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[Spaced Harrier]

And who makes them?

One question I been asked a lot abroad, though only by Americans, is "Do you eat lucky charms?"

(Or is it, "Give me your lucky charms."??)

So to clarify, this cereal, like almost all American food, is not commercially available in Ireland.

I think it was for a short time in the early 90cs and sold abysmally, as it's disgusting and tastes of chalk.
That's my memory anyway, and it could be entirely invented by me.

Occasionally large stores have ethnic food sections, and America is included.
(Everything is peanut butter)

Recently I saw this in a Tesco, however the American food, unlike the Japanese, Chinese, Polish etc, was not on the actual food isles, but entirely on the confectionery isle.
And lo and behold a box of Lucky Charms was in fact there.

It was 8 Euro, and kinda dusty.

 

[BigTnaples]

Wrong board?

 

[Lurk]

England is a city.

 

[LakeEarth]

That we're high all the time here in the Mushroom Kingdom.

 

[Machina]

Perhaps Australia is truly dangerous.....But only to clueless tourists who find Huntsman spiders more terrifying than Platypus

 

[Rellik]

England is a city.

All of England is London.

 

[RowdyReverb]

That we all like Call of Duty.

 

[Majine]

I get the sense that GAF thinks Sweden (and rest of the scandinavian countries) is some kind of utopian country. It's expensive, dark and dull for most part of the year, most people seem disconnected and bothered by strangers.

 

[L.O.R.D]

Saudi Arabia: every one is rich because everyone have oil field,and it's very easy to find jobs here,also it seems we still live inside tents and ride camels.

 

[Spaced Harrier]

Misconceptions about which board you are posting on.

Smh.

 

[lensoftruth]

England is a city.

Not heard this one before!?

 

[flatearthpandas]

Some people think the Nintendo branch in my home country gives a shit about their customers.

 

[FDC1]

Every French game has to have a shower scene

Well, that's maybe not completly wrong

 

[Lanrutcon]

In South Africa, we don't actually have Lions and Elephants in our backyards. Shocking, I know.

...we have them in parks, where they kill tourists who don't listen to their guides.

 

[MadJackChurchill]

Not heard this one before!?

Jake Paul's rap. He says "England is my CITY". Ugh.

 

[13ruce]

They always make strange jokes in Inkopolis a city in Splatoon. It's like we Squids all like memes.

Edit:
That we always smoke weed or use drugs in the Netherlands since it's legal or pretty much not cared about untill you sell it or use it while driving. Or go to hookers since the red light districts is also where our country is known for legal hookers.

And ofcourse those wooden shoes and those mills + milkmaids.

 

[Machina]

They always make strange jokes in Inkopolis a city in Splatoon. It's like we Squids all like memes.

Blame Deviantart

 

[tim.mbp]

GTA the thread.

 

[BeeDog]

That every girl in Sweden is a tall, blonde, blue-eyed beauty with big tits. Not really true.

EDIT: To clarify, I always thought this was sexist, silly wishful thinking among many foreigners. Always roll my eyes when I hear it.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

France: most people don't wear bérets, you'll never see a mime outside of the tourist areas of Paris, Jerry Lewis is not particularly famous nor popular here (RIP anyway), we don't spend our days drinking wine and reading philosophy, we don't hate the english language, we're just really bad at speaking it, etc. We do like to protest a lot though, now that's a cliché that has some truth to it!

Edit: and I've never eaten a snail or a frog. But that's not really a misconception, just not as common as some people think.

 

[Tecnniqe]

That every girl in Sweden is a tall, blonde, blue-eyed beauty with big tits. Not really true.

Are you saying the internet lied about Scandinavia heaven?
🤔🤔
I don't believe you!

 

[Drencrom]

I get the sense that GAF thinks Sweden (and rest of the scandinavian countries) is some kind of utopian country. It's expensive, dark and dull for most part of the year, most people seem disconnected and bothered by strangers.

I personally don't agree at all. Not to be judgmental or anything, but to me it just sounds like you're a bit depressed.

If you truly feel that way about Sweden/Scandinavia, travel or move to any other country and you'll soon see most people are "bothered by strangers" and are fairly disconnected. Especially in big cities.

That every girl in Sweden is a tall, blonde, blue-eyed beauty with big tits. Not really true.

Always been a shitty, sexist meme. Really tired of it.

 

[tommycronin]

Yeah i have lived in Cork my whole life and i've yet to see a actual box of lucky charms, there is a lot of misconceptions here but most if not all of them are harmless.

 

[13ruce]

Blame Deviantart

True lol.

