DrHolmes52 on April 7, 2026 4:00 pm And the top doesn’t exclude the bottom from happening (or vice versa).
Separate-Bedroom8562 on April 7, 2026 4:04 pm fighting over pixels then casually redrawing the whole map
Lord_Dolkhammer on April 7, 2026 4:06 pm Top image: EU when discussing fishing rights. Bottom image: Agreeing on protecting feta cheese and other local foods with trademarks.
Responsible_Lynx7772 on April 7, 2026 4:16 pm And even if they are initially in the state shown in the top, they can still switch to the state shown in the bottom.
Gigantopithecus1453 on April 7, 2026 4:18 pm Its because they knew if they fought over every strip of the big stuff, it would be a disaster
Interesting-Dream863 on April 7, 2026 4:26 pm To think that if Europe didn’t descend into general war they were going to carve up China and the rest of Asia… Bismark was a visionary.
TheFrostSerpah on April 7, 2026 4:33 pm Europeans when deciding over their actual land. Europeans when deciding someone else’s land.
Jack-Rabbit-002 on April 7, 2026 4:44 pm We got counted as Europe but we were smart enought to go over seas other than the old continental spat! It’s all Frances fault there though of course …….and occasionally Germans
Adventurous-Net-970 on April 7, 2026 4:58 pm Calmest Monarchs of Europe, loosing all their empires over a policing dispute between Austria and Serbia.
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And the top doesn’t exclude the bottom from happening (or vice versa).
fighting over pixels then casually redrawing the whole map
People still bitter about Tordesillas…
Top image: EU when discussing fishing rights.
Bottom image: Agreeing on protecting feta cheese and other local foods with trademarks.
This has Siege of Gilbralter scrawled all over it.
Why did I think that was a bear trap.
And even if they are initially in the state shown in the top, they can still switch to the state shown in the bottom.
Its because they knew if they fought over every strip of the big stuff, it would be a disaster
Europeans don’t even agree on being European these days.
To think that if Europe didn’t descend into general war they were going to carve up China and the rest of Asia…
Bismark was a visionary.
Europeans when deciding over their actual land.
Europeans when deciding someone else’s land.
One is personal, the other a mere business transaction.
We got counted as Europe but we were smart enought to go over seas other than the old continental spat! It’s all Frances fault there though of course
…….and occasionally Germans
Calmest Monarchs of Europe, loosing all their empires over a policing dispute between Austria and Serbia.