The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

[kpete]

Britons are frantically googling the phrase ‘What is the EU’ hours after voting for the UK to leave the European Union, according to Google Trends.

The tech giant claims that ‘What is the EU’ is the second top searched for question since the EU referendum results came out.

In a tweet, the company wrote: “What is the EU?” is the second top UK question on the EU since the #EURefResults were officially announced

https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/746303118820937728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/24/britons-are-googling-what-is-the-eu-after-voting-to-leave-it-5965238/#ixzz4CVgoV7CG

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Maybe they're figuring out, too late, that they've stepped in it.

[TubbersUK]

2. I'm lost for words n/t

[uponit7771]

3. lofl... yeap, this vote was stoked by tribalism

[Stinky The Clown]

4. This is being done by the SAME FUCKING IGNORANT MORONS who cheer for Trump

Low information citizens of Dumbfuckistan.

[Surya Gayatri]

20. And, who are fed a steady diet of Rupert Murdoch codswallop,

through his gutter print media and Fox News twin, ITV.

[bullwinkle428]

5. A cautionary tale for Americans, to be sure.

"AH JES WANNA SEE A TEEVEE STAR BE PREZNIT!!1!"

[Glassunion]

6. Sort of like that morning the Republicans had to frantically Google "McKinley" to figure out why

they were outraged at Obama that morning he made the Denali announcement.

[auntpurl]

7. This morning the top trend in Google UK was "What will happen if we leave the EU?"

MIGHT HAVE CHECKED THAT YESTERDAY.

[anoNY42]

8. Honestly,

it's probably school kids having an assignment that deals with current events.

Furthermore, if British adults truly don't know what the EU is, then the "Remain" campaign did a terrible job trying to convince people to stay in it.

[The2ndWheel]

13. Kids probably have a way of doing that

Not only that, but that question trending doesn't necessarily mean it's only people that voted to leave that are looking up the question.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Ready, fire, aim!

[whatthehey]

10. Eventually some will read Artiocle 50

and become seriously disillusioned with their kneejerk stupidity yesterday.

[Native]

11. I am gobsmacked. nt

[Meldread]

12. LMAO @ at the stupidity.

"Hey, I just voted to leave the EU... wait... what's the EU, and what does leaving the EU mean for me? I better check that out since I just won the vote! <After a quick Google search.> OH MY FUCKING GOD WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME THIS!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW SCREWED WE ARE NOW! OH MY GOD THE ECONOMY IS TANKING AND THE UK COULD BREAK UP NOW! SHIT! SHIT! RE-VOTE! RE-VOTE!!!!"

[HuckleB]

14. Fools. This same kind ignorance is why Trump is still very scary.

[ehrnst]

15. Let us now appreciate representative government. (nt)

[auntpurl]

16. YES.

This is why you don't put complicated economic policy up for general population referendum just because you've had a spat with another Eton schoolboy, CAMERON.

[summerschild]

21. Was Cameron drunk when he came up with this?

[TwilightZone]

17. Agreed.

[Renew Deal]

18. I think it brings up an important point

People can't answer how the EU really benefits them.

[spinbaby]

19. Sadly, not the Onion.

[strategery blunder]

22. Well, the UK has permanently forfeited all right to mock American electoral stupidity.

I remember the Daily Mirror headline "Doh! 4 more years of Dubya, how can 65M Americans be so stupid?" in 2004.

Well, I respect their right to self-determination, but now they gotta live with the consequences of not looking these things up *before* voting...