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30 People Share What’s The Myth That Many Foreigners Still Accept As Reality About Their Country
Each country has a unique history, a unique culture, usually a unique language as well. But despite all that, some of them are well known for other reasons – for myths that often have nothing in common with the truth.
Such myths were recently discussed by members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community, after one user asked them about the false narratives about their countries. Quite a few people contributed to the thread, so if you want to see if something you believed about a certain country is but a myth, scroll down to find the netizens’ comments on the list below.
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#1
Canadians are nice.
We are not nice. We are polite.
That means we say “ excuse me”, please” and “thank you” appropriately.
“Excuse me, could you please take all this 51st state b******t to a corner somewhere and f**k yourself with it? Thank you.”.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
It is nice, and that's why we're well respected throughout the world. However, some people, and certain nations, see this as a sign of weakness, so they think they can take advantage of us and push us around. Lived here all my life. I can attest on numerous occasions someone will give you all the polite words and tell you off at the same time, sometimes over the littlest things. It's an acquired skill.
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LetterBomber 10 months ago
As a U.S. Citizen, I can say that the 51st state b******t is the dumbest thing I've ever heard come from that living carrot, and that's a very long list.
Karl der Große 10 months ago
Trying to think of the dumbest thing that guy says is like trying to identify the wettest thing in the ocean.
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Earonn - 10 months ago
So much so that sometimes I have to "cultrually translate" emails by my British colleagues to other colleagues in Germany: "No, that they write so nice does not mean that the matter isn't important or urgent. Actually, this person is close to flying over and smash your face in before burning down your house."
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StrangeOne 10 months ago
lol The guy on the right looks like he's muttering threats behind his smile.
Der Kommissar 10 months ago
Japanese are very polite. That doesn't mean they are nice. It is just part of their culture.
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#2
Canada is not a frozen wasteland all the time. We have Summer here. It's my favourite day of the year.
Auntriarch 10 months ago
We get lovely summers in England. Just not necessarily during the summer time.
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Jayjay 10 months ago
Yes, we do too in the UK and the Netherlands... our summers are: wear your bikini, woollen shirt and raincoat on top of each other, and pull on and off any moment of the day :). Except when we get those nasty plumes from Spain.... then we cannot hose our plants unfortunately and everyone is inside in front of a ventilator if you are lucky to be able to buy one :).
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Adam Benson 10 months ago
North Queensland is also thought to be boiling hot all the time, but we do have winters. I'm pretty sure it was on a Tuesday last year, sometime between 4 and 9am.
Rosecrucian Roeth 10 months ago
Hang on now, last year was one of the hottest on record................we had 2 days of summer:)
#3
That America has a democracy.
Jayjay 10 months ago
... and brain dead idiots like Trusk and Mump (and their hangman republicans in congress) .... killing every democracy in the world. I read about Trump saying the invasion of Putin into Ukraine was the fault of Ukraine? since when was Putin forced to usurp a legitimate country?
Load More Replies... Celestial Phalanx 10 months ago
It's a federal constitutional republic. This was a deliberate decision during its founding in order to prevent the "tyranny of the majority".
Jill Rhodry 10 months ago
It is becoming an oligarchy wrapped up in a warm fuzzy fascist blanky
Load More Replies... Warren Peece 10 months ago
The USA was established as a Republic, not a Democracy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsfpeMELGE
Michael Largey 10 months ago (edited)
It was established in particular as a democratic republic. An important distinction, since not all republics have been democratic. When Rome was a republic, the chief governing body - the Senate - was not elected officials, but members of the powerful families. The Republic of Venice was similar.
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April Pickett 10 months ago
Not anymore. We're in transition to whatever Trump wants. I read a post that he stopped a new law in N.Y. dealing with car density in New York City and his comment was "We stopped this unfair law, saved by your King.
#4
Romania: that we have vampires…. Please, my friend Vlad has not seen a single vampire in the past 300 years.
Also, our national anthem literally begins with “wake up from your slumber of death”. :).
Jaya 10 months ago
Your comment made me listen to it, and I agree! The lyrics include the sentence "Barbaric Tyrants!", which feels like such a cool thing to sing!
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Michael Largey 10 months ago
Vlad hasn't seen a vampire in 300 years? Has he tried looking in a mirror? ...Oh, wait, ...
Michael Largey 10 months ago
It has railroads and everything. "Pardon me, boy. Is that the Transylvania Station?"
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America was founded for religious freedom. The Pilgrims were intolerant bigots, driven out of everywhere else because of their intolerance and zealotry.
They also didn't start America. The Jamestown Colony was the "start" and it was a 'company town'. So America was founded for corporate wealth expansion.
The Scout 10 months ago
One can only shudder if thinking about what damage those extremists would have done otherwise in Europe, had they stayed.
Tom Brincefield 10 months ago
Look up Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England. Although before they headed to North America, the Puritans were living quietly in Holland. But they didn't like being second class citizens m
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nicholas nolan 10 months ago
THANK YOU! I'm so damned sick of "the pilgrims started America" c**p.
Lee451 Henderson 10 months ago
Well, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers and Maryland by Catholics. If you were an unacceptable religion youcould be whipped across the state line.
#6
Wales - Most of us have purely platonic feelings towards sheep.
Norm Gilmore 10 months ago
Absolute slander. Granny Merino want's to have words with you...
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 10 months ago
Yes, but that's only because she's your sister. Best wishes from the Forest of Dean.
Paul Sloan 10 months ago
A wise man once said; Hey, you get off of my cloud. A Welsh man once said; Hey McCloud, get off my ewe.
JayWantsACat 10 months ago
Maybe it's apocryphal but I once read that the reason the Welsh are known as sheep lovers is because they found a loophoop whole in sheep taxes (or something similar) by claiming the sheep aren't property but lovers or something like that. Hilarious, if true.
Karl der Große 10 months ago
The stereotype I have about Wales is that everybody knows how to sing in harmony. It's an old one, but I think it still holds up.
#7
Japan is not like what you see on the internet. Japanese are not the nicest most polite people. Japanese smile a lot do to social pressure but they are really thinking “I hate you”
The working culture here is really really bad with very little work life balance. The government is just as corrupt as Americas. It’s very crowded and fairly expensive to the point that people are no longer having babies.
It’s a great country to visit for like two weeks. But living here, it’s very difficult to survive ESPECIALLY if you don’t speak any Japanese.
Edit: Also, all that nerdy Anime s**t is also considered nerdy Anime s**t here too.
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
I thought this was common knowledge along with the harassing on women on the trains and suicide rates for kids.
Lost Panda 10 months ago
Japan gets glorified on the internet way to much. Most times if you bring it up, you are bashed and beaten for it.
