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Having begun watching something purely as a joke, only to end up sincerely and unironically invested by the final act.
Read full entry →Reflexively viewing everyday events through the lens of potential social media virality rather than lived experience.
Read full entry →Requiring extensive prior internet context before the joke can be properly appreciated or understood at all.
Read full entry →Habitually overstating the cultural significance of minor, forgettable moments using increasingly grand language.
Read full entry →So thoroughly repurposed across the internet that its true source is now completely untraceable.
Read full entry →Possessing an encyclopaedic, near-instinctive knowledge of British sitcom quotes deployed in almost any social context.
Read full entry →Fortunate enough to still have access to a genuine, no-frills traditional café serving proper builder's tea.
Read full entry →Having consumed a meal in its most traditional, unpretentious form, directly from newspaper or chip paper.
Read full entry →Habitually responding to online content with the barest possible editorial comment, usually just 'this' or 'yikes'.
Read full entry →Compulsively drawn to the largest available option, regardless of practicality, portion sense, or actual hunger.
Read full entry →Rendered comically useless by even mild weather, flipping inside out at the first proper gust.
Read full entry →So well-versed in a specific meme's context that a single image communicates an entire complex thought instantly.
Read full entry →Fiercely, unreasonably loyal to a local establishment with essentially no comparative evidence to back it up.
Read full entry →Culturally so specific to Britain that any joke or reference simply refuses to translate to an international audience.
Read full entry →Guilty of documenting a meal for social media only after already consuming a substantial portion of it.
Read full entry →Overwhelmed with sudden, near-instantaneous demand the moment even mild sunshine appears above a beer garden.
Read full entry →Compulsively working David Brent lines into unrelated conversation, often to diminishing comic returns.
Read full entry →Caught off guard by the unexpected absence of meat in a pastry item purchased without checking the label.
Read full entry →Filled with genuine culinary pride when pork crackling achieves the correct, satisfying audible snap.
Read full entry →The instinctive act of eyeing the head-to-liquid ratio in a freshly poured pint before committing to the first sip.
Read full entry →Describing a batch of puddings that emerged from the oven with all the height and drama of a pancake.
Read full entry →Committed to the belief that no meal is complete without a generous, arguably excessive, coating of gravy.
Read full entry →Displaying reckless, performative bravado around spice tolerance that collapses within the first three mouthfuls.
Read full entry →Suffering minor roof-of-mouth injury entirely self-inflicted through an inability to wait thirty seconds for food to cool.
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