Cultural Torture: A Hilarious Guide On How To Piss Off People In Different Countries (10 Pics)
Want to know how to easily piss people off in their own countries? Then check out this helpful guide by Cale, the artist behind the popular webcomic Things In Squares. Whether you're looking to upset the French, the Germans, the Mexicans or the Japanese, his tongue-in-cheek comics will show you the best way to go about it. Don't like the Italians? Then abuse their beloved spaghetti and watch the tears begin to fall. Want to know what really upsets an American? Give them a normal-sized plate of healthy food and find out for yourself. And if you really want to hurt a Canadian then just assume they're American and you've made an enemy for life. Scroll down to see if you can find your own country in there. Did he get it right? Let us know in the comments below, and don't forget to vote for the best!
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Sorry but stats say you're not good with healthy food either ;)
Load More Replies...Is he chained to the wall or a post or is someone holding his chain? Please let us know.... Capture-59...1c520f.jpg
Its to show he's trapped and forced to deal with it
Load More Replies...My wife an I had a meal in L.A. we nearly died there was so much food, the next day we really pissed them off because we ordered 1 starter and 1 soda ( free refills) it was enough food & drink for both of us. The staff didnt like it though.
I'm American and I usually order appetizers and/or split something with someone. Normal entrees are usually to big.
Load More Replies...Even organic food in the States is bad for you. We've poisoned and destroyed our own food supply
I think the point should be, even before organic, on real raw food. Not processed. Real food, like real vegetables and cereals. Honestly a lot of the stuff sold in America wouldn't be considered edible by an Italian
Load More Replies...Actually, it's more the cost of that healthy plate. What we really are is cheap.
Not true: most Italians break spaghetti. Moreover, "mama" is wrong. Correct word is "mamma".
Idk, I come from an italian family and doing this is worst than killing the Pope.
Load More Replies...I will never get ppl who cut/break their spaghetti, you just have to wait 30s and they'll be soft enough to enter in your pan. And full spaghetti are easier to eat :/
Agree! Much easier! I would have trouble in eating half-cut spaghetti.
Load More Replies...it's "mamma", not "mama FFS. Add this to the list of things that p**s Italians off: the constant butchering of the Italian language by English speakers.
It's a sinn to beak in half. First of all because it's not practice. You can't use a spoon to eat the spaghetti properly. The lengh of macaroni is not long enough to wrap up the fork, but is long enough to create a mess, from sauce splashes everywhere (mostly on clothes). - I am Greek, spaghetti lover! I hate breaking in half, overcooked spaghetti...
Anch'io!!! Non ho pentole così alte e non ho tempo di aspettare che tutti gli spaghetti finiscano sott'acqua!!!! :-)
Load More Replies...Ow. That's actually a torture. How can you eat them then? With a damn SPOON?
Lol many Americans do! At least they use a cucchiaione big spoon to"hold" the pasta on the fork! Too damn much sauce, too heavy!
Load More Replies...They now sell "Pot-sized" spaghetti, it's literally just spaghetti cut in half. Was taking half a second to break spaghetti too difficult for some people?
I think they're chained up so they can be "tortured" with the cultural insensitivity. If they weren't restrained they could escape.
Load More Replies...Mistaking New Zealanders for Australians, or even worse (saving the presence of any English people reading this!), mistaking Irish people for English. Not cool!
Yes I know the feeling very well!! I'm Belgian and I'm always asked "where from France are you from?" 😑 So annoying!!
This happens to all my Canadian friends when they visit the UK and it also happens to kiwis getting mistaken for oussies 😄
You know us better than I do! I was thinking of something like "Canadians: Never say you're sorry." But this is so much more horrible, it's perfect!
Well it might be a chain, but it looks like the chain is just attached to a piece of string, lmao.
Actually, shoes are former cows. Or: they are dirty, people. Grammar matters.
Load More Replies...I am a from an Arab family. We don't wear shoes in our house either.Outside you step in s**t, why would you want to bring that in your house
It's the same in large parts of Europe, at least the Eastern half. Walking into someone's home with your shoes on is an insult or at least very arrogant.
Load More Replies...A true stereotype. I'm Japanese and shoes MUST come off before coming indoors.
In my country (not Japan), people who invite you to their home might insist "oh, you can keep your shoes on". But, they don't really mean it, and if you indeed keep your shoes on, they get annoyed, which is is something foreigners can't guess in advance.
Load More Replies...They do that in Western Europe and the US. Shocking to see the first time, and at least I can't bring myself to do it.
Load More Replies...In Sweden we also take of the shoes right after entering the front door. You don't wear shoes indoors.
Shoes track in every nasty thing from outside. Leave them at the door.
you sound more like an immigrant with alcohol addiction
Load More Replies...'Only' soda? USA: You guys need to realise for the whole rest of the world, soda is not normal with a meal.
The actual way to p**s of every French with beef bourguignon would be to serve it with ketchup.
I am Martian... wait until you discover our awesome underground cities. Let's see whose planet will be lame, then!
That's kinda inappropriate, KC, Some people here might not appreciate that, here in the land of comments. Just warning you.
