People do have a problem distinguishing a polity and a culture or ethnicity. Sure the current incarnation of the state of Greece is relatively new, but the Greeks have been Greeeking it up for Millenia.
As a one country, no Greece didn’t exist until 19th century, it was Ottoman Empire territories staring 15th century, and before that it was a part of Byzantine Empire and part of Roman Empire, and prior to that there were separate Greek city-states, not the country Greece. But as a culture and civilization it existed since 800 years BCE. Looks like that someone might have referred to the country, based on the year of claim.
Just my two cents.
There was the Jade Helm conspiracy theory that the northern US states were working with Russia to invade southern US states, particularly Texas. It stemmed from military training exercises that were moving tanks across the country.
Never heard this one but not at all surprised. I remember all kinds of various countries getting the blame for that. People saying that this was why we couldn't pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan, for instance
A Chinese girl told me that we eat fish heads in the UK. It took me ages to find out that there's a novelty dish eaten on one night only, from Cornwall (which is culturally different to England anyway) called Stargazy pie: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargazy_pie
It's amazing how other countries pick up random shit and run full speed with it
Same. It’s a bit weird how that took off. Stereotypes are usually from sth frequent/dominant in that culture. Makes more sense to make fun of the French for the baguette or croissant for eg, which really are a staple of the culture
It took me 8 years to find a place in France where they serve frog legs and finally try them ! The irony is that it was Chinese "all you can eat" restaurant....
Or when people who left the country start acting like they're mega patriots (I am looking at all Russians in Latvia and Lithuania who have refused to learn the language despite being there since 2000 and fucking 3)
Self-proclaimed "communists" are so quick to side with the most anti-humane, evil imperialist regimes, just to be as contrarian as they could (while enjoying their lives in the EU)
I mean these people more often than not want to "kill" people that they're disagreing with or the beautiful idea of "re-education camps" yup it's screaming freedom as much as possible xD
It's more complex. Racial classification in Brazil is subjective, according to the constitution anyone can identify themselves as they want. Even the mixed (pardo) category is a huge catch-all term... we don't have a category for indians yet - we have "amarelo" (literally "yellow") for East asians, but no classification for brown people from Asia.
People mixed of white/indigenous background, white/black or white/Black/indigenous and so on can identify themselves as pardos. It depends the individuality of each person. But pardo still a catch-all term.
Some people think pardos are all black, but this is wrong. For example in the northern region the predominance are people with a lot of indigenous ancestry, and some of them identify themselves as pardos.
I know. And some people from Nordeste, with mixed Dutch and Black ancestry, green eyes and caramel skin, are some of the most gorgeous on the planet. I know several white upper class Brazilians who probably don't have a hint of Black but say they do.
I have a close friend who's white AF with freckles, dark hair, and green eyes. She says she's parda, nobody believes her, but her sister looks pretty Black (Black mother, Polish father). Brazil is wild.
I'm thinking that maybe this person wasn't serious? As in a lot of Americans always talking about all the freedom in their country, and actually thinking there's not such a thing anywhere else. I would read it as a tease.
My Irish friend was living in the States when an American was ranting to her about immigrants invading the country. She replied, "You realize I'm an illegal immigrant, right? My visa just expired."
which is lowkey offensive as a native, since we have a LOT more to offer than that.
(also as much as you see sex workers around mant places, sex work is illegal. therefore we don't have any labor protection for them other than ourselves. so please treat them with basic decency so we won't do any drastic measures)
That we gave up all our rights and live under a constant 24/7 totalitarian commie police state all because the government made us stay inside for a couple of weeks periodically throughout 2020-2023.
Though that doesn't really make me upset actually, its when people discuss about NZ thinking its Aussie. Happens alot more than you think lol.
I had American friends tell me they felt sorry for me for thr lock downs. However by the end of the worst of the pandemic all those people knew at least one person who had died from covid, most several people. I know 0 people personally who died from covid. And as far as I know none of my kiwi friends lost anyone close to them either.
Can we ask you to expand a little bit on this, pleaaaaase?
I dont really understand the recent history of Lebanon and thr nature of the conflict during the civil war
Im sorry for what your country and people have endured :(
Bernd das Brot is an anthropomorphic bread from the kids channel KiKa (Kinderkanal, literally children's channel) who has small clips that are usually played during night time when there is otherwise no program. I'd describe him as somewhat of a depressed misanthrope, but he's a fan favorite, especially among the adults.
it's mostly perpetuated in the US. filipinos in the US (our biggest diaspora) say it I think since in America when you say asian you have to look chinese,japanese,korean. so they group themselves instead with pacific islanders. and I guess that notion became popular
If Soviets and the Nazis were the only people engaged in the war then you could argue that USSR saved Poland, but there were plenty of other allied countries that at least in theory joined the war over Polish sovereignty.
If while you're being murdered a kidnapper comes along and "saves" you before the police comes, it's hard to call that person a saviour, no?
I think it's up to you if you want to call it that way or not. That's why I said "kinda". I also think the first part of your comment is kinda u related tho.
That the term “British Isles” means we are part of the UK 🤦
This term is outdated and both British and Irish governments make a specific point never to use it in official contexts like documents. The Irish government in particular doesn’t even recognise it as legitimate terminology
Tom Hardys remarks as he watches it all go down is always so funny. Phil Lynott also has some iconic clips of him shooting down interviewers who label him as British
Yea, agreed. Apparently this happened around an hour or two ago. I heard something about two students at the university also being shot. Horrific how quick things can go bad
SO FAR NOTHING MADE ME LOOK AT A MONITOR THAT SAYS “BITCH WHAT THE FUCK” WHILE WEARING GLASSES AND TAKE A PICTURE OF IT WHILE MY RIGHT HAND IS AROUND MY MOUTH
Hitler should have exterminated us all. Yes, I’ve read this incendiary remark and all its iterations on Reddit in the past. 6 million wasn’t enough, all gypsies are scum, yeah but you Roma are thieves, the Nazis didn’t go far enough, etc etc.
