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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm English. It's because there are no guns in our society for the most part. We're not afraid of getting shot by some rando who is insulted by our language or offended by our lack of religious piety. Like in America.[/quote]

^^^ And here's an example of winding people up. Something the Brits and Aussies love to do. It involves pushing all the buttons and watching the person on the other end get upset.

My personal theory, having both British and Australian relatives, is that many Brits are emotionally constipated. Cursing and winding people up are socially acceptable ways of letting things out. [/quote]

So easy to wind up people who take themselves so seriously and doesn’t hurt to poke a bit of fun.  [/quote]

PP here. It's more that Americans don't expect to be wound up, because we don't have that sort of interaction here. Has nothing to do with taking yourself "so seriously."

I stand by my contention that my Brit and Aussie relatives use flowery insults because that's more socially acceptable than letting your emotions out with "I'm mad at you" or "I'm jealous of you" or "you suck."[/quote]

Americans aren't very good at expressing emotions using those words. They use sarcasm and insults but most just Eff U because they have limited words to choose from.[/quote]

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