stereotypes

[AndThePickles]

Hey everybody. Out of curiousity, which irritating stereotype have you had the most personal experience with?

For me, I've definitely had bad experiences with blonde stereotypes. Many people who don't know me assume that I'm easy, dumb, etc. I also get people assuming that I'm unapproachable/stuck up (not true at all lol). I especially dislike the whole "blonde white girls are easy" stereotype, it's definitely aggravating at times.

[Erzengel]

I'm Filipino and German therefore I can't drive and I think I'm genetically superior than everyone else.

[MakeMineMarvel]

I'm Black and White, therefore I must be oversized in some areas, as well as a good dancer, but I also get a break with the cops and (at least when I was in school) I was a "brainiac." "Oh, you must get the best of both worlds."

[Daisy]

I pictured you like a checkerboard there for a minute. ;)

[Wilhelm-Scream]

When co-workers learn that I'm in a rock band,if I'm ever late they always assume that it's because I was out partying too late.:(

[C.F. Kane]

I'm American, and I live in Europe. So whenever I watch the BBC, I basically have to sit through endless jokes about Americans being uncultured/dumb/materialistic.

Of course, what really bugs me about stereotypes is that they are, unfortunately, usually true (that's where they come from)

[Dr.Fear]

stereotypes are true to a certain extent.


bumb blondes do exists and are easy.
some black people do eat watermelon and chicken.
some woman cant drive for shnit
etc. of course i do hate when those stereotypes stretch to generalize me in the loop. for instance, i was at the campus book store readinga comic, i went to put it back to the shelf, when the old lady next to me said that she didnt expect people of my kind(im black) to actually put a book back on the shelf after reading it. i was like wtf?

[Wilhelm-Scream]

when the old lady next to me said that she didnt expect people of my kind(im black) to actually put a book back on the shelf after reading it. i was like wtf?You have got to be kidding!You should've busted a cap in her dome! :mad:

[The Kingpin]

Old people never change, that generation will be dead in about 15 years anyway.

[DeadFeckin'Last]

I shave my head and have a beard. I'm not overly muscley but am quite big and broad-shouldered. I get a lot of people looking at me like some kind of thug. The amount of times I see people cross the road to avoid me really annoys me, it's not like I'm gonna rip anyones head off.

[The Question]

it's not a stereotype against people, but i hate it when people say that comic books and sci fi/fantasy movies are lame and for little kids. pisses me of so bad.

[Erzengel]

it's not a stereotype against people, but i hate it when people say that comic books and sci fi/fantasy movies are lame and for little kids. pisses me of so bad.

Yeah everyone knows it's for 20 something year old virgins, who live in their parent's basment listening to Zeppelin and eating funions and drinking mountain dew.

[JStorm]

I am stereotyped as a pissed off, brooding, whack job.....honestly! And in real life I am a loving, kind, personable Christian.

What a bloody difference?! :eek: I must say, I like the brooding part though.

[Dr.Fear]

Yeah everyone knows it's for 20 something year old virgins, who live in their parent's basment listening to Zeppelin and eating funions and drinking mountain dew.

arent you an avid sci-fi lover?

[dmcnx]

stereotypes are true to a certain extent.


bumb blondes do exists and are easy.
some black people do eat watermelon and chicken.
some woman cant drive for shnit
etc. of course i do hate when those stereotypes stretch to generalize me in the loop. for instance, i was at the campus book store readinga comic, i went to put it back to the shelf, when the old lady next to me said that she didnt expect people of my kind(im black) to actually put a book back on the shelf after reading it. i was like wtf?

Bumb (wtf?) Brunnettes and Redheads exist too.

Who doesnt like watermelon or chicken?Communists,thats who:mad:

Nor can some men.

;)

[Erzengel]

arent you an avid sci-fi lover?

Yes I am. How else would I know?

[PyroChamber]

I get two stereotypes done about me...

