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Older readers may want to brace themselves: 15 years ago was 2010, and a lot has changed since then. In the intervening years we’ve seen the rise of AI and several monumental shifts when it comes to geopolitics. But what about on the everyday scale? What was so drastically different back in 2010 that the […]
No-one nails British culture from an outsider’s perspective better than @yorkshirepeach over on TikTok. Lisa Dollan is an American, from Georgia, living in Yorkshire with her family and she went wildly viral in 2021 with her video of things that are common in the UK but just wouldn’t work in the US. @yorkshirepeach #americanintheuk ♬ […]
You’ve probably seen what happens when people try to get a snap of their pets using the panoramic function on their phones. It tends not to go well … Look at this photo of a cat taken in panorama I just saw on Facebook pic.twitter.com/vJ84ewNcJs — Sarah (@idlewildgirl) June 25, 2020 Exactly as though there […]
We’ve featured plenty of posts on these pages highlighting the cultural divide between the UK and the US (what do you mean, ‘what cultural divide?’) But not many of them have nailed it quite so succinctly – or entertainingly – as this guy does, in this video from TikToker @kjordyyy filmed in his local Target […]
It’s often said that the worst part of any job is the people you work with. And if the replies to this r/AskReddit thread are anything to go by, there’s truth in the saying. From inappropriate emails to jokes that don’t land, it seems there are plenty of ways for coworkers to put their foot […]
It’s Father’s Day on Sunday (15 June, just in case you were wondering) which brings us to this fabulous homegrown selection of Honest Father’s Day Cards. You don’t have to be a parent to appreciate them (but it will help) … 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The post You don’t have to be […]
It’s often said that the best things in life are free, but huge, extravagant purchases are pretty incredible too. Sure, they may put a big dent in the old bank balance, but they’re often worth it in ways money can’t buy. And if you’ve ever splashed out on a needless expense, you’re not alone. The […]
To the studios of the BBC’s Politics Live, where we’ve already written about Reform UK’s newest MP getting totally owned after she was asked if she’d ever spoken to a woman wearing a burqa. But it’s very much worth returning for a second visit after the estimable Labour MP Sarh Owen had all she could […]
Are you desperate to join the front lines of the culture war, but struggle to know what you should be angry about, and for what reason? Or are you irrationally angry at some things but need a better way to articulate your reasoning to the woke brigade who are obviously to blame? Then THIS guide
Who remembers being a child, sitting down on a Saturday afternoon to watch a nice movie… and ending up with a lifelong psychological scar? Probably everybody, due to the fact that entertainment allegedly aimed at children can sometimes be a bit scarier than it should be. These wounds have been reopened on the AskUK subreddit […]
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