Great Britain!

[mahayana]

Having only ever traveled to Birmingham, England once (on business - the customs guy asked where I was going, then said, “oh, you’re here on business then, no one would go there for a holiday,” dead serious, he was, and also fully correct) I look forward to learning more about the culture so I can further convince my wife it’s a terrible place to visit, with awful food and weather, so I can go somewhere (anywhere) else instead for our European vacation. She seems to think it’s not as awful as it is, or that I’m exaggerating - I cannot seem to adequately express to her the level of depression and, quite frankly, SJW lunacy that pervades that godforsaken island. I went in with an open mind, too. It’s really just a bad place.

Manchester may be shit, but it has a kind of manic energy to it (probably all the MDMA). Birmingham is just as big, dirty, dangerous and lacking in any merit as Manchester, but it's also breathtakingly dull. Even the local accent (once voted the least sexually appealing in the UK) has an air of cynical, bored resignation. Nothing interesting has happened in Birmingham since the 1970s, unless you find labour disputes and people getting pushed into canals to be fascinating. Ask a Brummie what the highlight of the city is, and they will inevitably say "The Bull Ring", which is a f***ing shopping mall. It's not even a very good shopping mall.

Birmingham is dirty, ugly and sleazy. Its city centre is full of barely-diguised knocking shops and sweat-stained strip clubs. It's also horrifically polluted, despite any real industry having closed down decades ago. Things to do include catching STDs. Birmingham may be a quarter of London's size, but it crams in enough crime for a small South American country, as various immigrant drug gangs vie for the right to sell crack from the boots (trunks) of their stolen BMWs.

[yick]

Let's not forget Jimmy Savile and how the monarchy and government of Britain as well as the BBC all knew how he was a vile pedophile.





They all knew what he was and they covered it up. The BBC covered it up as well because they're all f***ing parasites. That's how "Great" Britain is, it's run by idiotic vermin.

Speaking of the BBC, these cunts have been sending me threatening letters for the last 3 month I refuse to pay them a penny. They can suck my freckled ginger balls the stupid wankers lol anyone who pays these guys is a complete fool. I have no business with the BBC corporation so I don't have any correspondence with them lol. What do you guys think to TV licence costs?

@Lucas88
@yick

It's a voluntary tax, I would ignore the letter OR write back to them and tell them when you have the money then they'll get their share - or - send them a 10 p piece every week.

You are only breaking the law if you REFUSE to pay, if you send them a letter with a ten pence piece and offer to pay 10 p per week then they can't do nothing. I knew a bloke who did that and they didn't do nothing because he was actually paying towards the license fee.

They can only put you in court if you refuse/don't pay - also, recorded delivery as you will have proof of delivery, they will send you more silly letters but they will do nothing.

[MrMan]

It's a voluntary tax, I would ignore the letter OR write back to them and tell them when you have the money then they'll get their share - or - send them a 10 p piece every week.

You are only breaking the law if you REFUSE to pay, if you send them a letter with a ten pence piece and offer to pay 10 p per week then they can't do nothing. I knew a bloke who did that and they didn't do nothing because he was actually paying towards the license fee.

They can only put you in court if you refuse/don't pay - also, recorded delivery as you will have proof of delivery, they will send you more silly letters but they will do nothing.

They can't take me to court because they have no legal powers. They are a corporation, they have no authority to enter my home or anything like that. Their letters are addressed "To the Occupier" which tells me that they don't even have a clue who is living at the address

If they can prove I'm watching live television or streaming on BBC Iplayer they can take action against me, but since I access live TV through a dodgy box it will be impossible for them to prove anything. If they were to send one of their so-called enforcement officers they would look through my window and see the aerial isn't even connected

Other than that I won't allow them access to my property, nor will they be given my name lol. They are powerless and they depend on people willingly giving them details so they can use scare tactics like that bogus story about the van that parks outside people's homes and detects who is watching television. No evidence from these vans has ever been used as evidence to prosecute by the way.

The BBC are full of shit. I'll tell any enforcement officer to f**k off if they turned up at my house. I'm not giving them anything. I haven't been paying them for months now and all they can do is send out bullshit letters trying to scare me. If they had any authority at all I would already be in court. These parasites can do one lol

@MrMan would you consider this immoral or stealing? I'm curious to know.

I don't understand the institutional background to your conversation. Does the BBC have some authority to charge a tax or fee throughout the country for the nature documentaries, and LGBT-promoting Dr. Who episode, and interviews from obtuse journalists they produce? We don't have anything like that in the US, so I am not sure.

Isn't the BBC a government-owned corporation? Does that make it part of the government? Anyway, that sounds like a weird system.

That being said, not paying taxes and actual theft don't seem to be in _exactly_ the same category to me. I think we should pay our taxes, but if there is some tax for some mysterious reason we don't know about and don't pay... it depends on what you are talking about. Is this BBC fee an actual tax?

[MrMan]

Google AI tells me,
"The BBC is authorized by the Communications Act 2003 to collect and enforce the TV license fee:
The license fee is mandated by law and is not a subscription to watch BBC programs
The license fee allows the BBC's UK services to remain free of advertisements and independent of shareholder and political interest
Section 363 of the Act makes it against the law to install or use a television receiver to watch or record any television programs as they are being broadcast without a TV Licence
A license is also required to watch live and on demand BBC content and live S4C content on iPlayer"

"The BBC is authorized by the Communications Act 2003 to collect and enforce the TV license fee:
The license fee is mandated by law and is not a subscription to watch BBC programs
The license fee allows the BBC's UK services to remain free of advertisements and independent of shareholder and political interest
Section 363 of the Act makes it against the law to install or use a television receiver to watch or record any television programs as they are being broadcast without a TV Licence
A license is also required to watch live and on demand BBC content and live S4C content on iPlayer"

[kangarunner]

@kangarunner, here is a video of two old-timers speaking my own particular South Yorkshire dialect:



The guy with the guitar speaks with an especially broad accent. Lol!

