The arts are infested with conservatives.
Public housing is far, far more common.
Most of the classic TV dramas on PBS are from ITV, not the BBC.
Jane McDonald
| by Anonymous | reply 225 | February 1, 2024 4:37 AM |
That most men in the UK are uncut.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 25, 2024 9:24 AM |
Separate hot and cold water taps
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 25, 2024 9:31 AM |
What is the point in comparisons, really?
Unless it's to point out we live on this planet and there are huge disparities about quality of life, depending on the country we live in?
In that case, that's an important conversation, since it's not good, country to country, how we treat our people.
I know, nobody wants to care about human lives beyond your own life, family, town, city, county, state, country.
But until we actually start thinking about things beyond our own personal comfort, this planet is doomed. We're on a tract to no-wheres-ville.
That's all. And I know i'll be roasted over and over. but it's true.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 25, 2024 9:32 AM |
No electrical outlets or light switches in bathrooms.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 25, 2024 9:32 AM |
Central heat being a luxury š„¶
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 25, 2024 9:35 AM |
[quote]No electrical outlets or light switches in bathrooms.
What? You have to poop in the dark?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 25, 2024 9:48 AM |
^ The switch for my bathroom light is in the hall next to the bathroom door. No hardship.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 25, 2024 9:52 AM |
Salaries are generally lower to the tune of about 25% or so
You don't have "sick days*. You just take the day off.
There's two minimum wage rates based on age (over/under 23).
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 25, 2024 10:08 AM |
Sick days have to be self certified up to seven days, then you have to get a sickness certificate from your GP.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 25, 2024 10:25 AM |
r10 Right? Why would you want the light switch inside the bathroom instead of next to the door right outside of it? It makes perfect sense to light up any room before you enter it, rather than enter a dark room and start pawing around for the light switch.
As for the outlets, they're obviously strategically placed so you don't splash water on them, but they're there.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 25, 2024 10:29 AM |
It's 5 last time I checked, but there's no running tally per year like there is in America.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 25, 2024 10:29 AM |
I cannot understand their unintelligible speech.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 25, 2024 12:24 PM |
Why only 6 episodes a "series"? Is that supposed to be impressive?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 25, 2024 12:43 PM |
It'sa all about the funding, which is completely different from the US model with far smaller budgets.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 25, 2024 12:45 PM |
Hun culture, as evidenced here.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 25, 2024 1:19 PM |
I actually like how most British shows don't seem to last forever the way many American sitcoms do. Think Grey's Anatomy. Can't believe that shit show is still going on.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 25, 2024 1:41 PM |
Sinks that have separate hot and cold faucets, or taps as they call them.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 25, 2024 1:41 PM |
Those tiny major appliances standard in the kitchen. I mean the washer holds like 4 shirts! The pale skin, for a country with high tea consumption more whitening toothpaste needs to be sold to counter act the staining.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 25, 2024 2:05 PM |
Why many loos at restaurants or bars are upstairs. This is most of Europe too not just UK. And they have separate water closets a lot, not just one big room with stalls.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 25, 2024 2:08 PM |
Lawrence points out a few differences.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 25, 2024 2:11 PM |
Cute British twinks react to memes about Britain.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 25, 2024 2:13 PM |
Why do they never have screens on their windows? Do they not have bugs in the UK?
And I finally learned why these awkward and small 1/8 of the total window portions are the only ones that operate because:
[quote]The owners or operators of a building have a duty of care under Health & Safety law. Many (or their advisors) have done risk assessments and determined that there is a risk of falling so, as a control measure, they have restricted the windows.
...but why do i see these same operable mini windows in private residences? Public housing I get. Country Estates, I do not. Whats the story? And do those mini sections let enough air in if every window in a building (or flat) has them?
And what about all the high rises that DON"T have them?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 25, 2024 2:19 PM |
Public restrooms stalls with doors that run floor to ceiling instead of the humiliating 3/4 doors the expose your pants down and shoes and provide no barrier to sound effects.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 25, 2024 2:31 PM |
[quote]Cute British twinks
Two of those things are true.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 25, 2024 2:31 PM |
Why there are virtually NO TOPS in England.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 25, 2024 2:32 PM |
[quote] Public restrooms stalls with doors that run floor to ceiling instead of the humiliating 3/4 doors the expose your pants down and shoes and provide no barrier to sound effects.
But those actually make sense. Itās the American ones that are strange and wrong.
