Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How can a person be very sad, irritated or angry and still not show it on their face ?English
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8 months agoHonestly the title just sounds like what it’s like to be English
Honestly the title just sounds like what it’s like to be English
I thought about torrenting both series of Good Omens out of spite when I found out about this
And you could also have spent two minutes to not be a smug prick, but here we are.
It’s in our culture; to show great emotion is unseemly and embarrassing. To quote BBC Radio Four’s version of “The Secret Pilgrim” George Smiley, a spy, tells a group of trainees that the English make great spies because “You could be standing next to a man at the bus stop have a force four mental breakdown and you’d be none the wiser.” We must keep a “stiff upper lip”. Outbursts are for children. Has the unfortunate side effect that people don’t seek help when they really need it.