ARussianAndHisBike
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Feb 11, 2018 6:41 PM
ARussianAndHisBike
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Gawdzendia
Na na na, Nanny State ~
Bigcurly2000
What the fuck is the Queen's dodger?
FirepizzaX
OI WANKERS!!! ITS SAVEN-O CLOCK MATES! ME DAD SHOULD BE GETTING BACK FROM HIS 4320000000000 SHAKE SHIFT FRUGLENBUMMERFLYIGGAN FACTORY WHERE THEY MAKE GOOGLEMCFLOGGERS FOR GYBBERSNOBBERS!!! I'D BETTER POP OVER BEFORE ME OLD BASTARD DAD BEATS ME MUM AND EATS ALL THE SCRUMPTIOUS BEANS ON BREAD AND MERCURY TUNA SALAD!!!
Mymumsaysno
Every. Single. Day.
Morbolicious
TheAverageNerd
This speaks volumes to me as an average Brit
Melchius
I am British and can verify this is accurate.
DonkeyFartSuperPunch
SuperCrux
https://media.tenor.com/images/2126d77156890323daff32c43d512112/raw
TysonGoesOutside
Its a free country and i have the licenses to prove it!
sweatybuttcrack
Brit here. This seems legit
Iukeyy
You were already awake, there's no fucking proof! And I hope you'd already buttered that toast.
HeDaGeiBoi
As someone currently dealing with the deplorable Canadian government keeping me from my money that i worked very hard for:
HeDaGeiBoi
I truly wish i could find the humor in the little quirks here.. but it's embarassing, that it's so shameful; it can so easily be farced
HeDaGeiBoi
Still, +1 for educational satire
MntNaDew
Is England basically Vogsphere?
Variastudios
Yes, but somehow a bit more bureaucratic, in the form that papers need to be signed in quad instead of triplicate. and we don't travel space
reverendbonobo
Nobody took time out for a cuppa? Fake.
steeltoothsaber
Would someone care to explain this for my dumb American friend?
ImHereToTellYouThatsWrong
The joke is that the national stereotype of GB is that everything needs a permit (tv one is real tho) and that there are no guns.
shhep
4chan is ripping off the TV licence, which pays for BBC shows like Sherlock or Doctor Who or used to pay for Top Gear.
Flyndaran
Obviously none of that money is going to pay for good writers with respect to the new Who at least.
wakeupbitchyouremynewbestfriend
No tv licence, easy, eat the telly
harrybo12
NEIL YOU BASTARD
Lanunborneo
This remind me shelby’s agreement. Innit
LeviathanOmega
Don't need the TV license if you don't watch TV programs live or as they are aired. ;)
Catmandoom
So like are you guys just a few bad days away from the V for Vendetta setting?
PMmeyourshatteredhopesanddreams
More like a few hundred years after it
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Awesome.
CakesArePrettyGood
The government is pretty damn big brotherly but not openly. they're sneaking anti freedom laws in every once in a while
HitlersArtCritic
Didn't they want to ban encryption and porn?
CakesArePrettyGood
they banned several types of porn and the pm straight up said she didnt believe that the internet should be free
iStabs
Took me a minute to realize bobby wasn't someones name
ImHereToTellYouThatsWrong
Robert Peel is responsible for the modern police force, and particularly the idea that police can only function with the public's consent.
ExpectedDickbuttGotDickbutt
A bobby can be a bobby but a copper can't be copper
Flyndaran
Even if covered in Coppertone sunscreen?... oh wait, that's an American brand. I guess he might get a disappointed stare from other Brits.
lawlphailure
I mean, that country owned half the world.
iamdanman
Context?
ImHereToTellYouThatsWrong
'jokes' as comical exaggerations of national stereotypes and the fact that a tv licence is a real thing.
LemmingAttack
On my recent trip to England, I better understood why Americans fought a war for freedom. I never realized how draconic the UK could be.
shhep
Did you visit Germany too?
DonkeyFartSuperPunch
ForgotMyOtherAcct
You either meant draconian or had a really awesome story to tell. By the way, draconian how?
DonkeyFartSuperPunch
LemmingAttack
No no they just had a lot of dragons.
BendyDicksCumOnMyBaps
That's only Wales bro.
HellfireJags
They have dragons!?
SheDevilinaSnuggie
Yes. Katie Hopkins.
LigLuryJr
haha!
BiologicallyHazardousMaterial
Explain please
robboscouse10
Nothing personal but I'm going to downvote you until you explain yourself.
