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The years I spent in the UK were some of my favorite, but I feel like this time will be different.
Last time I was there with all my friends, and now we are all scattered to the winds.
daianaaaa
LOL the UK isn’t so much better
feelymcfeel
Amazing that americans thinking that having to hide the shit quality of their food with loads of seasoni gs is some kind of flex
TheWeebleWobler
Say hello to Nigel for us.
ziggystardust7
https://imgur.com/SZ3PUQN
leviking
UK left EU. I've heard there have been ramifications...
somebackup
The UK is also in a pretty bad place right now. Actually, so are most other english speaking nations...
CertifiedBonerDonor
Trust me it's way worse. Goodluck 🫡
IMPICKLERICK
How so
Birdman79
Yeah, the US is now what the UK was for hundreds of years. Just with more primative weapons.
Lampmonster
Eh, I spent ten days in Scotland last year and never had a bad meal.
VodkaReindeer
You do know the NHS isn't all that great anymore, right?
wyt3fr0g
Still free tho
VibratingNipples
If I every have to escape, I'm going to Australia. Already got family there
LincLoud
Lucky. I have tried to get out, it is difficult.
bolobass
Careful, their spiders are racist
eaterofthecake
They’re just angry because bored Australians keep trying to fuck them. Or maybe they’re frustrated because busy Australians haven’t got time to fuck them. I’m not sure tbh, you’ll have to ask the spiders
Cactus21
Don’t forget about the snakes, scorpions, sharks, crocs, jellyfish, drop bears, dingos, cassowaries and other things. Oh and it’s all hotter than the sun.
tinyfootprints
I'm heading to the Netherlands in a few weeks, with no plans ever to set foot in North America again.
Bombe
Welcome to Europe!
eastend666
That is where I'd go.
tinyfootprints
I'm not a fan of chilly weather, but Netherlands has an optimal social structure for me, and by good fortune, I also have some family already living there.
Pulsifer
Congrats! About everything in the Netherlands is lovely, except the language, which is silly
CarlBassett
Easy to learn apparently. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UhpbFelysyo
tinyfootprints
Word order in Dutch sentences is very different from English. Vocabulary is a snap, but 2.5 years into Duolingo, I still screw up a lot. I can understand it fairly well but have a hard time composing it properly.
BenderRodriguz1010
God speed. Congratulations kn getting out.
unluckyandbored
I wish I could. But I'm poor.
BenderRodriguz1010
Thats unfortunately most of us
Kats8652
In comes "Reform" with its bullshit.
CarlBassett
With Labour doing dismally in the polls they just had a by election and Reform lost to the Greens. So the Reform bandwagon might already have run out of steam.
Kittennz
Bring a case of peanut butter.
Smallfuzzycreaturefromalphacentauri
You can get peanut butter there, better selection than in Germany too.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
I never felt like there's anything wrong with the peanut butter selection we got here, but now I'm curious what fucked-up stuff you got in the UK. Fish peanut butter? Vinegar peanut butter? Curry peanut butter? ... Actually, the last one sounds worth trying.
Smallfuzzycreaturefromalphacentauri
As far as I recall you can get skippy and jif there, with mixed flavours (chocolate & marshmallow). Been 11 years since I was last there. They even have Costco.
NotThePoint
IMPICKLERICK
Uhhh pretty sure
NotThePoint
Ijustwantquiet
The UK isn't a safe place to flee too.
IMPICKLERICK
I'm not fleeing =S
Ijustwantquiet
I'm not fleeing the US. I guess we're both in for it.
wyt3fr0g
UK is perfectly safe. Don't believe everything you see online
Ijustwantquiet
Thanks
SilentScreamsX
Congrats. The UK isn't perfect, but compared to the US it's a fucking paradise.
Chimaeraxxxxx
But you won’t be in this shithole country anymore
charondaboatman
Oh, they have all of the seasonings, except for some local favorites (Old Bay, Slap Yo Mama, etc..) - they just don’t fucking use them.
Salticido
You can homemake Old Bay and other spice blends and customize them to your liking. Ex: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/old-bay-seasoning-recipe-7552674
Blethigg
SilentScreamsX
Says who? I guess Americans, who's primary contribution to the cullinary arts is covering everything in shitty cheese have to deflect somehow.
ForlornHopeful
Old Bay is pretty easy to find, either in a larger supermarket or online
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
Time to make some new friends
0RocketCat0
Don't forget to drive on the wrong side of the street and to measure your speed in kilometers per wicket! Seriously, though, good luck with the change, hope it works out.
Smashaga
They use mph. As a Canadian, that was weird.
0RocketCat0
It was intended for an united statesian. All our jokes about foreign countries are weird and ignorant. You should be well aware of that.
CinnamonBunny
It's super weird
JackoW
When I moved to Canada after growing up in the UK it was hard work explaining to people that the roads still use MPH & yards but everything else is metric...apart from people weight, which is a god damn STONE!
Hotsauceman
They do have fucking amazing Indian food. Also, tea.
someguy7734206
In my last trip to Europe, it was interesting how difficult it was to find tea outside of the UK. Especially in France, where they prefer wine or coffee (I don't drink alcohol, and I don't like coffee). Here in Canada, it's nearly as easy as in the UK; at the very least, there are plenty of breakfast places that serve tea, and every coffee shop will serve tea as well. (Although in Canada, I do have my own kitchen and kettle, so I don't have to go to those places to get tea.)
jlist
I'm going with my daughter in May. Got so many things I want to see and eat, Indian among them.
