Don't click the "Culinary Horrors" link, tho
February 17, 2020 1:58 PM Subscribe
Who's the, uh, guy with the thingamabob, the... fuck!, I can't think of... Smith? No, it's not-- John Locke! That's who I was thinking of. LOL. Sorry for the tartle.
Let’s plunge innocently into stereotypes!I've come to believe tender comic stereotypes are a fundamental part of European identity and culture in a way the rest of the world doesn't get. When I was in high school, for some reason, the basic French textbooks were all from Quebec, but the advanced ones French. So we went from basic grammar about ordering breakfast with maple syrup in the restaurant, catching a bus to Toronto, to suddenly just incredibly salty conversations/comprehension about other European nationalities. Spaniards, so disorganised, Germans, love their beer and mayonnaise. And the Parisians? So arrogant! But don't start me on etc. etc.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:51 PM on February 17, 2020 [5 favorites]
You knew you were sending me searching for the culinary horrors page, right?
I mean, you had to know that.
posted by Adridne at 2:59 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
I mean, you had to know that.
posted by Adridne at 2:59 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
And now I know that Salvador Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo 😐
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear at 3:26 PM on February 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear at 3:26 PM on February 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
It looks like a miniature horse’s penis – and tastes even worse.
I... have questions.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:27 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
I... have questions.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:27 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
i'm an east coast US person, i'm in a band, and i get to go on tour a lot. One of the things that has struck me about Germany in particular is there are all these inter-town rivalries?
For example---
me: (plays show in Chicago)
person at show: hey that was cool! where are you going next?
me: Milwaukee i think....
person at show: OH RAD you should totally eat at this one place etc etc
as opposed to---
me: (plays show in Cologne)
person at show: hey that was okay. i wonder why you didn't play any of your good songs. Where are you playing next?
me: Oh, Dusseldorf I think...
person at show: OH THAT CITY IS THE WORST YOU SHOULD JUST SKIP THE SHOW SERIOUSLY WHY WOULD YOU EVER PLAY THERE THAT CITY HAS HORRIBLE ARCHITECTURE AND ALSO THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM....
every once in a while you'll get into a city-duel in the US (baltimore vs pittsburgh, maybe) but all the examples I can think of right now are sports-related. I don't know if there are historic rivalries between german cities that span hundreds of years but as a US person it's a bit hard to wrap my head around, i guess.
(on non-preview: i just used cologne and dusseldorf as an example but i guess it is a thing in that specific case at least )
posted by capnsue at 4:16 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
For example---
me: (plays show in Chicago)
person at show: hey that was cool! where are you going next?
me: Milwaukee i think....
person at show: OH RAD you should totally eat at this one place etc etc
as opposed to---
me: (plays show in Cologne)
person at show: hey that was okay. i wonder why you didn't play any of your good songs. Where are you playing next?
me: Oh, Dusseldorf I think...
person at show: OH THAT CITY IS THE WORST YOU SHOULD JUST SKIP THE SHOW SERIOUSLY WHY WOULD YOU EVER PLAY THERE THAT CITY HAS HORRIBLE ARCHITECTURE AND ALSO THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM....
every once in a while you'll get into a city-duel in the US (baltimore vs pittsburgh, maybe) but all the examples I can think of right now are sports-related. I don't know if there are historic rivalries between german cities that span hundreds of years but as a US person it's a bit hard to wrap my head around, i guess.
(on non-preview: i just used cologne and dusseldorf as an example but i guess it is a thing in that specific case at least )
posted by capnsue at 4:16 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
This is fascinating stuff, although I do have some quibbles, especially with their combining the UK and Ireland. This meant that they missed out on the useful Irish term "yoke" in the section on thingummybobs, and on "feck" which may or may not be a milder form of "fuck", in the swearword section.
posted by Fuchsoid at 5:07 PM on February 17, 2020
posted by Fuchsoid at 5:07 PM on February 17, 2020
With Spanish cursing they really missed a chance to point out the wonderful amount of shitting on things that happens. The thing you're angry about, the person you're angry with, the person you're angry with's mom, religious items, your mother, Jesus's mom. The possibilities are endless!
posted by dinty_moore at 5:10 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by dinty_moore at 5:10 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
Dinty_moore: my god yes. Every other language has variations on mothers, fuck your mother, I fucked your mother, and so on, tedious, repetitive, banal. The Spanish? The psycho-sexual background to 'Me cago en la leche' is so kinky I can't even describe it
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 5:57 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 5:57 PM on February 17, 2020 [3 favorites]
If you feel overwhelmed by all the I-shit-on-things Spanish swearing, there's always the succint "cagontó" ("me cago en todo" = I shit on everything). And, of course, we use "joder" as punctuation, but "follar" for the actual act of fucking.
I've come to believe tender comic stereotypes are a fundamental part of European identity and culture in a way the rest of the world doesn't get.
80% of the humor in the Astérix comics is poking fun at European ethnic stereotypes. The rest are running gags and jabs at Classical education, other French comics, and the occasional caricature of an actor. In particular, Asterix and the Banquet satirizes the people of the regions of France and is quite opaque for those of us who don't know those stereotypes...
posted by sukeban at 12:18 AM on February 18, 2020 [4 favorites]
I've come to believe tender comic stereotypes are a fundamental part of European identity and culture in a way the rest of the world doesn't get.
80% of the humor in the Astérix comics is poking fun at European ethnic stereotypes. The rest are running gags and jabs at Classical education, other French comics, and the occasional caricature of an actor. In particular, Asterix and the Banquet satirizes the people of the regions of France and is quite opaque for those of us who don't know those stereotypes...
posted by sukeban at 12:18 AM on February 18, 2020 [4 favorites]
...from the tartle link:
Belgium - Dépaysement
What a lovely phrase that I deeply identify with! I've been fortunate enough to travel a bit, and I always get this feeling when I am away from home. There is such a freedom and an expansiveness to being in a far-flung city/country.
posted by Rock Steady at 7:27 AM on February 18, 2020
Belgium - Dépaysement
What a lovely phrase that I deeply identify with! I've been fortunate enough to travel a bit, and I always get this feeling when I am away from home. There is such a freedom and an expansiveness to being in a far-flung city/country.
posted by Rock Steady at 7:27 AM on February 18, 2020
In regards to culinary horrors (I totally clicked on it first) I'm a little disappointed that the best they could do for France is frog's legs. I mean I can understand how some people would find that icky but there is loads more that I think would be much more of a challenge for non-French (horse meat rillettes? Lamb's blood sauce?) .
posted by Ashwagandha at 8:48 AM on February 18, 2020
posted by Ashwagandha at 8:48 AM on February 18, 2020
Best of the dingdang whichamadoodle web!
posted by a humble nudibranch at 12:04 AM on February 19, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by a humble nudibranch at 12:04 AM on February 19, 2020 [1 favorite]
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seriously i live for stuff like this, thanks.
posted by capnsue at 2:18 PM on February 17, 2020 [1 favorite]