While there is lots of insanely good art there, there also is lots of creepy/weird stuff and even hilarious stuff.... Found that out when i was still deciding on what i want for my Splatoon tattoo and was looking for ideas and nice designs lol.

Same goes for pinterest.

 

[Holygriever]

People seem to think all we play in here to this day is the Mega Drive (or Sega Genesis if you're from those places).

 

[PerfectFlaw]

People watch movies and think Americans just finish their food with some small talk or by clearing the table. In reality, it's good manners to clap first.

 

[ramparter]

England is a city.

And Europe is a country.

 

[Vanillalite]

.

 

[veryslowhand]

People seem to think all we play in here to this day is the Mega Drive (or Sega Genesis if you're from those places).

brazil?

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Ireland being part of the UK or Great Britain

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

That we never clap after meals

 

[Holygriever]

brazil?

Bingo.

 

[tommycronin]

Ireland being part of the UK or Great Britain

Actually I take back what I said a while ago this one would annoy me a little.

 

[spons]

Weed, prostitutes, doctors killing babies and the elderly.

 

[Lemonte]

Nope. Zero misconceptions about Finland. It's all true.

 

[Foffy]

That America is really a country that emphasizes and empowers freedom.

Even Americans believe this and they're full of shit.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Americans are loud and obnoxious.

New Englanders are actually quiet and obnoxious.

 

[Shifty]

All British people have met and personally know the queen.

Edit: Lawd, even in this thread we get people posting without context. In the spirit of the discussion, I'm going to go ahead and assume you're all American.

 

[Pif]

In Portugal they think we have a 3 hour mid day break "La Siesta" like in Spain.

I'm not even sure if people even do that in Spain themselves.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Weed, prostitutes, doctors killing babies and the elderly.

First two hits NL so I'm gonna assume they kill babies and elderly for good measure in order to be right

 

[darklin0]

That the Mexican government sends rapists, murderers, and drug lords to the U.S.


Serious answer: Everyone in California surfs.

 

[Wace]

Too many to even try to list.

 

[jugann]

No, we're not all pirates.

 

[nOoblet16]

-Our food is always spicy and it's all curry, nope it's not. There are several different Indian cuisines
-Everyone speaks "Indian" despite there being 20+ recognised languages
-Everyone is racially and culturally the same despite it being one of the most diverse countries
-Every movie is Bollywood movie, despite there being several film industries
-Its a hot and sweaty country, despite it being a large and geographically diverse country with several seasons
-Everyone worships cows
-India is an IT powerhouse, despite the fact that everything in IT industry is focused to outsource for western companies.


Much of the misconceptions comes from being unable to comprehend the scale and diversity in a big country can be. Because much of the western nations are small and the ones that aren't have quite a homogeneous culture in comparison to the variation found in India. (Like yes there's a difference between New York and a Texan culture but it's much smaller compared to the difference between North and South Indian culture etc)

 

[mabec]

DICE still make innovative first person shooters

 

[glimmerman]

In South Africa, we don't actually have Lions and Elephants in our backyards. Shocking, I know.

...we have them in parks, where they kill tourists who don't listen to their guides.

... not too mention all the racists and mercenaries. Oh wait, *mis*conceptions.

 

[HackTheSlash]

I live in Northern Canada.

I have had several people from middle and southern USA ask if its always cold or frozen here. A very small few asked if we actually live in igloos or travel by snowmobile or dogsled daily.

It actually only snows here about 5 months of the year. Starting in late November and warming in about March sometime. Gets fairly warm too. In the 30s (Celsius).

 

[Lanrutcon]

-Our food is always spicy and it's all curry, nope it's not.
-Everyone speaks "Indian" despite there being 20+ recognised languages
-Everyone is racially and culturally the same despite it being one of the most diverse countries
-Everyone movie is Bollywood movie, despite there being several film industries
-Its a hot and sweaty country, despite it being a large and geographically diverse country with several seasons
-Everyone worships cows
-India is an IT powerhouse, despite the fact that everything in IT industry is focused to outsource for western companies.

You learn something new every day. The language situation sounds pretty crazy.

... not too mention all the racists and mercenaries. Oh wait, *mis*conceptions.

And here we have someone who watches too much TV.

 

[Hambulance]

New Zealand does actually exist.

 

[faridmon]

Since this thread is in gaming Section, I'll give you 1 advice about Birmingham

DO NOT APPLY FOR CODEMASTERES. ITS A SHIT COMPANY THAT TREATS ITS INTERN AND SOME WORKERS SHIT