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It’s easy to make fun of the Brits. I should know, I’m one myself! However, the whole ‘bad teeth’ thing that Americans seem to cling to is a little outdated by now, we got that sorted a while back and quite regularly go to the dentist now. Well most of us, anyway.
So why not have a dig at the fact that we invented a whole host of sports, which we now suck at? Or the brand-new super expensive aircraft carrier we got, which has no aircraft and already sprung a leak? And what about this guy, who represents us to the world as our Foreign Secretary? The list is practically endless. Luckily, most of us have a pretty deprecating sense of humour and are quite happy to chuckle along too, so by all means, give us your best shot.
Now, if you must, you can add general hysteria and losing-of-shit over a little bit of bad weather to the list. Egged-on by a ridiculously sensationalist tabloid press, Brits have been portrayed as a bunch of hopeless ninnies who are incapable of functioning as a society as soon as but a single snowflake falls from the sky. And sadly, it’s all true.
Naturally, people from countries like Canada, Switzerland, Norway and Russia, places where it gets like, actually cold, can only look on with incredulous pity at us whiny Brits, and wonder what the heck all the fuss is about. Those guys get it soo much worse than us, but life seems to go on just fine. What is our problem? Well, you see old chap, we just always seem to get the wrong type of snow. Just unlucky I guess!
Scroll down to see how the world roasted us, and quite rightly so I might add. Oh, and feel free to take a pop at us in the comments too. Bring it!
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Sylvia van der Linden 7 years ago
Two snow flakes talking. -"What you up to?" -"Going to Canada partying with friends, you?" -"Going by myself to the UK to cause panic!"
Lorraine Steele 7 years ago
wow you all in UK got it hard. Thats alot of snow even here in Canada. Stay safe and off the roads.
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Thomas MacLean 7 years ago
Lookit the a*s on that old guy!! Hard as a rock ... probably just like his erections still are, too!!
Liz Bryant 7 years ago
You would be too if you chopped a swimming hole in an icy lake naked probably on a regular basis Lol!
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Alan Machala 7 years ago
I live in England and you get snow like this once every what 5 years? We do not have winter tires. So driving is extremely difficult people do still work trust me. But why should you when you can spend this time with your kids, It will only last for 2-3 days anyway.
Otto Titsling 7 years ago
Never walk heel to toe. It’s a sure way to slip and fall. Shuffle your feet if you’re unsure. And don’t leave the EU!
Brian Brunner 7 years ago
Screw that, we're staying OUT of the EU no matter how much snow we get.
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colin “Retro Brit” powell 7 years ago
I knew I needed to blame someone for this snow. The EU could be blamed because they are cross with us. It's their fault. That works for me. :D
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leloir 7 years ago
Same in France : two days of snow, 10 cm high, no mail, no garbage collection, nothing in the supermarkets, people sleeping in their cars on the higways, . . .Yes, the end of the world.
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Furious_Lover 7 years ago
All flights are canceled... SOS! We’re all gonna die..... Roads are too icy to drive on.... 4,353,737 car crashes reported... Mayday mayday!!
Ana Maria Robu 7 years ago
I live in Rome. Because of a bunch of snowflakes the whole city has stopped/closed everything: public services, schools, universities for two days. I'm Romanian and seeing people on the streets with ski outfits for 1cm of snow it was funny af.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Absolute rubbish, people who have no British friends and never been think London means Britain, so bloody ignorant
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
? You mean those stupid Londoners, why do the Yanks love pulling England to bits? pathetic
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J Perry 7 years ago
Growing up in Sweden, in my memory we have had ONE snow day. I'm 30 years old, that snow day was in Mid-november 1995... 😜 And as far as I know, that's the only one we've ever had. It was a hell of a Blizzard! Couldn't open the doors that morning because of the snow blocking them.
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Otto Titsling 7 years ago
Everybody has a day off...except for you. You still need to go to work! (As a nurse, this is always true)
Taryn Wallace 7 years ago
Lol I was just about to say *Boss: "you're still coming in though right?"
