Stereotypes

Kya1976

So how much truth is there in 'stereotypes', being from Sweden myself there seem to be quite a few stereotypical ideas about us....... What do you think??

SV

So you're blonde right?

*checks link...yessss*

MagicMarker

Kya1976 wrote: »

So how much truth is there in 'stereotypes', being from Sweden myself there seem to be quite a few stereotypical ideas about us....... What do you think??

Do you like Abba?

Latchy

Every nation has the sterotype image but i think people realise it's not a true reflection of a race as a whole ,ie scots are mean , irish are phycotic ,drunks , oh and all swedes are blonde and like ABBA

Xavi6

Sweden and stereotypes eh?

http://yogan.meinungsverstaerker.de/fun/Swedish_Girls.jpg

Kya1976

ClioV6 wrote: »

So you're blonde right?

*checks link...yessss*

lol yeah i am:)

MagicMarker wrote: »

Do you like Abba?

noooo you crazy???

Irishcrx

I think your a sweed.

thelordofcheese

MagicMarker wrote: »

Do you like Abba?

Who doesn't like abba?

Kya1976

Xavi6 wrote: »

Sweden and stereotypes eh?

http://yogan.meinungsverstaerker.de/fun/Swedish_Girls.jpg

lol sorry to disappoint you but we dont all look like that:)

MagicMarker

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Who doesn't like abba?

Dead people.

suspectdevice

if you are boring, blonde and intolerant of people who are physically smaller than you then you're a swede

that and having casual sex on park benches in the middle of the day like all in all those swedish promotional videos

MagicMarker

Kya1976 wrote: »

lol sorry to disappoint you but we dont all look like that:)

So, Swedish people are liars....

Interesting.

funk-you

Kya1976 wrote: »

lol sorry to disappoint you but we dont all look like that:)

Why'd ya have to go ruin the illusion. I stay really drunk for the tourists...you just couldn't do your bit!:pac:

-Funk

Vain

Kya1976 wrote: »

So how much truth is there in 'stereotypes', being from Sweden myself there seem to be quite a few stereotypical ideas about us....... What do you think??

About as much truth as every Irish is a drunk. People who stereotype are fools. Like i drive a car with alloys so im a boy racer.. Really wreaks my t*ts

Latchy

Kya1976 wrote: »

lol sorry to disappoint you but we dont all look like that:)

And all irish girls dont have red hair and freckles to

Smyth

Kya1976 wrote: »

lol sorry to disappoint you but we dont all look like that:)

But.......wha.........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Kya1976

MagicMarker wrote: »

So, Swedish people are liars....

Interesting.

haha nah just not all blonde and gorgeous

funk-you wrote: »

Why'd ya have to go ruin the illusion. I stay really drunk for the tourists...you just couldn't do your bit!:pac:

-Funk

my bad:(:pac:

and2

so you like gods and tattoos? interesting combination.. any tattoos of a dog?

Wreck

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Who doesn't like abba?

MagicMarker wrote: »

Dead people.

/checks pulse

Kya1976

Smyth wrote: »

But.......wha.........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

lol god I'm gonna be very unpopular after this thread.....:p

Kya1976

and2 wrote: »

so you like gods and tattoos? interesting combination.. any tattoos of a dog?

nope just a chest piece and sunflowers on my lower leg and a few other smaller once...:)

stovelid

I'm not sure. Do Swedes usually start threads solely to discuss themselves?

thelordofcheese

MagicMarker wrote: »

Dead people.

Fucking zombies.....

Kya1976

suspectdevice wrote: »

if you are boring, blonde and intolerant of people who are physically smaller than you then you're a swede

that and having casual sex on park benches in the middle of the day like all in all those swedish promotional videos

promotional videos interesting way of putting it.

Kya1976

stovelid wrote: »

I'm not sure. Do Swedes usually start threads solely to discuss themselves?

haha no I wanted to discuss stereotypes in general just used myself as an example:)

Latchy

Dont the swedes live in a controlled society were everybody conforms ,like very orwellian ? :pac:

Kya1976

latchyco wrote: »

Dont the swedes live in a controlled society were everybody conforms ,like very orwellian ? :pac:

more controlled than catholic Ireland is it?

stovelid

latchyco wrote: »

Dont the swedes live in a controlled society were everybody conforms ,like very orwellian ? :pac:

If Sweden is not full of athletic, 6ft women that throw you over their shoulder, on to the couch and order you "to make the sex without delay", my illusions will be shattered.

