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Ex-Briton here.
I not only agree, I would say that the EU bent over backwards to accommodate the mendacious and incoherent wanderings of the brain-dead morons who "negotiated" Brexit, and Britain got a lot better than it deserved.
Soon I will be Dutch.
Learning from your own mistakes makes you smart.
Learning from other people's mistakes makes you wise. >

Thanks UK for showing our idiots what happens when you self impose sanctions on yourself >

...can our reward for our selfless sacrifice be reentry when the inevitable reentry referendum (empire slinks back? Return of the geordi? Backtrack of the clones? As alternatives to "brejoin" or "breturn"). Obviously we'd lose all our special exceptions, but that's very much the idiot tax >

The EU would take the UK back but with a massive humble pie. No more special rules or exemptions, ditching the pound for the euro, etc. >

Oh yeah, absolutely, I even expect the "Islands are different" exemption from schengen zone to be removed, although I expect Ireland might have something to say about that >


Islands are different" exemption from schengen 

Whats this about? I thought Ireland couldn't do schengen because of the soft border with Britain (Northern Ireland) >

I am pretty sure you're right. The Schengen area already contains one island member state (Malta), and numerous sizeable islands belonging to other member states. Ireland cannot join Schengen because it maintains a Common Travel Area with the United Kingdom, and I imagine the UK is uninterested in Schengen for the usual reasons it is against all EU integration. >

Iceland is also in Schengen >

You're welcome, EU. >

It made Britain look like a selfish asshole while actually it was taking one for the team. >

Not only selfish, but just plain stupid >

Well you have to admit that the plan was genius: give less, take more. >

Like Lord Buckethead once said: it will be a shit show. >

Never thought I'd see the day when the two biggest reasons for European Unity was Russia and the UK. >

I'll argue that the strong British response to Russian aggression in Ukraine is doing a lot to smooth things over with our mainland neighbours. >

Co-operating against Russia has certainly done a lot to move on from the vaccine wars. >

Cooperation against Russia was a major stepping stone for building the modern Italian nation-state.
It's practically a time honored tradition. >

Not the poster child I ever wanted to be. >

Who could have seen this becoming such a disaster.
Oh right... >

No, not the right. They didn't see it at all. >

They sure did, and saw the chance to profit from it >

Oh, the few up top did. But the masses that follow them in lock step didn't. They thought that it'd be sunshine and lollipops. >

Normal people: 'Sensible reason not to leave'
Brexiters: "It's Project Fear, you're all just mad that you lost and you're trying to scare people"
Reality hits hard bitches. >

I’d love to see Farage’s face when he sees this. He was so sure there would be a Frexit, Itaxit, etc. >

Farage doesnt care, he has his European passport >

And Russian money >

It’s so damn stupid. If UK had a referendum vote I almost guarantee it would be >60% in favour of STAYING in the EU.
There’s a stat being thrown around that a significant % of voters that voted to leave the EU are now deceased of old age. 
People are stupid , and racist, and ignorant >

Brexit . Economic suicide . Cheers lying politicians >

And cheers dumbass citizens for not doing basic research. >

The general public is naturally stupid . Easily exploitable >

No shit. 
Brexit is the largest non-war related self-own* in modern history. And a lot of Brits are fucking PROUD of it. 
*had to include the war caveat because Putin-Ukraine. >

Not sure about that, got famine causing agriculture policies and the one child policy in China to compare to. And whatever Argentina did to decide to not be on the path to be the most developed nation on the planet as they once were.
But those are very very low bars. >

By modern history I really meant the 21st. China's One Child policy definitely up there! >

Even in the UK there are more people that want to rejoin than stay out so this makes sense >

As far as I'm aware this this has never been polled, do you have a source?
The polls that have been done are about whether people regret their choices not about whether they would want to rejoin.
Edit: You're right everyone, politely asking for more information is bad, I'll try to be like you guys and never learn anything new again. >

I bet finding that took all of 30 seconds. >

Yup ;) >

Mission accomplished. >

Heard the next day;
"Wait, everyone else voted for this, too!?!"
Careful what ya wish for.... >

Sometimes your purpose in life is to serve as an example to others (of what not to do). >

Everyone and everything has a purpose in life. It's just that some people's purpose is to be a cautionary tale for others. >

Collapse in support for shooting oneself on the crotch since man did it and didn't go well. >

There's always that idiot whose purpose is to serve as an example for the rest >

Lol no one else wants to be as dumb as Britain >

Be fair - no one wants to be as dumb as the 52% of us who choose poorly.
48% of us didn't fuck it! >

That's true. I retract my blanket condemnation. 
I hope the rest of you are able to reclaim your country from those dumb shits. Every time I see polling numbers, it looks dubious. >

I hope we get a vageuly sensible Labour government in 2024.
After that is the earliest chance we have of starting to push towards a defacto re-entry to the single market. With a bit of luck someone will come up with a catchy name that makes it sound like it was our idea to bring enough of my fellow countrymen along.
I want my EU citizenship back >

See that, Vladolf Putler? You financed over 50% of the Leave campaign, you put so much energy and money into bolstering fascist anti-EU parties like the AFD and the FN, and once again you made us stronger. >

Have leavers learned the lesson tho? >

No, no they haven't. >

You're welcome. >

"You know, i think maybe joining the leopard face eating party isn't such a good idea." >

no takesy backsies >

Well, at least something good came out of England and Wales shooting themselves in both feet. >

Oh boy, another round of European circle jerking! >

How much truth was there to the allegations right after Brexit passed that “protest votes” played a decisive role? >

"New data shows: Seeing someone getting their face eaten by leopards that they let roam around reduces support for letting leopards roam around" >

It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others. >

Not the discussion >

Bit like a playground bully when one kid stands up to him, make an example of them to stop the others, the EU admitted wanting to do that themselves. >

Absurd analogy.
The fact is that the EU is more powerful than the UK. Each group has a responsibility to act in the best interests of its members, and so the EU uses its power to negotiate deals which are favourable to itself.
It's not like a "school bully being stood up to", it's like Tesco using its market share to negotiate volume deals. The UK has turned itself into a corner shop, and surrendered all its bargaining power in the process.
The UK chose to make itself weaker by leaving the EU, and is now suffering the consequences of its actions. There's no two ways about it. The EU isn't bullying the UK, or making an example of it, it is using the power that it has in the best interests of its members.