Guy Explains Brexit In 12 Hilarious Tweets And It Will Crack You Up
Brexit has, utterly predictably, descended into farce. The world looks on, scratching its head trying to comprehend what is Brexit really and where is it going, while the British people are formerly known for their stoic pragmatism, engage in an epic episode of national self-harm mainly based on delusions of grandeur, nostalgia for days past and barely concealed mistrust of ‘Johnny Foreigner.’
However, despite the absolute shitshow that is currently unfolding, the Brits haven’t forgotten one of their more positive national characteristics. Bitingly dark and self-deprecating political jokes are a reflex response to the crisis, so while their government continues to blunder from one humiliation to the next, people try to see the bright side by at least laughing about it.
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Hugo Rifkind, son of a conservative politician and columnist of The Times, came up with an amusing analogy written in funny tweets recently, comparing Brexit to a ‘Cheese Submarine.’ The political meme highlights the absurd self-delusion that Brexiters have been engaged in over the past couple of years, and it went viral because it is true, in the tragicomic kind of way that Brits just really relate to.
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The responses to Rifkind’s cheese puns were even better though. Everyone loves the best puns, don’t they? Cheese and its many different varieties lend itself well to a social media showdown, and ricotta say, the people behind these hilarious tweets didn’t disappoint!
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What do you think Britain should do to solve the Brexit impasse? Leave with no deal? Accept Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘Brexit-in-name-only’ deal? Hold a second referendum? Or just call the whole thing off? Let us know in the comments below!
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Grate! Now I'll be singing the "We all live in a yellow lump of Brie" for the rest of the day, thank you. :D
Interesting tweet thread, mildly amusing. However Ligitas Nefas you can go and play in traffic. "British...engage in an epic episode of national self-harm based largely on delusions of grandeur, nostalgia for days past and barely concealed mistrust of ‘Johnny Foreigner.’". Don't throw generalized insults around when 48% of the voting population did not want this. Frankly its incredibly condescending. So I will say again you smarmy arrogant twit: Go play in traffic, take a long walk off a short plank and generally just p**s off.
@Alexandru Bucur I'm sorry, did the UK p**s in your coffee this morning?
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The good and the sad thing about democracies is that you must not overrule the people. Even if they are utterly stupid. And this makes Brexit very hard to chew. Whatever happens next will be bad for everybody. Brexit? No-deal brexit? Brexit-exit? In the end, at least some people will get more radical, will spread more hate. you just can chose which group it will be.
Living in Britain's premier submarine building community I fully support the cheese submarine - would keep our local industry busy for a while.
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What i find laughable about most posts to do with brexit is the idea that people think the EU would let us have anything OTHER than a cheese submarine! It is in their interest for us to be seen as having no alternative than either forget the idea or accept our fate in our submersible tube of cheese. We were always going to be worse off initially, otherwise what is to keep other frustrated nations in? It is perfectly possible for the UK to survive and flourish outside the EU. Other countries do it quite easily.
The wisest and truest comment here. Hats off to you, good Sir.
Load More Replies... Brexit is like a bad marriage. You know that you shouldn't have even dallied in the first place, and that the commitment was a huge mistake. But you feel that you're too heavily invested now to pull out. The thing is, it's only going to ever get worse and worse the longer you leave addressing the problem, and it's going to cost more and more... Wake up Britain, and divorce Brexit. Otherwise it's only end in tears, indignity, ruin, and humiliation...
Britain is the 5th largest economy in the world so being in the EU is not all bad, Brexit is like a guy going through a midlife crisis who now wants to sleep with other women but still expects sex with his wife, his logic being that she said he's great in bed but fails to see that he's the one that changed the relationship dynamic not his wife/EU, who he now thinks is being unreasonable.
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You can disaBrie but you Gouda appreciate the humour. But they are Cheddar off without the EU.
My guilty pleasure is reading about Brexit. It makes me feel like we (US) aren't the only country where people are mostly very unhappy with the leadership. Granted, we are still way more screwed than you guys -- I mean, our entire leader is made of Cheeto™ sooooo.....yeah.
Who says Americans are unhappy with the leadership? After a couple years in office every president scores low in approval. So did Obama. Wait until the next election to see if everyone is unhappy, or just the media. You are probably also the same person who figured there was no way that the Cheeto would be elected in the first place so I though you'd've learned your lesson about assumptions.
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I take it Hugo is not a fan of Brexit or May. The fact is, Brexit is a far different concept than a cheese submarine and the majority want it, so get on and do it, that's how democracy is done.
The E.U. is fundamentally undemocratic. I could give lots of examples why, but I can't be bothered. However the clearest examples are how they've treated the Greeks and the Catalonians, also how they've handled the UK's desire to leave; complete disbelief, then trying to threaten us and then trying to frustrate the process at every turn. I don't think it's wrong or unnatural to want to be ruled by people you vote for and who are part of your community (in the biggest most inclusive way). The people who actually make the rules in the E.U. are not elected by us and do not have our best interests at heart. This is my personal view. I completely respect anyone who has another view... but don't you think that if you hold a vote, in a democracy then the result needs to be respected?
