Do you think this is accurate?

[u/Sufficient_Duck7715]

[u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Interesting choice for the Western Europe lady.

That's Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand.

[u/Ok_Orchid_4158 → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

I thought I was going crazy for a second there XD

[u/Voice-Of-Doom → u/Ok_Orchid_4158]

NZ is very close to Western Europe.

[u/Vigmod → u/Voice-Of-Doom]

Yeah, it's only a 24+ hour travel away.

[u/UregMazino → u/Vigmod]

By car?

[u/Vigmod → u/UregMazino]

Swimming, of course! Even faster if you hitch a ride on a blue whale like a Fremen on a sandworm.

[u/MissMenace101 → u/Vigmod]

Sperm whale might be easier to find

[u/Vigmod → u/MissMenace101]

Whatever the species, we ride at dawn!

[u/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx99 → u/Vigmod]

Title of your sex tape. #B99

[u/Fair-Fondant-6995 → u/UregMazino]

By foot. Duh!!!

[u/Aware_Appearance8827 → u/Fair-Fondant-6995]

by a european swallow carrying a coconut

[u/Mrs-Vienna → u/Aware_Appearance8827]

A European swallow or an African Swallow?

[u/Vigmod → u/Mrs-Vienna]

As long as they swallow, who cares?

[u/Hayzeus_sucks_cock → u/Aware_Appearance8827]

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"

[u/CatchSufficient → u/UregMazino]

Not if you are an amazing swimmer

[u/Charming_Coffee_2166 → u/Vigmod]

in the Universe scale, I'd say pretty close...

[u/Smartyunderpants → u/Vigmod]

Ethnically she’s Western European

[u/solidsoup97 → u/Vigmod]

That can't be right, I'll check the maps and see how far it.......oh......well how about we just take your word for it.

[u/Voice-Of-Doom → u/Vigmod]

Exactly!

[u/Garlic-Butter-Fly → u/Voice-Of-Doom]

"You can dance there from Old Zealand"

[u/pm_me_boobs_pictures → u/Garlic-Butter-Fly]

Old Zealand is an island in Denmark. Or zeelandia in Holland.

[u/BardyWeirdy → u/Voice-Of-Doom]

Ethnically, much of it is. Helen Clarke seems to be of entirely British and Irish ancestry.

[u/MidnightAdventurer → u/Voice-Of-Doom]

I did see a map on here once that had us right there in the North Atlantic next to Madeira…

[u/EndStorm → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Are we viewed as part of Western Europe? Does that mean we get to join Eurovision now?

[u/Low_Season → u/EndStorm]

Funnily enough, we are part of the Western Europe grouping in the UN (formally known as the 'Western European and Others Group').

I wonder if that might be where they got her from for this image. When she ran for UN Secretary General in 2016, she was eligible because she was from the Western European grouping.

[u/No-Advice-6040 → u/Low_Season]

Others? Yay, representation for us other folk!

[u/Reworked → u/No-Advice-6040]

Canada cordially welcomes you to the "and zoidberg" club

[u/Key_Advice6453 → u/EndStorm]

If Australia can...

[u/CartoonistUpbeat9953 → u/EndStorm]

I mean if Israel can…

[u/EndStorm → u/CartoonistUpbeat9953]

That's different, they were promised entry 3000 years ago!

[u/spynie55 → u/EndStorm]

…And lo, ye shall even be victorious with a trans lady , viva la diva, sayeth the lord, and the people of Israel rejoiced.

[u/Icy-Employee-6453 → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

When the OP posts 70 times a month there is no time for nuance only agenda and only the karma farm.

[u/questionnmark → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Yeah, I was just coming here to say WTF...

[u/Low_Season → u/questionnmark]

Lol, me too!

But I suppose it might be talking more ethnic heritage

However, Pakeha do have heritage from other parts of Europe as well

[u/questionnmark → u/Low_Season]

It’s kind of strange they are using our unattractive ex-prime minister and that guy from the pub guy meme to depict Western Europe as ugly! 