Even better, some of the UK toilets come with the little prison sink and soap right inside the stall. Love it.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 25, 2024 2:36 PM |
I love you all so very very much, I canāt resist your charms. There were a couple of English guys working in my university department, they were smoking hot and at the end of the term they always do a āroastā so they did a skit where someone imitated the hottest guy, with both men and women trailing after him like an entourage.i felt bad for the guy because he was shy. He moved back to the uk. He still looks good.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 25, 2024 2:41 PM |
Americans aren't used to the limits of old buildings, old infrastructure, and old money. Also, there's 55+ million people into the UK, which is the size of Oregon. It's also very population-dense because so much land is undeveloped private land. There's a reason why landed folk want the attention on immigration rather than wealth disparity.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | January 25, 2024 2:42 PM |
The king doesn't pay taxes on his "property." That's fucked up.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 25, 2024 2:55 PM |
Why they all hit the wall at 19. š§±š¶
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 25, 2024 3:03 PM |
These freeloaders with silly hats...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 25, 2024 3:33 PM |
That their showers are not completely enclosed. Whatās the point of having a half door in your shower? The water splashes out all over the floor.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 25, 2024 3:37 PM |
Their total obsession with Eurofest.
Aristocratic titles and the whole aristocracy thing in general.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 25, 2024 4:28 PM |
I donāt understand why they need their own set of minor celebrities. The US has more than enough. Just use ours.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 25, 2024 4:30 PM |
I have visited London many times, went to university outside of London, and have had a few side trips over the years. I generally find the differences between the UK and the US to be enjoyable. (Just like any country you visit -- if you don't like the differences then don't go, or don't go back.) That said, there are things that I "don't get," which is not to mean that anyone is wrong; it is how it is.
On my last trip (earlier this month) I found it much harder to use cash. What do you do for those who cannot afford to have a credit card? I see that many places are sites of discretionary spending (Many pubs, Mercato Mayfair, and Seven Dials Market really made me think about this) but this is something that I don't get.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 25, 2024 4:31 PM |
R47 Most payments are being made using debit cards, not credit cards. Even the poorest of the poor with their benefit payments being paid into a basic Post Office current account will have a debit card.
I cannot remember the last time I used cash. Possibly pre-lockdown.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 25, 2024 4:37 PM |
Most people donāt think about the aristocracy. We leave that to Americans.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 25, 2024 4:37 PM |
All my descamisados expect me to outshine the enemy -- the aristocracy! I won't disappoint them!
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 25, 2024 4:39 PM |
R29 I lived in a postwar house in England and we had the same things. I understand having them on the 2nd floor due to fall risk, but why the first floor?
I also did not understand the lack of screens. Our house had none. You just open the top window and let whatever comes through in.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 25, 2024 4:45 PM |
That the accents don't somehow make them smarter, better or "classier" than any one else.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 25, 2024 4:52 PM |
Speaking of UK men's toilets do they still have those long metal communal urinals in some pubs?
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 25, 2024 5:01 PM |
R49 All those pictures & flowers for Di were in America?
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 25, 2024 5:06 PM |
The aristocrats love people like R49 while they collect ground rent from the many, many leasehold properties in the UK. Americans would get out the pitchforks.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 25, 2024 5:10 PM |
Half of OP's statements are factually wrong.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 25, 2024 5:15 PM |
@r49, "Most people donāt think about the aristocracy. We leave that to Americans. "
Maybe you should, you're the ones being soaked for 100s of millions to support them. It doesn't cost Americans one penny to think about them when we need a good laugh š
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 25, 2024 5:22 PM |
R57, I think yours is a real difference. Except for old, East coast cities and Palm Springs, not owning the land a house you own is built on is unfathomable.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 25, 2024 5:23 PM |
17Ā© of the UK is in social housing. Nearly one on five people.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 25, 2024 5:24 PM |
Masterpiece (formerly Masterpiece theatre) is mostly co-productions with ITV.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 25, 2024 5:25 PM |
R57 puh leaze. We are getting fleeced in a million other ways and Americans continue to Netflix and chill instead of getting politically active.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 25, 2024 5:38 PM |
R54 - do you mean these troughs?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 25, 2024 5:45 PM |
There's also these really open ones that don't leave much to the imagination.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 25, 2024 5:49 PM |
A holiday isnāt a holiday, itās a vacation.
In the U.S., holiday just means a day you are granted off for your job or that everyone celebrates because itās on the calendar, like Christmas (a federal holiday) or Martin Luther Kingās birthday.
