Is Anglophilia common for people on the spectrum?

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27 Feb 2023, 10:03 am

hound dogs roasting on an open fire...

Jack Frost nipping at your nose...

I know that its been said

many times and many ways...

Merry Christmas...

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27 Feb 2023, 10:13 am

DuckHairback wrote:

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We don't speak in that snooty cockney accent, at least not any more.

Cor blimey, speak for yourself, guv'nor.

I didn't actually realise how disliked the British are by Americans in general. I mean, I don't blame them, I just didn't know.

A few years back I was listening to a podcaster I liked and he was doing a geneology test or something and I think he thought he was of Irish descent and his test revealed like, 90% English and the sheer disappointment in his voice. Really opened my eyes. I started to notice it everywhere. I noticed how every bad guy in a Hollywood movie has an English accent.

It's always seemed strange to me that Americans venerate Irish descent because, of all the people the English are traditionally casually racist about, the Irish seem to hold a special place.

But when I hear about American anglophiles, it always seems that what they like is the history, not the people. Again, I don't blame them. We suck. But we have thousands of years of history to explore to America's 400-odd. And it's written in English. I think that's what some Americans like.

Americans dont dislike Brits.

The guy thought he was nationality A all of his life. And then learned that he was mostly nationality B. So he had an identity crises. Doesnt mean he hated nationality B.

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27 Feb 2023, 10:16 am

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The guy thought he was nationality A all of his life. And then learned that he was mostly nationality B. So he had an identity crises. Doesnt mean he hated nationality B.

Well, he had a heritage crisis. The point is that it mattered to him.

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27 Feb 2023, 10:17 am

naturalplastic wrote:

hound dogs roasting on an open fire...

Jack Frost nipping at your nose...

I know that its been said

many times and many ways...

Merry Christmas...

You make fun, but some parts of the country now have a serious problem with labrador over-population since we moved to peanuts and crisps. They have no natural predators to keep the numbers down.

This short documentary focuses on the challenges some of us face every single day:

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27 Feb 2023, 10:22 am

The way NTs go on you'd think it was Japanophillia.
Although I did have a somewhat secret interest in anime years before it became totally mainsteam and the fandom totally ruined it.

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27 Feb 2023, 12:15 pm

DuckHairback wrote:

But when I hear about American anglophiles, it always seems that what they like is the history, not the people. Again, I don't blame them. We suck. But we have thousands of years of history to explore to America's 400-odd. And it's written in English. I think that's what some Americans like.

I find the British eccentric in a good way and so do most of the people I know.

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27 Feb 2023, 12:20 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

I find the British eccentric in a good way and so do most of the people I know.

Well, stop it.

If people start liking us then what are we supposed to do with this superiority complex we've spent centuries carefully constructing?

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27 Feb 2023, 12:22 pm

DuckHairback wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

I find the British eccentric in a good way and so do most of the people I know.

Well, stop it.

If people start liking us then what are we supposed to do with this superiority complex we've spent centuries carefully constructing?

It’s not a complex, we really are superior.

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27 Feb 2023, 12:23 pm

DuckHairback wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

hound dogs roasting on an open fire...

Jack Frost nipping at your nose...

I know that its been said

many times and many ways...

Merry Christmas...

Labradors are a bit gamey for my tastes.

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27 Feb 2023, 12:26 pm

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We stopped roasting labradors on an open fire some time ago. We have bar snacks now.

Throw another dog on the barby, guv'nah.

I don't know whether to read that in an Ausie accent or a Cockney one.

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27 Feb 2023, 12:26 pm

Trueno wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

Well, stop it.

If people start liking us then what are we supposed to do with this superiority complex we've spent centuries carefully constructing?

It’s not a complex, we really are superior.

The rest of us find it so cute we're willing to just let you pretend.

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27 Feb 2023, 12:28 pm

babybird wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

We stopped roasting labradors on an open fire some time ago. We have bar snacks now.

Throw another dog on the barby, guv'nah.

I don't know whether to read that in an Ausie accent or a Cockney one.

I was hoping for an American poorly imitating a British accent, based on having once watched Fawlty Towers accent. :nerdy:

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27 Feb 2023, 12:28 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

Trueno wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

Well, stop it.

If people start liking us then what are we supposed to do with this superiority complex we've spent centuries carefully constructing?

It’s not a complex, we really are superior.

The rest of us find it so cute we're willing to just let you pretend.

Pah! Stuff and nonsense! To the Devil with you, sirrah!

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27 Feb 2023, 12:55 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

babybird wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

We stopped roasting labradors on an open fire some time ago. We have bar snacks now.

Throw another dog on the barby, guv'nah.

I don't know whether to read that in an Ausie accent or a Cockney one.

I was hoping for an American poorly imitating a British accent, based on having once watched Fawlty Towers accent. :nerdy:

Mission accomplished

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27 Feb 2023, 1:21 pm

Trueno wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

Trueno wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

Well, stop it.

If people start liking us then what are we supposed to do with this superiority complex we've spent centuries carefully constructing?

It’s not a complex, we really are superior.

The rest of us find it so cute we're willing to just let you pretend.

Pah! Stuff and nonsense! To the Devil with you, sirrah!

Good show! Got to put these blasted colonials in their place. They'll be wanting independence next, you mark my words.

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27 Feb 2023, 1:23 pm

DuckHairback wrote:

Trueno wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

Trueno wrote:

DuckHairback wrote:

Well, stop it.

If people start liking us then what are we supposed to do with this superiority complex we've spent centuries carefully constructing?

It’s not a complex, we really are superior.

The rest of us find it so cute we're willing to just let you pretend.

Pah! Stuff and nonsense! To the Devil with you, sirrah!

Good show! Got to put these blasted colonials in their place. They'll be wanting independence next, you mark my words.

*pats the Limeys on their heads*

You just let 'em run their gobs a little, pat 'em on the head and Bob's your uncle, they don't even notice where their empire went.

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