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> In general there seems to be a weird zeitgeist of negative exceptionalism in the UK at the moment. Especially on Hacker News. I tend to avoid UK-based posts
by Veen 4y ago
> In general there seems to be a weird zeitgeist of negative exceptionalism in the UK at the moment.
Especially on Hacker News. I tend to avoid UK-based posts on here because the content is fairly predictable: the UK is going to shit and Brexit is to blame, repeated ad nauseam in the absence of any evidence that it's true. If I wanted thoughtless UK doom mongering, I'd read the Guardian or the NYT.
- kaanski 4y agoYeah I do the same. It seems to permeate into everything, even positives. UK announcing research into x: comments will probably be negative and about how it’s a boondoggle. UK company doing exciting stuff like fusion or quantum: comments will probably be negative and about how it’s a boondoggle. It’s tiring. Edit: That being said it does lead to hilarious moments where I’ll read the Guardian and see a headline like “The NHS won’t make it to Christmas (for real this time) but it doesn’t matter because we’ll all be dead by then because of Brexit” and then I’ll see the Express in my corner shop with a headline like “Brexit HERO Boris makes Ursula von der Leyen CRY when he announced new BRITISH MOON BASE”
- mike-cardwell 4y agoIf you think HN is bad, you should spend 5 minutes looking at the state of the UnitedKingdom subreddit.
- swarnie 4y agoIt has its moments. Just don't engaged in politics, social issues, economics or international relations. Actually what I'm describing is casualuk which is even wore for its banality some how.
- rdlw 4y agoSo that leaves... film reviews?
- DaiPlusPlus 4y agoEveryone knows the only subreddit worth reading today is NCD
- swarnie 4y agoWeirdly i think film reviews would be hastily deleted by the Jannies as "not-uk".
- Iwan-Zotow 4y agoWeather
- favaq 4y agoAll of reddit leans progressive, I refuse to touch it myself.
- swarnie 4y agoIts also the reason i avoid almost all UK subreddits. If i needed a teenager to verbally doom scroll me i'd talk to my extended family.
- pharmakom 4y agoThere is some evidence: - Governemtn forecast 4% lower GDP than without Brexit - UK car industry significant decline in output since 2015 (around 30% IIRC) - People who immigrated here for work (and have the right to stay) are choosing to leave - Low investment compared to comparable regions / countries - Turmoil around NI - Banking migrating to Europe and New York in particular - Trade deals not materialising It’s not what “project fear” warned us of, but it’s certainly not good. Many of these effects are playing out across years so haven’t really hit home for people yet.
- badcppdev 4y agoWhat is the difference between your list and the predictions being made by the Remain group during the Brexit 'debates'?