A Thoughtful Sunday Afternoon Stroll...

...around part of the lovely small city of Lichfield in Staffordshire. A loyal American muses on the lies he was told before he came to live in the UK as he walks.

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Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

I was expecting to hear that "Muhammad" being the most common name for baby boys in England was also a lie.

Alas, I was wrong, at least as of 2023. 😕

P.S. And "Freddie" dropped from 10th to 12th
between 2022 and 2023. ☹

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/2023

peterlee · M

@Thinkerbell well it is certainly not Donald. You can be sure of that.

bookerdana · M

Any nation that believed a Q-Anon person was telling them factual information ,deserves what it gets

peterlee · M

Perceptions are different from reality.

There are British newspapers that paint gloom and doom too.

I once travelled on a train to work and listened to students discussing bias in News Papers. They were asked to look at the Daily Mail. One said she had read it thoroughly and could find none.

How many people have actually read a book on Iran. Or one on BRICS nations?

4meAndyou · F

Checking population statistics, Litchfield has such a small Muslim population that they didn't even make the statistical charts. I wonder, however, what this man would say if he were to walk about in Birmingham?

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@4meAndyou The video is about the whole UK. Birmingham (where I visit regularly) is perfectly safe. Like any city, one takes the normal precautions. There are stats for London comparing US cities in the video and they show none are as safe as London.

4meAndyou · F

@FreddieUK Well, as a sort of mollification, I will tell you that I NEVER go to Boston. I consider it to be VERY unsafe.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@4meAndyou

I assume you mean Boston in Massachusetts
rather than the one in England. 🤫

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

I do have some qualms about the AI voice filter. Yet I don't have any qualms about the factual use of AI.

No American would consistently pause like that BTW.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@FreddieUK Please remember I have worked with video voice overs. I even have the software on my cellphone.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@DeWayfarer Happy to bow to your expertise.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@FreddieUK It's not that hard. 🫤

Have you seen Becky's videos? 🤷🏻‍♂

Munumbis · 46-50, M

Commie propaganda video. Reminds me of when Americans living in China do that for the ccp.

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FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@Munumbis That's exactly what the American who made this video said. The right wing pick out some things and exaggerate to make a political point. I live here. It's very different today than it was in the 1950s when 'no coloureds or Irish' signs were openly displayed on accommodation. So much better. That's not frightening. I have friends who are Muslim. That doesn't create fear. Immigration is an issue and only a fool would say it isn't, but the UK is peaceful and as free as the USA and in many ways safer. You don't need to worry about us being 'commie'. We just care about other people a bit more, perhaps.

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FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@Munumbis They won’t unless I incite violence or racial hatred. Is that different in the States?

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