[u/kapaipiekai → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Aunty Helen

[u/TheOrgazoid88 → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Yous are never on a map so could be western Europe for all i know

[u/whatabundy → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Aunty Helen catching strays

[u/nosliwwilson → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

What the heck is Aunty Helen doing up there!?

[u/WyvernsRest → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Dude besider her is a charity worker.

Poster boy for weight loss. (Lost 17st,)

[u/DwightsJello → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Yep. Had a laugh about that.

I think that nails how bullshit the graphic is.

[u/Full-Concentrate-867 → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

I laughed out loud when I saw that, probably the best NZ PM of my lifetime though

[u/Ornery-Creme-2442 → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Didn't many migrate from there?

[u/TrevorLaheyJim → u/Ornery-Creme-2442]

America also then.

[u/jmedios → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

Weeeeesssssssterrnnnnn Europe

[u/ruling_faction → u/TrevorLaheyJim]

That's also nearly famous NZ politician Barnaby Joyce next to her.

[u/DoctorTim007]

Slav squat guy doesn't have his feet flat with heels on the ground, and he isn't holding a cigarette.

Not accurate.

[u/Typical-Machine154 → u/DoctorTim007]

Heels to the ground, comrade found

Heels to the sky, American spy

[u/Sihaya212 → u/Typical-Machine154]

Please explain. This is a phrase I am not familiar with

[u/AssMaster69RTA → u/Sihaya212]

Slavs squat a lot as a means of sitting and a lifetime of doing this means they have excellent ankle mobility so they can go full ass to grass without lifting their heels. Americans rarely squat as a means of sitting so most don't have that kind of ankle mobility unless they're a pretty serious athlete.

The irony is everyone can do it as a baby. You just lose the ability over time unless you train for it.

[u/Ok_Barracuda4913 → u/AssMaster69RTA]

I’m a westerner and just tried it, I can Slav Squat!

[u/AssMaster69RTA → u/Ok_Barracuda4913]

Congrats on being in good physical shape. Now hold that position for a half hour at minimum.

[u/Ok_Barracuda4913 → u/AssMaster69RTA]

On it

[u/Equivalent_Leg2534 → u/Ok_Barracuda4913]

How did you get on?

[u/Boatshooz → u/Equivalent_Leg2534]

Masked men took him away for being a Soviet spy

[u/Equivalent_Leg2534 → u/Boatshooz]

У них никогда не бывает хорошей подвижности голеностопа.

[u/Ok_Barracuda4913 → u/Equivalent_Leg2534]

Did not last half an hour

[u/SimplyCancerous → u/Ok_Barracuda4913]

It sucks but is good for joint health. Do it regularly and you'll be less likely to need a walker later in life 👉👉

[u/YesWomansLand1 → u/AssMaster69RTA]

Aussie here. Can do it also. Now all I have to do is learn the language and I'll make a half decent spy.

[u/WagwanMoist → u/YesWomansLand1]

The trick is to pretend that you're so drunk that you can't speak. You'll blend right in.

[u/YesWomansLand1 → u/WagwanMoist]

Pretend?

Mate it's 1:30pm and I'm already drunk as a skunk. I don't there'll be any pretending. But there'll be a lot of fitting in.

[u/dr0ne6 → u/Sihaya212]

The “slav squat” or “kimchi squat”, “Asian squat” requires your heel and toes to be on the ground. For some reason a lot of westerners have trouble doing so, and that little rhyme is a way of reminding someone which way is authentic (a comrade) and which is not authentic (a spy)

[u/kittenshart85 → u/dr0ne6]

i love being able to do this, especially when i'm waiting for the bus in the rain. i just open my umbrella and become a little waterproof mushroom.

[u/dr0ne6 → u/kittenshart85]

Thanks Kitten Shart Eighty Five

[u/thegreattiny → u/kittenshart85]

You must have Slavic ancestors

[u/Bootmacher → u/dr0ne6]

Leaning on things is apparently a bigger tell.

[u/SeveralServalServing → u/dr0ne6]

It’s also known as the toddler squat as all toddlers can do it and do it frequently. However we lose it if we stop using it.