Turd Ferguson

Sony, Panasonic, Blaupunkt, Phillips, Bush, Alba, Logic, JVC

Latchy

Kya1976 wrote: »

more controlled than catholic Ireland is it?

I thought that irish sterotype was outdated

stovelid wrote: »

If Sweden is not full of athletic, 6ft women that throw you over their shoulder, on to the couch and order you "to make the sex without delay", my illusions will be shattered.

Now would we pale handsome irish guys be able to handle that ?

Trev M

Kya1976 wrote: »

more controlled than catholic Ireland is it?

javaboy

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Sony, Panasonic, Blaupunkt, Phillips, Bush, Alba, Logic, JVC

No silly. Not stereo types. Stereotypes. Oh you're such a silly billy.

biko

1. You rummage through your plastic bag collection to see which ones you can keep to take to the shop and which ones can be sacrificed for rubbish.

2. You no longer snigger when you see grown women walking around with their hair in plaits.

3. The first thing you do upon entering a bank/post office/chemist etc. is to look for the queue number machine.

4. You accept that you will have to queue to take a queue number.

5. When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume:
a: he is drunk
b: he is insane
c: he's an American

6. You don't think twice about putting the wet dishes away in the cupboard to dry.

7. A friend asks about your holiday plans and you answer "Oh, I'm going to Europe!" meaning any other Western European country outside of Sweden.

8. You no longer crunch up or fold your paper money. You always put your money in your wallet.

9. You see a student taking a front row seat on the bus and wonder "Who does he think he is?"

10. Silence is fun.

11. The reason you take the ferry to Finland is:
a: duty free vodka
b: duty free beer
c: to party hearty...no need to get off the boat in Helsinki, just turn around and do it again on the way back to Sweden.

12. Your coffee consumption exceeds 6 cups a day and coffee is too weak if there is less than 10 scoops per pot.

13. You pass a supermarket and think "Wow, it is open, I had better go in an buy something!"

14. A sharp intake of breath has become part of your vocabulary, as has the sound ”Jah hahh”

15. Your native language has seriously deteriorated, now you begin to "eat medicine", "open the television", "close the lights off", “take a beer”, ”look upon everything” and tell someone to “follow with me” or "you needn't to!" You start to say “for 2 years ago” and expressions like "Don't panic" creep into your everyday language.

16. You associate pea soup with Thursday.

17. Your idea of unforgivable behaviour now includes walking across the street when the light is red and there is no WALK symbol, even though there are no cars in sight.

18. Your notion of street life is reduced to the few teenagers hanging out in front of the railway station on Friday nights.

19. Your bad mood becomes your good mood.

20. Sundays no longer seem dull with all the shops closed, and begin to feel restful instead.

21. "No comment" becomes a conversation strategy.

22. You have only two facial expressions – smiling or blank. Also your arms are just hanging down when you chat with other people.

23. The fact that all of the "v's" and the "w's" are together in the phone directory seems right.

24. Your old habit of being "fashionably late" is no longer acceptable. You are always on time.

25. Hugging is reserved for sexual foreplay

26. You begin to understand Johan Tornberg's broadcast of the hockey game.

27. You refuse to wear a hat, even in minus 20 degree weather.

28. You hear loud-talking passengers on the train. You immediately assume:
a: they are drunk
b: they are Finnish
c: they are American
d: all of the above

29. You give up on trying to find fat-free food and pile on the butter, cream and sugar.

30. You know how to fix herring in 105 different ways.

31. You eat herring in 105 ways.

32. You no longer look at sports pants as casual wear, but recognise them as semi-formal wear.

33. Your front step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop.

34. You are no longer scared of Volvos and Volvo drivers

35. You have undergone a transformation:
a: you accept blodkorv as food
b: you accept surströmming as food
c: you accept alcohol as food
d: you accept

Kya1976

haha very good and scarily accurate:D:D:D

thelordofcheese

biko wrote: »

1. You rummage through your plastic bag collection to see which ones you can keep to take to the shop and which ones can be sacrificed for rubbish.