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Daniel Sipes 7 years ago
Meanwhile, Mother Russia relies on snowstorms as a strategic advantage in World War II (a side-note from the history-side of bored panda)
Jalil Alizai 7 years ago
Snow didn't work so well against the mongols though lol
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Louisa Johnson 7 years ago
Are you referring to the bread, the snow or the man?
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William Teach 7 years ago
That's almost like what happens here in Raleigh. In fact, a few years back, I legitimately needed food, it was my normal shopping day. And I needed eggs. So, walking all the way to the back of the store, pass cookie aisle. Stop Back up. Where the f*ck are all the cookies? Is this something new? Get eggs, bread, water, more bread, beer, and now cookies? Are they using them to make Doom Sandwiches?
Thomas Ardiel 7 years ago
Although some other countries have it in Europe, South America, and Israel, but it’s not a common as cartons, jugs, or other containers.
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Sandra Latham 7 years ago
It is ok Britain. This is us in Texas when it snows as well. We get to laugh though when other parts of our country are calling 32 Celsius a heat wave!
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Kristel 7 years ago
Ever heard of going on a vacation to ski in a place where they have ski resorts?
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Anna Brown 7 years ago
I literally stocked up on tea, milk and pet food yesterday! Can go days without food but couldn't go 4 hours without tea!
Janina Prado 7 years ago
same here. I even have a tea stash at my friend's house because she doesn't have tea. no, wait. she likes Lipton ice tea powder drink. I weep for her generation.
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Analyn Lahr 7 years ago
Meanwhile, an Eastern Washingtonian (state) calmly sips her coffee as they call for more snow in March. Granted, it had almost all melted but we might get more. The temperature has been up and down like a yo-yo.
DancingToMyself 7 years ago
I'll never understand why are Brits so in love with their tea.. :')
Simon White 7 years ago
Good lord, stockpile teabags? We would never run out of tea, my emergency cache of tea would keep a small country going for a month. If you want me to stockpile, I’ll need to buy a spare house to keep it in.
Jiří Schindler 7 years ago
When my countrys government hear of my tea stock, they shure ask me to be the country reserve
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Celine Samnøy 7 years ago
Being born and raised in Norway I can verify this. During grade school (5th or 6th grade) the snow was so tall I swam through snow to get to school. Only time I've ever experienced school closing is when we had -22°C and the heater in my classroom broke. Freedom lasted 2 hours before we were told to get our asses back to school, the heating was after all working lol.
DancingToMyself 7 years ago
The heater was in a state of shock, for a first two hours? :)
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Annette Andresen 6 years ago
I am also complaining about too much snow in the city of Norway sometimes, and it is not so much, but difficult to parking my car, because half of the parking spaces will bee gone because you have to put the snow somewhere. I like that it is snow om the country side and in the mountains, so people can go on ski. I also like a little bit of snow in the city, like in London.
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Star wølfgaze AJ 7 years ago
Erm... I live in finland, -28C today. Saw sun! I can tell you we have no sun in winter, so seeing the sun today was awesome. And it's pretty cold and snowyou butility it wasn't that bad
Bored Fox 7 years ago
I also live in Finland and I do not understand foreign people who complain that it is 'too cold' to go outside if it is colder than -5 degrees Celsius... Why those people don't buy proper winter clothes? Here in Finland people do their daily Pokémon GO walks in -25 C without any problems (exept the iPhone users because their phones usually totally stops working in -15 C).
Doubanji 7 years ago
Because we can't get those clothes in the UK since it reaches -5C during the day with snow once every 7 or so years!!! I moved to Switzerland on the 10th January when I was 20 and the first thing we did was head to a clothes shop as all I'd managed was thermal ski tops, jeans and layered microfleece!!! We just don't have the right kind of clothes on sale here....
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Ky Beckett 7 years ago
oi, that's slightly unfair to Canada for a number of reasons - one, the average is -28; two, we only cancel the buses, not school; and three, that's only in freezing rain
Wesoła Truskawka 7 years ago
I wish that they will close school in Poland when it's -18C.. We have to go to work/school like every other day.