Load More Replies... Karl der Große 10 months ago
I think the stereotype about Japanese people is pretty much what you said here - Japanese people really disapprove of everything you do, but they're not allowed to say it to your face. It is a pretty harsh stereotype because it makes visitors very suspicious of everyone they meet.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 10 months ago
Otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, such as anime, manga, video games, computers or other highly enthusiastic hobbies.
Billo66 10 months ago
I would hate us too after what we did, but they hit us first, I don't know man. War is just stupid.
Billo66 10 months ago
Obviously against Nazis and such but Germany is cool as the other side of my pillow.
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Meowlanie Meowpants 10 months ago
Proud anime nerd, sorry not sorry I love art from many forms. From Frida Khalo to Frieren and I'm 42yr old
JayWantsACat 10 months ago
Also, it's extremely lonely has a foreigner unless you get lucky or befriend other foreigners because while they are polite, they are not accepting for the most part.
#8
French are not cowards and we do not surrender or run away in every war.
Countless military words have french etymology, because we were the dominant military power for centuries. It is true we collapsed in 1940 and disgraced ourselves, but that one event does not erase everything else
It is especially annoying coming from illiterate US simpletons who are not aware of the role the french military played in the American war of independence.
ucp 10 months ago
I’m English, so I know how much the French like war. We basically spent 1000 years at it! Having visited Arras, I have a great deal of sympathy for the French being unwilling to fight WWII. WWI was a world war largely fought in France/Belgium that wiped out entire towns and regions. Rebuild for a generation, then face it all again? No thanks.
Der Kommissar 10 months ago
The French surrendered in WWII because the German army was bigger and better equipped. Same goes for Belgium and Holland.
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Marianne 10 months ago
That's interesting! I'm German and (that's probably the reason why) I never heard that prejudice. Here, French people are rather known for being ready to fight, after all, they killed their king and queen and they like to remind their authorities about that whenever they set a car on fire.
TotallyNOTAFox 10 months ago
To be fair we germans have a lot of mean jokes about the french in that regard at hand actually...
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LizzieBoredom 10 months ago
That's very nice especially coming from a German.
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MsPlants 10 months ago
OMG Yes! I love history and it annoys me to no end esp as an American! without the French we wouldnt be here. Ya'll went into debt to help us become independent. it wasnt so much to help us but to stick it to England lol but we still benefitted. If you look at the whol history of French warfare wins to losses compared to other empires the French have the most wins in wars. it wasnt till WWII and now everyone makes these stupid jokes but WWI and WWII were literally the wars that change warfare across the globe so its stupid to judge one loss, and not even a loss because they fought like hell once invaded.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago
The ''French are cowards'' thing has always majorly pissed me off. Read some of what the French Resistance did in WWII. And thank you to the French people for still caring for the Anzac war graves at Villers-Bretonneux.
Michael Largey 10 months ago (edited)
The French advanced forward to take Moscow in 1812, something the Germans failed to do in 1941, even though they were a lot closer.
Hellcaste's Wife 10 months ago
As an American, I have in the past made a joke or two about the French...but I also know they were pivotal in WWII with the Resistance and the US wouldn't have made it through the Revolutionary War without France's aid. But then, I'm also the child of a major history buff and my husband has a degree in Military History. So, there's that too.
Anthony Elmore 10 months ago
No one in the US legitimately believes the French to be cowards. You would be more likely to find someone who believes that the French are rude and have no sense of humor. Also false, but this post really isn't helping get rid of the stereotype.
Richienotsorich 10 months ago
Dominant military power for centuries? I'm guessing education in the UK has misled us!
#9
The myth that America is the land of opportunity.
Jayjay 10 months ago
Well, they need the poor to do their cleaning jobs, so President Mumps is thwarthing his rich by sending all the cheap personnel back to Mexico :).
Load More Replies... Abdullah Abd Rahman 10 months ago
The American Dream is a Nightmare , unless you're Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, et al.These guys control America and give ordinary Americans a lot of s**t.
Jayjay 10 months ago
But even they lick Trumps a*s to stay into their power......I wonder how much they like Trump....
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MagicJacket 10 months ago
Excuse me, there are all kinds of opportunities in America. To be homeless, to die by gun violence, to have your job outsourced, to pay too much for housing, to pay too much for education, to go bankrupt by being sick or needing surgery...it really is an endless list of opportunities.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
It offers many opportunities to be poor, starving, or homeless. And to die of any of the three.
Panda Panda Bo Banda 10 months ago
I recently read that while other countries try to solve their problems, Americans just try to get rich so the problems won't apply to them.
#10
"Iceland has an app everybody uses to see if they are related before having sex". While it is true that it was an app, the app was made as a joke. Iceland has birth records so extensive and complete, I can trace my family back 33 generations to Úlfur Óargi who was born in 740.
So a group of students made a joke app called "Incest Spoiler" which used this data to give you how closely related any two people were, but nobody has seriously used it.
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
With a small population and limited immigration it isnt that bad of a idea though. If you dont just use the birth records for that.
Enuya 10 months ago
I'd love to have something like that in my country. Not for incest-related causes, just to track genealogy more easily
Load More Replies... Der Kommissar 10 months ago
My tour guide in Reykjavik had a woman come from USA to look for possible relatives. They checked the app and found out they were related. The woman cried from happiness for having found a blood relative.
Šimon Špaček 10 months ago
33 generations in 1300 years? Average age for having a child would be ~37 years, are you sure you are not missing a few? It should be about 50 generations I think (and if you add that in general people had kids earlier in the past, I would expect about 60 to be honest).
Helen Rohrlach 10 months ago
My ancestors were having their first child at about 22 and their last about 45 so that would average about 37ish.
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Karri Berkowitz 10 months ago
I like that baby names need approval before hand. Hope that isn’t a myth.
Sven Horlemann 10 months ago
Honestly, all I am wondering is what the heck the guy in the pick is wearing.
#11
Well, I'd say that we don't eat pasta on a daily basis, but we Italians absolutely f*****g do.
Michael Largey 10 months ago (edited)
As long as it's available nightly as well.
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UpupaEpops 10 months ago
What amazed me is that during a week long stay in Italy, we've been given a s**t ton of carbs on a daily basis (pasta + various bakery products) and yet I managed to *lose* weight instead of gaining any.
LizzieBoredom 10 months ago
And you all listen to the 'Godfather' theme song while having lunch with Tony Soprano.
#12
That new Zealand is 'clean and green'. Around 60% of the rivers are unswimmable due to pollution.
Littlemiss 10 months ago
Not to mention how filthy a lot of places have become due to freedom campers trashing areas, leaving rubbish and fecal matter everywhere. There's little clean about NZ.
Jason Boyd 10 months ago
I had to check this one and it is true. Almost all the pollution is nitrate runoff from farming, rather than industrial plants, etc that we hear of in other places. Nitrates result in algae blooms that are toxic to many animals. Its the conflict between NZs two largest 'exports' - tourism and agriculture: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-16/new-zealand-rivers-pollution-100-per-cent-pure/13236174
#13
That the country is called Holland. Holland is just 2 of the 12 provinces, the only two most people visit.