In the UK itās when you take time off work and go to Mallorca.
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 25, 2024 6:01 PM |
[quote] Public restrooms stalls with doors that run floor to ceiling instead of the humiliating 3/4 doors the expose your pants down and shoes and provide no barrier to sound effects.
Such a thing allows for NO FUN AT ALL.
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | January 25, 2024 6:02 PM |
Closed bathroom stalls are dens of perversion!
No wonder you lot like them.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 25, 2024 6:06 PM |
@r68, Brits love damp and moldy, it reminds them of their peasant roots
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 25, 2024 6:14 PM |
Climate change isa making this less so, but it doesn't get as hot in the UK as it does on the US. Newer builds do have more climate control, though.
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 25, 2024 6:17 PM |
I have never quite understood, of the British, the generally accepted by college-educated people belief that fine art and architecture came crashing to a dead halt in 1902.
I'm not convinced the UK celerity circuit makes sense. Imagine if everyone was a Kardashian, only speaking with an accent that made them sound like mice being tortured on the rack. It's not like the UK doesn't have talented actors and musicians. But they all seem to live in LA.
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | January 25, 2024 6:25 PM |
R13, sometimes, in the US, we want to turn lights on and off in the bathroom (e.g. turn off the lights over the sink and turn on the shower light/fan) without having to open the door or shout for someone to do it for us.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | January 25, 2024 6:30 PM |
Towel warmer racks in the bathroom. Magnificent!
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | January 25, 2024 6:50 PM |
Wallpaper. All the homes seem to have wallpaper.
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | January 25, 2024 7:02 PM |
How the country produces so many good actors. I have watched hundreds of movies and episodes of tv series and almost always the actors seem perfect for the role. I can't remember ever seeing an out-and-out bad actor.
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | January 25, 2024 7:05 PM |
I've seen many trashy photos on this site, but the one at R66 just might be the trashiest of all time.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | January 25, 2024 7:06 PM |
Muslims who refuse to assimilate to their host society and do nothing but cause problems and suck off the public welfare tit.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | January 25, 2024 7:10 PM |
We have trough urinals in America. Usually in small town dive bars.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | January 25, 2024 7:10 PM |
R79
1) Most of them are trained in the theater.
2) The UK casts based on acting ability, and the US casts based on looks.
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | January 25, 2024 7:16 PM |
@r83, And that's why there's so few Brits in American movies š¤Ŗ
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | January 25, 2024 7:22 PM |
The shit that passes as food š¤®
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 85 | January 25, 2024 7:25 PM |
Why every goodbye is dragged out for ages.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | January 25, 2024 7:33 PM |
"Drink-driving" as opposed to drunk driving. You are drunk, and driving. Not drinking whilst driving, in most cases.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | January 25, 2024 7:48 PM |
Of course there is absolutely nothing about the USA that other countries find strange or amusing - nothing at all!
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | January 25, 2024 8:19 PM |
They seem overly sensitive to being mocked or criticized. ^(ahem)
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | January 25, 2024 8:21 PM |
@r88, Ooh, somebody sounds butthurt š
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | January 25, 2024 8:36 PM |
How all that cocaine makes it to London.
| by Anonymous | reply 91 | January 25, 2024 8:49 PM |
r47 - I don't know about other cities, but a lot of bars and restaurants in our downtown business and entertainment areas are no longer accepting cash due to "dine and dash." People walking out on bills.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | January 25, 2024 8:55 PM |
[quote]They seem overly sensitive to being mocked or criticized. ^(ahem)
True, but so are most New Yorkers.
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | January 25, 2024 8:58 PM |
[quote]The arts are infested with conservatives.
WTF?! Everyone knows the arts are as left wing as you can get.
Delusional!
| by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 25, 2024 9:02 PM |
Victoria and Albert Museum is crawling with Tories. One example linked.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 95 | January 25, 2024 9:06 PM |
That they call gift baskets "hampers". I once bought a few lovely (though expensive) Christmas hampers at Fortnum and Mason.
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | January 25, 2024 9:07 PM |
Andrew Lloyd Webber was a conservative peer in the house of Lords until 2017.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 97 | January 25, 2024 9:08 PM |
[quote] a lot of bars and restaurants in our downtown business and entertainment areas are no longer accepting cash due to "dine and dash." People walking out on bills.
