Poll: NewZealand Haters, WHY!?

[Ithera]

N.Z? Don't know much about NewZealand. Presumably it's better than OldZealand? I think N.Z has a decent Rugby team ( The Kiwis?). They spend half the time on the pitch dancing around in some quasi tribal effort to intimidate the opposition.

 

[mad825]

must be the LOTR effect >.>

 

[LionsFist]

To be dead honest, we don't hate you (Aussie). It's just a general cultural thing that we can share with our fellow Oceanic buddies that we can crack a joke at your expense, just as you do with ours.

Hell we rip ourselves off enough, surely we can rip each other off? It's a buddy thing in my eyes.

Aus + NZ = Pub Mates!

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

OMG your from N.Z? how did you get power into your mud hut, or a computer for that matter?.

Or the best one yet, an American asked me whats the best way to f**k a sheep (Common N.Z joke)
I was so sick of this my response was: Put them at the edge of a cliff, they push back better!
Sometimes shock and surprise just goes a little too far.

At least evefrybody knows where new zealand is, and how great the landscape is (unless they never saw the lord of the rings trilogy or the walking with dinosaurs series (with a couple of episodes using new zealnand landscapes too).

I am a Portuguese and if I dont get bad jokes about "the village" (apparently for other europeans, specially the french and the spanish, portuguese is like a village where there is no village idiot because all are), "arent you spanish?!", I will get a "where the fucking hell is that?!"

I definitly dont hate new zealand as it is the country that if I ever get money for the trip I really want to visit soem day, for like 3 weeks, rent a car and drive from the north to the south and visit all major places and take part in interesting activities (maybe even sheep farming, lol).

 

[Allstar309]

I really despise the New Zealand accent. I'm also an Australian so that may have something to do with it.

But other than that New Zealand is alright.

 

[Spiner909]

New Zealand seems like an alright country to me. One of my friends wants to become an exchange student there.

 

[Willwillwritehiswill]

I'm a New Zealand citizen. I think it's great, if a bit colonial for my tastes.

 

[_Cake_]

I'm from Canada and never in my life have I heard of anyone hating people from New Zealand.

 

[LogieBear]

I live in NewZealand (pretty much the bottom of the world) and we get so many haters!
I constantly get hate of shock from people in online gaming
Things like: OMG your from N.Z? how did you get power into your mud hut, or a computer for that matter?.
And honestly we are more advanced than a lot of other places.

=Edit=
By the way Aussie haters DO NOT count!

I'm going to be honest with you, the first time I encountered a Kiwi online my initial reaction was, "Really? You guys have internet and xbox in New Zealand?" And come on now it's really not hard to be "more advanced" than a lot of places, when over half the world lives below the poverty line, I mean going to NZ is like stepping back into the 1950's with xbox and broadband.
But of course us Australian haters don't count because lets face it, there's 20 000 000 of us... But really if I were you everytime an American called you Australian, I'd take it as a compliment, least you don't get call fucking British!

Umm our Broadband and console and computer technology including gaming is up to date with the rest of the world thank you very much

 

[Caiti Voltaire]

Because the people are ignorant and trying to make themselves feel better about their sub-par, irritating existence.

Don't take it too personally, these things. If someone says "What's the best way to fuck a sheep?" give them a made-up, but explicitly detailed explanation. That will make them go away.

I'm from Scotland, so I get crap, too. As far as some people are concerned, I wear a skirt, drink all the time, fuck is fuck every fuck second fuck word fuck, and I live in an ancient settlement.

One person actually thought that there was no internet or electricity in Scotland. Morons.

I pride myself in my scottish heritage, really, and no amount of people pissing on the country is going to stop me from wearing my tartan or having pride in my family and their history.

 

[Dr.Susse]

Love the come back to the guy that asked if you F sheep.
you clever bloke.

 

[Spazticated]

I'll think you'll find most of the "Haters" are Aussies and even then, it's more out of a friendly rivalry than anything, maybe a bit of jealousy.. I mean, crap internet is a small price to pay for non-retarded censorship and a lack of deadly, deadly wildlife.

Now as for you Yanks? I'm not from friggin' England, stop telling me to go back there.

 

[mcgroobber]

love em, they be cool, i love flight of the conchords, yes thats my reason

 

[Fappy]

All I know is it has pretty mountains and the Lord of the Rings movies were filmed there. Reason enough to not hate your country I suppose.

 

[SturmDolch]

What!? I thought it's like ... Paradise on Earth there! It combines my two favourite places, Switzerland (mountains) with Cuba (beautiful oceans) and adds a sexy accent to it! I never really thought it was technologically inept or anything.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I never really thought it was technologically inept or anything.

It's not. It just has what many people (ie, most of the developed world) would consider piss poor information infrastructure.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

and a lack of deadly, deadly wildlife.

That's one of the things that I don't like about New Zealand.

 

[Spaghetti]

It might be down to ignorance, but it's probably just international rivalry. Like Americans and Canadians or Englishmen and Scots, Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!

Anyway, I got nothing against N.Z. Don't know much about it other than that you kick everyone's arse at Rugby and that's where one of the most awesome birds ever comes from.