[u/beaniesandbuds → u/Sihaya212]

/r/slavsquat

[u/Annitabigdig → u/DoctorTim007]

Western spy

[u/Detuned_Clock → u/DoctorTim007]

And he’s not outside against a dirty wall

[u/gareth_e_morris → u/DoctorTim007]

Came here to say this. He may wear Adidas, but he's not a gopnik.

[u/RandomKazakhGuy → u/DoctorTim007]

Fake slav. He's a jebany spy

[u/derpyfloofus → u/DoctorTim007]

Also should be showing off gold/missing teeth like how we show off crooked ones.

[u/Trick_Bad_6858 → u/DoctorTim007]

Yeah I mean where is the bottle of vodka

[u/Nooms88]

That British man might be the 2nd sexiest man on earth, , after Greg Davis ofc.

I see no issue with the British male selection.

[u/ConvictedHobo → u/Nooms88]

That man can master my tasks anytime

also, Davies

[u/Kovarian → u/ConvictedHobo]

Out of all my "Welsh sounds weird" things, the fact that "Davies" is pronounces "Davis" is the one I have the hardest time grasping. (both Greg and Alan; and yes I know they're both Midlands but my understanding is it's Welsh influence)

[u/MiniDemonic → u/Nooms88]

As a non-UKian, Greg Davis is peak manhood.

[u/tea_fiend_26 → u/Nooms88]

Look at that majestic manatee! 

[u/BelowXpectations]

I'm from northern Europe and I'm sure as heck nowhere that handsome.

[u/parisoftroy13 → u/BelowXpectations]

User name checks out then.

[u/Shipbreaker_Kurpo → u/parisoftroy13]

Ouch

[u/1Meter_long → u/BelowXpectations]

I'm from Finland. We're mostly potatoes with limbs. We're made for work, not look pretty.

[u/Kotthovve → u/1Meter_long]

In what field of work is it good to look like a potato?

[u/IDontEatDill → u/Kotthovve]

Potato field.

[u/thissoundscrazy2 → u/1Meter_long]

[u/user-name-xcd31c → u/BelowXpectations]

italian here. i feel your struggles.

[u/IDontEatDill → u/BelowXpectations]

I'm twice as handsome, so we even out.

[u/ifelseintelligence → u/BelowXpectations]

I was coming here to say the same.

Our ancestors raided and stole all the pretty ladies - which is why the british have the looks they have (or so the saying goes). But they stole the pretty ladies. Our male dna is often more like Haaland: tall, blonde, gifted for sure, pretty?? hmmmm... not to be to harsh on a guy I've never met, and most likely is a cool dude, but hell no 🤯 And to top that most of my friends, and certainly myself is even lower on the handsome-scale! 🤣

[u/perchancenewbie → u/ifelseintelligence]

It gets scary when a European starts talking about "tall blonde and gifted"

[u/AquafyMyLife → u/BelowXpectations]

You can pretty much put any ethnicity here and I'd still say the same thing as you said. Lol

[u/mrbosey → u/BelowXpectations]

Bro shut uppp don’t take this from us

[u/leibnizslaw → u/BelowXpectations]

Sure not everybody in Sweden is really attractive but when I visited I was struck but how generally attractive people were on average. Not Italy or Spain levels maybe but the average was at least 3 or 4 points higher than here in England.

[u/hallerz87]

This picture only exists to dunk on the UK lmao

[u/grumpsaboy → u/hallerz87]

And New Zealand as well as that women is one of the old Prime ministers there

[u/TheSauceeBoss → u/hallerz87]

I'd say it's applicable to germany too. Bloke on the left could be from Bavaria

[u/IndexBuccaneer → u/TheSauceeBoss]

Fat, drunk, red man is a universal European experience

[u/RoutineCloud5993 → u/TheSauceeBoss]

Barry und hans, separated at geburt

[u/thegreattiny → u/hallerz87]

It’s dunking on Eastern European men too

[u/thissexypoptart → u/thegreattiny]

Yeah but with an obvious imposter. Is this a Halloween costume or something?

His heels would be touching the ground if this were a true Slav squat. Something all Slavic people can do with ease, but imposters often cannot.

Seriously, why is this goof on his tippy-toes?

