Assumptions you hate.

[Fishehh]

People who assume because I play WoW in the top PvP guild on my server, that I am 400lbs. and live in a basement that may or may not belong to my parents. No, I live it at home while going to school, and I weigh just over 100lbs. My parents don't even have a basement!

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

OT: Not an assumption, but I hate Friedrich Nietzsche's sock puppets that dwell here.

He's always leaving them around the place.

OT: I hate it when people assume that I am not Lord Mountbatten.

 

[RyanKaufman]

Two parter; I hate in real life when people assume that I'm a typical teen because I'm texting while I'm walking. Because my phone is a fucking visor that just covers my eyes and makes it so I walk into people, yes? Oh wait, I've never done that...

I hate online that people assume I'm an idiot who knows little to nothing at all about gaming (sometimes even claiming I should kill myself for making gaming being so bad) because I - gasp! - play on a console more than I use my computer.

 

[Esotera]

That when atheists question the beliefs of others, they take it too far. A small minority do, but I think most are just trying to strike a good balance between politeness/honesty.

 

[Riccan]

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I agree completely with this.

I, apparently, do not know anything about a conflict of any type, nor do I believe in anything because I choose neutrality. Yes, I am so ignorant in fact, that I can and am willing to view and understand both sides of a dispute. It is also completely true that I can't make up my mind because I choose to remain neutral due to my understanding. I must be a damn communist/fascist/liberal/conservative/liberaltarian/insert generic attempt at an insult.

That, and I am a pothead for not having a buzz-cut, but a skin-head if I do.

/obvious sarcasm.

 

[eggy32]

I hate that people assume that everything I say is to be interpreted as a fact.
What I mean by this is when I voice an opinion, such as "Final Fantasy IX is the best game ever" and people say something like, "No, that's only an opinion!"
No shit, obviously it's an opinion, it's my opinion. I really hate that I have to point out that what I'm about to say is an opinion or everyone assumes I think it's a fact.

Soon I'm going to start talking like HK-47 to get past this.
"Opinion: Final Fantasy IX is the best game ever."

 

[badgersprite]

That being part of a "group" means all of you have to think and act exactly alike, otherwise you're somehow a hypocrite because obviously you're all part of some secret society that officially decides how everyone thinks and feels. Or that because you know one person who is X, obviously what's true for them is true for all people who are X.

Basically anything that involves seeing a group as a group rather than as individual people who differ as much as anyone else.

 

[Wushu Panda]

I hate the assumption that I might run into intelligible conversation on threads with such a fun title. I enter a thread, read the author's post and following responses only to hate myself for having hope in the world.

I mean, you would think with one posting a comment on the internet they could also do some research beforehand on topics they might not fully understand. Sensible enough, right? But no, the internet is filled with retards lazy enough they cannot even open up a new tab to look up information of the opposing side of an argument.

In the end I hate myself the most.

 

[Guilherme Zoldan]

People who think all Americans are fat, uneducated, gun-toting, ignorant, arrogant, xenophobic morons.

But arent they!?

Kidding, kidding. My boyfriend is american and most of my friends are too and they are alright. But you gotta admit there is some ground in truth for that stereotype.

 

[spartan231490]

I don't enjoy people assuming that just because I enjoy animation, that I am an immature person who needs to grow up and stop watching Disney. I like a variety of animation, including some films that deal with more mature themes such as Grave of the Fireflies.


Quick tip: If anyone you know thinks that animation (excluding porn) is only for kids show them Grave of the Fireflies. It will really open their eyes.

Mononoke Hime does a pretty good job too. As do a lot of anime, many of them deal with very mature topics.

I hate people assuming anything at all about me. It only becomes worse because they are usually wrong.

 

[HentMas]

I don't enjoy people assuming that just because I enjoy animation, that I am an immature person who needs to grow up and stop watching Disney. I like a variety of animation, including some films that deal with more mature themes such as Grave of the Fireflies.


Quick tip: If anyone you know thinks that animation (excluding porn) is only for kids show them Grave of the Fireflies. It will really open their eyes.

nice first post concise and incredibly well written, Kudos man, and welcome to the escapist forums XD

I usually hate people assuming that just because i make mistakes in grammar or writing i am automatically an idiot, anyone noticed i am NOT from the united stats!? thank you very much.

