Your country's Stereotypes
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Err... maybe inside the country. But that's not how the world stereotypically perceives you.Radeonx said:
i'm from Northern Ireland; all of us are drunken, abusive, unintelligible, angry, psychopathic terrorists who kill each other because the other guy worships the same god, from the same book just in a slightly different way.
god i hate that stereotype, but the sad thing is thats a lot more true than most people think :'(
god i hate that stereotype, but the sad thing is thats a lot more true than most people think :'(
My father was Swedish and I was born and raised here so I guess that makes me:
-blonde (I was blonde as a kid, does that count?)
-blue-eyed (Sorry, hazel eyes)
-really tall (I'm 167 cm so no?)
-polite (actually I am)
-private (this too. I've had to train myself to not freeze when being hugged)
-damn socialist (well, I prefer it to capitalism so I guess yes...)
-nudist (so not me. Unless I'm at at home with the blinds drawn, then I prance around in my undies =P)
-sexy (the only people who've told me that I am have been lecherous old(er) men, drunkards and, oddly enough, lesbians trying to get into my pants. Oh and my friends but they don't count.)
-arrogant (I've got too low self-esteem for that, but yeah we're arrogant)
My mother on the other hand was Irish so then I'm also:
-drunkard (don't drink at all. Have them in the family though, and my father was one)
-friendly (I think I am. But in all honestly, the majority of Irish people I've met are mean by my standards)
-believe in and talk about fairies and the like in everyday conversation (my grandmother would have probably disowned me if I did)
-Catholic (I was raised such, but I no longer consider myself that)
-eats potatoes (this is big in both Ireland and Sweden. Good lord, how I hate potatoes)
-great sense of humour (I can find something funny in practically everything. I don't know if that counts. I do enjoy Irish black humour)
-good looking (I've yet to met an Irishman face-to-face who I found attractive. Who didn't have a parent from somewhere else anyway)
Wow. That was long. Sorry about that =o
TL;DR Swedes = sexy, blonde, statuesque, polite bastards. Irish = Friendly drunks who see fairies dancing in their potato patch.
-blonde (I was blonde as a kid, does that count?)
-blue-eyed (Sorry, hazel eyes)
-really tall (I'm 167 cm so no?)
-polite (actually I am)
-private (this too. I've had to train myself to not freeze when being hugged)
-damn socialist (well, I prefer it to capitalism so I guess yes...)
-nudist (so not me. Unless I'm at at home with the blinds drawn, then I prance around in my undies =P)
-sexy (the only people who've told me that I am have been lecherous old(er) men, drunkards and, oddly enough, lesbians trying to get into my pants. Oh and my friends but they don't count.)
-arrogant (I've got too low self-esteem for that, but yeah we're arrogant)
My mother on the other hand was Irish so then I'm also:
-drunkard (don't drink at all. Have them in the family though, and my father was one)
-friendly (I think I am. But in all honestly, the majority of Irish people I've met are mean by my standards)
-believe in and talk about fairies and the like in everyday conversation (my grandmother would have probably disowned me if I did)
-Catholic (I was raised such, but I no longer consider myself that)
-eats potatoes (this is big in both Ireland and Sweden. Good lord, how I hate potatoes)
-great sense of humour (I can find something funny in practically everything. I don't know if that counts. I do enjoy Irish black humour)
-good looking (I've yet to met an Irishman face-to-face who I found attractive. Who didn't have a parent from somewhere else anyway)
Wow. That was long. Sorry about that =o
TL;DR Swedes = sexy, blonde, statuesque, polite bastards. Irish = Friendly drunks who see fairies dancing in their potato patch.
America:
pretty Much depending on whether we are the badassess of the world or the asses of the world.
Generlaly Speaking (and this is coming from some games and anime that come over):
Smart Ass
Village Idiot
Militant/Career Soldier
Macho Man
I'm surprised no one has mentioned rednecks yet (look up anything from Larry the Cable Guy and you get the idea).
pretty Much depending on whether we are the badassess of the world or the asses of the world.
Generlaly Speaking (and this is coming from some games and anime that come over):
Smart Ass
Village Idiot
Militant/Career Soldier
Macho Man
I'm surprised no one has mentioned rednecks yet (look up anything from Larry the Cable Guy and you get the idea).
I'm Aussie.
Lemmee count 'em off...
1. We all have accents like Crocodile Dundee.
2. We all are Crocodile Dundee: don't know how to function in cities, live in the Outback, wrestle crocodiles...
3. We're obsessed with barbecuing shrimp. I loathe shrimp.
4. We're all drunkards, drinking just to pass out. I drink to enjoy, and have never been drunk.
5. We're all super people. How else would we survive the dangerous animals?
6. As I said, all our animals can kill you with but a touch.
Lemmee count 'em off...
1. We all have accents like Crocodile Dundee.
2. We all are Crocodile Dundee: don't know how to function in cities, live in the Outback, wrestle crocodiles...
3. We're obsessed with barbecuing shrimp. I loathe shrimp.
4. We're all drunkards, drinking just to pass out. I drink to enjoy, and have never been drunk.
5. We're all super people. How else would we survive the dangerous animals?
6. As I said, all our animals can kill you with but a touch.
NZ
Last time I checked the general stereotype was rugby obsessed, short shorts, gumboots and plaid shirt wearing, sheep humping hippies.
Last time I checked the general stereotype was rugby obsessed, short shorts, gumboots and plaid shirt wearing, sheep humping hippies.
Russia.
Apparently everything happens backwards in Russia, and bears wear fur hats to the store to get vodka.
If so, the same thing happens in Canada, because I don't see much of a difference between the two.
Apparently everything happens backwards in Russia, and bears wear fur hats to the store to get vodka.
If so, the same thing happens in Canada, because I don't see much of a difference between the two.
lol.DuplicateValue said:Ehm... Prawns actually.Dorian_Winter said:
OT: Australia, so my stereotype is easy-going, beer-swilling racist.
