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		russellbeattie on July 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Game about squares Ever notice how people from the UK tend to generalize in a condescending way that only really serves to highlight their backward, provincial attitudes? Sort of like this?

ppod on July 28, 2014 | [–]

It's a cultural difference I have noticed across a lot of copy evaluations. But you chaps sure seem sensitive about it.

diminoten on July 28, 2014 | | [–]

We're not too keen on folks being wrong, it's true.

ZoFreX on July 28, 2014 | [–]

It's true, everyone in Britain generalises. One of the most common generalisations we have about Americans is that they don't get irony.

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