It's in our culture; to show great emotion is unseemly and embarrassing. To quote BBC Radio Four's version of "The Secret Pilgrim" George Smiley, a spy, tells a group of trainees that the English make great spies because "You could be standing next to a man at the bus stop have a force four mental breakdown and you'd be none the wiser." We must keep a "stiff upper lip". Outbursts are for children. Has the unfortunate side effect that people don't seek help when they really need it.

I thought about torrenting both series of Good Omens out of spite when I found out about this

There's this thing called sarcasm. I'm not surprised you didn't spot it; it's an advanced skill.

There was a really good anime about exactly this kind of situation

I'm on the lookout for some too; all I've found are Adobe premiere stuff sadly.

Oh no... anyway

I am jack's complete lack of surprise

Took them long enough.