British Empire Be Like 😂
by Boring-Locksmith-473
British Empire Be Like 😂
by Boring-Locksmith-473
13 Comments
Lol
In before Ireland comments:
As an Australian, all the countries in the [Commonwealth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations) are allowed to talk shit about each other, but if anyone outside even looks sideways at us they’re in a *world* of hurt. Special mention Canada, NZ, UK, India and all the Pacific nations: love you guys.
Ngl thats hilarious
It’s not about the size, it’s about how many atrocities you can commit around the world
The creativity of Redditors on this sub unmatched.
I still remember the meme
Video game boss when you face him :- British empire
Video game boss when you unlock him as a playable character :- the British isle
France had some big chunk too at this time
anyway back to the cricket match we go
The East India Company was at one point the 2nd biggest GDP entity in the world
I think it’s worth reminding people for context that for most of its history Britain/the UK made up the single largest proportion of the economy and population of the empire, with the notable exception of India. Being the first to industrialise and having many colonies that were more sparsely populated settler-colonial states does that, and modern global demographics do not look the same as even 75 years ago, making it easy for people to not realise how powerful the British isles were relative to elsewhere
When the chair turned and showed Great Britain, their national anthem played in my head
And in the chair is https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pirates/images/d/db/KingGeorgeThumbsUp.png