Multigenerational friendships benefit everyone involved. Many older people cannot socialize as much as they’d like, which leaves them stuck in their houses with nothing to do but watch TV all day. Too many young people do not have any friends more than five years older than them, let alone have had any real interaction with …
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Parents don’t congratulate 15-year-old daughter on making the national debate team finals, praises her older brother for doing his PE assignment instead: ‘He did a compulsory assignment and he gets all the praise in the world’
Every kid is different, and parents should know this better than everybody. That’s why it gets tricky when praising one child for something you wouldn’t praise the other for. If one kid is a diligent, high-achieving student, you wouldn’t praise them for getting a C in Biology. But if your kid struggled immensely with passing …
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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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Terrifying British Karen Growls at Dude for Parking in Front of His Friend’s House
There’s something so scary and weird about someone banging on your car window. Unless there is a baby or a dog locked in there, there is practically no reason to be doing all of that. Still, Karens and male Karens of all kinds continue to bother people and complain about strangers just existing in a …
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Loser Tattles On Fast Food Worker For Greeting Him Casually
It’s hard to win when you’re working in customer service. If you are casual and approachable, people think you’re unprofessional and careless. If you ask several clarifying questions and maintain a «professional» manner, people think you are trying too hard and seem unfriendly. There is literally no way to win, so you have to gauge …
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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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Europeans Share Things Americans Aren’t Ready To Hear
American culture can be pretty cringe. Even though I’m pro-America on some Europe vs. America issues (Stephen Sondheim over Andrew Lloyd Webber any day), I am not ignorant of my nation’s flaws. The Pledge of Allegiance is one of my favorite stupid things Americans force children to do. Not only did I have to recite …
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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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Random Memes With Vaguely British Themes
I’m currently on the Americans vs. Europeans side of TikTok, and it is fascinating. Every time a European (usually a British person) tries to dunk on Americans for being stupid, the most well-spoken American on God’s green earth puts them in their place. I’m not sitting around defending America all day, every day, but I …
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‘Go live in a country that pays service workers a livable wage’: Europeans and Americans Debate The Validity of American Tipping Culture
Tipping culture in America is pretty straightforward. If you’re eating at a sit-down restaurant, it’s expected that you tip your waiter 20% of the cost of your meal in total. This system is in place because paying servers far less than the minimum wage is legal and common, with restaurant owners assuming most of their …
Seguir leyendo ‘Go live in a country that pays service workers a livable wage’: Europeans and Americans Debate The Validity of American Tipping Culture