• ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOP
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          6 months ago

          Where you from for this Stockport hate?

          I don’t hate Stockport except for comedy purposes. I had a nice day out there a month or two back and it’s got a lot going for it.

          As a Manc my major beef is with the Scouse.

          Well you aren’t going to like my answer then…

            • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOP
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              6 months ago

              My Mum was from Manchester, so it makes things complicated. It’s much easier to hate Southerners.

              Plus 0161 > 0151

              Wait until Preston hears about this kind of argument!

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      6 months ago

      Well, amongst the English-speaking World the US does have more population than all of the others combined (even including South Africa’s 60 million people) so it’s kinda undertandable that in an English-language forum sooner or later an American will come and start talking about the stuff within their own life experience.

      That said, having lived in Britain for over a decade, I for one loved the joke :)

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      6 months ago

      In fairness, it’s probably a psychological defence mechanism put in place to prevent the mention of St*ckport causing emotional damage.

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        6 months ago

        I understand why they do it. After all, they do dominate western media and internet so to them it is the majority of content they see.

        Edit: Although, this is feddit.uk, but again I often forget to check where I am.