[Misc] Britishcore - "100 experiences that define and unite modern Britons" (it says here)

[Bakero]

Article should be called: "I'm a middle class millennial and everyone I know is a middle class millennial, except for my parents, who are just middle class". We'll assume that the Steve Jones he fancied, was the Welsh TV presenter, not the guitarist in the Sex Pistols or the host of ITV's 'The Pyramid Game'.

Makes you wonder what the universal Brit experiences really are though. I'm sure that NSC could do better.

1) Telling people in shocked tones that there are Christmas things in the supermarket next to Halloween stuff! (Despite this happening absolutely every year);

2) Getting the response "Shouldn't celebrate Halloween anyway. It's a Yank holiday" from anyone over 50:

3) Having absolutely no interest in tennis for 50 weeks of the year then trying to hold a conversation about it during the last week in June / first week in July;

4) Saying good morning to magpies if you see ever them on their own;

5) Wondering where Bill's mother lives and why the sky's always black over her place;

Over to you...

Number 5 is very West Midlands, isn't it?

 

[Cheggers]

Article should be called: "I'm a middle class millennial and everyone I know is a middle class millennial, except for my parents, who are just middle class". We'll assume that the Steve Jones he fancied, was the Welsh TV presenter, not the guitarist in the Sex Pistols or the host of ITV's 'The Pyramid Game'.

Makes you wonder what the universal Brit experiences really are though. I'm sure that NSC could do better.

1) Telling people in shocked tones that there are Christmas things in the supermarket next to Halloween stuff! (Despite this happening absolutely every year);

2) Getting the response "Shouldn't celebrate Halloween anyway. It's a Yank holiday" from anyone over 50:

3) Having absolutely no interest in tennis for 50 weeks of the year then trying to hold a conversation about it during the last week in June / first week in July;

4) Saying good morning to magpies if you see ever them on their own;

5) Wondering where Bill's mother lives and why the sky's always black over her place;

Over to you...

6. Feeling nothing for the first 45 minutes so complaining to the dealer and taking another, and 15 minutes later being absolutely spangled and dribbling as the double drop hits home with your arms and legs moving randomly while your eyes roll in the back of your head.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I absolutely hate anyone who calls Eggs Benedict anything other than Eggs Benedict. They should be exterminated along with 'banter' and 'bantz' people.

You'll never become the Archbishop of Banterbury with that attitude.

 

[schmunk]

'8. Brushing Monster Munch dust off the Barbour jacket you got for a fiver at Oxfam.' I don't know where to begin. What an absolute c#nt.

I bought a J. Crew Harris Tweed jacket (originally about $500) from Scope, for £13 in perfect condition. As a special bonus, it had* a business card from a New York strip club in the pocket..

I like Monster Munch.



The vast majority of the rest of the list though. Well cringe.



* still has, at least a year on,

 

[Professor Plum]

Shocker of an article from what sounds like some moany intern. Reads like something 100% designed to be posted on social media. "LOL! Hilarious list in the Guardian! How many of these are YOU guilty of!!??"

Fook off.
Yours ever,
Grumpy Old Tw*t.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Wow, this is Buzzfeed level shite.

 

[studio150]

If that's 100 experiences that define modern Britons, is it any wonder that the Country is in such a poor state and losing it's international standing.

I'm just glad that I never look at Tik-Tok, as I'm clearly not a modern Briton.

 

[Cheggers]

I bought a J. Crew Harris Tweed jacket (originally about $500) from Scope, for £13 in perfect condition. As a special bonus, it had* a business card from a New York strip club in the pocket..

I like Monster Munch.



The vast majority of the rest of the list though. Well cringe.



* still has, at least a year on,

I am genuinely sorry to have touched a nerve. I'm pleased you like your new jacket, and I hope you got a good deal on the flight to New York, with enough spare cash to insert in Monster Munch sprinkled g strings.

 

[Stato]

Number 5 is very West Midlands, isn't it?

Is it? I genuinely don't know. I've no Midlands connections and it's one I've heard around here for years. Have to admit it would sound great in their accent and I'm very much in favour of this suggestion that it should be 'black over the back of Bill's mother's.'

Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

 

[schmunk]

Monster Munch sprinkled g strings.

That's no way to treat a guitar.

