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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40 British Memes For Greggs Enjoyers And Beans on Toast Defenders
Everything I know about the UK, I learned from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Well, that’s not completely true, but there’s no way I would be able to list as many British cities as I can now were it not for the drag queen reality competition show. In every first episode, there’s a runway challenge where …
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Twitter Reacts to Terrible UK Celebrity Lookalikes
When we think about the people of Great Britain, the stereotype isn’t exactly glamorous. Pallid complexions and busted teeth do not a pretty picture make. This isn’t to say that British people uniformly unattractive, but compared to the glossiness of American Hollywood beauty standards they can seem off-brand, somehow. In that case, perhaps it’s fitting …
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Activision podría dejar de operar en Reino Unido para solventar el bloqueo a la compra por parte de Microsoft
Microsoft podría estar considerando hacer que Activision deje de operar en Reino Unido como manera de sobrepasar el bloqueo que la autoridad de mercado de este país ha impuesto a la compra de Activision-Blizzard. Según un reportaje publicado por Bloomberg) y más tarde confirmado p or VGC, el presidente de Microsoft, Brad Smith, planea tener …
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Mental Posts From British Facebook
Maybe it’s because I’m American, but there’s something special about British Facebook. You’d never find an American posting about their elaborate plan to collect one chip (French fry) from every Wetherspoons pub in Britain. Still, scrolling through British Facebook is kind of like looking into a funhouse mirror. It’s easy for us Americans to guffaw …
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‘It’s the biggest scandal since Deborah’s chicken got ran over by a police car’: Small townsfolk in the UK share their village’s pettiest, most legendary gossip
Most Americans’ firsts thought when imagining the UK, mostly England, are rolling green countrysides, polite and refined inhabitants, and the occasional polo match. In reality, the UK is actually a sheep-ridden wasteland of old man pubs, soccer hooligans (erm, «football»), and the pettiest small town drama imaginable. For every small village, there lurks a town …
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