“This Is A Myth”: 29 Country Stereotypes People Believe That Are Completely And Horribly Wrong

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“[South Africa] So many, but a less contentious one. That all African countries are the same. That they’re all hot, all the time, and are all jungles.”

—MotherOfDachshunds42

“What kind of idiot believes that? What do they think happened to the jungles in Niger? And how can there be snow on the Kilimanjaro if it’s hot all the time? Human stupidity never fails to amaze me.”

—Petrus_Rock

“I’ll share a funny story: when South Africa was hosting the Soccer World Cup in 2010, I was at a conference in Canada. Because there were a lot of international attendees and a big time difference, lots of people were watching games online. One day, a colleague had a game on and a group of us were standing nearby. The game was taking place at night in Bloemfontein. I commented that I didn’t envy the spectators in the weather. A woman (North American of some kind), said: ‘Oh, because it’s so hot?’ The people on the screen were wearing thick coats and woolly hats, and their breath was steaming. It was obviously very cold. So I said: ‘No, because of the cold.’ I then explained that if it’s summer here (Canada), then it’s winter there (South Africa) due to the earth being round and so forth.”
—MotherOfDachshunds42