UK viewed as unsafe, terrifying

[riskllama]

I'm kind of disappointed in myself. I had a fantastic day including some ok cold beer. Instead of being grateful I bitch because it's not my favourite. What a Karen.

yep, pretty despicable. 2dimes = terrible person

[mookiemcgee]

The other branded Chinese beers I remember drinking/seeing are Harbin, Yanjing and Snow. I don't know if it was any of those. Other than that you'd generally see foreign stuff (in the north, at least).

I was knocking around the interwebs to see if i recognized any other Chinese beers... check out #6 on this site, was a shocker to me!!!

https://www.beercollections.com/chinese-beers/

This guy has great beer tips. Brewers hate him!

Is Pabst Blue Ribbon really popular in China? I'm genuinely curious

[mookiemcgee]

I'm kind of disappointed in myself. I had a fantastic day including some ok cold beer. Instead of being grateful I bitch because it's not my favourite. What a Karen.

yep, pretty despicable. 2dimes = terrible person

There's really no consensus yet on the male term for Karen is there. Maybe it's easier men are just Karens too so we don't have to come up with a whole bunch more names for those who don't identify as m or f.

[riskllama]

i vote "kyle". 2dimes = kyle

[mookiemcgee]

i vote "kyle". 2dimes = kyle

I like it, but I think that one was already claimed:

[2dimes]

Some are using Kyle. There's a pretty good video I watched using it. Let me see if I can find it.

[mookiemcgee]

Hey, you two... don't forget tonight!!!

[2dimes]

Again? I've done it six times already. Each time I have seen it.

I can't find the one I saw with several uses of Kyle but this one is good.

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He also uses Darren in the title there, another good option.

Here's the real reason the UK is viewed as unsafe.

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[mrswdk]

The other branded Chinese beers I remember drinking/seeing are Harbin, Yanjing and Snow. I don't know if it was any of those. Other than that you'd generally see foreign stuff (in the north, at least).

I was knocking around the interwebs to see if i recognized any other Chinese beers... check out #6 on this site, was a shocker to me!!!

https://www.beercollections.com/chinese-beers/

This guy has great beer tips. Brewers hate him!

Is Pabst Blue Ribbon really popular in China? I'm genuinely curious

I had never heard of Pabst or its soapy head until reading that list. That’s not to say there isn’t a town up in the mountains in Shanxi where everyone loves Pabst, but I think the likelihood is the list author is talking out of their jim.

[riskllama]

[2dimes]

Pabst Blue Ribbon is a favourite of some pinball tournament players and guys involved in building new pinball machines. There is even a Pabst themed machine. The way it works is a bit odd. It might be designed to be played after drinking a few.

It seems to be called The Pabst Can Crusher.

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[Jdsizzleslice]

I wouldn't ever want to visit the UK, I'm afraid I'll get knifed!

[Dukasaur]

I wouldn't ever want to visit the UK, I'm afraid I'll get knifed!

The U.K.'s murder rate is 1.2 per 100,000, less than a quarter of what it is in the U.S.

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/rankings

[Jdsizzleslice]

I wouldn't ever want to visit the UK, I'm afraid I'll get knifed!

The U.K.'s murder rate is 1.2 per 100,000, less than a quarter of what it is in the U.S.

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/rankings

You missed the joke there. You know who else has the same rank as the U.S.? Greenland. No one ever complains about the murders in Greenland.

[mrswdk]

I wouldn't ever want to visit the UK, I'm afraid I'll get knifed!

The U.K.'s murder rate is 1.2 per 100,000, less than a quarter of what it is in the U.S.

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/rankings

You missed the joke there.

Was the joke that the US is significantly more dangerous than the UK or other comparable countries?

[Dukasaur]

I wouldn't ever want to visit the UK, I'm afraid I'll get knifed!

The U.K.'s murder rate is 1.2 per 100,000, less than a quarter of what it is in the U.S.

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/rankings

You missed the joke there. You know who else has the same rank as the U.S.? Greenland. No one ever complains about the murders in Greenland.

Greenlanders do.. We just don't have any on this site.

[Jdsizzleslice]

Was the joke that the US is significantly more dangerous than the UK or other comparable countries?

Um, no?

Greenlanders do.. We just don't have any on this site.

Right...

[mrswdk]

Ah I see! The joke was that America is ridden with lethal gun crime, whereas the most dangerous weapon most offenders in the UK can access is a domestic knife.

[Jdsizzleslice]

Ah I see! The joke was that America is ridden with lethal gun crime, whereas the most dangerous weapon most offenders in the UK can access is a domestic knife.

You take gun homicides out of the equation and re-evaluate the US's homicide rate, and it's still above other nations.

Which means the US needs to do a better job to identify why more people are committing murders. And we have been doing that to a degree, we have seen the murder rate come down tremendously over the past few decades.

A great place to start would be mental health and what we can do as a nation to help those people.

I have talked to several people from the UK that say they would never travel to the US because guns are everywhere. My response is always that I would never travel to the UK because knives are everywhere. The joke that I was making was that I am not afraid to travel to London, even though getting knifed is the more likely scenario if something were to happen to me if I were to go there. The focus shouldn't be on the object, but instead the people who use the object for bad intentions.

[2dimes]

A great place to start would be mental health and what we can do as a nation to help those people.

Agreed, perhaps you should send rskllama down there for a good will mission, with a train load of toffees and some Pabst blue ribbon.

[mrswdk]

Ah I see! The joke was that America is ridden with lethal gun crime, whereas the most dangerous weapon most offenders in the UK can access is a domestic knife.

You take gun homicides out of the equation and re-evaluate the US's homicide rate, and it's still above other nations.

Which means the US needs to do a better job to identify why more people are committing murders. And we have been doing that to a degree, we have seen the murder rate come down tremendously over the past few decades.

A great place to start would be mental health and what we can do as a nation to help those people.

I have talked to several people from the UK that say they would never travel to the US because guns are everywhere. My response is always that I would never travel to the UK because knives are everywhere. The joke that I was making was that I am not afraid to travel to London, even though getting knifed is the more likely scenario if something were to happen to me if I were to go there. The focus shouldn't be on the object, but instead the people who use the object for bad intentions.

The focus isn't on the object, it's on the homicide rate.

Although in this thread the focus was on neither until you brought it up. This thread is about the UK's COVID-19 epidemic. Please stop derailing.

[2dimes]

Pfft, regarding safety, I would definitely fear being mistaken for a US citizen over catching one of the many diseases prevalent in England.

[mrswdk]

Pfft, regarding safety, I would definitely fear being mistaken for a US citizen over catching one of the many diseases prevalent in England.

UK viewed as unsafe, terrifying; US viewed as even more unsafe, terrifying.

Which disease would you be most scared of catching if you were to visit the UK?

[2dimes]

Tetanus. After getting stabbed.

[mrswdk]

You're more likely to get chlamydia from a stab, you feel me.