Preserved Topic: Who does your country hate?

Ok, not hate so much as poke fun of..
You know, every country a country whose people are the 'default' of jokes..

I know the US made fun of Polish people for a while, but now they mostly make fun of black people, hispanics, and rednecks

I know French and British people make fun of Americans

Puerto Rican people make fun of dominicans...

Venezualans make fun of the 'Cholos' (Native Colombian, I think)....

I'm not condoning racism or nationalism or saying that any country's better than any other, I just noticed that different countries have different 'whipping boys' and I was wondering how it works around the world.

For Example, I've never said a joke about Dominicans, but I've heard millions of them. They are mostly interchangable with You might be a redneck if... jokes in America and with "This stupid Cholo is walking down the street..." jokes in Venezuela...

So, come on, share... Who does your country make fun of?

[This message has been edited by Petskull (edited 02-26-2003).]

Americans


Mostly just stupid Amerikans.


So yeah...a lot of Amerikans.

heh

Im pretty sure france is the butt of most jokes. Like, the default country to use in jokes. Like groundskeeper Willy said "Cheese eating surrender monkeys". Owell. I dont hate French people, thats just how it is when it comes to jokes.

I suppose it depends on where in the UK you are from. From where I'm sitting it tends to be southerners (that counts as a different country right? The passorpt control at Watford gap proves that)

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On Leno last night, Dennis Miller ripped up the French pretty good. I love that guy, he's friggen hilarious.

I always thought we made fun of the Canadians....



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lol Emps! o O (northern bastards)

What do you think about Canadians? I don't.
Did you say French? Buncha rifle-droppers.
Why are helicopters banned from flying over Italy? Dago, whop whop whop.

I guess it depends on the joke... Usually the people (or nationalities thereof) are based on certain stereotypes, like most of the "3 guys walk into a bar" jokes...
But if you're just refering to the "Redneck" jokes, and other one liners that can be made to be about anyone, I'd have to say the majority around here are about, people from Poland, Italy, France, the North (damn Yankees), Alabama and Arkansas (rednecks), California (fruits and nuts), and hillbillies. Also, if you're black, oriental, or female, there are lots that are popular...

What can I say, we make fun of everyone here...

Everyone who's *not* American

Oh...and Americans too.



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In Brazil, when a joke is about dumbness, usually we use the Portuguese people (from Portugal) to populate the joke, so to speak (I think like Americans use Polish people). So, we do a lot of fun from Portugal and its people.
But it's also common to use Argentine as a "hate" country, since Brazilians and Argentineans sort of hate each other (like England/France, I think). I was told they, the Argentineans, like to pick on us, Brazilians, just the same way.
So, Portugal is for "dumb people" jokes, and Argentine is for "hate" jokes.

Well, my country (the Sovreign Nation of Goodness, or Snog) doesn't hate anyone, per se. Instead, we hate everyone equally.

But Americans, mostly.

DL-44: let me guess, you say "Everyone who's *not* American" because you don't know any country names other than america?



oh yeah - us aussies like to poke fun at america. and ourselves.

Australians hate I don't specifically know

Canadians I know generally make fun of Americans. Personally, I like to poke at the Dutch every now and then

Reitsma - geography is a Masters Degree level college course over here...they don't teach it to just anyone

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I don't like to be biased -- I hate everyone.

More seriously though, it's often those pommy bastards (epically when it comes to cricket!) or the stinky Irish, for no other reason then their stupid passion for all things green. Australians don't tend to make fun of Americans; they just don't like them very much. Oh and there?s a tone of Japanese jokes floating around here too. However, the people who seem to cop the most flack are the red-necked Australian politicians themselves or the native aboriginals.

It?s kinda sad really but eh, people suck -- that's why I hate all of em.

I like to poke fun at the Canadians, and all those "...old Europeans "...My family really likes make fun of the Irish and Scottish (I'm part both of them).

French are funny too...

Dracusis - it's actually the non-irish who tend to associate everything green with the Irish

Many Irish are far more fond of the Orange

Germans poke fun at the Turks.

