Canadian truths:
- Not everyone speaks French but there is French everywhere. every product label in Canada is required to be in both French and English and most of the time when you call a service line or automated number in Canada you will hear "Press 1 for English Press 2 for French"
Greeks are not miserable and worrying 24/7 about the economic crisis. We get along fine.
Canada -
A lot of people seem to think the country is low tech and doesn't have big cities. Often when Americans and Europeans visit Vancouver, they seem surprised to find skyscrapers instead of log cabins. And they're shocked to find almost half the population is Asian. A Japanese student once told me she felt "scammed of the Canadian experience" because there were so many Asians around. She expected everyone to be white.
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I just meant as opposed to small towns people were picturing.idk, comparatively canada cities are pretty small. Toronto is like the size of metro phoenix. When I think big city I think LA, Tokyo, Mexico City, Karachi, you get the idea. Sorry Montreal or whatever.
- our national dish is waffles -> Nobody except tourists eat waffles, our national dish is actually Belgian fries ( the french claimed the name, but all of us know it's actually ours and we don't care)
Nah it's the Americans who slapped the ownership of fries to us, we never claimed it.
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.
The main one about the US just reading NeoGAF is that nobody really acknowledges that the the country is fucking gigantic and has as many variations in culture between Jersey and Long Beach as the difference between Wales and Bucharest.
-- there are regional cultures
-- there are city-by-city differences
-- there are state-to-state differences
and we're not just talking accents, though those are the primary identifier. we're also talking about regional foods, personal identity and outlook, consumed media, and on and on.
yes, what unites Americans is typically more than what divides us, but outsiders looking in should know that texas is as different from new york as ireland is from spain.
America is racist
Ireland being part of the UK or Great Britain
I didn't visit the whole country but going from Auckland to Rotorua, it seemed like there were a lot of sheep around. From a tourist's point of view going from the city to the geysers and glow worm caves, I can see why that stereotype exists.- "There's sheep everywhere."
Canada -
A lot of people seem to think the country is low tech and doesn't have big cities. Often when Americans and Europeans visit Vancouver, they seem surprised to find skyscrapers instead of log cabins. And they're shocked to find almost half the population is Asian. A Japanese student once told me she felt "scammed of the Canadian experience" because there were so many Asians around. She expected everyone to be white.
Maybe if you guys worried more you wouldn't be in that situation!
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.
United States: We're not ALL mouthbreathers who voted for Trump and clap after meals.
Yea I was going to say you're pretty ignorant about your neighbors if you think that we claimed fries. Everyone in France think they are Belgian.Nah it's the Americans who slapped the ownership of fries to us, we never claimed it.
Not that I don't believe you, but define "cold" please?
Because I had an Algerian friend once tell me that it can get pretty cold in Algeria sometimes, but she had to wear gloves and a scarf at 17 Celsius and 10 C was "very cold" to her, haha.
That we all know what chicken piri-piri is.
Im still to find out what dish they are talking about. Altough i suspect is just barbecue chicken with spicy sauce
That we all know what chicken piri-piri is.
Im still to find out what dish they are talking about. Altough i suspect is just barbecue chicken with spicy sauce
Right on both accounts but its done here as well, and for quite some time too.It is a Mozambican dish I believe, hence the confusion with Portugal.
Most people think the Greeks couldn't care less and just sit on their ass waiting for money.Greeks are not miserable and worrying 24/7 about the economic crisis. We get along fine.
I'm going to be more specific to my state than country.
Arizona is not mostly desert.
But Arizona has four of them, the Great Basin, the Chihuahuan, the Mojave, and the Sonoran Desert.
All four are incredibly distinct by their plant live alone. You will only find Saguaro cacti in the Sonoran. The Chihuanhuan desert is roughly 3,500 feet above the sea level and contains wildflower and shrubs. The Mojave desert is the driest, and 1/4 of the plants there are endemic including the Joshua Tree. Lastly is the Great Basin desert, AKA, where the Grand Canyon is. It has the least amount of plant life and there is sagebrush for miles.
So I kinda roll my eyes when people take photos of the Great Basin and are like "the Sonoran Desert is so beautiful~"
That's right, the Sonoran is beautiful but you are 200 miles away from it!
German here.
- no, we dont like Hitler, we do NOT appreciate your Asian or American ass shouting Sieg Heil at us and doing the salute. Fuck right off.
- no, german women are not all blonde, they do not all have massive breasts and they do not all wear Dirndls. And if they do, they do not really appreciate being called Fraulein and being groped at the Oktoberfest.
- no, we do NOT all live either in Bavaria or the East
- yes, theres Neo-NAZIs here
- yes they can speak their mind and have demonstrations on the street as long as they obey the law (dont show NAZI symbols, dont engage in hate speech, dont show the NAZI salute etc)
- no, we do not all think that Americans are really really stupid. But a lot of us dont like US foreign policy, including your foreign policy under Obama.
- no, were not always drunk
- yes, we like beer
- yes, we have elevators
- yes, we have TVs
- yes, we have the internet
- yes, most of us speak english
- yes, a lot of us also speak french, so if you Teen French fuckers waltz around in Nürnberg or München or Berlin and comment loudly on womens bodies in French said women will very likely understand what you are saying, you stupid idiots.
- yes, we have a lot of muslims in our bigger cities. Yes, they belong here. No, you dont need to be scared of them. Yes, some are assholes, as are some of the rest of us and some of you.
- no, dear brits, we do NOT appreciate you trying to start a fight in the streets over the football. Go fuck right off. And stop it with the goddamn NAZI salute when youre drunk, god damnit. Also, most of us understand your slurs, even when youre fucking drunk. And yes, we will judge your ass because of that, and this beautiful girl over there will NOT be oblivious because your foreign language is oh so complicated.
- yes, there is german humor, and we are fucking funny.
I do not speak for any Swede other than myself but people thinking they're being clever by 'pretending to be Swedish' by either just swapping out every a and o for åäö or by impersonating "The Swedish Chef" (bork bork bork) aren't being clever, original or funny. They're being racist.
What the hell is bork bork bork suppose to mean anyway? I dont watch the swedish chef.
How are the winters there? In northern sweden it's only light out for maybe 3 hours in the dead of winter. It's better in southern Sweden but I still think it gets a bit too dark for me.Netherlands:
- we don't all smoke weed and bang hookers.
- we don't euthanise all old people (damn you fox news)
Yes we all have bicycles. And yes compared to the rest of the world we are pretty much communist socialists (thanks fox news)
New Zealand does actually exist.
How are the winters there? In northern sweden it's only light out for maybe 3 hours in the dead of winter. It's better in southern Sweden but I still think it gets a bit too dark for me.
How are the winters there? In northern sweden it's only light out for maybe 3 hours in the dead of winter. It's better in southern Sweden but I still think it gets a bit too dark for me.
Netherlands:
- we don't all smoke weed and bang hookers.
- we don't euthanise all old people (damn you fox news)
Yes we all have bicycles. And yes compared to the rest of the world we are pretty much communist socialists (thanks fox news)
United States: We're not ALL mouthbreathers who voted for Trump and clap after meals.