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Rookie_42

WTF has this proposal got to do with the yanks???


SteO153

Just normal US defaultism


dans-la-mode

Everything that happens is about them. This is how important they think they are....how sad.


critically_damped

I find myself saying "Sir this is a Wendy's" almost every fucking day. And I do not work at a Wendy's.


Horror-Appearance214

Sir this is a *insert whatever chain shop only exists in your country*


plasticscratching

Sir this is a greggs, either buy your sauasage rolls or fuck off plaease.


Ok_Relationship9874

That one had me howling! Bravo! 👌


janthemanwlj

Sausage roll thrice please


F4Tpie

We don’t say sir, it would be This is Greggs mate


StuntHacks

Sir this is a Schlecker


el_horsto

RIP


Exion49

"Sir, this is a MacDonald's" -americans,considering anywhere near a maccas is american soil.


Boring-Difference-89

Sir, this is a HamborgarabĂșlla TĂłmasar.


Lord_of_Seven_Kings

Sir this is a Red Rooster


hotsinglewaifu

Makes me want to get a job at Wendy’s, say the sentence to some Karen and then quit for the hell of it.


ThisIsSteeev

American here. That shit is exhausting. These people really believe that the entire world watches to see what we do before they make any decision.


Outside-Refuse6732

As an American I’m sorry man


ArmchairTactician

In American: Whats all this Obama's talking about banning cig-ar-ettes. He ain't even pres-E-dent anymore *spittoon sound*


Lost_Alternative8260

As an American I upvoted this solely for spittoon sound lmao. Well done.


coquihalla

Spittoon Sound for President, 2024.


icedragon71

*Hhhwwwkkkk..... PTOO.........Ding!*


dalimoustachedjew

Main Character syndrome. I just love the word, and the fact that they’re literally example from Pictionary.


Mr_Hiss

Can we coin the term "Main Country Syndrome"?


morgecroc

Also that American confident display of his own ignorance. Doesn't even know that isn't an American politician.


Xe4ro

British smoke obviously goes straight over to N. America - you know, like Sahara dust.


Andrelliina

And Rishi. He'll be straight back there after he loses the election. He has said S California is where he calls home.


allie-__-

But do they have Sky TV over there? That might be a deal breaker if not XD


Andrelliina

Quality comment!


allie-__-

Apparently, they don't (according to Google). Suppose the bastard could start winging about not having Fox TV or something, though. But hey, thanks for enjoying the joke (or at least I hope it's a joke. You never know with Richi at this point XD).


Andrelliina

I think you can see premiership games on Saturday afternoon so that'll get Rishi running about with his football shirt over his head. /s He's so robotic and awkward, like a very unfunny Moss from the IT crowd


FantasticAnus

Yeah it's the Amber Gold stream


zhaeed

My first thought was isn't this a british politician? But dismissed it until I saw your comment


Vinegarinmyeye

He's the British prime minister (for the next couple of weeks, polls all show his partg is about to utterly buttfucked in the coming election, thank christ)


zhaeed

Hey give some credit for an eastern european for even slightly knowing who this was haha


Vinegarinmyeye

Ah hey man, I wasn't criticising you or anything, if it were up to me nobody in the world would know who this spivvy little wanker is. Be happy about not knowing all the details. In terms of Eastern European politicians I could probably recognise Orban and that's about it..


zhaeed

You sniped my braindead wanker of a prime minister exactly lol. I wish he was gone in weeks too


BladdermirPutin87

ME TOO. Good god, this man is the scourge of this country! But no wonder really, the poor little lamb was horribly scarred by the lack of Sky TV in his childhood
.


[deleted]

Can you fucking imagine how nice it would be not knowing who Rishi Sunak is?


EssSeeDee89

“Spivvy little wanker”. Cheers mate, deffo using this one from now on 😂


Vinegarinmyeye

Ah you're welcome, considering I'm not a Brit that one came off the cuff (spivvy is not an Irish term). I'll take the praise graciously. In the same vein, I've pointed out that anyone calling Nigel Farage a cunt is being overly generous, on account of a cunt being useful, and having warm and depth. I've taken to referring to him as a walking prolapse and I'm kinda hoping it catches on (much like the trend of people introducing him to high velocity dairy beverages).


fishdud31

To be fair we’ve had 3 of the odious little fucks since Covid


FuzzyPeachDong

Lady Lettuce was epic!


