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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is there any large city where people would have responded? I don't think anyone would clap in NYC, because people who ask you to do things in public are usually mentally ill, want your money, or both, and so the normal thing to do is to pretend they don't exist.

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 72 points 1 year ago

Many people make exceptions for children in these instances.

[-] nimmo@social.nimmog.uk 17 points 1 year ago

I think the Subway in Glasgow would have a moderate chance of at least some people clapping.

[-] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah but only because they're pissed.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I endeavor to be the person who claps his hands when a kid says it!

[-] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In Berlin people might

[-] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

As an ex-London commuter, I can confirm that no-one was happy.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[-] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

Londoners hate kids, apparently. Either that, or life there is so dreary and gloomy they couldn't be bothered.

[-] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

British media paints the kids there as street thugs pretty much so maybe? Lol

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Kids should be scrabbling up chimneys and handling fine machinery, not being seen or heard!"

~ GB News, probably.

[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

"Mary Poppins showed how great the life of a chimney sweep can be, and how lucky it is, would you not want that for your child?!"

~ also GB "News" probably

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

You sure it's not both?

[-] Mex@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!

[-] Patch@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago
[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I forgot all about that man, and i hate the fact i knew instantly who he was. What kind of name is Jeb.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

*looks around in the silence*

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Well at least the crickets are happy

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's absolutelly, 100%, traditional London Tube.

It would probably have worked just fine Friday evening down at the pub but then again the kid wouldn't be allowed in.

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

stockholm syndrome

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago

Hahahahah, took me too long to get it.

this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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