“Casual UK”: 50 Funny Posts That Perfectly Illustrate What British Humor Is All About (New Pics)
If British humor was a painting collection then the subreddit r/CasualUK would be the gallery that houses it. This online community has 883K members and politics aside, they constantly share everything that makes their country what it is.
From crazy expensive London apartments to a few blokes enjoying a pint, it's all in there!
Continue scrolling to check out r/CasualUK's most upvoted recent reposts and when you're done, fire up Bored Panda's earlier publication on the subreddit as well!
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Spotted In Manchester
To learn more about British humor, we contacted an up-and-coming comedian from the UK who is making a name for herself with deadpan, low-energy stories, Rachel South. The first words that came to her mind were "sarcastic", "ironic", and "dry".
It's also "self-deprecating or painfully (but sometimes welcomed) insulting of others," South told Bored Panda.
These features reveal themselves in the topics that Brits like to joke about the most, too. "[They mostly make fun of] their appearance, how fed up or embarrassed or awkward they are, other people's misery, sex and the mundane," South explained.
"A lot of stuff is spoken about but maybe the least I see on the circuit is overly specific, unrelatable stuff or offensive material. Most comedians I've met are pretty left-wing!" she added.
G7 Security
Good Old National Trust
When it comes to comparing American and British humor, Ricky Gervais thinks that the former is more "down the line."
Gervais, who co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the hit BBC series The Office, which was on air for two years and adapted for a U.S. series for eight seasons, believes Americans don't hide their hopes and fears.
Echoing similar thoughts as Rachel's, he wrote in Time Magazine that Americans "applaud ambition and openly reward success" while "Brits are more comfortable with life's losers."
"We embrace the underdog until it's no longer the underdog. We like to bring authority down a peg or two. Just for the hell of it," Gervais explained. "Americans say, 'have a nice day' whether they mean it or not. Brits are terrified to say this. We tell ourselves it's because we don't want to sound insincere but I think it might be for the opposite reason. We don't want to celebrate anything too soon. Failure and disappointment lurk around every corner. This is due to our upbringing. Americans are brought up to believe they can be the next president of the United States. Brits are told, 'It won't happen for you.'"
Richard Osman From Pointless Having Some Culture Problems
If You Can Read This, You Are Not A Train!
Struggling To Understand The Hype Around Jeff Bezos And Richard Branson Going To Space When A Guy From Wigan (And His Dog) Reached The Moon In A Homemade Rocket In 1989? Why Is The Media Silent On This?
Gervais finds these differences everywhere from mass media to mundane conversations. "There's a received wisdom in the U.K. that Americans don't get irony. This is of course not true. But what is true is that they don't use it all the time. It shows up in the smarter comedies but Americans don't use it as much socially as Brits. We use it as liberally as prepositions in everyday speech. We tease our friends. We use sarcasm as a shield and a weapon. We avoid sincerity until it’s absolutely necessary. We mercilessly take the piss out of people we like or dislike basically. And ourselves. This is very important. Our brashness and swagger is laden with equal portions of self-deprecation. This is our license to hand it out."
If you think this can sometimes be perceived as nasty, you're right. But only if the recipients aren't used to it. In reality, it isn't. As Gervais says, it's just play fighting. A few more posts from r/CasualUK and you might get it, too.
"Try not to take things too seriously, even if the person talking seems really serious," Rachel South said. In fact, her comedy style represents that her country's quite well so I highly recommend visiting her Instagram account.
Historical Figures Lined Up For Reopening Of Museum Of Gloucester
This 900 Year Old Floor Tile At Gloucester Cathedral Contains The Footprint Of A Very Good Boy
This Company Has Been Getting Boycotted Over Their Name. I’m Sorry But This Is Brilliant British Humour
Now This Is How You Sell A Laminator
I Applaud Tesco For Doing This
True Bill
So what you're telling me, is that it DOESN'T look like this? *sadly cancels travel plans
Heading Back To The Movies: US Vs UK
Only In The UK Would It Be Understood By Everyone This Is A Message Of Affection
City Of Leicester Starts Turning Bus-Stops Into “Bee-Stops”
Today I Stumbled Upon Where History Was Made
Front Seat On A Double Decker Bus
When The Pubs Have Been Closed For 4 Months, A Bit Of Rain Won't Stop These Lads
This Little Guy Has Come To Visit Me Every Night For The Past 2 Weeks
Title Of The Next Bond Film Announced!
