What are the stereotypes held by your nation of other peoples?

[red_jon]

Re: Re: What are the stereotypes held by your nation of other peoples?

Originally posted by BeBro


Wait, it´s not?

No, silly. Europe is the funny place accross the water. We (Brits) go there to get drunk, beat up locals and watch the power cutes

[History049]

Californians: Superiority, rich, surfers, spoiled by sun, domination of freezing pale Eastern

[Dauphin]

Re: Re: Re: What are the stereotypes held by your nation of other peoples?

Originally posted by red_jon
Europe is the funny place accross the water. We (Brits) go there to get drunk, beat up locals and watch the power cutes

Hang on, we do that at home aswell.

[Faeelin]

This reminds me of a quote I remember seeing once.

"Europeans view Americans as rude, arrogant, bloodthirsty barbarians, while Americans view Europeans as arrogant, elitist, idealists. The ironic part, however, is that both parties are right."

[9 ECAC Titles]

Culturally:

Americans making less than $50k a year view the whole rest of the world as dying to be American.

Americans making more than $50k a year are dying to be anything other than American.


Although it's embarrassing as hell to be an American ("our transcendant cultural gifts to the world: SUV's, talk radio, and Barney") , I gotta admit, the only thing worse than being a citizen of the world's most annoying and self-important superpower is being a citizen of any other country, likely to be bossed around by the world's most annoying and self-important superpower.

U... S... duh... A.

[Alexander's Horse]

I've been to Finland - very interesting country. Strong Russian influence. I didn't find the Fins very friendly but I really liked the short time I had there. It was very novel for me because you can't really get much further away from Australia than Finland.

Do you live in Helsinki Stefu? I took the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki and back again.

[Juggernaut]

Australians - Dangerous people (convicts descendents) + dangerous animals = dangerous country.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
stereotype:

USA = bad azzes

truth:

USA = bad azzes

Americans
“Lets bomb them back to the Stone Age”

Britts
“The Americans are bombing someone, we suppose we should bomb them too”

French
“Why are you bombing our customers”

Germans
“We will watch you bomb them, but do you really want us to help”

Israelis
“Bomb the Arabs” or “Let us help, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaazzzzzzeeeeeeee”

Russians
“Why are you bombing our customers” or “Good the Americans are saving us the trouble”

Australians
“We will send troops, in about five months”

Canadians
“Need any Peacekeepers”

Greeks
“Bomb the Turks”

Turks
“Bomb the Greeks”

Chinese
“Get you little red books, only $29.96”

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by uncle_funk
Australians - Dangerous people (convicts descendents) + dangerous animals = dangerous country.

Unfortunately that perception doesn't stop hoardes of Swedish backpackers coming out there every summer.

[MORON]

When a person speaks three languages, he is trilingual

When a person speaks two languages, he is bilingual

When a person speaks only one language, he is American

[Q Classic]

asian stereotypes, from korea.

intra-korea.

the southwest, cholla provinces (south/north): idiots, country bumpkins. the armpit, the alabama, the arsehole of korea.

the southeast (near pusan): factory people, sea people.

the south south island (cheju): hawaii, but all korean.

central (ch'ungbuk pronvinces, south/north): snooty, boring.

north central (near seoul): cosmopolitan. western. vibrant, noisy. loud. very loud.

north: people live up there?

international:

japan: cultural theives, rapists, pillagers.

china: culturally somewhat unrefined, somewhat stupid.

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japanese thoughts on korea: culturally somewhat unrefined, inferior.

japanese thoughts on china: backwater, stupid.

chinese thoughts on korea: culturally somewhat unrefined.

chinese thoughts on japan: culturally unrefined, theives, rapists, pillagers, perverts.

[Eli]

Originally posted by Sprayber
Israelis
“Bomb the Arabs” or “Let us help, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaazzzzzzeeeeeeee”

And this, unlike most of the stereotypes here, is true.

[Demon Allbran]

Re: What are the stereotypes held by your nation of other peoples?

Originally posted by Stefu
Well, except for city of Turku, which is universally thought to be the arsehole of Finland.

Originally posted by kassiopeia
The reasons are clear. The most successful (nowadays) team in the favorite British sport, soccer, is from Manchester. So is Tappara and Ilves from Tampere (Ice hockey).

Originally posted by uncle_funk
Sadly, I'm 50% Finnish. Atleast, my paternal side is from the Swedish-speaking part of Finland. Lappträsk to be exactly. From the name it does not exactly appear to be a metropolitan. Any of you Fincoms familiar with it?

Good for you. I've heard of Lappträsk, but I don't know where it is. Sounds like a fun place, though.

[Ted Striker]

hahaha well done Sprayber.

Highly accurate too.

[aaglo]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
stereotype:
USA = bad azzes

truth:
USA = bad azzes

stereotype
USA = bad azzes
truth
USA = the whole body has turned bad (meaning seriously fat)