Current Events > what's the dumbest misconception you've heard about your area/country?

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from tourists, the internet or other ppl

the worst thing i hear online is about "no go zones" which is p much bait/trolling. maybe the bad teeth or crappy food which is at least 50 years out of date

perhaps the whole not having a clue about the britain/england/UK/ireland geography if that counts

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The Chiefs play in Kansas

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PatrickMahomes posted...

The Chiefs play in Kansas

until the trump tweet, i thought that was the case for ~10 years

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That the entirety of California is basically San Francisco and Hollywood.

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VipaGTS posted...

That the entirety of California is basically San Francisco and Hollywood.

i mean there's other parts of LA too



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Everyone in the state talks like they are from Boston.
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bump

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On top of what you posted, the idea that you're not allowed to own anything sharper than a butter knife

The crappy food thing stands strong in the rest of England though, I think. London notwithstanding.

I went to a "trendy" cafe in Stockton a few months back and the owner made a big song and dance about how he liked to do something a little unusual for breakfast. It was a sliced avocado.

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The myth of southern hospitality

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PatrickMahomes posted...

The Chiefs play in Kansas

They would be honored. Missouri is trashy

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Pretty much everything they say about Mississippi is true

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That we're overrun by immigrants
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The misconception of what constitutes Upstate New York.
No, just north of NYC is not Upstate...that is in fact downstate.

And also just generally anyone who thinks New York State is just NYC.
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SiO4 posted...

And also just generally anyone who thinks New York State is just NYC.

it is

Alaska

That its winter all year round

Reis posted...

it is

Umm.. Not really, but okay.
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pinky0926 posted...

I went to a "trendy" cafe in Stockton a few months back and the owner made a big song and dance about how he liked to do something a little unusual for breakfast. It was a sliced avocado.

he's around 15 years late

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New Zealand is heavily populated by murderous cannibalistic natives wearing grass skirts.

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Sphyx posted...

New Zealand is heavily populated by murderous cannibalistic natives wearing grass skirts.

if anything its that people think NZ is p much the same as australia

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Japan is wacky and crazy.

only about two areas are the weird stuff you see on youtube.

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pretty sure Germany was supposed to be a muslim / mirgrant infested hellhole with sharia police everywhere by now according to many posters here about 3-4 years ago.

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I saw some article on a Russian tabloid calling Denmark a place riddled with incest and feces ridden streets.

There aren't that many feces on our streets.

ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...

pretty sure Germany was supposed to be a muslim / mirgrant infested hellhole with sharia police everywhere by now according to many posters here about 3-4 years ago.

apparently the same as london, birmingham and other areas of england too *shrug*

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SiO4 posted...

And also just generally anyone who thinks New York State is just NYC.

and that NYC is just Manhattan lol

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Romulox28 posted...

and that NYC is just Manhattan lol

what are some misconceptions about new jersey?

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Parappa09 posted...

what are some misconceptions about new jersey?

that it all looks like that stretch from the Newark, NJ airport (one that most ppl visiting NYC on vacation fly in) to Manhattan. in actuality like half the state is boonies, i live in the burbs now but prior to that i was living in a town with a ton of farmland

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There are no misconceptions about Alabama. Everything you've heard is true.

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Romulox28 posted...

that it all looks like that stretch from the Newark, NJ airport (one that most ppl visiting NYC on vacation fly in) to Manhattan. in actuality like half the state is boonies, i live in the burbs now but prior to that i was living in a town with a ton of farmland

i've never heard of the term 'boonies' before but i assumed that being so close to NYC that it would be more populous and exactly as you described it too

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PatrickMahomes posted...

The Chiefs play in Kansas

Well to be fair isnt there a Kansas City in Kansas that is only like 3 miles away from Kansas City Missouri?

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Parappa09 posted...

i've never heard of the term 'boonies' before but i assumed that being so close to NYC that it would be more populous and exactly as you described it too

boonies is american slang (never knew it was just an american term) for boondocks, which is a rural area in the middle of nowhere

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Parappa09 posted...

i've never heard of the term 'boonies' before but i assumed that being so close to NYC that it would be more populous and exactly as you described it too

He means rural or county...or straight up forest. Which is the total opposite of what New Jersey is none for.

Boonies is kind of a term meaning, The Boondocks.
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ultimate reaver posted...

The myth of southern hospitality

It exists, but over time jerk people from other areas have moved to the south so it is harder to find.

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In my dealings with Americans I'd say most of what they think about the UK is wrong.

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Saying that our gun ban was a mass violation of our rights - I'm pretty sure we don't have the right to bear arms written in our constitution. America is an outlier where just about any fuckwit can walk into a mall with a rifle strapped to their back.

I think the objectively worst take on Australia is that the country doesn't actually exist, and that all of its major cities and tourism points are staged in Guam. It should go without saying, but my country does exist, and also flat earthers are fucking morons.

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That Minnesota is a dollar store version of Canada.

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Mistere Man posted...

It exists, but over time jerk people from other areas have moved to the south so it is harder to find.

case in point. Southerners are the bitchiest people about outsiders

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IloveJesus posted...

In my dealings with Americans I'd say most of what they think about the UK is wrong.

When I think of the UK, I think of people who are basically like American people, but with British accents.

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That's there are a lot of racists and KKK members throwing rallies 24/7.

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VipaGTS posted...

That the entirety of California is basically San Francisco and Hollywood.

This pisses me off so much.

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MN Nice is total bullshit.

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_____Cait posted...

Japan is wacky and crazy.

only about two areas are the weird stuff you see on youtube.

what kinda weird stuff?

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MrMallard posted...

America is an outlier where just about any f***wit can walk into a mall with a rifle strapped to their back.

The fact that you believe this shows your ignorance.

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An_Actual_Chad posted...

When I think of the UK, I think of people who are basically like American people, but with British accents.

you're not too far from the truth, unfortunately we're becoming the negative aspects of american culture/ppl

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Ya, yknow, you betcha

MrMallard posted...

I think the objectively worst take on Australia is that the country doesn't actually exist, and that all of its major cities and tourism points are staged in Guam.

...this is a take
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Nashville is a great city to live in because you took a drunk weekend trip there and you had a good time even though a drunk weekend trip to any small city will basically result in a good time.

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An_Actual_Chad posted...

When I think of the UK, I think of people who are basically like American people, but with British accents.

There is no British accent. Britain is made up of four countries with different accents.

So yea I guess mine would be Americans calling English accents British accents and thinking Britain is another word for England.

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spikethedevil posted...

There is no British accent. Britain is made up of four countries with different accents.

So yea I guess mine would be Americans calling English accents British accents and thinking Britain is another word for England.

My friend went to London and he was shocked that it had so many non white people. He basically expected a nyc sized Portland, Oregon.

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

My friend went to London and he was shocked that it had so many non white people.

i think there's another misconception that there's no diversity over here

tbh there's not much but the bigger cities (london, manchester, birmingham) have people from all over the world

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Parappa09 posted...

i think there's another misconception that there's no diversity over here

tbh there's not much but the bigger cities (london, manchester, birmingham) have people from all over the world

yep, I remember I was shocked when I discovered that the UK had black people

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