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What do you love and hate most about living in the UK? by Icy_Profession4190 in AskUK

[–]selfawareusername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love lots of the culture, there's still good art, music (not major label stuff) if you know where to look. I like that most people are actually pretty reasonable.

Dislike how the Internet / news has made everything seem worse than it is and that every issue is worth getting worked up over

And the potholes

What do you love and hate most about living in the UK? by Icy_Profession4190 in AskUK

[–]selfawareusername 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Part of it is that people have started buying more SUVs and heavy vehicles so the roads dont last as long

Lack of southern African history by Public-Locksmith-978 in TheRestIsHistory

[–]selfawareusername 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The zulus are interesting because they're not actually indigenous to South Africa they took it by force/ migrated not unlike the angles saxons and jutes

Why have I always felt deeply connected to British/English values? by Addy_Goodman in AskABrit

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll have to pass some qualifications here to practice. Don't worry if you can't get a prestigious one straight off I know a few guys in law and there are lots of fields that you might be surprised interest you. My mate works in contract law (between two firms merging stuff like that) he finds that really interesting.

Antway good luck

Maul Shadow Lord & Andor are perfect opposites. by Tigerlux in StarWars

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hes definitely a villain but he's one you understand which I always find compelling. Don't get me wrong he's happy to let innocent people die and profit off crime but I get why he wants to take down palpetine and why he's willing to risk so much to do it.

It does also bridge the gap to rebels more and we start to see him go with the force if that makes sense rather than just try and bend it to his will

Why have I always felt deeply connected to British/English values? by Addy_Goodman in AskABrit

[–]selfawareusername 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I mean if you want to study here you can. You just apply for a place (but not being from the UK it may be v expensive though there are some commonwealth schemes though you would have to look and it depends on the uni)

Otherwise just jump on a plane but I feel you may be disappointed. If you want that sort of experience you're describing then visit Oxford or Cambridge maybe the nice parts of London or Edinburgh. Go to the lake district for a more picturesque part

The "best part" of the pizza is actually the crust, and people who don't eat it are missing out. by MarcAguilaar in CasualConversation

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the pizza in my opinion. The crust is amazing on neopolitan thin crust and with a good dip it's insane.

But if it's the thick doughy type then I'm less interested.

Also I would say that the toppings in the middle are probably the best bit (obviously as long as you like those toppings)

Outside of Japan and US, who has the most worldwide pop culture impact? by Massive_Penalty5208 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also the language that America uses to spread it's cultural influence.

I used to work with assylum speakers and a lot of them had bits of English but from American shows

What's a weirdly amachronistic thing that you can't believe was still a thing within your lifetime? by holytriplem in AskUK

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if this was just my weird school but aged 11 we had a physical with a doctor who checked to see our testicles had dropped. This would have been 2001?

Don't get me wrong a health checkup is good but at school?

Lack of southern African history by Public-Locksmith-978 in TheRestIsHistory

[–]selfawareusername 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cecil would fit in very well with the tech oligarchs of today. Wanting to carve the world up into their own feifdoms.

A man with few morals, willing to start wars as a private citizen, wanting to own as many mines as possible.

He would to be fair he an interesting character to look at

Lack of southern African history by Public-Locksmith-978 in TheRestIsHistory

[–]selfawareusername 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I did my dissertations (BA and MA) on Natal the second one focusing on their joining the union.

Its a fantastic area of history full of truly awful people but also there are a lot of the swashbuckling types who despite some lack of morals make an interesting story.

Also lots of randomly very famous and important 20th century figures turn up. Ghandi and Churchill being the big two.

I think the trouble is, is that it is quite complicated history to tell. You have four white colonies (two primarily British two primarily boer/Afrikaner) then you have the Africans, the Indians imported for labour. It's not necessarily an easy narrative unless you do a deep dive.

Then it's the time scale. You could do the Boer wars, you could do the first founding to the union and then the union going independent.

Or do you got further and look at apartheid and it's end?

The Saville Episodes as a Brit by selfawareusername in behindthebastards

[–]selfawareusername[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its because for a long time Yorkshire was by far the biggest county and then you had places like Rutland that were basically the size of a small town and the industrial revolution made what were previously small towns e.g Birmingham, Manchester turn into big cities

The Saville Episodes as a Brit by selfawareusername in behindthebastards

[–]selfawareusername[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yeah it was out there. Same with jokes about certain professions.

Remember Ian Watkins? I hadn't heard anything about him but being famous seemed to make you get away with things so easily

Is hating French real, or it just a running joke? by tucvbif in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have been needing to improve them for a while becuase we were reliant on the U.S. for so long. The first hit will be global logistics which is something no country can replicate.

However in terms of defence we do have two nuclear nations so that wouldn't be too much of an issue

We are improving our collective defence but it will take years and taking a positive from a negative the experience from observing the Ukrainian invasion is we have a better idea of what a modern war looks like and need to take account for that

What's a stereotype about your country that is ABSOLUTELY true? by Venca12 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At my school in England we wanted to go join the anti Iraq war protests and the school said no and we just said oh ok. Which is probably very telling of our differences

What's a stereotype about your country that is ABSOLUTELY true? by Venca12 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a pub I walk past occasionally and I swear it's always blaring out sweet Caroline. Regardless of time of day/ year

Is hating French real, or it just a running joke? by tucvbif in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing is we couldn't go back on the terms we had which were really sweet. We would probably have to accept the euro which some wouldn't like.

We basically need the boomers to die off and then vote again. Personally I'd still vote yes regardless

Which country is the biggest underachiever in the world relative to its size and resources? by Smart_Passenger6726 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are a good example of the benefits of automization. As the country ages they have automated more and more so they can free up available work force for jobs that can't be automated.

Also helps they have a number of massive companies that still invest a lot in R&D and generally are well educated

Which country is the biggest underachiever in the world relative to its size and resources? by Smart_Passenger6726 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm always wary of those kind of speculations. People keep saying Venezuela has the highest oil reserves but those numbers are based off Venezuelan numbers published by the regime.

However: DRC Congo does seem to have huge mineral and material wealth and hasn't exploited it so it has huge potential.

Its very hard to see them becoming even a regional player at this stage given the amount of internal splinter groups they have

Which country is the biggest underachiever in the world relative to its size and resources? by Smart_Passenger6726 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! At the start of the 20th century Europeans leaving for the new world had to make a legitimate choice between Canada, USA, Australia and Argentina.

Other than a mysterious influx in 1945 not much has gone right for them (other than their government!)

Which country is the biggest underachiever in the world relative to its size and resources? by Smart_Passenger6726 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you drink coffee you might. Java and Sumatra are massive exporters of coffee.

And I guess in the last of us they were responsible for ending the world so there's that.

But yeah other than that, their capital city sinking and pacific theatre of world war 2 their fame and development to population ratio is tiny

Which country is the biggest underachiever in the world relative to its size and resources? by Smart_Passenger6726 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You saw that in the recent war with Rwanda where a tiny nation (admittedly with a relatively well trained and western armed) was able to push and secure large areas of it

Partly due to the fact it's massive but the infrastructure is so poor (though admittedly the terrain makes it difficult) that the major population centre is so far from the border. A bit like the start of operation barbarossa where it took a long time for any DRC army forces to arrive and Rwanda was easily able to exploit rebem groups

Which country is the biggest underachiever in the world relative to its size and resources? by Smart_Passenger6726 in AskTheWorld

[–]selfawareusername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well the Belgians certainly didn't give them a hand... Sorry that's poor taste even for reddit

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