Best Scathing British Article

Tonight I worship at the writerly feet of the Guardian UK’s Marina Hyde, who writes about US football (soccer) fans at the World Cup in “Over-excited, overweight, and over here“. Here’s just the beginning:

Is there a more appealing chant in world football – or indeed world warfare – than “USA! USA! USA!”? The very battle cry of the War on Losing, it somehow manages to distil that nation’s fabled sense of self-awareness into a simple message: “Help is on its way. Look busy!”

Read the whole thing. It’s a hoot.

Published by Jeff Carlson

Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Popular Photography, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Apple Watch, and Take Control of Your Digital Storage, among many other titles. View all posts by Jeff Carlson