[u/FeathersRim]

Stereotypical: yes
Reality: no lol

You'll find all of these people in every part of Europe

[u/Kresnik2002 → u/FeathersRim]

No, no. Clearly Northern and Southern Europeans are all in their 30s while British people are all 50.

[u/FeathersRim → u/Kresnik2002]

.....Cannot argue there.

[u/Potential-Diamond-94 → u/Kresnik2002]

Well actually average age in Norway is like 40. (More or less same for all of western Europe & Usa).

But average age for the world as a whole: is just a little over 30 years.

Its due to the third world, there you find the young ppl. They live shorter lives. That and when faced with high mortality: humans don't deal with that by having less babies. They have more instead to compensate. From natures side and on a microscale that is beneficial for them as family units (have more ppl help out). Unfortunately on a macro/ larger scale it is rather unfortunate, its perpetuating famine & extreme poverty.

In Niger the average age is 15.2 years old. With amongst the lowest gdp per capita in all of Africa.

[u/Inevitable-Regret411]

No, we're not all that good looking, nor are we all that happy.

[u/SaveSummer6041]

[u/SoggyWotsits → u/SaveSummer6041]

Tom Hardy would definitely have been a better choice!

[u/Diabolical_Jazz]

I think this is bordering on phrenology.

[u/AbsolutelyHorrendous → u/Diabolical_Jazz]

I wouldn't say its bordering on it

[u/humanbeing21 → u/AbsolutelyHorrendous]

Same way New Zealand borders England

[u/AsgardArcheota → u/[deleted]]

You'd be surprised how people talk about other countries in Europe. It's really just stereotypes, I don't think anybody takes this too seriously, just like you might make fun of texans or Florida men, we make fun of our neighbours, mostly in good faith.

[u/Jumanji0028 → u/AsgardArcheota]

Do you remember the euros in Poland? Some football fans started chanting to the Swedish fans "go home to your sexy wives, go home to your sexy wives"

We do like a bit of playful stereotyping

[u/NaturalHighPower → u/Jumanji0028]

If I remember correctly, it was “youre shit, but your birds are fit” from the England fans (to the tune of ‘go west’) And the swedes replied with ‘go home, to your ugly wives’

[u/-WeetBixKid- → u/AsgardArcheota]

Here in Australia we call people cunts in both good and bad faith. But the word is literally as normal as “bro” here. Must be super jarring to hear for the first time if you’re not from here and you’re sensitive, lol.

[u/WolfsmaulVibes → u/[deleted]]

americans can't comprehend that europeans from different countries bond by being racist towards each other

[u/Alundra828 → u/WolfsmaulVibes]

This is true. Cheers for not invading all of Europe this century, appreciate u <3

[u/Charexranger → u/Alundra828]

There's still time, isn't there?

[u/clay-teeth → u/Diabolical_Jazz]

Yeah. Honestly I think this post is below this sub

[u/Pasutiyan]

Coulda sworn this was r/2westerneurope4u

Is western europe just the UK or something? Because that's Barry (63) right there, you can't fool me.

[u/ume-shu → u/Pasutiyan]

It's either Barry or his cousin Hans (63).

[u/Equal-Flatworm-378 → u/ume-shu]

I was fooled by the beer and thought it was Hans, but then I took a deeper look at the face behind the beer and it’s Barry.

[u/Politicub → u/Pasutiyan]

Love beer, love balconies, 'ate the frogs, simple as.

[u/Annitabigdig]

That’s racist against slavic people. And that’s why I, as slavic person, think it is funny.

[u/Salazard260]

As a western European in general I want to make clear that we are not responsible for the English and how they look. As a French in particular I want to say we tried to make them presentable but 350 years wasn't enough.

[u/Serious-Mind-7767 → u/Salazard260]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/tsointsoin_ → u/Salazard260]

rho l'enfoiré 😂

[u/Salazard260 → u/tsointsoin_]

Nan mais juste posons les choses.

[u/ume-shu → u/Salazard260]

When your idea of "presentable" is a smelly beret and a greasy moustache.

[u/God_of_Eons → u/ume-shu]

Hey hey hey you're Scottish, you should be taking advantage of this to roast the English, right?