Jesus Saves! (But Can’t Park For S**t)
How To Measure Things Like A Brit
Took This On My Evening Walk Last Night; Thought It Looked Quintessentially British
the only thing missing is a man in a suit wearing a bowler hat carrying an umbrella holding a cup of tea saying bloody hell
On The Morning Countryside Dog Walk When I Hear Barking, Couldn’t Figure Out Where It Was Coming From Until I Look Up
Picked Nanny Up To Take Her To An 8.30 Dentist Appointment, She Made Me A Packed Lunch In Case I Got Hungry While I Wait The 45 Mins For The Appointment. Nan's Are Awesome
Coming Back To My Desk, Wondering Where My Pistachios Went, Nearly Had A Heart Attack
Found In Garden Today
I'm Liking The Translation For 'Cappucino' Into Welsh
Be Ashamed
Shots Fired In The Office Kitchen
Can't Get More Casual Than A Pony Waiting Outside The Post Office
Saw This Today On Towan Beach, Newquay... We Can Be A Romantic Bunch. Congratulations Whoever You Are
I really think public wedding proposals are a bad idea. You totally put pressure on the person being asked to say yes. Proposals should be a private, personal thing. If he'd left her name off, taken her up there and shown her the picture, then proposed that would be different. (yes, other people, other ideas. but mine is to make whoever is getting proposed to, to be as non-pressured as possible)
Drove Past Batman On The M5 Yesterday. Good To Know He Is Out There Keeping Us All Safe
My Local Cinema Being A Little Pessimistic About Reopening
The Plot Thickens In Fife
I Thought I'd Clear A Few Things Up
English muffins aren't cake, they are a bread product that is awesome, toasted with a runny fried egg
Free Range Yorkshire Puddings With Gravy
Can’t Beat A British Festival
A Letter I Received This Morning
Going To My Mates For Football Tonight. My Mum Just Popped In To Drop These Off For Me To "Share With My Friends"
Schrödinger's Ballgames
I Present To You The Greatest Lie Told To This Country: 30g Is An Acceptable Serving Size Of Cereal
The bowl size is acceptable. And it should be filled to the top with cereal. Then carefully pour the milk.
My Local Tescos Has Had To Create A No Man's Land To Protect The Price Reducer
I Was Looking At Places In London And Saw This. The Front Door Is A Window?!
The Netflix Documentary We Are All Waiting For
This thing escalated quickly as it was soon discovered other supermarkets had caterpillar cakes. The best way to describe it would be if Linux, Microsoft and Apple built their own versions of Skynet and set them on each other to see who is the rightful heir to world domination
M A T H S
Surely Aldi Could Have Chosen A Better Font
Went To The UK For A Couple Of Days, Bought A Few Souvenirs
Where's the Yorkshire tea? Even PG Tips would do, not that wanky s**t in the picture.
The Pukka fruit and herb teas I'm fine with, but Fortnum and Mason for the 'normal' tea? Who are they shopping for? The Queen?
Load More Replies...Where is the shortbread? That's the only thing I bring back in huge quantities.
I have found the digestives with milk chocolate but I need the dark chocolate and I can't find them in the USA. We suck.
McVitie's Digestives are the only ones that will do for me... one of a handful of products where the brand is of utmost importance to me.
Hate to break it to you, I can get everything on here in my local Dutch supermarket
Welke supermarkt? Want ik kan Lyle's Golden Syrup alleen vinden bij Taste of Home in Haarlem
Load More Replies...There's an "ethnic section" in a grocery store near my house that, no joke, sells all of this. My dad grew up in Ireland and is an avid frequenter of said Ethnic Section.