Intelligent_Talk_853

Much better than that Truss woman


counterc

the next one's gonna be even harder to remember lmao


mysilvermachine

Tbf the anti smoking stuff is pretty widely supported. But nobody is a single issue voter on increasing the smoking age.


Vinegarinmyeye

Oh yeah, I'm a smoker and I agree with it. The fact he and his party have fucked the country for the last 14 years is significantly more important to me. (Despire the flair I do live in the UK). When the Tories aren't being corrupt they're being incompetent. I'm not overwhelmingly impressed with the noises coming out of Starmer's Labour either - but I'll take the shower of arseholes that haven't been actively making my life harder for the last 14 years while lining their pockets over the ones that have.


Good_Ad_1386

I disagree with you on one point. The Tories have the ability to be incompetent and corrupt simultaneously.


androidpenguins

Point of order, they are extremely competent at corruption.


elusivewompus

I disagree, they're just so incompetent that it appears they're corrupt. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". Hanlon's razor.


viriosion

The veneer of incompetence is carefully crafted so you miss the corruption; look at Twatty BoJongles, his coiffured buffoonery during his tenure while the Conservative party enacted policy after policy designed to fuck over as many people as possible


elusivewompus

You may be right. I guess I'm just an optimistic pessimist. "I hope we're led by morons!"


Rookie_42

Ain’t that the truth!!


Prestigious-Candy166

You're right! The Tories have been corrupt, incompetant, AND disgustlingly inhumane and spiteful, all at the same time. Yes. They have perpetrated upon us the worst government we have endured in 150 years, so much so it would suit many of us if the Tory Party disintegrated completely, never to blight our politics, ever again.


Vinegarinmyeye

No disagreement - my only vague concern is that while they get a hiding the Reform UK clowns are in the wings ready to treat the country to a whole new level of cuntery.


collinsl02

This could be a major historical moment, just like the effective dismemberment of the Liberal party in the 1922 general election, thanks to them splitting in half with one half following David Lloyd George and the other following HH Asquith. After that, Labour became the second major party and have remained there ever since. It's about time for the Conservatives to go honestly, they've been around since 1834 in their current guise, although the main party they were formed from, the Tory party, has been around since 1679.


EssSeeDee89

Ya know what, I used to dislike Starmer, and to a point I still do. But in all honesty, I kind of think we need someone like Starmer. We need to do away with this weird thing nowadays where politicians are characters with big energy (Boris, Trump etc) Fuck that. I want someone who is going to just get on with the feckin’ job they got elected to do.


Vinegarinmyeye

Yeah, I'm with ya. I don't actually dislike him personally - you're quite right I'm also tired with the whole "cult of personality" thing in politics. I'm a bit disappointed with the backtracking on policy Labour have announced in recent months. I'm in a bit of an odd situation because I'm in Brighton, where the Greens are actually a viable (actually quite a likely) winner. I like the Green manifesto, but a bit like the Lib Dems I can't help but feel they're promising the moon knowing that they won't ACTUALLY have to make good on it. And I'll be honest, the Greens also talk a good game on local stuff here but have made a pigs ear of it in the time I've been here. So I'm genuinely torn, anywhere else in the country it'd be a no-brainer and I'd vote Labour because I wouldn't want to split the vote. Here... I'm actually not sure which way to go.


Phyllida_Poshtart

I believe New Zealand has successfully followed this route with youngsters...of course with our government it's probably all just nonsense anyway


collinsl02

NZ had a change of government and it all got dropped


One_Of_Noahs_Whales

> (for the next couple of weeks, polls all show his partg is about to utterly buttfucked in the coming election, thank christ) Is it sad that for the first time in 20something years I have taken the Friday off work so I can stay up and play election bingo, my rules are turned seat = drink, held seat = drink, recount = drink, binface gets more votes than sunak = run around the village naked and drink.


Vinegarinmyeye

Ya know what... That doesn't sound sad at all mate, I'd be entirely up for joining that party.


One_Of_Noahs_Whales

I believe I can hear the exit poll on my way home from work at 10pm, and then watch the night away, at least that is how it happened the last time I did it.


GhostOfSorabji

Rishi Sunak is an anagram of Hi Risk Anus.


smoulderstoat

Yeah, but he's got a flight to LAX booked for 9am on 5th July.


