What is life like in Scotland?
Very Britishy
Shite.
>>58184941
/thread
>>58184941
Why though?
>>58184844
Great, despite our poor health and high poverty levels (Which is getting better). We're alright.
>>58185354
Everyone is poor and addicted to drugs.
>>58184844
Fucking awful.
Every one is a fat shitebag
It's fucking freezing.
>>58184844
>Scotland
>"""""""life"""""""""
>>58186209
>"It's fucking freezing"
What do you mean? Today we had lovely weather. 13 degrees Celsius aka the height of summer
>>58186475
True, ah wis fuckin' swelterin' the day like
its pretty shite. loads of schemy fucks whod sell their kids for a gram of weed or hit of heroin. people are also hostile as fuck for no reason.
weather is usually shite and went from heavy rain/snow to sweltering heat in a couple days. also shite politics with possibly the most self destructive party in europe leading parliament.
want to either get off this island or move down south desu lads
YER A SERPENT
YER A TEN POUND AN HOUR FAGGOT
can someone find that video for me? it's of two drunk guys arguing in Glasgow or something
literally a typical night out in Scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOX-pXTRsWA
>>58184844
it's very different depending on where in scotland you are
>glasgow
fun city
>edinburgh
might as well be in england
>highlands
nice but in the middle of nowhere
>dundee
kys tier
>>58191710
Why is Dundee just fuck my shit up tier?
t. English who has only ever been to Edinburgh
>>58191590
what the fuck are they saying
>>58191863
>highest percentage of snp voters
>shit clubs
>everyone has a drug problem
>the accent is horrible
the list goes on, everyone knows scumdee
>>58191487
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A7HjUmRJ5U
liberal breeding ground
>>58192262
yesss this is it.
you may be drunks, but at least your drunks are funny
>>58184844
>"the" "scottish" "people"
>>58192085
ahaha scumdee, I like it. I didn't realise it was more renowed for drug culture than glasgow t b h
>>58192792
the difference is glasgow has nice areas, all of dundee is horrible
>>58191590
That ending
>argue about the price of fags ye focking fruit loop :DDDDDDD:DDD:D:DDD
Imagine the stereotypical whinging Pom that can't find a thing he can't complain about
Now triple that and add an incomprehensible accent and a beer belly
>>58192262
>>58191590
I see no problem here...
>>58193176
Rude.
And here I was thinking that Chubb-Bagginses were nice folk...
>>58194883
I still love them but they need to keep a leash on the complaining, I think it's why British weather, women, culture and cuisine has such a bad reputation.
>>58191590
>AH DON'T GO INTAE CHIPPIES AN' FUCKIN' ARGUE ABOUT THE PRICE EH FAGS YE FUCKIN' FRUITLOOP
>>58184844
It's nice when it's sunny.
Like today.
cucked as fuck
>>58197720
>cucked
At least we don't have Bradford, Leeds or London.
>>58197764
The only reason we have cities full of child-raping muslim sewage is because of the Labour party (voted in by fucking Scots) and their two SCOTTISH prime ministers flooding our country with them, Angus.
>>58198113
wat
that shit has been going on since Harold Wilson if not earlier
>>58198113
#NotAllScots, you racist bigot
>>58198166
It was exacerbated massively from 1997-2009 under the Scots. Who STILL support mass immigration because they're a bunch of oestrogen-pumped ginger cunts who want to stroke Ahmed and tell him everything will be okay. Though of course, hardly any actually go to live in Scotland. Because if they did, the locals wouldn't be nearly as cucked as they are now.
>>58198264
I've yet to meet a based scot. They're all speccy little skinny wristed shits being paraded around by their bowl-headed dyke females and hooting about 'UNGLISH AGGREESHUN"
>>58198404
w-what about welsh people
Scottish is the best accent in the English language
>>58198457
I don't mind the Welsh, they're not as violently horny for Mohammed's cock in their mouth. They seem a lot more masculine than their porridge-slurping cousins to the North.
>>58198277
Labour had a majority in England too during those years, they only had 59 mps out of 650 so the policies were voted through by the English, but you're a bit too much of a stupid cunt to work that out.
