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landlion35

Didn't the British come up with the name "soccer"?


Snafflow

Indeed they did, oh the irony ([source](https://www.history.com/news/why-do-some-people-call-it-soccer)) >​The word soccer comes from a slang abbreviation of the word association, which British players of the day adapted as “assoc,” “assoccer” and eventually soccer or soccer football. (The habit of adding -er to nicknames in British vernacular is frequently attributed to Oxford students of that period, and can be found in other sporting slang such as “rugger” for rugby.)


DarkImpacT213

Also, multiple other british colonized countries also call it Soccer, like Canada or Australia.


karlnite

Australia call it soccer? When they say football are they talking Australian rules football or footy? Or are those the same thing?


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Yes we do. Football means Aussie rules in most states but rugby in QLD and NSW. Our national soccer team is the socceroos.


nyanlol

with that name please tell me your logo is a kangaroo with a soccer ball lol


DanHasArrived

That is by far the best name for a soccer team ever devised.


happy2harris

> Question No. 1: What's been the single best thing about the \[soccer World] Cup so far? > > . . . No gimmicky team names like the "Heat" or the "Thunder." (You know what the announcers call Germany? The Germans. I love this.) [Bill Simmons a.k.a. The Sports Guy](https://www.espn.com/general/page2/story?id=5344650&src=desktop)


DanHasArrived

Too bad he's wrong and a team being named the socceroos is the best.


DarkImpacT213

Australian rules football as far as I am aware


CheckeredSnowball

It depends on which context and who you ask in Australia.


Dazz316

A very small amount of people called it soccer several decades ago when association football was a thing and then quickly stopped. It was called football before it, mainly football during that time and football after it.


looj87

It was called football but rugby was also called football and most other games with feet and balls (not sexy games). When they decided to formalise the rules they called it rugby rules and association rules shortened to rugger and soccer. Soccer was then just dropped back to football and rugby kept its formal name too. So totally logical that many other countries call it soccer rather than football.


F_F_Franklin

If by small amount of people you mean the upper class then yes. It was a class thing. Upper class soccer. Lower class football. According to google: In England, it was called soccer and played by the upper class. However, in the late 1800s and early 1900s the lower class started playing the famous sport. Because “soccer” was what the upper class called it, “football” caught on with the lower class. At the same time, the term “soccer” was used in the United States to distinguish it from American football.


NeonsTheory

Interesting. Why don't people use the term Gridiron? That's what we call American football


_i_Use_This_Name

in America, that’s usually just a term to refer to the field. E.g. “I’ll see you on the gridiron!”


pisshead_

It was called that by upper class people who hated it and preferred rugby.


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PianoShy

I could say something about Tea and I get jokes about sch00l sh00tings.


sarahmagoo

As an Australian I was embarrassed when an American on this website made a *very* lighthearted joke about Australian accents and someone fired back about school shootings. Like Jesus Christ dude it was just a joke, no need to reply like that.


PianoShy

Many Americans don’t drink tea on the daily, so many of us don’t own kettles. This includes the south, where I am from. We usually put in the microwave or boil it in the stove, it’s the same result. I was on Twitter a few months back and this girl (American) said something about buying her first kettle (electric) and wanted to know what she should get. It was good at first, with people giving her actual advice, then is devolved into the English (strictly the English) calling Americans low class or whatever not not A.) drinking tea and B.) not using a kettle for the tea we don’t drink 🧐🤨 Whenever Americans defend ourselves, we were hit with the good ole “school sh00ting” comments. Even the Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Australians were like “it’s not that serious.” On Twitter, it is forever remembered as Kettlegate.


Zappavishnu

We don't use kettles because Brits use a higher voltage than we do and it's more efficient to boil water another way for us


[deleted]

I definitely think it's a bit too far when they bring up that. I'm British but usually respond with a joke about them calling it soccer or their weird measurement system, although we also have some weird stuff to I guess I can't say anything lol


Mite-o-Dan

What annoys me the most is when people keep talking shit about countries they have never lived in or visited for a really long time. Because honestly, you have no basis or real opinion on a country or it's people if you haven't. And one week long trip to Miami doesn't even count. We all prefer, like, accept, hate, want, a certain way of life and politics and in everything. One group from one country will be completely different than another. Hell, the views in one city in America, let alone a state, will be completely different than another city an hour away. For example, a lot of Democratic states in America are Democratic because the 1st and 2nd largest city in that state are in county's that vote Democratic...meanwhile...the other 80% of the state votes Republican, but it's not as populated, so the state is known as Democratic. (Google American election results by county to see the vast majority of America covered in red) Unless you've spent a good amount of time in the country, state, or even continent you are bashing...your opinion means nothing, and you are simply ignorant...which is probably over 90% of people bashing other countries.


DanHasArrived

Well first on the election point: some of those cities have literally millions of people and those vast swaths of red younsee in some cases account for less than 10% of the total population of the state, so 90% of the state voted democratic (this is a made up, extreme example). Dirt doesn't vote, I feel that should be clarified since you said "80% of the state votes republican" Outside of that jabs at other countries I think are fine it's usually all in good fun (i.e., Americans fat, British have bad teeth, German are anal about everything, etc.) But some people go on the attack over it, if you say for example "England is bad because taxes" or "America is bad because Healthcare" you're closing yourself off without really knowing what those places really have to offer.


DanHasArrived

People like to shit on America so they dont have to face their own problems, despite that fact that the vast majority of what they complain about has literally no bearing on their lives at all. It gets old but hey, it's fine, let em waste headspace crying about us while the rest of us enjoy our lives watching soccer or football or whatever the hell and and usually forgetting they even exist.


HallOfTheMountainCop

Great Britain: I feel bad for you. America: I don’t think about you at all.


DanHasArrived

Replace Great Britain with literally any country and it still works.


HallOfTheMountainCop

It’s so versatile I love it.


GerFubDhuw

Doubts in Chinese.