You need some lovely mature Orkney Island cheddar to go with your Orkney oatcakes!
My stomach just rumbled, this is all from my grandparents pantry you theives
That's a lot of marmite. I'm a vegemite person because it's a tad stronger.
I bought some loose tea leaves. Couldn't get a strong brew from them, more like the piss they sell to tourists in London hotels. Put the leaves through the blender for a second. Now I get a decent brew. Actually sent a pot of tea back in London, with a request to add 3 tea bags and zap it in the microwave til it boiled. I wonder if the staff cried at my monstrous request?
I love how all the Brits are discussing the choice of tea!! What I want to know about is the dark brown sugar. Is this not available in other countries?
PROPER MUSTARD!!!!!! Well done you! Although you could loose the herbals, get some proper Yorkshire Tea. And where's your Brown sauce?
Why so many jars of Marmite? It tastes like you put a layer of mold on your toast.
I once tried that pukka chamomile tea blend and it did make me sleepy, but it was also the stinkiest tea in the entire history of hot beverage. I feel asleep on the sofa with the teapot on the side table, and I dreamt of nothing but smelly feet :c
Trying hard not to judge two packets of dark chocolate digestives. At least one of them should be regular milk chocolate :)
Good to see an indulgence in Marmite! Much better than that Aussie sh***!
That's not great I'll be honest, Marmite is the only essential thing here.
One of my best friends is from England and introduced me to Marmite via Marmite whirls - YUM! She moved back to England for about 7 years and left all her Marmite with me because, really, why carry it all the way back over there when she'd be able to pop to the store and buy it? I still have quite a bit left, despite using it every time I have eggs...or toast...or make a sandwich with butter and cheese. I imagine I'll still have some 20 years from now! (She also left me a BIG bag of PG Tips!)
I'm an expat. We can get everything in that picture except for the one thing I REALLY want....SARSONS! Balsamic vinegar on chips just isn't the same....and makes them look like they have a horrid disease.
i'd pass on the marmite. tried it once and just isn't for me. however, where is the yorkshire tea?? here in the states, it is hard to come by, though you can find it in import stores. i love that tea.
Is "Orkney Thick" anything like Texas Toast (twice as thick as normal slices)?
I left some coke in a glass which I left in the attic. Later, I found it turned into a brown sludge. Pretty sure Marmite is what would've resulted if I had left a Guinness in the attic
There is no way that the fresh Ben's cookies remain uneaten and still in the box!
You sure like your marmite!! I can't comment on its taste as I've never tried it but I've heard people say you either love it or hate it. Lol
Marketing slogan... my spouse can take it or leave it. Very much 'meh' for him!!
Load More Replies...Yes, because traditional handmade Orkney oatcakes are genetic junk...
Load More Replies...In the United Kingom, pukka is old-fashioned slang for "excellent, first-class, genuine."
Load More Replies...Apparently Bacon Is The Most Important Part Of A Full English, Followed By Sausages, Toast And Beans. Agree Or Disagree?
Cup Of Tea, What Is Your Grade? (Mine Is A B2, Anything In The 3c & Beyond We Can’t Be Friends)
It's always fun to see how British see and recognize ourselves, and then how others see us from the outside. Brits usually have a good sense of humour about themselves.
HEY! I'm British and I can laugh at these things because they don't offend me. Most of us can as well.
I love British humor. We used to get really funny shows from there, but the one I loved the most is long gone. "One Foot In the Grave". Wanted to take notes.
the r/casualuk subredit is glorious. I've been part of it for at least 2 or 3 years now xD
It's always fun to see how British see and recognize ourselves, and then how others see us from the outside. Brits usually have a good sense of humour about themselves.
HEY! I'm British and I can laugh at these things because they don't offend me. Most of us can as well.
I love British humor. We used to get really funny shows from there, but the one I loved the most is long gone. "One Foot In the Grave". Wanted to take notes.
the r/casualuk subredit is glorious. I've been part of it for at least 2 or 3 years now xD