You can still dine and dash in a place that only accepts cards.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | January 25, 2024 9:09 PM |
[quote]Victoria and Albert Museum is crawling with Tories. One example linked.
LOL, the director of the V&A is former Labour MP Tristram Hunt!
[quote]Andrew Lloyd Webber was a conservative peer in the house of Lords until 2017.
Who else from the arts are in the House of Lords?
Joan Bakewell (Labour)
Floella Benjamin (Lib Dem)
Melvin Bragg (Labour)
Michael Cashman (Labour)
I can't be arsed going past D.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 99 | January 25, 2024 9:18 PM |
It isnāt like Downtown Abbey.
| by Anonymous | reply 100 | January 25, 2024 9:21 PM |
Saatchi's of the Saatchi museum helped get Thatcher into office.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 101 | January 25, 2024 9:23 PM |
Pedestrians don't have the right of way.
| by Anonymous | reply 102 | January 25, 2024 9:28 PM |
^Of course the Repugs made a pathetic attempt to revive the poster in the 2012 campaign against Obama.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 103 | January 25, 2024 9:29 PM |
I once went into a convenience store in London and asked where I could find dental floss. The cashier girl said she didn't know what that was.
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | January 25, 2024 9:56 PM |
r105 This British article is claiming floss isn't recommended by dentists. News to me.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 107 | January 25, 2024 10:08 PM |
Would you trust a British dentist considering what most of the teeth look like in that country?
| by Anonymous | reply 108 | January 25, 2024 10:33 PM |
R96 A hamper was a hamper before America even existed. āGift basketā how common.
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | January 25, 2024 10:37 PM |
In American English "hamper" means the covered basket you throw dirty laundry into, pending washing day.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | January 25, 2024 10:46 PM |
A hamper is full of dirty twisted knickers, no?
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | January 25, 2024 10:48 PM |
I got a lovely Harrod's hamster for my birthday.
| by Anonymous | reply 112 | January 25, 2024 10:49 PM |
Gift baskets are usually smaller in size and feature a variety of smaller items. They are often arranged with decorative elements, such as ribbons, bows, and wrapping paper, to enhance the presentation.
Hampers, on the other hand, are typically larger and contain a wider selection of items. They are presented in a wicker basket or container, which adds to their rustic and traditional charm.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 113 | January 25, 2024 10:54 PM |
[quote]Hampers tend to be wrapped in cellophane where as gift baskets don't have any cellophane.
Won't someone think of the poor cellophane?
| by Anonymous | reply 114 | January 25, 2024 10:56 PM |
[quote]Most of the classic TV dramas on PBS are from ITV, not the BBC.
I have no fucking idea what the distinction is between those things.
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | January 25, 2024 10:57 PM |
That the king or queen does absolutely nothing of significance without specific instruction from the elected government. Even major US news outlets appear to be unaware of this fact.
| by Anonymous | reply 116 | January 25, 2024 11:11 PM |
We used to wrap gifts in cellophane, until it became a problem š
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 117 | January 25, 2024 11:27 PM |
What Cockfosters is like.
| by Anonymous | reply 119 | January 26, 2024 12:51 AM |
The hamper vs. basket argument/back and forth reminds me of this.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 120 | January 26, 2024 3:03 AM |
Their toadlike appearance and demeanor while somehow convincing the world and themselves that they are truly superior to everyone. So their delusion, I guess. They really think the Empire was won because by gum, they were industrious and intelligent rather than you know, chopping off hands and blowing entire nations away. Looking at you Cecil Rhodes.
| by Anonymous | reply 121 | January 26, 2024 3:52 AM |
^ The thing that Brits don't get is that almost every country that celebrates Independence Day is because of them
| by Anonymous | reply 122 | January 26, 2024 3:57 AM |
I, for one, admire our former imperial overlords.
| by Anonymous | reply 123 | January 26, 2024 4:09 AM |
Brits are a contradiction. Snobbery mixed with servility and pomposity. Pathetic lot.
