I would have done that deliberately because it’s hilarious :)

…or inflate it further. Double it.

In that specific example, Michael Gove (who said it) was a) wrong and b) a very unpopular prick. He mostly wanted people to stop pointing out that he didn’t know what he was doing, whilst he dismantled half of our education system in favour of some stupid ideological shit that didn’t work.

However, your main point definitely still stands - I only have to think back to school in the 80s/90s to where we quickly learnt to pretend to be stupider than we were. “Knowing too much” out loud and in public, was certainly one of the offences worthy of a beating from your peers.

Oddly, it was acceptable to answer things correctly if questioned directly ny a teacher, as long as you “just naturally knew them” rather than “actually tried hard and studied”.

For a lot of people, that attitude didn’t disappear in adulthood.

The Yorkshire Pudding is taking on the role of the naan bread, therefore it’s even compatible with a portion of rice.

You can absolutely eat Chicken Tikka Masala out of a Giant Yorkshire Pudding.

You should definitely watch Spaced. There’s not loads of episodes, so savour them like a fine wine.

“Trying to…avoid…cliches…by not actually placing my brush on the canvas”

Spaced - Brian (1minute 50) (youtube link)

Yeah, though sculptors have it worse. Henry Moore had to pour splatters of molten bronze on his face.

There’s probably a few missing levels of simplification in between.

I think you could simplify that to:

If you’re at [anywhere], trying to use some app on your phone to pay for [anything]. And it takes you an incredibly long time. Just give up and use your credit card

W*y ar* pe*ple s* fucking ups*t w*th a b*t of cunting c*nsorship? Sur*ly *t do*sn’t shitting m*tter *f som*one w*nts t* c*nsor s*me of the*r twatting w*rds?

Hopefully by that point, it can also be used to generate a fake video file of “someone paying attention” to output to a virtual camera :)

I know exactly what you mean (and I’m very familiar with the behaviour in real life), but I can’t say I’ve personally seen it on Lemmy. I know a lot of it depends on what you’re subscribed to or federated with, but rather than “100% arseholes” I felt Lemmy was more like “95% pretty nice people”.

Yorkshire:
T’ (Glottal stop sound)

Do you ever worry that maybe it’s just you?

[Edit] I mean “just you who thinks this”, and therefore there may be an issue with your perception of others, I’m not trying to say “just you are an arsehole”.

Yes, it does appear that “all-you-can-drink” seems to be part of the offer in many (perhaps all?) cases.

Anyway, definitely don’t start taking off your trousers and underwear.

I had a similar problem with a cafe bar doing a “Bottomless Brunch”.

Anyway, it turns out it’s some weird, trendy new phrase for “all-you-can-eat” or “buffet”.

It is not in any way along the same lines as a “Topless Beach”.

Is this American pants (trousers) or English pants (underwear)?

Quite a different message depending.

“I call my creation ‘Prickachu’”

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