Scotland likes to run their mouths about how white they are, but they are the ones who really want Muhammids dick in their ass, I can't wait for the day we leave the EU and Scotland leaves us, we can then rebuild the wall and watch as the scots get overwhelmed by shit skins
I jut learned there's a scottish muslim MP who wears kilts
you can't make this shit up senpai
>>58198799
>ass
>>58198853
FUCK YOU SCOTLAND REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>58191590
is it hard to understand because they are mad or is always that hard?
>>58198404
>you will never be this mad
>>58198457
Wales? Never heard of it
>>58198755
No. Without Scotland, the conservatives would have won a majority, or at the very least, a hung parliament. Especially during the mid 2000s and afterwards, once people started waking up to what treacherous murdering slugs Labour were. But not the fucking Jocks, they're so cucked they've even voted for a party who literally want the opposite of what they stand for.
>>58198804
That could be Humza Yousaf. He's an MSP, don't think he's a practising Muslim though.
>>58199030
Nope, the scottish vote has only once made a difference to Labour having a majority in Parliament.
>>58198804
He's going to be the leader of the S"""N"""P after Sturgeon goes too, the list of Scottish political leaders will look like:
>Muslim
>Gay
>Lesbian
>Bisexual
>Fat and gay
>Willie Rennie
>cold
>windy
>wet
>cities other than Edinburgh (maybe Glasgow) are cultureless pits of depression
i'm moving abroad in about 3 weeks once i graduate.
>>58199170
Hosie or Swinnie will get the job before he does.
>i live here
kill me
Ok now mention a positive aspect of living there, and don't post something dumb like "it's not London"
>inb4 "It's not México"
I like it well enough, my city anyway
>>58199282
Would look nice on your one day of Sunshine a year
>>58198897
I literally tuned my ears into it by watching Kevin Bridges and Frankie Boyle on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uT6wmKgMys
Weird how fast you get used to it.
>>58199341
Scotland has lots of great natural beauty
honestly if it wasn't infested with Scots it would be a nice place
>>58199341
Edinburgh is based as fuck, probably one of the best cities in the UK.
Most people are based as fuck.
Countryside is nice, same with islands/highlands.
It's not as crowded as England.
Job situation is okay.
>>58199341
Quick and easy access to the highlands
Edinburgh is one of the finest cities in the UK
>>58199253
Hamza's pretty low down in the food chain desu, Mhari Black I reckon will make leader one day. She represents everything the SNP have achieved that's why she's being crammed down everyone's throats this election.
>>58199341
Edinburgh has been voted best city to live in the UK 3 years in a row now. Plenty of jobs, lots of things to do during the festival.
>>58199601
>lots of things to do during the festival.
like leaving the city and renting your room out to tourists for 3x the normal rent.
>>58199475
Why does she look twice her age?
>>58199690
lack of sunlight
>>58199282
It could be worse
>>58199658
you can get more than 3x m8
>>58199658
>>58199809
Actually that reminds me of someone I know, he once rented his room out for August and then slept on the couch for the month
>>58199341
Pretty damn good if you enjoy dressing like a cunt and playing golf
>>58199805
coming from you, Iceland is a white man's dream
>>58198799
They do that because they know all the migrants end up in London m8.
>>58199849
>English twat talking about Scotland
cringe
>>58199980
not for long kemosabe, then we'll see who gets the last laugh
>>58199916
I don't know what trees look like
>>58200068
Neither do many people on Scotlands islands
>>58200068
fuck trees bro, who needs trees when you have hot springs
Irish master race, Irish are the only true celts left.
>>58200129
t. Patty ''Tyrone'' O'Donnel
>>58192262
>You couldn't punch a fucking phone number in your bellend
Top bantz
>>58184844
>be at Dunottar Castle
>have to take a real bad shit
>crouch down behind one of the old broken walls
>the sea is behind me just over a cliff
>try to be quiet but it's a really big shit
>grunting
>as the mammoth turd finally exits I quietly yell "freeeeeedom" under my breath
Scotland is a pretty cool place man. Really atmospheric.
Has any of you been to any of the prestigious universities (=Oxbridge)? How was it? Di you have any free time? Were people there downright boring? Parties...?
>>58200556
i got an interview at cambridge, it was pretentious as anything and when they offered me a place there (at a college I didn't originally apply to, but it's still cambridge so it's very prestigious) i declined as i couldn't see myself staying there for four years
apparently there are large drug problems there but you can't really believe much from what comes out
Could Scotland survive well enough on its own? This thread isn't really a good sign.