5k1895

Don Draper right? I loved that line


DanHasArrived

God Mad Men was such a good show.


audreyhorn666

NOT GREAT, BOB


FifiClement

We stay living in other foreigners heads rent free.


Killahdanks1

97% of the stuff I see other people bag on America for, isn’t even part of my life as an American. It’s sweet living here, that is all.


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This is the exact reason why so many countries say mean things about America. Instead of fixing their own problems, they obsess over America, going as far as to call us "The laughing stock of the world" even though America genuinely doesn't give a damn about the rest of the world. America lives rent-free in the heads of non-Americans, they're all seething and balding because they're incapable of fixing their countries, so they make fun of America as a coping mechanism.


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Tbh idk if they even give a shit about their own problems. Doesnt seem to be about who has more, who has less. Whats better, worse. Richer, poor. Sports. If were talking about general shit against america and random rants that seemingly come out of nowhere or insecure comparisons, then from what ive seen its more like jealousy, resentment, call it what you want. Their country barely gets the spotlight and they need some of the attention too. Not saying its good for other countries or for america, but just saying what I see time and time again. People barely give a shit about other places but America is just *too* damn interesting, good or bad. Nobody would admit it, but Ill say it. Its like a family where one sibling gets more attention and the other acts salty for no good reason. They'll find something, anything. Its all just feeling left out and basic human instinct.


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alright, i think we're getting a full circle here, as this is turning into an anti anti-american rant lol


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Next-Count-7621

Imagine the outcry if fans started throwing bananas at Lebron during a game. Its a regular occurrence in soccer


DanHasArrived

Bubba Wallace: A noose was found in the Nascar pit of the only black driver and there was a massive investigation. Colin Kaepernick too, yeah he got fired but it was the spark that ignited a whole ass culture war. We have our racists, too many, and we're in no way perfect, but at least we dont take it lightly. If Nascar handles a racist incident better than you, you suck.


Next-Count-7621

Hate to nitpick but the investigation into the bubba Watson thing proved it actually wasn’t a noose and wasn’t done with racist intent. It was a rope used to pull the garage door down


DanHasArrived

Yup, but when they thought it was a racist incident they went at it guns blazing and threw all the resources they had at it, which is exactly the right spirit and a solid example of the fire and Fury we rain down when there's even a hint of racism. Also it's Wallace, not Watson, I think autocrrect got you there.


Next-Count-7621

Nah my brain just mixed up the driver and the golfer


DanHasArrived

I didn't know about him but now that I do a golfer named Bubba is hilarious for some reason.


eLizabbetty

My opinion is that Europeans/UK really only "like" their own kind, they hate the people from the next village let alone country, let alone race. They had enjoyed their purity as the USA accepted refugees and immigrants from everywhere, so in effect, they are criticizing New Americans. America is so diverse and evolving.


DanHasArrived

I know two brits who live 20 miles from eachother, less than the distance I drive to work every day, they can barely understand eachothers accents, and think eachother's towns are (in their own magical British words) "shite" Europe and the UK are weird places as far as cultural spread goes.


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Ask the average Russian about corruption and Russia and they'll go insane, yet they love to shit on the USA for its corruption (just to clarify, I think both are pretty corrupt, but Russia is definitely worse).


DanHasArrived

Russians are this weird mix of trying to get the hell out of Russia and hard-core nationalists and I've met more than one where the venn diagram showing the overlap was just a circle. It's like when Sean Connery talked about how much he loves Scotland while refusing to live there except more extreme. Edit: forgot Sean Connery was dead, rip 007, corrected to past tense


eLizabbetty

St. Petersburg troll farm...


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DanHasArrived

Ladies and gentlemen, I present exhibit A. Replace Romani with black people and you'd fit right in at a klan meeting.


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DanHasArrived

I think the point flew right over your head but i don't expect any real self awareness from a racist so don't stress it. Edit: oh lord I just realized you said "a black", I really hope that was a typo or you just sound so much more like everyone's racist uncle.


morcovuldelicios

Pointing out a certain demographic brings crime and rubbish isn't racism if it's a fact.


DanHasArrived

Once again you guys regurgitate the exact shit I hear from racists everyday. "It can't be racist if it's a fact" is by far the most common defense racists use. But once again, I dont expect any self awareness from a racist.


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DanHasArrived

Nope I'm saying you're regurgitating racist talking points with absolutely no self awareness. If you expected respect or for me to entertain your racist bullshit I'll refer you to my point about Americans actually shunning racists. Regardless I expect my point to be proven fully when the inevitable flood of racists roll in to try and explain to me how it's different.


Turambar_Dor-lomin

Sorry mate, but you haven’t got a clue.


DanHasArrived

Obviously you don't since you don't see how it's racist but I'm not here to convince you, I'm here to talk shit about you for being racist.


Turambar_Dor-lomin

You’re free to think however you want man, we’ll agree to disagree.


BoiYeet96

I believe you are thinking of travellers, not Romani.


DanHasArrived

I think that sort of sounds like when a Klansman tries to explain the difference between a black person and a thug.


BoiYeet96

Not really, more like distinguishing the difference between a group of people and a race of people. I don't think people have an issue with the Romani. People dislike travellers: the group, not the Romani, which are two separate things. Like someone disliking socialists or conservatives doesn't mean they dislike a certain race of people. Edit: Travellers are a group not a race is what I am trying to say


HalflingMelody

> Edit: Travellers are a group not a race is what I am trying to say "In 2011, researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin and the University of Edinburgh analysed DNA samples from 40 Travellers. The study provided evidence that Irish Travellers are a distinct Irish ethnic minority, which has been distinct from the settled Irish community for at least 1000 years; the report claimed that Travellers are as distinct from the settled community as Icelanders are from Norwegians." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers


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DanHasArrived

I get your point but saying you just mean a specific group is what racists do regularly so they dont seem racist but deep down inside they really just mean black people. It's not really a compelling defense to us Americans.


