Stereotypes of where you come from

[Helmet]

I live in Oklahoma. I do hunt and fish, I do own a gun, I do farm, I do drive a truck, I do wear a cowboy hat, and I do say Howdy as a greeting. The animals I kill I eat.

I can ride a horse- I have three. It is about half a mile from my house to my closest neighbor.

I am not missing any teeth. I am not an idiot. My response to everything is not some racist comment. I do not blame all my problems on the North. I am not a religious man, despite living in the buckle of the Bible Belt. I do not smoke, dip, or chew tobacco.

I do occasionally drink a bit much, but Bud and Coors are not allowed in my home. My poison of choice is Boddington's Pub Ale or Chicken Killer.

I am mostly a stereotype of Oklahoma, but I'm alright with that.

 

[Squilookle]

OK I can't get the horrific drop bear image to come up in the post, which wrecks the whole impact, but if you want to see it it is here: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CCp1tESrU5Y/Siv-SXfU-zI/AAAAAAAAKF4/pa4V8_DZ72w/s1600-h/hot6.jpg

 

[CrashBang]

England - posh twats who drink a shit load of tea and have awful teeth.
The reality - I heard we have the best dental care of any country in the western world, I hate tea but agree that most brits love the stuff, and there are very few posh people. Most people I know are working class, have anything but a posh accent and is a miserable, cynical bastard. I hate the stereotype but I hate the reality more, Britain truly sucks and is a very miserable place. Can't wait to move to America, and yes I mean that

 

[Nanaki316]

Not sure if I've missed it in here somewhere but I'm from England and a young mum. Here that stereotypes you as a slag who wasn't using protection and has had 30 sexual partners by the time she's 18.

None of which is true.

 

[Truehare]

I'm from Brazil, but I don't really like samba (not what's being sold as samba nowadays, anyway) or soccer. And today is the first day after Carnaval, and it will be the first day in a week I'll go out, because I just can't stand Carnaval...

EDIT: Oh, yeah, I went to Rio de Janeiro (which is NOT the Capital of Brazil, by the way) only twice for work and didn't go to the beach.

More specifically, I live in the state of Mato Grosso (which literally means "thick woods"), and every time I go to the more "civilized" areas of the country, people ask me if we have pet cheetahs or if we live in tribes.

 

[Tanto-chan]

I'm from New Jersey... Everybody thinks we're Guido's... that's about it lol.

ditto. and being a girl i hate being lumped in with the 'Jersey Gurl' stereotype too. Those are the fucking coast girls if anything. I'm from South Jersey so I more like a girl from Phili than anywhere else.

 

[G1eet]

So. I live in Texas. Apparently, everyone here wears cowboy hats and boots, rides their horse everywhere, say "yee-ha" or "howdy" non-stop, and we all carry guns. (No, I'm not making this up. Whenever I travel anywhere, these are the honest to god first questions I've been asked.)

Where in Texas do you live? I've heard some nasty rumors about West Texas... as well as some very nice things about the Austin area.

As mexicans, we are prone to get involved in gang activity, fail at having a successful future educational-wise, quite "ghetto", and hate every other minority.

These are our stereotypes, and sadly a large percentage of my ethnicity do carry out those stereotypes I mentioned.

I'd agree with you, but I'm fairly certain most of the gangbangers at my high school that I can think of are Puerto Rican. Most of my classmates don't know the difference >.<
"Durr hurr, they's all Hispanics, wot's the difference, yo?"

However, we just had a small family of Mexican immigrants open up a restaurant in town. They epitomize the other Mexican stereotype I'm aware of- the hardcore Roman Catholic variety. They're terrific.

We play hahd, we play at the pahk. Then we go to Duncan Donuts, get a lahge coffee. And when our sport teams win, we drink and get violent.

Truth be told, that's only Boston. The rest of MA isn't really like that.

Awh, I love you Massachusettsians. I visit the Cape every summah. My uncle lives in the 'elbow' of MA (Chatham) and he has a fairly heavy accent.

On topic... upstate New York? Well, our politicians are corrupt as all hell and our standardized test scores are spiraling down the tubes.

 

[Pocotron]

I'm from Kentucky.

I supposedly don't eat or drink anything but Fried Chicken and bourbon and I don't own shoes. I poo in the backyard and have more dead animal carcasses in my house than lightbulbs. I've also apparently never been to the dentist and am an inbred clansman.

Please, for the love of FSM, kill me...

(Although we do have a bad-ass movie...)

Ya know, I think I saw him once while takin' a poo off my back porch!

 

[j1-2themax]

Well, Wisconsin is commonly referred to as the Dairy State, so we like our milk and cheese. We might also have a reputation for being big drinkers, though if that's the case, it's well deserved for the most part.

 

[Snowalker]

Inbred hil billys sittin on te porch drinkin te moonshine playin te banjo and bein racist.

Tennessean too?

 

[Singularly Datarific]

I'm in america, but being californian shies away most negative stereotypes.
I do feel sorry for anyone intelligent in the southern states, though...

 

[Ham_authority95]

Eugene Oregon here

So I guess I'm stereotyped as a pot-smoking, anarchist hippie.

This couldn't be more far from the truth really, unless you live downtown.

EDIT: I also like grunge and punk rock apparently....which I don't

 

[Murdering Monk]

Indiana = Corn

 

[Aerodynamic]

For Mexicans in America see this video


It may not be funny to most people, but what was funny to me is how all of these were right.

 

[Prof.Wood]

England - posh twats who drink a shit load of tea and have awful teeth.
The reality - I heard we have the best dental care of any country in the western world, I hate tea but agree that most brits love the stuff, and there are very few posh people. Most people I know are working class, have anything but a posh accent and is a miserable, cynical bastard. I hate the stereotype but I hate the reality more, Britain truly sucks and is a very miserable place. Can't wait to move to America, and yes I mean that

I'm with you my friend but I'm trying for the great white north.
(most of the Canadian stereotypes are nice IMO so I kinda hope there all true).

 

[aaronmcc]

Northern Ireland....fucking terrorists and potatoes. I've heard it all the before you dickheads but still with the potato jokes.

 

[Sir Kemper]

"Hey der, Foolks, i'm fruom Can-A-Da, Eh? I reeally dun' know aboot them streyatypes, Eh, i mean Hear in Can-A-Da were all buddys with everybody, Now if y'ell excuse me, teh Beavers are chewin' on meh internet cables. Oh, my Me Igloo is melting! Help help!"

Essentialy this, It's rather funny to hear the dissapointment in those silly American teens voices on XBL when they relise all the things they thought they could make fun of canada are false.

 

[aaronmcc]

"Hey der, Foolks, i'm fruom Can-A-Da, Eh? I reeally dun' know aboot them streyatypes, Eh, i mean Hear in Can-A-Da were all buddys with everybody, Now if y'ell excuse me, teh Beavers are chewin' on meh internet cables. Oh, my Me Igloo is melting! Help help!"

Essentialy this, It's rather funny to hear the dissapointment in those silly American teens voices on XBL when they relise all the things they thought they could make fun of canada are false.

I'm not your buddy...pal.
Seriously dude I would be honoured if there were any cool irish stereotype characters like Terrence and Philip. Perhaps they offend you but we have Ian Paisley and fucking Bono!

 

[scoHish]

Us Chicagoans are labeled as polish-sausage eating dick-heads who scream "DA BEARS!" while humping our footballs. I proudly do all three.