Will you Brits answer some questions?

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answer:Oh. Fun. 1) I used to have one once in a while. Never regularly. I’ve been vegetarian for 20 years, so it’s a thing of the past for me. I don’t know anyone who regularly eats a full English breakfast. 2) The Beatles are probably the greatest pop band of all time. They’re still highly regarded. 3) I speak slowly for Americans. (No.) 4) Now this one depends on which part of the UK one is from, and even one’s social class. Where I’m from, “dinner” is a midday meal. In southern parts of England, and among the middle and upper classes, “lunch” is the midday meal. So, for me breakfast would be the first meal, dinner around middday or early afternoon. “Tea” was always a light meal in the early evening, and “supper” a main meal later in the evening. Personally—I just eat whenever the hell I’m hungry. I just made a pizza at 3am. 5) I fucking hate Disney and everything associated with it. Fox News is corporate funded propaganda, and one of the most idiotic and racist things I’ve ever watched. I detest McDonald’s. It’s bad enough that they sell shit food and cynically market it at children—but the buildings and facades are architectural and design monstrosities that should never see the light of day. President Obama is exceptionally confident, charming, fearless and intelligent. This just tells me that’s he’s very likely a high-functioning psychopath. Same goes for Hillary Clinton. Both funded and backed heavily by Wall Street, by the way. I don’t give a fuck about the Kardashians. They look like they’re not taxed enough. Do they even work? I don’t care about guns. Your healthcare system is demented. There’s nothing like compounding the stress of ill-health or an operation with the requirement to fill out insurance claims and find funds for one’s treatment. Mental. 6) I’d sooner visit Iran or North Korea. 7) Yes. 8) Alaska is the coolest thing about the US. Seriously—I’ve no idea. I get a kick out of listening to lunatic Christians in those mega-churches. There’s nothing like that in the UK. 9) The rich and long history. 10) UK if I’m being general. England if I’m being more geographically specific. And “British” when referring to my nationality.

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