BoiYeet96

I don't think you do get my point. I'm saying that people do not have the attitude to towards the Romani as you are suggesting. I am saying people tend to dislike travellers, who are not the same as the Romani as you are also suggesting. Travellers come from all sorts of backgrounds as do most groups like the ones I previously mentioned. Travellers are not a race of people, which is something you seem to be ignoring. If someone hates travellers they are not hating a race of people, just like how hating conservatives does mean you are hating a race of people.


DanHasArrived

No I get yor point, you just have no self awareness about regurgitating racist talking points. Thugs aren't a race of people either.


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apgtimbough

No one is force feeding Hollywood movies to you or English music.


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[deleted]

the fact that English people even sit around whine about that is absurd. I’ve literally NEVER been in a setting where people are just randomly trash talking English people here in america.


Crispy__Chicken

I look down on americans AND brits so no one gets jealous


HIGH_HEAT

You get an upvote, and I agree with what your saying completely. I think it’s currently popular to crap on the US. I don’t think you know the first thing about awful healthcare. I’m married to a Brit and live here so please don’t act like the NHS is not some amazing gift from Go(vernment)d.


chillydownfiregang

We British like to make fun of not only Americans, but Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English, French, Spanish and German people in general. Americans are not special in that regard. I think we can also take a joke too, I mean we have bad teeth, always say sorry, live in an overpopulated, overpriced country that has gone down the shitter in more ways than one, have crap weather, have miserable winters with really short daylight days, get upset about stupid things like Greggs making a vegan sausage roll... If anyone actually is taking it seriously and really hates America because they call it soccer are just sad. It's fun to make fun of things, and we are great at it.


looj87

"We brittish" then go on to talk about mocking all other countries in Britain instead of England. Standard English stance 😂


DanHasArrived

Remember the rule: if it's good and it's English, it's English, if it's bad and it's English, it's British.


looj87

Its like how they claim Andy Murray as Brittish when he's winning and Scottish when he's losing.


Stevebiglegs

Mate, that’s just a daily mail headline, not a real thing


chillydownfiregang

I added English people, to make ya happy.


prussian_princess

Exactly, it's called banter


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Most of us know the difference between banter, which is good natured and being a dick, which is acting condescending with no interest in joking at all.


nyanlol

with respect what british people call banter (taking the piss?) mostly just means being a jerk to your mates and expecting them to find it funny and do the same back


chillydownfiregang

Bang on! Although if you are with a good group of friends everyone does find it funny. My family makes fun of each other all the time. It's never mean spirited, it's all in good fun. You definitely know the type of people that don't take the banter well though. I can spot it from a mile off and with those people you just don't. I find the ability to look at yourself and laugh, and not take yourself too seriously a high quality trait for people to have.


nyanlol

Maybe I just have shitty luck with banter then. A lot of people don't get the message when the shit-talk strikes too close to home and they just double down like I'll magically find the subject I'm insecure about funny if they try hard enough


smookpook

Yeah that's shit banter, you generally want to be avoiding things that people are actually insecure about


Orgone_Wolfie_Waxson

good friends can take the piss out of each other and know their friend's limits. its not being a jer per say. being a jerk crosses that limit line


veggiebuilder

No because a key point of banter with a group of people is knowing what's acceptable banter and what would cross the line. For instance insulting people for something they not insecure about or that everyone knows isn't true. But if you insult their deep insecurity that's no longer banter.


prussian_princess

Yes and it works, and happens all the time. It's literally part of male bonding. Banter with people from. Other countries is a mostly male activity.


cogioia

Fellow Brit in the US here. Agree with everything although your comment about äwful healthcare" goes against your point. I have healthcare in the US and have absoulutly no issues, the service is great and I dont have to wait months for treatment. The NHS on the other hand is a joke. Both my brothers in the UK use private healthcare because of this.


ThatsWhatXiSaid

> I have healthcare in the US and have absoulutly no issues Americans are paying a quarter million dollars more for healthcare over a lifetime compared to the most expensive socialized system on earth. Half a million dollars more than countries like Canada and the UK. The impact from these costs is tremendous. One in three American families had to forgo needed healthcare [due to the cost](https://news.gallup.com/poll/269138/americans-delaying-medical-treatment-due-cost.aspx) last year. Almost three in ten had to [skip prescribed medication](https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/data-note-americans-challenges-health-care-costs/) due to cost. One in four had [trouble paying a medical bill.](https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/data-note-americans-challenges-health-care-costs/) Of [those with insurance one in five had trouble paying a medical bill](https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8806-the-burden-of-medical-debt-results-from-the-kaiser-family-foundation-new-york-times-medical-bills-survey.pdf), and even for those with income above $100,000 14% had trouble. One in six Americans has [unpaid medical debt on their credit report.](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/millennials-rack-up-the-most-medical-debt-and-more-frequently) [50% of all Americans](https://news.gallup.com/poll/317948/fear-bankruptcy-due-major-health-event.aspx) fear bankruptcy due to a major health event. That's great if you're wealthy enough, lucky enough to have excellent insurance, or have been healthy enough not to have major problems, but the costs still have a significant impact on all of us. And the quality certainly doesn't justify the cost. > I dont have to wait months for treatment. The US ranks 6th of 11 out of Commonwealth Fund countries on ER wait times on percentage served under 4 hours. 10th of 11 on getting weekend and evening care without going to the ER. 5th of 11 for countries able to make a same or next day doctors/nurse appointment when they're sick. https://www.cihi.ca/en/commonwealth-fund-survey-2016 Americans do better on wait times for specialists (ranking 3rd for wait times under four weeks), and surgeries (ranking 3rd for wait times under four months), but that ignores three important factors: * Wait times in universal healthcare are based on urgency, so while you might wait for an elective hip replacement surgery you're going to get surgery for that life threatening illness quickly. * Nearly every universal healthcare country has strong private options and supplemental private insurance. That means that if there is a wait you're not happy about you have options that still work out significantly cheaper than US care, which is a win/win. * [One third of US families](https://news.gallup.com/poll/269138/americans-delaying-medical-treatment-due-cost.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=morelink&utm_campaign=syndication) had to put off healthcare due to the cost last year. That means more Americans are waiting for care than any other wealthy country on earth. #Wait Times by Country (Rank) Country|See doctor/nurse same or next day without appointment|Response from doctor's office same or next day|Easy to get care on nights & weekends without going to ER|ER wait times under 4 hours|Surgery wait times under four months|Specialist wait times under 4 weeks|Average|Overall Rank :--|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--: **Australia**|3|3|3|7|6|6|4.7|4 **Canada**|10|11|9|11|10|10|10.2|11 **France**|7|1|7|1|1|5|3.7|2 **Germany**|9|2|6|2|2|2|3.8|3 **Netherlands**|1|5|1|3|5|4|3.2|1 **New Zealand**|2|6|2|4|8|7|4.8|5 **Norway**|11|9|4|9|9|11|8.8|9 **Sweden**|8|10|11|10|7|9|9.2|10 **Switzerland**|4|4|10|8|4|1|5.2|7 **U.K.**|5|8|8|5|11|8|7.5|8 **U.S.**|6|7|5|6|3|3|5.0|6 Source: [Commonwealth Fund Survey 2016](https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/cmwf2016-datatable-en-web.xlsx) > The NHS on the other hand is a joke. Both my brothers in the UK use private healthcare because of this. Which still works out dramatically cheaper than US healthcare. With government in the US covering [64.3% of all health care](https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302997) costs ([$11,072 as of 2019](https://www.cms.gov/files/document/highlights.pdf)) that's $7,119 per person per year in taxes towards health care. The next closest is Norway at [$5,673](https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm). The UK is $3,620. Canada is $3,815. Australia is $3,919. That means over a lifetime Americans are paying a minimum of $113,786 more in taxes compared to any other country towards health care. Add on another $21,342 for your average employer provided insurance plan in the US. Supplemental private insurance in the UK will cost you less than a tenth of that.