 

[Gulleko]

I 'm into metal and a lot of heavy music which includes screaming so I'm obviously a devil-worshipping emo who doesn't know what 'real' music is.

And just because you like metal you have to wear black clothing and look angry all the time.
Also, you couldn't possibly be religious...

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

It's a less serious one, but when people assume everyone from Texas owns a ranch and rides horses to school.

Because that's west Texas you're talking about. The other directions are very normal cities. Especially Austin, which is like a smaller New York but with less angry people.

You... you don't all own ranches and ride horses to school? Now I'm so sad. But it is true that you all wear cowboy hats 24/7, right? [/joking]

Let's see. Personally, a few assumptions I've come across that annoy me:

1) If I make some vague mention of being female, I must be trying to get special treatment for playing video games and being a girl.

2) Following up on number 1, if I am female and play video games, I must either a) play only "casual" games, or b) be godawfully ugly. I just... don't get how those stereotypes/assumptions came about.

3) If you are atheist, you automatically hate all religion. Excuse me, no! I quite respect religious people and never try to force my beliefs on anyone.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

OT: Not an assumption, but I hate Friedrich Nietzsche's sock puppets that dwell here.

He's always leaving them around the place.

Tell me about it. I told him to pick them up, and he only told me "Reality is a lie".

OT: Not so much here, but people who assume I must have nothing but hate for TGWTG because of who I write for. I don't like their style, but I do think they can improve.

Oh, and people who think that just because I disaprove about people's behavoir that I must be some sort of conservative who hates fun.

 

[Anarchemitis]

I dislike the conception that the majority of internet-goers are atheists, and the generalization that Christians are bigoted, ignorant or otherwise stupid.

 

[The Hero Killer]

That all JRPGs have a main character with spiky hair and a big sword. Thats only FFVI.

 

[Dango]

That I watch anime and therefore must be an everything-from-Japan-loving weeaboo.

 

[Corsion]

And just because you like metal you have to wear black clothing and look angry all the time.
Also, you couldn't possibly be religious...

So true! Everytime I mention what music I like, everyone looks at me weird, as if I don't 'look the part', so to speak.
'Why are you wearing that cross around your neck? To be ironic?'
'No, because I'm a Christian..'
'Then you can't possibly be into metal!!'

 

[meticadpa]

"y u typ proper. u think ur in skool"

Yes, I type properly because I think I'm still in school. Fucking.

Edit: have a few others...

"Oh, you play guitar? So are you into like death metal and stuff?"

Yes, because you can only play death metal on a guitar. No other music involves the use of the guitar as an instrument.

"Guessing from your hair that you're into metal?"

Yes, because my hair is longer than the average male's, I'm into metal music. I see how you jumped to that conclusion.

 

[TheAceTheOne]

People who assume I'm rich. I'm not. My dad is. Difference there is that I get nothing, not even in the will. I have to work to get my money, and when I get a job, I'll be fine with it.

People who assume I'm a stoner because I hang out with stoners piss me off.

People who assume any metal with screaming in it is "screamo". It's not. (Nu-metal, deathcore, death metal, thrash, metalcore... There's hundreds of genres in which there's screaming, but there's a difference between. A big one. Screamo is more like Senses Fail than Disturbed, Slayer, Beneath the Sky, All Shall Perish, Slipknot, Whitechapel, Winds of Plague... I argue this point with my sister all the time when she gets on my case for listening to screamo (usually Slipknot).)

People who assume doing metal vocals are easy. They're not. (To expand, I've found my throat bleeding from the screaming and growling.)

People who assume my girlfriend is fake because she lives in another state. (I'm in Texas now, and I've seen her twice. Yes, she's awesome. Sadly, I have to go back to Ass End Of Nowheresville, Illinois in about 5 days.)

People who assume I'm a delinquient because I say I listen to metal or am in a metal band. And people who assume I'm a fetus-eating satan-monster for the same reason (I got that from a discussion with the lead guitar of the band who drew me as a devil eating a fetus... don't ask, it's far too disturbing).

People who assume because I like metal, I'm officially unable to step inside a church without bursting into flames.

And the list goes on...