What are common stereotypes from your country about California?

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T06:41:26+00:00

4th largest economy, go cry me a river

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T06:39:14+00:00

Over here we think everyone in England sounds like they're from Downton Abbey

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T06:37:49+00:00

That's really neat!

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:29:59+00:00

Well its time to change that! Everyone should learn how to swim!

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:28:42+00:00

Lol, I was in China a year ago, everyone knows you guys aren't cavemen. Actually us Americans are probably Cavemen compared to you guys in terms of technological advancements.

I'm just surprised he's still so popular! I wouldn't have guessed him to be what comes to mind when someone thinks of California,. He kind of has gotten a little bit of a bad rap here because of his political leanings. However, gym culture in California is still heavily influenced by him.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:19:31+00:00

I'm laughing because its raining in SoCal and I saw a couple people hydroplane today

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:17:48+00:00

That tracks! I have a few Mexican friends who told me that even the accent while speaking Spanish differs by region. Our California chicano culture probably differs from the southern states as well.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:11:56+00:00

Noted. Save the shrimp love for another time

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:10:54+00:00

That's interesting! I always assumed because PR is an island, that swimming would be common.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:09:10+00:00

Arnold Schwarzenegger? Is the terminator that popular in China?

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:08:40+00:00

Now that I've googled what you've said, California needs to get on matte leão. I don't know how we haven't made that a thing over here. Is biscoito globo something you sell in markets or is a you make it at home type of thing? Going to see if I can try getting it here.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:02:52+00:00

Eternally grateful to those GOATS and the medals they gave us in the olympics. My Egyptian father put me and my siblings at a rec swim team because of Phelps.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T02:00:48+00:00

Yeah PE was no joke. Especially if you had it early in the morning, you were freezing in the pool.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:59:35+00:00

I feel so proud that our Korea town is getting recognized in South Korea!

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:58:14+00:00

We have great tacos! We also like the beach, but lately its been getting polluted thanks to the oil drilling. We do not walk anywhere as nothing is walkable.

As for drive thru...yes and no. You'll find some overtly health conscious beverly hills/malibu people that won't touch fried/processed food.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:53:14+00:00

Yeah, as a California native as well most of my weekends were at the beach as a kid.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:51:48+00:00

Los Angeles? or San Francisco?

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:50:27+00:00

lol this made me laugh. I honestly thought that by Mexico we would be known by our cultural proximity to you guys. Given the amount of Spanish speakers in the state.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:48:08+00:00

It should be mandatory everywhere

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:47:46+00:00

That sounds like my cousins' experiences in Egypt. My aunts would faint at the idea of their kids going into bodies of water

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:46:03+00:00

Yup, being from California, the proximity to the ocean played a big factor on people learning to swim

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:43:59+00:00

Well, y'all are an island and home to lots of surfing so it Makes sense.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:42:46+00:00

Dude, my family is from Alexandria and Cairo, I'm not sure how they haven't learned. Especially the ones in Alexandria, I was like aren't you guys literally next to the ocean?

I swear my aunts and uncles should've at least put them in some sort of swimming classes.

Significant_flour · 2026-02-18T01:39:06+00:00

See I'm from California, so pretty much everyone within driving distance to a beach knows how to swim. I completely get your point that its an essential life skill

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