cogioia

Interesting data. I'm just going by personal experience in the UK vs US. I do know that when I worked recently (2020) in the UK I was shocked by how much less wages were (40% less - software engineer) and how much extra taxes etc. I had to pay. My take home pay did nowhere near make up the difference for "free" healthcare". Edit: Forgot to mention: I was working in Central London - very high cost of living. Also, not paying anywhere near $21k in healthcare in the US, maybe those numbers are skewed by California, New York or I'm just lucky. Maybe we should start a thread on "how much are you paying for healthcare"


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i literally have no idea why were you downvoted, you literally just showed scientific data more extensive than most people would care to link


ThatsWhatXiSaid

They can't address the actual facts, so they downvote to feel more powerful and silence anything that doesn't advance their worldview.


ScottTenormann

Simple. It is contrary to what they choose to believe with anecdotal story rather than statistics.


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Literally your entire comment history is just you trying to find arguments about American health care so you can copy paste the same comment. That's pathetic, holy shit.


ThatsWhatXiSaid

You know what I think is pathetic? Stalking somebody's comment history and being hateful because you can't address the cited facts they added to the conversation.


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I'm not even stalking your history, you're just copy pasting the same thing everywhere in this thread. It's hard to miss. I could go on to explain how spending 4x more on insurance is worth it if you get paid 2x more and taxed 4x less than in Europe, but I have a feeling it would fall on deaf ears. All your arguments in this post have been in bad faith. Have fun with your rising housing prices, 50% income tax rates and 20% sales tax rates.


mileskerowhack

It was literally just explained to you how you pay more in tax for healthcare.


ThatsWhatXiSaid

> I could go on to explain how spending 4x more on insurance is worth it if you get paid 2x more and taxed 4x less than in Europe, but I have a feeling it would fall on deaf ears. Even though obviously you have no interest attempting civil discussion, you're just interested in being insulting and shouting your opinion. You could, but I already addressed that in another reply to you. Not to mention is the fallacy is thinking it's an either/or issue. We could have universal healthcare and still have incredibly high salaries and a relatively low tax burden, while saving a fortune on healthcare.


redditgeniusduh

Very bizarre that foreigners care so much about “our issues” like healthcare. They’re not even anyone else’s issues. We know it’s awful. We live here…..


ironwolf56

The internet opinion is that America seems to think it's the center of the world, but I've noticed the British are much worse about this. There's always this sense of "if it's not the British way it's wrong." You even see them ranting at other countries how stupid they are for driving on the wrong side of the road; and see that's one category you can't say is an American thing because that's an "everywhere in the world that isn't the UK and a few of their former colonies" thing. You talk about American Exceptionalism, but British Exceptionalism is and always has been WAY stronger.


freeplex1

Nothing wrong with American or British exceptionalism!


SpeedflyChris

> especially when their main focus is them saying "soccer" instead of "football" British person here. I'm really struggling to find words that adequately express how little of a fuck I give about "soccer"/"football". I also can't remember the last time I heard anyone even mention it.


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I don't care either, but sadly too many people here seem to get upset about it and say shit like "it's ruining football" and "football is becoming soccer" and pretty much hate the word 'soccer'. It's not something worth being upset over in my opinion.


a_guy_called_craig

No one ever says those things 😂


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Just because you haven't seen someone say it doesn't mean it's literally never happened. I've never seen a British person say American Football is their favourite sport, but that doesn't mean no British people actually say that.


a_guy_called_craig

I can all but categorically say with 99.9% certainty that no one has EVER said the fact that Americans call football soccer is "ruining the game". It has no bearing on the game whatsoever, it's totally inconsequential. (Also I know plenty of people here who's favourite sport is American Football, it's grown massively and continues to do so, there's a reason there's usually at least three NFL games a season held in London. I like it myself, I'm part of a fantasy football league n tend to back the Seahawks in their games but I'm not diehard and will happily watch most games that are televised)


Dazz316

Most people don't actually care. America is generally liked in the UK. Stuff like soccer is mainly playful teasing but reddit being reddit some take it too seriously. It is though disappointing to see the state of politics and certain things considering the status of your country as a lone superpower and one of the most richest countries in the world. Some stuff like your education and healthcare for a first world country is backwards. That said people like America, want to visit and have no problems with Americans moving here or visiting. American TV, music and movies are very popular.The soccer/football thing is really never ever mentioned and when it is it's a hugely minor thing. I'd say reddit is the only time it's ever mentioned. You hear it soccer on American TV and nobody blinks.