The EU was sold as being beneficial for us customers. We would profit because taxes on import and export would lower significantly. A car in Germany would cost the same in the Netherlands. Petrol would be sold at the same prices through all of Europe. Imported food and drink would become cheaper. That didn't happen. Instead the Economic Union is transformed into an institution that dictates how we must live our lives. This bureaucratic institution costs the taxpayers billions . And a lot of these billions are wasted on excessive wages and shady declarations that are paid without any questions asked.
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I love the pandering elitist take: "well they just didn't know what they were voting for." lol Yeah, if they don't vote YOUR way they must be mental. Brexit baby!!
Vox populi, vox Dei. But what's democracy worth when you can easily prove your incredibly smart and correct point by quoting Brexiteers (c.f. Patel and Irish famine, Rees-Mogg and food banks) out of context, instead of, you know, not making strawmen at every possible opportunity and moaning about how the sky will fall in and we'll run out of air to breathe after March 29th?
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To Tom Brannoc: Building a submarine out of cheese is possible. It will just be a lousy, dysfunctional submarine. You're right that leaving the EU is also possible. Same results as the cheese submarine.
The one upside to brexit LMAO. Gotta look on the bright side!
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If you could to amass a crew of people who are all lactose intolerant and/or vegan, I see no reason a cheese submarine can't work. Otherwise the crew would literally eat themselves to death.
Building a submarine out of cheese and having it work is like making pigs fly... IT DOESN'T WORK! :D
Some people can't understand they lost the referendum - it was three years ago, get over it. Had Remain won, we wouldn't be calling for another referendum because we were bitter about our loss - the same responsibility lies with you.
No one here in the UStates has any room to laugh. Our orange-headed nutjob head of government lost the popular vote, yet acts like he was appointed by a deity. Yet we're don't nothing to fix the whack-out electoral system that let it happen. (And/or that is easy to fiddle if not outright rig.)
Well, now we know where Trump got his idea of building a Wall out of bricks of Cheese... (Monterey Jack of course, cos he thinks it's Mexican)
If you really want to Brexit then it's ez. 1) Declare Brexit 2) Quit the EU. Get on with it or give up on it. Mushy Wushy just confuses everyone.
Wow, there are some reealy overzealous souls in this comment section downvoting everything in sight, no matter how innocuous.
Yes, a physical cheese submarine we all know won't work in practice is the best thing to compare a 2-year long, intangible political plan. I cannot stand lefties and their awful comparisons. It's like flat-earthers trying to debunk gravity with a comparison of a spinning, water-logged sponge to a gigantic land mass we call Earth.
Britain's best-case scenario was a slim margin of victory, but the other way. Like when Quebec voted to separate from the rest of Canada in 1995 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Quebec_referendum) and the "No" vote won by less than 51%. Quebec has been using the fear of their separation to get advantages over other provinces ever since, to the point that if they actually left now they would quickly regret it. But heaven forbid they ever don't get their way, they might have another referendum and leave! (Fun fact: Quebec has a party in the Federal elections. They don't run candidates anywhere but in Quebec, but they get to participate in election debates and they usually get some seats in the House of Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois)
You got downvoted for calling people out. Typical BP.
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Grate! Now I'll be singing the "We all live in a yellow lump of Brie" for the rest of the day, thank you. :D
Interesting tweet thread, mildly amusing. However Ligitas Nefas you can go and play in traffic. "British...engage in an epic episode of national self-harm based largely on delusions of grandeur, nostalgia for days past and barely concealed mistrust of ‘Johnny Foreigner.’". Don't throw generalized insults around when 48% of the voting population did not want this. Frankly its incredibly condescending. So I will say again you smarmy arrogant twit: Go play in traffic, take a long walk off a short plank and generally just p**s off.
@Alexandru Bucur I'm sorry, did the UK p**s in your coffee this morning?
Load More Replies... The good and the sad thing about democracies is that you must not overrule the people. Even if they are utterly stupid. And this makes Brexit very hard to chew. Whatever happens next will be bad for everybody. Brexit? No-deal brexit? Brexit-exit? In the end, at least some people will get more radical, will spread more hate. you just can chose which group it will be.
Living in Britain's premier submarine building community I fully support the cheese submarine - would keep our local industry busy for a while.
Load More Replies... What i find laughable about most posts to do with brexit is the idea that people think the EU would let us have anything OTHER than a cheese submarine! It is in their interest for us to be seen as having no alternative than either forget the idea or accept our fate in our submersible tube of cheese. We were always going to be worse off initially, otherwise what is to keep other frustrated nations in? It is perfectly possible for the UK to survive and flourish outside the EU. Other countries do it quite easily.
The wisest and truest comment here. Hats off to you, good Sir.
Load More Replies... Brexit is like a bad marriage. You know that you shouldn't have even dallied in the first place, and that the commitment was a huge mistake. But you feel that you're too heavily invested now to pull out. The thing is, it's only going to ever get worse and worse the longer you leave addressing the problem, and it's going to cost more and more... Wake up Britain, and divorce Brexit. Otherwise it's only end in tears, indignity, ruin, and humiliation...
