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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 7 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
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?
In fact, psychologists have even researched humor styles. Dr. Rod Martin, in particular, created the “Humor Styles Questionnaire” (HSQ), which divides humor into four types. Two of these are self-enhancing humor, which involves staying positive and using humor to cope with life’s hardships, and aggressive humor, which involves making fun of or putting down others.
British humor, in particular, fits into affiliative and self-deprecating humor. Affiliative humor is what we traditionally think of as harmless jokes — it’s all about using comedy to build social bonds. Then there’s self-deprecating humor, which means making jokes at your own expense. The target is yourself, not someone else. And that is very British.
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Bill Swallow 7 hours ago
That has happened to me more recently than I am comfortable admitting.
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 hours ago
And actually touch some wood, or tap your head if none is available
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Colleen Glim 6 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 7 hours ago
Hear, Hear! The only possible improvement would be to put a John Steed Bowler on the dog.
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Colleen Glim 6 hours ago
Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes… No…. Why are you asking me all these questions?!
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Bill Swallow 7 hours ago
I guess Bagels look enough like Doughnuts that they have the cops fooled?
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David Paterson 38 minutes ago (edited)
In Australia, that's because the taxi made a wrong turn and it's a nice day for a walk. In London, it's a necessary survival skill because any vehicle entering that street isn't coming out again. London is the only place I know where taxi drivers ask pedestrians for directions.
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Colleen Glim 6 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 7 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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Queen Typo 6 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 6 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 7 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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Bunny Wood 36 minutes ago
My sister got a message from her local supermarket saying she had purchased the most Quorn nuggets in 2024 and now she wants to stop eating them but doesn't want to lose to anyone either
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Elladine DesIsles 5 hours ago
I have known a Boris; lovely guy. He was neither Russian nor British, but Chinese-Canadian.
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