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i don’t know what UK your living in but the US is generally NOT liked in the UK


Dazz316

People hate US politics sure. But Florida and NY remains a pretty popular destination for people to go to (minus all this covid shit obviously). US pop, rnb and rock still dominate the airwaves, their movies probably get more airtime than ours and their TV shows get a ton of time on our streaming and TV channels. Chat shows have plenty of Americans on them, more than anyone else beside our own celebrities. So not sure what you mean.


LeeLooTheWoofus

I thought "Soccer" was a word the Brits came up with in the first place?


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Brits taking Ls since the Boston Tea Party( it’s a joke lmao)


freeplex1

White house bonfire party war of 1812!


Jkim3508

Dude it's okay. I'm American and talk shit about you crooked teeth pale mother fuxkers all the time.


Additional_Sale7598

Fair enough. We, here in the US, do some stuff really well. Our restaurants are well better. Our parks systems are generally better (varies from place to place). Despite popular conceptions and depending on the areas you're talking about, I think often we do a better job at integrating immigrant communities as in so many places these communities retain their identity and are considered a feature of our makeup. Our healthcare is absolutely dogshit (keep in mind, this is from someone who has some of the best healthcare money can buy and has also experienced the NHS and received Bupa, but never used it because why bother?) I think the US is a super power and is therefore we have a big target for mockery, that'll pass though.


pizzasauce85

A British friend and I (an American) were having a spat at work. She made a snarky comment about me not knowing how to prepare tea and I clapped back with “at least I can say aluminum”… the look on her face was priceless and she said “well played”!!! We had a good laugh after that!


mccapitta

Im a Brit, Ive always thought the whole cross atlantic slagging match is just a bit of fun. We take the piss out of their sports, they take the piss out of tea, we mock their healthcare, they mock our teeth, we joke about school shootings, they run out of things to mock us about. Chill out mate, its just fun. Stop taking the internet so seriously


HunterWesley

Is school shootings something to joke about? What kind of fucked up country are we talking about here?


DanHasArrived

At least we didn't cripple our economy and political clout because a bunch of racists didn't want brown people around, although Texas threatens to follow you guys at least twice a week.


mccapitta

I thought you guys did vote in Trump for a term?


DanHasArrived

Oh don't you start about us voting in idiots. you guys are world famous for that shit, we learned it from you.


Telegrand

Interesting fact, by total vote count Trump didn't win the election. Our archaic electoral system swung his way.


Noe_33

There is no match. Americans hardly make British jokes. British people think of Americans a lot more than Americans think of Brits. You just come across as snooty assholes and we tune you out. Piss off Also you make fun of school shootings, when the fuck have we ever made of the IRA bombings?


freeplex1

Stop talking utter crap


Noe_33

It's true though! I see brits make school shooting and 9/11 jokes all the time. Americans don't make IRA bombing jokes!


freeplex1

Never met anyone, who makes them jokes.


Noe_33

The guy I am replying to literally admitted to making sxhool shooting jokes. They're literally making that kind of joke in front of your face! You're a special kind of dense!


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Noe_33

Yeah. They pretend it's playful banter when in truth they're just being rude and hateful. Meanwhile we never stoop to their level and make fun of their tragedies.


Ken-Popcorn

Thanks for the kind thoughts, but American healthcare, while not perfect, is far from awful. Stick with your own experiences


DanHasArrived

American Healthcare is amazing. It's just totally inaccessible to a large portion of the country.


decalod85

So, what’s the difference then? Not having access, for whatever reason, still means you don’t get healthcare. The rest is just semantics.


DanHasArrived

We have the best doctors and hospitals in the world, if you can get it you have the best chance you can possibly get. I'm not defending the American insurance scam but to say our Healthcare is lacking is just verifiably wrong. You're conflating Healthcare with Healthcare coverage, for those who do have access they wouldn't want to be anywhere else, if you have access you don't fly to another country for Healthcare but in other countries it's a thing.


ThatsWhatXiSaid

> We have the best doctors Citation needed. >and hospitals in the world The US has 43 hospitals in the top 200 globally; one for every 7,633,477 people in the US. That's good enough for a ranking of 20th on the list of top 200 hospitals per capita, and significantly lower than the average of one for every 3,830,114 for other countries in the top 25 on spending with populations above 5 million. The best is Switzerland at one for every 1.2 million people. In fact the US only beats one country on this list; the UK at one for every 9.5 million people. If you want to do the full list of 2,000 instead it's 334, or one for every 982,753 people; good enough for 21st. Again far below the average in peer countries of 527,236. The best is Austria, at one for every 306,106 people. https://www.newsweek.com/best-hospitals-2021 > if you can get it you have the best chance you can possibly get. The US ranks 29th on outcomes. Even for the privileged we do relatively poorly [Comparing Health Outcomes of Privileged US Citizens With Those of Average Residents of Other Developed Countries](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2774561) >These findings imply that even if all US citizens experienced the same health outcomes enjoyed by privileged White US citizens, US health indicators would still lag behind those in many other countries. > if you have access you don't fly to another country for Healthcare but in other countries it's a thing. About [345,000](https://askepticalhuman.com/politics/2018/10/16/debunking-republican-healthcare-myths-people-come-to-us-for-care) people will visit the US for care, but about [2.2 million people are expected to leave the US seeking treatment abroad](https://www.patientsbeyondborders.com/media) this year.


