Is there anywhere in the world I can avoid British culture?

Is there anywhere in the world I can avoid British culture?

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Catz

4,812 posts

210 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Leicesterdave said:
As said before, it doesn't matter what area you're in, and with what 'classes' you work with it. Since I've been here, from aged 16 all I've heard is the same rubbish about drinking. Having spent 17 years here, I think it's safe to say I have a fair idea of how the UK works. Having gone back to Switzerland and France to family I can tell you that things over there are very different.
Why don't you live there then?

HarryW

15,150 posts

268 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Tbh I think it says more about your social circle than it does about the part of the country you live in.

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

136 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Leicesterdave said:
TEKNOPUG said:
The top 14 countries in the world, by litres of alcohol consumed per capita, are all European.

The UK, is 15th, joint with Switzerland...

Living in the UK isn't your issue; it's your work and social circle that is the problem. Only YOU can change that.
As said before, it doesn't matter what area you're in, and with what 'classes' you work with it. Since I've been here, from aged 16 all I've heard is the same rubbish about drinking. Having spent 17 years here, I think it's safe to say I have a fair idea of how the UK works. Having gone back to Switzerland and France to family I can tell you that things over there are very different.

Don't get me wrong. There's some great things about the UK- but the heavy drinking culture isn't one of them.
ok seeing as no one else will say it if you don't like it here quit whining about it and fk off

try Sweden they don't like a drink there at all

Vaud

50,282 posts

154 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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citizensm1th said:
ok seeing as no one else will say it if you don't like it here quit whining about it and fk off

try Sweden they don't like a drink there at all
They do, it's just expensive.

skahigh

2,023 posts

130 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Leicesterdave said:
As said before, it doesn't matter what area you're in, and with what 'classes' you work with it.
Yes, it really does.

I and my social circle are quite normal and don't behave the way you have outlined, neither do most of my colleagues.

As others have said, you are simply mixing with the wrong people in the wrong places.

Class has no relevance, it's about attitude and in my opinion, this is usually more closely related to education and intelligence.

Leicesterdave

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2,282 posts

179 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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citizensm1th said:
ok seeing as no one else will say it if you don't like it here quit whining about it and fk off

try Sweden they don't like a drink there at all
nono Totally uncalled for- not that I wasn't expecting a response like it. I do like Britain- been here long enough- but it does have the huge downfall I've mentioned. The social circle has nothing to do with it- myself and mrs dave have met hundreds of people over the years, the vast majority are obsessed with drinking, nothing else will do, nothing. We like a good walk in the moors for instance, we've not met anyone at work/in education that was remotely interested!

Hammer67

5,706 posts

183 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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SpeckledJim said:
I think you need to move somewhere relatively remote, or find a job somewhere non-hell-raisers work. Like a library, SAGA, or computer-game developers.
Yeah, move to Folkestone and get a job at Saga. Absolutely no drinking culture at all, nope, none whatsoever, nada, zip, doodly squat, no sirree.

skahigh

2,023 posts

130 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Leicesterdave said:
nono Totally uncalled for- not that I wasn't expecting a response like it. I do like Britain- been here long enough- but it does have the huge downfall I've mentioned. The social circle has nothing to do with it- myself and mrs dave have met hundreds of people over the years, the vast majority are obsessed with drinking, nothing else will do, nothing. We like a good walk in the moors for instance, we've not met anyone at work/in education that was remotely interested!
You are making the mistake of believing that you have been exposed to all elements of uk society, I'd say that is very unlikely.

There are plenty of people who are privately educated and live in rural mansions, I've never spent much time with them. There are plenty of people who live on council estates taking drugs, I've never spent much time with them.

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

136 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Vaud said:
citizensm1th said:
ok seeing as no one else will say it if you don't like it here quit whining about it and fk off

try Sweden they don't like a drink there at all
They do, it's just expensive.
I know they do I lived there for a year great country great people but not my type of culture so instead of whining about it on a Swedish car forum I came home.

BrabusMog

20,082 posts

185 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Vaud said:
citizensm1th said:
ok seeing as no one else will say it if you don't like it here quit whining about it and fk off

try Sweden they don't like a drink there at all
They do, it's just expensive.
It's expensive in bars but there's not much difference between the price in Systembolaget and a UK off license.

andysgriff

913 posts

259 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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I was brought up in Middlesbrough but escaped when I was 21. It was always a rough old town with a boozing culture but people used to smoke and booze in the working mens clubs after a hard days graft at the steel / chemical works as it was the done thing.

The Boro seems to be a typical UK town these days and somewhere I would never dream of going for a night out 'on the town' for fear of getting into trouble. I had countless scraps in the Boro in some dodgy boozers 'over the border'. But the thought of mixing it with crowds of drunk lads n lasses now doesn't appeal in the slightest.

Find a decent village in the country with a lively local and forget about mixing it up in the towns, that's what I did anyway, near Bakewell. Some of the villages in the Peak District still have an air of 'Old England'.