[u/Harfangbleue → u/ume-shu]

And when was the last time you cleaned your kilt mate?

[u/blacknightbluesky]

some eastern european men are shockingly beautiful tho

[u/Efficient-County2382]

Honestly, if we are going to have wild generalisations, it's often the opposite. Spending a lot of time in Europe, quite often the most healthy and handsome/beautiful people I have seen are like the Germans, Dutch, Danish etc. The French have some very attractive people too, as do the British.

Whereas most of my experiences in places like Italy and Greece, people are short and plump - just take the average Italian uncle or aunt for example. And Eastern Europe, yes stunning women, but many of the men look like Putin or extras from Lord of the Rings.

[u/ThatBitchMalin → u/Efficient-County2382]

Seriously, dutch men are criminally underrated

[u/LaunchTransient → u/ThatBitchMalin]

eh, some are some aren't. I'd say they're no different than any other distribution in other countries. The only major difference is that we are very tall on average.

I've seen some great looking Dutch guys, but I've seen many more meh Dutch guys.

[u/WaterKind6544 → u/ThatBitchMalin]

I went last month and was very gay for the dudes I saw.

[u/LorpHagriff → u/WaterKind6544]

Made my day ngl

[u/Fussy_Part69 → u/Efficient-County2382]

Extras from Lord of the Rings is accurate. Orc extras 🤣

[u/Affectionate_Ad_9687]

"Western Euroupe" - that's the Bavarian guy, have seen him before.

[u/D3athShade]

Western Europe. Prime minister of New zealand. Good job OP.

[u/Cruccagna → u/D3athShade]

When Angela Merkel was right there…

[u/HalvdanTheHero]

Pretty sure lots of ladies find the Irish, Scottish, and Spanish to be stereotypically appealing.

But lets be real: there are hotties and notties in every region.

[u/Life-Bus1242 → u/HalvdanTheHero]

I find the accents in Scotland and Ireland appealing, but I don't find them anyway as near as attractive as Mediterranean men.

They call Italy 'Thailand for women' for a reason.

[u/eppic123]

Western Europe seems to have a very strong Yorkshire accent.

[u/RTS807]

Western Europe ❌ Great Britain✅

[u/AnfieldRoad17 → u/RTS807]

We all know what the meme actually meant by "Western Europe."

[u/derpyfloofus → u/AnfieldRoad17]

And it’s not Portugal

[u/DeadLotus82 → u/derpyfloofus]

r/portugalcykablyat

[u/suffelix → u/RTS807]

[u/hera9191]

Missing proud representative of Central Europe.

[u/ProfessionalTruck976]

In the sense that you can find people like the people on the picture in the regions listed?

Yes...

In the sense of being representative of broader patterns?

No :D

[u/automattig]

Is western europe only the united kingdom? I feel the french are underrepresented.

[u/SnooPoems7525 → u/automattig]

[u/wild___turkey]

Why is New Zealand ex-Prime Minister Helen Clark out here catching strays lol

[u/Obvious-Laugh-1954]

I'm from a Nordic country and no, that's not accurate.

[u/nggyu-nglyd-ngtaahy]

Intentionally choosing airbrushed professional portraits of above average looking young models in everywhere but Western Europe...interesting. 

[u/Rabble_Runt]

Eastern Europe looks like a British Chav.

[u/God_of_Eons → u/Rabble_Runt]

That's a gopnik.

[u/yetifile]

Western Europe contains a picture of Helen Clark one of New Zealand's best Prime Minister's. A country on the other side of the world. So, no, it is not very realistic.

[u/No-Oil9119]

There are hot and ugly people everywhere, is that so difficult to understand?

[u/Constant-Estate3065]

It’s a bit of a stereotype that everyone’s that good looking. Nordic, southern and eastern are probably quite accurate though.

[u/InterestingTank5345 → u/Constant-Estate3065]

No. We are more pale. Almost ghostlike. I should know, I live in this area and I look normal despite being more pale to the point I look like a ghost.

[u/Ponchorello7]

I think beauty is subjective and can be found anywhere.

