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90 British Tweets That Prove Their Humor Is Like No Other
Cultures just don’t form themselves instantly or by accident. They’re systems built over time, where people share meanings, habits, and behaviors that create social cohesion and a sense of togetherness.
So it's no surprise we have stereotypes too. Like how we joke that Italians only eat pasta, or how the French love baguettes. Or how the British drink obscene amounts of tea. But, well, some of these do end up being true, which can lead to funny situations people share online. So, here are some hilarious tweets about what life is like in lil ol’ England.
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Queen Typo 4 hours ago (edited)
Every person that lives alone needs one of these. Do I have company? Maybe….but he never says a word so you will never know
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British humor is special in its own way. For many Americans, it’s simply not the kind of comedy they’re accustomed to — that boisterous and over-explanatory kind of humor. But in England, that’s pretty much the opposite. Social anthropologists like Kate Fox have pointed out that the English have an implicit “Equilibrium Rule” and an obsession with understatement that slips into their comedy style.
They love to be self-deprecating, laugh at their own ineptitude, or poke fun at their awkwardness, believing (and likely being right) that it builds trust faster than flexing success. Which is why it translates perfectly into short tweets. What better way to make fun of bleak situations like bad weather, delayed trains, or rising costs than to lean on humor as a coping mechanism?
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Bill Swallow 4 hours ago
That has happened to me more recently than I am comfortable admitting.
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Colleen Glim 3 hours ago
Don’t have anything in my coffee. I like it as black as my soul. But I do like a bit of sugar and some milk in my tea
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Bill Swallow 4 hours ago (edited)
Challenge Accepted. Dunno about my countrymen, but we here have been training on Talisker Dark Storm and local microbrews running around 8.5% ABV.
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Colleen Glim 3 hours ago
Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes… No…. Why are you asking me all these questions?!
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Colleen Glim 3 hours ago
So does that mean you can eat a carload of them and these stats apply? Asking for a friend
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Bill Swallow 4 hours ago
Hear, Hear! The only possible improvement would be to put a John Steed Bowler on the dog.
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Bill Swallow 4 hours ago
I guess Bagels look enough like Doughnuts that they have the cops fooled?
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Queen Typo 4 hours ago
I would have loved that. I had to return to work when my youngest child was 19 days old. 19 DAYS. Did I say it loud enough? 19 FREAKING DAYS. I hate the system in USA
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Colleen Glim 3 hours ago
I don’t do breakfast. It takes me a least a couple of hours after I get up to even consider food. I also don’t do 5 am. I call that o’fùck thirty
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Bill Swallow 4 hours ago
Never forgot a toastie machine, but I *have* found forgotten motherboards, hard drives, video cards. RAM, etc., some still in the original packaging, when rummaging through the server room up in my upstairs.
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Bill Swallow 4 hours ago
D3ad man walking, caught in a pincers movement between two forces nominally at war with each other, but who have declared a temporary truce whilst they deal with a common foe.
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Elladine DesIsles 2 hours ago
It's far better than the average American pronunciation (IMO, as a French-speaking Canadian).
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Elladine DesIsles 2 hours ago
I have known a Boris; lovely guy. He was neither Russian nor British, but Chinese-Canadian.
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