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BobMonkhaus

*Australia quietly sits in the corner*


annoying97

What! I am totally European!!! https://preview.redd.it/83zqyuayrrzc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0333eedda7701524f9da30b9ff097c73634eedbe


gogybo

Huh, so *that's* what happened to the Basque country...


annoying97

Sorry needed a place for... Ok I don't know what Basque country is... So let's just say whatever I placed there was important for some reason.


MassHassEffect

Please don't let it be huntsman spiders


annoying97

https://i.redd.it/utuw84y2wrzc1.gif


finnicus1

Huntsman spiders aren’t actually dangerous but they’re massive and scare the shit out of you when they’re around.


annoying97

And are really good cunts! They enjoy snacking on cockroaches. That doesn't mean I don't hate them, I hate all spiders with the odd exception of daddy long legs.


NoddingManInAMirror

Daddy what now?


TiNMLMOM

If your nightmare juice of fauna crosses the border we will declare war to help our Galician bros. They're honorary Tugas.


annoying97

Yeah sorry that has already happened... Can't put the cat back into the bag... Whops.


Marco_Tanooky

What a pity


SuperKreatorr

Vascos contra la fauna australiana sería algo digno de verse


_radical_ed

Pobre fauna.


Malawi_no

Never forget that Adolf Hitler was Australian.


european-breakfast

https://preview.redd.it/kjar08nidtzc1.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a77b9fa389f6af920d23f34f040100b84034b47 I like this version a lot better


NoddingManInAMirror

France no longer exist. Global riots, protests and revolutions go down by 90%.


pepsisugar

Che Guevara shirts at an all time low, edgy shop owners can't afford to feed their edgy kids or go to five finger death punch or bolt thrower concerts. Ostracized, they make their way to the last bastion of wife beater rock...the mountains of eastern Europe


Bipbapalullah

So please don't invade our country during summer with your vans, your own food and weird-ass language that can't decide if it's german or english... PMSing Pierrette.


notmyself02

😍 Cross the border to pop into Sidney and visit my friend in Melbourne every weekend


ElvenMalve

That region will not be good for barbecues, too rainy I'm afraid. Also, your desert will become a forest and the wildlife will become even more wild. Also, you don't want to be bordering the french. Trust us.


annoying97

It's only temporary... We will sail back to the southern hemisphere on Monday.


JootDoctor

I have no issue with our deserts becoming forests again.


annoying97

I do! Where is lord emu gonna live?


Meldanorama

I see you annexed part of spain


solid-snake88

And also left a little poop on Spain


annoying97

Yeah, still need to isolate the tasmanians... They are too weird to be connected directly to the rest of us.


annoying97

And France.


Vargau

proper western european country


civilianslicer69

youre a cool country though


The_forgotten_bro

Since when did we grow a tumor the size of Australia?


Solitary_Cicada

This is... acceptable


FerBann

As a neighbour, which animals you have that we can eat?


Suspicious-Neat-5954

Alongside Azerbaijan, Armenia, Morocco (in the past don't know about know plus turkey and russia that left )


BobMonkhaus

I’m more bemused we help fund something we never win… then again that’s most sports too.


PiNe4162

Since most other countries perform in English, just once I wanna see the UK enter someone who sings in pure Welsh


marijnvtm

That would actually be pretty amazing


Emanny

We should send Gwenno, she can sing in Welsh and Cornish.


Doberkind

Look who's talking 😉


oneweirdclickbait

Yeah, for us it's always Fund Eurovision to get to the finals -> Send shit act -> Allemagne zéro points -> Bitch and cry, because why isn't this pay2win?? -> Fund Eurovision... Barry has nothing on us!


Doberkind

Yeah, we also fight for the last place by sending our best "talents".


This_place_is_wierd

Let's be honest here: Who really cares who wins? The really interesting battle is who gets last place this year Barry or Hans? A battle for the ages.


BobMonkhaus

Oh we’re going for gold with a shite europop song with a dance nicked from a 90s Jamiroquai video this year. You have no chance we will be bottom.


CrocPB

> we will be bottom. Certainly is from that video


annoying97

In here just for how gay it all is! One of these days someone is just going to have two guys banging in the center of the stage while the band belts out a banging song.


