r/AskEurope • u/ATWK01 Portugal • 29d ago

Misc What is the chip on your country's shoulder?

A.K.A. the thing that people are still sensitive or insecure about, or feel the need to correct or overcome. A historical grievance, an ongoing issue, a cultural stereotype, etc.

For Portugal, it would be how irrelevant we are compared to the 16th century, or the fact that everyone confuses us with Spaniards or Brazilians. (Though it’s not as intense now that we’ve become a popular tourist hotspot.)

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u/rudolf_waldheim Hungary 27d ago

Losing the world cup in 1954 to Germany.

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u/MatthewKvatch England 27d ago

Best team never to win it. Maybe the best team regardless.

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u/Jallamekk123456789 27d ago

Sixty years of hurt

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u/Tortoveno Poland 27d ago

This xD

How could you?

Is it true the Germans were doped with WW2 stock of Pervitin aka Panzerschokolade aka "vitamins"?