• Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
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    3 months ago

    British TV has to tone it down because British people get offended and think that the characters are just cartoonish stereotypes. Their US portrayal is more accurate because they don’t have to tone it down.

    Edit: britoids offended because I told the truth.

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      3 months ago

      “embracing your Britishness abroad” is just a euphemism for feeling homesick to the point of delirium

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      3 months ago

      Yep, completely right we all talk like that all day and don’t notice. That’s why we notice it sounds weird when we see people speaking completely normally in US shows.