Doing these two things is as impolite as not tipping at a sit-down restaurant in the United States. It’s hard to know if you’re doing something socially unacceptable when you’re in a foreign country. In the United States, it’s perfectly normal to talk loudly and strike up a conversation with strangers, but this is frowned …
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Charity Makes Homeless People Pay $3 For Meals Made of Donated Food, Turns Homeless Man Away Who Doesn’t Have $3 to Spare
What’s the point of giving charity if the recipients have to pay for it? It is so incredibly difficult to function on a day-to-day basis if you don’t eat enough food. Eating three meals a day does wonders for you if you’ve been skipping meals for an extended period because you can’t afford to eat …
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Why the ‘Jet2 Holiday’ Meme Is the New Frontier of Travel Influencing
Some people may be claiming that 2025 hasn’t had a song of the summer, but they would be lying. Ten years after its initial release, Jess Glynne’s «Hold My Hand» has been storming social media. To be fair, its success has been aided by a remix: a cheerful female voiceover informing the world of the …
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From Beans on Toast to Tavern Food: Why UK Food Will Always Be a Scapegoat to the US Internet
It’s not difficult to set off an argument between the US and UK sides of the internet, especially when, like me, you’re a Brit. How much should you tip in a restaurant? Is a dryer really a necessary household appliance? Should you let a domesticated cat go outside? The topics are varied and the outrage …
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‘One thing they show on TV about America that is actually real’: British eaters wholesomely praise US diner culture
There are few arguments on the internet that are more fiercely fought than the US vs. UK food wars. More often than not, it seems like we just can’t wrap our heads around the dubious delights of one another’s cuisines. This makes it all the more special when we put down the Red 40 and …
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‘The UK’s Mount Rushmore’: Four lads in jeans recreate their iconic meme, their fashion update gets applauded by the internet
One of the great things about social media is how every so often, we will be treated to a photo that internet historians are going to look back on and declare perfectly encapsulates that moment in time. In 2020, we were treated to a prime example of this with the Four Lads In Jeans meme, …
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‘Never felt patriotism before I saw this’: Americans trash UK cooking, restart the international food wars
There are various different topics that the internet never seems to get tired of talking about, and one of these is UK vs. US food. The land of beans on toast is no stranger to the slander of its national cuisine, and much of it comes from across the pond. The latest blow to have …
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20+ British Memes From Across the Pond
When it comes to the great big English language meme machine, there is no denying that the good ol’ U S of A has a monopoly. More often than not the funny trends and pictures we consume have some flavor of the land of the free. It makes it easy to forget that there are …
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35+ Scottish Lads Having a Wee Laugh on Twitter
The Scots love a bit of witty banter, and that’s clear from their hilarious presence on Twitter. You can always find a Scottish lad or lassie cracking a joke in the replies of some British news story or a tweet from an MP. But the charm of Scottish Twitter really shines in the most random …
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Totally Mental British Headlines From Across the Pond
While the fabled «Florida Man» is a notoriously unhinged and often violent figure, headlines from local British news can be equally amusing, but comparatively trivial, innocent, and sometimes downright wholesome. «Cheeky Seagull Nabs Crisps» is an inherently funny headline because of how un-newsworthy it is. And maybe this is just proof that the Brits have …
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