Countryballs

[ChemicalChaos]

Has anyone else heard of the "countryball" memes? For those who dont know, they are short comic strips acted out by little balls painted in the flag of the country they represent. Often the comic strips lampoon national stereotypes, or recent political events and are written in the pidgin English of the countrys they represent.
some people have called them offensive, but personally I find them hilarious!

Here's a few examples:

Edited by ChemicalChaos on Saturday 25th October 23:02

[CarTimeNow]

I do enjoy these

There was a good one about why Ukraine is quite an atheist country (Can't find it now, typical)

Edited by CarTimeNow on Saturday 25th October 23:04

[mybrainhurts]

Where does one find these balls?

I'm all for being offensive...

When are we going to bomb France...?

[TheEnd]

One of my favourites

[iva cosworth]

I don't "get" half of them but not offensive except to those who are offended by every little thing.

Speeling is a bit carp.

[Scousefella]

I was expecting some discreet photography of outdoor activities in Norfolk, possibly between non family members.......

[NRS]

Never seen them before but really like them. All the small details of stuff in the background are good too (like the "EU want's to rename your children" headine on the paper for example).

[E36GUY]

NRS said:

Never seen them before but really like them. All the small details of stuff in the background are good too (like the "EU want's to rename your children" headine on the paper for example).

The indian atop the train....

[PositronicRay]

E36GUY said:

NRS said:

Never seen them before but really like them. All the small details of stuff in the background are good too (like the "EU want's to rename your children" headine on the paper for example).

The indian atop the train....

The book on the side table "Oppressing the Irish"

[FredClogs]

All seems a bit racist to me

[Eric Mc]

Could be funny but spoiled by illiteracy and genuine racist slurs.

[ChemicalChaos]

Eric Mc said:

Could be funny but spoiled by illiteracy

Read my OP - they are deliberately written in the pidgin English you'd expect a visitor from that country to use

Eric Mc said:

and genuine racist slurs.

"Genuine slurs"? Where?

[anonymous-user]

PositronicRay said:

E36GUY said:

NRS said:

Never seen them before but really like them. All the small details of stuff in the background are good too (like the "EU want's to rename your children" headine on the paper for example).

The indian atop the train....

The book on the side table "Oppressing the Irish"

One train is the 3.10 to Yuma, the other is the midnight train going anywhere. Excellent attention to detail.



Not racist at all. I'm sure there are people on here who would take offence at a cup of "white" coffee.

[Urban Sports]

Very funny and as for racist get a grip, idiots.

[ApOrbital]

What he said ^ very funny.

[ChemicalChaos]

OpulentBob said:

One train is the 3.10 to Yuma, the other is the midnight train going anywhere. Excellent attention to detail

Just noticed the dusty world cup on the mantelpiece and the registration of the mini in the picture. And Poland coming out of the house

The more you look, the more subtle jokes you notice!

[CrutyRammers]

The "arsebucks" coffee sign

[JB!]

Polandball meme.

http://www.reddit.com/r/polandball

read the rules, there is a cannon of bad phonetic english for everyone but the UK, and very stereotyped.

Some genius political commentary buried in there too!

[TobyLaRohne]

Does anyone else read the different countries out loud in their head in the stereotypical accent from the country?

[ChemicalChaos]

TobyLaRohne said:

Does anyone else read the different countries out loud in their head in the stereotypical accent from the country?

Especially the Scotlandball