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Daniel Sipes 7 years ago
They sent the tough immigrants and criminals away instead of their "best" citizens :|
Patricia Rix 7 years ago
Technically, the French colonized Canada, and the Brits colonized New England, further south. Then, when the French built warm stoves, the Brits moved in. lol A lot of the immigrants to western Canada came from other winter countries, or from eastern Canada, where they were already acclimatized.
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Mixedupste 7 years ago
Because there are a small majority of "brits" who are pathetic!! A little bit of snow and that's it!! They panic buy bread and milk (how many sandwiches an cups of tea do you need!!!), close schools because there is a little bit of snow on the path leading up to the school gates!!! it is a joke this country. You can't do anything due to health and safety!! But you do have a lot of people who are pathetic!!!
Dave Elswood 7 years ago
It’s got nothing to do with history as far back as colonialism, the UK wouldn’t have batted an eyelid at snowy weather as little as 40-50 years ago. Unfortunately as with the rest of the world we have become used to the comfortable life that we have in modern days, the big difference is Cold country’s are used to a lot of snow are have the infrastructure in place to deal with it, in then UK we have a few gritters that don’t really help, we just don’t get the bad weather often enough to make it worth spending the money. So the rest of the world can have a giggle at our expense for a few days, at least when you’re laughing you’re not shouting :oD apart from Mr T of course lol
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AnnSmithJones 7 years ago
Pretty good attention to detail with the guy driving on the wrong side of the
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Daniel Sipes 7 years ago
In other news: Large portions of Canada receive 3 feet of snow less than forecast. Citizens are mildly perturbed.
Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 7 years ago
Temperature goes down to 0 K. Russians take vodka water ice and think about buttoning up their shirts.
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earringnut 7 years ago
i'm so, so, so, so sorry but for some reason my mind read this in the voice of doctor evil. again i'm so sorry.
Load More Replies... Analyn Lahr 7 years ago
Canadians are hardcore. Americans wouldn't play in a blizzard. I think. I don't know, I don't watch football.
Kathy Lecours 7 years ago
Actually, there was one even worse than our canadian one on Buffalo this year *which is basically almost canada! Hahaha ! They were scraping the lines every few mihutes! THAT was crazy!
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Can you become more offensive without know what you are talking about?
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Farha 7 years ago
We're not used to it. And the actual feel of the temperature is lower than it actually is.
hairydruidy 7 years ago
And you are used to German bombs being dropped? Lol
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Otto Titsling 7 years ago
Jeez. It looks like salads are what’s for dinner over there during a storm.
J Perry 7 years ago
They probably have no power as it came two snowflakes and broke everything over there 😂
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Holly Hobby 7 years ago
The Brits are neck and neck with US Southerners lol we panic buy hardcore.
Erin Zelnio 7 years ago
Even with Snopocalypse lurking around the corner, no one wants the broccoli.
William Teach 7 years ago
I have to wonder if they still Que'd correctly and properly, with stiff upper lips?
Cerys Dunbar 7 years ago
yeah because who would eat broccoli if were going to die anyway 🤣😂
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Allison Gillespie 7 years ago
I had to panic-buy something so I panic-bought doggie biscuits! the dog's happy.
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Cee Viloria 7 years ago
On the otherhand, Vancouver, BC must be located in Britain not in Canada. Same experience, same reaction last Friday February 23.
Andrew Duncan 7 years ago
We don't spend the money on heated train tracks because we rarely get such snow, but funny none the less :P
Helga Castillo 7 years ago
Nor do we. Also, a dusting can be swept away with a broom!
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🌟Jim Phoenix🌟 7 years ago
Even me, a DC Suburbs native, doesn't get the "insanity" that England is showing after getting a bit of snow. It's just half an inch, dear.
