• @FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    11 hour ago

    To quote Jacques Chirac:

    “Ah, English food! At first you think it’s crap and then you regret that it’s not.”

  • @Denjin
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    55 hours ago

    As an English person, I have to say…

    … Fair enough, I don’t like us much either.

  • @yesman@lemmy.world
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    2214 hours ago

    Visiting the UK is like going into the future. That’s because I’m American and we’ll be a washed up hegemon soon.

    P.S. I can’t help but notice that you lost your empire around the same time you got healthcare. Is there a way to learn this power?

    • @Aggravationstation@feddit.uk
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      1914 hours ago

      Yea, get the shit bombed out of you. Then you’ll lose everything and your government will have no option but to finally get off their arse and publically fund healthcare to avoid their remaining workforce dying out.

    • @Z3k3@lemmy.world
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      814 hours ago

      I have half a recollection from a misremembered primary school history class that that also coincided with the end of wwii. I bet that was part of the magic spell