I just found out I'm not British. I don't even know what half of them mean, or what they're referring to. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... - ThreadSky

richardlittler.bsky.social • 169 days ago

I just found out I'm not British. I don't even know what half of them mean, or what they're referring to.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/sep/18/the-rise-of-britishcore-100-experiences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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only-davey.bsky.social•169 days ago

Have they mistaken "Britain" for "imaginary bit of Essex that only exists on telly"?

ianwolf.bsky.social•169 days ago

You're not the only one to hate this. https://www.thepoke.com/2024/09/18/the-guardian-just-published-a-guide-to-britishcore-100-experiences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons-and-had-people-hollering-into-next-year/

illuminatus.bsky.social•169 days ago

There is one response in that Poke snarticle that rings true "the stench of Durham University" - lots of the Gen Z "menty b" ism is prevalent in places like the durfess facebook group.

(I get secondary exposure because I work there. Please don't hate me 🤣)

ianwolf.bsky.social•169 days ago

“The stench of Durham University” makes me proud I went to Teesside Uni.

illuminatus.bsky.social•169 days ago

(Well, I have a foot in both camps. I'm originally council house scum from the Boro. Undergrad at Durham, masters at Teesside 🙂)

skirwingle.bsky.social•169 days ago

Good grief; you and me and most of the (British) people I know.
It's as though there are two parallel Britains.

pablolovesvinyl.bsky.social•169 days ago

This list is appalling.

ashles.bsky.social•169 days ago

What in the fuck is that list? Smug, stupid, and unfunny to the exact same amount as the writer believes it to be funny

simonl.bsky.social•169 days ago

Holibobs! Platty jubes! Sainy B! Panny D!

marypcbuk.bsky.social•169 days ago

Is one of them clicking past the begging messages from the guardian that get bigger every week?

cynderness.bsky.social•169 days ago

I stopped reading after about a dozen, but this sounds like it was written 20 years ago.

jmcgphd.bsky.social•169 days ago

Sadly I am aware of most of them but that doesn't make the list any less depressing. Miserable nonsense.

borismonster.bsky.social•169 days ago

When I read articles like this I think Judge Death is right.

theunfinished.bsky.social•169 days ago

That may well be the worst thing I have ever read.

mothtwiceborn.bsky.social•169 days ago

Luckily, we don't need to care!

dampscot.bsky.social•169 days ago

What, the, actual, fuck

gnosticpagan23.bsky.social•169 days ago

Only read the first ten and they meant nothing to me, if you have to be British to get this then I’ll proudly renounce my nationality

bhtransmissions.bsky.social•169 days ago

I actually feel a bit unhinged after reading that (I dont know why i did, I knew what it would be like)... the fact that anyone would write it, then someone would read it, nod their head and it would be published, is beyond me

I need to start my own country.

helenintgarden.bsky.social•169 days ago

Me too... if that is british... then I'm clearly not... or I've suddenly turned incredibly old... and out of touch... and in the guardian too... sounds more like metro...

machine-records.bsky.social•169 days ago

About three of these have any meaning to me at all. It all sounds a bit Gavin and Stacey.

foxacheuk.bsky.social•169 days ago

I gave up before halfway; I assume he's talking about a different Britain, one with which I am mostly unfamiliar.

chickenf1sh.bsky.social•169 days ago

Did an independently-wealthy public-school nepo baby write this? Cos it sure as fuck reads like it.

graham-m.bsky.social•168 days ago

I'm sure Scarfolk council will have a handy leaflet for this sort of thing.

drvon2.bsky.social•169 days ago

OMG - did this Dylan guy actually get PAID to write that?

illuminatus.bsky.social•169 days ago

Jesus. That is appalling. And it shows more what a grade A danger to shipping Dylan Jones is. I'd personally crucify him just for the use of the word "holibobs" alone.

pjlythgoe.net•169 days ago

Same here.

noiseresearch.bsky.social•169 days ago

I'm definitely not British. Dumbing down society has become an unstoppable, uncontainable descending cycle as the undereducated and uncultured masses cheer the inevitable end in a black hole of shit (and you can quote me on that 🤣)

risu.bsky.social•169 days ago

Everything on it is a reason I hate living here and can’t wait to leave 😎

marypcbuk.bsky.social•169 days ago

Love that a Jimmy Buffet quote is britcore

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