Here's a national stereotype you might find interesting

"Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'" (otto-the-croatian)
07/05/2019 at 07:45 • Filed to: škoda

Croatians think of Czech tourists as somewhat reckless drunks. When you say Czech tourist, the image you put in a Croatians head is of a family over packed in a Škoda Octavia wagon, all on their way to the coast, but stopping at Velebit (the tallest mountain range here), to hike up the mountain in flip-flops.

I don’t know exactly how this started, but yeah, to a Croatian, a Czech tourist is wearing flip-flops to hike up a mountain and gets lost .

I think some unfortunate family got stranded up there a few years back and started the trend, where they had to call in the mountain-safety-airlift thing to help them, and the whole nation laughed at their poor hiking footware choices.

/ just a disclaimer, I think we can all agree that it’s probably bullshit and it’s bad to stereotype people like that. I just think it’s interesting to see how other people see each other.

Do you have any similar fun stuff to share?

DISCUSSION (9)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
07/05/2019 at 08:24

we aussies see New Zealanders as sheep shaggers

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/05/2019 at 08:27

So like the UK northeners are to UK southerners.

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/05/2019 at 08:28

We English see the Welsh the same way.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
07/05/2019 at 08:28

yup

Party-vi > Svend
07/05/2019 at 08:37

I heard this was because when caught stealing sheep, the fine/punishment was lesser if you said you were fucking it rather than stealing it? So now all the Welsh are sheep shaggers.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Party-vi
07/05/2019 at 08:45

never heard that bit about stealing them before

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
07/05/2019 at 09:09

In America we think Canadians are all generally nice folk

BigBlock440 > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
07/05/2019 at 10:31

Japanese tourists are a bit comical, large groups with cameras around their necks taking pictures of everything . Not just the things that you’d think are worthy of a picture, but I guess they have a different opinion of picture worthy.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
07/05/2019 at 10:33

All the mechanics I know refer to cars that we wrecked and poorly repaired as Russian rebuilds. There’s a sizable population of Russian and Ukrainian immigrants in my city and many of them flip wrecked cars. And do it as cheap as possible with almost no skill. It’s uncanny how often this happens, but most of the time, if there’s a car I wouldn’t put my loved ones in, the customer name is Russian. Many of the real shady buy here pay here lots are Russian owned.

I’m not saying none of them have skill, but it’s a stereotype for a reason. I know of a Russian shop owner who knows his shit and does a damn good job, and a coworker of mine is Ukrainian. Also, the guys who run the only Mercedes certified body shop in town, the only shop I personally trust, it’s run by Russians.

We just don't see a lot of people from other places doing this kind of work.