Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"

Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by arethuza on Thursday January 22, 2026 @11:53AM (#46721820)

Going by the variety of flags i see people flying I'd say there is quite a lot of patriotism about - just not for the UK.

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Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by arethuza on Friday January 23, 2026 @09:45AM (#46733087)

To be clear - I'm in Scotland and the flags I see are the Scottish flag and the EU flag (often combined). I know there has been a spate of flag flying for other reasons but I haven't actually seen that myself.

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Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by brnt on Friday January 23, 2026 @09:59AM (#46733253)

When I visit the UK, it strikes me, the number of British flags and symbols. Perhaps most so on supermarket products. We have none of that here.

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