What is your state's/country's embarrassing stereotype?
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I live in Denmark.
I don't really know if there's a stereotype of us but the most likely one must be that we're either unknowingly racist or just racist (a stereotype which is kind of reinforced by the fact that Danish immigration-laws are amongst the strictest in europe, not to mention the whole Muhammed drawing thing).
I don't really know if there's a stereotype of us but the most likely one must be that we're either unknowingly racist or just racist (a stereotype which is kind of reinforced by the fact that Danish immigration-laws are amongst the strictest in europe, not to mention the whole Muhammed drawing thing).
Well that does sound kind of true, a vast majority of Wild Rose votes were from the south of the province after all, even though your city voted PC, in fact Medicine Hat was the only one of the five major Urban centres where the Wild Rose won a majority, which is probably why they only made it to 2nd place. ha ha, Meanwhile all the Pinkos in the province are concentrated in Edmonton as always.Wakikifudge said:
Well I think it only looks dull due to the usually cloudy weather conditions, so if you really look for something interesting to do you can usually find a lot of things fun, maybe it's because I'm still young at heart, but if I'm out on the town I can always find something fun to do, like finding a place that sells interesting novelty beverages for instance.OblivionSoul said:
Ohioan here.
-Excessively Republican
Yep, can't deny that
-Our roads suck
They really, really do suck, blame Lake Erie and the fucking sidewinder weather
-Cleveland
We don't talk about Cleveland.
-LaBron James
We don't talk about that guy anymore.
-Excessively Republican
Yep, can't deny that
-Our roads suck
They really, really do suck, blame Lake Erie and the fucking sidewinder weather
-Cleveland
We don't talk about Cleveland.
-LaBron James
We don't talk about that guy anymore.
Illinois. Fattest children here!
There's not much else I can think of. Maybe Al Capone and stuff.
There's not much else I can think of. Maybe Al Capone and stuff.
Alright, thanks for the input. Honestly though, I'd much rather stick around in BC where everyone is too high to commit any crimes other than shoplifting from a 7/11 when they get their munchies, instead of a town where murder is some-what common =)OblivionSoul said:That bad? Really really not. There's some areas that aren't as nice, that's for sure, but I wouldn't say it's the worst. It's a very normal city. Last year.... yeah, it was bad, an average of almost a murder a week. Part of the problems we have is that it kind of ends up being party central for temporary guys from up north working in the oilfields. But really, it is a nice city. The river valley is particularly niceThe Scotsman72 said:
Captcha: Big Brother. How ominous.
This, basically.Varrdy said:
Specifically I'm from Yorkshire. A lot of those are true for us, though frankly the labradors outnumber the whippets. We work the moorland.
Of course, there's the thing we english do where each region calls every other region of England inbred.
Well Australia has drunken, racist, dumb as shit bogans (thats more annoying then the Steve Irwin/Crocodile Dundee stereotype)
Nobody likes bogans
Nobody likes bogans
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Colorado: Gun Nut Capital of the USA. Not Texas, but Colorado.
I guess you belong at the Big Kids' table, now.
im from Florida myself and as for stereotypes it depends where you are central and northern Florida is incredible hic. Miami is lively and ethnic i guess. but west palm beach where i live is know for rich peoples summer homes and old people retirement housing.which is true of certain communities but the rest is fairly diverse.
Alabamian Here.
Obviously we are stereotyped as being racist rednecks, which is a bullshit stereotype brought on by (tin foil hat time) democrats when we switched parties because we wanted to focus more on the economy than bullshit racial issues.
In reality, we are just regular americans who have a southern accent and we are not as racist as people tend to believe, i mean if we were, why does the entire south have a larger population of blacks than any where else in the country. and to further go on, we tend to vote democratically on local levels, but this is slowly starting to change do to an increase in middle class and corporate businesses moving in along with an increase in technology.
Are there rednecks? well, yeah, every place has red necks, but then again our red necks tend to keep to them selves and not be the friggin family guy stereotype that revises the civil war history to our favor. also i lived here all my life and have seen ZERO klan members or any openly racist people that wasnt just a token mumble about something and then immediately dropped and not spoken.
And i also hate that bullshit about us being anti-technology and hostile that isnt protestant white. this is bullshit. you can go up to any old protestant geezer and ask him what his top five favorite tv station are and i guarantee the science channel or discovery channel is in there. We are not uneducated morons, in fact our education is pretty good.....its just that when you average up everyone from every demographic, you tend to have a huge drop in the average....and some of you know what im talking about. (personally i blame the unfortunate over exposure of a culture that promote ignorance and a lack of self irresponsibility along with a failure in parenting and good role models/ father figures in said demographic, which is sad because they have massive amounts of potential.)
/rant
whew....that felt good.