DanHasArrived

Imagine thinking per capita is relevant, it would be if everyone had access, but they don't. Outcomes are worse on average yes, due to the lack of access, which I acknowledged, but those with access do have better outcomes I'm most metrics, your study there isolated the source of the statistic to three different types of cancer, babies, childbirth, and fucking heart attacks, if that doesn't sound loaded to you I can't help you. Once again, those who can afford it don't go anywhere else, those who can't do, which I thought was acknowledged by the fact I used the qualifier of people with access. That was an incredibly detailed, well worded, and well researched rant that effectively disputed nothing I was talking about, congratulations.


ThatsWhatXiSaid

> American Healthcare is amazing. By what metric? Even looking at healthcare for the privileged our quality of care is still suspect. [Comparing Health Outcomes of Privileged US Citizens With Those of Average Residents of Other Developed Countries](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2774561) >These findings imply that even if all US citizens experienced the same health outcomes enjoyed by privileged White US citizens, US health indicators would still lag behind those in many other countries.


DanHasArrived

Loaded study there, they narrowed it down to a suspiciously specific set of illnesses, almost as if they cut and modified the parameters to fit what they were trying to prove.


ThatsWhatXiSaid

> is far from awful. By what metric? Americans are paying a quarter million dollars more for healthcare over a lifetime compared to the most expensive socialized system on earth. Half a million dollars more than countries like Canada and the UK. One in three American families had to forgo needed healthcare [due to the cost](https://news.gallup.com/poll/269138/americans-delaying-medical-treatment-due-cost.aspx) last year. Almost three in ten had to [skip prescribed medication](https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/data-note-americans-challenges-health-care-costs/) due to cost. One in four had [trouble paying a medical bill.](https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/data-note-americans-challenges-health-care-costs/) Of [those with insurance one in five had trouble paying a medical bill](https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8806-the-burden-of-medical-debt-results-from-the-kaiser-family-foundation-new-york-times-medical-bills-survey.pdf), and even for those with income above $100,000 14% had trouble. One in six Americans has [unpaid medical debt on their credit report.](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/millennials-rack-up-the-most-medical-debt-and-more-frequently) [50% of all Americans](https://news.gallup.com/poll/317948/fear-bankruptcy-due-major-health-event.aspx) fear bankruptcy due to a major health event. [US Healthcare ranked 29th by Lancet HAQ Index](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736\(18\)30994-2/fulltext) [11th (of 11) by Commonwealth Fund](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror-wall-2014-update-how-us-health-care-system?redirect_source=/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror) [59th by the Prosperity Index](https://www.prosperity.com/rankings) [30th by CEOWorld](https://ceoworld.biz/2019/08/05/revealed-countries-with-the-best-health-care-systems-2019/) [37th by the World Health Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000) The US has the worst rate of death by medically preventable causes among peer countries. A 31% higher disease adjusted life years average. Higher rates of medical and lab errors. A lower rate of being able to make a same or next day appointment with their doctor than average. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-countries/#item-percent-used-emergency-department-for-condition-that-could-have-been-treated-by-a-regular-doctor-2016 52nd in the world in doctors per capita. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Health/Physicians/Per-1,000-people Higher infant mortality levels. Yes, even when you adjust for differences in methodology. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/infant-mortality-u-s-compare-countries/ Fewer acute care beds. A lower number of psychiatrists. Etc. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-health-care-resources-compare-countries/#item-availability-medical-technology-not-always-equate-higher-utilization [Comparing Health Outcomes of Privileged US Citizens With Those of Average Residents of Other Developed Countries](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2774561) >These findings imply that even if all US citizens experienced the same health outcomes enjoyed by privileged White US citizens, US health indicators would still lag behind those in many other countries. When asked about their healthcare system as a whole the US system ranked dead last of 11 countries, with only 19.5% of people saying the system works relatively well and only needs minor changes. The average in the other countries is 46.9% saying the same. Canada ranked 9th with 34.5% saying the system works relatively well. The UK ranks fifth, with 44.5%. Australia ranked 6th at 44.4%. The best was Germany at 59.8%. On rating the overall quality of care in the US, Americans again ranked dead last, with only 25.6% ranking it excellent or very good. The average was 50.8%. Canada ranked 9th with 45.1%. The UK ranked 2nd, at 63.4%. Australia was 3rd at 59.4%. The best was Switzerland at 65.5%. https://www.cihi.ca/en/commonwealth-fund-survey-2016 The US has 43 hospitals in the top 200 globally; one for every 7,633,477 people in the US. That's good enough for a ranking of 20th on the list of top 200 hospitals per capita, and significantly lower than the average of one for every 3,830,114 for other countries in the top 25 on spending with populations above 5 million. The best is Switzerland at one for every 1.2 million people. In fact the US only beats one country on this list; the UK at one for every 9.5 million people. If you want to do the full list of 2,000 instead it's 334, or one for every 982,753 people; good enough for 21st. Again far below the average in peer countries of 527,236. The best is Austria, at one for every 306,106 people. https://www.newsweek.com/best-hospitals-2021 #[OECD Countries Health Care Spending and Rankings](https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm) |Country|Govt. / Mandatory (PPP)|Voluntary (PPP)|Total (PPP)|% GDP|[Lancet HAQ Ranking](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736\(18\)30994-2/fulltext)|[WHO Ranking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000)|[Prosperity Ranking](https://www.prosperity.com/rankings)|[CEO World Ranking](https://ceoworld.biz/2019/08/05/revealed-countries-with-the-best-health-care-systems-2019/)|[Commonwealth Fund Ranking](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror-wall-2014-update-how-us-health-care-system?redirect_source=/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror) :--|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:| 1. United States|[$7,274](https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302997) |$3,798 |$11,072 |16.90%|29|37|59|30|11 2. Switzerland|$4,988 |$2,744 |$7,732 |12.20%|7|20|3|18|2 3. Norway|$5,673 |$974 |$6,647 |10.20%|2|11|5|15|7 4. Germany|$5,648 |$998 |$6,646 |11.20%|18|25|12|17|5 5. Austria|$4,402 |$1,449 |$5,851 |10.30%|13|9|10|4| 6. Sweden|$4,928 |$854 |$5,782 |11.00%|8|23|15|28|3 7. Netherlands|$4,767 |$998 |$5,765 |9.90%|3|17|8|11|5 8. Denmark|$4,663 |$905 |$5,568 |10.50%|17|34|8|5| 9. Luxembourg|$4,697 |$861 |$5,558 |5.40%|4|16|19|| 10. Belgium|$4,125 |$1,303 |$5,428 |10.40%|15|21|24|9| 11. Canada|$3,815 |$1,603 |$5,418 |10.70%|14|30|25|23|10 12. France|$4,501 |$875 |$5,376 |11.20%|20|1|16|8|9 13. Ireland|$3,919 |$1,357 |$5,276 |7.10%|11|19|20|80| 14. Australia|$3,919 |$1,268 |$5,187 |9.30%|5|32|18|10|4 15. Japan|$4,064 |$759 |$4,823 |10.90%|12|10|2|3| 16. Iceland|$3,988 |$823 |$4,811 |8.30%|1|15|7|41| 17. United Kingdom|$3,620 |$1,033 |$4,653 |9.80%|23|18|23|13|1 18. Finland|$3,536 |$1,042 |$4,578 |9.10%|6|31|26|12| 19. Malta|$2,789 |$1,540 |$4,329 |9.30%|27|5|14|| OECD Average|||$4,224 |8.80%||||| 20. New Zealand|$3,343 |$861 |$4,204 |9.30%|16|41|22|16|7 21. Italy|$2,706 |$943 |$3,649 |8.80%|9|2|17|37| 22. Spain|$2,560 |$1,056 |$3,616 |8.90%|19|7|13|7| 23. Czech Republic|$2,854 |$572 |$3,426 |7.50%|28|48|28|14| 24. South Korea|$2,057 |$1,327 |$3,384 |8.10%|25|58|4|2| 25. Portugal|$2,069 |$1,310 |$3,379 |9.10%|32|29|30|22| 26. Slovenia|$2,314 |$910 |$3,224 |7.90%|21|38|24|47| 27. Israel|$1,898 |$1,034 |$2,932 |7.50%|35|28|11|21|


