Although stereotyping is a common world-wide phenomenon, it is most vicious and scathing in Europe. Being the home and birthplace of anti-Semitism, slavery, the word ‘genocide’ and the most vile religious persecutions in history, it is hardly surprising that the European tribal ‘us versus them’ culture flourishes like never before.

The history of Europe could be seen as more than 3000 years of continuous continent-wide tribal warfare. Only when war became too expensive and acquired the potential to destroy the entire world were the European tribes brought to a halt and forced into uneasy alliances and deals with each other by necessity and the two main superpowers they were stuck between. The open and often violent tit-for-tat retaliations became rarer. Consequently, excluding the Balkans war, Europe has been at peace for more than 60 years. That is not to say the 3000 years of ingrained tribal Darwinism isn’t still very much alive below the surface. Examples of this can be seen most graphically during Football matches between rival nations and even local clubs, in which many get hurt in riots every year.

This article will explore stereotypes across the known world from a European perspective. Of course no stereotype hunt would be complete without first looking at ourselves as Europeans and what stereotypes we have made about each other. Some of them may not be accurate or even true, but this is what I found out.

Therefore we shall start with one of the more difficult ones:

Stereotypes of Hungarians

1. They’re communists!

Hungarians are by default lazy communists. The non-lazy, non-communists are all dead, courtesy of the Russian invasions.

2. They’re car thieves and love crappy cars!

One of the main hobbies of the typical Hungarian is hustling stolen 1980s DDR Trabants, which are considered the main currency in their country.

3. Goulash isn’t what you think it is!

Hungarians bury their dead in giant goulash factories. They then sell this to western supermarkets in exchange for a vintage Trabant or two.

4. They’re fake gypsies!

Since they don’t know how to drive cars they frequently travel around as Gypsies, though that has been stopped by the Romanians now, who have claimed copyright infringement. Hungarians are now using bio-goulash powered vehicles.

5. The women are ‘easy’!

All Hungarians are experts at pimping their beautiful but slutty sisters.

6. The language!

Hungarians frequently cannot be distinguished from drunk Scots because of their inability to stay sober. An effective test is asking them to pronounce the word ‘Trabant’. If they can’t do so without crying they’re Hungarian.

Sources: Urban dictionary, Foek.hu, cmdr_sm

More stereotypes on a different people next week.

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