Load More Replies...Remember to be kind to aliens, as in the near future, they will be our rulers, fair and just.
Yes, none of us can do a perfect circle. We use our German engineering skills to craft machines that warp space to make the circles look perfect within the visible dimensions
Load More Replies...I'm German and everybody here does that. What made you assume that?
Load More Replies...Circles? Try to mow your lawn on Sundays or go shopping in sweatshirt and sweatpants! It'll drive Germans insane!
Mow your lawn on Sundays??? *gasp* Don't even think about it.
Load More Replies...We Germans have to be prfect. It's our fate. Hard to bear, but we try our best. 😀
Maybe he can't draw circles because his arm is facing the wrong direction. I'd probably cry too.
*rolling eyes* Really? First of all, you would say "DAS ist schrecklich". And most of the people I know couldn't even manage to draw round circles. And, I'm crossing streets on red lights, and I'm mowing the lawn on sunday (afternoon). But referring to other comments: american beer is of the devil and like Karl Lagerfeld said: "Wer eine Jogginghose trägt, hat die Kontrolle über sein Leben verloren" (people who wear sweatpants, have lost control over their lifes" ;)
Are you in Germany? I know in small city where I have family, it is illegal to mow the lawn on Sunday. I was under the impression it was country-wide
Load More Replies...Germans: Give them nothing but american beer. *There I Fixed It For You
Do you want to know how to REALLY annoy a mexican? Tell us how much you like mexican food followed by "... at Taco Bell".
Just because Mexican food dishes can be spicy doesn't mean that they only like spicy food. Although I heard somewhere because of the spice in their food if one dies in the desert a coyote won't even eat them.
LOL! I loved that comment about the coyote not eating a mexican! It really made me laugh. =) Yes: SOME mexican dishes are spicy, but not ALL of them. And, just like you and others said: Not all of us like hot and spicy things.
Load More Replies...do you want to know how to REALLY annoy a mexican? Keep saying "5 de mayo" is an important date for us.
Imagine the confusion of my Mexican husband, having moved to Canada, and being told "happy cinco de mayo" by coworkers...
Load More Replies...Spaniards: Ask a waiter in Spain for some salsa, the kind with onions, tomato and cilantro. My cousin did our first day in Spain and the waiter replied, "That's Mexican, you are in Spain lady."
Koreans: Don't cover their food with a quarter-inch layer of hot sauce.
Where are you from? FYI you can spell it with the X and with the J and both is correct
Load More Replies...Yeah, but they eat so much stuff made of corn, that they need this to balance the system 😁
The left hand in India is used for cleaning oneself after using the toilet---never to be used when eating! That is what this cartoon is all about.
Load More Replies...It is custom to eat and shake with the right hand because the left hand is for wiping your butt (although, they wash their hands too now most have running water).
I think a lot of people are missing the point here. In India the left hand is considered to only be used for dirty/unclean things. e.g. People use water rather than toilet paper to wipe, and certainly don't use their right hand to do it. So to force an Indian to only use their left hand to eat is actually really disgusting.
For those of you who don't get the joke: They don't use toilet paper, they use their left hand to wipe their butt.
Indians don't wipe their butt. They wash it with water.
Load More Replies...They eat with their right hands because the left hand is used for wiping your a*s. That’s just nasty.
Lol I'm peruvian and I know many of us would react like that xD I'd be willing to try and be polite though.
What is whatever they just said anyways? I assume it's food. what kind of food?
Load More Replies...I've been to Peru and Chile and the Peruvian version is far superior.
JAJAJAJAJAJA, and tell Chileans that Pisco Sour is Peruvian (I am Chilean, but I LOVE Peruvian Pisco Sour, Peruvian food, Peruvian culture, people, etc.)
Is that because it's so incredibly beautiful that the question is stupid or because a country can't be "nice"? Bad grammar?
Load More Replies...Australians - Say "G`day mate" in a s**t Aussie accent and ask them how their pet kangaroo is doing....
nope, peruvians also use "huevon" a lot,,, actually, chileans, dont say "huevon", they say "weon"
Load More Replies...I’m not Peruvian but I will react this way to any non Peruvian ceviche
If you check the link on the address bar of your browser, you will see something like "cultural-torture-things...", I guess the original title or idea of the post was about torturing people from different countries, but they decided to change the title.
Load More Replies...which is the f*****g point of the article...
Load More Replies...No, the best way to p**s off the Belgians is to force them to eat American chocolate or drink the American swill
Load More Replies...for british people, get them to make tea but make them put the milk in first. (Im British)
and ask them: "so how do you speak Brazilian?
Load More Replies...If you check the link on the address bar of your browser, you will see something like "cultural-torture-things...", I guess the original title or idea of the post was about torturing people from different countries, but they decided to change the title.
Load More Replies...which is the f*****g point of the article...
Load More Replies...No, the best way to p**s off the Belgians is to force them to eat American chocolate or drink the American swill
Load More Replies...for british people, get them to make tea but make them put the milk in first. (Im British)
and ask them: "so how do you speak Brazilian?
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