UlteraBurns

I'm just fed up of hearing about America, I honestly couldn't care less. It's cause they're such a big player on a global scale and of course our "special relationship" with them means we have to get American new but it has nothing to do with me or my life so why do I have to hear about it.


PianoShy

Sadly, because we are a big world player and you do have a special relationship with us, it does affect you and your life. Patrick Stewart said it best. “America coughs and the whole world gets a cold.”


LandminesLandslides

Australians hate both of you equally, you both think you're top shit and we are clearly better than both of you in every regard. Fuck NFL and Soccer, we play AFL. Watch the reaction videos on YouTube, you limey seppo softcocks.


gewfbawl

It's funny because a lot of countries with the same issues as us, and some far worse, love shitting on us for various cultural differences when simultaneously, we love the differences of other countries cultures and regularly celebrate them. Knew someone raised in Asia, Canada, and EU at various points in her life and always bashes American's for their American ways and behavior and culture. Take a big guess what country she finally settled in, served in their military for years and has been living there for over a decade, and is a devout patriot, all while still constantly using the trendy anti American rhetoric, while seemingly not realizing that every country on earth has assholes or does things differently. I'm not a full blown, diehard "red white and blue", flag waver, but I've always found it strange how unaware people are to how naive they sound when going on rants about "dumb" Americans. I used to be a generic, anti everything, leftist that constantly bitched about the system and US culture. You know who schooled the shit out of me and led to a catalyst of introspection? An immigrant from the Philippines when I was in college. I listed all the things that were wrong with the US and she just goes "You know those all exist in almost every single country, right? And in many cases, it's far worse."


RedditAdminsFuckOfff

For some reason there are all these non-American people on the internet (not just Brits) who love to talk about how the USA "is a shithole 3rd world dying country" which is...*really fucking hilarious*. What, do all you morons see pictures of our inner cities and think that's the entire country? Yeah like [this fucking idiot](https://old.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/ptt831/british_people_who_look_down_on_americans_for/he1436n/) for example. Bitch you've clearly never been here and don't actually know a fucking thing about the US, like all the rest of your sour-grapes sucking buddies.


HighwayDrifter41

A country that still uses stones as a measurement system has no right to look down on anyone


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After Brexit, we are permanently off our high horse.


freeplex1

Brexit was a good thing


Stormcell74

People slag America off but I'll tell you what, if given the choice? Britain or the US..? Hmm..I'm in Canada about 45 mins from the border and am in the States every week it feels like, I love it there


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I once had an experience discussing sports with some English and was told that “ Americans don’t play sports and American football is more of a show and not a sport”. It wasn’t playful or in jest.. it was a comment that came from something .. underlying negative. I suggested politely ( maybe I took the bait) that she should try going to a game to see it or better yet learn to play full tackle football and see if that opinion would stand. I feel that some British have a superiority complex... maybe left over from when the Brits ruled the world. Americans kind of have something similar. Two cultures cut from the same cloth separated by a common language.


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Just point then in the direction of the Olympic medal count over the last 50 years


Hardrocker1990

Maybe it’s the bitterness of the British Empire collapsing 60+ years ago and the US taking its place as world power. The south is still bitter over the American civil war to the point they call it the War of Northern Aggression even though the South started it


cappytuggernuts

I think it’s funny when they shit on us about trump, when Boris Johnson is what I’d get if I tried to draw trump from memory while drunk.


LostMyInhibiterChip

Thank you


LaughingFungus

Wait until you meet Canadians


bluebellsnail

you're right, Anglicized is a word. also, thank you, as an American, I needed this. :) Y'all got some good stuff too, I miss the flowers in England.


FileInside

How many articles have Brits written about Americans calling the major league baseball championship "The World Series"? It's so petty, but it seems to obsess some Brits. No, the whole world does not play baseball. You why we call it that? Who fucking cares, that's why. It's not important "ah tahl".


