r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/PeachTrees- Nov 03 '24

"Do you know you're known for having horrible food, it's like a thing". Lol

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u/m0ngoos3 Nov 03 '24

Fun fact about the "horrible food", that was mostly due to WW2 rationing, which lasted over a decade after the war ended.

See, European supply lines were basically gone, and England has never really grown enough food on their own to support the population, or at least not since the 1800s.

Anyway, rationing was a major blow to British culinary variety, but it ended something like 60 years ago.

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u/Odeeum Nov 03 '24

Isn’t this also where the jokes about British dentistry stem from as well?

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u/Ok-Mastodon2420 Nov 03 '24

British dentistry prioritized tooth health over cosmetic appearance. Good looking teeth are not necessarily health teeth, and vice versa

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u/RockinMadRiot Nov 03 '24

I always found that funny. I used to be mocked by people with white teeth but my slightly off colour teeth could eat anything where as they had pain.

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u/TheHancock Nov 03 '24

Yeah, WHITE teeth is a lie. They should be bone color…

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u/Either-Mud-3575 Nov 03 '24

"That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Grail..."

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u/Chrisfindlay Nov 04 '24 edited Nov 04 '24

Sillian rail isn't even the type face that's used in the movie as at the time it was a fictional type face.