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | January 26, 2024 7:05 AM |
Biggest scammers in the world. It's delicious to watch them wall themselves in and have no choice but to colonize themselves post-Brexit from the Republic of Ireland.
| by Anonymous | reply 125 | January 26, 2024 7:09 AM |
R121. Things the British probably donāt get about Americans are 1) the American delusion that their country stands for freedom, 2) Americaās conviction that its past is somehow Jess shameful than that of the other imperial powers, and 3) the belief that American wealth is the result of free enterprise and Yankee ingenuity and not the result of labour and land stolen from other people.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 126 | January 26, 2024 8:32 AM |
Like clockwork: deflect, deflect, deflect.
| by Anonymous | reply 127 | January 26, 2024 8:36 AM |
Postbox toppers. How long do think one of these would last in the US?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 128 | January 26, 2024 8:38 AM |
R127. Being an idiot like clockwork.
| by Anonymous | reply 129 | January 26, 2024 8:41 AM |
@r126, You Brits slay me with you're high and mighty attitude on slavery. When everyone knows that THE BRITISH WERE THE BIGGEST SLAVE TRADERS IN THE WORLD...
"Britain was the most dominant between 1640 and 1807 and it is estimated that Britain transported 3.1 million Africans (of whom 2.7 million arrived) to the British colonies in the Caribbean, North and South America and to other countries."
Kindly GO FUCK YOURSELF!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 130 | January 26, 2024 8:51 AM |
Ad hominems are all you have, r129. The best way to beat a Brit is to cut through the pomp designed to keep the scrutiny off them and be breathtakingly direct.
| by Anonymous | reply 131 | January 26, 2024 8:52 AM |
What's more, r130, is the British compensated their slave traders and owners when they abolished. But aren't the accents pretty?
| by Anonymous | reply 132 | January 26, 2024 8:54 AM |
@r132, Oh, yes, the Brits compensated their slave traders and owners. A hell of a lot of good that did for the actual slaves. To this day Brits are deporting British citizens just because they're black...
"In the last two decades, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these 'deportees' left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in the UK. Deporting Black Britons traces the life stories of four such men who have been exiled from their parents, partners, children and friends by deportation."
AKA: Windrush
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 133 | January 26, 2024 9:01 AM |
R240 You Yanks slay me with your stupidity. Nothing in the post indicated Britain doesnāt also have a shameful past. What is stupid is Americans thinking they donāt have a shameful past. Thatās why calling you an idiot is not an ad hominem attack.
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | January 26, 2024 9:01 AM |
[quote]Postbox toppers. How long do think one of these would last in the US?
Hopefully, not long.
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | January 26, 2024 9:04 AM |
Literally nobody said that America isn't shameful in this thread. And it isn't just Americans coming for you here. Such fucking denial. And r129 was an ad hominem.
British people are so used to being worshipped they have no idea how to deal with being called out for their shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | January 26, 2024 9:05 AM |
@r134, I have no idea what post you're referring to, 240 doesn't exist, but what you idiot Brits conveniently like to forget that we weren't the USA before 1776. Up until that point we were YOU, BRITISH
You Limeys never seem to be able to remember that š¤
| by Anonymous | reply 137 | January 26, 2024 9:08 AM |
R236. Iām not British either. Itās funny that you would criticise Britain for its shameful imperial history knowing Americaās history is at least as shameful.
| by Anonymous | reply 138 | January 26, 2024 9:12 AM |
"Things Americans don't get about the UK "
Everything they have of value they stole from someone else
| by Anonymous | reply 139 | January 26, 2024 9:13 AM |
@r138, What fucking thread are you working? There is no 236
God, you're dumb š
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | January 26, 2024 9:14 AM |
R240. God youāre brilliant :)
| by Anonymous | reply 141 | January 26, 2024 9:18 AM |
I love British threads in the morning, they're all cranked on cheap tea and got their knickers in a twist š
| by Anonymous | reply 142 | January 26, 2024 9:18 AM |
R2 - I'm not British or American but I can tell you that the Brits have better teeth than Americans do now. Dental treatments are included in their NHS. Lucky bastards.
| by Anonymous | reply 143 | January 26, 2024 9:37 AM |
@r143, " Brits have better teeth than Americans do now. "
š Stop, you're killing me, stop... š¤£
I present to you, Queen Camilla, otherwise known as, "Ol' Snaggletooth"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 144 | January 26, 2024 9:48 AM |
"Things Americans don't get about the UK "
Their delightful Colonial past...