Kirsten Kerkhof 10 months ago
And those two provinces are the ones the other ten try to avoid at all cost.
Otto Katz 10 months ago
Thank you, I had a brain fart and couldn't remember!
Load More Replies... LizzieBoredom 10 months ago
I can see how people are confused what with all the free pot and tulip pollen.
BrunoVI 10 months ago (edited)
"The Netherlands" referred to various duchies and fiefdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, which now make up not only the nation OP is insisting is The Netherlands, but also Belgium, Luxemburg, and regions of Germany. One portion of the Netherlands was dominated by Holland, and became known in English as "Holland" as a pars pro toto. And that portion became the Kingdom of the Netherlands. And in fact, The Netherlands was also commonly referred to as Holland by the Dutch (compare to Britain and the UK) and only in 2019 did the GOVERNMENT of The Netherlands officially reject the use of Holland to refer to the nation as a whole.
Lotekguy 10 months ago
"Pars pro toto "? What does Dorothy's little dog have to do with this subject?
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 10 months ago (edited)
At least partly due to decades of "Holland promotion" by the Dutch national tourism agency, and Heineken's "Holland House" at olympic games.
#14
Idk if it’s a myth but I’m tired of people associating berets with France. NO ONE wears that. NO ONE.
Multa Nocte 10 months ago
Some of the older men in the rural villages do but no, not many of the younger people.
Tucker Cahooter 10 months ago
And in this well known French photograph, the man in the beret is in fact a tourist from Ireland robert-doi...c9426.jpeg 
Pernille 10 months ago
I have recently been to the Basque country and they absolutely, and un-ironically wear berets.
Andi 10 months ago
Basques not French - not Spanish - uniquely BASQUE (except were football is concerned!)
Load More Replies... Wintermute 10 months ago
Notice that there'd no denial about constantly carrying around 3ft (sorry, ~1 meter) long baguettes wherever they go.
Spidercat 10 months ago
What about a string of Onions round the neck and a white flag on a stick...you know...just in case 😂 (UK here, we're allowed to make these jokes on account of the French invading in 1066 and generally taking over for a while)
Laura Devecchio 10 months ago
Agree lol. As a French woman I find the roasts funny and salty when coming from a Brit, quite uninteresting when coming from someone else.
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Multa Nocte 10 months ago
But you are too young! Come down to the Entre-Deux-Mers area and mix with our locals!
Load More Replies... Karl der Große 10 months ago
There is a type of beret that some shepherds of Basque heritage wear in Nevada. I think it is useful for keeping the hair out of their faces while they work.
#15
That British food is s**t.
It was probably true 20 years ago, but British cuisine has gone through a bit of a renaissance over the last decade and a half. We actually season stuff now. As evidenced by the fact that outside of Paris, the city with the most michelin-starred restaurants in the world is London.
One thing that *is* a bone of contention for me is that when I see memes about British food, it's almost always pot-shots at our "poverty meals". Beans on toast and stuff like that. We've never eaten beans on toast because we *like* it; we eat it because it's literally cheaper than instant noodles.
It just feels very cheap to mock poverty food when 60 million Americans rely on food banks.
kissmychakram 10 months ago
Excuse me? Beans on toast is fecking delicious and I absolutely used to eat it because I liked it. Especially the beans with the little sausages.
Lost Panda 10 months ago
I'll take some bangers and mash over something fancy any day
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Emma B 10 months ago
This must be the one British person who doesn't like beans on toast. Please ignore their claim. We eat it because it's delicious.
cerinamroth 10 months ago
I'm British but I hate beans on toast. I'm not normally fussy about food but I'm with Dame Prue Leith on that one! ;-)
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 10 months ago
"Eggs, bacon, bread, beans and the Sunday paper." This is a delicious breakfast.
Spencers slave no more 10 months ago
Add black pud and mushrooms, even bubble and squeak.
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Child of the Stars 10 months ago
Idk about just eating beans on toast just because it's cheap. I dated an English man whose favorite snack was beans on toast.
#16
We are the land of the Free.
Reality: USA is a flawed democracy ranking in the high teens in the various freedom indices.
So perhaps some nuance to the 100% part unless you get technical.
The Scout 10 months ago
Accoring to the Economist Democracy index the USA have been on 29th position in 2023, mostly due to the antiquated voting system and the laws partly not being codified. But it is safe to assume that the number has significantly worsened since.
Lila Allen 10 months ago
I'm gobsmacked we actually reached that high....also send help.
Load More Replies... Karri Berkowitz 10 months ago
Myth: all Americans love their country and are too ignorant to know we aren’t free nor special
Friskey Horton 10 months ago
In America you can die from not having health insurance, which is disgraceful . Go to hospital in Australia, have surgery, not a cent is asked.
April Pickett 10 months ago
I was watching a video of a university class, and one girl mentioned that we were the greatest country in the world. Ed Begley was on that stage and proceeded to list all of the common indices for that student, and we were not #1 on any of them, I think our highest score may have been 8 or 9 I was so proud that he set that class straight about our standing in the world.
Philly Bob 10 months ago
The show was called "The Newsroom." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJh9t9h6Wn0
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#17
That all of Germany is like Bavaria (all of the German stereotypes only depict Bavarian traditions). Although the country is a pretty small one, people will have different traditions, customs and veeeery different dialects if you drive for only 2 or 3 hours. .
The Scout 10 months ago
As a German, I strongly disagree with the notion of Bavaria being part of Germany. The cultural differences are just too strong...
Marianne 10 months ago
The reason for that idea is that after WW2, Bavaria was administered by the Americans and when all the soldiers came back home, they told the people about what they had experienced about "German culture". And since American pop culture is strong in many parts of the world, this image has spread very wide.
cerinamroth 10 months ago
Yeah, lots of German people's parents went on school exchanges to English cities in the post-war period when there was still rationing and then reported back about how terrible the food is. That persists to this day. So many of the younger generation are pleasantly surprised when they realised that there is plenty of great food available in the UK!
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Scotland - many people think that Wild Haggis are a myth created to wind up tourists but they’re actually very much real animals although their numbers have declined quite significantly so I can see why they think it’s a myth. Luckily, you can see one on display in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum so hopefully that helps dispel the myth of their existence!
Robert T 10 months ago
Haggis are interesting creatures. They have legs on one side longer than the other. This enables them to stand upright on the steep moutainous terrain they inhabit. The way to catch a haggis is to chase him round the hill the opposite way and he will simply fall over! :D
Myrtille rat 10 months ago
That's fun here we have the "dahu" who shares the same characteristics as haggis (but kinda like a mountain goat) , to chase him you have to hit sticks on trees to scare and unbalance him and the idiot of the village is supposed to retrieve it in a bag or you can put pepper on a stone to make it sneeze and and stun himself against the stone :)
Load More Replies... ucp 10 months ago
I love haggis. We need to protect these creatures to ensure a supply of their delicious meat.
