[Veen]

> In general there seems to be a weird zeitgeist of negative exceptionalism in the UK at the moment.

Especially on Hacker News. I tend to avoid UK-based posts on here because the content is fairly predictable: the UK is going to shit and Brexit is to blame, repeated ad nauseam in the absence of any evidence that it's true. If I wanted thoughtless UK doom mongering, I'd read the Guardian or the NYT.

[kaanski]

Yeah I do the same. It seems to permeate into everything, even positives.

UK announcing research into x: comments will probably be negative and about how it’s a boondoggle.

UK company doing exciting stuff like fusion or quantum: comments will probably be negative and about how it’s a boondoggle.

It’s tiring.

Edit:

That being said it does lead to hilarious moments where I’ll read the Guardian and see a headline like “The NHS won’t make it to Christmas (for real this time) but it doesn’t matter because we’ll all be dead by then because of Brexit” and then I’ll see the Express in my corner shop with a headline like “Brexit HERO Boris makes Ursula von der Leyen CRY when he announced new BRITISH MOON BASE”

[pharmakom]

There is some evidence:

- Governemtn forecast 4% lower GDP than without Brexit

- UK car industry significant decline in output since 2015 (around 30% IIRC)

- People who immigrated here for work (and have the right to stay) are choosing to leave

- Low investment compared to comparable regions / countries

- Turmoil around NI

- Banking migrating to Europe and New York in particular

- Trade deals not materialising

It’s not what “project fear” warned us of, but it’s certainly not good. Many of these effects are playing out across years so haven’t really hit home for people yet.

[badcppdev]

What is the difference between your list and the predictions being made by the Remain group during the Brexit 'debates'?

[swarnie]

Its also the reason i avoid almost all UK subreddits.

If i needed a teenager to verbally doom scroll me i'd talk to my extended family.

[mike-cardwell]

If you think HN is bad, you should spend 5 minutes looking at the state of the UnitedKingdom subreddit.

[swarnie]

It has its moments. Just don't engaged in politics, social issues, economics or international relations.

Actually what I'm describing is casualuk which is even wore for its banality some how.

[rdlw]

So that leaves... film reviews?

[swarnie]

Weirdly i think film reviews would be hastily deleted by the Jannies as "not-uk".

[DaiPlusPlus]

Everyone knows the only subreddit worth reading today is NCD

[Iwan-Zotow]

Weather

[favaq]

All of reddit leans progressive, I refuse to touch it myself.