"Blowing from a gun is a method of execution in which the victim is typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which is then fired, resulting in death"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 145 | January 26, 2024 10:41 AM |
The British invented the concentration camp during the Boer Wars.
| by Anonymous | reply 147 | January 26, 2024 10:47 AM |
All this tea and lace covers up one of the cruelest societies to plague the world.
| by Anonymous | reply 149 | January 26, 2024 11:06 AM |
Their obsession with silly hats.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 151 | January 26, 2024 4:43 PM |
One of my exes from the UK said he thought British men were more masculine than American ones. I literally busted out laughing.
| by Anonymous | reply 152 | January 26, 2024 5:12 PM |
Formerly Great Britain was a world empire based on exploiting third world countries and enslaving their peoples.Two world wars knocked them off their pedestal. They are now a third rate tourist trap of a country competing with Euro Disney. Brexit was the last nail in their cosplay coffin. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
| by Anonymous | reply 153 | January 26, 2024 5:12 PM |
Those big landed estates are slave blood money.
| by Anonymous | reply 154 | January 26, 2024 5:25 PM |
R152 Difference without Distinction: Englishmen and Homosexuals.
| by Anonymous | reply 155 | January 26, 2024 5:33 PM |
Back when England was broke in the late 70s there was a joke that Disney would buy the whole country and turn it into the United Magic Kingdom.
| by Anonymous | reply 156 | January 26, 2024 5:43 PM |
Itās true the UK is a shadow of itself post-war because it gave back almost all of its stolen land. If America did the same, it would essentially cease to exist.
| by Anonymous | reply 158 | January 26, 2024 5:54 PM |
[quote]Things Americans don't get about the UK
That the Brits have a love-hate relationship with America(ns).
Like a parent who resents their child who has surpassed them.
In general, Americans are very welcoming of Brits, but the feeling isn't often mutual.
Many Americans get a rude awakening when they first visit the UK.
| by Anonymous | reply 159 | January 26, 2024 5:56 PM |
It wasn't all that hard to give up the colonies. Even Thatcher recognized that maintaining the Empire was a net financial loss for Great Britain.
| by Anonymous | reply 160 | January 26, 2024 6:08 PM |
@r158, Who stole the original 13 colonies that was the original America? God, sometimes you Brits are so thick. Anything bad you can say about the US all started with YOU.
Do they teach you any history that isn't a total pro-British lie?
| by Anonymous | reply 161 | January 26, 2024 6:15 PM |
The sarcasm gets really old, really fast.
| by Anonymous | reply 162 | January 26, 2024 6:19 PM |
This is the Datalounge. We all got really old, really fast.
| by Anonymous | reply 163 | January 26, 2024 6:22 PM |
Why all the houses in suburban neighborhoods look exactly the same. Seriously, is there a zoning regulation that enforces a single style? In the US it would be unheard of to build a house that looked identical to you next door neighbor's.
| by Anonymous | reply 164 | January 26, 2024 6:28 PM |
Why Britain is facing its particular truth, one of its own making: do we continue to decline slowly as a nation, or decline quickly?
The direction is not in doubt, just the speed with which they'll get there.
| by Anonymous | reply 165 | January 26, 2024 6:33 PM |
R164 "In the US it would be unheard of to build a house that looked identical to you next door neighbor's."
Not exactly. Have you been to Levittown?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 166 | January 26, 2024 6:34 PM |
r164 lol you haven't seen all the new sub divisions they're building. I got lost in one of those things one time looking for a pizza truck.
| by Anonymous | reply 167 | January 26, 2024 6:36 PM |
Iāve wondered if bigots in th UK have played the āGreat Replacement Theoryā to scare their old people snd control their children.
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | January 26, 2024 6:57 PM |
R161. Comprehension of the English language isnāt a strength of yours, is it?
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | January 26, 2024 7:29 PM |
You should see the communities in. Florida where they clear-cut acres of woods and put up hundreds of the exact same house/facade/layout.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 170 | January 26, 2024 7:52 PM |
As a society, they are far more anti-Semitic. Even their newsreaders feel free to go batshit on air.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 171 | January 26, 2024 8:21 PM |
R170 canāt tell the difference in that picture. Clearly, some garages are on the left and others are on the right.
| by Anonymous | reply 172 | January 26, 2024 8:23 PM |
The Brits invented the cat. š±
| by Anonymous | reply 173 | January 26, 2024 8:26 PM |
"do we continue to decline slowly as a nation, or decline quickly?" Take a look at a map of the world in 1924. You answered your question.
| by Anonymous | reply 174 | January 26, 2024 8:29 PM |
R172
That's their token variety. It also sometimes has to do with window locations and views vis a vis the next door neighbors. So the location of the garage garage may be the only difference.