2. You no longer snigger when you see grown women walking around with their hair in plaits.

3. The first thing you do upon entering a bank/post office/chemist etc. is to look for the queue number machine.

4. You accept that you will have to queue to take a queue number.

5. When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume:
a: he is drunk
b: he is insane
c: he's an American

6. You don't think twice about putting the wet dishes away in the cupboard to dry.

7. A friend asks about your holiday plans and you answer "Oh, I'm going to Europe!" meaning any other Western European country outside of Sweden.

8. You no longer crunch up or fold your paper money. You always put your money in your wallet.

9. You see a student taking a front row seat on the bus and wonder "Who does he think he is?"

10. Silence is fun.

11. The reason you take the ferry to Finland is:
a: duty free vodka
b: duty free beer
c: to party hearty...no need to get off the boat in Helsinki, just turn around and do it again on the way back to Sweden.

12. Your coffee consumption exceeds 6 cups a day and coffee is too weak if there is less than 10 scoops per pot.

13. You pass a supermarket and think "Wow, it is open, I had better go in an buy something!"

14. A sharp intake of breath has become part of your vocabulary, as has the sound ”Jah hahh”

15. Your native language has seriously deteriorated, now you begin to "eat medicine", "open the television", "close the lights off", “take a beer”, ”look upon everything” and tell someone to “follow with me” or "you needn't to!" You start to say “for 2 years ago” and expressions like "Don't panic" creep into your everyday language.

16. You associate pea soup with Thursday.

17. Your idea of unforgivable behaviour now includes walking across the street when the light is red and there is no WALK symbol, even though there are no cars in sight.

18. Your notion of street life is reduced to the few teenagers hanging out in front of the railway station on Friday nights.

19. Your bad mood becomes your good mood.

20. Sundays no longer seem dull with all the shops closed, and begin to feel restful instead.

21. "No comment" becomes a conversation strategy.

22. You have only two facial expressions – smiling or blank. Also your arms are just hanging down when you chat with other people.

23. The fact that all of the "v's" and the "w's" are together in the phone directory seems right.

24. Your old habit of being "fashionably late" is no longer acceptable. You are always on time.

25. Hugging is reserved for sexual foreplay

26. You begin to understand Johan Tornberg's broadcast of the hockey game.

27. You refuse to wear a hat, even in minus 20 degree weather.

28. You hear loud-talking passengers on the train. You immediately assume:
a: they are drunk
b: they are Finnish
c: they are American
d: all of the above

29. You give up on trying to find fat-free food and pile on the butter, cream and sugar.

30. You know how to fix herring in 105 different ways.

31. You eat herring in 105 ways.

32. You no longer look at sports pants as casual wear, but recognise them as semi-formal wear.

33. Your front step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop.

34. You are no longer scared of Volvos and Volvo drivers

35. You have undergone a transformation:
a: you accept blodkorv as food
b: you accept surströmming as food
c: you accept alcohol as food
d: you accept

i'm moving to sweeden.

Zzippy

Vain wrote: »

About as much truth as every Irish is a drunk. People who stereotype are fools. Like i drive a car with alloys so im a boy racer.. Really wreaks my t*ts

Well, a boy racer or a tosser. You can take your pick...

Black Swan

Kya1976 wrote: »

So how much truth is there in 'stereotypes', being from Sweden myself

Does that mean you're HOT?

Kya1976

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Does that mean you're HOT?

emmm no.....
Again wasn't just talking about swedes, like we say for instance back home we say that Finnish people are all alcoholics(I know thats not true but thats the stereotype) and Norwegians are a lil thick and so on...

Latchy

Kya1976 wrote: »

emmm no.....
Again wasn't just talking about swedes, like we say for instance back home we say that Finnish people are all alcoholics(I know thats not true but thats the stereotype) and Norwegians are a lil thick and so on...

The dutch see the belgians as boring ( might be a hint of truth in it to )

Turd Ferguson

Stereotypes are not just made up, there was obviously some truth to it to be there in the first place. Maybe not ALL Sweedish chicks have blonde pigtails and big tits, but I'm sure most of them do. And maybe not ALL Germans are boring and efficient but most of them are. And not ALL people living on the the Northside are scumbags and thiefs but...

So there is some element of truth to them.