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Kat Stott 7 years ago
i tried looking up what scp was, i honestly still don't know
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Charlotte 7 years ago
*UK & Ireland not just England * Actually, 47cm of snow here in South Wales. I'm short, that's like nearly up to my tits! *Never mind the cities, I'm stuck in a rural hospital and live in the valleys so currently screwed anyway. They have no chips in the canteen! This tweet is quite the underexaggeration
Bart Simpsons 7 years ago
hope all will turn well, especially for your tits. give 'em big hugs... :)
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
England? City? London is NOT England or Britain, for God's sake get educated before shooting your silly mouth off.
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李米娜 (Mina) 7 years ago
Haha yeah Im British but live in north China where its routinely -30 to -35 in the winter and we're all chillin' under piles of snow still playing cards on the street and wading to work X'D
Hayley 7 years ago
NE Ohio is literally a place of unpredictability. Like you go to sleep with 3 feet of snow and temperatures below -10F and wake up and it's sunny and 70F.
Me 7 years ago
My favorite part of the weather in NE Ohio is when I need to run the furnace and the air conditioner in the SAME day!
Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Even the damn Chinese talking about a country they know NOTHING about
Caroline Overill 7 years ago
Yeah that's why years ago when we did have a lot of snow and ice I got lovely spikey things from Canada to put over my shoes. I figured you guys would be the ones to know about that sort of thing.They were great. There was everyone else slipping around and there was me walking like normal. This is why the world should be a community. People who get this all the time should teach us how to cope with it instead of making fun. (Although I have to say it is pretty pathetic) My mother told me that in the forties it was really bad like towering snow walls and they just got off the train and walked over the fields.We've lost a bit of gumption haven't we? Developed a what's the point attitude instead of lets get on with it.
Amanda Slade 7 years ago
LOL it's our media whipping up a storm of Hysteria, the rest of us mostly just get on with it haha
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Amanda Slade 7 years ago
The Media, not the rest of us Brits, we get bored of their stupidity too lol
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Missy Finley 7 years ago
That's a lot of beans when your "trapped" inside with everyone farting.
Alex Boyd 7 years ago
This and the produce section picture are what convince me the Brits have no idea what they're doing. For a snowstorm, it's 1. bread 2. milk 3. toilet paper 4. alcohol. For a hurricane, add bottled water and batteries. There is no weather emergency that calls for stockpiling vegetables.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Americans telling the British how to speak British, what a joke you are USA
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Katie Williams 7 years ago
2010 is the last time I remember proper snow. So... 8 years ago. I'm up north though, the south gets even less.
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Addie Tovera 7 years ago
Those guys are lucky they have snow tho :\ I live in a tropical country and i really want snow.
Pamula Furness 7 years ago
We only get it, (snow|), every few years. We aren't set up for it like folks in say, Canada, where our 4" or so is nothing. However, it really is just the media freaking out, (they'll use anything to distract us from what's really going on), most of us just get on with our lives anyway. We LOVE snowy days in our house!
Loz Tilston-Brookes 7 years ago
we have, it's just the new generation are scared of hard work, health & safety obsessed, scared of being sued by everyone who wants to make some money without working for it and have spineless cowards running the country
Marina Gray 7 years ago
usually for a day... not like this. Normally mother Nature helps out and melts it as fast as the snow ploughs and gritters do...Not this time, it's deeper, it's colder, and it's lingering...
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Missy Finley 7 years ago
Excuse my American ignorance, but WTF is a gritter? You mean salt trucks and snowplows?
Gemma Dunell 7 years ago
Yeah salt trucks we call gritters and we officially name them things like "gritty gritty bang bang" and "luke snowalker"!
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shiroi neko 7 years ago
And WINTER MARKETS closed because of "too winterly conditions" in early December... 😂
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Andrew Gibb 7 years ago
'We Brits' are only the English - the Scots, Irish and Welsh do fine in the snow
Tiari 7 years ago
Actually, the Irish are not. They are going completely crazy right now, at least down in the south, exactly as the brits.
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Jill Rhoads 7 years ago
It’s kind of funny but even in countries that have lots of snow, the first day is always a bit chaotic. It’s usually the drivers that spaz out.