| by Anonymous | reply 175 | January 26, 2024 8:30 PM |
2024 Britain is Grand Fenwick without the charm.
| by Anonymous | reply 176 | January 26, 2024 8:31 PM |
Why it's hard to order a regular cup of black coffee at most coffee shops in the UK. Perhaps it's just me, but everytime I have been to London (at least ten times), trying to order just a cup of black coffee is an ordeal. I once tried to explain when the person taking my order was confused, explaining that I just wanted a black or drip/filtered coffee, with nothing else in it, and she asked me if I wanted a "flat white." No, that is not what I wanted. I decided to just order Americanos thereafter. Less chance for awkward exchanges.
| by Anonymous | reply 177 | January 26, 2024 8:39 PM |
The brown sauce they offer to put on fish & chips. Or is that just Scotland? I asked the kid who offered it what it was, twice, and couldnāt understand what he mumbled in response either time.
| by Anonymous | reply 178 | January 26, 2024 8:41 PM |
The rubbery, undercooked bacon in the UK is nasty.
Although I do like when the British medical examiners put "Death By Misadventure" on the death certificate. They need to bring that to the United States.
| by Anonymous | reply 179 | January 26, 2024 8:42 PM |
@r169, Yes, it is when I'm not dealing with inarticulate gibberish... Oh, your British, never mind
| by Anonymous | reply 180 | January 26, 2024 8:47 PM |
Jimmy Savile. How was it possible not to recognize instantly what a creep he was? Someone that weird and ugly would never last on American television.
| by Anonymous | reply 181 | January 26, 2024 8:48 PM |
[quote]One of my exes from the UK said he thought British men were more masculine than American ones. I literally busted out laughing.
I don't blame you. American gaydar often doesn't work with brits due to so many seeming quite effete.
| by Anonymous | reply 184 | January 26, 2024 9:46 PM |
Despite the accent, the UK is full of Florida-like trash and the people are thick as shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 186 | January 26, 2024 10:00 PM |
R177 itās just not a thing here Iām afraid. Ask for an americano or a long black. Coffee shops are not set up to serve a revolting filter coffee. Thank goodness.
| by Anonymous | reply 187 | January 26, 2024 10:08 PM |
You can get drip brewed by the cup at some fancier coffee places.
| by Anonymous | reply 188 | January 26, 2024 10:10 PM |
Iām looking forward to the āThing the British donāt get about Americaā thread. We can start with the total incomprehension that sometimes people do things differently in other countries AND THATāS OK.
| by Anonymous | reply 189 | January 26, 2024 10:14 PM |
That Great Britain can function without a written constitution.
| by Anonymous | reply 190 | January 26, 2024 10:23 PM |
^ Did you know you are allowed to start your own thread on DL? š¤¦āāļø
| by Anonymous | reply 191 | January 26, 2024 10:29 PM |
R191 We don't do 21st century things like starting threads. We are British.
| by Anonymous | reply 192 | January 26, 2024 11:58 PM |
The Brits INVENTED the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
| by Anonymous | reply 193 | January 29, 2024 3:11 AM |
This might sound naive to ask but arenāt British wages lower than American ones for the same type of work? I mean they donāt seem to have quite the extreme disparities the US has, but what do I know.
| by Anonymous | reply 194 | January 29, 2024 3:26 AM |
[quote]Jimmy Savile. How was it possible not to recognize instantly what a creep he was? Someone that weird and ugly would never last on American television.
How did we not spot Michael Jackson? It was so obvious he was a freak. After the first revelations, we were slapping our foreheads saying "well, of course. We should have known."
| by Anonymous | reply 195 | January 29, 2024 4:13 AM |
We did spot Michael Jackson. Only California people didn't because they were obsessed with the visual.
| by Anonymous | reply 196 | January 29, 2024 4:42 AM |
[quote] In the US it would be unheard of to build a house that looked identical to you next door neighbor's.