And Indians poke fun at the 'so-called' Americans...

I, personally, poke fun at myself.


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New Zealanders is most common over here.

Some people also poke fun at the aboriginies...but not often, becuase theytend to get the living snot beaten out of them...

Everybody gotta have a whippin' boy.

French people pokes at Belgians people who pokes at English people. That's how it works in Europe


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Koreans make hating the Japanese a national pastime. I remember reading something in the paper a while back, kind of like a "top ten signs that you've been in Korea a long time." Number one was "You hate the Japanese for no good reason."

Koreans generally don't make jokes about the Japanese, probably because the animosity is a pretty serious thing.

They do go crazy whenever Korea plays Japan in football. If the Korean side goes to play in Japan and loses, they have to set up extra security at the airport just so they won't get killed when they come back.

my god...they really go that nuts?

Jesus...talk about taking it to extremes...

The Dutch tend to poke fun of the Belgians. In the 'hate jokes' department, mostly the Turks and the Moroccans are the victims.

I've always found the English poke fun at the Welsh a fair bit... comments about sheep mainly(much like NZ/Aus).
Being Welsh, I find this particularly amusing, especially when you consider that my first words were 'Baaah baaah".

But then again, aren't the Welsh are just the Irish who couldn't swim!

here in hawaii, we make fun of everyone... especially the people who've come in here in large numbers: chinese, japanese, puerto rican, portuguese, filipino, samoan, mexican, canadian, figian, korean, 'haole' (includes american mainlanders and europeans), and even native hawaiians
can't think of any group that is hated though...

Yeah...Australia as a whole doesn't really hate anyone...except our politicians...

Yes, Hawai'i is truly blessed in the number of ethnic groups it has to choose from when making up jokes.

Russians mostly make fun of Americans....though we still like their movies

"But then again, aren't the Welsh are just the Irish who couldn't swim!"
he he, surprised I havent heard that before. um I guess its the Brits that would be the most commonly hated here, but Im not too into that kinda thing myself. My old schools colours were black,white + gold, the black to be replaced with green when 32 the counties are restored. . . you can imagine to atmosphere toward English in that school

Other than that I can report many French I've met have had bad/funky smells !!

btw. The only thing green in Dublin is the Liffey(River)(it smells too and is sometimes brown/gray). I wonder what the deal is with leprechauns etc.. it would be interesting to know where that came from, the Simpsons crack some quality jokes about Irish. I find it hilarious as do my friends.



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"But then again, aren't the Welsh are just the Irish who couldn't swim"

No no, that's all wrong... Victorians are just Tasmanians who actually learnt how to swim.

*ducks Skaarjj's fist* =)

There's also a lot of inter-state jokes in Australia, possible because we only have 5 states, which makes it a lot easier.

Am I the only one that thinks this topic was a stupid idea to start with?

btw Petskull, most of the info in your post is totally wrong about america, a vast majority of america is made up of those groups you claim they make fun of

America tends to make fun of other countries not those within it's borders, countries commonly in the jokes are England, Arabic countries, and lets not forget Canadians and their so called "army" (with their forks and knives)

I mean watch a talk show or just read the comics once in a while

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that's a godo point drac - any tasmanian who actually comes to australia gets a fair bit of sledging. (geographical error intended)

for example: "gee they didn't leave much of a scar from where your 2nd head was removed, did they?"

Or the tasmanian that brings his dog with him...'hey...nice to see you brought your mother with you this time'

Shit like that...not nice, and I don't engage in it.

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a vast majority of america is made up of those groups you claim they make fun of

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Yup.

But that doesn't stop anyone from making fun of 'em.

I love this:

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doesn't hate anyone, per se. Instead, we hate everyone equally.

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I think that is *pretty* much where I stand. I'll make fun of anyone just about. They have to do
something for me to make fun of though. I can't just pick out a "race" of people to make fun of though.
Not just on racial standings.

I poke fun at myself all the time.

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Yeah...Australia as a whole doesn't really hate anyone...except our politicians...

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Indeed.