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We're so reserved!! Why us British are so boring compared to other cultures!
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I don't think we should use the term British in this topic but rather English.
A lot of people in England and specially in the SOUTH tend to stick up to their own little groups
and don't like to speak to foreigners or if they do it will be a short chat and nothing else. I've lived in London for nearly 3 years now , the only friends I found here are people from across Europe ( which is great ) despite many efforts of making native ones , at the end I gave up , but answering your question - I think people here just don't like different cultures unless if they intend to have sex and that's it. PURELY NORDIC CULTURE !
But on the other hand I find the Scottish and Irish more welcoming and friendly compared
to the English and defo more opened , less reserved etc.
PS. A lot of my friends share the same opinion and probably most of the foreign people in England.
A lot of people in England and specially in the SOUTH tend to stick up to their own little groups
and don't like to speak to foreigners or if they do it will be a short chat and nothing else. I've lived in London for nearly 3 years now , the only friends I found here are people from across Europe ( which is great ) despite many efforts of making native ones , at the end I gave up , but answering your question - I think people here just don't like different cultures unless if they intend to have sex and that's it. PURELY NORDIC CULTURE !
But on the other hand I find the Scottish and Irish more welcoming and friendly compared
to the English and defo more opened , less reserved etc.
PS. A lot of my friends share the same opinion and probably most of the foreign people in England.
I have been in many different countries and I been here in England for 14 years now. I lived in different cities like, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Derbyshire and been in London almost for 7 years.
It is true and English people are different with other people around the world. Why ?
The Answer you will hear from them all the times are:
I am white
I have blue Eyes
I am English
Here is my Country
And they think they are the best people in the world with not rich history like other nations
If you live in this country you will have to have friend other than English people to not feel sick otherwise if they feel you are better than them you will see they will say BUT I am English, I am White means stay back..........
have a look on underground on London you will most people listening to music or showing that they are tired and close their eyes till the station to get off.
But I think the best thing here is not socialising with English people and just do your life and if one day they come to your country treat them exactly how they did to understand that they are only number 1 in their home.
As I said don't mix with them as they feel they are best and they give you stress. Lots of other people lives on planet and ignore them.
It is true and English people are different with other people around the world. Why ?
The Answer you will hear from them all the times are:
I am white
I have blue Eyes
I am English
Here is my Country
And they think they are the best people in the world with not rich history like other nations
If you live in this country you will have to have friend other than English people to not feel sick otherwise if they feel you are better than them you will see they will say BUT I am English, I am White means stay back..........
have a look on underground on London you will most people listening to music or showing that they are tired and close their eyes till the station to get off.
But I think the best thing here is not socialising with English people and just do your life and if one day they come to your country treat them exactly how they did to understand that they are only number 1 in their home.
As I said don't mix with them as they feel they are best and they give you stress. Lots of other people lives on planet and ignore them.
Original post by Cwalley
Hey! I'm a Britsih university student studying Spanish and Portuguese, and after studying all about other ''exotic'' and latin cultures (portuguese, brazilian, spanish, caribbean), I've come to the conclusion that us English are quite unsociable.
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I am totally agree with you and I used to live in different cities in England and never in all my life find people boring as English people with respect to English people. I cannot believe why English people keep using the word that I am white, I got blue eyes, I am English. No social life in England and most people get sick, and stress. Its part of English cultures of being boring and not socialising. best thing to do just ignore them and do not even mix with them if you want to have friends and be away from stress and keep hearing the word of you not white, you haven't got blue eyes and all the crap word like that.
Original post by Cwalley
Hey! I'm a Britsih university student studying Spanish and Portuguese, and after studying all about other ''exotic'' and latin cultures (portuguese, brazilian, spanish, caribbean), I've come to the conclusion that us English are quite unsociable.
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I...literally have zero to say about all of this. "Exotic" only means, foreign to you. To a Spanish person Spanish isn't exotic. There's a Spanish person out there right now dying to be British, ironically.
Britain has like the best culture ever! Hello, everyone wants to do rock like Brits do rock! Brits have aaalll the classic epic rockstars and the best musicians! Sure USA has the ****ing hack mainstream mass produced dog food musicians but UK has the real thing! Oasis, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Joy Division, UK made Bob Marley and the Wailers famous when he started performing in London! And millions of people come to see Piccadilly Circus. &I mean Beatles made Liverpool "cool."
Everyone is doing British fashion as well, basically copying the reggae rudeboy and punk look (popularized where? Oh yea, UK).
&Everyone loves British EPL football. Well...not everyone
lol but everyone knows the clubs that's for sure. You got some raggedy slum kid wearing a Manchester jersey right now 
The royal family, everyone romanticises that, and so what? Let them. I mean there's something to be proud and ashamed of everywhere.
And everyone loves the accent.
UK also muppeteers the world if you think about it if America would only sit its fat ass down!
The outsider perspective about the UK is class, regality (they don't have to know about the mucky stuff
) but the reputation and image is something to be proud of. But people who are ashamed of their culture 9/10 haven't even experienced it in enough depth, so there's lack of roots, lack of foundation, and vulnerability to being influenced by other cultures, which isn't always good if it comes from shame of your native culture. Or you're just bored by it but there's no need to down anyone.