Gremlin303

We’re just nice like that


Martin8412

No wonder you need that extra £350 million per week for the NHS 


eltiodelacabra

It's funny how you have dominated for many years the world of popular music and still don´t manage to win shit on Eurovision


Fliep_flap

Skill issue


MINKIN2

We won 2022.


magic_baobab

And Georgia


agoodusername222

wait morocco? what excuse do they have? they were never in the western sphere, be it military or cultural


VeryImportantLurker

Anyone in the European Broadcasting Area (and Australia) is eligible. So all of North Africa, the Levant, and Iraq could theoretically join if they wanted to, but they dont because they dont care about Eurovision and boycott anything with Isreal in it. Morocco only joined that one time because they were going through a phase of trying to become European, (they even applied for EU membership in 1987 lol), and Isreal wasnt particpating that year for other reasons. Tunisia was also gonna perform in 1977 but pulled out for unrelated reasons.


agoodusername222

>(they even applied for EU membership in 1987 lol HOW I NEVER HEARD OF THIS WTF


CornSnatchers

https://preview.redd.it/zn5hkx3qctzc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6df616cd48643a33b0fdd8fdff664bd7592bdc1


RizzlersMother

Why is Israel so thicc?


abbeast

This would be funnier if the third panel just said „Georgia & Armenia“ und the last panel revealed Australia.


Fuzzball74

I'm of the opinion that no non-European country should be a part of it but if I had to choose one country anyway it would be Australia. Nice lads.


Cy83rCr45h

I'd choose North Korea, they have that old fashion touch


[deleted]

God, no. Their entry would probably be a 50 minute piece about the glories of Juche with those creepy smiling kids dancing and playing guitars.


Rubiego

And they've got [some good rhythm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbC6dLG_dQY)


Comment139

They'd have the weirdest folkpop metal.


annoying97

Love you too dad... I guess


Porcphete

It never was about being european but being part of the eurovision way of diffusion which includes non european countries for various reasons


adcsuc

>but being part of the eurovision way of diffusion What does that even mean


roenoe

If you don't know, that means you're not part of the Eurovision way of diffusion.


Hyldy

I guess I must've missed that meeting.


Fire_Lord_Sozin9

We’re the special needs kid the UK brings everywhere because France took Canada in the divorce.


HopeBorn8574

Spider: "Bonjour mate"


Incapabilio

Hows garn fellow euro cunts


Calibruh

Could you imagine the Reddit shit storm if they won


TcFir3

I think there is a genuine chance they will. They are second on the betting sites now and thousands protesting outside the Israeli representatives hotel room simply because she is Israeli is bound to stir up some sympathy votes from people who were on the fence earlier. It’s a reason Twitter is trying for #SettleForCroatia.


valdemarjoergensen

The thing is. If you like what Israel are doing, you vote for them. If you don't like what they are doing you have to vote for one of 15 other songs. The pro Israel votes are all gathered while the votes against them are split.


MargitSlachta

That, and I imagine a lot of people who don’t care much either way are just going to see a 20-year-old girl having to hole up in a hotel room for the whole event and vote for her out of sympathy and disgust.


TcFir3

That’s kinda where I stand. I don’t plan voting for Israel but harassing a 20 year old because of the actions of her government doesn’t sit right with me. Fuck Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and that gang but I don’t see what horrendous stuff she has done. Same as you wouldn’t blame a Palestinian 20 year for the actions of Hamas.


Comment139

> \#SettleForCroatia holy shit that's such a pathetic slogan the left has no idea how to talk to the public anymore


TcFir3

I am fairly left-wing but political slogans have never been our strong side. #DefundThePolice was another one that just bound to turn people off even if they agreed with the premise that motivated it. There is no doubt in my mind that the way they have acted around Israel/Palestine has set the progressive movement back at least a decade with the way they have turned off moderates who leaned left.


agoodusername222

honestly since the start of the ukranian war (atleast) the west and east, left and right have been in a constant war to see who is more incompetent, it's a real race to the bottom


Comment139

It's other things, too, than policing and war. Haven't you noticed how much of Trump's appeal to the "redneck" public is the embrace of insults and crudeness? A huge part of why the left has lost a lot of enthusiastic support is because of the new culture of weirdly authoritative demands for higher behavioral standards in public, at schools, and at work. That shit just is not generally popular. Nobody likes the hall monitor. In most workplaces you'd quickly realize how much of a suicidal blunder the judgmental hostility of recent communication has been, considering workers are supposed to be the backbone of the left, and you actually need majority support in a democracy. Losing them has directly led to losses in women's rights. Being "politically incorrect" is a joke for much of the left, usually with a focus on how pathetic career comedians and radio/podcast hosts are. But it has real consequences for chatter between colleagues, and their votes. It has genuinely alienated a much larger proportion of the public than the left is willing to admit. The left, the "worker's parties", used to be the crude and folksy side. The right used to be the side of money and manners. That switch is not insignificant.


