Yeah most stereotypes are rooted in factuality, it's moreso the exaggerations that take them into the realm of misconceptions.
Like Yoda said about hockey in Canada is spot-on. For the longest time it was just Canada and Russia. Hockey is pretty much a religon here and it's expect for Canada to get gold, anything less is failure and disappointed and the media will jump on it and ask questions such as why we only got silver and if changes need to be made to better our sport. A lot of improvements have been made by a number of other countries that have bettered their competiveness in the sport though.
International hockey has little to no fighting but does have some rough play in regards to checking though most of that is done by Canadian, Russian, and US teams.
They have cracked downed heavily in the NHL on the stuff that slows down the game like hooking and grabbing. It's generally much better for it although there can be some dubious calls on more innocent infractions. Still it's ultimately best to have a zero tolerance on the matter.
Yoda, about fighting in Ice Hockey from Wiki
Fighting in ice hockey is an established aspect of the sport in North America, with a long history involving many levels of amateur and professional play and including some notable individual fights. Although a definite source of criticism, it is a considerable draw for the sport, and some fans attend games primarily to see fights. Fighting is usually performed by one or more enforcers, or "goons" — players who are typically better at fighting than hockey — on a given team and is governed by a complex system of unwritten rules that players, coaches, officials, and the media refer to as "the code". Some fights are spontaneous, while others are premeditated by the participants. While officials tolerate fighting during hockey games, they impose a variety of penalties on players who engage in fights. Unique to North American professional team sports, the National Hockey League (NHL) and most minor professional leagues in North America do not eject players outright for fighting[6] but major European and collegiate hockey leagues do. Therefore, the vast majority of fights occur in the NHL and other North American professional leagues.
Let's talk about Holland.
Holland is known as a Muay Thai/Kickboxing country
Check out the results of the prestigious K-1 tournament
To win this you need to win a huge elimination tournament. In the finals you have 3 fights in one day. Look at that list Dutch dominations.
P.S. Andy Hug R.I.P. you axe-kicking bad ass.
Of course we have drugs and whores too. It's like Adult Disney Land.
Iga_Bobovic said:Let's talk about Holland.
Holland is known as a Muay Thai/Kickboxing country
Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything, but that's pretty much how most people think about Holland.
aspro said:
Iga_Bobovic said:Let's talk about Holland.
Holland is known as a Muay Thai/Kickboxing country
Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything, but that's pretty much how most people think about Holland.
Really? In Canada, Holland would be known for windmills and legalized drugs.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of people here didn't know Holland is part of the Netherlands, and instead thought them two different countries.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileYodariquo said:aspro said:Iga_Bobovic said:Let's talk about Holland.
Holland is known as a Muay Thai/Kickboxing country
Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything, but that's pretty much how most people think about Holland.
Really? In Canada, Holland would be known for windmills and legalized drugs.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of people here didn't know Holland is part of the Netherlands, and instead thought them two different countries.
Yeah, I was kidding. Australians are as ignorant as Holland as is probably the reverse. Legalized drugs would be the headliner.
SteelAttack said:Jesus, I think practically all stereotypes about my country and people are actually true.
Including the one about never leaving an animatronic dinosaur unattended? 
Yodariquo said:aspro said:Iga_Bobovic said:Let's talk about Holland.
Holland is known as a Muay Thai/Kickboxing country
Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything, but that's pretty much how most people think about Holland.
Really? In Canada, Holland would be known for windmills and legalized drugs.
Legal Prostituion.
If only Iggly wasn't poor. If only I lived there 
About legal prostitution.
The red light district is going to be severely downgraded in Amsterdam. What a load of bull, that is Amsterdam's main tourist attraction.
You know there is a friendly and sometimes unfriendly rivalry between Holland and Belgium. Especially the Dutch speaking part of Belgium Flanders. So let's see the stereotypes.
The Belgians find the Dutch to be over organized and boring, while the Dutch find the Belgians chaotic and incompetent.
Well both are true, if you go by train to Belgium, you can instantly see when you cross the border. Dutch have lots of neighbourhoods, with the same houses. The Belgians each have a different house.
The Belgians have more of a party culture, while the Dutch have more of a committee culture. The Dutch kinda trust the government, the Belgians do not.
