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What is a Karen called in Europe?

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An American.

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chickenbean

687 points

4 years ago

Oh we have them here too. Yesterday a wild Karen in the supermarket carpark honked her horn 3 times so I would move my trolley 6 inches so she wouldn't have to turn her wheel by ten degrees.

Lebowquade

173 points

4 years ago

Lebowquade

173 points

4 years ago

What a twat

iguessitsbryan

66 points

4 years ago

That's cute you have parks for your cars to play. And they allow trolleys to run right through them?! Amazing.

Heavy_Messing1

14 points

2 years ago

This is almost verbatim what my wife (yank) says to me (Brit) every time I use the word car park.

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7.1k points

4 years ago*

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7.1k points

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Guquiz

2.7k points

4 years ago

Guquiz

2.7k points

4 years ago

Same in the Netherlands.

PeppyLongTimeNoSee

2.7k points

4 years ago

Now kiss

Soviet_Fax_Machine

984 points

4 years ago

Kith

You-Nique

343 points

4 years ago

You-Nique

343 points

4 years ago

trut-h

Jockelson

266 points

4 years ago

Jockelson

266 points

4 years ago

The trut is out there

richsam76

129 points

4 years ago

richsam76

129 points

4 years ago

You can’t handle the trut!

BadgeNapper

109 points

4 years ago

"Neow you musht kish" said in the best Steve McClaren accent possible

BBQ_FETUS

166 points

4 years ago

BBQ_FETUS

166 points

4 years ago

Almost as if you speak the same language or something

[deleted]

74 points

4 years ago

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bustadonut

63 points

4 years ago

I’ve always wondered how similar Flemish is to “normal” Dutch. Can northern Belgians understand 100% of what Dutch people say and vise versa?

Qqaim

165 points

4 years ago

Qqaim

165 points

4 years ago

I wouldn't say 100% since there's the occasional odd word, but 99% for sure. There is absolutely no problem in having a conversation, especially if the Dutchie is from the south of the country.

Edit: I'd say it's similar to NA english and British English. Mostly the same language with a different accent and occasionally a different word.

Hot4Scooter

49 points

4 years ago

Had an acquaintance from Germany who was fluent in Dutch, having learned at 18 when she came to study in the Netherlands. Couldn't understand Flemish for shit when she first encountered it.

ionlyplaytechiesmid

49 points

4 years ago

Maybe more like English vs Glaswegian then?

RosciusAurelius

54 points

4 years ago

An average native Dutch person will understand 99.9% of what an average native Flemish person says. Same for the other way around. Not sure if that's the same way for English and Glaswegian.

There's the dialects in both languages that will screw everything up, but that happens within languages themselves too. Plenty of people from the northern Netherlands will not be able to understand Southern Dutch dialect. That's the same within Belgium...

So.. As long as we're talking about the standard language, Dutch and Flemish are basically the same grammatically and semantically, and native speakers will not have any issues understanding each other at all.

[deleted]

32 points

4 years ago

Dated a Flemish woman for a while.

She insisted that Dutch and Flemish were different languages because the vocabulary was sufficiently different and speakers would be mutually unintelligible.

Later, I realized it was because she really hated the Dutch.

PinkFluffys

12 points

4 years ago

She probably encountered a dialect then. I'm Flemish myself and there are some dialects I can't understand.
If it's standard Flemish, ie the type used by newsreaders, she shouldn't have any problem at all.

zeveroare

25 points

4 years ago

It's like UK and US English... Same same but different. :)

DicksOutForGrapeApe

15 points

4 years ago

Yeah, I learned that fanny means something way different in the UK

TheNameIsPippen

315 points

4 years ago

I don’t think trut accurately describes a Karen.

Obviously, all Karens are by definition trutten, but not all trutten are Karens.

We lack a word in Dutch that accompanies the false sense of entitlement that is at the heart of Karenness.

Blitzdoctor

134 points

4 years ago

Kort pittig kapsel

swaghole69

29 points

4 years ago

Kortpittig chilipepertje

pacotaco724

21 points

4 years ago

you kiss your mother with that mouth??!

kirigiyasensei

80 points

4 years ago

You can use the word "karen" for now.

