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I think you grossly underestimate how heavily ingrained the things you're complaining about are into UK culture.
by breakfastduck 5y ago
I think you grossly underestimate how heavily ingrained the things you're complaining about are into UK culture.
- marcus_holmes 5y ago"Watching the English" by Kate Fox [0] was a revelation. I grew up in the UK, and agreed with every word. Especially the bit about social contact and drinking. When travelling in other cultures, I still find it insanely difficult to start a conversation with a stranger unless we're in some situation that I can think of as a pub (and even then it's not easy). The way that random Americans will spark up conversations anywhere is alarming, but I'm envious. The drinking culture is weird. It's interesting seeing the German drinking culture here in Berlin as a contrast. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching_the_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching_the_English