Nationality Stereotypes

Zwuh · Post by **Zwuh** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:35 am

JoelFagin wrote:We all talk like Dutch. (Dutch is the only person I know of who does.)

Blah, yes. People like that give us a horrible, HORRIBLE reputation.

Thereforeiam · Post by **Thereforeiam** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:06 am

British Columbia Steretypes:

We all smoke pot - Sickeningly, a lot of us do. I got nothing on this one.

We all snowboard - Does 'broken tailbone' mean anything to you?

Everybody on the lower coast is Asian or super-hippy NDP activist - Um...not 100%?

We mistreat orcas - I heard this from some guy in Colorado. I saw the orca at the Aquarium once, before it was released......

We all live in Vancouver or Whistler - Ew, Vancouver........

Alberta Stereotypes (I'm pretty much an Albertan. I live here more than BC)

We're all super redneck cowboys - Not so much in the urban centres, but the majority of us seem to have a lot of fun at the Stampede.

We all ride horses - I can, but my partner has never been on a horse in his life.

We're all rich because we all have oilwells in our back yards - The oilwell bit is true, but the oil belongs to the government, damn it. We're not all rich, but the government is.

We secretly desire to be a part of the states - UM, no. No no no. The hate of Bush is just as strong here as anywhere else. In fact, it may be worse. A LOT of this province's money is from beef. Think about it.

Ekolter · Post by **Ekolter** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:23 am

I grew up in Oklahoma and had a friend tell me this:

We all live in the big cities (mostly OKC and Tulsa) with big walls around us to protect us from them Injuns.

We stop traffic at 4pm-ish so they can herd the cattle to the stockyards down the major highways.

If we don't live in the city we live in little cabins out in the plains.

Those Injuns live in teepees.

We talk funny kinda like Jeff Foxworthy and his buddies all the time.

Those in the plains all drive around in tractors.

There's gotta be more but getting a brainfreeze.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:28 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:"Where are you from?"

"Holland."

"Ooooooooh hahahahahahahahahahah(for an hour) so you smoke the (holds invisible joint up to mouth)"

"*sigh*"

Basically, when I say I'm Dutch People think :

I eat cheese
I have a pair of clogs
I smoke weed
I use whores
I'm a liberal (Which is true)

And you have disturbingly rosy cheeks, don't forget that.

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:40 am

Biev wrote:I'm from Quebec. As far as I can tell:

from the Canadian's point of view:
- We can't make up our mind about anything
- We mainly feed off of poutine
- We're all drunks
- We eat frogs

from the American's point of view, or at least the ones who believe we exist:
- We speak english (-_-);
- We say aboot
- All our males are gay
- We all wish we were american
- We all look like we've never seen a comb

from the French's point of view:
- We don't speak "real" French (-_-);
- We have no culture
- We all live in a huge forest
- We're all farmers
- There's only like, 5 of us ;o)

Torontonians are known for being the hottest people ever.

And Canadians in general...
Live in igloos
Eat maple syrup and Mayo like it's going out of style.
Are the kindest people on the face of the planet *you show me kinder!...wait that's not a nice thing to say...*
We have no military.
We're the 51st state.
We're drunks *as Biev said* but not just drunks...SUPER DRUNKS! Like the Irish or Scottish.
Our border is unprotected.

Mounties always get there man...sometimes they get women too.
Pelvic thrusts are like our highfives. *partial truth* They're more like our low five.
*as I heard from a guy in DC* We have no actual leader, just a congress that debates the issues.
We make great lovers. *truth*
We cuddle to survive our climate *partial truth*

And the list goes on...

Cat42 · Post by **Cat42** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:42 am

Tynan wrote:We're the 51st state.

*ah-hem*
This is the Gawd'z truth.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:54 am

hrm.... NY stereotypes....
well, you have to break it into two parts first of all, for Upstate and the city.

NYC stereotypes for those basing on the pre-Mayor Koch era and on Law and Order
-it's a moralless hellhole
-neighbors allow things like the Kitty Genovese murder to happen right on their doorsteps
-you will be mugged, killed or raped if you take the subway.

then there is a whole new set of stereotypes developing based on the modern 9/11 era, but all I can really identify of these new stereotypes is that people recognize the city has really changed for the better since the 1970's.

Upstate stereotypes
-er, there's an upstate?
-we're all farmers. nothing but farms between NYC and Buffalo.
-SNOW CAPITAL. but that one's true. yay lake effect!

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:12 am

grabmygoblin wrote:hrm.... NY stereotypes....
well, you have to break it into two parts first of all, for Upstate and the city.

NYC stereotypes for those basing on the pre-Mayor Koch era and on Law and Order
-it's a moralless hellhole
-neighbors allow things like the Kitty Genovese murder to happen right on their doorsteps
-you will be mugged, killed or raped if you take the subway.

then there is a whole new set of stereotypes developing based on the modern 9/11 era, but all I can really identify of these new stereotypes is that people recognize the city has really changed for the better since the 1970's.

