A lot of effort is put into decreasing the pervasiveness of stereotypes, for instance in the workplace. However, sometimes stereotypes bring entertainment: in sitcoms, they are commonly used as comedic devices. Think Kelly Bundy from "Married With Children" representing the dumb and sexually liberated blonde trope. The hurtful nature and the joy of reclaiming a stereotype is illustrated by plenty of sketches with the joke being that character realizes they are not close friends with someone after the person they teased with stereotypes gets offended.
One redditor, heisnberg97, posted on r/AskReddit "Without telling the name of your country, where do you live?" The post blew up, garnering nearly 49,000 upvotes and over 60,000 comments, detailing niche as well as broad hints at where people live. Vague ones such as "Cheese" were typically answered with: "Do you know how little that narrows it down?" BoredPanda selected some of the best responses, so we invite you to play along in the comments.
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#1
I prefer to stay neutral concerning this question.
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#2
United States of America. We're not good at following instructions.
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#3
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#4
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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#5
The prince who always emails you
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#6
"Watch out, mate, there's a shark.""No worries, one of the crocs'll get him."
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#7
Made in ____
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#8
Vodka, bears, sadness
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#9
Vampires
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#10
All roads lead to our capital
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#11
Rammstein, no speed limit
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#12
We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun and the hot springs flow!
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#13
I would literally die without my cheese, my wine and my baguette
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#14
My wife is a teacher and they are going to start wearing tennis shoes this year to be better prepared for active shooters.
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#15
World's only non-quadrilateral flag
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#16
People normally say we speak Spanish.We don't.
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#17
We think we are better than everyone because we discovered democracy and haven't done much since.
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#18
Fries, cycling, chocolate and beer, also waffles and comics
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#19
Kimchi
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#20
We lost a plane
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#21
My country doesn’t show up on the map most of the time and we love Rugby
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#22
We invented one of the most well known and versatile plastic toy products. Which are good for both kids and adults.
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#23
Paella, bullfighting, flamenco...
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#24
f#&%ing vegemite
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#25
Borat damaged our international image
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#26
Tequila
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#27
Chewing gum is illegal
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#28
Potato
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#29
We have a wall to our North to keep us out but most of us have no desire to move there.
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#30
No, we are not Russian, no, we don't use the Russian alphabet, they use it, we created it and no, not every slavic-like name is Russian
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#31
Haggis & Whisky#32
Curry
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#33
Mmmm baklava.#34
Tim hortons#35
It's citizens started two world wars, managed to blame a neighbor both times
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#36
Llamaland#37
Depending on which part of my country you ask this to, you will get an answer from a different langauge. Atleast 20+ different languages#38
Tallest building in the world.
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#39
Messi
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#40
We produce tons of cringey movies with zero plots every years
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#41
Deep fried Mars bar#42
1# in suicide rating in EU
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#43
Perkele
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#44
The mountain looks like a table
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#45
Everyday, you can have a different kind of native fish readily available at any local fish market, and the whole year would go by without having to eat the same fish twice.
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#46
Adidas pants make it easier to squat with your bros and bring you their respect.#47
kids laugh when they hear the name of my capital city#48
Our prime minister apparently made global news for having diarrhea. This is very true.#49
In a country Trump referred to as a sh*th**e countrylmao, okay let me narrow it down a bit. We recently worn our first olympic medal after 29years.
#50
Hummus, schnitzel, and beaches. And everyone hates us for some reason
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#51
Face shields#52
Beer and atheism#53
Three presidents#54
World's Longest sea beach#55
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