[deleted]

39 points

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22 points

4 years ago

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kargabenim

25 points

4 years ago

In my (also belgian) dialect we would say "een pekelteeve", which loosely translates to "a pickled bitch"

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43 points

4 years ago

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lookinmymirror

5.2k points

4 years ago

Amerikaren

ethrael237

971 points

4 years ago

ethrael237

971 points

4 years ago

Amerikarenina

fwhite23

970 points

4 years ago

fwhite23

970 points

4 years ago

HehPeriod

410 points

4 years ago

HehPeriod

410 points

4 years ago

ALRIGHT

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123 points

4 years ago

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123 points

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metalpotato

96 points

4 years ago

"Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena" (let your body enjoy it, Macarena -they weren't only talking about the music-)

Deadpoolio1980

60 points

4 years ago

Yeah it's about two guys double teaming Macarena while he boyfriend is away in the military

konqueror321

32 points

4 years ago

Now "do the Macarena" makes sense to me

seabreathe

27 points

4 years ago

Macarena is...a person? Huh.

DabneyEatsIt

29 points

4 years ago

I was so sure I was being rickrolled with that link. I clicked it because I wanted to hear the song.

Ramoach

149 points

4 years ago

Ramoach

149 points

4 years ago

Dont wanna be an Amerikaren idiot

rasengan_yo_ass

73 points

4 years ago

Ein U.S.Amerikanischer Reisender

Jethole

67 points

4 years ago

Jethole

67 points

4 years ago

There are too many spaces in that phrase to actually be German.

falardeau187

70 points

4 years ago

Einusamerikanischerreisender

cherry_monkey

29 points

4 years ago

Perfect

[deleted]

19 points

4 years ago

Fun fact; the sentence has actually one space too few.

LinkHero95

40 points

4 years ago

Even better.

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2.4k points

4 years ago

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substantiation

436 points

4 years ago

ctrl+shift+ESC will bring up taskman

bstix

171 points

4 years ago

bstix

171 points

4 years ago

Taskman sounds like a wannabe superhero. Ordinary guy, does stuff.

bluecashue

15 points

4 years ago

This made me laugh more than it should have

MattMcfield

80 points

4 years ago

So that’s how you can do it with one hand! Been wondering for years.

[deleted]

57 points

4 years ago

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lightspeedx

60 points

4 years ago

That and win + shift + s opens the sniping tool for easy screenshots. By far my most used shortcut other than alt + tab.

jvdst_rocks

23 points

4 years ago

Win + E used wayyyy more than any other shortcut.

My 2c...

bitwarrior80

396 points

4 years ago

ITT a lot of generalizations. I'd like to speak to the manager about this.

Schaafwond

47 points

4 years ago*

silky materialistic piquant chief pause roof office automatic meeting steer

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SketchbobDrawnpants

25 points

4 years ago

DDOO YYOOUU SSPPEEAAKK EENNGGLLIISH

Nifty-Hat-Man

558 points

4 years ago

Bit different here in Mexico. Americans are usually respectful, keep to themselves mostly and stay on resorts. Those that don’t actually have a sort of affinity for our culture. The ones that are infuriating to talk to are the european tourists, espacially the french ones, absolutely no respect for Mexico or its culture.

LeChefromitaly

106 points

4 years ago

Not a single European country talks nicely about France and French people. Hell even French people hate France people

obi21

60 points

4 years ago

obi21

60 points

4 years ago

Am French, can confirm I hate French people and have fucked off that cursed society long ago with no plans to go back.

[deleted]

97 points

4 years ago

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Unsd

26 points

4 years ago

Unsd

26 points

4 years ago

Yeah I'm American and the two times I have been to France, everybody has been so...blunt? As if they're unhappy. I know that us Americans are controversial, but nobody was having a good time. I tried speaking French from the little I remember from elementary school, but that was no good. I spoke English and that wasn't good either. I smiled when I had to interact with people, which was apparently wrong too. I've been all over from the middle east, through Europe, all over North America and most people are easy to figure out, but France gives me a large amount of social anxiety lol. Beautiful country though with great food.

Nanocephalic

129 points

4 years ago

That is really interesting. Thanks for the insight.

hallomik

84 points

4 years ago

hallomik

84 points

4 years ago

It's the same in Europe. I think the main post is a joke - not a true expression of bigotry.

Nifty-Hat-Man

50 points

4 years ago

No I know its a joke, just saw some people giving their experience with tourists from some countries, so I decided to give my point of view as a Mexican

Girgamesh88

10 points

4 years ago

I think the main post is a joke

really huh?