That guy speaking seems to be a cheerful and merry lad!

I think if I went to the UK I'd love it. That's where my ancestors are from.

[kangarunner]

@Pixel--Dude @Lucas88 @yick

Ireland !

Scotland !

Wales !

Long live the UK !

[kangarunner]

I don't think you would. Everything about the UK is trying to copy the USA.

@Lucas88 can confirm this.

The only part of Britain I actually like are the Scottish Highlands because some parts are really beautiful for those who enjoy nice scenery. The rest of the UK is a cesspool.

The UK has a rich heritage and the people are strong and proud of their traditions! I would love to visit England one day!

@Pixel--Dude Cheers mate!

[kangarunner]

I don't think you would. Everything about the UK is trying to copy the USA.

@Lucas88 can confirm this.

The only part of Britain I actually like are the Scottish Highlands because some parts are really beautiful for those who enjoy nice scenery. The rest of the UK is a cesspool.

The UK has a rich heritage and the people are strong and proud of their traditions! I would love to visit England one day!

@Pixel--Dude Cheers mate!

[kangarunner]

@Winston
@kangarunner
@Lucas88
@yick

Here are just some of the reasons why I hate Britain:

1. Everything here is overpriced as f**k. With stealth taxes and expensive VAT on absolutely everything this country is an absolute rip off to live in.

2. Stupid governance. Our country is run by absolute f***ing morons who are self serving, morally reprehensible and above all else just utterly stupid!

3. Idiotic people with no interesting topics of conversation. When I see most of the people in this country I just think to myself that @fschmidt is right. Why are most of these cretins even here? They are dumb morons who think work is our only purpose, they have no interesting topics of conversation and they're just outright ignorant and mean.

4. Ugly women who are feminist cunts. Need I say anymore? I'd rather be single than date these self entitled stuck up witches.

5. Shit food. Our signature dish is f***ing fish and chips. The most beige and tasteless meal you could ever eat. Disgusting. Not only is our food shit, but it's expensive and overpriced.

6. No culture. The culture here f***ing sucks. The only culture is pub culture up north of England where all people have is their massive overindulgent drinking binges and down south the cutthroat solipsistic work ethos where people just rush around and ignore everyone else.

7. Shit architecture. The buildings in this country look f***ing shit. Its like soviet Russia f***ing communist architecture. Its ugly, its boring and it makes our cities f***ing miserable to live in.

8. Promotion of woke shit, no freedom of speech and social ostracism for nonconformists.

9. Our infrastructure f***ing sucks! My girlfriend has to take a train to work and can never get there on time because there's always a delay or cancellations. Good luck trying to get a f***ing doctors appointment here. Our NHS is free but that's only because the waiting times are so long that if you were paying by the hour you'd have to sell your house to get a twisted ankle seen to. Maybe if we weren't sending all our f***ing resources to that faggot Zelensky we would have a functional infrastructure that wasn't on the verge of absolute collapse. But while we're at it let's be f***ing woke as hell and invite every immigrant into the country.

10. No opportunities at all. I'm not one of these people who values the cult of hard work like @MrMan does. I value creativity and personal freedom. However, if you are of a slave mentality (or even if you just need work to survive) good f***ing luck finding any work in the UK. There are no opportunities at all. This is why so many people here end up feeling so hopeless and end up as alcoholics or addicted to worse drugs. Lately drug addiction in the UK, especially in the town where Lucas and I have grown up is getting really bad for crack heads and heroin addicts. Personally I think they should be culled as they are f***ing worthless degenerates.

So there you have it. 10 reasons why I despise "Great" Britain. I really don't understand why you two, @Winston and @kangarunner keep insisting that the UK is some fairy tale paradise full of polite Mary Poppins type of characters.

The UK essentially just tries to copy America and that's reason 11 why it's so shit and worthy of scorn.

What do you think to the reasons why I despise the UK?

Sounds awful. I feel your pain. But you have the NHS right? Public healthcare? In America, people fear going to the doctor or dentist or hospital to get treatment because of the big ass bill the admin will show them.

I will admit I was just trolling about Great Britain to see what some of you would say. Sorry mate. On the British women, I've seen a fair share of tourists in Asia and they look pale, fat, and disgusting. When they start talking it's even worse. But American women aren't any better at all. They just try to present a facade of outward feminine sweetness. On the inside, they're monsters.

[MrMan]

I'd probably enjoy a trip to the UK, and eating authentic Fish N. Chips. Is it better than Captain D's or Long John Silver's over here in the US? I don't mind eating that occasionally. The grease gets harder to handle as I age, though. Eating that all the time, as the most interesting food... that would be dull. I had some decent shepherd's pie before. It's okay. I had bangers and mash in Australia. That was okay.

Still, it's not as interesting as Indonesian rendang and gulai and the flavorful food of Manado.

Anyway, over there in England, don't they have knights going around in armor, laying their capes down for daintily dressed ladies to walk over, archers shooting arrows, with little thieves running around, wearing suspenders, tap dancing around with chimney sweeps dancing well choreographed songs? It sounds like a delightful place. I'd just need to go to those places instead of the places with fat blue haired chicks with nose rings saying 'Ace!' when they blow something up in an accent that sounds like they are saying 'Ice' or something worse.

If you misbehave, the police come after you-- some guy in a big tall hat. But he doesn't shoot you. He just has this club thing. And he has to catch you to do anything to you.