Hippopotamuses 10 months ago
Wild haggis were released in New Zealand in the 1860s, as a way of ensuring the species' survival. Unfortunately, they couldn't cope with the tropical temperatures of NZ. Which can soar up to 10 degrees Celsius.
Load More Replies... Hmmm hmmmm 10 months ago
And they only have three legs so can only run one direction round the mountain , but men and women have different legs missing
Cristi nah 10 months ago
I saw it at Kelvingrove !!! Unfortunately it didn't move... Maybe it was sleeping...
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 10 months ago (edited)
What in the frakk am I looking at, and why is there a potato for scale? Also, the pictures of the elusive "Wild Haggis" I have seen, look like a Capybara with sheep's legs, not a psychedelic Yorkie. But Haggis, is another dish/food from the British Isles, that I will never eat again. Right there with Black Pudding and Jellied Eels.
Spencers slave no more 10 months ago
That's what they look like when they're ready to eat. They are delicious.
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Ireland. We're not all alcoholics who eat nothing but potatoes.
Asher Samuels 10 months ago
The stereotype is Irish people eating potatoes all the time, but anyone one learned history would know that reality is Irish people NOT eating potatoes.
The Scout 10 months ago
How many potatoes do you need to kill an Irishman? - None.
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Michael None 10 months ago
Traveled to Ireland pre-pandemic and was married there. Wonderful place (Except Dublin tourist areas). You all do eat way too much British cuisine though.
Anthony Elmore 10 months ago
Yes. I live in the southern US and can confirm that people are mistaking the Irish for us. Our bad.
#20
That we in the USA think we’re better than everyone. Some do but many have a deep respect for other cultures and a fascination to learn more.
(Our recent election may not support this but it’s 100% true!).
DE Ray 10 months ago (edited)
I feel I should add some clarity about US elections: the winner of an election doesn't mean the majority of the people. This last time, he got 75.5 million votes. Of a population of 340 million. 2020, when he lost big, he got 75.1 million votes - Biden got 81 million votes, Harris only 71 million. 10 million fewer people voted. But in any case neither of those - not even all the votes added together - make up a majority of Americans.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago
Everyone is aware of that. The same is true of any democracy. The idea that Brexit was "the will of the people" is also nonsense, because of a population of ~70million only 17 million voted for it. The problem is that only 16.8 million voted against it. The rest didn't care enough to vote. But apathy is as bad as voting for the bad option. If you didn't vote against Trump, you voted for him.
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Erla Zwingle 10 months ago
American here. I'd revise this to read "Many do but some have a deep respect...". This veers somewhat more toward the truth. I'm also rethinking that "deep respect." Not sure how deep it goes, to be honest. Sacco & Vanzetti, anyone? "No Irish Need Apply"? One could go on.
Billo66 10 months ago
We don't like our healthcare system either. What's an average guy gonna do about it?
Tom Brincefield 10 months ago
Vote. Call your Congress people. Write letters. Donate to causes you believe in. Most important, don't give up.
Load More Replies... Michael None 10 months ago
This is why people say "i'm 1/4 Irish" or my ancestors come from this place or that. We want to feel a connection to other places and cultures but much of those cultures that was brought here through immigration has been commercialized and stereotyped.
Child of the Stars 10 months ago
As an American, I mostly just don't care. I'm just trying to pay my bills and live my life; I don't think too much about other places.
Panda Panda Bo Banda 10 months ago
It's true that many, many Americans don't think it's the greatest country in the world
Onan Hag All 10 months ago
I've never met many Americans who I didn't like. However, all the Americans I've met were travelling outside the US.
Featherking 10 months ago
… I don’t think I ever believed that. There’s a whole lot of people in the US, there must surely be all types.
#21
UK - that we all love the royal family & are offended when other people insult them.
A large chunk of the population is in favour of having no royal family anymore (certainly compared to previous generations).
WubiDubi 10 months ago
Also the bad teeth one- although a few have bad teeth it's a tiny minority. Free dental care until 18 and some subsidised dentists, but decreasing all the time.The stereotype might become true.
Jules 10 months ago
I don't get why people are so obsessed with their teeth (looking at you USA) - we are well past the days of "not looking a gift horse in the mouth", so neither should we be concerned if a member of the RF has wonky teeth, who cares??
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Jayjay 10 months ago
Lizzy was much loved, Charles not so much, but the UK is awaiting the new generation with Wills and Kate, and they are much loved as well as Lizzy.
Load More Replies... Celestial Phalanx 10 months ago
Also, the right to mock, insult, or satirise the British Royal Family was enshrined in law back in the late 17th Century.
Onan Hag All 10 months ago
I'm no fan of the royals, HOWEVER, the prospect of an elected president fills me with dread. President Blair? President Johnson? President Farage? F**k right off.
Earonn - 10 months ago
There also seems a north-south gradient in not liking them. :D They certainly don't do anything currently to make themselves more beloved. Supporting Prince Nonce Andrew, taking a helicopter to visit a food bank (and apparently not even bringing any food donations along)...
Giles McArdell 10 months ago
We did kick them out once, but the alternative was somehow worse, so we invited them back.
#22
Mexico. We eat tacos every 2 seconds. We all look like: have a mustache,sombrero,named Juan.
Enuya 10 months ago (edited)
Nah, all the women have skull masks permanently painted on their faces and are named La Catrina
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Panda Kicki 10 months ago
I was under the impression some was also named Pedro and everything look yellow tainted .
Der Kommissar 10 months ago
Most Mexicans don't eat burritos. That is a Northern Mexico/Tex-Mex thing
Lila Allen 10 months ago
You do have amazing soup though. People should really know about all the soups.
#23
That Vikings had horns on their helmets. Thanks Wagner.
That polar bears roam our streets.
And my personal favourite: that the midnight sun is a physically different sun.
Ripley 10 months ago
All of the above? They all extend into the Arctic Circle (hence midnight sun), so they all work.
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Michael Largey 10 months ago (edited)
We were on a tour of a North Sea island, and our guide was wearing a helmet with horns. When it was over, I took her aside and said softly, "Look, I don't want to be 'that guy', but they recently established that Vikings didn't wear horns." She replied, "Yes, I know. But don't I look fantastic in this helmet?" And fellow BPers, yes she did.
Karl der Große 10 months ago
Gustav Malstrom portrayed Vikings with horned helmets before Wagner ever did.
Virgil Blue 10 months ago
Iirc the hornd were added to make the singers more recognisable at distance when on stage. But that might just be made up.
#24
Australia - that everything is trying to k**l you!