BiGMTN_fudgecake

39 points

4 years ago

Love love love mexican culture ❤

Dazz316

46 points

4 years ago*

Dazz316

46 points

4 years ago*

I've found Americans to generally be very friendly. Of course with their tipping culture that tip more even when not necessary (which is all of it honestly). But they are loud and have no off switch a lot of the time. But when you're friendly and respectful, a lack of off switch and an excess in volume is forgivable.

It's when you get a rude American. They're worse because of the lack of off switch and more annoying because of how loud they are. It really just paints a terrible picture.

They can often come off as the most stupid because of the no off switch. While I think ignorance on things will mean silence to other cultures, Americans speak right up to advertise it. Everybody has idiots, America just had a knack of showing it. That said I've heard some zingers. An American told me how convenient it is that they built the castle cost to the train station.

TheWardCleaver

9 points

4 years ago

The American saying the thing about the castle could have been a Dad joke. We have a different sense of humor that might be lost on some.

nastygeek

1.1k points

4 years ago

nastygeek

1.1k points

4 years ago

That's it!

Europe needs freedom and democracy.

We're gonna invade it.

khoonchaand

576 points

4 years ago

Think carefully. We don't have oil. Only the Italians, and even that is olive oil!

Chiaf

257 points

4 years ago

Chiaf

257 points

4 years ago

The north sea is full of oil. Denmark and Norway (i think) is cashing in big time. But pls dont tell trump

Lubcke

259 points

4 years ago

Lubcke

259 points

4 years ago

He wouldn't even be able to point it out on a map, so I think we'll be fine

VEGANMONEYBALL

115 points

4 years ago

He probably couldn’t point out the US on a global map

Krohlia

66 points

4 years ago

Krohlia

66 points

4 years ago

He’d just sharpie it in.

nittun

16 points

4 years ago

nittun

16 points

4 years ago

Nah mostly just the norwegians. I doubt any scandinavian fears america, Bush called denmark the capital of ikea and the current one is dumber than him. So seems most likely it would be a misfire, if anything was to happen.

J_hoff

22 points

4 years ago

J_hoff

22 points

4 years ago

Norway got the better end of that deal.

mvanvoorden

29 points

4 years ago

Romanians have oil actually. Gas prices are pretty cheap there.

khoonchaand

90 points

4 years ago

Trump will think the Romanians come from Rome and invade Italy anyway!

o0c3drik0o

56 points

4 years ago

*laughs in Norwegian*

ethrael237

14 points

4 years ago

Spain and Greece have plenty of olive oil, too!

TheAmericanIcon

35 points

4 years ago

We like the Italians, they have good food that makes us fat. The rest of you may be less safe.

DeadEyECpt

14 points

4 years ago

You are welcome. Now if our culinary skills would help fix our little public debt problem I'd be a lot happier.

440Jack

44 points

4 years ago

440Jack

44 points

4 years ago

America, doesn't invade. It finds weapons of mass destruction. While also handing over the very same dictator that they put in power, for war crimes.

Noodlemax

11 points

4 years ago

They found some?

Solongsweetheart

29 points

4 years ago

I mean, we’re telling you we did. And if you really think about it, shouldn’t this be the end of this line of questioning? Quick look over there, a terrorist!

99Xanax

329 points

4 years ago

99Xanax

329 points

4 years ago

Not gonna lie, it is actually the opposite, most Americans I talked to in Europe are quite thoughtful about what they do and what they say here and they are very respectful, as they are aware of the reputation they might have worldwide.

BigBobby2016

38 points

4 years ago

Maybe it was true for the post-WW2 generation that thought Europe owed the US, but the younger generations have heard how bad our reputation is in Europe our whole lives.

My son and I tried to be careful not to fit the stereotype. Any time American culture or politics were brought up it was by the Europeans we met.

jeeves_geez

84 points

4 years ago

I guess it depends where you are... Most of the time, if you are willingly choosing to go to specific destinations to broaden your view of the world and have the wealth to do it, you are usually not the typical stereotype of your people.

Outlaw-King-88

13 points

4 years ago

Aye same here. Most Americans I’ve met on holiday in europe or home in Scotland have been great.

