'I'm American but I live in UK - British people aren't polite'

An American woman living in the UK has left peoplein stitches after explaining why she believes "British people aren't polite." It's not that she thinks British people are rude. However, she believes Brits are "taught to mask their rage", which could explain the stereotype about British politeness.

The observation was made by a blogger named Molly, who posts on social media as @strangecapers. She moved from Texas to Birmingham with her family, and she regularly posts TikTok videos explaining why she loves her new home.

Despite enjoying her time in the UK, Molly has had a lot to learn. In a recent video, she explained "three cultural lessons" she's encountered. Molly said: "Here's three things that've taken me a full two years to learn living in the UK.

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"One is that, and this might be controversial, British people aren't polite. They are taught to heavily mask their rage. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I really think everyone wants to tell you to get f****d, but they're just so not allowed to, and so they're really polite to you, but I feel like you can see it behind the eyes, you know, like, they got a lot of rage. Not everyone."

Despite this, Molly thinks Brits value their neighbours and go out of their way to help them. "Okay, two is, I feel like I have finally really learned, like, to my core, that neighbourliness is valued here.

"People will take your packages. People got eyes on the street, especially if you live in, like, any kind of population density," she explained.

"Like, people are watching out the window, for better, for worse. Like it. I like it. I feel cosy knowing that, like, if something happened to my wheelie bin or something, my neighbour would be like, I saw what happened, and come tell me, you know? Or take my package. Like, it's nice. It's lovely."

Concluding her video, Molly admitted she's still learning about the British class system. "Lastly, and I haven't fully wrapped my mind around this, I'm still trying to really learn all the ins and outs of this, but the class system here is so calcified," she shared.

"Of course, we have class in America, but oh, my God, the layers are so deep. It's like a Pandora's box. I feel like the more I learn, the less I know." Molly's video received more than 117,000 views and lots of comments from viewers who agreed with her points.

Someone joked: "British Malicious Compliance is an art form." Another viewer shared: "As a Canadian living in the UK, people being polite but not really is something I found quite unsettling at first.

"I describe it as 'polite but not kind' haha." Another commenter said: "The first one is so accurate, I’ve never understood the concept that Brits are super polite."

Meanwhile, someone else wrote: "The politer UK people get, the more angry we are." Another social media user suggested: "I think that’s why we all get road rage! We don’t have to mask it in the car."