PoorSucker
Best thing is the beer, wait that's Irish....
BarryTheCyborg
Did they Britishfy the Indian food though? I want my Indian food to burn my face off.
IMPICKLERICK
Nah, the UK has some insanely good Indian food, and im pretty sure they all know the difference between spicy and white people spicy, and they seem to know who can handle what version
thegarts
And beans for breakfast!
Hotsauceman
Bangers!!!!
Cactus21
And mash
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Sorry, I moved to Australia
Hotsauceman
Say hi to the Heelers for me. Also, the huntsman spiders
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
I slipped on ma beans
IMPICKLERICK
Not to mention i can go back to my Turkish barber who slaps my head, lights my ears on fire, and throws a hot towel on my face
RetrogradeLlama
“ … come to think of it, maybe I’ll skip the barber. “.
Hemelsblauw
Scones
impayshunz
...and clotted cream!
Hemelsblauw
Yes!
Hotsauceman
Great British bake-off!!!
Omnimorph2112
Order Rington's tea. It's the best.
eaterofthecake
I wish I could give you more upvotes, fellow ringtons connoisseur
Omnimorph2112
Do we even need to mention the ginger biscuits or is it just acknowledged? 😂
CarlBassett
Taylors Yorkshire Tea. In a mug. With milk and seven sugars.
MotownC
Dang it, you just cost me £20. I just had to order a Ringtons' Mothering Sunday gift box for my Mum, which obviously wasn't so that I could try their tea, cakes, and biscuits too. Obviously.
Omnimorph2112
I no longer live in the UK so I do these giant orders of like £100 and end up gifting people teabags and biscuits for the next lie of months. 😂
immunity
Not to rain on your parade, but that's a bit of a "shat my pants so I changed my shirt" type of switch up. The UK is a bit of an Orwellian hellscape.
Freeasabird2015
Where does the Daily Mail say that?
satanslittleposter
Yeah, the UK is in a race with a couple of other European countries to see which one will become the USA of Europe lol.
I moved a few years back to one of those other European countries (wasn't my first choice but for my partner) and we were thinking of spending a couple of years in the UK. The current state of affairs there means that's probably not gonna happen, though trying to find a country that isn't proactively worsening is proving... difficult.
unluckyandbored
It's still leagues better than the US. They have gun control, universal healthcare, and better schools.
oddfinrir
People who can just switch countries aren't typically in a position where they'd need to worry. This person looks to be active military, so they might be getting stationed there.
3Davideo
Even if you'd prefer a 10, a 6 is still better than a 2.
eaterofthecake
Despite what the media want you to believe, reform are not what the UK want. They keep standing in by-elections convinced they’ll be welcomed with open arms but are rejected every time. They only have one MP who was standing as reform. The others are turncoat tories
Muffyns
trump isnt threating to bomb them (yet) and depending when they leave they might be able to avoid the draft for ww3
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Next year's a long way off. WW3 might be over by then. Hard to cross an ocean as an irradiated corpse.
Shoutrr
with less gun violence, and more healthcare tho
mormacil
Less knife violence too, about half per capita compared to the US.
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
Dont forget they hosted and protected pedophiles like Trump and Andrew.
Shoutrr
yeah, but unless op is a child, it's irrelevant here
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
Leaving one fascist shithole for another, best of luck
SilentScreamsX
Tell me you know nothing about the UK without saying it.
MrHappyDude
How many has America indicted? 0?
FrancsTireur
We havent protected Trump, thats on America.
As for hosting him, yeah? Who hasnt? I mean unless you want to go live on Pillau you're kinda out of luck there.
And Andrew is so completely fucked that we might have to actually revise our laws regarding treason before we try him in order to avoid having to execute him.
Meanwhile America has decided to export its problems abroad once again.
Lampmonster
How's Andrew doing these days?
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
Definitely well off than he ever deserved it seems. Not surprising UK is a two-justice system when they fund and support Israeli war crimes while arresting its own citizens for opposing a genocide.
SilentScreamsX
It is? I live here and I haven't noticed.
VinnieJonesDiary
Just this morning, Nick Robinson asked a guest on BBC Today (so on state tv) if protests against the war 'should be allowed to go ahead' or 'ought to be banned in this country'. Just FYI, hope it helps you wake up to thefasciat shithole you are living in.
VinnieJonesDiary
Did you miss the bit where literally thousands of peaceful protesters were arrested and charged? Or the bit where trans people have been banned from using public bathrooms? Or the policy of letting migrants die in the sea, and EVEN FOR PEOPLE AWARDED REFUGEE STATUS having a "hostile environment policy" to pressure them to leave, then there's your government which explicit supports genocide, implicitly supports pedophiles, & keeps trying to remove juries from trials to ""speed up the process"""
VinnieJonesDiary
Half your libraries have closed due to building defects, and the other half are in danger of closing because of budgets being slashed, oh and the head of your government (a human rights lawyer) keeps using his influence to pressure venues to cancel gigs by artists he has a vendetta against, and getting the police to harass them with vexatious investigations because they dared to call genocide genocide.
That's just the stuff off the top of my head, I know there's more.
satanslittleposter
You're forgetting the part where polling places the party that were recorded saying they want a paramilitary on the coast to shoot immigrants is in the lead. That we are an enemy of the internet and a surveillance / nanny state. Or the part where they rolled back environmental protections for water pollution. Or the part where we Brexited out of mostly racism / xenophobia / oligarch class influence. Or the part where we have fuckstains glazing over all the shit we're doing for some reason.
VinnieJonesDiary
🫡 thank you!