Depends where you are in the UK as to how rough/yobbish it is. I've lived and worked all over the world and I've noticed that most people enjoy a good booze up (including a lot of muslims) but the Brits seem to be hard wired to prove to the world they are harder than anyone else, go loud and go looking for trouble.

On the flip side I am currently in Amman, Jordan for a week and enjoying Amstel at £9/pint, the hotel bar is empty but I hear there is a pub called the Queen Vic so British culture may not be far away!

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

136 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Leicesterdave said:
citizensm1th said:
ok seeing as no one else will say it if you don't like it here quit whining about it and fk off

try Sweden they don't like a drink there at all
nono Totally uncalled for- not that I wasn't expecting a response like it. I do like Britain- been here long enough- but it does have the huge downfall I've mentioned. The social circle has nothing to do with it- myself and mrs dave have met hundreds of people over the years, the vast majority are obsessed with drinking, nothing else will do, nothing. We like a good walk in the moors for instance, we've not met anyone at work/in education that was remotely interested!
why would you live and work somewhere that you feel so alienated from and have such a negative view of?
unless of cause you secretly like it because it gives you an excuse to hold a holier than thou view that you can spout off about on the internet? yep that will be it. Were you feeling a little needy when you posted this thread? did you need someone to validate your view on the citizens of the uk?
you sad sad man

Leicesterdave

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2,282 posts

179 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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citizensm1th said:
why would you live and work somewhere that you feel so alienated from and have such a negative view of?
unless of cause you secretly like it because it gives you an excuse to hold a holier than thou view that you can spout off about on the internet? yep that will be it. Were you feeling a little needy when you posted this thread? did you need someone to validate your view on the citizens of the uk?
you sad sad man
Are you drunk by any chance? Do you feel the need to make yourself feel better by playing the role of psychologist? What utter nonsense.

CharlesdeGaulle

26,082 posts

179 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Leicesterdave said:
I do drink- but I enjoy it, I don't just knock it back. And I enjoy it with a nice meal. I like a restaurant. Not spending huge amounts of money standing up in a bar with loads of teenagers enjoying their first night out.
You're not unusual. This is most what most people do, certainly most over the age of 25 or so.

Leicesterdave said:
The social circle has nothing to do with it- myself and mrs dave have met hundreds of people over the years, the vast majority are obsessed with drinking, nothing else will do, nothing. We like a good walk in the moors for instance, we've not met anyone at work/in education that was remotely interested!
If the 'vast majority of the people you meet are obsessed with drinking', then the problem is you and the choices you make.

Tarring the entirety of British culture with your dodgy experience is, to say the least, limited and bizarre.


Leicesterdave

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2,282 posts

179 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
If the 'vast majority of the people you meet are obsessed with drinking', then the problem is you and the choices you make.

Tarring the entirety of British culture with your dodgy experience is, to say the least, limited and bizarre.
The people I've worked with that is. This is where most us meet our friends no?

jas xjr

11,309 posts

238 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Vaud said:
Odd. Not one of my colleagues talk about it.

Sure, we go out but it's normally a mix of nationalities so as often as not it will be for Indian / Thai or similar and some will have a beer, some with have water, some will have Lassi.

Maybe change sector? India is less booze orientated, though that seems to be changing as well. North Africa?

Or Switzerland is nice wink
There are regions of India where alcohol abuse is widespread. I like a couple of beers,but the locals tend to drink to get drunk.they could not understand just having a couple. The drink situation is now being overtaken by drugs.the only region I have experience of is Punjab.

Axionknight

8,505 posts

134 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Qatar, good place for a footy match too - just ask Sepp!

andysgriff

913 posts

259 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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jas xjr said:
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Vaud said:
Odd. Not one of my colleagues talk about it.

Sure, we go out but it's normally a mix of nationalities so as often as not it will be for Indian / Thai or similar and some will have a beer, some with have water, some will have Lassi.

Maybe change sector? India is less booze orientated, though that seems to be changing as well. North Africa?

Or Switzerland is nice wink
There are regions of India where alcohol abuse is widespread. I like a couple of beers,but the locals tend to drink to get drunk.they could not understand just having a couple. The drink situation is now being overtaken by drugs.the only region I have experience of is Punjab.
Some New Delhi (Gurgaon) bars on a Sunday, seen some massive brawls between boozed up locals. Mega cheap Whisky etc, doesnt help.

Vaud

50,282 posts

154 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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BrabusMog said:
It's expensive in bars but there's not much difference between the price in Systembolaget and a UK off license.
True. I like the Swedish system.

BrabusMog

20,082 posts

185 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Vaud said:
BrabusMog said:
It's expensive in bars but there's not much difference between the price in Systembolaget and a UK off license.
True. I like the Swedish system.
I do, until I realise late on a Saturday night I haven't got any beers to watch the football with on Sunday! 3.5% Heineken from the supermarket doesn't taste right!