Because I'm black, some people think I have to act and talk a certain way. A friend of mine said that I don't "act black" and I said "why, because I talk clearly and use common sense and read books?" and he goes "yeah". And because they some think I automatically know how to dance.

Then because I'm a quiet person who doesn't smile a lot, people think that I'm some psycho with a gun hidden under my jacket and ready to shoot everybody.

[ermmm_no]

i'm Irish and yes i am drunk most of the time.

[Captain_Obvious]

people assume I like Good Charlotte because I wear black :mad:

[Mr Sparkle]

When co-workers learn that I'm in a rock band,if I'm ever late they always assume that it's because I was out partying too late.:(

as opossed to playing Starcraft? LOL L0L Zergrush!!!!!!1111!!!!

[Wilhelm-Scream]

don't be bumb.

[pyromaniac]

Then because I'm a quiet person who doesn't smile a lot, people think that I'm some psycho with a gun hidden under my jacket and ready to shoot everybody.

You should smile more though. It puts people at ease, and lets people read your 'intentions' better, and easier. It makes you look more personable towards them too.

And as for myself - just once, a well-done gay romance in a comedy and/or action in the mainstream Hollywood, with straight-acting characters.

Not every gay person is like that effeminate, egocentric, screaming flaming, pink-wearing hairstyling queen. :rolleyes:

Or, in 'minor' roles or those used as a subplot, or even worse, as sometime as an important part of the story but don't even kiss or be affectionate with their partner, or anything.

No MORE talks of diseases or the long, arduous 'coming out process' or anything!

[Nancy-Twin]

Well because I'm a tall, blonde, who loves to dance and shop. People perceive me as dumb/dizty, which happens sometimes but I know ALOT more brunettes who are actual idiots. And cause I host a-sort-of news show for my high school, and provide an actual personality on camera, some people see me as far to perky.

When really I'm quite involed in Theater(movies Too!), I love to study physics, and I spend my time reading comix and Stephen King novels. My friends find this weird but they support me anyways!

[Muze]

i hate it when my friends ask me about black actors/celebrities simply because i'm black. it's not like i keep a rolodex with all of their names in it. i also hate how whenever it comes to starting a band, everyone suggests that i should either freestyle or beat box; instead of maybe playing an instrument.

[TEDDY]

Well, being a Teddy Bear, I get the whole damn "CUTE 'n CUDDELY" stereotype.

Yes I'm cute. Yes I'm cuddely. But "CUTE 'n CUDDELY"? **** THAT!!!

[dmcnx]

don't be bumb.

:yellow::up:

:yellow: is the new:D

[danielisthor]

Because i am a large overweight person they don't think i can play sports or do work in a gym. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, they all learn the price for their ignorance. I am generally always picked last for basketball and i can play longer than most of them, kick their ass defensively and back them down. Football, they run into me like a brick wall and i have some of the softest hands for catching the pigskin. I play a descent baseball/softball and am a very good volleyball player. I can bench in the low 200's and squat in the high 400's. All of this on a 5'10 275lb frame.

[comicgirl]

i'm Irish and yes i am drunk most of the time.
.well, then you are the stereotype...good for you

[Wilhelm-Scream]

:yellow::up:

:yellow: is the new:Dthanks for the tip.Also,"bumb" is the new "dumb".
(but only for 2 days).

[The Last Meatbag]

Well Im tall and skinny and sometimes wear glasses so people usually presume I like comic books, video games, and talk to people on message boards.............so yeah

[Exabyte]

I always get this, "So do you play Football, you must wrestle for you College, Right? Do you do construction?"

Why is it impossible that a geek doesn't workout?? I know I look alot different then my fellow colleagues, but I get really tired of hearing that, then when I tell them that I have degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics, they are like Huh??

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I always get this, "So do you play Football, you must wrestle for you College, Right? Do you do construction?"

Why is it impossible that a geek doesn't workout?? I know I look alot different then my fellow colleagues, but I get really tired of hearing that, then when I tell them that I have degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics, they are like Huh??Yeah,a lot of the geeks I know are working-out FREAKS,'cause they want to look like Wolverine or Superman or something.