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Paul Cox 7 years ago
Whole countries gone mental over the snow we had recently, seriously come on guys what’s the problem? We all know the uk goverment cannot be bothered to managed our little dusting properly. That’s why the farmers are out 24hours getting idiots out of trouble! No wonder we are the laughing stock of the planet! Ffs
Tee Witt 3 years ago
Seems like from the posts here both the USA and Canada do not understand that Britain is a lot bigger than London. When London gets 5cm snow, northern England can have 100cm snow, Scotland 200cm. Time these countries got it into their thick heads that Britain is a lot more than London, for heavens sake, look at a bloody map.
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Reggie Kraken 7 years ago
These aren't really fair reactions to us Brits for the following reasons: 1) Most people in Britain are just getting on with it 2) We're the land of the ever changing weather, we're pretty good with having sun/rain/wind/hail/thunder/snow etc on the same day 3) Some people have died due this weather or been trapped on the motorway for 20 odd hours so obviously it's more than just a bit of snow 4) We only really get this level of snow for a few days every 6 or 7 years, so therefore there is no need for us to invest in the infrastructure needed to clear it all as they do in Canada/Scandinavia/Russia etc. We'd rather just be inconvenienced for a little while every few years.
A S Koziol 7 years ago
I lived there for 6 years and it snowed probably every other year. And everyone just got on with it, like you said. Also, I don't think it's fair to judge a whole country by one city. Just as New York isn't representative of the US, London isn't representative of England. (They are just parts of the whole.)
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PBMc 7 years ago
First off, I hate the phrase, "The internet can't stop laughing". People and hyenas laugh, not the internet. Secondly, whatever weather you're not used to can seem extreme. I'm betting that the folks in Finland would think they were dying if the temp hit 90 F. Whatever weather conditions are not normal for an area are extreme to people who live there.
Randy Allos 7 years ago
Yeah, I actually avoid clicking on posts with the "the internet can't stop laughing" in the title. Others that I avoid: Posts that promise to make my day or change my perception of life or that already tell me in the title how I should feel. How about a bit less hyperbole, letting the content speak for itself and people decide how to feel? Clickbait nowadays has the contrary effect on me - i am more likely not to click.
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Cristina Loayza 7 years ago
Actually, I've lived in Britain and did not see any of this panicking stuff... just regular folk dressing up for cold weather... but i DID SEE PANICK in DC for a number of years when an inch of snow fell, like, everthing was closed, even schools!!!
Daniel Losinger 7 years ago
When Bored Panda uses the phrase “Internet Can’t Stop Laughing”, you can be sure there will be no laughter.
Fairsher 7 years ago
They are not set up for the snow, I bet they have one snow plow not to mention no snow tires. I t would be a mess where I live, Northern Canada, without those.
Charlotte Brine 7 years ago
I have lived here almost all of my life (and I'm 26) and last night was the first time in my life I've ever seen a snow plough in real life!
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stellermatt 7 years ago
to be fair, 10 people have died, yeah some are reacting a bit over the top, but could be a bit more sensitive.
Paula Hannon 7 years ago
I'm in Ireland and yea there was a bit of an over reaction about the bread selling out but at least we can laugh at ourselves about that. The thing is Canadians and other countries like that have always lived in those conditions, you are well used to it, you have infrastructure to deal with it, you have figured it out by now. The last time this has happened in Ireland was 1982 so yea laugh it up but our country is the way it is because we have it set up for the weather we do get not the freak storms that come every 30 years...
Aunt Messy 7 years ago
It's not as if we like it, though! I grew up in central Alberta and I can honestly say that even though we were a couple hours' drive from some of the best skiing on the planet, I never learned. I hate winter with a fiery passion. I actually find it amusing when people look at posts of snowstorms and comment on how "pretty" they are. All I can think of when I see that is shovelling the driveway for the umpty-hundredth time. ... This is why, when we retire, we will be living in a place where we don't ever have to shovel snow again.
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Pobin Rice 7 years ago
British news outlets and journalists : no talent actual British public : no f***s given. See the difference???
Shauday Smith 7 years ago
Meanwhile, in Southern California we got sleet a couple days ago in some counties for about an hour (which quickly melted as soon as it stopped because, california). Our thoughts and prayers are with the Brits during this time of great struggle.