SheDevilinaSnuggie
Shhh they still think we're pilgrims. Flagellation Friday, weeping for our sins Wednesday, no phallic vegetables etc.
DonkeyFartSuperPunch
What freedoms were you denied on your trip to England?
Tornadotaco
shhep
Couldn't shoot up a school.
BustedHelmet
no but i had a good time splashing acid in some peoples faces on my trusty moped
ThatsNoMoonThatsAGalaxy
The nice bit about civilized places like that is that the cost of acid is subsidized by taxes. Really makes a difference.
SheDevilinaSnuggie
Meh, we have draconian traditions, you have Trump. We can see tits and swearing on tv, and you have Pay for Prayers tv. We have Kinder eggs
LemmingAttack
I'm Canadian, I don't know what we have
SheDevilinaSnuggie
You have Moose, manners and Mounties. You lucky fuck.
LemmingAttack
Maybe we just have good PR.
SheDevilinaSnuggie
/2 you have school shootings. Our coppers will mock and baton you, not shoot you. I'm okay with your version of draconian
Satherian
We have Trump, but you guys have Brexit. We might have Pay for Pray tv, but you guys have restrictions on porn. Shall we keep this up?
Afghaniscran
Tbf we don't notice the porn restrictions. Unless you're working in the industry I guess.
Flyndaran
In the U.S. obscenity laws are "local" and have gotten many people jailed for producing porn with consenting adults.
Whywontyouregistermyusername
Restrictions on porn? I don't know what your tastes are but I'm not a paedophile nor into beastiality, I quite like them restrictions
ForgotMyOtherAcct
Britain was toying with some.rather more restricting restrictions than that - those are already illegal basically every where
SheDevilinaSnuggie
The porn thing shocked me too, you can see genitals on regular tv (late night) but no blowies? Makes no sense. Still... Trump *shudder*
Satherian
(I'm not exactly happy about him either. Actually lookin to move North or far Northeast in a few years)
ExpectedDickbuttGotDickbutt
PleaseNotTheFace
Maybe we can discuss this over a BBQ, say.. around the 4th of July?! AWWWW too soon? Yeah, walk away.
TheRealAethrys
Which side the humans are on is a matter of perspective, of course.
TheonewhoQuacks
BarderBetterFasterStronger
Self burn!
brownribbon
And I’m glad it separates us from those tea drinking Philistines.
Luciusverenius
I thought it was the Mediterranean...
SickOfThisCessPool
I thought it was the English Channel
Schadenfreuda
It is part of the Atlantic, so the point stands
alisongrace5656
That, too.
tflorio19500
I️ think that story will need to be validated and certified before any official recognition of alleged events.
JonSnowForKing
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/tv-licence-types-and-costs-top2
Rkfinecake
I've seen YouTube videos where government people knock on doors to ask to see their tv license.
Keicars
Because this is the UK, instead of the FBI kicking your door in, some bloke from the council comes and asks nicely. Just to clear things up.
Peynus
And you can just refuse, and close the door. Worst they do is then get a warrant. Which hasn't happened to me yet, ever.
Keicars
Exactly. All I watch is Netflix or streaming movies over the laptop with a hdmi cable anyway.
TharrickLawson
They can't get a warrant, it's not a criminal issue.
OHayech
As an American who lived in England for a couple years, tv tax completely baffled me.
Ryanator50
wait that's a real thing?
Mafi
It's not a tax, it's a license fee, and it's optional. If you don't pay, you just can't watch any BBC-funded programmes during broadcasting.
GiantRobotsRule
Yeah, as another American, we just fork over our wallets to Comcast, because corporations are freedom and government is tyranny.
SirReginaldDukeOfChutney
From my view it’s the fact that the government and corporations are entirely intertwined that’s the issue.
QuackQuackAttack
Japan has TV tax too. NHK is great. So is BBC. I’m okay with it.
kofjfsfsf
Got that in germany too. Too bad the stuff they make with the money fucking blow hard.
DiddyDollar
You don't have to pay it.
OHayech
Note to self: never make an acute observation ever again.
shhep
Have you ever tried reading on taxes you paid in USA? Just because you don't care doesn't mean you don't pay that in USA.
lasbotellas
Our tv tax all goes to the "non profit" NFL. :(
bohemiancrabcity
NFL isn't non profit anymore.
littlestchild
I personally hate it. I don’t see why the BBC should be funded but no one else. And you have to pay even if only watching Netflix.