Kya1976

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Stereotypes are not just made up, there was obviously some truth to it to be there in the first place. Maybe not ALL Sweedish chicks have blonde pigtails and big tits, but I'm sure most of them do. And maybe not ALL Germans are boring and efficient but most of them are. And not ALL people living on the the Northside are scumbags and thiefs but...

So there is some element of truth to them.

lol well pretty sure that all Germans are boring and efficient anyway.....:pac:

Therickmachine

Just for fun heres all the stereotypes I have heard of (don t believe most of them)

1. Irish = Drunk, friendly, Very rich (some Eastern Europeans think we re millionaires) and fight alot
2. French= Proud, snooty and rude
3. Spanish= Loud, arrogant, men very macho
4. Belgium=Boring.... (sorry thats all I have ever heard I quite like Belgium)
5. Sweden= Abba, blonde and Ace of Base(did you think I was going to let you forget Kya1976, we all remember:) )
6. Italians= mama's boys, loud, chaotic and unorganised
7. Germans= tight with money, efficent and organised
8. English= Loud, promiscious girls, Football hooligans, teens pregnant by 13, drunk all the time, Chavs (watch Little Britain for more details)
9. Polish= hardworking, good looking, poor, friendly, drunks
10, Russia= Women are all prostitutes and online brides, drunk, bitter and angry about the fall of the soviet union, poor, No men left, lots of orphans
11. Americans= Fat, dumb,rich, not well travelled, nice teeth, pro Bush/Republican
12. Australians= easy going, good looking, not bright

Those are all the stereotypes I have ever heard of. Most are just stupid but based on what the media shows people and what people have seen abroad.

Kya1976

Therickmachine wrote: »

5. Sweden= Abba, blonde and Ace of Base(did you think I was going to let you forget Kya1976, we all remember:) )

dammit!!!!:pac::pac:

Therickmachine

Kya1976 wrote: »

dammit!!!!:pac::pac:

I ve had the same reaction from every Swede I have ever met when it comes Ace of Base (a dark and shameful period in Swedish pop history:pac:) ABBA doesn t look so bad now!!

Kya1976

Therickmachine wrote: »

I ve had the same reaction from every Swede I have ever met when it comes Ace of Base (a dark and shameful period in Swedish pop history:pac:) ABBA doesn t look so bad now!!

indeed it was:p embarrassing looking back at it, i actually used to shake my booty to their music and I kinda like it too:o:o:o:pac:

Gummy Panda

surströmming *shudders*

Apparently sweden is great for the welfare, thats why there is so many hardcore WOW players there.

I'll let them off for surströmming due to In Flames.

Kya1976

fermented herring is not everyones cup of tea alright, the smell of it gha!!!!!

irish_bob

thier is a certain amount of truth in every stereotype , while not all irish people drink too much , on average , more irish people drink too much than most other nationalities , not all scottish people are tight fisted , dour and distrusting but any ive ever met sure have been , not all americans are annoying and ignorant about the rest of the world but nearly all americans ive met have been

btw kya , due to the fact that sweeden has such a strong wellfare culture , do a lot of people just stay home , do nothing and collect thier money every week , if ireland had a wellfare system like sweeden , no one would bother going to work but then again most people are not as cynical as us irish

Kya1976

irish_bob wrote: »

thier is a certain amount of truth in every stereotype , while not all irish people drink too much , on average , more irish people drink too much than most other nationalities , not all scottish people are tight fisted , dour and distrusting but any ive ever met sure have been , not all americans are annoying and ignorant about the rest of the world but nearly all americans ive met have been

btw kya , due to the fact that sweeden has such a strong wellfare culture , do a lot of people just stay home , do nothing and collect thier money every week , if ireland had a wellfare system like sweeden , no one would bother going to work but then again most people are not as cynical as us irish

Well I wouldn't actually agree that Sweden has a great wellfare system anymore, we certainly used to but not anymore.
but this is kinda my point a lot of these stereotypical ideas are old and outdated.

colincolin

Kya1976 wrote: »

Well I wouldn't actually agree that Sweden has a great wellfare system anymore, we certainly used to but not anymore.
but this is kinda my point a lot of these stereotypical ideas are old and outdated.

Yeah your right the are old and outdated, we need to create a new sterotype for one and all. Where shall we start any ideas, anyone?

Kya1976

ok I'll start with one about you Irish people, even though you say you are not religious you still insist on going to mass and get married in the church and so on so 'closet catholics'???