P1 No-Name 10 months ago
I disagree with this, if its not the creepy critters its the weather.
Tucker Cahooter 10 months ago
Not quite true...I saw some cute bunny rabbits hopping along the other day...but I turned around anyway just in case they had been inspired by the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Child of the Stars 10 months ago
I always assumed this was more of a joke than a stereotype. I live in the American southwest and make the same joke because a large amount of the flora and fauna are, in fact, poisonous, venomous, and/or painfully prickly.
Hellcaste's Wife 10 months ago (edited)
I beg to differ. I personally feel Australia is where God put all his failed experiments LOL
Lila Allen 10 months ago
Look I know you think it's normal to be surrounded by the largest number of venomous insects and snakes as well as sea life. Plus huge predatory reptiles, wild dogs, and violent flightless birds so terrifying you actually waged a war against them and lost.... but the rest of us do not see that as safe or normal.
Jill Rhodry 10 months ago
Didn't you know - we also have a suicide plant (gympie-gympie) - it's venomous and the pain can last up to about 6 months and is so excruiating you want to kill yourself
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Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 10 months ago (edited)
Deadly natural things in Australia: Sharks, spiders, snakes, jellyfish, ants, crocodiles, cassowaries, octopuses, the outback, oleander plants, strychnine plants. It may not be trying to kill me, but it will sure ruin my day.
#25
As a Canadian, I don’t think we’re particularly “nicer” than anyone else. I would say that we’re less confrontational. We’re more likely to keep quiet then post about it later on social media. .
Bryan Johnston 10 months ago
Until you start referring to us as the "51st state" and reducing our Prime Minister to a mere "Governor", then the gloves come off.
#26
Canada - we live in igloos and say aboot.
Johnnynatfan 10 months ago
They absolutely do say it that way. Along with "eh"
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Matthew Zornig 10 months ago
I dated a Canadian woman and you most certainly do say "eh" and "aboot"
Dave Walters 10 months ago
I grew up watching the Mackenzies and they constantly said things like "No way, eh" "Take off you hoser" and "I'm calling the police eh" is that still a thing and was it Mackenzie, Bob & Doug or am I way out
leendadll 10 months ago (edited)
Koo loo koo koo, koo loo koo koooooo... hose off, eh? (Yes, it was Bob & Doug MacKenzie)
Load More Replies... April Pickett 10 months ago
I say aboot (Canadian mom), always have. Down here in the South, it's still aboot for me.
K Barnes 10 months ago
If we are talking about the traditional frozen igloo and not alternative forms such as the mud igloo then it's worth noting that very few Canadians actually live in one, rather they are still built for cultural reasons but not as a primary shelter. It's also worth noting that they are seasonal and not year round, making it impractical to live in one as a primary residence, which is what is implied when you say "live in igloos".
Load More Replies... Panda Panda Bo Banda 10 months ago
As a Canadian who lived in the US for 10 years, I can really hear the Canadian accent now.
MagicJacket 10 months ago
I usually hear it as aboat. And oat instead of out. And Sore-e instead of sorry (sari.) But whatever, eh?
#27
We don't ride kangaroos to school in Australia, mate!
Agfox 10 months ago
I lived in Tasmania for a while, riding devils wasn't a thing there, either, because they absolutely loathed being saddled
Featherking 10 months ago
It’s a shame. It’d have been one hell of a ride.
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Chris the Bobcat 10 months ago
Don't worry, Australia. When I moved from Texas to Pennsylvania, people assumed we rode horses everywhere.
Giles McArdell 10 months ago
Riding a Kangaroo would be silly, surely you just climb in their pouch and away you go?
Hippopotamuses 10 months ago
I've been to Australia quite a few times, and I've only recently discovered how large and potentially dangerous roos can be. Also, I was really surprised some years ago at how small platypuses (platypi?) are.
Miracle Max 10 months ago
No, they don't ride kangaroos, the roo carries them in their pouch, everyone knows this!
#28
The Netherlands - a majority of people do not in fact smoke pot on the regular, nor is it technically legal.
We also don't wear wooden shoes, the country does not exist mostly out of farmers that are stuck in the 19th century (thank you for that one Marvel) and we do not have no-go zones in big cities.
Michael Largey 10 months ago (edited)
Or that small boys don't close leaks in your dikes with their fingers.
Load More Replies... Jaya 10 months ago
Why do people think that other country's customs and clothes don't change throughout time? Do YOU still wear 19th century clothes? Do YOU still have the same hobbies and music as your greatgreatgreatgrandparents? Then why do you assume we do?
Otto Katz 10 months ago
Actually, yes. Jeans were invented in the 1800's, I wear jeans every day. My hobby is quilting, from the 1500's? 1600's? earlier? I listen every day to music from the 1700's. Some things never go out of style.
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lunitavet 10 months ago
I live in NL, ehhh one of my managers at work does use the wooden shoes, my mother in law as well, I have tried hers they are comfy. But true, not many wear them still, they have traded them for white sneakers.
FABULOUS1 10 months ago
I have a collection of wooden shoes. My mother is Dutch/Welch and I have collected them for many years. We usually find them at thrift stores or yard sales, I have yet to find a pair that would fit me to try on. Probably the closest I will ever get to the NL.
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STress (I/me) 10 months ago (edited)
Now, tell me that windmills and tulips are also just the myth...
Oerff On Tour 10 months ago
Though we're famous for our tulips, 75% of the tulips and bulbs we export through the largest auction house in the world, are flown in every day, mostly from the middle east. Predominantly from Turkey, where they are originally from.
Load More Replies... Der Kommissar 10 months ago
Smoking pot is only allowed in the cannabis cafes, but I have seen many ignorant tourists ( mostly Americans) walking down the street, puffing on a spliff.
Roland Nijveld 10 months ago
Most don't have a strap. First time I've actually seen it like that
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Sweden. That we've got no go zones all over the place. We don't..the only time I've felt threatened walking around in my city have been on friday/saturday nights when some random drunk(s) are trying to pick a fight..a fist fight...
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
I disagree. Most cities has crime infested zones many hesitate to visit. And if you are woman, esp with non nordic looks, you can get severly harassed for going there unveiled. Attacks on fire trucks and ambulances are frequent and we have more bombs going off then any country not currently in war. We have so many kids under 15 sent on murder missions the laws are currently being changed.
Earonn - 10 months ago
Totally have such a zone in Dortmund, Germany, as per my friends who still live in that city. It's because it's a nest of right wing neo nazis there, who terrorize the Nordstadt neighbourhood. Someone tried to tell me that Leith in Edinburgh was such a no go zone. Strange, I go there all the time, mainly because I live there... It's b******t build around a tiny amount of truth - almost every city has a 'bad neighbourhood', but the racist f***s love it just as much as they love rape victims if the rapist wasn't white (if he was, she's lying, ofc)
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Harry Gondalf 10 months ago
I doubt that you have walked through a truly 'no go zone' -- where police only travel in pairs at any time.