Obviously we are stereotyped as being racist rednecks, which is a bullshit stereotype brought on by (tin foil hat time) democrats when we switched parties because we wanted to focus more on the economy than bullshit racial issues.
In reality, we are just regular americans who have a southern accent and we are not as racist as people tend to believe, i mean if we were, why does the entire south have a larger population of blacks than any where else in the country. and to further go on, we tend to vote democratically on local levels, but this is slowly starting to change do to an increase in middle class and corporate businesses moving in along with an increase in technology.
Are there rednecks? well, yeah, every place has red necks, but then again our red necks tend to keep to them selves and not be the friggin family guy stereotype that revises the civil war history to our favor. also i lived here all my life and have seen ZERO klan members or any openly racist people that wasnt just a token mumble about something and then immediately dropped and not spoken.
And i also hate that bullshit about us being anti-technology and hostile that isnt protestant white. this is bullshit. you can go up to any old protestant geezer and ask him what his top five favorite tv station are and i guarantee the science channel or discovery channel is in there. We are not uneducated morons, in fact our education is pretty good.....its just that when you average up everyone from every demographic, you tend to have a huge drop in the average....and some of you know what im talking about. (personally i blame the unfortunate over exposure of a culture that promote ignorance and a lack of self irresponsibility along with a failure in parenting and good role models/ father figures in said demographic, which is sad because they have massive amounts of potential.)
/rant
whew....that felt good.
Ontario, Canada. Uhhm.
Well we, like the majority of Canada. Get the Bob and Doug Mackenzie stereotype. Like we go eh all the time eh?
I suppose it's not so negative, but we get told a lot that everything is centralized in Ontario from the rest of Canada. Manufacturing is biggest here, including the auto industry. The federal government. about 1/3 the population of Canada lives here.
Were also known as the place where that jerkass Harper lives (The PM). A lot of people don't like him, myself included. But I will admit thanks impart to him and the guys under him, the country didn't collapse into total economic disaster.
Well we, like the majority of Canada. Get the Bob and Doug Mackenzie stereotype. Like we go eh all the time eh?
I suppose it's not so negative, but we get told a lot that everything is centralized in Ontario from the rest of Canada. Manufacturing is biggest here, including the auto industry. The federal government. about 1/3 the population of Canada lives here.
Were also known as the place where that jerkass Harper lives (The PM). A lot of people don't like him, myself included. But I will admit thanks impart to him and the guys under him, the country didn't collapse into total economic disaster.
I live in Oregon, and the stereotypes are kind of strange here... Everyone seems to think the western half of the state is populated by progressive, if yuppy, health-minded adventurers and rich folk. Meanwhile, the eastern side of the state is said to be full of hicks, backwards manly men, and ignorant farmers. Basically a mini-Texas.
Kind of a turf war between liberal and conservative, with both cliques keeping on their own side of the state.
Where I live is right on the dividing line between these two populations, and they don't mix well. This town has a strange contrast to say the least.
Kind of a turf war between liberal and conservative, with both cliques keeping on their own side of the state.
Where I live is right on the dividing line between these two populations, and they don't mix well. This town has a strange contrast to say the least.
I'm from Michigan, but that is not why I'm here.
No, that is because of the stereotype of Detroit. You see people think that if you go to Detroit you will get shot/stabbed/robbed/assualted in some way. Well to all of you let me say this, this past summer there were 2 days that passed without an assault.
So suck it, that is 48 whole hours of assault-less bliss baby.
No, that is because of the stereotype of Detroit. You see people think that if you go to Detroit you will get shot/stabbed/robbed/assualted in some way. Well to all of you let me say this, this past summer there were 2 days that passed without an assault.
So suck it, that is 48 whole hours of assault-less bliss baby.
Alberta, Canada. We're Canadian Texas.
Other than people on the East Coast often picturing us as... well, Texans, there's nothing really spectacular about us in terms of stereotypes.
(For the record, we don't look or act like stereotypical Texans.)
Other than people on the East Coast often picturing us as... well, Texans, there's nothing really spectacular about us in terms of stereotypes.
(For the record, we don't look or act like stereotypical Texans.)
Never been there, so I can't really say. But if it's heavily influenced by San Francisco culture then I probably wouldn't like it.Elect G-Max said:
New Jersey
Despite the fact that the cast of the infamous television show was from Long Island, we still deal with a lot of flack over it.
Despite the fact that the cast of the infamous television show was from Long Island, we still deal with a lot of flack over it.
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Well, my family brews Tequila, and I'm pretty much the only person I know that doesn't, so as far as I know that one is true, and cockfighting, well I've never seen it but I did have a chicken that was pretty aggressive and fought dogs, so I guess I've done it.Elect G-Max said: