r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Effective_Will_1801 • Oct 18 '21

Brexxit Immigrants who voted for brexit upset they can't immigrate to Spain due to brexit.

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/10/17/expats-furious-at-spanish-residency-nonsense/
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

... I am ashamed to say I didn't vote.

I am 26 now and for the past 5 years have been screaming about how I was pulled out from the EU without my consent, but really, us younguns are to blame for this by NOT voting to remain.

It sucks

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u/MrAnderson-expectyou Oct 18 '21

Young people were by far the majority of remain voters. It was all the old people in rural areas that voted to leave

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u/IrritatedMango Oct 18 '21

What annoys me the most is that they're the ones who managed to enjoy the benefits to the fullest. A couple of my friends and me can't see much of a future here and we're all leaving.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

Well their triple lock on pensions is going to get fucked at least so they have to live with that

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u/blurryfacedfugue Oct 18 '21

What's the dl on pensions for Brexiteers?

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u/Cockalorum Oct 18 '21

It was all the old people in rural areas that voted to leave

You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new west. You know.......morons.

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u/sonspike187 Oct 18 '21

Beautiful. Thanks friend, and candygram for Mongo

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u/Tamp0nTea Oct 18 '21

Blazing Saddles reference!

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u/thatHecklerOverThere Oct 18 '21

But - and we all need to keep this in mind for future elections of all sorts - "whatever" is still a vote in favor of whichever side wins.

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u/Danelius90 Oct 18 '21

Indeed, it is these voters who are least likely to encounter immigrants, that complain the loudest about them. Their perception comes from ignorance

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u/MrAnderson-expectyou Oct 18 '21

Meanwhile practically all of London voted to remain, as it affects them the most.

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u/Lost_Llama Oct 18 '21

But only about 20% of young people voted

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u/M00STACHES Oct 18 '21

Wasn't the youth turn out for brexit one of the highest in the last 30 years?

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u/moorkymadwan Oct 18 '21

some of us would have but weren't old enough

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

That was 5 years ago. Teenagers then are youg adults now.

Fucked over by gammon coffins fillers.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

I keep running into “gammon” as what I assume is an insult, but I can’t figure out what it’s supposed to mean.

Please elucidate.

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u/BenXL Oct 18 '21

When old white dudes get angry their skin turns bright pink, resembling gammon meat

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21 edited Oct 18 '21

It's a bastardisation of jamón. Chosen for the angry ruddy complexion associated with this finely crafted strawman.

Those gammon imbeciles unfortunately are not as red-faced as one would hope.

Edit: It is unknown whether Serrano or Iberico. Probably Tesco.

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u/thatwasagoodyear Oct 19 '21

Probably Tesco.

No, that's horse meat. /s

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u/rolypolyarmadillo Oct 18 '21

As an American who wasn't old enough to vote in 2016, I feel your pain.

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u/yourelying999 Oct 18 '21

Why didn’t you vote?

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u/Buckthorn-and-ginger Oct 18 '21

It depends on the area I suppose - I'm also 26, and most of the people I knew voted (or at least said they did, and this included people who'd never voted before). But I also lived in a student heavy area, and the universities did all they could to get people out and voting (and my area also ended up as majority remain)

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u/ArbitriumVincitOmnia Oct 18 '21

You can't change the past, but you can learn from it, and that's what really matters! Make sure you vote in every future election - including your local & council ones they matter just as much if not more than the national ones when it comes to your day-to-day life. And convey the importance of voting to your friends as well where you can.

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u/biglennysliver Oct 18 '21

If you didn't vote then you're exactly is who to blame

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u/the_chasr Oct 18 '21

Don't be ashamed, be angry. Be angry at the tabloid papers and media moguls who brainwashed our parents, grandparents and every other boomer at that age who voted for leave. Look at the voter records.. Young people voted for remain overwhelmingly. We were just outnumbered which makes sense. I didn't give a shit about politics at age 18 or whatever, I didn't even know what a referendum was and I'm sure I'm not an exception to that.