Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK
by adrian_b on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:09AM
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I do not believe that it is a stereotypical British trait to be self deprecating.
Being self deprecating is very common in a large number of countries, among all those who are reasonably intelligent or educated, to be able to notice how many bad things exist around them.
As others have already mentioned, this is caused by the fact that people can see directly the many bad things that exist in their neighborhood, but they have very little information about how things are bad elsewhere, and they hope that at least in other distant places the same mistakes are not being made.
Being self deprecating is very common in a large number of countries, among all those who are reasonably intelligent or educated, to be able to notice how many bad things exist around them.
As others have already mentioned, this is caused by the fact that people can see directly the many bad things that exist in their neighborhood, but they have very little information about how things are bad elsewhere, and they hope that at least in other distant places the same mistakes are not being made.