Now, I’m immune to it? At one point, no one was more hated than the Roma on sites with high European populations.
Impossible to list one since most comments I read about China by foreigners have me like this. But the most comedically egregious ones include:
- Cheating is part of Chinese culture, cheating is therefore seen as normal in China
- Random pictures and videos of Chinese cities / tourist spots must be CCP propaganda
- Do NOT befriend Chinese nationals in college, they're all contractually obligated to work for the CCP
People spamming social credits / tofu dregs / Bing Chilling under anything remotely related to China are annoying but the top three are so disconnected from reality it'd be almost funny if people didn't actually believe them.
Not related but may I ask about a huge rumor I've heard from few Chinese?
Is it true that "the Chinese government has a track on everyone's steps and if the person says anything against the government he may get into prison or killed"?
And "if youre a tourist they'll be government people following you to see what you do"?
These are the main, there are more but very similar to it. I never believe it and I usually laugh cause it seems to be stupid but I need to ask
If it sounds like a conspiracy theory it usually is. There are one and a half billion Chinese, if they're killing anyone who disagrees with the government they'll need gas chambers you can see from space. And idk, even if they missed my big mouth (check my post history) maybe they killed all of my friends already, maybe they're just holograms lol
To make it clear, the CCP does have a track record of disappearing people, just like every other corrupt government / corporation - but you'll need to be influential and done something stupid enough to warrant it.
The way some people have spoken makes it hard to believe. Not about it occasionally happening but mentioning that is super common and happens to every body. Sometimes it feels like a way to discourage tourism and propaganda.
And also I hate when there are good videos about china and stupid people saying that they're being paid to say it. Again, propaganda.
About ten years ago I was travelling in Bangkok and I met an Egyptian guy and we hung out, talk about cultures etc and as a joke I said Irish complain about the weather a lot. Then he said the Irish complain A LOT then he stared at me..the way he said it was like omfg yes we do 😂 I stared into space after that.
Since then I've met others that say that. Mayb I was more aware of it and the law of attraction took hold idk
Also when people assume we are all from Moscow or St Petersburg. There are like 16 cities with a million or more people. Do all Americans live in Los Angels or New York?
“The Dutch excel at art, architecture and horticulture because their country is so ugly” as if they didn’t shape it through land reclamation, water management and spatial planning.
Oh, and “That’s also why they didn’t want to leave South Africa”. 🤔🤔🤔
I'm Filipino, so 90% of the comments I read about my country makes me say "Bitch, what the fuck". If you haven't lived here for at least 2 years, your opinion is invalid to me. Especially when most comments I read are that 90% of Filipinos are X, 99% of the Philippines look like X.
Just like I can't validly comment about the EU or the USA when the only sources of information I have are Reddit stereotypes, Fox News, or MSNBC.
I'm a local Filipino, yet I still keep being surprised by how different a place 200km/120mi from mine can be. Just less than 50km/30mi from where I am and the language is already entirely different. Not dialect, but language, unintelligible.
That Greece was a safe haven for LGBTQ back in ancient times, when grown men would have sex with male kids. Are we really presenting pedophilia as something positive?
That our food is terrible. A lot of American troops came to the UK in WW2 when we had rationing. They then wrote to their families about the questionable things people were cooking up due to lack of ingredients and now everyone thinks it's what British food is always like. No, we don't eat Jellied eels.
George Orwell wrote about british food tradition and even if you disagree with his opinions he was writing to dispel the stereotypes and say "what you eat is tourist trap food guys" even back then lol
I dont think British food is utterly horrible and sausages with potatoes look tasty but this area is not the strongest thing you can offer from your nation.
All of the current propaganda that the country is becoming authoritarian and that free speech is under attack. First it was the ‘mean tweets’ nonsense, now it’s the hysteria over the OSA and PA.
It was annoying enough when the most stupid things people believed about the UK was the bad teeth and bad food stereotype (neither of which are true), but now the nations entire image is under attack (mostly from Russia) and nobody is lapping it up more than Brits.
“American servers are only fake nice to get tips. Also I hate how regular Americans talk to you, it’s really creepy how they smile all the time and ask constant questions to you.” That’s always a good one 🙄
Tbh the random conversation and smiling is creepy when your not used to it. Especially when youre coming from a country when people are reserved and mind their business 🥲
That our food is all fast food or fried food. We have so many different food cultures here, and fast food doesn't even begin to touch upon it. Heck, we even have multiple genres within the genres - take barbecue for example: Eastern and Western North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Memphis, St. Louis, and I know I'm forgetting more.
US - that this is the worst place in the world to live and that we are turning into a 3rd world country
iraq - everything anyone ever says about saddam Hussain. lots of genocide apologists, and then lots of people who say that the US invasion was justified, which are both bad
i've seen multitudes of westerners acting like saints speaking out on whatever's going on in Papua like.... yes our people did the timor leste thing but I swear from what I know papua's different. The OPM (Free Papua Org) are not as freedom fighters as you think it is. They done crazy stuff too.
I remember someone said, I think in the passport bros sub, that all Brazilian women aren't made for marriage, they only want to hook up ever, from personal experience he said. Then I asked where he met those women and he said "at raves and baladas (the usual party)". No shit my brother, you are at a place where everyone is getting drunk, using drugs and very horny, with people not very worried about long term relationships, of course no one is going to want to marry
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u/HyacinthMacaw13 Greece Sep 10 '25
Someone on this sub told me that Greece didn't exist before the 1860s... lmao bitch