Featherking 10 months ago
I think maybe they do exist now, in some of the big cities? To some extent, anyway? Depends on who you are and when it is, I think I’ve been told. I’ve never actually encountered this personally though, I’ll be honest about that. Nothing like it, even. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, however, but I’m not afraid anywhere, although I’m aware of my surroundings in the city centre late on weekends when people have been drinking themselves back to being apes. They can be a bit violent then, if you get too up close. I just keep my distance, haven’t had a problem. But that’s me. May not be true for everyone.
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
They exist, sadly. Where ambulance refuse to go without police escort.
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Charbadar C 10 months ago
Look at all of the crime, gangs and bombings that have occurred since Sweden have let in the usual suspects.
Celestial Phalanx 10 months ago
You're own government, not a fortinight ago, came out and admitted there were no-go zones, only they are euphemisitically referred to as "utsatta områden", or "vulnerable areas", and listed 32 separate locales across 11 towns and cities.
Featherking 10 months ago (edited)
That can’t be translated to no go zone, though. It’s just not the meaning of those words, they’re not a ”euphemism”, they have a different meaning. Just saying. There could be no go zones too, I may just never have heard of them, but we’d use different words for that.
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#30
Australia and all the wildlife. The vast majority of the time, if you leave wildlife alone, they’ll leave you alone. Snakes and spiders are not particularly brave.
Usually this whole “aUsTraLiA iS sO dEaDlY” comes from people that have f*****g bears, wolves, mountain lions and more to worry about. I’m way more worried about those than a spider you can smash with a newspaper.
Rose the Cook 10 months ago
If you live in any Australian city it is most unlikely you will ever encounter anything worse than a spider and a small harmless one at that.
Ripley 10 months ago
Technically is will be a big harmless one. But they (huntsmen) are harmless.
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Douglas Hartley 10 months ago
The idea that everyone in Australia goes around calling everyone a c**t. This will more than likely get you smack in the head.
Featherking 10 months ago
What?! Whoever had that idea? People can be so weird.
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For All Pedernity 10 months ago
To be able to smash a spider with a newspaper in Australia I guess you'll need to use the freaking printing press itself.
Lila Allen 10 months ago
Of for pity's sake we have like 9 mountain lions and they are shy creatures who avoid humans. You have like 4 separate species of poisonous ants alone. There are many many billion ants. Your odds of coming in contact with a mountain lion are practically nil. In fact mountain lions are responsible for maybe 1 death a year. You loose that many people to jack jumper ants in a month. Stop trying to pretend your wildlife is safe
Johnnynatfan 10 months ago
Haha I never thought of it that way. Yeah wolves and bears are a lot scarier than a spider.
Tom Brincefield 10 months ago
It's very rare for a wolf or bear to show up in the suburbs. Some of the spider & snake species like living near humans.
Load More Replies... April Pickett 10 months ago
What about those poisonous spiders that make big webs that hang off fences/bushes/trees? A spider that's 2-3 feet across is a big worry. I know they are harmless, but the size! Ants, rodents, snakes, spiders, and anything else that can kill you (blue spotted octopus). We've all got some of them. I'm beginning to believe they all came from your continent.
Panda Panda Bo Banda 10 months ago
No, it comes from the fact that the majority of deadly snakes and spiders live there
#31
That Brits don't go to the dentist.
There are people in literally every country with bad teeth, but us Brits get labelled the worst.
Robert T 10 months ago
We go to the dentist. We just don't spend ridiculous amounts of money on cosmetic dentistry. Except for Rylan. He must spend the budget of a small country on his teeth!
Jules 10 months ago
Yes! So long as they're all there and healthy we don't care if they're wonky!!
Load More Replies... ucp 10 months ago
Most studies show that British dental health is on a par with American (some say better). We just are far less obsessed with straightening and whitening. Because that’s expensive.
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
Well, suveys say UK dont even reach top ten in europe, so there may be some truth in that. https://www.dental-nursing.co.uk/news/uk-not-even-in-top-10-european-countries-for-dental-hygiene-new-study-finds
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago
Part of the issue is that over the last 20 years it's become increasingly difficult to find an NHS dentist, so the only option is to go private and many people just can't afford that.
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 10 months ago
Yeah Brits have a rep for bad teeth for sure but like most things its overblown.
Lousha 10 months ago
I lived in the UK for a long time. The condition of their teeth is pretty much the same as any average Europen's teeth: most people do take care of them, but they don't have an obsession with the LOOKS of their teeth. If they grew in a bit crooked, if they are not pearly white, oh well. As long as they can chomp through a Sunday roast, all is well. Same as with looks in general. I still love UK TV shows, because they feature people who look like actual people. When you see Brenda Blethyn as Vera, she's a lot more believable as a detective than a Barbie girl who just left the beauty parlour.
#32
People assume Greeks are lazy but we are some of the hardest-working people. It's always funny when the German tourists come and are surprised that we aren't running around naked stuffing our faces with food or napping. So sorry to disappoint you.
WubiDubi 10 months ago (edited)
Naked no, eating a lot yes. But very little food (except maybe some modern desserts) are processed foods.
roddy 10 months ago
Food is still wholesome there. And people walk everywhere. It's actually hard to be unhealthy in Greece.
Load More Replies... Lila Allen 10 months ago
To be fair your food is soooooo good I would be hard pressed not to sit around stuffing my face all day. And now I really need some dolomades
For All Pedernity 10 months ago
Greeks actually work the most hours per year in Europe. Still they manage to stay poor and continually fall behind...
#33
Norway. Polar bears isn't an everyday lurking threat. I told a guy in my guild back when playing wow, that I was heading out, going for a jog in the nearby woods close to my home. And he asked seriously, if I had to be armed in case polar bears attacked.
Agfox 10 months ago
I wonder if there's a niche market for exporting drop bears from Australia to Norway...hmmm
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Well we already export camels to Egypt, so I don't see why not.
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StrangeOne 10 months ago
The only place I've heard polar bears being a real threat is in Churchill Manitoba. Seriously.
#34
So many people believe Denmark has a set minimum wage. We do not - in fact the Danish government has stated they don't want that because it may make companies lower the wages that unions have fought for.
For All Pedernity 10 months ago
Norway has no general minimum wage, either, with the exception of nine specific industries. The purpose of the minimum wage in the nine industries in question is to prevent foreign workers from receiving worse pay and working conditions than what is common in Norway (among them construction, cleaning, and agriculture/nurseries).
Lila Allen 10 months ago
Any chance you could let us borrow your government for a decade or so.... You've seen what we have been stuck with in the US. Clearly we are in need of help.
#35
That David Hasselhoff played some sort of integral role in the fall of the wall and the reunification of Germany.
