

First, sources?

Then, I probably will get downvoted to oblivion but isn't one of the job of the police supposed to actually check people's ID? And aren't all police forces (at least here in the EU) using some computerized data system to check said IDs? Heck, last time they checked mine as much as I was able to tell they used some app on their phone (France, Paris).

Finally, I would also prefer not call 'Gestapo' anything we may consider excessive or we disagree with. Gestapo was something else.

would be curious to get your feedback after you start using it :)

but the majority of European languages are fully or partially derivate from Latin

Just a remark: how many Europeans do speak enough Latin to be able to understand a motto versus how many do speak enough English to be able to understand a motto?

9 is WAY too young for sexual content.

But is 9 old enough to watch their family being shredded by bombs or bullets? Note that, following your impressive declaration, you may rejoice about their home being bombed because, like mom and dad, the home TV and computer are also more than probably somewhat out-of-order. Therefore that poor innocent 9 year-old kid will be spared the atrocious temptation to watch a fucking tit (or fucking tits)!

FFS, didn't you get a handbook telling you how to use that spongy thing that has been hibernating (optimistic version) between your ears all those years?

A few years ago I used Qobuz, it was nice. And French ;)

Thx for the archive link :)

Is it possible to escape the ads?

We have not TV at a home. Smart, or dumb. We got rid of ours decades ago (in the late 90s early 00s) when we realized they expected us to pay good money for a tv set while still expecting us to watch ads, more and more of them, in exchange for meh content.

We have a computer monitor (the computer itself is running GNU/Linux) on which we watch DVDs, or ripped files. No streaming, no services, no nothing. Most of the time it's not even connected to our network.

I suppose one day not that far in the future, corporations will have lobbied our government to make it illegal (and highly suspicious) to not subscribe to streamed content (what can those suspicious people be doing in their free time if they don't get their daily netfix?), as well as to actually own content. We will see. Meanwhile, they, their crappy ads, and their spywares can all go fuck themselves.

I wonder how the UK feel about Brexit now that we've all entered that you-can-all-go-funk-yourself age (soon to be called a post-NATO era, I suppose) the USA just inaugurated with their new orange king (Kong)?

It's a serious question. Like I also wonder how the EU would feel about welcoming back the UK?

As a EU citizen, even though they acted like huge dicks (to keep it polite) and knowing they often are an utter pain in the ass to work and to live with, I would support them coming back in the Union. But that's just me and, unlike that Trump guy and its cheese-headed buffoon, I don't think I should rule a country like if I owned it, let alone 27 countries. And then, more than a few countries in the EU may not be that excited at the idea of the UK coming back, with their constant demands... because they themselves have made it real easy to not be happy about them being back.

I suppose signing military deals (and hopefully closer collaboration, training and other stuff armies do) would be the obvious thing to do, right now.

PS: I also do wonder how the assholes that led them into this shitty situation are doing?