With all due respect...

[dolf]

this.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

That's so helpful.

 

[Kirkrapine]

GenXer 1: That Homer Simpson, he's so cool!

GX2: Are you being sarcastic, man?

[pause]

GX1: I don't even know any more.

 

[cowslinger64]

this.

When I first got to England and watched the comedy shows, I didn't get it either.. but after being introduced to shows like Little and Large, The Two Ronnies, Alas Smith and Jones, The Young Ones, Kenny Everett et al... I come to love British humor, and prefer it to the American humor like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Wil Ferrell et al..

 

[Kirkrapine]

...and, again, The Simpsons puts the most accurate stamp there is on American society.

(We have no acumen for subtlety any longer. Asking Americans to figure out nuances in phrases from other countries is like asking a buffalo to do a somersault.)

Any miscommunication here is the Brits' fault, for being so passive-aggressive.

 

[Sean]

Ha! I sent that very link to LTR.

 

[Que]

When I first got to England and watched the comedy shows, I didn't get it either.. but after being introduced to shows like Little and Large, The Two Ronnies, Alas Smith and Jones, The Young Ones, Kenny Everett et al... I come to love British humor, and prefer it to the American humor like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Wil Ferrell et al..

Someone is channelling his inner Hashtag

 

[Que]

. . .and yes, I did catch the dig in the title. I always assume that even lowliest scouser from England is affecting that air of British superiority to cover for your nationalistic, justifiable insecurities.

 

[KeithD]

This reminds me of when I was a newspaper theater critic in Cyprus and I went to review the first British Christmas panto I'd ever seen (or even heard about). I took it as a straight Christmas pageant attempt and wrote it up that way. Lucky the readers seemed to think I was doing a send up of a send up.

 

[cowslinger64]

Someone is channelling his inner Hashtag

Actually, I was posting my experience.


Another of the many things I've done, that you could never dream of.


And I don't even know what your post is supposed to mean.

 

[Sean]

This reminds me of when I was a newspaper theater critic in Cyprus and I went to review the first British Christmas panto I'd ever seen (or even heard about). I took it as a straight Christmas pageant attempt and wrote it up that way. Lucky the readers seemed to think I was doing a send up of a send up.

Oh god, I remember trying to explain panto to septics.

 

[Sean]

He doesn't either. He already edited it at least once.

 

[cowslinger64]

He doesn't either. He already edited it at least once.

Him posting can do him no good. Isn't he hashtag too?

 

[Oblimo]

this.

Bless your heart.

 

[bigsly]

Edit because of dittoed

 

[Sean]

One thing I did notice when I lived over there, Brits swear much more casually than yanks do.

 

[thør]

I need to consider other opinions.

 

[Que]

When I first got to <insert random country> and <insert random anecdote about natives> I didn't get it either.. but after <anecdote about interaction with native culture> et al,.. I come to love <insert nationality> humor, and prefer it to the <insert competing nationality> humor like <insert poor examples of the point to be made> et al..

Tell us more about your insightful generalizations of a culture you were briefly proximate to!

 

[bigsly]

I'll get back to you.

 

[cowslinger64]

Tell us more about your insightful generalizations of a culture you were briefly proximate to!

It was a direct reply to this post, based on my experience. I was there for three years, exactly how long would be considered "briefly"? Would that be the amount of time YOU have spent in England? Or out of the country? Or out of your city? Your moms basement?


Or would it be about the same amount of time you have ever been right about anything?

 

[bigsly]

That's nice.

 

[Que]

Since I redrafted my response does that make it a "diatribe" as Luk refers to such edits?

Was there a point to your screenshot? Was there something substantially different about the point I made? Was there anything there that you felt you wish to refute?

It's clear you feel this is a gotcha momemt; I don't feel particularly "got."

Is this one of those vague British superiority ploys that we Americans don't bother to analyze for understanding?