'Dirty Girls'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I bought an entire unit of Twix for a craving that proved sated with one bit. On the upside it did give me a chance to have my Old Navy wrap dress complimented by one of the office fashion cognoscenti (it's a weird sensation when it feels like it's the first time I'm writing a word I know perfectly well) (oh, and she's probably not one of, more like the cognoscente).
That's a lotta extra Twix.
My ZIP code is quite educated, yet has above average number of people below the poverty line.
To a Briton pointing out that something is nonsense, rubbish, tosh or logically impossible in its own terms is not an attack on the person saying it – it’s often no more than a salvo in what one hopes might become an enjoyable intellectual tussle.
I think in the U.S. there's a more emphasis on the idea that one should avoid causing offense by even stating one's own beliefs, much less criticizing someone else's. And there are reasons for that; this is a much more diverse society. My sense is that the UK is tilted more toward the "if you take offense, that's your problem." Not that it's impossible to offend a Brit, but it does seem to require a little more effort. Or Chris Morris.
Unfortunately, saying "eat a muffin whitey" to one's cow-workers is somewhat embarrassing.
Don't I know it!
I think the UK is more tilted to "You are not your ideas." So if a person tells you a particular idea is stupid, it doesn't mean YOU'RE stupid. I got the impression Fry was talking about a dinner party where we might not know everyone well (or at all), not among close friends or family. I do think arguing with someone's ideas is seen as bad manners in this country and not proper chitchat.
In America, on the other hand, asking someone what they do for a living is idle chatter, but in Europe or Britain is often never brought up among people who are just meeting.
Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.
Some people are so touchy.
Try being non-white and using that muffin exhortation.
See, I feel weird saying "eat a muffin whitey" to a black person....
"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!
"Eat a muffin, whitey" transcends race!
It does! I had a total "eat muffin whitey" moment a couple of weeks ago, But instead of saying to the woman who was whining that the deli was out of blueberry bagels, I just burst out laughing for no reason and looked crazy.
As a non-white, I submit y'all want a cupcake and not even a muffin. If it scales up to a cake, it's cheating to call it a muffin.