A non-Brit whose appreciation of quaint, English customs, Harry Potter, Dr Who, Sherlock etc is about the limit of their knowledge, forgetting that modern UK is nothing like a lot of these shows portray for most of the people living there.
Teeaboos are not particularly new, as Americans and non-europeans have enjoyed twee and anachronistic visions for decades, such as the Richard Curtis movies that were cynically marketed to US audiences, while bizarrely extinguishing the presence of non-whites (see Notting Hill) from London.
Weirdly, children's sci-fi Dr Who is more demographically realistic in it's portrayal of modern Britain than most popular exports, but is still 'London-centric'. Unfortunately, this is because the BBC is Londoncentric in its programming and ignores many other regions of the nation, with their own rich histories and cultures.
Teeaboos are not particularly new, as Americans and non-europeans have enjoyed twee and anachronistic visions for decades, such as the Richard Curtis movies that were cynically marketed to US audiences, while bizarrely extinguishing the presence of non-whites (see Notting Hill) from London.
Weirdly, children's sci-fi Dr Who is more demographically realistic in it's portrayal of modern Britain than most popular exports, but is still 'London-centric'. Unfortunately, this is because the BBC is Londoncentric in its programming and ignores many other regions of the nation, with their own rich histories and cultures.
'I just love THE British accent and tea and Sherlock!'
'Which British accent would that be, you strange teeaboo?'
'Which British accent would that be, you strange teeaboo?'
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. Uses logical leaps to connect unrelated events that create an over-arching narrative that, in turn, supports a nebulous conclusion.
Uses panning overhead shots of American suburbia.
Uses vintage footage of UNIVAC computers, prozac capsules, Air Force personnel firing missiles, a smiling blonde woman, the Bikini Atoll tests, Gadaff, Reagan, Saddam Hussein and Tony Blair.
Uses Beethoven's 7th or Philip Glass' Pruit Igoe to usher a sense of techno-fear and existential foreboding.
Tries to incorporate computers, Utopia, Prozac, Psychiatry, Market-driven political policy, suicide bombers and Tony Blair into some overrarching 'scheme'
Appeals to left-leaning, chin-stroking hipsters pseuds fond of using the Courtier's Reply - ' you just don't get it'.
. Uses logical leaps to connect unrelated events that create an over-arching narrative that, in turn, supports a nebulous conclusion.
Uses panning overhead shots of American suburbia.
Uses vintage footage of UNIVAC computers, prozac capsules, Air Force personnel firing missiles, a smiling blonde woman, the Bikini Atoll tests, Gadaff, Reagan, Saddam Hussein and Tony Blair.
Uses Beethoven's 7th or Philip Glass' Pruit Igoe to usher a sense of techno-fear and existential foreboding.
Tries to incorporate computers, Utopia, Prozac, Psychiatry, Market-driven political policy, suicide bombers and Tony Blair into some overrarching 'scheme'
Appeals to left-leaning, chin-stroking hipsters pseuds fond of using the Courtier's Reply - ' you just don't get it'.
Taxi Driver: There's that documentary about how computers caused the financial crash, and it might have some Beethoven and Prozac in it. Maybe Tony Blair grinning like the Satanic bastard we all know he is, ha!
Bus Driver; Oh yeah, and somehow get poor man's Nietzsche Ayn Rand shoehorned in, along with Gadaffi, Brexit and the Smurfs in for good measure. No thanks fella, i have better stuff to watch than a pseudocumentary. He-Man is on Netflix
Bus Driver; Oh yeah, and somehow get poor man's Nietzsche Ayn Rand shoehorned in, along with Gadaffi, Brexit and the Smurfs in for good measure. No thanks fella, i have better stuff to watch than a pseudocumentary. He-Man is on Netflix
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Get the Lizzo mug.People who dont have much of a life or hobbies beyond sitting and watching tge mediocre offerings of Netflix or similar streaming service. They usually place great importance on having caught up with tge latest 'Box sets'.
These people can be from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds but have certain things in common; they are generally liberal or whatever the celebrities think, don't own many books and usually start sentences with 'so'.
Also known as Epsilons .
These people can be from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds but have certain things in common; they are generally liberal or whatever the celebrities think, don't own many books and usually start sentences with 'so'.
Also known as Epsilons .
Moron: 'Ive just rewatched Breaking Bad, Prison Break and catching up on Westworld and The Crown.'
Me: *closing book* 'ahh, you must be one of those Netflix People'.
Me: *closing book* 'ahh, you must be one of those Netflix People'.
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Sir Reginald Piers-Gently; And how were Fanny and Verity when you last saw them?Lord Fredistare Buntwick; Well old chap, Fanny has just finished her second year at Oxford, and Verity has been matador'd by several Galician stable boys!
Sir Reginald Piers-Gently; i'm deligbted to hear it!
Sir Reginald Piers-Gently; i'm deligbted to hear it!
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Also used by Walter Mitty types who think they're 'captains of industry' but are telesales gimps who spend their lives watching The Apprentice.
Also used by Walter Mitty types who think they're 'captains of industry' but are telesales gimps who spend their lives watching The Apprentice.
Sales Gimp: I'm really loving this idea just now. Let's push the envelope and make it even more actionable. We're on a journey. Oo-rah!
Human; Good grief... it's a toaster.
Human; Good grief... it's a toaster.
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