Politeness é em parte culpa da ficção frufru, em parte relacionado com isso de ser estoico: eles são anestesiados com como o modelo político lá é resistente a mudanças, então reclamam menos de certas coisas (compare com francês botando fogo em carro) e isso parece "educação" pra quem tá de fora
Isso dos dentes tem explicação: o sistema de saúde laaaaaaa no começo do século passado dava dentadura e "arrumava" seus dentes de graça após certa idade, então ninguém cuidava dos dentes como prevenção. Raro exemplo bom de como não adianta o governo dar só o peixe sem ensinar etc etc
Well not really, it's just the polite way so you get your turn. Much better than you fucking rabble ascending en masse with the pushing, shoving and vulgar behaviour
Me at Costco the other day, just as another checkout line about to start "oy you know that's not how this works, get in line and wait your turn" bewildered American joins line behind me
My favourite bit is how someone has gone through carefully explained how the negative stereotypes actually don't count and are unfair and stop picking on meeeeee
If we are better at dealing with the problem that is most welcome news - but subtly different from it not being a problem and very different from it not being a stereotype
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Variant: "I hate the English".
Also "football hooliganism" will be about alcohol
1.7. Linguistic pedantry.
But we queue nicely, and make a nice cup of tea.
So we claim we're not all bad.
"Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Irish_people
Australians are convinced the Poms never shower.
It's "oi".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Americans
Like "ugh, who invited Nigel, he's going to bring a bunch of rain clouds with him."