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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Some rivalries never die

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Some rivalries never die

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    The UK has this weird idea that they are the biggest friendly-rival of everyone in western Europe when everyone seems to see them more like the old-grumpy but mostly harmless neighbour.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      “We got you good, Jerry, back in the day, when the Sopwith Camels were whizzing overhead…”

      “Ja ja, lassen Sie uns ins Bett bekommen.”

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      The class clown of Europe

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      After the Napoleonic Wars, where the UK finally crushed France and became the most powerful empire in Europe, they asked for nothing on the European mainland for themselves.

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        See, when Top Gear did a challenge with some French TV presenters and Clarkson kept muttering “don’t talk about Agincourt” that was at least funny…

  • Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    But uhm. Died side by side in both world wars; at this point it’s gotta be clear 😁 (wouldn’t it be more germany/poland F.ex?

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      No they didn’t, the French bent over in ww2 and the UK did fuck all

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        Found the american. Or at the very least someone so ill informed of history they may as well be.

      • Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Waiit whaaat???

        This is noncredible defence, not “I have no clue whatsoever what I’m talking about defence”

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          They let Poland be taken apart by the Nazis and the Soviets without helping

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    The people of the UK should be more like the french.

    I say that as a brit

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    Friench

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      Anglami

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    … the UK is still in the middle circle … ?

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    Removed by mod

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      This us now

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    Beaker people unite

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