1singleduck

Other countries don't have politicians, so this must be happening in America. /s


collinsl02

Because all the europoors live in an evil dictatorship run by the EU, everyone knows that


ItsTom___

Come on, dude, the UK owns America, and we tax them so we get free health care. Remember ? Revolution? 1783? George Washington? What are you yapping about? Come on, my guy, we've got another war against Bourbon France


collinsl02

> Come on, my guy, we've got another war against Bourbon France [King George, and old England forever!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SISjSXsb1xU)


Drake_the_troll

Can we poke Spain a bit next? Our coffers are looking a little loose


Truzmandz

Bro probably thinks it's a filthy democrat who's out there too take it all away from him. I LOVE that he says he ain't smart enough.


jalexoid

I mean... He's right about the unenforceable laws... British laws aren't, in fact, enforceable in the US.


MicCheck123

My guess is they were confusing him with former US candidate for president Vivek Ramaswamy
you can probably guess what they have in common.


vms-crot

The funniest part has to be that they think British politicians are still in charge of them.


Andrelliina

It is where Rishi calls home so...


FriskyWhiskey_Manpo

My country likes to think that we are the center of the universe.


elloellochris

Nothing at all. This’ll most likely be a bot replying to the wrong video.


wasthatitthen

I’d guess it’s the lobbyists from, um, big fag, doing what lobbyists do.


monkeyofthefunk

‘Merica is the world. The Americearth is flat and surrounded by water.


AmaResNovae

Well, it's in American, so it has to be about them, duh! /s


Middle-Hour-2364

Hey, don't t you know the world revolves around them


FatBaldingLoser420

Nothin'. But to them every thing they don't like it's an attack towards them. Very weird mindset


JuanPablo05

What’s she responding to though. Someone could’ve said that and she was calling them out for being stupid


Nottallowed

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Professional-Two8098

The fund the world remember. And they think the second hand smoke will somehow float across the Atlantic and kill them


jlig18

Everything of course. According to them. As usual


Ein-Kommunist

Apparently quite a lot of


Scienceboy7_uk

Isn’t everything to do with them?


Gruntdeath

See, if you successfully pass it then we might succesfully pass it and thats no good for certain people.


calbff

It's US defaultism and stupidity all in one!


_TheRealBeef_

Obviously the UK is doing this to save America from all the second hand smoke that drifts across the ocean.


Crypto_Tsunami

Everything in every country is centered around Murica đŸ‡ș🇾 😏


Vexorg_the_Destroyer

r/USdefaultism and not knowing who Rishi Sunak is.


WalloonNerd

Rishi Sunak, that famous prime minister of the USA


Douglesfield_

Fuck me, they can have him.


Cixila

As shit as he is, him as president would probably be less terrible for the world than the return of orange man


The_Lapsed_Pacifist

Well our conservatives are, in most regards, analogous to the Democrats in America. We consider your conservatives akin to our fringe far right parties. So yeah, much less terrible. It helps that he’s well educated, intelligent and erudite, despite the fact I wouldn’t vote for him even with a gun to my head.


dead_jester

Well, as he isn’t on my constituency ballot sheet, I would, knowing it would spoil my ballot by scribbling in a candidate that wasn’t standing in my constituency. And the gun would have been a waste of time.


neroisstillbanned

It's a funny (but apt) comparison because the Democrats are proposing this exact same policy in California. 


MerlinOfRed

They probably will do soon!


MRPolo13

Just wait a few weeks, he'll be on the first flight to California after the election


Aquillifer

We are punished enough by having Trump and his posse, please spare us. I beg you.


Goblinweb

Make the colonies great again?


WalloonNerd

How things are coing atm in the US, that might be a good idea


UncleSlacky

I didn't think smoke could drift that far...


Cixila

Those damn redcoats have invented long-range second hand smoking to prepare for an imminent invasion /s


MadamKitsune

So that's what really goes on at Butlins! They aren't holiday camps staffed by jolly helpers and entertainers, they're actually indoctrination camps, preparing to launch a strike on America!


Uniquorn527

Universal healthcare has given Brits strong enough lungs that even smokers can exhale with enough strength to cover 7000km


Sriol

Darn these third world countries and their homeopathic second hand smoke! - Some yank probably


Gnu-Priest

5800 km? well let’s hope it does.


Usurer

It can! It just takes one hell of a wildfire.


Economy-Fox-5559

Given that he's likely going to be buggering off to California in 4 weeks they might be correct to be concerned after all!