You love Rihanna and Katy Perry? (I bet) well guess what, they all mock British performers and the punk scene.
You love pretty much any musician alive? Well guess what they also mock UK punk. Sure they're old and vintage but always always looked up to and emulated and imitated by contemporary performers. 5 points to Gryffindor.
Everyone wants to be Jagger.
Harry Styles, anyone? He's Jagger-thirsty.
Bieber? The next McCartney until he prematurely showed everyone how much he sucks.
Nicki Minaj *gag* wants to be part of that UK-Caribbean scene, which is lacking in the US where she is from, hence her nasal Barbie silliness she had all day.
Maroon 5? Wants to be the Stones!! Come on people!! Use your heads! UK is awesome!
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From someone who has been living in the UK for the last 12 years - unfortunately it is so very true. I have lived in 3 different countries in my life and I know very well cultures of two more and hands down English are the most uninteresting people I have ever seen in my life. It is worse than you think. Because they are all used to functioning in low quality personality mode they learned to fill their lives with meaningless trivia and absolute non-sense. The only way to have any social interaction is sticking to collectively predefined conversational areas which would be: what did you eat for lunch, have you seen the game, isn't the weather [whatever] today, how was your weekend, any plans for the weekend, have you seen [whatever] on the telly last night. I have just been thinking for 5 minutes to come up with some more examples but I swear to God - that's exactly it. There is nothing else you can talk to people about here, if you try they will openly say that you are "strange" and "random". It is as if 60 million people unilaterally decided that being human is not for them. I love every aspect of humanity and I believe it needs to be researched, experienced, questioned, discussed or at least noticed. There is none of that here, it feels like being surrounded by an endless army of soulless robots programmed in the early 80s by someone with no IT knowledge. Combine that with horrible weather all year long and you get yourself a definition of hell. England is like the email account you set up for spam and paying bills - full of cr4p and absolutely with no chance of finding anything valuable there. If you don't believe me observe a group of English people interacting with each other and count how many times they fake-laugh. Just try it and see for yourself...
Original post by Cwalley
Hey! I'm a Britsih university student studying Spanish and Portuguese, and after studying all about other ''exotic'' and latin cultures (portuguese, brazilian, spanish, caribbean), I've come to the conclusion that us English are quite unsociable.
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
The only uncultured part of the UK is UKIP, previously lead by Nigel Farrage now led by Paul Nuttall
Meh. We tend to keep to ourselves til we get close enough to feel comfortable farting in front of said person 
But a lot of English ppl (not trying to generalise) require alcohol to open up.
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Original post by Cwalley
Hey! I'm a Britsih university student studying Spanish and Portuguese, and after studying all about other ''exotic'' and latin cultures (portuguese, brazilian, spanish, caribbean), I've come to the conclusion that us English are quite unsociable.
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
Dude, you've obviously never been to Finland! You're nothing compared to us haha, you have all that small talk and so on, we dont even have that. It's just not necessary.
Original post by Cwalley
Hey! I'm a Britsih university student studying Spanish and Portuguese, and after studying all about other ''exotic'' and latin cultures (portuguese, brazilian, spanish, caribbean), I've come to the conclusion that us English are quite unsociable.
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
Do you study at university in UK? If so, don't be fooled, a lot of your peers and other students you speak of probably come from very wealthy families. Such students are often very well cultured, and have travelled a lot. Do not mistake these type of people to represent the general culture among all people from their countries.
Original post by Yazooo
Compared to Spain, Portugal and the Caribbean, yeah British culture does seem boring. Although there are regional cultures too. I would say the culture in London is just as exciting. London is definitely a more happening place than Madrid or Lisbon.
why are you replying to a 4 year old thread?
Original post by YourGoddamnRight
why are you replying to a 4 year old thread?
4 years old? It's only a few weeks ago.
Original post by Yazooo
4 years old? It's only a few weeks ago.
look at the op first comment.
Original post by Cwalley
Hey! I'm a Britsih university student studying Spanish and Portuguese, and after studying all about other ''exotic'' and latin cultures (portuguese, brazilian, spanish, caribbean), I've come to the conclusion that us English are quite unsociable.
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
I have lots of exotic and interesting friends at university who are sooooo much more sociable than my English friends! It's completely normal for many cultures, for example Spanish people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, and generally be very interactive with their peers, however us ''Brits'' are happy to just not smile and stand their like a lemon with our hands in our pockets!
I recently noticed the big cultural difference after just coming back from an American cruise around the Caribbean. The whole trip, me and my family were showered with compliments about our appearance, asked if we were having a good day, told ''merry christmas'' about a million times, spoken to everytime we went in the elevators, engaged in conversations over the breakfast buffet, told life stories by extremely friendly Americans, chatted-up by brazilians, I spoke spanish (and portuguese) to countless guests, and generally had an amazing, sociable and refreshing time compared to England.
What do you guys think? I
Let me know you're views guys, I'd love to here what other cultures think about this
As a Spanish guy living in UK I would say yes there are differences in the culture. At the moment though because I am improving my english i am more reserved ... but this means i fit in haha
Going to a small town english pub after coming back from Spain is like going back to the dark ages. Stodgy, bland and ugly.
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