Oerff On Tour 10 months ago (edited)
He did! West-Germany threatened East-Germany to send him across the wall. East Germany caved immediately, whilst at the same time protesting the breach of the Geneva Convention and Human Rights
Chrissie Anit 10 months ago
because his song "I've been looking for freedom" was popular in Germany around the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Load More Replies... STress (I/me) 10 months ago
Why would only I suffer??? Now, you can't unsee it... :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8
#36
That in Poland, everyone is an alcoholic, I know more people who nearly never drink than people who drink very often.
François Bouzigues 10 months ago
Napoleon is to blame for this one. When Napoleon troops befriended the polish troops, they discovered vodka... On the following day, the french troops were have the worst hangover in history. Napoleon, passably pissed said the following: "if you want to drink like the polish, then be drunk like the polish" for the polish troops were in pristine conditions, as if the vodka had had no effect on them whatsoever.
#37
Im from germany and many people believe, that every german wears ,,Tracht‘‘ which is basically traditional clothing for the Octoberfest on a daily basis 😂🫣.
The Scout 10 months ago
While Octoberfest fashion mostly is a tourist fad, there IS such a thing as traditional "Tracht" in most parts of Germany, not only on Bavaria. Or at least it was in the 19th century. It has fallen out of use, though. Those were regional, and often it was possible to read status, marriage and age of the wearer from it, and sometimes even the exact village one was coming from. Those differences were more pronounced in Northern Germany, though. Up to the late 20th century (OMG, using this phrase feels so wrong...) there were remote rural areas were old people still wore it or at least a diminuished version of it regularly. Now it is mostly confined to museums and a few "tradition clubs". More surprising is that this fad did only start in the beginning of the 19th century. Before that the rural population simply did not really think about their identity that much, and the romantizisation of "land life" brought that into focus. .
sturmwesen 10 months ago
What's worse is, that many Germans don't know their own Tracht but wear the standard "Uniform" they know from the Oktoberfest. We have a totally different one here than in Munich and all you see is traditional Dirndl instead of our own Tracht.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
I did my own research. I watched the Star Trek episode "Patterns of Force" closely several times. Not once did I see anyone wearing a Tracht.
#38
Everyone assumes we're all obese idiots. Only 40% of our people are obese get it right.
Panda Kicki 10 months ago (edited)
Thats obese. How many are overweight? And what country? If we are talking US, 74% weighs to much. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/12328/ And as a majority just voted for a criminal I think we can safely say there is a fair share of idiots.
Earonn - 10 months ago
It doesn't even matter which country we're talking about. And in at least the Western countries it basically exploded over night in the 1970s. So, either suddenly all people across all ages, sexes, income or ethnic groups lost their 'willpower' and 'discipline', or something else happened. Looking at you, ultra processed food.
Hassel Davidhoff 10 months ago
Thank you for saying this. If people stopped eating all of that they'd be much better off. In the near future, choosing to eat all of this ultra processed food will be looked upon the same way we look upon the choice to smoke cigarettes today: it is stupid and self destructive. Same for alcohol, eventually.
Load More Replies... ScootyPuffJr 10 months ago
At least the ones of us who voted for Trump or didn't vote at all, yes.
Load More Replies... For All Pedernity 10 months ago
Assuming this is the US, then at least 49,8 % of those who voted in the 2024 presidential elections. I guess we could add those who didn't vote, too, and that gives us aropund 68 % of Americans being idiots. Thanks for unleashing that on us...
Load More Replies... Dave Walters 10 months ago
Wow, learning a lot today. Apparently as well as being Irish I'm also American having not been there either.
#39
It’s more a joke than a myth but I swear to god if I hear “Finland isn’t real” one more time…
Panda Kicki 10 months ago
What? Never heard that. Finland always carries vodka and a knife on the other hand...
Wintermute 10 months ago
Be happy that people don't know about your country. Otherwise they start showing up. Trust me, I live in a state that used to be imaginary in the US. Now it's one of the fastest growing places and things have never been worse in almost every way.
Wintermute 10 months ago
Ok, I should amend. There was one time they were worse, and that's when my ancestors showed up about 200 years ago. Ask the locals how that went, if you can find any left. So my point stands, keep your head low and try to remain imaginary.
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Jumping Jellyfishes 10 months ago (edited)
Of course Finland is real! We had an exchange student that lived with us for year who came from there. Or, at least, that's what she claimed...
#40
Apparently quite a few Brits think that electric kettles don't work in the US because the voltage isn't strong enough or something.
Plenty of us have electric kettles and they work just fine. The rest of us use stovetop ones to preserve counter space.
Bored Seagull 10 months ago
They're not too wrong, since the UK uses 230 volts, while the US only uses 110 volts. If you connect a electric kettle built for 230 volts to a 110 volt line, it results in only half the electric current, and a quarter of the electric power (as electric power is the product of electric current and voltage), compared to a 230 volt line. While a british electric kettle should work in the US, it will take a long time to get the water to boil. On the other hand, the electric power of a kettle built for the US would be quadrupled when connected to 230 volt. In theory it would boil water very fast, in practice you'd either blow the fuse, or you'd release the magic smoke from the kettle (or its cord), as they're not built for that much power.
Dragon mama 10 months ago
To be fair, I have to hold the button in the on position after the kettle says it's done or the water doesn't actually boil. I'm in the US
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago
Ive never heard this. I know a lot of yall don't use them but
#41
That all/most Icelanders believe in elves.
Lila Allen 10 months ago
I'm sorry...what? You do not believe in elves? Well fine but if you end up with a changeling that's on you. Signed Ireland.
Rosecrucian Roeth 10 months ago
Aw, c'mon. Getting hit with the truth aboot Santa was hard enough!
Michael Largey 10 months ago
On the other hand, many elves still are undecided about Icelanders
Paulo Antonio Moreira 10 months ago
Sigrit Ericksdóttir, from the movie "Eurovision", didn't help much about it.
#42
That Norway has a boring and outdated cuisine. You can literally buy a bacon covered, cheese filled hot dog at every corner in the entire country. That’s pretty innovative to me!
Michael Largey 10 months ago
Which is why they have defibrillators in the middle of each block.
#43
That Serbia is dangerous. In fact it's very friendly and safe.
#44
Brazil here. That we all play football in the Amazon and we are all black.
Agfox 10 months ago
If you're playing football in the Amazon, I have some great news for you about water polo
#45
Dracula was neither a vampire nor from Transylvania.
Virgil Blue 10 months ago
He did make corpse-kebabs. And had a "pr-team" that made him look like an absolute savage to outsiders for political reasons. But when you are leader of a small nation constantly under threat of invasion I get you want to show a very clear and demoralising message to the next army to show up.
StPaul9 10 months ago
He was Wallachian. There was also Moravia. They fought each other and the Ottomans.
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#46
That we Wear leather pants, drink beer and only eat Pretzels and Sausage.
