Hi I'm asking here because I feel like Americans don't understand the drinking culture in the uk but recently I've been thinking about alcohol and wondering when does it get to a point where you're consuming too much? My boyfriend 20M doesn't go out and party more than the regular guy his age but he does drink a lot, an hour break in the day with nothing to do? drink a pint. Post 10 hour hospitality shift? drink a pint. Even if we are out socially with people who aren't drinking he'll drink, we went to a nice restaurant and he had four pints. He's 100% not dependent on it I just have been thinking, he drinks about 15 pints a week on average, how normal is this for a guy his age? Should I be worried?

The unwritten ones. Not queuing, everyone knows that one. I mean the things you only learn by getting them slightly wrong in front of someone.

I moved here from Mumbai and it took me an embarrassingly long time to work out that “we should do this again sometime” is usually just a polite way to end an evening. Or that “not to worry” can mean anything from genuinely not worrying to being quite annoyed with you.

What’s yours? Either the rule you had to learn the hard way, or the one you follow without ever having been told.

Btw love a Sunday roast

There are always more sinks and toilets than hand driers, and getting your hands properly dry takes a while.

How long do you spend drying your hands? How long is it acceptable to spend if there are others waiting? Do you do a swift trouser wipe to remove dampness, or continue moistly on your way?

Why can't we just have paper towels (or roller towels) to avoid this?

Literally overnight we have got spiders the size of my fist. Found one upstairs in a bedroom and another in the kitchen. I keep my house so clean because I’m terrified of insects and spiders so I don’t know how this has happened!! Is it the weather?

Edit: I regret asking this now. I won’t get any sleep tonight.

Hello there! I’m a curious young Yank looking into my family history. One of my ancestors claimed Bishop’s Stortford as his home before sailing west across the Atlantic to found Andover Massachusetts in the 1600s. From there his progeny spread eventually to my current home in the Rocky Mountains.

I’ve always been fascinated by the history of the United Kingdom, sadly I’ve never had the opportunity to explore your beautiful country.

What is Bishop’s Stortford like? Climate, geography, culinary contributions to the country, notable people, famous musical pieces, architecture, the works! I’d love to learn anything I can about it before I eventually come to visit. :D

Thank you all for taking the time to educate a sorry Yank from across the pond, and I look very forward to reading your responses.

ETA: I’ve perused the Wikipedia article on Bishop’s Stortford, where else should I look for further information? :)

I was sitting watching YouTube around midnight last night when suddenly a massive flash followed by a bang, then the roar of thunder. My Internet router was fried, nothing else. Woke up this morning to a Facebook post with multiple posts from the surrounding area where people's routers were fried during the storm. Theres 4 people in my street along with many others from nearby streets that were affected..

Saw a few clips from the world cup of Europeans absolutely raving about ranch, like drinking it straight out of the bottle. It's the most common dressing here in the states, if a restaurant has nothing else they have ranch.

Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. Al Bundy. Various others.

born Italian, moved to UK almost 10 years ago.
This morning I woke up craving for beans on toast.

Never thought this would ever happen to me…
Does it mean I’m ready to apply for the citizenship?

I hear Police, health workers, postal workers and pretty much all public sector employees used to enjoy free hot lunch at work, provided by the employer.

Have you heard such stories from your parents or grandparents?
If so what was it like?
Did people protest when they started taking it away?
Were there fewer sick leaves?

I do, and for some reason I can’t walk over a triple drain either!
Where did these debilitating ideas come from and how am I not alone in this madness, I know plenty of people doing this kinda stuff on a daily basis?

Any other irrational things British people collectively do like this?

And….Why Bears?
Who thought that up, what’s the relevance and why do I still do it?

I’m a Singaporean currently studying medicine in the UK, and honestly my social skills are a bit shit to say the least, which has been becoming more of an issue given im now mainly on clinical placement.

In Singapore, chatting with friends is really easy. You literally just talk about school, and yes we can go on for hours. It was always about things like homework, teachers, or whatever extracurriculars we had (netball, tuition, enrichment classes, etc), internships, jobs, politics etc.

But over the past few years I’ve been realising people in the UK don’t seem to like talking about school. (Lol) They talk about random things, and the conversation topic moves extremely quickly from things like “Why do forks have 3 prongs” to “story on someone getting a fork stuck up somewhere” to “oh speaking of crazy people…” I’m starting to think im genuinely just a boring person because I find these conversations particularly pointless and don’t know what to say, probably bc all the stuff i used to talk about w friends was somewhat related to our future whereas this is quite random ? - by the time I’ve figured out a reply the conversation has moved on. And if I talk about school, exams or jobs the conversation literally goes flat immediately. So I’ve learnt to avoid those topics.

