It's kinda sad because I already forgot his name. And that reflects society in general, I think. People forget the bad things quickly and continue being led like sheep.Professor James said:
What is your state's/country's embarrassing stereotype?
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I always hated that stereotype. In my opinion the people of Quebec were very forward thinking in their provincial policies and that they have been a great and positive influence on the rest of Canada politically - if not now, at least in the past.Psykoma said:
I'm from America. I'm not going to state the stereotype, since we all know it. Although to add to the thread I'm from Illinois. Im not sure what the stereotype is for that, but I'm sure it has something to do with Chicago, Pizza, and Thompson Submachine guns.
Yep. I know how it is. My particular area is usually thought of (at least here in Western New York) as just full of rednecks, drugs, guns, and freeloaders. Not entirely false, however.sextus the crazy said:
Seattle has indy kids in far more abundance than hipsters. I know it can be easy to confuse them. Hipsters are a little more annoying, and way more self involved.Nuke_em_05 said:
Washington is known for coffee, Microsoft, rain, and environmentalism. Pretty much where I have been people assume the entire state is covered in forests, when over half the state is desert. As for people there isn't a real stereotype to go along with it, you might say slightly liberal run of the mill nice people. Tacoma really screws up that stereotype through.
You can attribute the decline in cultural relevance of the pacific Northwest to the state government. You may notice few shows and movies filmed in the last fifteen years actually take place in Seattle. The state has made it very difficult and costly to actually film anything here. So you rarely have anything set in Washington unless a previous work (book, etc) calls for it.
Almost everything that takes place in Washington is filmed in Canada, and uses stock shots of Seattle. The last major pop culture thing I can even think of that was set in Washington is the Twilight series, and even that was filmed in Oregon.
...........Ohio
We have a mix of them, and our Football(Not soccer) mascot is named after a nut.
We have a mix of them, and our Football(Not soccer) mascot is named after a nut.
Yeah, we're known for a lot of things, but the question was embarrassing stereotypes (as in, potentially not generally true); not actual industries, weather, politics, or geography.manaman said:
The way you define "Indy" sounds like a way for a group of hipsters to try to differentiate themselves from the "bad" hipsters.
I'm from Southern California, going to college in Ohio. People keep asking why I'm not tan and if I know how to surf.
Guess everyone from S. Cali is a surfer dude.
Guess everyone from S. Cali is a surfer dude.
Norway here.
I'm not sure how people see us, really. What I hear is that we're born with skis on our legs and are all godlike at cross-country skiing. I guess we're also associated with black metal. Oh, and vikings and polar bears everywhere.
I'm not sure how people see us, really. What I hear is that we're born with skis on our legs and are all godlike at cross-country skiing. I guess we're also associated with black metal. Oh, and vikings and polar bears everywhere.
I'm from Rochester myself, so we're just normal city folk. I generally think we're pretty friendly and tolerant.the_hoffs_ego said:
Are you joking? The best thing about us is we dont take ourselves seriously at all. Look at a LOT of our comedy. Black adder, the inbetweeners and the office. We laugh at ourselves. Its all humor based on the idea most of us are socially unaware awkward people. And we find that hilarious. We LOVE self depreciation. Making fun of ourselves is what England does best! We made a joke out of the Royal wedding when other countries went mental. We just couldnt give a shit. It was awesome.Varrdy said:
That said me saying that has helped destroy that brilliant thing we have. So shhh
Id say tea drinking, bad teeth and posh is the main one. Despite the majority fitting none of these at all because: disgusting, NHS and middle class being the reasons why not respectively.
