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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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Stille20
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are good with healthy food, but our portion size is OUT OF CONTROL.

giovanna
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry but stats say you're not good with healthy food either ;)

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M. M
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, I'm an American and I don't even know what a regular-sized meal looks like.

Stephen Atwood
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is he chained to the wall or a post or is someone holding his chain? Please let us know.... Capture-59...1c520f.jpg Capture-59764291c520f.jpg

Gina Gregory
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its to show he's trapped and forced to deal with it

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Ian Carter
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Polleekin
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm American and I usually order appetizers and/or split something with someone. Normal entrees are usually to big.

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Gina Gregory
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portions are so out of whack, its why were so fat

Aaron Verdery
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even organic food in the States is bad for you. We've poisoned and destroyed our own food supply

giovanna
Community Member
8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Erin Zelnio
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, it's more the cost of that healthy plate. What we really are is cheap.

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    #2

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    Kelly
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true: most Italians break spaghetti. Moreover, "mama" is wrong. Correct word is "mamma".

    Natalia Sanchez
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idk, I come from an italian family and doing this is worst than killing the Pope.

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    Vanessa
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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 :/

    giovanna
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agree! Much easier! I would have trouble in eating half-cut spaghetti.

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    Elisa Lorenzo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Κυριάκος Παπαδόπουλος
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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...

    Laura Zaini
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest I am italian and break them in half all the time!!!

    Etienne Pisano
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anch'io!!! Non ho pentole così alte e non ho tempo di aspettare che tutti gli spaghetti finiscano sott'acqua!!!! :-)

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    Marta Biagini
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ow. That's actually a torture. How can you eat them then? With a damn SPOON?

    Maureen Zappellini
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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!

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    Jewel Farmer
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how my family has done it for decades.

    Kristi Zoebelein
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

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    Sheralyn
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm more curious as to what's on his arm.

    Polleekin
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they're chained up so they can be "tortured" with the cultural insensitivity. If they weren't restrained they could escape.

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    Mary Kavanagh
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mistaking New Zealanders for Australians, or even worse (saving the presence of any English people reading this!), mistaking Irish people for English. Not cool!

    Aurélie Franck
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes I know the feeling very well!! I'm Belgian and I'm always asked "where from France are you from?" 😑 So annoying!!

    Jasminka
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm Canadian and I can totally relate to this....

    Fairsher
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Na, thinking we live in igloos is far worse.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same works for Europeans...

    Hannah Kobayashi
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happens to all my Canadian friends when they visit the UK and it also happens to kiwis getting mistaken for oussies 😄

    Ruthanne Urquhart
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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!

    Brandi Walker
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well it might be a chain, but it looks like the chain is just attached to a piece of string, lmao.

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    Jen
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a rule in my (non-Japanese) home too. Shoes are dirty people!

    Veronica Kouwenhoven
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, shoes are former cows. Or: they are dirty, people. Grammar matters.

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    Layla
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    Olli Chilo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Anna Stouvenel
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That goes for every scandinavian country as well.

    June Pixeld
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not japanese, but sticking to that rule. It makes the house dirty

    Emmaline Yuzu
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A true stereotype. I'm Japanese and shoes MUST come off before coming indoors.

    Olli Chilo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    La
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shoes are filthy. Think of everywhere you walk in a day and imagine grinding that throughout your house.

    Paweł Piątek
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What kind of savage wears shoes in a house?

    Olli Chilo
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Jas Derry
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read about a burglary in Japan. Even the thief took his shoes off...

    Levi Skarphagen
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Sweden we also take of the shoes right after entering the front door. You don't wear shoes indoors.

    Melissa Boone
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shoes track in every nasty thing from outside. Leave them at the door.

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    Rico
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm french. I need wine. NOW.

    LizzyM
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not French and I wouldnt appreciate that either

    Peter Iorns
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Only' soda? USA: You guys need to realise for the whole rest of the world, soda is not normal with a meal.

    Nuno Tavares
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worst one: Speak english with them.

    Silvi Dubreuil
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I m French I have already seen worse soda with CHEESE

    Max L.
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems the author has never tasted bourghignon, by the way he draws it served.

    Sybil Billy
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The actual way to p**s of every French with beef bourguignon would be to serve it with ketchup.

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    Mettbrötchen 1,50
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am Martian... wait until you discover our awesome underground cities. Let's see whose planet will be lame, then!

    jetmastergames
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's kinda inappropriate, KC, Some people here might not appreciate that, here in the land of comments. Just warning you.

