I have, after much study and contemplation, discovered the reason for the (in)famous British “reserve”, as we politely call social maladjustment here in Blighty:
No one likes the British, especially the British.
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without outraging another Englishman, and no one else can understand why they are so bovvered…
Stiff Upper Lip and All That Rot
Wikipedia
Wikipedia: The encyclopedia where you can be an authority even if you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
– Stephen Colbert
…on embarassing drinking
One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronized with a complete stranger.
The Base Truth
Whenever I find myself becoming too enamored of the accomplishments of human civilization, too dazzled by our cities and technologies and philosophies, I like to remind myself that all of these things are but stratagems designed to conceal from ourselves the base truth that all we are truly interested in, all we strive to do; [...]
…on Burt’s Bees cosmetics
Burt’s Bees: all-natural cosmetics that make you look and smell like a carefree hippie chick… who has self-esteem issues and is hung-up on beauty aids.
…on British “Fashion”
British men’s fashion, with all of it’s fetish for the business suit truly is a land of the bland leading the bland.
…on living dangerously
No one can claim to be alive that has not had their mouth fill up with their own blood.
…on the internet
The great legacy of the internet in the late 20th and early 21st centuries will be that it destroyed all education; instilling a love of data, not even information, in place of knowledge.
…on the modern world
One of the hardest things to do in the modern world is to see things as they are. We are so conditioned to our dissatisfaction that all we ever see when we look at an apple is that it is not a peach.
…on equality
In a dictatorship, all are perfectly equal, save one.
What Living Is
If every morning you awake to fight again a battle you know can never be won, because deep inside you you know it must be fought, then you are truly living.
…on philosophy
In matters of philosophy, man chooses an answer, and then goes in search of proof.
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