BottlelessGet
Because other channels use ads to get money. BBC don’t, it’s ad free.
BottlelessGet
And therefore completely independent.
littlestchild
Ok, so what if you have no interest in BBC programming? You have to pay the BBC to watch other channels that aren’t funded.
BottlelessGet
If you can prove you don’t watch BBC channels at all then you don’t have to pay it. I currently live in a student house and we don’t pay it-
ImOnABloodBuzz
It pays for the BBC
onedimensionalman
For unbiased reporting and no ads
pointsfailatmakingsomethingup
Sorry what? 'unbiased reporting'? When did that start happening? BBC stands for Blatantly Bias Corporation. /1
pointsfailatmakingsomethingup
Just because it's bais isn't left or right, doesn't mean it's not bais. It has Establishment Bias. It is always in favour of the status quo.
ILikeCharmanderOk
That's why you don't have Attenborough and all your TV shows are aimed at the lowest common denominators: sex, crime, and fantasy.
ILikeCharmanderOk
FREE MARKET BABY WOO!
Kluehouse
AH yes breaking bad totally reveling in sex and crime
TiGRIOSindustriesRnD
I want you to think very carefully about which category dealing crystal meth falls under and what you just said.
Kluehouse
Yes but it doesn't glorify those things if you write anything you need something like crime to make it interesting
TiGRIOSindustriesRnD
Godzilla says no. No crime. No sex. Just a giant monster and disaster.
ILikeCharmanderOk
I remember sex scenes in Breaking Bad. It wasn't just straight crime. Your jab sucked bro.
UltraBooster
There were boobs in episode ons and never again. I still dont understand that
peruvianfightingmidgets
LuxCaelum
DamnSon.jpeg
Kluehouse
You can't write a story without conflict and many British shows have the things you protested because they need a story
SheDevilinaSnuggie
causality
Half of the top ten shows in Britain last year were reality TV. None of the top ten shows in the US were.
causality
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-shows-on-british-tv-in-2016-2017-1
causality
http://www.tvguide.com/news/most-watched-highest-rated-shows-tv-2016-2017-season/
lasbotellas
What's the source of those numbers? Doesn't say in the article, so I am forced to assume they're just made up.
ILikeCharmanderOk
Incorrect. Two of them are America's Got Talent. Your other top 10 include Big Bang Theory, NCIS, football.. not exactly brain science lol.
causality
America's Got Talent is not in the top ten. http://www.tvguide.com/news/most-watched-highest-rated-shows-tv-2016-2017-season/
ILikeCharmanderOk
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-highest-rated-tv-shows-of-2017-according-to-nielsen-ratings-2017-12/
ILikeCharmanderOk
u literally provided a source that defeats ur own argument.. well done.
ILikeCharmanderOk
Lol the link u supply has 3 footballs in the top 10 and The Voice in 10th with more reality shows in 11, 12, etc.
ImHereToTellYouThatsWrong
it's so you get a bunch of TV stations that have to get informative bits and entertaining without showing ads, some of the best tv anywhere.
LigLuryJr
Most of the brit shows imgur users seem to love and post about are produced by it too
OHayech
I can respect that.
UltraBooster
Isnt there like 3 episodes a season and each season takes like 2 years to come out?
UltraBooster
When people were hyping up that show "Sherlock" i looked it up and there were literally ONLY 3 episodes. Baffled
FreshPrinceOfPersia
Might take some time to get used to quality over quantity with American producers pumping out 20 episodes a season every year
FreshPrinceOfPersia
(since it might not translate over text I'm just having a jab, not being serious, there's plenty of great American TV)
FreshPrinceOfPersia
Really though Sherlock has abnormally few episodes a season, but they are 1 hour 30 long, no adverts. Most shows have more episodes.
HitlersArtCritic
Basically sounds like a subscription minus having ads in your face constantly. I'd approve of that in the US.
Hyippy
Plus the subscription service has a remit to produce content for the public good.
HitlersArtCritic
Id say the US needs something like that but itd never get passed since people would say tabloids and exaggerated lies fall under free speech
Hyippy
Believe me they have tabloids and exaggerated lies in the UK too. But the BBC is brilliant. I say that as an irishman.
RandomUserC137
The US has both, but are mostly publicly funded to seperate from party/govt interests. PBS - TV, NPR - Radio Look them up, and support them.
ImHereToTellYouThatsWrong
PBS exists and buys a lot of BBC content actually, educational stuff included but they just don't get funded 100% by government