To further complicate things, you guys seem to like “bantering”. At first it sounded like you guys were being really mean to each other, but somehow everyone was laughing? How do u know what jokes can or shouldn’t be said? Eg I’ve failed my driving test a stupid number of times (it’s obviously a sensitive topic for me) but my friends love to poke fun at me n say things like “when’s your next lesson so I can stay off the road” or “at what point r u actl gonna give up”. I don’t know if that’s banter or if I should find better friends 😭 because back home people wouldn’t really make fun of you like that knowing that you’re struggling with it. Like idk if im being overly sensitive and it’s banter, but I also don’t want to be a pushover who’s accepting getting bullied thinking it’s normal?

Help a girl out !! How do I not be boring, when my whole life all my friends and I have yapped about is related to school? On the bright side I’ve gotten very good at the weather talk, I can go on for a fair bit complaining about <insert latest weather condition> ;)

I recently completed my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in Ireland and I'm an Irish citizen. I'm currently looking into a potential relocation to either Germany or the UK, with Manchester being a particular point of interest for me. I'm in no rush to move and am approaching this with a very cold, measured head. When weighing my options between these places, my main criteria are:1)Quality of life and infrastructure; 2)Family-friendly environment; 3)Career prospects and property ownership.

hello!! i'm a university music student that is thinking about doing an exchange semester in the upcoming years, and i was hoping to get some opinions on whether or not it might be worth it to go do it in London. i'm studying musical interpretation (as a singer), mainly jazz, but also love pop and R&B. i've been to London a few times, but never in regards to music, so i'm completely clueless in regards to how the music world moves around there.

i'm gonna ask a couple of questions that might be a bit stupid but i just don't really know who else to ask:

are there good Jam Sessions? or opportunities to meet musicians and play together that are open for people from outside?

is there a "nice atmosphere" in regards to music? as in, do people tend to be hostile with new musicians or is there a nice community?

do you think there are opportunities to learn new things as a musician? or would you say the music in the city is not exactly its forte? i understand that you can learn new things everywhere, but i'm scared of "wasting" a big amount of time and money going somewhere that might not fully benefit me in the end. London is one of my favourite places in the world and i don't want that to cloud my judgement, you know?

and a bit of an odd one, but i don't know how else to word it; is jazz alive in London!!!

hope this makes sense! thank you very much for the help.

I've lost weight recently, I'm donating old clothes, can you donate bras too?

Rather than one specific Northern dialect (Manc, Scouse, Yorkshire, etc.)

I got addicted to Would I Lie to You and I watched all the seasons available on Prime, but unfortunately, there are no seasons 15-19 there. Where can I watch them?

I was reading about different laws and apparently in the US, the legal system is based on English common law. Crimes are put into 2 categories and those are felonies and misdemeanors. A felony is a more severe crime like robberies, sex crimes, kidnapping, homicides, large fraud, identity theft and embezzlement while misdemeanors are less severe crimes like shoplifting, vandalism, simple assault and battery, public intoxication etc. misdemeanors typically lead to a year tops in jail while felonies are typically separated by degrees so a first degree felony is more severe than a third degree felony but if someone is charged with a felony and found guilty it means they will go to prison. If a convicted felon is released from prison they lose certain rights in society like they can no longer vote or hold certain jobs or have a firearm. Out of curiosity Does the UK still use this system for crimes?

Casual chat

I’m 34, still live with my mum so hear this story a lot and get blamed for it a lot. I had a tantrum on our first trip to Spain (I was 4. My mums mum lived there), it was enough for my mum to take me back to the accommodation.

Am I the only one who still to this day gets blamed for something like this?

The powers that be have decided to give me free awards to dish out, I've seen others with the same but I was sure that Reddit would never think I was worthy, but here we are!

So, who wants an award? I've got an hour or so to spare to dish some out.

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I hope this post is allowed and doesn't get removed! My sincere apologies to the mods if its not allowed, I did read the rules and I *think* I'm good.

As a spoof for Halloween or for real

Cowboy 🤠

Redneck

Urban thug

Valley girl

Greaseball

Cholo

Hillbilly

This WDYCAM(W) format of joke my buddy and I would play on road trips, there would be intense bouts of silence while we tried to conjure up a new one or a new context to explore.
Always thought we should have made a compendium but never did, not surprisingly one of us would always know if we’d done a name before.

Anyone got any odd ones that I might’ve not heard?
Personal fav what do you call an Indian man with one leg? Balan Singh

If I’m waiting for a bus at a sheltered stop with several other people who may or may not be waiting for the same bus, how do I flag down the bus without seeming like I’m jumping the queue? My husband insists it’s rude to step out of the shelter to wave the bus, but I’m worried the bus won’t stop otherwise. These aren’t stops that are SO busy the bus will surely stop, but maybe with just six or seven people and three different routes arriving at similar times. Am I overthinking this? Is it ok, so long as I allow the others to board first? I don’t want to be rude!