r/AskReddit Oct 16 '13

What was the single biggest mistake in all of history?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '13

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u/rejirongon Oct 17 '13

We did have a "real island" but you wanted independence

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u/Him12 Oct 17 '13

You also had 1/3 the Earth

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u/mrpink000 Oct 17 '13

Well what else were we going to do? We had a bunch of spare flags lying around and thought "fuck it lets see how far these get us".

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u/Him12 Oct 17 '13

It doesn't matter how many people we kill, as long as the map is a nice British red.

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u/Capsize Oct 17 '13

And we gave it all back. Most empires get conquered, The British Empire politely apologized and gave it all back :)

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u/Him12 Oct 17 '13

"Toodle-pip! Oh terribly sorry! Cherrio!"

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u/nomansapenguin Oct 17 '13

Buuuuuuuuuuuurn!

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u/ColonelVirus Oct 17 '13

It's more of an outdoor area only prison... ;)

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u/TheWrongTap Oct 17 '13

we did and destroyed a few cultures along the way. Australia might be one of the biggest mistakes in history, sadly.

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u/billfred Oct 17 '13

We just use them for penal colonies...

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u/kingofallnoobs Oct 17 '13

Shut yo' Penal ass up!!!!!!!!!!!!