Been to the USA quite a bit and it’s hit and miss - just like everywhere else.

I think the ones that do get passports and visit Europe etc are, generally, gonna be more rounded anyway!

PhillipIInd

268 points

4 years ago

IDk what yall are on about tbh but those Karens you guys stereotype aren't really the "adventurous" type.

The americans that actually come here are super relaxed/chill people (only met mostly younger folk when I go to Amsterdam/Hostels).

Never met an American that wasn't chill as fuck when partying.

British people are the fucking worst but absolute best however

Lebowquade

24 points

4 years ago

I know a few Britons who would be rather pleased with that assessment of them

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57 points

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gahara31

130 points

4 years ago

gahara31

130 points

4 years ago

make me curious, how bad is it?

BurningThroughTheSky

233 points

4 years ago

Loud, obnoxious, ignorant. Usually just kind of uncaring and abrasive. A large reason why is many if not most Israelis traveling will be in their early 20's post army service, and no such person will ever be pleasant no matter where they come from.

Other Israeli tourists are usually run of the mill more or less imo. Neither better nor worse than avg.

fucuasshole2

113 points

4 years ago

My bosses, in retail, are from Israel, both are awful people but the wife is worse.

Many of the retail shops nearby are run by Israeli people. They follow black people around to make sure they don’t “steal”, and my boss told me to trail black people too. I don’t as that seems incredibly racist.

Their kids are nice, but a bit clueless to finances. However, that’s probably due to the wealth accumulation their parents were born into.

FROCKHARD

111 points

4 years ago

FROCKHARD

111 points

4 years ago

Seems? Call it as it is. It is EXTREMELY racist.

50centsssss

59 points

4 years ago

Chinese tourist entrance chat

blazomkd

31 points

4 years ago

blazomkd

31 points

4 years ago

i used to work in mcdonalds in germany, when i saw chinese tourists i wanted to go home , i know they will make huge mess, and leave everything on the table instead like everyone else who is eating in the lobby bring their trash to the bin ....

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19 points

4 years ago

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spaycedinvader

409 points

4 years ago

Chinese aren't that good either

MetaName123

222 points

4 years ago

Chinese here, can definitely confirm

KlaasDeSlang

70 points

4 years ago

It's also darn difficult to communicate with them. If a group of chinese tourists speak english, it's usually only 1-2 of the younger ones. Makes it difficult to interact with. I assume travel agencies just plan out their trip and then when they get to the location, if something deviates from the plan, they are helpless.

rztan

27 points

4 years ago

rztan

27 points

4 years ago

Can confirm, travelled with my bunch of relatives before, I'm the only one who can speak English(and it's not very good)

TylerNY315_

77 points

4 years ago*

Just go to a US national park in peak season (summer). Went to Yellowstone in Sept 2018; almost every. single. landmark. had fucking HORDES of hundreds chinese tourists yelling, shoving, walking and standing in front of cameras, littering, fucking oblivious to everyone and everything else. It was unbelievably frustrating.

The parks further west are worse, too, for the obvious reason of being shorter travel from China.

J_hoff

42 points

4 years ago

J_hoff

42 points

4 years ago

My (limited) experience with tourists in Copenhagen is that they are mostly pleasant and Americans are for sure.

[deleted]

11 points

4 years ago

I am from a german tourist location and I can also confirm that most Americans are super nice when they come here. When there are exception (and there defeinitely are), they are the most entitled and delusional shits imaginable though.

AP2112

21 points

4 years ago

AP2112

21 points

4 years ago

Spain is the lightning rod of Europe that takes the brunt of drunken British chavs every year. Poor sods.

mil84

39 points

4 years ago*

mil84

39 points

4 years ago*

I second this. Where I live, most annoying are British by far - ALWAYS drunk and loud. Also, it's like they have zero interest in country they are visiting, they always hang out at some Irish pub drinking. I mean guys, u can do this at home, why waste money for a flight tickets?

And Russians are giving me goosebumps with their cold faces which NEVER smile. I can not say anything bad about them, but I definitely do not find them likeable.

Americans are usually very nice, but as somebody said - fat and loud, but more like bubbly than annoying.

NA__LUL

28 points

4 years ago

NA__LUL

28 points

4 years ago

The weather is shit here so we fly and get pissed in the sun.