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    Rui Alex
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Earth, the planet of the puny canyons and volcanoes.

    Joseph Bonifacio
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thought some martian would comment on this =P

    Charles Laster
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but Martians have cool death rays!

    Sapar Nurkamal
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Creatures from Enceladus or Titan is more relevant now..

    jetmastergames
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember to be kind to aliens, as in the near future, they will be our rulers, fair and just.

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    Lara B.
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am German and all i am capable of are imperfect circles :'D

    Paul Waack
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    Steve Bowman
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assumed for "German" to be: Cross the street on a red light.

    Sophia R
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm German and everybody here does that. What made you assume that?

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    Tjanna Brooks
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Circles? Try to mow your lawn on Sundays or go shopping in sweatshirt and sweatpants! It'll drive Germans insane!

    BoredBirgit
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mow your lawn on Sundays??? *gasp* Don't even think about it.

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    BoredBirgit
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We Germans have to be prfect. It's our fate. Hard to bear, but we try our best. 😀

    Lorraine Bearden
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he can't draw circles because his arm is facing the wrong direction. I'd probably cry too.

    Ninshi TheImp
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *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" ;)

    jelleykat
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    Thomas Kanonym
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Germans: Give them nothing but american beer. *There I Fixed It For You

    Je Si
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, rather wish them a happy birthday a few days early. THAT causes visible pain.

    nina
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and now my comments appear upside down on top of this whole disaster!! Need to clean up something right away, to process this. *a german*

    HauntedForests
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought drawing imperfect circles was devastating for everyone?

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    sunnyrei82
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you want to know how to REALLY annoy a mexican? Tell us how much you like mexican food followed by "... at Taco Bell".

    darknessIsMyOutfit
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    sunnyrei82
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Jorge Rodriguez Patiño
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    do you want to know how to REALLY annoy a mexican? Keep saying "5 de mayo" is an important date for us.

    Lynne Darroch
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine the confusion of my Mexican husband, having moved to Canada, and being told "happy cinco de mayo" by coworkers...

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    Joanne Kamiya
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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."

    Daniel Losinger
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Koreans: Don't cover their food with a quarter-inch layer of hot sauce.

    Natalia Sanchez
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spelling Mejico, instead of Mexico can cause them brain damage.

    Itzel Salas
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where are you from? FYI you can spell it with the X and with the J and both is correct

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    Timea Talitha Kumi
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but they eat so much stuff made of corn, that they need this to balance the system 😁

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    #9

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    Prashant Chaudhary
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of us would not be able to eat with just our left hand.

    Molly Block
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Becka Robinson
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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).

    Chris Circosta
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Daniel Losinger
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Ankita Sahani
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Indians don't wipe their butt. They wash it with water.

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    Pat Brown
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look up WHY, folks, if this seems like a "dominant hand" issue only.

    Trudie Akin
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It should say Arabs or Muslims.

    Bruce DePenha
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about Indians who are left handed?

    CV
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We Indian, mostly eat from right hand, as we are right handed! The Indians who are left handed eat with left hand! Quite simple, isn't it!

    Elizabeth Mitchell
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They eat with their right hands because the left hand is used for wiping your a*s. That’s just nasty.

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    Brenda Olano
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    darknessIsMyOutfit
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is whatever they just said anyways? I assume it's food. what kind of food?

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    Sarah McMordie
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been to Peru and Chile and the Peruvian version is far superior.

    Laura Barrios Hermosilla
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    JAJAJAJAJAJA, and tell Chileans that Pisco Sour is Peruvian (I am Chilean, but I LOVE Peruvian Pisco Sour, Peruvian food, Peruvian culture, people, etc.)

    Limbo The Lost
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to p**s off a Swede: Asking us if Switzerland is nice.

    Janet Martin
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that because it's so incredibly beautiful that the question is stupid or because a country can't be "nice"? Bad grammar?

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    Ursula Walker
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australians - Say "G`day mate" in a s**t Aussie accent and ask them how their pet kangaroo is doing....

    Raúl Del Canto
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny although chileans are the ones that use the "huevón" slang

    Juan Caminante
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nope, peruvians also use "huevon" a lot,,, actually, chileans, dont say "huevon", they say "weon"

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    Marina Cardone
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m not Peruvian but I will react this way to any non Peruvian ceviche

    Jotaeme Isola
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the word Huevon is from chile actually

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