 

[Beanstalk]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

“The rise of Britishcore” - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...eriences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons

*shudder*

1. Umming and aahing with your partner for 10 minutes over whether to share a naan, and then just getting one each because “you only live once”.

2. Encouraging the entire pub to erupt into cheers when someone smashes a glass.

3. Flawlessly lip-syncing to: “If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to station staff or British Transport Police. See it, say it, sorted,” on the train to Bristol Temple Meads.

etc

*cringe*

AI Podcast version here (natch).

That list is Love of Huns for homophobes.

Who the f*** signed that off?

 

[Oh_aye]

more like a list of common experiences for Guardianistas.

except the glass cheer, and the complaining about small prices while buying £10 beers.

The fact that he stated we are 'dropping' £50 on 4 morrettis suggests the article was written by an 18 year old work experience kid.

 

[Bakero]

Is it? I genuinely don't know. I've no Midlands connections and it's one I've heard around here for years. Have to admit it would sound great in their accent and I'm very much in favour of this suggestion that it should be 'black over the back of Bill's mother's.'

Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

This reminded me that old Bill's mum came up before and I posted this:

Seems like variants pop up everywhere https://wordhistories.net/2020/05/21/bills-mother/

I'd never heard it till I made my Midlands connections though

 

[Badger]

Is it? I genuinely don't know. I've no Midlands connections and it's one I've heard around here for years. Have to admit it would sound great in their accent and I'm very much in favour of this suggestion that it should be 'black over the back of Bill's mother's.'

Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

I don't think I've ever heard that phrase, or any of the variations in that article.

 

[Eeyore]

Well I scored 2, and one of those was at a push. And I'm very English

101. Still reading articles online that you know just aren't going to be worth the time.

 

[jcdenton08]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

“The rise of Britishcore” - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...eriences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons

*shudder*

1. Umming and aahing with your partner for 10 minutes over whether to share a naan, and then just getting one each because “you only live once”.

2. Encouraging the entire pub to erupt into cheers when someone smashes a glass.

3. Flawlessly lip-syncing to: “If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to station staff or British Transport Police. See it, say it, sorted,” on the train to Bristol Temple Meads.

etc

*cringe*

AI Podcast version here (natch).

This is exactly the type of shite I show to people who rave about The Grauniad. Utter, utter bollocks.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

“The rise of Britishcore” - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...eriences-that-define-and-unite-modern-britons

*shudder*

1. Umming and aahing with your partner for 10 minutes over whether to share a naan, and then just getting one each because “you only live once”.

2. Encouraging the entire pub to erupt into cheers when someone smashes a glass.

3. Flawlessly lip-syncing to: “If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak to station staff or British Transport Police. See it, say it, sorted,” on the train to Bristol Temple Meads.

etc

*cringe*

AI Podcast version here (natch).

What a load of old bollocks.

(Albeit I have done the Cornwall thing).

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

89 is wrong. The slang name for Eggs Benedict is 'eggy benz'.

But I do recognise the type of person who would do/say 90% or more of that list. They've always been with us. They're the same people who used to jump up excitedly to dance to 'The Birdie Song', they name their cat 'Rambo', and they say 'time to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire' when they want to go to bed.

aka ****s.

 

[Gwylan]

Is it? I genuinely don't know. I've no Midlands connections and it's one I've heard around here for years. Have to admit it would sound great in their accent and I'm very much in favour of this suggestion that it should be 'black over the back of Bill's mother's.'

Bill’s mother’s blown across the country | Letters

Letters: Readers on regional variations of the phrase ‘It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s’, used when it looks likely to rain

www.theguardian.com

I've never heard that phrase in my life -where has that come from? It's as black as Newgate's knocker is the phrase I've learned

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I opened the article wanting to come back with a reasoned response to the vitriol on this thread and say "it may not be your cup of tea but I can see what the purpose is". I'm very much in the camp of "we don't need to know that you don't like Coldplay". So I opened the article

And it's about here I finally lost it

47. Pairing a bucket hat with a pair of reflective motorway worker pants and Lidl trainers.

48. Trying to add Snap, Crackle and Pop from the Rice Krispies ads to your Instagram close friends stories.

49. Saying “WAHEY!”, “WAYOO!” or “WHEEYYY!” at any given time, for any given reason.


I don't understand what this is. Is it meant to be observational humour of things that don't actually happen?