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Is British culture too shallow?

My experiences of British 'culture' is that is very shallow and obsessed with looks etc. People are always obsessed with the next must-have, and girls dress only to impress guys rather than dressing to impress themselves. Children are growing up in a society where Islam threatens to take over, with a government more oppressive than Pol Pot's regime, and where we have too many speed cameras, among a plethora of other things. Is British culture therefore too shallow?

Reply 1

AwesomeAnt

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I wouldn't say shallow.

I'd put it blunt, and say its currently sh*t.

Reply 2

mamooshka

9

Maybe. Be sure to vote!

(May I also request that you refrain from ending a sentence with "therefore", it's not quite right.)

Reply 3

Failed123

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mamooshka

(May I also request that you refrain from ending a sentence with "therefore", it's not quite right.)

Yeah ^

To the OP, it's like that everywhere.

Reply 4

explosions hurt

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jacombey

with a government more oppressive than Pol Pot's regime

wut. I didn't realise Gordon had killed a quarter of us yet?

Reply 5

Less_then_zero

i wouldn't say the british government are more opressive then pol pot haha....

i think people are swallow!

Reply 6

unfinished sympathy

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jacombey

My experiences of British 'culture' is that is very shallow and obsessed with looks etc. People are always obsessed with the next must-have, and girls dress only to impress guys rather than dressing to impress themselves. Children are growing up in a society where Islam threatens to take over, with a government more oppressive than Pol Pot's regime, and where we have too many speed cameras, among a plethora of other things. Is British culture too shallow therefore?

looks looks looks, methinks that you are the shallow one.

Reply 7

ourlastmemory

15

yeahhh i'd agree, i suppose. i wouldn't call what we have a 'culture' anyway since its hardly rooted in anything traditional apart from maybe the royal family. ask an american what comes to mind when they think of england and they'll probably say tea, jam, the queen and london.

but we're a highly modernised country with a prominent media and lots of money so i think our obsession with looks and the next must-have is pretty inescapable just like in America.

i disagree that our government's oppressive though, that's a bit dramatic. we give those MPs a dang hard time and i'd like to see most of the people who complain try and run this country ¬_¬

but i'll take up y'point about the speed cameras. we have next to no privacy anymore :/ nearly everything is caught on camera and if someone wants our details then they're not gunna have any trouble getting 'em.

Reply 8

Absinth

15

Humanity is too shallow.

Reply 9

MichaelG

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jacombey

My experiences of British 'culture' is that is very shallow and obsessed with looks etc. People are always obsessed with the next must-have, and girls dress only to impress guys rather than dressing to impress themselves. Children are growing up in a society where Islam threatens to take over, with a government more oppressive than Pol Pot's regime, and where we have too many speed cameras, among a plethora of other things. Is British culture too shallow therefore?

Some very tenuous links here, its a bit nonsensical. If anything, you're providing a classic example of what actually is the problem in Britain - a complete lack of understanding.

Reply 10

leemkule

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And you're all above it, with your peroxide hair and cleavage on show with the myspace camera angle?:P

Reply 11

bansheeee*

4

whats with all the election posters everywhere? is there some kind of election on?

Reply 12

Ijustdon'treallyknow

9

personally, I think America's worse in terms of 'fashion and society'

Reply 13

unfinished sympathy

15

anisha.doshi

personally, I think America's worse in terms of 'fashion and society'

definitely, america is much worse than the UK.

Reply 14

cardine92

10

I'd say materialism and our celebrity obsession is pretty shallow but it's better than the TB, rickets, cholera, malnutrition and stuff we had before.

Reply 15

menagerie

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jacombey

My experiences of British 'culture' is that is very shallow and obsessed with looks etc. People are always obsessed with the next must-have, and girls dress only to impress guys rather than dressing to impress themselves. Children are growing up in a society where Islam threatens to take over, with a government more oppressive than Pol Pot's regime, and where we have too many speed cameras, among a plethora of other things. Is British culture therefore too shallow?

Yeah, I don't get how this bit is related to dar questchun.

Reply 16

Advanced Subsidiary

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Shannaro!!! Definetly agree with everything you've just said.

Reply 17

lella_m

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jacombey

My experiences of British 'culture' is that is very shallow and obsessed with looks etc. People are always obsessed with the next must-have, and girls dress only to impress guys rather than dressing to impress themselves. Children are growing up in a society where Islam threatens to take over, with a government more oppressive than Pol Pot's regime, and where we have too many speed cameras, among a plethora of other things. Is British culture therefore too shallow?

Hey! We're not all you y'know.

Reply 18

unfinished sympathy

15

how is the labour government more oppressive than Pol Pot's regime? Are people being slaughtered because they won't vote for Gordon Brown, I think he'd like to rule this way, but the UK ain't ruled by a dictator yet!

Reply 19

andrew.P

jacombey

My experiences of British 'culture' is that is very shallow

girls dress only to impress guys

how can you keep starting these ridiculous threads when your profile picture is quite literally just you showing off your tits?

and what have speed cameras got to do with culture being shallow?

Is British culture too shallow?

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