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Self-deprecatingly describe your home country (lemmy.world)
submitted 21 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Many of us have heard the deprecating characterizations of many countries. Like Putin described the UK as an "insignificant little Island", and Russia has been characterized as a "mob run gas station" or Trump calling El Salvador, Haiti and African countries as "shithole countries".

Let's flip things around for a bit of fun. After a heavy night of drinking with your country's head of tourism, you have one shot to give your best self-depricating characterization of your country for a new border sign.

I'll go first:

Welcome to Canada - Enjoy world class sexual assault in sport -- Come and play!

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[–] 41 points 21 hours ago (8 children)

Good luck finding us on a world map. We're famous for two things: an adaptation of a British guy's books, and constantly trying to convince people that we do not want to fuck sheep while one of our banks goes and makes an ad campaign with a sheep that the internet decides is sexy.

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  • [–] 7 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

    A sheep named Buck, no less. Careful not to typo it!

    I can't fathom the design meetings and nobody bringing this up.

    Incidentally, I moved to Auckland at the beginning of 2026, and I was startled by how many maps I started to see that didn't include New Zealand. There's an episode of Bluey where it seems intentional--they're doing a world map puzzle, and while Australia is there, they leave off the bottom-right puzzle piece that would've included NZ.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 21 hours ago*

    I don't know if that's slogany enough for a "welcome to" sign. Also feel free to mention the country.

    Also you remind me of a self deprecating joke a guy from Wales and Malta told me some time ago: How do you know a guy is from Malta? He's shagging a sheep. How do you know the sheep is from Wales? She pushes back while his hands are behind his head.

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