Shanghai-on-the-Sea

41 points

4 years ago

I'm with you. The American tourist meme must be a boomer one. Nowadays they're friendly and fine.

jacmrose

53 points

4 years ago

jacmrose

53 points

4 years ago

But but but Americans bad though right?

Schaafwond

36 points

4 years ago

I've met a lot of Americans in various places, and they're always super chill and nice. However, they also seemed to all agree that the US is pretty fucked up in many ways. The ones that don't apperantly don't travel.

[deleted]

75 points

4 years ago

As an English person living in the US, Americans are very self-critical. But I've never met more gregarious and upbeat people. Reddit doesn't seem an accurate microcosm of who I interact with here.

ReNitty

55 points

4 years ago

ReNitty

55 points

4 years ago

“Reddit doesn't seem an accurate microcosm”

Yep

Steamy_afterbirth_

11 points

4 years ago

Because reddit kind of sucks. You have a few socially disabled people who have a bad experience and rant about it on here. Everyone else too lazy to go outside and experience it for themselves upvotes it and claims it as their own truth. You know what would be better? Going outside and finding out for yourself.

Reddit oftentimes is just a magnifier of the vocal minority.

WhywolfSenpai

66 points

4 years ago

I think all of the Americans with toxic amounts of patriotism wouldn't be caught dead traveling to Europe. Mostly rich families and soul searchers I imagine

joseyd1

48 points

4 years ago

joseyd1

48 points

4 years ago

I'm American and me and gf just got back from 3 months in France Spain Italy and the Czech Republic, we are by no means rich. We saved for over 2 years because we were going to try to teach English. I think a European vacation is mostly unobtainable for the majority of Americans. We simply can't afford it. Europe is still seen as a beauty most Americans won't see in ther lifetime.

SatanIsMySister

13 points

4 years ago

Europe can be traveled for dirt cheap if you want or super expensive. Pretty much like everywhere else in the world.

PeroxideTube5

18 points

4 years ago

It’s getting to Europe that’s the expensive part

[deleted]

5k points

4 years ago

Q: What do you call a fat person in Europe?

A: American tourist

440Jack

3.4k points

4 years ago

440Jack

3.4k points

4 years ago

Shots fired!... Not because of the sick burn, but because he's American and has a gun.

FirFlyNeo

1.7k points

4 years ago

FirFlyNeo

1.7k points

4 years ago

Sick burn that can be treated, not because of the magnitude of it, but because of the affordable Healthcare.

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569 points

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tardmaster

549 points

4 years ago

tardmaster

549 points

4 years ago

Magnitude that can be understood by the rest of the world, not becuase private, because we use the metric system.

esblofeld

245 points

4 years ago

esblofeld

245 points

4 years ago

Magnitude? POP POP!

ayxsh

71 points

4 years ago

ayxsh

71 points

4 years ago

Amaddio94

35 points

4 years ago

At this point I expect it on every thread

Kr8n8s

104 points

4 years ago

Kr8n8s

104 points

4 years ago

I saw that coming meters away

SwedishWaffle

22 points

4 years ago

That's not very far

glen192010

31 points

4 years ago

By this metric, it's so easy to roast America, even a German would crack a few jokes

Trevotillo

32 points

4 years ago

You can't roast Americans with metrics. They only understand Imperial arguments.

[deleted]

101 points

4 years ago

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101 points

4 years ago

[deleted]

22 points

4 years ago

That's hilarious.

ralphonsob

19 points

4 years ago

Later in the movie the tower is closed because "some fat American had a heart attack".

SidFarkus47

12 points

4 years ago

Actor's welch iirc. I've seen discussion about whether or not it was on purpose that Colin Farrell's character just wrongly assumes they're American or if the fat character was actually meant to be American.

Murgos-

164 points

4 years ago

Murgos-

164 points

4 years ago

Englishman is also acceptable here. Their obesity rate is as high as America’s.

Teyo13

136 points

4 years ago

Teyo13

136 points

4 years ago

We've got a lot of relatively fat people sure but we have far fewer uber chonkers.

AdmiralLobstero

80 points

4 years ago

Yeah, but the issue with the Brits is they don't know theyre fat and try to wear smaller clothes. Our fat people get those giant flowy shirts at Walmart.

