Created the best popcorn flick, like for example Brexit, Death of Queen Elizabeth, Installation of Palpatine, Lettuce Leaf, and the ongoing season of Riot.
I can almost see the Internet on top of Big Ben there (it’s where it gets the best reception).
It has one of the best gender neutral bathrooms on the planet.
They lose points for not fully adopting mixer tap technology.
Brought law and order to the world. Education. Infrastructure. Destroyed the slave trade. Brought stability and prevented genocides. Created governments. The industrial revolution. Science. Large parts of economics and free trade.
I’m pretty sure India had law and order and infrastructure long before the British invaded and colonized it. And Britain benefited from the slave trade for a long time before working to abolish it.
As far as prevented genocides, I’d ask an indigenous Australian how they feel about Britain preventing genocide.
Really? We still don’t have law and order and infrastructure in India. Also we weren’t a country called India before the British came.
Weird, because I’ve seen pictures of India and it looks to me like there are things like roads and rails.
Also, I never said there was a country called India before the British came. Would you have preferred it if I had done a big list of all the kingdoms they conquered? I felt “India” was faster.
Man, I didn’t mean to rub you in the wrong way. Just saying our infrastructure basically sucks, it’s all great in the first year and then crumbles. Almost all of our railroads are from the British times still sustaining, and roads have just recently started to be good but even then after a bit they’re not in good shape. Look at what happens to any of our cities when it rains for a couple of hours.
On the history front, you’re right to have thought of referring it as India before it was India, though it still feels that as states we are so disconnected at most times that we should reflect on whether are we even a country or just some kind of loose alliance held together by the corruption of politics.
In any case, I didn’t mean any offense to your comment, just added on some of my own sarcastic comments.
Edit - forgot to mention, in terms of law and order, our law is pretty good, but it’s not enforced at all. People could blame corruption, but it’s probably the system and also the population vs resources. For example, cops are paid a pittance and they need to pay bribes to get good posts and they then recover those bribes by taking bribes…
England is a great country to hate.
I don’t hate it, I’m sad about it because it could be so much more.
Same as anywhere really. It has really become a bit shit, mostly because I can’t afford to do anything nice.
The British 3 pin plug is superior to all other plugs. I miss it
It’s certainly the one most likely to shank you if you step on it. Beyond that I’d rank it as the least space efficient plug. I honestly think it’s the worst design I’ve seen.
“But it has built in fuses”, I hear all the Brits say. This isn’t the advantage you think it is. Why not put the fuses in the actual appliance with all the other components where it makes more sense to put them?
Here’s another one: In the last 10 years the UK has made the largest change in time freight waits to enter the nation.
It almost became (I’m guessing) the first country to give up socialized medicine. So it could be worse.
America: hold my beer 🍺.
That’ll be $7.50.
Would you like to tip 40%, 70%, or 135%?Make sure that you are staring at me while I make up my mind please. 🥺
America? More like $15.5 plus 40% tip that the business steals anyway
Yes, that’s the joke.