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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm, this gives me manufactured engagement vibes. Like those mobile game ads ("only 10% of players are smart enough to complete this puzzle!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

6% of BRITISH shoppers admit they do THIS at the checkout!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nope, it was save their pin in their phone address book under a false name like Alan the Aardvark.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought it was Ethel the Aardvark, who just happens to be a quantity surveyor.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can't read!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Woman finds dog, when she sees why she calls the police.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Archive link for those who don't want to give traffic to that site: https://archive.is/gcfiM

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yep. This looks like a typical Reddit thread...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I don't see how many, if any, of those questions in the images are relevant to someone being assessed of worthiness of citizenship. Surely it should be more about current day culture and the way we live in the UK?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If anyone’s curious to try some of the questions I found a mock test here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I passed! And I'm neither British, no do I aim at British citizenship. Will I get a consolation prize instead?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get to Brexit immediately! Have some sovereignty!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I didn’t vote brexit so as you could give the ultimate prize to anyone.

/s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Me too! Probably a good thing as I live here!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's Finland, obviously

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly as somebody who's done one of these tests, they're genuinely not very hard but they do require you to do a few hours of prep. The actual application though is very long and tedious asking you to obtain information from the government only to copy it into the application form and send it back to the government. Needless tedium really. Not to mention having to find character witnesses who have to work in specific professions and must have known you for years.