Stereotype jokes have got to be probably the least creative and tired kind of humor there is, a constant re-hashing of the same old cliches over and again from now until eternity. Italians eat lots of pasta? Check. Germans lack humor? Gotcha. Brazilians and football? Mhm. Oh, the Irish love potatoes do they? I never knew.
Yet still, they remain popular, we as humans apparently love to have our beliefs and categorizations confirmed and they make us happy. The internet has been experimenting with another angle on the theme lately, with people exploring the 'true meaning' behind national flags, and they do allow an element of creativity into proceedings! Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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This is so true. The first pizza, made for queen Margharita, was made with topings resembling the Italian flag. General Knowledge out.
It’s sad how there all trapped behind a wall and even if they wanted out there not allowed cause they would be killed
This is INCREDIBLY offensive to the memory of the thousands of Northern Italians who fought and lost their lives fighting for the resistance. In my family we lost four brave men who were helping these Italian Partigiani who were hiding and fighting against the Nazis in the Dolomites during WWII. It saddens me greatly that the Northern Italians' struggles during WWII have not been included in the history books here in the west.
UK: *conquers Ireland, forces Irish off their land, profits from near slave labor, starves millions to death* Uk: lol, you irish are soooooo dependent.
Who else do we know who would use similar logic? It'd be nice if he wasn't in any sort of office.
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Hold the phone. There was a famine crisis because of the lack of potatoes and over a million people died and you're expecting people to laugh about this? You got this massively wrong, WTF Bored Panda?
We haven't been dependent on the uk since a while now. Go read a book.
The English invaded the country,ban people from speaking their own language,stole land and evicted people from their homes,Deported 50,000 "convicts" to work as slave labour in the"colonies",Starved over 1,000,000 people to death and desperation,Murdered hundreds for the slightest misdemeanor....The Republic of Ireland is in no way beholden to the U.K.The North is still occupied by the oppressors/Invaders.
Different people find different things funny. Humour is a curious thing.
Bugger this was supposed to be a reply to 'lee'...curse my sausage fingers on this small screen! I guess I pressed the wrong button XD
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I prefer flag 15 for Ireland as is more in the humour and style of this wholearticle. Flag 13 is just too sad/linear to be funny, as a dual UK/Irish citizen I find this!
No! It’s Green: Potatoes White: Potatoes Orange: Potatoes Every other colour- it’s JUST POTATOES NOTHING ELSE GIVE IN TO THE POTATO KISS THE POTATO MATRYBTHE POTATO LOVE THE POTATO JUST LOVE IT JUST FECKI
Yeah, so, since argentinas flag isnt here, ill do it myself. Inflation and self-hatred... any color.
the gimmick with the missing color got old very quickly or perhaps I'm just pissed there's no Dutch flag (the pink stands for ability to cycle while high)
I agree with you. Having almost everyone have a missing color seemed boring and trite after the first couple.
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Hmm... I don’t know about all of these. Maybe it’s just me, but they seemed just kind of cynical, without to much meaning. Maybe they just weren’t for me, but I wasn’t that big of a fan.
Alia, you probably have a kind and generous heart and you're probably not cynical. We need more people like you. :)
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Canada: Red=Maple Syrup White=Snow I guess everyone already knows what our flag means so that's probably why it's not here...
But where'the hockey, poutine, and saying "Sorry"?
Load More Replies... Wow, when I read the clickbait title (and saw the Germany "teaser", which was actually mildly clever) I actually thought this might be funny. Boy, was I wrong...
Lame. Not a single one is even remotely amusing - and the ones meant to make you think are missing the point or blatantly incorrect. Nil points.
Brietbart- “let’s write about sterotypes to p**s off and offend everyone” Bored panda- “Hold my beer”
Bored panda. Have some class. If you all had a little knowledge of history than you would have taken down this entire article....A flag is a a countries pride.....you don’t get to joke about flags people died to protect or preserve where a new flag they didn’t want take its place. Shame on you....literally no class. Not funny. DM me and I’ll explain why your moral Compass sucks.