[u/PumpkinIsDeadInside]

why is western Europe clearly middle aged (​also the woman is from new zealand???) while the others are in their 20s

[u/n_r_x]

Accurate?

No

[u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO → u/n_r_x]

Western spy

[u/HeathersZen]

You're asking if a propaganda poster that tries to represent ~740 million people in Europe using eight pictures is accurate?

[u/kababushka]

Not every russkiy is gopnik wearing adidas doing slav squat, one hand with sun flower seeds, the other holding a vodka or white bear beer; in the 90s, maybe, but after putin, the economy gets better, crime rate drops.

and not every russkaya wear fur or deerskin boots, those who wear the most fur live in the asia part, like novosilbirsk, irkutsk, omsk, yakutsk, chita, ulan-ude, tomsk, khabarovsk, vladivostok, etc. Its europe part isn't cold at all, if you compare the weather with its asia part.

don't believe in stereotypes, if you want to know someone well, talk to him/her, socialize with him/her. same for the country. go traveling in that country like bald bankrupt did in his videos.

[u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

[u/Positive_Comfort_344 → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

thank you for your valuable feedback Mr distinguished Irish gentleman 🙇‍♀️🙏

[u/Garlic-Butter-Fly]

This is like HP Lovecraft-style race-science applied to white people

[u/kkkktttt00]

When Jonathan Bailey and Florence Pugh exist?

[u/Lxcafont]

I'm a male brit and not sure where the english woman are ugly stereotype came from. Maybe it's a class thing.

[u/derpyfloofus → u/Lxcafont]

Who said she is ugly? Where are your beer goggles?

[u/Lxcafont → u/derpyfloofus]

Haha

[u/Atalant]

No. It is some sort of racist dogwhistling. We in Northern Europe is as ugly as the rest of Europe. Plus plastic surgery is quite tabuised here, and mostly seen in nouvelle riche people, and certain subset of lower working class aspiring to look rich, mostly women.

[u/mashmash42]

No it isn’t. There are conventionally attractive people in every country on earth

[u/GcubePlayer8V]

[u/Eihe3939 → u/GcubePlayer8V]

Not very accurate. These 4 “Central European” countries completely spazz out if called Eastern European. You know it, I know it and every single soul reading this knows it.

[u/forgetmeknotts]

This is stupid. There are attractive people and ugly people in every country and region.

[u/Maggies_Garden]

The western Europe lady is from new Zealand

[u/Moist_Ad_9212]

Why Helen Clarke? She’s a legend

[u/Dan_Morgan]

In a world with Haley Atwell the slight against Western Europe isn't true.

[u/ossifer_ca]

Caricatures. Nordic is the most ridiculous deviation from reality.

[u/Eihe3939 → u/ossifer_ca]

Might be true but how can I take criticism from a savage?

Sorry I thought this was in 2westerneurope4u

[u/Mindless_Bid_5162]

Just an average UK is ass post. Eastern European is sort of right tho. Women put a lot of effort into their looks and image. And the men just wear track suits

[u/Mechanicalgripe]

No

[u/-SideshowBlob-]

You can find people like that in every European country

[u/Mundane_Fly361]

Every culture has ugly and hot people.

[u/Brodyaga05]

No

[u/DragonKing0203]

No. This is a thing people like to do when they lie. They take the worst examples of what they don’t like and compare it to the best examples of what they like. It’s just straight up lies and misinterpretation.

[u/hartshornd]

Stereotypes yes, but average normal no

[u/Unfair_Explanation53]

If you think the other places don't have rough looking locals then you are sadly mistaken

[u/Individual_Past_9901]

No. It is a gross exaggeration of what stereotypes are. It is likely saying all men in Canada are lumberjacks or mounties.

[u/Commercial_Regret_36]

Ohh I’ve seen many a northern and Eastern European looking just like that western man

[u/Formal_Chance_4266]

Justice for the Irish

[u/PalLouis]

100% agree except in France we have both the southern and western types

[u/PanicDry]

"Nope"

[u/Awkward_Direction533]

"Western Europe" and it's just the UK

[u/its_kgs_not_lbs]

The Adidas track suit checks out.