I’m originally from the UK but I’m now in Canada and I hover around some groups of people from the UK online and in person and I swear the Brits are the most whiny people to ever move anywhere. These people genuinely move to places and expect it to be exactly like the UK and when it’s not they shit on the country. Idk if it’s some leftover colonial mindset or something that hasn’t been removed from their psyche?

I’ve heard people complain that there’s no British cream (like the standard whipping cream which exists but is called something different) in stores, British bread, British seasonings, very specific type of curry called the brimingham balti which I don’t think I’ve seen outside of northern England. Amongst many other things and it’s absolutely mind blowing

Genuinely makes me embarassed to be in anyway related to these people. Anyone else get absolutely sick of your old countries people?

  • CheeseboardPatster@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Something I am genuinely curious about. Would you mind to share your opinion? I cannot understand or read Turkish so cannot check firsthand.

    I heard Erdoğan gets even better election scores from the Turkish community living abroad than at home. Yet his political and social views are said to be rather conservative and thus often different than the general opinions in the countries where these Turkish people live.

    This seems at odds with what I saw living abroad, my fellow countrymen abroad very much voted for the most moderate candidates. The far left and far right, or the socially conservatives did not get large scores at any election.

    Why does he enjoy such popularity do you think? What makes him so successful with that population?