its obviously a kind of valve isnt it. a self-regulatory compensation for some intolerable pressureThere's an intense self consciousness to English people. I'm obviously quite an extreme example of this but I think it pervades our culture and explains our obsession with and paranoia over irony and pisstaking. Discipline, you mentioned, and that might be a root of it. The fear of rising, even accidentally, above or below one's station. A self regulatory instinct that also might explain the English relationship with booze.
can you stop pretending not to be english please
nations are difficult because we dont like the people we share them with. as i say i dont think in terms of pride/shame in my country but i do think about what it is about england that turns out the specimens it produces. what forces make these particular varieties of sausageIn writing
I’ve accepted assimilation, made peace with it, but as the man says
One of the biggest culture shocks of moving to the north is that everyone looks like this. There's none of the skinny urchin body type you get in London.
nations are difficult because we dont like the people we share them with. as i say i dont think in terms of pride/shame in my country but i do think about what it is about england that turns out the specimens it produces. what forces make these particular varieties of sausage
Say it to his wide, bovine face.yes correct. london is brutal. you cant look like ollie murs and live here. this is why corpsey and his ilk have no place here. we are all rat like, sallow, resentful, hollow chested
I Dunno I think we are fucked it's a big reason I resent healthy looking ruddy cheeked people like corpsey moving in
Ollie Murs looking people in gym gear walking round like they own the place. It really gets under my skin.