If an OP uses an expression you don’t understand, under no circumstances should you politely ask what it means. You mus my respond with ‘WTF does XYZ mean?!?! I have NEVER heard this in my life!! How the hell are we meant to comment?!’ If someone then tells you it’s a regional or generational issue, don’t worry - someone else will be along in a minute to say ‘Well I’m from Yorkshire/am 25/am in that industry and I have NEVER said or heard this’. The fact that the expression was largely incidental to the original point will soon be forgotten.
Admit you left your 11 year-old alone in the house for 20 minutes and you will be told you are neglectful and will have Social Services on your doorstep. Dare to suggest that the McCanns maybe shouldn’t have left two children under the age of three for several hours and your ‘not in the spirit’ thread will be deleted.
If you haven’t spent vast amounts of time and money learning to drive and running a a car because you live in a well-connected area, wouldn’t use a car for work and haven’t got anywhere to park one anyway, you will be told you’re missing out on a valuable ‘life skill’. You will be told that ‘It’s all very well if you live in London, but what would you do if you moved to a one-street village where the only public transport is a weekly horse and cart?’ Answers such as ‘I wouldn’t move there as I can’t drive’ or ‘If I was going to drastically change my lifestyle, I might learn then’ are not acceptable.
Food is either ‘grim’ or ‘the food of the Gods’. There is a certain way to serve all foods that is acceptable, and any deviation is borderline insanity. You may, just may, be given a pass if you’re from that mysterious land ‘Outside of the UK’.