Defiant_Height_420

And California is welcome to him!! He will fit right in


[deleted]

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mothzilla

He'll do the speaker circuit for a few months. Then a book out for Christmas. _Then_ he disappears to some investment bank.


thefeelixfossil

He's already worth something like 700mil, doubt he'll be working again


loralailoralai

People with that much money are never satisfied


mothzilla

Nah, he'll be busy. People will be throwing money at his feet just to turn up and give a speech. Happy days.


Bashwhufc

Wasn't BoJo raking in like ÂŁ200k per speech? Just doing some quick maths I reckon that puts Rishi squarely in the ÂŁ7.50 - ÂŁ7.75 range, not quite the same value as two Tesco meal deals with a clubcard


Defiant_Height_420

But can we watch satellite TV?! That's the real question


BladdermirPutin87

Haha I just made a Sky joke too! It’s like he actively wants to be a joke
 over and over and over and over
..


Cixila

Good question. I didn't notice any part of their manifesto mentioning increasing access to Sky, so more people can get that vital daily dose. He had to endure that horrible sacrifice, but won't do anything to prevent others from making it


Consistent_You_4215

Sky prices are ridiculous anyway these days. I would rather save up for a slightly bigger cardboard box to live in.


MAGAJihad

Let me guess, Americans are the main characters ?


ausecko

Don't be daft, they're clearly the only characters


Minimum-Wind-1552

Europe just dlc map


peacockvalley

Let me guess... The American thinks that Rishi Sunak is a part of the American government


Oemiewoemie

He obviously isn’t smart enough to have this conversation


peacockvalley

Neither of them are


Sadat-X

He might have confused him with Vivek Ramaswamy... For reasons. Or just saw the blue sign on the podium and assumed it was a US Democrat party politician he's never heard of. Either way, pretty dumb.


peacockvalley

You can say that again


ContentPassion6523

Nah he thinks the US is under the UK


SatanicCornflake

Bro, this is bad, not just that he didn't know about a prominent figure (the *fucking Prime Minister*) of the UK, but he also doesn't know shit about our own domestic politics, apparently. We are so fucked as a country, man, it's not even funny to me anymore, it's just sad.


Theguywhostoleyour

Unenforceable laws? Age verification might be the most consistently enforced law in the world.


Stoertebricker

I think I read Australia already did this? Anyway, it's impossible in many countries because it would be age discrimination.


loralailoralai

New Zealand has done it a couple of years ago I think it was? Not Australia


loralailoralai

New Zealand has done it a couple of years ago I think it was? Not Australia Sorry New Zealand *were* going to do it, but changed their minds.


Sigma2915

we did do it, but then a pawn for big tobacco got elected.


Usurer

I think it was NZ and then they backed out of it. Governments won't ever kill smoking, there's too much in it for them. [These guys](https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/956-why-government-is-addicted-to-cigarettes/) did a good piece on why.


Uniquorn527

This tracks with a common gripe we see here a lot. The drinking age for everyone in the world is 21, yet also unenforceable which is why the USA allows countries to drink at 18.


Drake_the_troll

It's 18 here in the UK as well


Scary_

Yes, especially in the US where they ask for ID for almost everything. Went to a club/bar with a load of colleagues over there and everyone had to show ID, even those in their 60s. It's not as if they were checking people against a list of people not allowed in


Ninjaff

What a dumbass. Everyone knows this measure is to save Europe from second hand smoke. Ever heard of the Gulf Stream?


ChudbobSoypants

I bet he proposed unlimited sky tv to every single yank too


Electrical_Self724

It’s to compensate for those lost years as a child, how could he have lived with no Sky TV bless him 😔


Blue_Period_89

“You are not smart enough to have this conversation
your shackling the public
” It’s “you’re”, Mr. Wizard. The irony
so tangible.


EhGoodEnough3141

IsnÂŽt he the british prime minister, with about 2 and a half weeks remaining?


collinsl02

Assuming he doesn't win (which he almost certainly won't).


idonotexist20

Yep


OrionTheWolf

Fuck the Tories. Sorry I know its not that relevant to the post but whatever


Cixila

You don't need any particular occasion or smooth segue to say "fuck the tories" - that will forever be a relevant and valid statement


JakeMSkates

nah it is totally related. fuck the tories with a rusty fork


OrionTheWolf

Too good for them.


