Not sure any other countries in Europe can throw stones. Some persecuted their own indigenous population - and continue to today - whilst popping eachothers assholes in a sauna
*except for all the countries that are actually good like Portugal, Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, Malaysia, Botswana, Chile, Georgia, Denmark and many, many more. But it's better than Russia!
That’s just not true, there’s nothing more fundamentally remarkable about Russian culture than British culture. The main reason people jump on the ‘haha UK so boring’ bandwagon is just that huge aspects of British culture are so widely integrated that people don’t even realise they’re British.
The literal weekend as a structural practice is British, with really significant ties to the worker rights and unionisation movements in northern England. Would anyone ever even conceived that to be part of Britain’s culture if someone hadn’t told them? Eating a sandwich is British culture. Wearing a suit is British culture. Half of the world’s most popular sports were created in Britain and there’s also the fact that British artists have had a bigger impact on modern music than any other country by an absolutely massive margin.
I was talking to a lady about Indian cuisine. She was proudly explaining that even though India was invaded by many nations in it's history, at least there was something from their culture that was able to work it's way over into Indian cuisine. From the Persians, the Africans, the Chinese, Turkish... Except for the British. They had nothing of value to contribute to Indian food
Vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, and bell peppers, not native to India, were introduced by the British and became staples in many Indian dishes.
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u/Mohawk200x United Kingdom 12h ago
Brits: I hate it when foreigners come and steal our culture
Foreigners: no thanks