Message from @ajl949

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2019-09-18 20:38:01 UTC  

he had a module on the EU at university and decided it was one of the most corrupt systems around atm and will fully explain it to anyone

2019-09-18 20:38:32 UTC  

and yes, London is a bubble

2019-09-18 20:38:44 UTC  

Another one:

guy at work: "I heard that form to get your settled status is difficult, it must have taken ages to get back"

My housemate: "Actually it took me 10 minutes online, all I needed was my national insurance number and passport, i then sent them away and got my approval within 2 weeks with my passport back"

2019-09-18 20:39:35 UTC  

when you actually know people that deal with it you just laugh at the media, because you know it's all lies

2019-09-18 20:39:53 UTC  

Yup

2019-09-18 20:40:02 UTC  

Honestly he used to live in the netherlands

2019-09-18 20:40:14 UTC  

Doing this stuff was much much more difficult over there

2019-09-18 20:40:23 UTC  

I mentioned you can apply for stuff and do tax etc over the internet

2019-09-18 20:40:28 UTC  

and he was just surprised

2019-09-18 20:40:43 UTC  

wow really is it that bad over there?

2019-09-18 20:40:56 UTC  

Exchanged his Driver's license for a UK one

2019-09-18 20:41:00 UTC  

Took 2 weeks

2019-09-18 20:41:02 UTC  

In the UK

2019-09-18 20:41:10 UTC  

It;s actually really quick

2019-09-18 20:41:31 UTC  

yeah, i know, i actually worked at a post office for a few years

2019-09-18 20:41:39 UTC  

He still has a phone contract in the netherlands

2019-09-18 20:41:45 UTC  

He had to give it to his sister

2019-09-18 20:41:54 UTC  

because he has to go to their physical office to cancel

2019-09-18 20:41:58 UTC  

He can;t just phone in

2019-09-18 20:42:00 UTC  

Yes

2019-09-18 20:42:11 UTC  

hahaha man, that's so backwards

2019-09-18 20:42:24 UTC  

Same with electricity etc apparantly

2019-09-18 20:42:31 UTC  

I honestly thought it was as easy as it is here

2019-09-18 20:42:37 UTC  

Apparently not

2019-09-18 20:43:33 UTC  

haha yeah, tell you one that really knocked all my brothers london friends for a loop

2019-09-18 20:44:21 UTC  

he actually did a rasmus year in France, and they all say "but if we left you couldn't do that?!?"

2019-09-18 20:45:03 UTC  

and he just replies with "the rasmus scheme isn't actually attached to the EU, so actually I still could have done it"

2019-09-18 20:46:09 UTC  

People also don;t realise how many "EU things" that are good we actually did first.

2019-09-18 20:46:27 UTC  

For example vaping regulations. The USA is having a bad time right now due to poor regulation

2019-09-18 20:46:39 UTC  

However, our regulations on what can be in them

2019-09-18 20:46:49 UTC  

cover all of the concerning chemicals

2019-09-18 20:46:54 UTC  

and go further than the EU did

2019-09-18 20:47:42 UTC  

In fact it goes as far as to outlaw anything found harmful to the respiratory system in vapour or liquid form

2019-09-18 20:48:00 UTC  

yeah, it's like they don't realize working rights pretty much developed in the UK then spread out from us.

2019-09-18 20:49:03 UTC  

I mean the regulation about 2ml tanks and 10ml bottles are stupid

2019-09-18 20:49:05 UTC  

just pointless

2019-09-18 20:49:13 UTC  

Since you just buy a larger glass for the tank

2019-09-18 20:49:17 UTC  

and short fill liquids

2019-09-18 20:49:24 UTC  

But the content regulation is solid

2019-09-18 20:50:26 UTC  

yeah, stuff like that happens sometimes, anyhow I have to be up early tomorrow so I'm gonna head off now, been nice chatting 🙂

2019-09-18 20:50:37 UTC  

Ok man cya, was good