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keja wrote:I find it funny that you find it funny.

And do Americans get their opinions of Britain from Austin Powers movies?

No, not most of us. the extremely stupid ones yeah...

atomtengeralattjaro wrote:people shouldn't form strong opinions on other countries in their entirety.. i have opinions on countries, but mostly about their governments, more specifically their foreign politics, and secondly, general facts/rumors about average intelligence and the general tendencies of the citizens' approach at some issues.. but i try not to judge entire nations, you're talking about millions of people, you can't say anything that is overall bad about them unless you've talked with all of them.

That is true, but stereotypes give us something to laugh about. It is also a lot easier to assume, based on what we see in the media or experience first hand, what the people of a country are like.
It's not easy to see a 100 million people as individuals.

What I'm trying to say is that it's much easier to create an image of a jolly red headed British boy with messy hair and a smile full of twisty yellow teeth when speaking to Keja, than it is to think up any other kind of image, or to not imagine anything at all.

i know it's easier

what would you think about a german?

nothing in particular.

swiss?

CHEESE!!!!!

lil timmy wrote:

atomtengeralattjaro wrote:people shouldn't form strong opinions on other countries in their entirety.. i have opinions on countries, but mostly about their governments, more specifically their foreign politics, and secondly, general facts/rumors about average intelligence and the general tendencies of the citizens' approach at some issues.. but i try not to judge entire nations, you're talking about millions of people, you can't say anything that is overall bad about them unless you've talked with all of them.

That is true, but stereotypes give us something to laugh about. It is also a lot easier to assume, based on what we see in the media or experience first hand, what the people of a country are like.
It's not easy to see a 100 million people as individuals.

What I'm trying to say is that it's much easier to create an image of a jolly red headed British boy with messy hair and a smile full of twisty yellow teeth when speaking to Keja, than it is to think up any other kind of image, or to not imagine anything at all.

That would be a Scottish person, unless you were making reference to my Bowie avatar, who did have bad teeth. I'm english, which means dark brown hair and a spotty face.

I added a little bit of prince harry to the mix.

Pfft, he's prince of Wales...

Which means...?

He's in charge of a principality called Wales.

Which means...?

He rules over a bunch of good singers with funny talking accents.

Really? are they good whalers also? Or are they just really fat?

They call Wales Cymru and they think W is a vowel.

Whales are mammals.

Monkeys are lizards.

Cats Aren't dogs