But did you know the original version of the cartoon was actually about NATO? It was drawn in 1988 by Hughes-Wilson, thank you @catarina@kbin.social for the info: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hughes-wilson_jn.htm
Not sure how one can put alt-text on an image on Lemmy, so I’ll leave here a description of the cartoon:
The perfect European should be (there are comical draws for each nationality):
Cooking… like a Brit. Available… as a Belgian. Talkative… as a Finn. Humorous… as a German. Driving… like the French. Technical… as a Portuguese. Flexible… as a Swede. Famous… as a Luxembourger. Patient… as an Austrian. Controlled… as an Italian. Sober… as the Irish. Humble… as a Spaniard. Generous… as a Dutchman. Organised… as a Greek. Discreet… as a Dane.
PS: Note that some stereotypes are ‘recycled’ from the original NATO version where they were attributed to other nationalities.
I though it was being absolutely brutal with “Hung… as a German”
I was wondering if it was “Humble … as a German” tbh. But hey, that’s Spain.
But that would be true though. 🙃
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That’s for embedded pictures in comments only, unfortunately. OP would have to put the description in the text field when submitting a picture. It’s a bit clunky.
I was confused until I got to Englishman. I had to survive on fish and chips when I went to the UK, couldn’t stand anything else.
Discreet like a Dane. What’s that supposed to mean? 😂
I’m guessing it’s because Denmark was the first country to legalize pornography, I think the person in the image is trying to sell pornographic magazines.
At least that was the only way I could get it to make sense.
As a Portuguese, I’m flattered. Damn. Thanks whoever designed that, you’re very kind :)
Edit: wait wait wait… I think OP is Portuguese as well… That explains it 🙃
The credits are on the post. Don’t be too sensitive about it… it’s a joke.
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