The most of jokes are racist, fascist and xenophob. "Congratulations"! :(
What's the best part about living in Switzerland? I'm not sure, but the flag is a big plus.
This is stereotypical and insensitive to so many people, especially the Japanese one
These aren't even low hanging fruit, it's fruit that fell of the tree and rolled down hill.
Way too many of these are "missing colour = bad thing associated with the country". The ones that aren't that are not particularly funny either, but you could at least... I dunno, try?
This started of funny and entertaining, then it deteriorated and became more cruel and nasty. Incorrect too in many cases. Not happy.
Hilarious???? There was f**k all worth a smile here, but shitloads of inaccurate comments from racist/bigots, who can't think further than the end of their nose.
let it be known: anything having to do with flags on bored panda is going to be dumb. the only funny one was italy's oregano, mozzarella, tomato sauce flag.
This is TERRIBLE IT IS ABSOLUTLY STERIOTYPICAL and just sees the WORST in everything. You hear all this stuff like 'heres what it actually is', 'heres how they actually look' BUT SERIOUSLY WTF AUSTRALIA for starters i have never had a bear i have never seen a C*NT AND WE have dangerous animals but they actaully DONT BOTHER US. Im sorry but this is ridiculously inaccurate
that feeling when all the comments beneath the images are people from that country who are offended.
the gimmick with the missing color got old very quickly or perhaps I'm just pissed there's no Dutch flag (the pink stands for ability to cycle while high)
I agree with you. Having almost everyone have a missing color seemed boring and trite after the first couple.
Load More Replies... Hmm... I don’t know about all of these. Maybe it’s just me, but they seemed just kind of cynical, without to much meaning. Maybe they just weren’t for me, but I wasn’t that big of a fan.
Alia, you probably have a kind and generous heart and you're probably not cynical. We need more people like you. :)
Load More Replies... Canada: Red=Maple Syrup White=Snow I guess everyone already knows what our flag means so that's probably why it's not here...
But where'the hockey, poutine, and saying "Sorry"?
Load More Replies... Wow, when I read the clickbait title (and saw the Germany "teaser", which was actually mildly clever) I actually thought this might be funny. Boy, was I wrong...
Lame. Not a single one is even remotely amusing - and the ones meant to make you think are missing the point or blatantly incorrect. Nil points.
Brietbart- “let’s write about sterotypes to p**s off and offend everyone” Bored panda- “Hold my beer”
Bored panda. Have some class. If you all had a little knowledge of history than you would have taken down this entire article....A flag is a a countries pride.....you don’t get to joke about flags people died to protect or preserve where a new flag they didn’t want take its place. Shame on you....literally no class. Not funny. DM me and I’ll explain why your moral Compass sucks.
The most of jokes are racist, fascist and xenophob. "Congratulations"! :(
What's the best part about living in Switzerland? I'm not sure, but the flag is a big plus.
This is stereotypical and insensitive to so many people, especially the Japanese one
These aren't even low hanging fruit, it's fruit that fell of the tree and rolled down hill.
Way too many of these are "missing colour = bad thing associated with the country". The ones that aren't that are not particularly funny either, but you could at least... I dunno, try?
This started of funny and entertaining, then it deteriorated and became more cruel and nasty. Incorrect too in many cases. Not happy.
Hilarious???? There was f**k all worth a smile here, but shitloads of inaccurate comments from racist/bigots, who can't think further than the end of their nose.
let it be known: anything having to do with flags on bored panda is going to be dumb. the only funny one was italy's oregano, mozzarella, tomato sauce flag.
This is TERRIBLE IT IS ABSOLUTLY STERIOTYPICAL and just sees the WORST in everything. You hear all this stuff like 'heres what it actually is', 'heres how they actually look' BUT SERIOUSLY WTF AUSTRALIA for starters i have never had a bear i have never seen a C*NT AND WE have dangerous animals but they actaully DONT BOTHER US. Im sorry but this is ridiculously inaccurate
that feeling when all the comments beneath the images are people from that country who are offended.