Upstate stereotypes
-er, there's an upstate?
-we're all farmers. nothing but farms between NYC and Buffalo.
-SNOW CAPITAL. but that one's true. yay lake effect!

Well, post-Koch, all the homeless people were secretly shot and all those ticker-tape parades soaked up all the urine, so the city is liveable now.

Upstate NY supposedly has a high suicide rate, as well as Poughkeepsie which has a notoriously high crime rate (worse than Detroit).

Mvmarcz · Post by **Mvmarcz** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:43 am

Louisiana

We're missing most of our teeth
we marry our cousins
we eat a variety of "critter" (this isn't all a lie, but I wouldn't go near any of it)
We all live in new orleans (

fuck you people and your hurricane katrina)
We kent spek proper
we can't read or write
We hate those blacks and queers
we love jesus and you should too or else
we all own shotguns
we all have thick heavy southern accents(I think I've only ever met ONE girl with a heavy accent and she was from tennesse and the guys with them are mostly from texas >_>)
We're all cajun ( we aren't....)

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:54 am

Chicagoans are fat, corrupt, Polish democrats who worship the local professional football team and talk like George Wendt.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:28 am

Iowa-
We're that state that grows potatos. (No...that's Idaho.)
We're that state that grows corn (This is true. There is a LOT of it.)
We're really flat (Yes and no...I bet if you biked across it you'd think otherwise. There's a lot of really rolling hills, but no mountains or anything....but you want flat, go over to Nebraska. ;D Oddly, all the glaciers missed the northeast corner, so it's REALLY hilly)

Wisconsin-
-It's got a lot of rolling grassland and there are cows everywhere (actually -it's got a lot of trees. It was really nice.)

Midwest-
-All midwest states are the same. (nooo...there are places I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole)
-We're all farmers who dress in plaid and speak in a thick farmer accent (there are a lot of farmers, but a lot of it is owned by corperations now. You can find people with the accent, though there are really several of them, but as with anywhere the greatest differnence is rural vs city. For some reason I run into rural folks around here with a Texan accent...which is not what we got in Iowa)
-We're all fairly conservative (really depends on the state....Iowa is a swing state, so there was a wide variety of political views. Indiana is much more conservative overall)
-We're in the middle of no where (Right. Because obviously Chicago isn't in the midwest. Nor is Indianapolis, the twin cities, etc)
-we have bad schools (Indianapolis does. Iowa had very good schools. Very state and even city dependant)

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:30 am

I'm not sure what the Florida steryotypes are, but they're probably all true.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:40 am

You shoot German tourists.

You love Disney.

You dress in pastels.

You are Hispanic, or at least speak Spanish fluently.

You live on a beach or a swamp.

You're not really a Southern state, ya wannabes.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:00 pm

Jim North wrote: You are Hispanic, or at least speak Spanish fluently.

Or are living in a retirement community.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:01 pm

Florida stereotypes? All retirees and snowbirds.

Same for Arizona, minus the humidity and add in annoying IT'S A DRY HEAT jokes.

Yeah, I hate humidity too, but dry heat is what we use to cook food. (That was an annoying dry heat joke there. Welcome to irony in Arizona.)

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:01 pm

Dang, Yeahduff beat me! Because of the dry heat!

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:04 pm

cat42 wrote:
TRI wrote:
Tim wrote: But these aren't stereotypes! I do them too
Well, just cause they're true....

Actually I was tempted to include "you use the word 'evap,'" but since no one outside of Massachusetts seems to know what evap even is I didn't think it was justified.
What the hell isw evap, I've never heard anyone outside of movies references the 20's and before hand use the word "Tonic", and I will admit, I've used wicked myself, but I do not, and rarely have ever, heard anyone pronounce "ar" as "ah", even in boston.

Then again, I'm unobservant, and spend most of my time there at an Art School with students that come from all over the world.

Oh, I can find you plenty of people who have the classic New England/Boston accent, but they're mostly over 45 and live in smaller towns. It's kinda dying out in younger people and big cities.

And evap is short for evaporated milk. The most delicious non-frozen milk product there is.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:45 pm

Oregon: We hate Californians with a fiery passion (truth)

California: They hate Oregonias with a fiery passion (truth)

Also, California is dumb and stupid and dumb.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:11 pm

Sortelli wrote:Dang, Yeahduff beat me! Because of the dry heat!

The humidity keeps us on our toes.

Tellurider · Post by **Tellurider** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:24 pm

Colorado:

Everyone lives in the mountains (Eastern Colorado is part of the great plains)
Everyone lives in or near Denver (7 hour drive from where I live)
Everyone skis, snowboards, or mountain bikes
Everyone lives in a ski town
If you're not in a ski town, then you must be a cowboy
Country music is all there is

Can't really think of any others.

Those Bush stereotypes are really Texas stereotypes, I think. Also texans are fat and they're ranchers and they have all that oil stuff and they're really loudly friendly.

Alaska? Uh... not as many eskimos as you'd think, but I think the one about everyone either fishing or working in oil is fairly correct. And there's a lot of guys. And there's a lot of guys with big scary beards wearing flannel shirts. And there are definitely bears.