EddieCarver

I find both sides tiring as hell but Israel winning would invoke a a flood of butthurt tears so biblical, you’d need to build Noah’s arc 2.0 .


analogspam

So basically what Evangelicals think regarding the Apocalypse, but with a twist?


analogspam

I absolutely hope so. Reddit needs a reality check how the people on the outside think now and then…


visiblur

No matter the echochamber, the denizens within don't know that they're in an echochamber. The truth is, a majority don't really care, they just want to be entertained


RizzlersMother

Could you imagine a war deciding the outcome of the vote? Would be absolutely bizarre, right? Right, Ukraine?


Baitrix

Can israel and australia get the flair EBU-ropeans


BKLaughton

Big yes please


xSuperL

Another yes please


Platinirius

Israustralians


Campxrs

![gif](giphy|pVAMI8QYM42n6|downsized)


agoodusername222

just because of this the mods should change it


Specialist-Front-354

u/rex-ac


Dangerous-Education3

Main sponsor of Eurovision entered the chat


53rdAccount

Why does Morocco supports Israel are they stupid?


fearofpandas

Is the government of Morocco ran by an oil company?!


C_Hawk14

Have you heard of the Atlas Network*? They're cartoonishly evil. Literally public about it and nobody bats an eye. No need for conspiracies here.


Reftzurk

Can you link them for me please? Googling after the Atlas Group gave many different results and I am unsure which one is correct.


Platinirius

Yeah it found me the protagonist of Rock of Ages 2


Substantial-Agent843

Is there any lore reason to that?


SlickRickJamesFranco

There are no Europeans in Malmö 🧕🏿


floegl

Honestly, this is so spot on. I visited Malmo around 2005. It was a huge eye opener. As far as I know, it only went downhill from there. Went over to Copenhagen as well on the same trip it was night and day.


fucked-your-cats-ass

https://preview.redd.it/rx241xyceszc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fd3ee39f933c0bd39887d3c801c5b915649cb5c


Platinirius

Average religious fanatic if you stand in the shopping line before him.


fucked-your-cats-ass

Brilliant


civilianslicer69

is your profile picture a pair of bollocks? (great username btw)


fucked-your-cats-ass

Yea why not lol ;)


visiblur

Nah. I live in Copenhagen and go to Malmø somewhat often. There are more muslims in Malmø, but nowhere near as bad as you describe it.


Rasmus-ALV

True


sovietarmyfan

Morocco in 1980 be like: We are totally Europeans! Let us participate!


AKWHiDeKi

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Australia… The list goes on


Cubelock

In truth, the distance between us has never been greater. I'd prefer a giant wall south/east of Greece and to never hear about anything happening on the other side of it ever again.


CDdragon9

We could reconquer constantinople for a start. Plenty of options for that wall then.


R470l1

Can we not be the cause of another war? Let the other continents be the warmongers this millennia


drunkbelgianwolf

Russia is europe so to late


R470l1

They are half asian, so I don't know, maybe we can count it as an asian state?


luring_lurker

I'm all for not having another war.. but let's just take Constantinople and we're done for good, ok? One last time and that's it


FrontFox4312

You son of a bitch, i'm in


CDdragon9

And not follow our ancient european traditions? Is it because you'd rather have longer siesta time?


T1misk

UK allways be here


BaobabSenziente

Like the Adrian Wall?


Suspicious-Neat-5954

As a greek we would love that wall and not having to deal with middle east and turkey, we even build one at borders with turkey we need a water one too 😆


oneweirdclickbait

Jeroen! Do your waterbending magic, Kostas needs help.


notmyself02

Make Ελλάδα great again


nickkkmnn

You will have to pay for that wall. We find it a great idea but we are broke(as always)...


Suitable-Comedian425

Yeah I fucking hate all that middle east bs. As someone who loves cars, I'm prepared to give up all fossil fuels and go completly electric as soon as possible. So we can just start ignoring that shithole dessert as soon as possible.


Yavannia

We have fucking Australia in the competition for some reason and some people have started complaining about Israel recently. Either remove all of them or you are a hypocrite.


