Weird stereotypes for your country/state/province/whatever ya wanna call it

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

Ok what are some weird stereotypes you have seen for a place you live in and/or have been to feel like this should exist so I don't know any for either of my states so on to the next person

[Chasmgoat he/him]

was this inspired by my Texas comment?

anyway...

(most of these are not weird stereotypes)

I am Texan and some stereotypes include:

• that everyone is a cowboy kinda person
• that everyone is really really big on football. (most people are though...)
• we only eat barbeque and steak and big juicy burgers. (I wish this was true)
• we live in a desert
• everything is bigger in texas
• we only listen to country music

also, @Scarletfox, if you want you can tell me if any of the above need revising...

[Ghanderflaffle she/her]

General Midwest:

Everybody lives on a farm.

We are super hospitable to everyone (true to some)

“You betcha”

Wave to everyone when driving, if you don’t know them it's one finger, if you do it's two.

 

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

2 hours ago, Chasmgoat said:

was this inspired by my Texas comment?

anyway...

(most of these are not weird stereotypes)

I am Texan and some stereotypes include:

• that everyone is a cowboy kinda person
• that everyone is really really big on football. (most people are though...)
• we only eat barbeque and steak and big juicy burgers. (I wish this was true)
• we live in a desert
• everything is bigger in texas
• we only listen to country music

also, @Scarletfox, if you want you can tell me if any of the above need revising...

This was totally inspired by your texas comment and the fact that montana has no stereotypes

 

32 minutes ago, Ghanderflaffle said:

General Midwest:

Everybody lives on a farm.

We are super hospitable to everyone (true to some)

“You betcha”

Wave to everyone when driving, if you don’t know them it's one finger, if you do it's two.

 

Midwest seems similar to the northwest we wave to every passing but we don't do it fancy we kinda the opposite of hospitable we just say go home to any non montanans we're rude like that a lot of people live on farms

[revelryintheart she/her]

Utah:

Jello (this is true, even the carrot stuff)

Large families (yes. I have two friends with 9 siblings, and most people I know have 4+ siblings. I only have three what a slacker)

Everyone is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (33% of Utah's population isn't)

Soda shops like Sodalicious and Swig (yes they're weirdly popular here)

Polygamy (no)

I can't think of anymore help me fellow utahns

[Quantus he/him]

I live in North Carolina.  Everyone thinks we completely loose our minds with a 1/4" of snow on the ground. They are correct. My daily commute goes past this place (and did so that very day!).

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

1 minute ago, Quantus said:

I live in North Carolina.  Everyone thinks we completely loose our minds with a 1/4" of snow on the ground. They are correct. My daily commute goes past this place (and did so that very day!).

Huh we have like four inches of snow at the moment *insane smiling face"

[Chasmgoat he/him]

the grass here is as green as ever... *sigh*

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

1 minute ago, Chasmgoat said:

the grass here is as green as ever... *sigh*

So is ours you just can't see it

[Chasmgoat he/him]

1 minute ago, Somebody from Sel said:

So is ours you just can't see it

what is a hot day for you? or average day, or cold day

Edited October 24, 2020 by Chasmgoat

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

4 hours ago, Chasmgoat said:

was this inspired by my Texas comment?

anyway...

(most of these are not weird stereotypes)

I am Texan and some stereotypes include:

• that everyone is a cowboy kinda person
• that everyone is really really big on football. (most people are though...)
• we only eat barbeque and steak and big juicy burgers. (I wish this was true)
• we live in a desert
• everything is bigger in texas
• we only listen to country music

also, @Scarletfox, if you want you can tell me if any of the above need revising...

I used to live in Texas, and to a certain extent, it's kinda true.  Y'all's BBQ population is higher than many places I've seen.

In Washington, there's the 'No, you go', though that's more a joke then a stereotype.

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

20 minutes ago, Chasmgoat said:

what is a hot day for you? or average day, or cold day

In the summer probably 90 degrees average day is like 50-60 cold day is like -20ish we haven't gotten any cold days yet but we're past the average days and long since past the hot ones

[Chasmgoat he/him]

for me, an average day is 80-90 a hot day is 100ish and a cold day is 30-50. I think that is all accurate...

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

Just now, Chasmgoat said:

for me, an average day is 80-90 a hot day is 100ish and a cold day is 30-50. I think that is all accurate...

California is hotter than Texas on average??? Nonsense

[Chasmgoat he/him]

your average is 50-60 according to what you said, my average is 80-90. Texas is hotter than California on average apparently

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

Montanas average that'd why I said California California average is like 100 and a hot day is 120 and a cold day is like 60 

[Chasmgoat he/him]

oh, I am sorry, I was thinking you were in California... yeah. oops.

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

I think people believe this thread is only relevant to the states it says counties too

[Chasmgoat he/him]

other countries exist! wow.

[Shard of Reading he/him]

As per my boyscout troop: Wyoming is a government conspiracy. 

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

Just now, Shard of Reading said:

As per my boyscout troop: Wyoming is a government conspiracy. 

What wait is Wyoming a bird?

[Shard of Reading he/him]

Just now, Somebody from Sel said:

What wait is Wyoming a bird?

No. It doesn't exist.

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

1 minute ago, Shard of Reading said:

No. It doesn't exist.

Neither do biological birds 

[NameIess]

6 hours ago, Quantus said:

I live in North Carolina.  Everyone thinks we completely loose our minds with a 1/4" of snow on the ground. They are correct. My daily commute goes past this place (and did so that very day!).

I can also confirm this.

[Ghanderflaffle she/her]

6 hours ago, Shard of Reading said:

No. It doesn't exist.

What's a Wyoming? 

Everything on this guy's channel for Midwest: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCM7I_NC8mIyNLlslSi129ow

This has some good ones. Language warning