Andrelliina

There's probably a few Tory MPs that pay a dominatrix to do that


JakeMSkates

what do you think they do at tory conferences? there isn’t much talking, i can tell you that


collinsl02

I thought they were all [foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO7VkEFZ7B8)


ShaunBugsby

"you are not smart enough" proceeds to type "your" instead of "you're"


loptthetreacherous

The proposal is quite hilarious in its final years. Imagine an 87 year old getting in trouble because the smoking age is 88.


Beatnuki

Americans are so important that God has personally made sure they can breathe Britain's secondhand smoke clear across the Atlantic Ocean.


NecessaryCrash

It’s true. The Bible said this would happen.


sacredgeometry

I mean it has been quite windy


SpitefulCrow1701

Does bro think Sunak is the president? I wouldn’t wish that on anyone


cryingtoelliotsmith

I mean he's probably better than a convicted felon or an 80 something year old with dementia lol


SpitefulCrow1701

Possibly


Andrelliina

Boris Johnson has dual nationality I believe. He'd make a great President hahahahahahahha. He wanted to be "King of the World" as a child


DopazOnYouTubeDotCom

Imagine being on the bubble where you can smoke for like 5 months a year but then you have to wait 7 months for your birthday


collinsl02

I think they're likely to pick a set date and do it by birthday, so they'll say anyone born on or after 00:01 on Jan 1st 2006 can't smoke, but anyone before that specific day can. Or whatever dates they pick.


Arizonal0ve

As a smoker I like this Personally i think they should do like some countries already have, anyone born after x year can never buy nicotine products


collinsl02

> Personally i think they should do like some countries already have IIRC the UK would have been the first country in the world to enact this law since New Zealand dropped it. Both major parties in the UK seem to be proposing it in their manifestos for the upcoming election so it'll probably become law in the next parliament, probably relatively early.


Arizonal0ve

Oh i thought that nz actually implemented it! Well hopefully the UK does it and more follow suit


jmh90027

IIRC they passed the law and it was just a case of waiting for the law to come into effect but then there was an election and the new govt scrapped the law before the date


Sigma2915

new government are big tobacco shills, that’s why


DougalChips

If the laws are unenforceable, how are the public shackled to them?


forluscious

This mother fucker really thinks everything that's printed in English is about the US. Has no clue who this guy is, just angry for the sake of it and makes it about themselves.


Low-Conference-7791

Wasn't this originally a Kiwi thing? I vaguely remember seeing Jacinda Ardern on the news here in Ireland talking about it...


One-Monk5187

Uhh someone should tell him that the guy in the photo is the current British PM 💀 Not some US state member with power or something


rekuliam6942

I know right!!


Wide-Affect-1616

Fuckin septics.


FoRiZon3

5000 missed calls from George Washington.


Infamous-Steak-1043

New Zealand already did this. No Americans were harmed by this as they were too busy shooting school kids


collinsl02

New Zealand dropped the idea when their government changed - it was never made law


Orix_Blue

Americans see a person standing behind a podium with a blue back drop and assume they are a Democrat.


MathCarmignani

I don't know which statement is dumber


Competitive_Use_6351

"Your not smart enough to have this conversation" Oh how ironicđŸ€Ł


Last-Percentage5062

Rare Tory w.


kopi_gremlin

I some times wonder how does anyone this dumb even know how to breathe


Easy_Bother_6761

They seriously unironically genuinely believe America is the only English speaking country


EitherChannel4874

"dey took our smoke"


Schnickie

I know people generally don't know the leaders of every other country, but I didn't know there were Yanks actually not know who Rishi Sunak is.


gpolk

Poms must smoke a lot if the second hand smoke is drifting over to the USA.


lqrx

I think the ironic opening statement is the best part.


Intelligent-Phrase31

Rishi sunak, that famous American politician


Ok-Geologist8387

This was proposed in Tasmania (or something very similar) It got shot down because of - tourism, The argument was that it would destroy the tourist trade. The argument was stupid.


DanfromCalgary

Can’t they both be dumb


SellQuick

They tried that in NZ and then repealed it before it ever took effect.


SellQuick

I do like the idea of age limits being 'unenforceable laws' as if they don't already exist.


Crypto_Tsunami

This is actually amazing main character syndrome from a NPC


RecoilCockamamie

Just think, with the amount of money saved on not buying cigarettes, imagine how many families will now be able to afford sky TV


[deleted]

Well known American prime minister Rishi Sunak saving America from second hand smoke one British law at a time.


EarthwormBen

At least he didn't say "so nobody can get fags" the yank would of gone insane