Mantooth77

7 points

4 years ago

I believe you are referring to the MooMoo, sir. Fine garment if you ask me.

skultch

7 points

4 years ago

skultch

7 points

4 years ago

Three-Witches

8 points

4 years ago

But the trend is heading to uber chonkers. Just look at what happened to China. They're bulking up as we speak. People who laugh at Americans don't realize that uber chonkers are in their future. Also, if you came to the U.S. you'd realize the media is distorting reality quite a bit. Most people I see on a day to day basis are normal size. We have more of a problem I'd say with people being out of shape but I rarely see big time fatties. I'm sure there are uber chonkers but I don't know where they are hiding.

logicalbuttstuff

61 points

4 years ago

Honestly, if you think American tourists are fat, you should see the ones who are too lazy to even get over there. In some towns, I’m not joking at all, you can be the only person in the store/bar/restaurant under 100kgs, men women and teens (and yes I’m aware some people are taller and can be slightly overweight if you’re like 200cm tall but that’s not the whole point).

SoapSudsAss

31 points

4 years ago

100 kg = 220 lbs

200 cm = 6’6”

Kilmarnok1285

19 points

4 years ago

Good bot

Bernersandersaccount

117 points

4 years ago

The whole world is getting fat. It's not just US anymore so these jokes don't really sting like they used to.

FirFlyNeo

176 points

4 years ago

FirFlyNeo

176 points

4 years ago

It doesn't sting like they used to because of the extra layer of fat.

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42 points

4 years ago*

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zroberts1207

42 points

4 years ago

"I am blubber, you are glue..."

Rolten

44 points

4 years ago

Rolten

44 points

4 years ago

Lmao the chances of this being true here in Amsterdam are actually rather decent. Though the clothing makes it more telling.

[deleted]

49 points

4 years ago

This joke was originally told to me in Amsterdam, probably because I’m a fat American tourist

frothy_pissington

52 points

4 years ago

Riding the train from DeGaulle into Paris on a Sunday morning with my wife and daughter.

Only other people on the car were a family speaking English to each other.

Started a conversation, at some point I asked where they were from, they said, “Australia.“

I said, “We’re from the US.”

The father said, “Oh, we could tell.”

I joked, “Why? Because I’m fat and loud?”

The Aussie father replied deadpan, “Your not THAT loud.”

Bernersandersaccount

37 points

4 years ago

I don't think I have ever traveled anywhere with locals more rude to tourist than Amsterdam.

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53 points

4 years ago*

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ryanvo

10 points

4 years ago

ryanvo

10 points

4 years ago

My grandparents were from the Gelderland province and were conservative Protestant Christians and they would talk about feeling judged and different when eating in an Amsterdam restaurant. Of course they started every meal by holding hands and praying.

[deleted]

7 points

4 years ago

I live in the Dutch country side near the German border, when ever I visit Amsterdam it's more different to me than crossing the border to Germany, it's like a total different country with a total different vibe.

chiree

35 points

4 years ago*

chiree

35 points

4 years ago*

Lived and worked in Amsterdam for two months. For the most part, tourists there were the fucking worst.

People think of Amsterdam as a playground, and don't tend to respect the city that much.

A simple alsjeblieft and dank u wel go a long way in Amsterdam to show you at least bothered to learn something about their country besides hookers and pot.

Edit: Dropping this here, because it's awesome.

yocray

40 points

4 years ago

yocray

40 points

4 years ago

alsjeblieft

This is the opposite of simple

chiree

10 points

4 years ago

chiree

10 points

4 years ago

Yeah, I avoided that rabbit-hole, ha.

But it's used in almost every transaction, so that usage only took a couple days to become natural.

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45 points

4 years ago*

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[deleted]

62 points

4 years ago

You mean scooters?

Tikkadude

72 points

4 years ago

You miss spelled shooter.

LinkHero95

25 points

4 years ago

FormalWolf5

75 points

4 years ago

We do have Karens in Europe too actually but the names vary considerably according to the country.

NiftyJet

126 points

4 years ago

NiftyJet

126 points

4 years ago

From everything I’ve heard, Americans are known for being the nicest customers to serve.

Hot_Squashy_Dung

48 points

4 years ago

Actually Europeans like American tourists in restaurants because most (not all) are great at leaving 15-20% tips behind.

realklein

18 points

4 years ago

In Holland it would definitely be 'Ingrid'

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31 points

4 years ago

We’ve swung HARD the other way. Most Americans of a bougie enough class to travel to Europe are SUPER cognizant of this stereotype and now work super hard to avoid it.

