Re: VR still on the rise?

On 07/02/2025 15:31, Zaghadka wrote:

I do understand it as a British selling point. People there live their
lives *in fear* of crippling, constant embarassment. Sorry, mate. Nothing
helps with that. Stiff upper lip and all... ;^)
 

Like most national stereotypes there is an element of truth in it but it's also exaggerated*. So the fear of making a social faux par is only really prevalent in the aspiring middle classes who want to emulate the upper class. The one I do like is spotting a person who uses their knife like a pen as they think it's posh, nope it just marks you out as someone who thinks that's what posh people do.
Personally I'm really rubbish and remembering names and now I even explain that upfront!
*The whole this is what the British, really English, are like isn't really helped when people get their information from watching Richard Curtis films.