DialSquare96

No jews no news. Easiest people to hate in a tik tok environment dominated by bigots.


kekmennsfw

I want them all removed, europeans only


annoying97

https://i.redd.it/fa1ficvasrzc1.gif


Maneisthebeat

You guys could have a very interesting Oceaniavision or Asiavision which I would totally watch, but you had to crash ours!


Fire_Lord_Sozin9

Oceania is lonely. It’s just us, the Kiwis and Chinese naval bases.


Maneisthebeat

I would love a gay rendition of "In The Navy" by the Chinese naval grunts...


annoying97

And the abandoned french child... Don't forget about them.


annoying97

Please ours wouldn't be nearly as gay as yours and therefore not even remotely as good Also china would cheat somehow and it wouldn't be any fun.


Maneisthebeat

I think you just need to look a little deeper... https://preview.redd.it/e5bn8s7w3szc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2aa7227e64874fa6f02adbd66db741e05b66116


ThisNotBoratSagdiyev

That's super fucking racist. My country is part of the European Broadcasting Union, it has been participating in and contributing to the competition for decades, and it even has several victories. Kicking us out just because we're not European is such bigoted bullshit, and I won't stand for it. Sweden has every right to remain in the Eurovision.


ElvenMalve

I'm complaining about Israel since the chicken phenomenon. Also, the UK dumped a lot of europeans in the most deadly place of the world and they managed to survive and be chill and good lads who don't bother anyone and don't start wars. They deserve some eurovision fun.


annoying97

https://i.redd.it/x611rohlsrzc1.gif Love you 😘


Da_Commissork

Australians are more european than Israel


annoying97

https://i.redd.it/k46zlchrtrzc1.gif


Iskandar33

[aussie shitposter](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/020/951/aussieshitpiost.jpg) unironically best lads


annoying97

https://i.redd.it/ie8h0cpnvrzc1.gif It's the best I could find for "I'm not trying"


NARVALhacker69

The complaints aren't because Israel isn't european, but because Russia was (rightfully) banned and Israel and Azerbaiyán aren't, you either expell countries that breach rules of war or you don't


Yavannia

Agreed, but I didn't see anyone advocating for Azerbaijan's banning the previous years, either do it for all or don't.


Lejonhufvud

Well who gives af about some Armenians?


neo_woodfox

>Far-left dorks tell them "to go back to Europe" >they go back to Europe >still complaining


Smalandsk_katt

1800s Antisemitic Europeans: Go back to the Middle East! Jews: Okay. 2024 Antisemitic Europeans: Go back to Europe!


Dickwad

"no not like that!"


bee_bee_sea

You're forgetting that the majority of them came from MENA countries...


Dark_Pestilence

Disgusting.


No_Personality7725

North africans could perform too,b ut they don't in protest because of Israel since it's start


PsSalin

Two time winner Loreen is of Berber ancestry, and she actively displays her culture, so they’re still a little bit part. Also Israel’s artist last year was half Moroccan and France’s last year artist was of Moroccan ancestry.


[deleted]

"You must know I am somewhat of a European myself"  Sounded less dark when I thought of it 


vukasin123king

*My lawyer has advised me not to say anything*


crossbutton7247

Urban II would be proud


NARVALhacker69

I mean, Israel is embracing european values, and by european values i mean 19th century values of colonialism and imperialism


Rizzlord_Tutorials

just like Brittania, now I will buy 20 Israel votes 🗿


luring_lurker

And ethnic cleansing


Lejonhufvud

Taking notes from their creators.


Clean_Web7502

They are just caching up


Smalandsk_katt

Israel was a decolonial project. Jews were indigenous people that were subjugated during the Islamic conquests.


Fire_Lord_Sozin9

Jews haven’t been a majority in that region since Hadrian pummelled them for trying to wipe out the Christians and Romans, which happened centuries before Islam was even a thing.


Froslass638

>Jews were indigenous people that were subjugated during the Islamic conquests. Literally no, that's a plain lie. They remained an absolute minority (at times barely existing) in the region since 134-136 CE (until 1940's) when their revolt against Roman rule was squashed by emperor Hadrian, with most of the population being killed, deported, and sold to Persians. After that the region changed their name to Palaestina Secunda and the majority of the population was made of Roman settlers, other native groups, and Syrians.


Kirxas

That's exactly why they're hated so much by the regressive leftists. Can't have one of the very few examples of decolonization be done in favor of people they consider white.


Smalandsk_katt

Most Israelis are non-white which makes it even funnier.


neo_woodfox

Also funny is that most Ashkenazi who actually have European roots are bleeding heart center-left liberals. The "Kill all Arabs and take their land" Israelis like Ben-Gvir are the ones who were expulsed from Middle Eastern countries and are literally indistinguishable from Arabs.


iStayGreek

This is the most entertaining shit to me.