Multa Nocte 10 months ago
Who? Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia? Come on BP, it shouldn't be too difficult to put in the country with the myth.
Don Golosso 10 months ago
These myths are copied from Reddit, not typed by BP at all. You can click on the link under the myth and find the entire thread.
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#47
That we all sleep siesta every day.
#48
As an Australian, you’ll never know and we’ll never tell!
#49
That there was a famine and it wasn't just British genocide.
#50
We don't say "OPA!" every chance we get and plate smashing is kinda a thing of the past.
Multa Nocte 10 months ago
I am going to have to pretend this is Greece, but would it be too much to ask that BP label the country in question?
Don Golosso 10 months ago
Once again, klick the link and read the thread.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 10 months ago (edited)
I hear this every time a plate breaks at the store I work at. I'M NOT IN GREECE.
cerinamroth 10 months ago
I can't help but say mazal tov when a glass is broken somewhere near me. It's just ingrained!
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That George Washington was an honest, christian, leader.
Rinso The Red 10 months ago
There's a popular myth around Washington that, as a child, he cut down his father's cherry tree. When confronted, he supposedly responded "I cannot tell a lie..." and took responsibility
Load More Replies... Rosecrucian Roeth 10 months ago
Just like the donald? He's honest, christian and a leader..........................according to himself:)
Michael Largey 10 months ago
Washington went to Anglican services but always left just after the sermon, before the communion section of the service began. His pastor, the local bishop, expressed the opinion that Washington was not a Christian. He was much more a deist, like many of the Founding Fathers.
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We are in fact not the country with the highest obesity rates in the world. We're ranked 13th, still pretty high though.
#53
The the US is a massive monoculture. Theres like 8 major subcultural groups recognized within the US, not counting smaller ones or Native Americans.
#54
There are so many that I’ve lost count (I’m Israeli).
cerinamroth 10 months ago (edited)
It is a land so full of contradictions that it is absolutely impossible to categorise! The rude Israeli stereotype totally applies for people working in public service, but if you are invited into someone's home you won't be able to leave until you've gained at least two dress sizes and been set up with some random guy. Lots of strangers are chatty and friendly, and I've had individuals go out of their way to help me there in a way that I have only ever experienced in Japan. But the glaring problems of inequality and poverty are there, as they are in many places. Plus right-wing nutjobs (partly cowering behind pretend religious conviction) in power for far too long, as is also the case elsewhere.
What do you think ?
Multa Nocte 10 months ago
BP - the article is about countries and the myths about them, but you have somehow forgotten to note the country in a number of these. Would it be too much to ask that you go back and put the name in the title if it's not already there?
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago
They're too busy copy and pasting to do that!
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T'Mar of Vulcan 10 months ago
We in South Africa do not have lions and zebras running in the streets. We also do not live in mud huts. Also, most racist white people emigrated to Australia years ago. Those of us who are left love our rainbow nation and will moer you if you diss us, so don't be a poephol.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
The stereotype that comes to mind is that South Africa is racially divided and that white people are not safe living there, families take turns guarding their homes and carjackings and kidnapping are guaranteed. What is the truth on this?
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DennyS (denzoren) 10 months ago
Trinidad & Tobago/Caribbean - we have jobs, traffic and stress. We aren't all hanging around on white sandy beaches, drinking from coconuts, singing and dancing....that's for weekends and holidays lol
Sonja Klasson 10 months ago
As a Swede that we have polar bears and reindeer’s roaming the streets everywhere.
Pernille 10 months ago
Of course you don't, you all drive old Volvos and are drunk the moment you set foot on danish ground. We love you neighbours even if we don't understand a word you say.
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Sapna Sarfare 10 months ago
Indian here. We do not eat naan, tandoori chicken or rogan josh.. That is one percent of the vast cuisine found in India. The sheer variety is fabulous.. Though vegetarianism is huge, we eat all kinds of meat including seafood.. Beef is banned though.. But you can try water buffalo meat as beef.. Also mutton, chicken and pork are also eaten..
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago
Australia: that people think drop bears are a made-up myth to stuff about with tourists, and that we are all in on this nationwide practical joke. It's NO JOKE. Drop bears are so fkn terrifying and dangerous that the truth was sugar-coated as a myth >.< Not so long ago, a group of four researchers went deep into the bush to try and study drop bears (from afar) They didn't return, and couldn't be found. Bushwalkers stumbled upon their shredded, blood-stained tents a couple of weeks later. The remains of the research team fitted into one small esky. That's all that was left of them. There was some audio recorded on one of their phones. It has been deemed ''never to be released'' because of how horrifying it is, apparently.
Multa Nocte 10 months ago
BP - the article is about countries and the myths about them, but you have somehow forgotten to note the country in a number of these. Would it be too much to ask that you go back and put the name in the title if it's not already there?
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago
They're too busy copy and pasting to do that!
Load More Replies... T'Mar of Vulcan 10 months ago
We in South Africa do not have lions and zebras running in the streets. We also do not live in mud huts. Also, most racist white people emigrated to Australia years ago. Those of us who are left love our rainbow nation and will moer you if you diss us, so don't be a poephol.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
The stereotype that comes to mind is that South Africa is racially divided and that white people are not safe living there, families take turns guarding their homes and carjackings and kidnapping are guaranteed. What is the truth on this?
Load More Replies... DennyS (denzoren) 10 months ago
Trinidad & Tobago/Caribbean - we have jobs, traffic and stress. We aren't all hanging around on white sandy beaches, drinking from coconuts, singing and dancing....that's for weekends and holidays lol
Sonja Klasson 10 months ago
As a Swede that we have polar bears and reindeer’s roaming the streets everywhere.
Pernille 10 months ago
Of course you don't, you all drive old Volvos and are drunk the moment you set foot on danish ground. We love you neighbours even if we don't understand a word you say.
Load More Replies... Sapna Sarfare 10 months ago
Indian here. We do not eat naan, tandoori chicken or rogan josh.. That is one percent of the vast cuisine found in India. The sheer variety is fabulous.. Though vegetarianism is huge, we eat all kinds of meat including seafood.. Beef is banned though.. But you can try water buffalo meat as beef.. Also mutton, chicken and pork are also eaten..
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago
Australia: that people think drop bears are a made-up myth to stuff about with tourists, and that we are all in on this nationwide practical joke. It's NO JOKE. Drop bears are so fkn terrifying and dangerous that the truth was sugar-coated as a myth >.< Not so long ago, a group of four researchers went deep into the bush to try and study drop bears (from afar) They didn't return, and couldn't be found. Bushwalkers stumbled upon their shredded, blood-stained tents a couple of weeks later. The remains of the research team fitted into one small esky. That's all that was left of them. There was some audio recorded on one of their phones. It has been deemed ''never to be released'' because of how horrifying it is, apparently.
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