British Humor: Why Self-Deprecation is a Way of Life
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British humor relies on understatement, irony, and self-deprecation
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British humor runs on this whole complicated setup of understatement, deadpan talking, and nonstop irony. And if you zoom in on it, right at the center of it all, you usually find self-deprecation doing a lot of the work. It’s like a social go-to, a way to get people on side, and also to show you’re not taking yourself too high and mighty.