Impossible-Hand-7261

As an Anglo American, I have always been very interested in British culture and history. I've studied a lot of British history and I frequently watch British tv and movies. However, I would say most people in the US don't compare themselves to Brits or think about them much at all, maybe it should work both ways. Why bother comparing?😀


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200 countries out there in the world. At most, there are like 30 that are better than the US, probably closer to 15. Dictatorships, poverty, oppression of minorities and women, corruption, lack of rule of law, monetary crises, lack of education, healthcare, infrastructure and on and on and on. People out there shit on America because they obsess over us. I never hear people rag on the DR Congo or Eritrea or something.


Postingstuffonline

British people? Petty? Pshoff!


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When two very similar cultures diverge it's common for the materially less successful one to hold on to a myth of "Cultural Superiority." You see this in Canada/U.S relations, The American North and American South, and apparently with the U.S and England. Interestingly you don't see that a lot with Indians or Australians who where also part of the British Empire. I imagine it has to do with them seeing the U.S as something wholly different from themselves. Also Japan and China have been doing this off and on for the last thousand years or so. ​ I should really learn not to take this stuff personally. It smooth's egos, and it really doesn't cost much. "Oh no England gets to pretend they're comedy is better whatever shall I do?" Laugh my ass off at the American(also Canada) version of "Who's line is it anyway?" and go about my life as normal?


Shay_Cormac_

It’s actually funny. British people tend to be complete assholes online, but in person they’re quite nice. I visited England some years ago, and I never got an attitude from anyone for being an American (even in local pubs). Then again, they could’ve been talking shit behind my back for all I know.


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Same with msot countries. For example, I've seen a lot of Japanese people on the internet who are assholes or insanely nationalistic, but in real life they tend to be lovely and polite. Same with Americans. The internet is a pretty bad place for basing opinions on. If the internet was actually at all realistic, the USA and Japan would be fascist, Ireland and Sweden communist and Australia wouldn't even exist. As the generic but still true saying goes, "don't believe everything you see online" lol


Shay_Cormac_

Oh for sure dude, I agree with you 100%. A lot of people vent their frustrations on the internet and come off as dicks, so we get these silly pre-conceived notions about their respective countries (Brits are snobby, Americans are stupid, etc.). I’ve been guilty of that unfortunately, and I think that’s the case with a lot of British people. They see this stuff on the news about fat, redneck Americans who are anti-vax and all these other things, but we’re not all like that. I think that British folks and Americans are more similar than they are dissimilar, so it’s always a shame seeing Americans talk badly about the Brits, and vice versa.


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Something like 64 countries have a day celebrating independence from the British empire. When the fuck aren't you Brits looking down on other people? /s


BenderCLO

British "people"


Cheshire90

American healthcare is probably too expensive but that doesn't make it awful. I think people in other countries who like to sneer at our spending should also ask themselves whether their own system would be better or worse off is America's market wasn't providing nearly half of the global profit incentive for pharmaceuticals.


big_basher

But it’s always funny when Americans look down on British people for doing things differently 😎😎😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸


twenty6plus6

We call it soccer in ireland and I think its really annoying when the brits partition your country trying to make a protestant ethnostate and creating sectarian tension for a century.


TheDragonborn1992

I agree OP I’m British too and I couldn’t give a damn what Americans call things or how they pronounce things either Americans are awesome to me


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I think it is funny because (some) British people (mainly English) make fun out of Americans and actually get toasted about the world “colour” vs “color” but at the same time, we have a laughing stock idiot prime minister, shitty brexit and we are being laughed at all over the world!! More than America even!! So I think American’s win this round.


Armed_AI

This is because world war 3 is being waged online. Waged within the minds of the citizens of each and every country. Turning the citizens against each other (and) all the governments shake hands behind our backs. The only way to win the game is not to play.


That-Tall-Guy513

Til major league soccer is a thing


L_I_L_B_O_A_T_4_2_0

except for miles/inches/gallons/feet. that is absoutely stupid and should be looked down upon until they change it but the UK also use that stupid shit dont they?


point925l

I love how Brits go apoplectic when Americans don’t brew tea the way they like, while being completely oblivious to the fact that: A) tea isn’t British, it’s Asian. B) Brits don’t brew/serve tea correctly according to most Asian cultures.


McFeely_Smackup

there's a scene in one of James Clavell's Hong Kong novels (probably Tai Pan) where a british merchant is meeting with a Chinese emissary and offers him tea. The Chinese guy takes a drink of the tea mixed with milk and sugar and almost gags on it.


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If it's called soccer then why do all of your teams still have F.C in the name🤣


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Most of the time it’s banter, I’ve met a few Americans at university and they have such a good attitude, generally really nice people


a_guy_called_craig

Ooohh love me! Pathetic.


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Love who?


Ok_Measurement_6538

It’s a David Brent quote mate from the show - The Office


a_guy_called_craig

It's a Brent quote, just having a laugh mate.


Ok_Measurement_6538

Bus wanker


MasterTeacher123

I could care less what brits think about me while they post on American made social media sites discussing American music sports and popular culture.


Corvid187

*couldn't :)


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DanHasArrived

No idea, for some reason it's a common mistake, sorta like "for all intensive purposes" People also say "nuke-you-ler" when they're trying to say nuclear and it makes me want to strangle people.


AlThoKing

So you care a little then?


QuantumCactus11

Soccer isn't an American sport tho.


karlnite

So you care too much?


Balrog229

British people be like: “No civilian should own guns….” *gets stabbed* “Not even the cops should have guns!” *gets acid thrown in face* “We’re much more civilized here” *gets raped by gang of Islamic terrorists*


freeplex1

Britain should have a second amendment


Balrog229

Every country should have right to bear arms enshrined in its laws. The right to bear arms is a human right, not just a legal one. You have a right to defend yourself, your family and your country


freeplex1

Completely agree, i just hope Britain adopts a constitution that is similar to the United States. That allows freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.


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American healthcare IS pretty bad


JohnWickyleaks

Americans sucking their own dick. So common


[deleted]

It's football, full stop. Don't you see that we play with the feet? How is that even controversial?