chip butty? yeah sure that's basically my day-to-day diet anyways.

Doctor Who? yeah thanks to my dad I've seen and committed to memory more of that series than I have any American sport - including shit like the War Doctor.

miserable weather? actually my favorite kind.

tea? I'm breaking from the pack here and asking for iced black tea but sure.

Channel 4 shows? This post was literally prompted by me finishing my weeks long Taskmaster binge after being recommended an episode on Youtube; please help me!!!!!! bateman-desperate

    • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      i love them and their slop sandwiches. once read some british fantasy book (it may have been Discworld and if so I'm so sorry Terry Pratchett but honestly I think it was Neil Gaiman) where the protagonist talked about eating a bacon butty made with the crispiest/burnt parts of the bacon & it resonated with me more than the national anthem ever has.

      edit: it absolutely was Sam Vimes in Thud lol.

      Vimes carefully lifted the top of the bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich and smiled inwardly. Good old Cheery. She knew what a Vimes BLT was all about. It was about having to lift up quite a lot of crispy bacon before you found the miserable skulking vegetables. You might never notice them at all.

        • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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          2 months ago

          YES. That and Redwall's food. Things like

          Hot cornbread with hazelnuts and apple baked into it, and a salad of celery, lettuce, shredded carrot, and white button mushrooms, with beakers of hot mint and dandelion tea to wash it down.

          Show

            • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
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              2 months ago

              Martin the Warrior is based as fuck. Pretty sure the direct sequel (moss something?) is too. The rest are mostly great for their descriptions of food.

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    Channel 4 is the based channel and I don't think that should count towards your bad Britishness quota. If you watch BBC, ITV or 5 then yeah, it counts towards your bad quota.

    Iced black tea will push up your US quota.

    Chip butty, miserable weather and corny British Sci-Fi for sure pushes it way up, but I would say in a good way. I will die in the hill fighting the notion that British food is bad. And before you come at me, I'm the most worldly food eater you will ever meet. I appreciate everyone's cuisine, except the US fake food because fuck that.

    Bad ways to push it up are loving the royal family, watching premier League football, and thinking Churchill and the British empire were good things.

  • magi [null/void]
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    2 months ago

    Love a chip butty and beans on toast, rainy weather is my favourite too ^^ ayeaye