>>58200748
I doubt it. I'm 3/4 scottish and have spent a fair amount of time there, so I'm inclined to think about Scotland in a positive light. that being said, the nation would need a shit ton of work to be anywhere near to the rest of GB as far as its political influence and economy. assuming they would hold onto the skeleton of their current gov't, I still doubt that they could go full independent without help. Besides, I havent seen much evidence that Scotland is suffering from being part of the UK.
>>58201108
>anywhere near to the rest of GB as far as its political influence and economy
not even the most deluded cybernat thinks this is possible with a tenth of the population
the idea perpetuated is that we'd go full nordic socialism and have as much influence as they do, which i'm not too keen on
>>58184844
scotland is ireland's retarded son
"alba was a mistake"-Loarn mac Eirc
>>58201277
would the scottish really be willing to sacrifice relevancy in the modern world for more loudly declaring how unique they are?
I suppose I'm wondering just what percentage of Scotland would be poor enough to see it as a necessity.
>>58202205
world relevancy isn't important to most scots, and it's more nuanced than wanting to be 'unique'
>>58202335
>world relevancy isn't important to most scots
I wonder why not? maybe it shouldn't be relevant, but I think it'd irk me to be just a place on the map.
> it's more nuanced than wanting to be 'unique'
granted. was an unwise use of the word, more a sense of pride in their 'specific' heritage. which are you, Scot, English, welsh?
>>58202531
>it'd irk me to be just a place on the map
it's probably because you're american, most countries are totally fine with having zero relevance. personally i enjoy the influence the uk has, and it is a point in favour of remaining within the union.
>more a sense of pride in their 'specific' heritage
it's not even that, it's more that scottish people seem to think that they are more leftist than the rest of the uk, but in reality they aren't, they just want to be seen that way because left = caring here.
>which are you
i am a scot who voted yes, for the following reasons:
>the SNP would disband having fufilled their purpose
>we could create our own currency and not be subject to the rises and falls of the bank of england
>scotland could focus on renewable energy, unlike what all parties in england want to do which is nuclear
>>58202205
We're already irrelevant, the majority of the world doesn't even know we exist and thinks Britain is England.
The point of independence is to split off and use our resources to be like Norway. You can debate whether or not that would work but either way it's more complicated than just wanting to be unique.
>>58184844
It's SHITE being Scottish! They're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. They, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. They're ruled by effete arseholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!
>>58202681
>it's probably because you're american, most countries are totally fine with having zero relevance. personally i enjoy the influence the uk has, and it is a point in favour of remaining within the union.
you're likely correct about that. I keep an open mind on most things, and this may just be obstinate nonsense, but in the large scale of global politics, someone needs to be a power player-wouldn't one feel inclined to want one of those players to be people of your nationality? I ain't expecting you to have all the answers for your people, but I feel like its a similar situation to my view on elections- if you don't vote, you haven't earned the right to complain. if all one's country did is look after its own and stayed out of all of the other shit going on, when things go poor for you who do you blame or look to be held accountable?
>scotland could focus on renewable energy, unlike what all parties in england want to do which is nuclear
is that something that's been championed by Scottish politicians? if so good for y'all.
>>58202791
In the US there are still fairly clear divides in Northern/Southern culture and politics. When people think of the US from an outside perspective, they have an opinion that's closer to one side or the other. I think that's close to y'alls situation, though to a lesser extent.
>>58202983
it's not like people don't want the country to be relevant, it's more they want to be seen in the swiss and norweigian lights of culturally enlightened democracy as an example to be followed
and as for renewable power, scotland has some of the best potential for it in the world, with the windiest coasts in europe, large mountainous sections for hydroelectric, and even tidal and solar will work here well. it'd be crazy to not invest in this early.
>>58203100
does that mean that, as of this moment and all of time in the past, Scotland-or whatever subdivisions of GB that happen to exist within Scotland- have zero autonomy in regards to infrastructure?
>>58203215
scotland had an independence referendum in the 80s, in which they voted no but managed to obtain some autonomy from it. there has been some anger over that referendum since it has been revealed that the UK government lied over the value of the oil in the north sea.
after getting its own parliament in the 90s, scotland has had more and more power devolved, but there reaches a stage where you need full control to properly enact idealogical economic change. like currently, scotland has access to some tax powers, but without full access, it is almost forced to go with the UK's tax policy, as undercutting them is the first way to piss off everyone else, and if you raise it then people will just pay their tax in england.
there is autonomy but not as much as is required - and in fact, most scots don't want independence, they want "devo max", essentially a stage where scotland is in the union almost entirely only by name, with i imagine only defense being the shared value between scotland and the rUK. this option was not available in the most recent referendum however as the UK government would not allow for it to be an option.