[Cobblepot]

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[The Last Meatbag]

Yeah,a lot of the geeks I know are working-out FREAKS,'cause they want to look like Wolverine or Superman or something.


......so so true....

[Mr Sparkle]

don't be bumb.

that's a stereotype it is!!!! :mad: :up:

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Don't get all Zestful now!

[Dorian Gray]

I'm italian so people confuse me with Mario..

[huskerwebhead]

My favorite Stereo Type is ONKYO. Of course BOSE is good too.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

My favorite Stereo Type is ONKYO. Of course BOSE is good too.I feel so humiliated when a stupid joke makes me laugh. :(

[huskerwebhead]

Is it bad when I sit here and laugh at my own bad joke?? :(

[Wilhelm-Scream]

We are pwned by your stupid joke. :( :(

[huskerwebhead]

:( :( :(

[Tangled Webs]

I'm 2/3 Puerto Rican but I'm fairly light skinned. So much to the point that when someone finds out I'm Puerto Rican (usually other Puerto Ricans) they tell me I'm lying and there's no way I could be Puerto Rican because I don't "act like it". Yes, you heard me right. I have actually been accused of being a *liar* for it.

Yes, I'm just lying because I want to be part of that exclusive club. :rolleyes:

[Victor Von Doom]

I get asked if I play basketball a lot. "Not professionally."

[Exabyte]

Yeah,a lot of the geeks I know are working-out FREAKS,'cause they want to look like Wolverine or Superman or something.

I used to get picked on a lot. Did peoples homework in high school, NO JOKE. So senior year, I lifted and added alot of size, then later I joined the powerlifting team and took home some state records.

Now I am Gorilla, hoo, hoo. I did it so people would stop picking on me, but now people start things with me because of my size... go figure.

[oakzap425]

I live in the South. I've learned to get the f*uck over it and fight back. ;o

[Ballistic Liz]

Hey everybody. Out of curiousity, which irritating stereotype have you had the most personal experience with?

For me, I've definitely had bad experiences with blonde stereotypes. Many people who don't know me assume that I'm easy, dumb, etc. I also get people assuming that I'm unapproachable/stuck up (not true at all lol). I especially dislike the whole "blonde white girls are easy" stereotype, it's definitely aggravating at times.

Everytime I watch an American TV show or movie and they make fun of Canadains in such an unrealistic way makes me gag and puke a little in my mouth... plus I get a big old hate on for well those stereotypical Americans who would believe that bullcrap and think it's funny.

That's my beef!!!!!!!:wolverine

[Ballistic Liz]

stereotypes are true to a certain extent.


bumb blondes do exists and are easy.
some black people do eat watermelon and chicken.
some woman cant drive for shnit
etc. of course i do hate when those stereotypes stretch to generalize me in the loop. for instance, i was at the campus book store readinga comic, i went to put it back to the shelf, when the old lady next to me said that she didnt expect people of my kind(im black) to actually put a book back on the shelf after reading it. i was like wtf?

I would have slapped that *****, and I'm not black or even close, if I'd heard someone saying that to someone else near me, even if they were a compleate stranger, I would have verbally abused them back... I CAN'T STAND F####ers like that.

*Violence is fun*

[rigel7soldiers]

People say that I'm white (even though I'm *NOT*). Then, they say that I, because of my whiteness: have a small penis; cannot play sports for crap; can't run fast; am a nerd, etc.

[terry78]

People say that I'm white (even though I'm *NOT*). Then, they say that I, because of my whiteness: have a small penis; cannot play sports for crap; can't run fast; am a nerd, etc.
You white people are so lame.;)


Though I think being made fun of for being a nerd or not being able to play sports isn't really as hateful as being told you're just flat out inferior because of your race or something. I have been called the N-word several times before by older senior citizen persons, and due to my being the only black person in several of my college classes, anytime something remotely related to black history came up, everyone in the room would look towards me like I magically knew all the information.

