The American Gamer's Knowledge of Australia

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

º We are not Australian, but in-fact British
º Due to our ancestry we are all criminals
º Our lunch is comprised of kangaroo meat and BBQ'd shrimp
º They saved us in WW2 with a "fashionably late entrance"
º Our primary mode of transport is the kangaroo
º 1 in every 2 Australian's have lost a baby to a Dingo.

[Gathered from over 3 years experience on Xbox Live]
*Disclaimer: This is meant as a joke I know most (hopefully most) Americans are smarter than this, but then again, on XBL most aren't.

Of course most of these are just common stereotypes we're all used to by now, but it never gets easier being called british every day. Care to share the common misconceptions (maybe less known stereotypes about you're country, town, or whatever).

 

[Galletea]

...Well some Americans I met were convinced that I had an Aussie accent, and I can't say I was too enamoured with that idea either. Stupid people say stupid things, like asking if JK Rowling was going to become queen, and thinking that all Brits like the Beatles. Other than that, I can't recall, I'm sure there are loads, but not so many that have been drawn directly to my attention.

 

[elementsoul]

A 16 year old in the southern part of the USA now believes that I live in an igloo, I have a pet beaver and moose, my best friend owns a polar bear, and that I swam two kilometers under frozen water to run an internet cable in order to play xbox live.

I live in Canada and I run into to many idiots.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

A 16 year old in the southern part of the USA now believes that I live in an igloo, I have a pet beaver and moose, my best friend owns a polar bear, and that I swam two kilometers under frozen water to run an internet cable in order to play xbox live.

I live in Canada and I run into to many idiots.

Amen brother. I lived in Alaska, and dear lord when people found out about that... One person actually asked me if it was really cold in Alaska...

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

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God I love that show.

A 16 year old in the southern part of the USA now believes that I live in an igloo, I have a pet beaver and moose, my best friend owns a polar bear, and that I swam two kilometers under frozen water to run an internet cable in order to play xbox live.

I live in Canada and I run into to many idiots.

I actually had one of them convinced that there were no cities and we all lived an hours drive apart, in the middle of the desert. Yes our island has no beaches.

 

[S.R.S.]

They saved us in WW2 with a "fashionably late entrance"

ANZACS, dude.

We do have the best beaches.

 

[StBishop]

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Amen brother. I lived in Alaska, and dear lord when people found out about that... One person actually asked me if it was really cold in Alaska...

Is it?

 

[El Dingo]

º We are not Australian, but in-fact British
º Due to our ancestry we are all criminals
º Our lunch is comprised of kangaroo meat and BBQ'd shrimp
º They saved us in WW2 with a "fashionably late entrance"
º Our primary mode of transport is the kangaroo
º 1 in every 2 Australian's have lost a baby to a Dingo.

[Gathered from over 3 years experience on Xbox Live]
*Disclaimer: This is meant as a joke I know most (hopefully most) Americans are smarter than this, but then again, on XBL most aren't.

Of course most of these are just common stereotypes we're all used to by now, but it never gets easier being called british every day. Care to share the common misconceptions (maybe less known stereotypes about you're country, town, or whatever).

I've collected a lot of babies over the years...

 

[Acaroid]

º Due to our ancestry we are all criminals

wait wait wait, unless your from Adelaide then your not. It wasn't settle as a prison colony, that is why those convict speaking east-coasters are always jealous of the place and try and say stupid and nasty things about it LOL

 

[DanielPowell33]

Well, I live in Texas.....so many to pick from.

First of all, your probably thinking, "How is he on the internet, horses don't get Wi-Fi!?!?"

The answer to that question is, I have a specially made cowboy hat that does receive a Wi-Fi signal.


But really, I have neither a horse nor a cowboy hat.

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

Whenever people find out I'm English they ask me a number of things: Where's my accent from (its a bastard accent from a Canadian School in Singapore)? The stereotyping ones are: Why do I have teeth in even a remotely decent condition? How is it possible I have an Irish friend? How can it be that I'm not currently killing Frenchmen? How many cars did I set fire too/how many people have I stabbed because of a football match? And my personal favourite: How much gratitude do I feel towards the USA for saving "our asses"? (quoted verbatim...I loved it. Only happened once though)

 

[Sebenko]

I for one see Australia as our sister nation, also struggling under a government that manages to be both incredibly incompetent and all controlling.

 

[DividedUnity]

First of all, your probably thinking, "How is he on the internet, horses don't get Wi-Fi!?!?"

I lol'd so hard at this. Just simply for the fact I wouldnt put it past most people on xbox live to say something like that.

OT: According to people on xbox live everyone in ireland lives in a thatched cottage, is called or patrick and were "always looking for our lucky charms" in that bad impression of and irishman everyones heard.

I was asked how I was on xbox live because they "didnt think we had electricity in ireland"

 

[Kaymish]

well apart from the fact that you lot are all criminals being the total truth

i had a friend from Australia moan about the shrimp on the BBQ but the blame for that is an Australian the tourism ad with the crocodile Dundee guy and the throw the shrimp on the BBQ was the last line and the only one the generalised americans remembered

well that's the story i got anyway

but i cant remember any stereotypes for my country we just don't exist for the Americans well except for "where?"

[EDIT] oh and "oh kiwi" [followed by bad rendition of a generic Haka]

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

º Due to our ancestry we are all criminals

wait wait wait, unless your from Adelaide then your not. It wasn't settle as a prison colony, that is why those convict speaking east-coasters are always jealous of the place and try and say stupid and nasty things about it LOL

Actually coincidentally enough I am from Adelaide, but of course even though it is clearly stated in my "location" on my XBL profile American's can't read to much into that, because of course most of them can't read. Oh wait there I go again...

Gotta remember though there are also a lot of American stereotypes people believe too.

Also gotta remember that it's easy to support a stereotype of "American's are dumb" or that you are all trigger happy rednecks, when you guys give us so many reasons to take this shit seriously... You need to keep in mind that a whole generation grew up with their idea of an american being George W Bush.

 

[Cryo84R]

No one ever held a stereotype about an American.

/sarcasm

 

[ConnorF92]

English, so the usual ones are:

Yellow/bad-condition teeth
Tea and crumpets with a spot of cricket/croquet (whatever the hell that is)
Low IQ

I don't get them very often, they're just the stereotypes. Most I ever get is the whole "America saving everyone in World War II". Not saying they did nothing, but give the Soviets some credit! They virtually won that war for us