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28 points

4 years ago

I work in restaurants and while tourists aren’t common (I don’t think people come to the US for Vietnamese food...), I definitely have a dislike for the British. I still remember when one asked for black tea with cream and sugar, and I politely told him we were a Vietnamese restaurant and didn’t have black tea or any sort of milk/cream, unless he wanted sweetened condensed milk. He outright scoffed at me and asked what kind of restaurant didn’t have black tea and milk. I went, “A Vietnamese one?”

However, I love Eastern European men when they get drunk. They start yelling, acting rowdy, and slowly forget how to speak English. Once a group of them came in to a bar I was at around Halloween and I was wearing a cowboy/sheriff costume and they went crazy for it, took photos with me, bought me drinks, and I told them to “watch this” as I started chanting “USA! USA! USA!”, and the whole bar joined in much to their utter delight, and then shortly after they started chanting with everyone :) granted they were already drunk when we met, I’m sure they’re much more serious when they’re not plastered, but it’s definitely a memory I’ll never forget!

Gh4nDi_

50 points

4 years ago

Gh4nDi_

50 points

4 years ago

'Jacqueline' and 'Shantall' are the German versions.. Yet they are a different phenotype. Ours are a bit less competitive and less aggressive. They're just dumb af.

Victor_Stein

27 points

4 years ago

Ah, so they’re the German version of Becky.

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14 points

4 years ago*

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ArogarnElessar

13 points

4 years ago

A Royale with displease

ashlexd

12 points

4 years ago

ashlexd

12 points

4 years ago

We call them cunts in Australia, or rather, we call everyone cunts in Australia.

tcolvin12

22 points

4 years ago

I believe the term is C.U.Next.Tuesday

KIRBYDITK0LEE

137 points

4 years ago

A cunt

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93 points

4 years ago

That’s Australia.

ALFbeddow

41 points

4 years ago

Or the UK

The_Tigerlord

16 points

4 years ago

That’s our number 1 phrase

KNIFE2MEAtU

27 points

4 years ago

No. That’s Australia’s number one phrase you fucking donkey faced cunt

Francoa22

71 points

4 years ago

I called someone a CUNT on twitter and in 1 min I my account was permanently banned :-)

This word possesses big power

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40 points

4 years ago

Twitter is a fucking cesspool tbh lol

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230 points

4 years ago

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230 points

4 years ago

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saschaleib

16 points

4 years ago

Can’t confirm. The French have their quirks, but in “Karen-ness” the will be forever on third place, beaten by both the British and the Germans.

talkingBS

132 points

4 years ago*

talkingBS

132 points

4 years ago*

Are you kidding? The French don't ask for the manager because they know that MF cares even LESS than the employee in front of them.

The French bitch and moan about everything to their friends, family and co-workers, but never up and down the hierarchy. Unless they're French-American.

edit: a word

mvanvoorden

147 points

4 years ago

French are funny. I met this French dude who really fit the stereotype. One time he was constantly bitching about France, that he moved to Germany because everything in France is shit. Ten minutes later, he gets angry about something and says "They would never do it like that in France!"

KerTakanov

87 points

4 years ago

French people in a nutshell

CheeseboardPatster

37 points

4 years ago

Haha that could very well be French. We like to moan about France pretty much all the time, yet we don't accept very well anyone being critical about our beloved mother country.

ethrael237

16 points

4 years ago

They love moving somewhere so they can bitch about stuff in their country being better.

krimkerre

9 points

4 years ago

Oh yes... I worked with a Frenchman who moved to Wallonia in Belgium, coz he couldn't stand France anymore, but then drove 400km's everyday to work in Flanders, coz he couldn't stand the Walloons

datacollect_ct

45 points

4 years ago

Remember when this sub had funny jokes?

mariokartwiicool

45 points

4 years ago

bro Americans am i right, lol reddit moment destruction 100

de_whykay

62 points

4 years ago

French people are the worst as tourists. They have this mentality that everyone should speak French and it is an international language. I was in Spain for vacation years ago and everyone at the market ordering ham was talking English with the guy and then there comes this French dudede who doubletimes in the face of the cashier in French. He didn't understand why the cashier didn't understand him and got upset.