this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm sorry is this an I-love-getting-fucked-in-the-ass thing that I'm too Scottish to understand?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes.

See, Americans dont have an England to fuck over its citizens, so we have to do it all by ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And then blame it on the boogieman

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

And who's fault is that?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sorry is this an I-love-getting-fucked-in-the-ass thing that I'm not USA enough to understand?

FiFY, now the entire world can use it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whilst it would be lovely if us Englishmen didn’t have student loans, they could be a whole lot worse. We only pay them once we earn over a certain threshold, and they’ll disappear after 30 years. Plus our unis are funded in large part by international students (which has its own issues), so Brits’ course fees are slightly subsidised.

Not good, but hey at least it’s not the US(!)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You missed the chance to say "At least it's not the US, eh?"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The United States is a free country and freedom to shape your own destiny is one of the hallmarks of being an American. So everyone whining about how hard it is should have thought long and hard about the consequences of their actions when they decided not to be born rich.

/s