[Dorian Gray]

Though I think being made fun of for being a nerd or not being able to play sports isn't really as hateful as being told you're just flat out inferior because of your race or something.

wait....in rigel7soldiers they were basicly calling him inferior just in more words:confused:

I think Blacks have that thought of superiority as well but they don't come out and say it directly, when I hear all about how white people this white people that, I get the feeling they really want to say "I'm superior". Black people unlike whites are never straight forward they hide behind "jokes"(and claim they are only kidding) to hide thier superiority complex.

[Dorian Gray]

Everytime I watch an American TV show or movie and they make fun of Canadains in such an unrealistic way makes me gag and puke a little in my mouth... plus I get a big old hate on for well those stereotypical Americans who would believe that bullcrap and think it's funny.




Canada and many other countries portray americans in unrealistic and sometimes buffoonish ways....but I guess thats all ok, eh.

[Electrix]

I'm English therefore I drink tea, know either Hugh Grant or Kiera Knightly, speak like the Queen with bottox, ride on red buses, go in red phone box's, say words like 'by jove', 'pip pip' and 'jolly good'.

[Dangerous]

Stereotypes can be funny

[Dorian Gray]

I'm English therefore I drink tea, know either Hugh Grant or Kiera Knightly, speak like the Queen with bottox, ride on red buses, go in red phone box's, say words like 'by jove', 'pip pip' and 'jolly good'.


..and you have yellow teeth and all love Benny Hill

[Electrix]

Who the hell is he?

[The Question]

an anoying british comedian from the 70s.

[Electrix]

Glad I wasnt born then...

[oakzap425]

wait....in rigel7soldiers they were basicly calling him inferior just in more words:confused:

I think Blacks have that thought of superiority as well but they don't come out and say it directly, when I hear all about how white people this white people that, I get the feeling they really want to say "I'm superior". Black people unlike whites are never straight forward they hide behind "jokes"(and claim they are only kidding) to hide thier superiority complex.



...Excuse me? :eek:

[Dorian Gray]

...Excuse me? :eek:


haha....

Don't get uptight, I didn't mean "all" I ment the ones who bash whites on a regular basis.

[eat aliens]

I'm filipino and white and as far as sterotypes go, according to some people I eat rice at every meal and know kung-fu :confused: I've also been told I'm suppose to be good at math because asians are suppose to be math geniuses :confused: And then there's the "asians have small penises jokes." :rolleyes:
I find it to be hilarious most of the time, some peoples' level of ignorance is just astounding.

[Jplaya2023]

my sterotype is we like chicken and watermelon

[Corinthian™]

I'm English therefore I drink tea, know either Hugh Grant or Kiera Knightly, speak like the Queen with bottox, ride on red buses, go in red phone box's, say words like 'by jove', 'pip pip' and 'jolly good'.
Oi lad, don't get all sad on me.

Pip pip Cherio

well since I'm mexican... uhm.. I live in mexico

I have weight on me so that must be a stereotype... but then again, people that I hang out with are cool with me...

hmm... I guess people call me gay:confuse:

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[tzarinna]

^^^^*Giggles*

I'm a black female electrician.

I think I surprise folks on so many levels. I look younger then what I am, I've been asked for 2 forms of ID to drink, that was 2 yrs ago. I want to experience life and I think that has molded me into being very diverse. I travel,I'm into Sci Fi, fantasy, varied genres of music, I used to skateboard,I just like to keep an open mind.


I had someone ask me today where was I from, that I had an accent. Which pissed me off because I knew where he was headed. Where did you go to school, public school, surprise. Do all constrution workers have to be classless morons, why except that stereotype that's not who I am. I could quickly change into that role if provoked.:venom: :hulk:

[Jessie]

Being a Geko, I'm always being ****ing stereotyped as having ****ing car insurance. It's very Degrading. I'm a Geko, NOT to be confused with Geico (which can save you 15% or more on car insurance)

[War Lord]

I'm Canadian, so everybody assumes I'm nice.