What? There are tons of planned communities in the US. With rules about what color you can paint your house, what kinds of trees and plants you can have in your yard. How many (if any) cars you can park on the street ... in front of your own house.
| by Anonymous | reply 197 | January 29, 2024 4:51 AM |
R191 that could easily have been a snorty āyou do realize ā¦?ā
| by Anonymous | reply 198 | January 29, 2024 6:03 AM |
All the roach decorations. Mice for pets. The fascism around the King. The nude cobblestone beaches. The beached whale cookouts. The bullying of gingers. Ginger spice. Posh and Becks. The dumb way extra letters are in every random village rendering the name unpronounceable. GloucesterchesterLeicstershirehamlankenshireshakerfriercastlerugbyhamhamham everywhere a pig
| by Anonymous | reply 199 | January 29, 2024 6:11 AM |
^
Has your prescription run out?
| by Anonymous | reply 200 | January 29, 2024 7:06 AM |
R178,
For your information. Chip shops in and around Edinburgh have a mixture of brown sauce and vinegar to put on chips. I donāt know how it started. Itās not done elsewhere to my knowledge. .
| by Anonymous | reply 201 | January 29, 2024 7:19 AM |
Genuinely chuckling at all these assumptions. Iām British, every tap in my house is a mixer. Iāve never even seen half the disgusting looking food we apparently like, we have a fairly decent minimum wage meaning companies canāt get away with really low wages & thankfully, we donāt have have to tip everywhere we go (although 10% is considered polite after an evening meal in a restaurant). Iām definitely not stupid. We have sick days? Or do you mean we donāt have a prescribed amount each year? I get 6 months full pay when Iām sick in my current job.. And I have absolutely no problem with Americans. I think we are both equally prosperous & equally have a shit ton of problems.
| by Anonymous | reply 203 | January 29, 2024 7:55 AM |
Some people on here think the monarchy is like Queen Carlotta in Desperate Living. The truth is they have already had that with Donald Trump.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 204 | January 29, 2024 8:24 AM |
@r203, " Iām British, every tap in my house is a mixer."
Tonic water and seltzer? I'm in š„³
| by Anonymous | reply 205 | January 29, 2024 9:18 AM |
If you have kids of your own or nieces/nephews, panto is brilliant fun.
| by Anonymous | reply 207 | January 29, 2024 5:02 PM |
Iām American and my bathroom has separate hot and cold taps. I actually like it.
| by Anonymous | reply 208 | January 30, 2024 1:41 AM |
R177, next time ask for filter coffee. It's available lots of places.
Black Sheep Coffee, in lots of cities, usually brews at least two varieties.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 209 | January 30, 2024 1:51 AM |
Dropping of articles. I have been to England, and love it. But the next time I'm there, it will be "in hospital" on meth with me. There will be no articles whatsoever in any of my speech, and it will be up to them to figure it out.
| by Anonymous | reply 210 | January 30, 2024 2:12 AM |
R48, and now I know. Thanks.
| by Anonymous | reply 211 | January 30, 2024 2:31 AM |
Those zig zaggy white lines painted on the street.
| by Anonymous | reply 212 | January 30, 2024 1:07 PM |
R212 they mark areas where cars aren't allowed to stop on intersections, etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 214 | January 30, 2024 2:49 PM |
Why they think they're not racist when they bloody invented racism.
| by Anonymous | reply 215 | January 31, 2024 5:22 AM |
Why they sign off with x but not xo.
| by Anonymous | reply 216 | January 31, 2024 12:54 PM |
Why do they think they are still a relevant country?
| by Anonymous | reply 217 | January 31, 2024 3:27 PM |
They are still relevant, since they raped the world for so long, and most of the worlds problems are due to what they have done, now they're paying for it.
| by Anonymous | reply 218 | January 31, 2024 5:32 PM |
Driving on the wrong side of the road.
Their blatant viciousness towards fellow English colleagues. This was a shock.
Class issues. I guess Americans don't get their class issues like they don't get our race issues. Though, I'm getting the sense that they are beginning to understand.
| by Anonymous | reply 219 | January 31, 2024 5:39 PM |
How they allowed a despicable WHORE! to take the throne.
| by Anonymous | reply 220 | January 31, 2024 5:40 PM |
The vast majority are low class as it is, why do Americans always think aristocracy?! They have rotten teeth.
| by Anonymous | reply 221 | January 31, 2024 6:40 PM |
[quote] Why do Americans always think aristocracy?
Because the Brits always ply us with Downton Abbey and Jane Austen programming. No one in the US ever gets to watch Eastenders o Benefits Street.
| by Anonymous | reply 222 | January 31, 2024 7:28 PM |
R222 itās American television programmers who ply you with that.
| by Anonymous | reply 223 | January 31, 2024 10:34 PM |
Their use of the word-spelling āwhilst.ā
| by Anonymous | reply 224 | February 1, 2024 2:54 AM |
āI am [italic]sat[/italic] next to so-and-so.ā
| by Anonymous | reply 225 | February 1, 2024 4:37 AM |