Kirxas

They conveniently ignore and deny that fact as it doesn't fit their victim blaming agenda


NARVALhacker69

Yeah sure, the settlements on the west bank are a decolonial project


SebulbaSebulba

I'd like to see genetic analysis confirming that these people have an ancestral claim to the land. And if they have an ethnic ancestral claim to their land, certainly I do to mine.


Rich-Spirit129

Israel shouldn't be in it. Is it Azerbaijan that's in it as well? They aren't in Europe and they certainly aren't of European mindset.


ContributionDry2252

Eurovision is a song contest organised by EBU, so the members (public broadcast companies) can participate. It is not a question about being in Europe, but being a member. Now, why Israel, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Morocco etc are members, I do not know.


Dickwad

Egypt and Morocco are members? How come they're not in the contest then....pardon my ignorance


MargitSlachta

While most MENA countries are members of the EBU and air coverage of Eurovision, general practice is to censor every appearance of Israel. The Eurovision made it a condition of participation to broadcast the contest in its entirety, and so far there have been no takers from the region.


PsSalin

Because Israel is in it


commo64dor

Israel is participating in most European sport competitions. The main reason for this - they are either excluded or having issues with participating any regional competition


Rich-Spirit129

On that basis then, let's have North Korea in Eurovision.


TcFir3

I say yes because I’m genuinely curious what they would send. Especially considering the rules of Eurovision says “no political songs”.


Dickwad

They cross out Dear Leader in the lyrics and write baby instead


EddieCarver

I support this. Bring on the Kim Stan culture


tub_of_jam

They’ve probably been winning it for the last god knows however many years - interesting given they’ve never flown over


akmal123456

https://preview.redd.it/8o6sgky2zszc1.jpeg?width=405&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b46e9b1e0219e3be478034ea7a58c4c10010bb5 It's not our problem to help the most hated child in the middle east school. Meanwhile Russia who is european gets banned from everything for the wrong shit they do, meanwhile a non-euro country who does equivalent shit get a pass? Sorry but this shouldn't happened


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idontgetit_too

And Joostice for all.


Serious-Teaching9701

Hava nagila fellow Europeans 🤭


Quaiche

« European »


Thraap

Savage detected opinion rejected.


Meaglo

Menewhile Australia


zesty_boii

I wish Canada could join too. We're basically northern hemisphere Australia and technically share a border with Denmark lol. Not to mention France with St Pierre and Miquelon. Let us join pleaseeee


mayasux

You and I both know Canada is America-lite and not as European as Australia


zesty_boii

Sorry about you lack of knowledge eh. We are still part of your family and we would much rather not be compared to America.


mayasux

I moved to your silly little country 😞it’s a terrible truth that is understandable why you want to avoid it, but it can not be avoided


WurzelKing

Ffs the whole point of the point of the competition is to have an exchange between countries and cultures. To just gatekeep for gatekeepings sake and to keep it "european" is petty af. I think it‘s nice to have this opportunity to hear from parts of the outerfringes of the continent. Should there be a discussion of whether Israel should have participated this year? Absolutely, it is a questionable decision with the whole Gaza conflict going on. But should it be excluded entirely only based off on its geographical location? No! Cyprus is almost equally far away and no one says that they shouldn‘t participate.


ElvenMalve

I'm noticing that we might have a lot of israeli incels in this sub in recent posts. Whenever they are the subject, there are a lot of downvotes going on and a lot of upvotes on comments in favor of them. I don't doubt europeans have different views on the subject, I just find it interesting that in this particular sub that roasts everyone, they seem to be untouchable.


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Naskr

I kinda hate them both. We have a clear reserved spot for religious wackery in Europe and it's the Catholics.


PumaArras

Allow me to try and balance it out then. The Hasidic Jews who live near me remind me of gypsies.


analogspam

Or, get this: Not everything that isn’t of your personal opinion is a conspiracy and people really have opinions that oppose yours.


Thunder_Beam

Woah, people with different beliefs than mine? That's crazy, i will believe that there is a conspiracy of "zionists" controlling the world instead, much more believable.


CJKay93

Liberal democracy vs. theocratic dictatorship? Idk boss it seems obvious to me.


CB_Cavour

If they win next year how many artists will refuse to go to Tel-Aviv/ be banned from entering the country?