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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

It's all still on the curriculum from when everything was part of the Glorious Empire

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That doesn't excuse the Americans though

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Edit: this one might be better

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Military bases != Colonization.

One is an outpost. The other is making the people there subservient to you. I get the point you're making, but it's not the same and it trivializes actual colonization(which yes, the US does do). India wasn't just a military base for the British. They ruled over them and collected taxes and imposed laws. Same with Ireland. It's be offensive to compare their plights to placing a military base.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

k but != ≠ ≠

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Actually != = ≠

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

!= == ≠

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Programming Vs science

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I don't think they need the soldiers to know where the fuck they are, just that "you're protecting ~corporate interests~ freedom!"

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

The taste of fine English cuisine, and the beauty of English women made the English men the best sailors in the world.

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[-] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago

Having grown up in both countries, the joke here is about colonialism more than American stupidity.

The British know everywhere spices, sugar and coffee come from innately

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The joke is that America Bad, and you're ruining it by bringing England Bad into it. What are you, some kind of shill for America? How much is Big America paying you, bro?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Big America pays everyone(except our employees)!

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[-] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago

I love Noel Fielding

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Man I wish they still made The Mighty Boosh. So brilliantly surreal.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Have you heard the radio version that came first? If you thought the TV version was surreal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OZN1zyS7gY

(Yes, I know it's weird to link to a radio series on a video streaming site. Welcome to the future.)

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Noel has no chill

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

While I do like him as a comedian, there are some stories about his time spent with barely of age girls and his time with Russell Brand that make him less likeable.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Damn it.

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

This has little to do with American vs British schooling and a lot more to do with the specific people involved. The UK has lots of comedians dumber than Noel and the US has plenty smarter than Chelsea

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Wow, Richmond looks so joyful there.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

He went from goth to boss

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Is she a right wing personality? Not remembering much about Nicaragua is a serious career booster in those quarters. They should have had Oliver North on the show. No one doesn't remember more about Nicaragua than him.

...no one is going to get this one.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh I got it, but then, I wasn’t schooled in America

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most of us aren't 60 years old or are going to remember every detail of every major GOP scandal. The short version, Ollie North took the fall for Reagan's Iran-Contra weapons sales, is sufficient without knowing that the Contras were Nicaraguan.

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

As someone totally ignorant about a lot of pop culture, who is that lady?

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Chelsea Handler

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

She's a football manager?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I still didn't know who she was, but I looked her up. She's clearly ignorant, but it seems like her heart is in the right place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Handler#Political_views

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Who?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cares.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I consider myself ignorant of only about 2/3rds of pop culture and I still have no idea who any of these people are.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The two at the bottom are British comedians Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, most famous for a very weird, partially-improvised show called The Mighty Boosh, which has quite a cult following. But I have no idea who the lady is.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Isn't the left one the goth guy from IT Crowd?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yes. He also is one of the current hosts of The Great British Bake-Off.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Best part of the show imo. His stints on 8/10 cats are also top tier

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

There's nothing I don't like about bake-off. I hate reality shows because everyone is mean to each other... except bake-off, where everyone's friendly and nice and encouraging. It's so refreshing to see.

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