In the Netherlands many jokes are mane about the stupidity of Belgians. This stereotype is not true. There is a show that is called "10 for language", that pits a Dutch team against a Belgian team. The objective is to test the knowledge of the Dutch language. The Belgians almost always win.
"ta mere est un Belgie" which translates into "your mother is a Belgian." That apparently ruffles some feathers.
Oh, I have another true stereotype of the Dutch. You can't just visit your friends/family, you actually have to make an appointment. Weird he?
So question to you guys, what do you know of Serbia and Bosnia? Bugsy stay out of this one.
robio said:"ta mere est un Belgie" which translates into "your mother is a Belgian." That apparently ruffles some feathers.
I'd go with "Votre mere est un Belge"
"ta" is technically still saying "your" but if you're insulting their mother, I don't think you want to use the friendly and inclusive version 
I think it's Belge, too, but I'm not sure.
Take that for what you will from someone who wouldn't pass a French literacy test.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileIga_Bobovic said:About legal prostitution.
The red light district is going to be severely downgraded in Amsterdam. What a load of bull, that is Amsterdam's main tourist attraction.
What? Why how and where?
I've never been but drugs, canals and sex is Amsterdam right?
gamingeek said:Iga_Bobovic said:About legal prostitution.
The red light district is going to be severely downgraded in Amsterdam. What a load of bull, that is Amsterdam's main tourist attraction.
What? Why how and where?
I've never been but drugs, canals and sex is Amsterdam right?
And clogs and windmills! FFS.
Iga_Bobovic said:Oh, I have another true stereotype of the Dutch. You can't just visit your friends/family, you actually have to make an appointment. Weird he?
So question to you guys, what do you know of Serbia and Bosnia? Bugsy stay out of this one.
Serbia of course is meant to war torn and desolate. Like Romania. And Bosnia the same, only like Herzagovina. 
Iga_Bobovic said:Oh, I have another true stereotype of the Dutch. You can't just visit your friends/family, you actually have to make an appointment. Weird he?
So question to you guys, what do you know of Serbia and Bosnia? Bugsy stay out of this one.
1. That is a rule my wife and I have and found true of most people in Southern California. "You can't just visit your friends/family, you actually have to make an appointment. Weird he?"
2. Serbia and Bosnia. I am going to show my complete ignorance and say that I know that there is some kind of border war going on between them. Other than that, I know nothing, which is embarrassing given the amount of Serbs in So. Cal.
Iga_Bobovic said:Oh, I have another true stereotype of the Dutch. You can't just visit your friends/family, you actually have to make an appointment. Weird he?
My family and friends do that. It's just common courtesy. I don't like it when people just drop by unannounced, even family.
Ravenprose said:Iga_Bobovic said:Oh, I have another true stereotype of the Dutch. You can't just visit your friends/family, you actually have to make an appointment. Weird he?
My family and friends do that. It's just common courtesy. I don't like it when people just drop by unannounced, even family.
ESPECIALLY family.
Iga_Bobovic said:Oh, I have another true stereotype of the Dutch. You can't just visit your friends/family, you actually have to make an appointment. Weird he?
So question to you guys, what do you know of Serbia and Bosnia? Bugsy stay out of this one.
I think thats a good thing.
The overweight American stereotype is very noticeable when you're in the southern US. We do a pretty good job keeping them off of television though, and even out of the news. At least until a natural disaster hits. When a hurricane hits the Carolina's or a torando rips through Oklahoma (single worst place to live in the country if you wanted to know) then all of the fat toothless idiots come out of the woodwork.
And as far as other countries go, I do have a few observations. For the most part I do consider most Canadians to be clean and unoffensive people in every way. Except for the people from the Maritimes (sorry if that's you Yoda). Those are the just the most white trash human beings I've ever met. They even trump Americans from Alabama.
And Mexicans. . . oh shucks I just love those guys. Even the fat lazy ones
That's actually kind of a funny stereotype. At least in this country Mexicans are like the hardest workers you'll find, except for the ones in my family. My mom's family is from a Texas border town so a good bit of my family is at least half Mexican these days. A lot of them are in fact fat and lazy... More research needs to be done on that.