Lynn Cai 7 years ago
As a New Orleanian, we had a similar situation as well back in January. The entire city shut down as well.
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Reggie Kraken 7 years ago
These aren't really fair reactions to us Brits for the following reasons: 1) Most people in Britain are just getting on with it 2) We're the land of the ever changing weather, we're pretty good with having sun/rain/wind/hail/thunder/snow etc on the same day 3) Some people have died due this weather or been trapped on the motorway for 20 odd hours so obviously it's more than just a bit of snow 4) We only really get this level of snow for a few days every 6 or 7 years, so therefore there is no need for us to invest in the infrastructure needed to clear it all as they do in Canada/Scandinavia/Russia etc. We'd rather just be inconvenienced for a little while every few years.
A S Koziol 7 years ago
I lived there for 6 years and it snowed probably every other year. And everyone just got on with it, like you said. Also, I don't think it's fair to judge a whole country by one city. Just as New York isn't representative of the US, London isn't representative of England. (They are just parts of the whole.)
Load More Replies... PBMc 7 years ago
First off, I hate the phrase, "The internet can't stop laughing". People and hyenas laugh, not the internet. Secondly, whatever weather you're not used to can seem extreme. I'm betting that the folks in Finland would think they were dying if the temp hit 90 F. Whatever weather conditions are not normal for an area are extreme to people who live there.
Randy Allos 7 years ago
Yeah, I actually avoid clicking on posts with the "the internet can't stop laughing" in the title. Others that I avoid: Posts that promise to make my day or change my perception of life or that already tell me in the title how I should feel. How about a bit less hyperbole, letting the content speak for itself and people decide how to feel? Clickbait nowadays has the contrary effect on me - i am more likely not to click.
Load More Replies... Cristina Loayza 7 years ago
Actually, I've lived in Britain and did not see any of this panicking stuff... just regular folk dressing up for cold weather... but i DID SEE PANICK in DC for a number of years when an inch of snow fell, like, everthing was closed, even schools!!!
Daniel Losinger 7 years ago
When Bored Panda uses the phrase “Internet Can’t Stop Laughing”, you can be sure there will be no laughter.
Fairsher 7 years ago
They are not set up for the snow, I bet they have one snow plow not to mention no snow tires. I t would be a mess where I live, Northern Canada, without those.
Charlotte Brine 7 years ago
I have lived here almost all of my life (and I'm 26) and last night was the first time in my life I've ever seen a snow plough in real life!
Load More Replies... stellermatt 7 years ago
to be fair, 10 people have died, yeah some are reacting a bit over the top, but could be a bit more sensitive.
Paula Hannon 7 years ago
I'm in Ireland and yea there was a bit of an over reaction about the bread selling out but at least we can laugh at ourselves about that. The thing is Canadians and other countries like that have always lived in those conditions, you are well used to it, you have infrastructure to deal with it, you have figured it out by now. The last time this has happened in Ireland was 1982 so yea laugh it up but our country is the way it is because we have it set up for the weather we do get not the freak storms that come every 30 years...
Aunt Messy 7 years ago
It's not as if we like it, though! I grew up in central Alberta and I can honestly say that even though we were a couple hours' drive from some of the best skiing on the planet, I never learned. I hate winter with a fiery passion. I actually find it amusing when people look at posts of snowstorms and comment on how "pretty" they are. All I can think of when I see that is shovelling the driveway for the umpty-hundredth time. ... This is why, when we retire, we will be living in a place where we don't ever have to shovel snow again.
Load More Replies... Pobin Rice 7 years ago
British news outlets and journalists : no talent actual British public : no f***s given. See the difference???
Shauday Smith 7 years ago
Meanwhile, in Southern California we got sleet a couple days ago in some counties for about an hour (which quickly melted as soon as it stopped because, california). Our thoughts and prayers are with the Brits during this time of great struggle.
Lynn Cai 7 years ago
As a New Orleanian, we had a similar situation as well back in January. The entire city shut down as well.
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