Britain is the 5th largest economy in the world so being in the EU is not all bad, Brexit is like a guy going through a midlife crisis who now wants to sleep with other women but still expects sex with his wife, his logic being that she said he's great in bed but fails to see that he's the one that changed the relationship dynamic not his wife/EU, who he now thinks is being unreasonable.
Load More Replies... You can disaBrie but you Gouda appreciate the humour. But they are Cheddar off without the EU.
My guilty pleasure is reading about Brexit. It makes me feel like we (US) aren't the only country where people are mostly very unhappy with the leadership. Granted, we are still way more screwed than you guys -- I mean, our entire leader is made of Cheeto™ sooooo.....yeah.
Who says Americans are unhappy with the leadership? After a couple years in office every president scores low in approval. So did Obama. Wait until the next election to see if everyone is unhappy, or just the media. You are probably also the same person who figured there was no way that the Cheeto would be elected in the first place so I though you'd've learned your lesson about assumptions.
Load More Replies... I take it Hugo is not a fan of Brexit or May. The fact is, Brexit is a far different concept than a cheese submarine and the majority want it, so get on and do it, that's how democracy is done.
The E.U. is fundamentally undemocratic. I could give lots of examples why, but I can't be bothered. However the clearest examples are how they've treated the Greeks and the Catalonians, also how they've handled the UK's desire to leave; complete disbelief, then trying to threaten us and then trying to frustrate the process at every turn. I don't think it's wrong or unnatural to want to be ruled by people you vote for and who are part of your community (in the biggest most inclusive way). The people who actually make the rules in the E.U. are not elected by us and do not have our best interests at heart. This is my personal view. I completely respect anyone who has another view... but don't you think that if you hold a vote, in a democracy then the result needs to be respected?
The EU was sold as being beneficial for us customers. We would profit because taxes on import and export would lower significantly. A car in Germany would cost the same in the Netherlands. Petrol would be sold at the same prices through all of Europe. Imported food and drink would become cheaper. That didn't happen. Instead the Economic Union is transformed into an institution that dictates how we must live our lives. This bureaucratic institution costs the taxpayers billions . And a lot of these billions are wasted on excessive wages and shady declarations that are paid without any questions asked.
Load More Replies... I love the pandering elitist take: "well they just didn't know what they were voting for." lol Yeah, if they don't vote YOUR way they must be mental. Brexit baby!!
Vox populi, vox Dei. But what's democracy worth when you can easily prove your incredibly smart and correct point by quoting Brexiteers (c.f. Patel and Irish famine, Rees-Mogg and food banks) out of context, instead of, you know, not making strawmen at every possible opportunity and moaning about how the sky will fall in and we'll run out of air to breathe after March 29th?
Load More Replies... To Tom Brannoc: Building a submarine out of cheese is possible. It will just be a lousy, dysfunctional submarine. You're right that leaving the EU is also possible. Same results as the cheese submarine.
The one upside to brexit LMAO. Gotta look on the bright side!
Load More Replies... If you could to amass a crew of people who are all lactose intolerant and/or vegan, I see no reason a cheese submarine can't work. Otherwise the crew would literally eat themselves to death.
Building a submarine out of cheese and having it work is like making pigs fly... IT DOESN'T WORK! :D
Some people can't understand they lost the referendum - it was three years ago, get over it. Had Remain won, we wouldn't be calling for another referendum because we were bitter about our loss - the same responsibility lies with you.
No one here in the UStates has any room to laugh. Our orange-headed nutjob head of government lost the popular vote, yet acts like he was appointed by a deity. Yet we're don't nothing to fix the whack-out electoral system that let it happen. (And/or that is easy to fiddle if not outright rig.)
Well, now we know where Trump got his idea of building a Wall out of bricks of Cheese... (Monterey Jack of course, cos he thinks it's Mexican)
If you really want to Brexit then it's ez. 1) Declare Brexit 2) Quit the EU. Get on with it or give up on it. Mushy Wushy just confuses everyone.
Wow, there are some reealy overzealous souls in this comment section downvoting everything in sight, no matter how innocuous.
Yes, a physical cheese submarine we all know won't work in practice is the best thing to compare a 2-year long, intangible political plan. I cannot stand lefties and their awful comparisons. It's like flat-earthers trying to debunk gravity with a comparison of a spinning, water-logged sponge to a gigantic land mass we call Earth.
Britain's best-case scenario was a slim margin of victory, but the other way. Like when Quebec voted to separate from the rest of Canada in 1995 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Quebec_referendum) and the "No" vote won by less than 51%. Quebec has been using the fear of their separation to get advantages over other provinces ever since, to the point that if they actually left now they would quickly regret it. But heaven forbid they ever don't get their way, they might have another referendum and leave! (Fun fact: Quebec has a party in the Federal elections. They don't run candidates anywhere but in Quebec, but they get to participate in election debates and they usually get some seats in the House of Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois)
You got downvoted for calling people out. Typical BP.
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