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Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 4, 2024

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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That’s still the most hilariously polite looting I think I’ve ever seen. The only way it could be even more British would be if they were queuing.

Real talk, what is the deal with the British queueing meme? I don't find that British people queue than Americans. On the chewb it's often total chaos, I've seen better queueing on American metro systems. Paging @2rafa

I know it’s been a self-deprecating joke among Brits for a while, though I don’t know for how long. What drove it home for me was watching video interviews (that I unfortunately can’t find now) of a bunch of English pensioners during the 2009 financial crisis. They were calmly lining up to withdraw money from the bank, even though they all expressed concern that the bank was going to run out of money before it got to their turn. It was quite the contrast to the chaotic scenes occurring in other countries around that time.

they're looting a Lush store? That's hilarious.

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