>>58203021
The North and South were never their own countries and aren't even nearly as different as Scotland England, the cultural differences are incomparable.
The political differences in the US also aren't nearly as pronounced. Yes, you have blue states and red states, and states have their own laws, but generally everything conforms to federal laws nationwide. Scotland and England have wildly different policies, i.e. free tuition, and for the most part UK parties just focus on England and leave us to run ourselves. We don't really get any benefit from Tory or Labour governments and they just serve to stop the SNP doing retarded shit like opening the borders to Syrians.
>>58203468
>The North and South were never their own countries
but they were
>>58203673
The CSA existed for 4 years and wasn't even recognised by most counties.
Scotland and England were both independent kingdoms for nearly 1000 years.
There's a difference.
>>58203766
I know, I was just being autistic
>>58203468
fair enough. I guess that, even though you've been joined since 1707 (i think?) that there was more than enough baggage and a strong enough sense of identity that 300 years wouldnt erase it much
Idk my town has 8 golf courses and two beaches.
>>58203989
the fuck you live, St. Andrews?
>>58204080
Host of this years British Open.
My scottish ex gf wanted to kill me when I said she's british, I liked her.
>>58204089
Ayrshire, then. is it a nice place? I've never made it out there
>>58204220
Ayrshire as a whole is scenically beautiful in my opinion, however most of the towns are dire with the exception of Troon (my hometown) and maybe Largs and Ayr. I unironically think I was blessed having been born in this town.
>>58204325
well, that's a plus. just how big a deal is golf to the average Scot? over here its leisure sport that I think mostly uppity bastards do because the only minorities they see are caddies
>>58204377
Most people like it. The only people that play it regularly though are those who are either well off or live in golfing towns.
>>58204582
sound quite similar to here, then. Folks'll build a 2-300 house subdivision with a golf course or two in the middle.
>>58202840
>Canadian
>spelling civilization and colonized with a Z
>>58204799
>>58202840
>Canada is 1/8th Scottish descent
woo lad
>>58186282
t.london
Give Scotland independence and it would look like Haiti in six months.
>>58203766
Four years isn't much time though you consider that Germany was two countries for just 45 years and that was enough to establish a very large gulf that hasn't been fully closed yet.
>>58198113
>scots import pakis to england and remain 95% white
Seems like it's the south who gets cucked by big Scottish bulls tbqhwyfam
>>58184844
>The city's mortality rates are the highest in the UK and among the highest in Europe. With a population of 1.2 million in greater Glasgow, life expectancy at birth is 71.6 years for men, nearly seven years below the national average of 78.2 years, and 78 years for women, over four years below the national average of 82.3.[4] According to the World Health Organization in 2008, the life expectancy for men in the Calton area of Glasgow was 54 years.[1]
Pretty bad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_effect
>>58191590
So would you guys tap the woman in the red striped shirt?
OP here , appreciate the answers so far. It's not often that Scotland is talked about on here and I'm a Kiltboo.
When did Scotland become so left-leaning? I mean Adam Smith is one of the most famous Scotts and he's as capitalist as they come.
Also, what's the current state of Scottish-Gaelic? Is it widespread or forgotten about?
>>58209432
>>58209254
Jokes aside, Scotland isn't that young, in fact 15 or more percent of the population is over 65.
The population breakdown is strange; there seems to be a varying pattern of baby boom and bust cycles.
>>58199341
>edinburgh is cool
>tfw university of edinburgh rejected me
>>58209506
>Jokes aside, Scotland isn't that young, in fact 15 or more percent of the population is over 65.
Mostly English retirees.
>>58200704
>it was pretentious as anything
How is Cambridge pretentious, my interview was pretty straight forward desu
>still got rejected
I'm legitimately thinking of applying for a bunch of jobs in Scotland because it seems really cool
Am I a fuckwit?
>>58209565
If I had to take a guess, I'd say it was tied to the performance of the UK's economy at the time. 60s=prosperity so lots of babies, 70s=shitty economy so no babies, 80s-90s=prosperity so another baby boom, etc.
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