How close are you to your stereotype?

[Pieturli]

I'm Finnish, but I don't actually drink a lot anymore. I mean, I was never alcoholic or anything like that, but I used to put away a whole hell of a lot of more booze than any of my American friends for instance. Cold does not bother me at all, but I overheat so goddamn easily it's not even funny anymore.


I'm a strength training enthusiast, and will someday in the future compete in powerlifting. So I suppose the stereotype there would be that I'm illiterate and constantly on the verge of exploding into violence. I don't fit that stereotype at all, but people do generally think I'm in a bad mood because of my build and I guess just the way my face looks, but I'm actually almost never in a bad mood. Last time I was in a fight was the fourth grade. So, that's about 14 years ago.


I'm something of a nerd, but perfectly capable socially. Never had any problems on that front.



So no. I don't think I fit my stereotypes.

 

[maninahat]

Me: Tea drinker, posh voice, bit of a wuss, tends to quietly complain but doesn't get worried much.

 

[DazBurger]

Im 23, white and Danish.

I don't drink nor like football.
So not very much.

 

[Yuno Gasai]

I'm British. I guess I do kind of live up to the stereotype, since I drink an ungodly amount of tea, and have the tendency to apologize to inanimate objects for bumping into them.

I've been told I don't "look" like a gamer, though I've never really understood what a gamer is supposed to look like. Nobody really cared to explain that one to me.

I'm female, but I don't spend hours getting ready to go out.. I also can't walk in heels, and I don't dress in glorified lingerie when I go out. I do, however, take obscenely long showers in very hot water.

I'm also a woman driver, but unlike the stereotype, I'm not completely terrible. I can park, I don't break the speed limit (or drive 20 mph below it), I'm considerate of other road users and I don't put myself or anyone else at risk when I'm on the road.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I'm an American (living in the DC Area but moving to the South)...kinda...really skinny though. I also hate Nascar, Golf, Football...I'm an apolitical, agnostic, asexual so I didn't get any high school girlfriend pregnant. Don't go to church or worship at all. I don't even own a gun. What the Hell kind of American am I...? I don't even buy Starbucks coffee...

I read Manga and watch Anime...not sure what the stereotypes are associated with that...I can't remember the last time I sat in the middle of the Manga section of a book store but I was a teenager. I don't remember the last time I had Pockey either. I never liked Naruto so there's that. Couldn't learn Japanese but I haven't really given up on learning that language.

I play video games and have done so since I was a really little kid. Despite this, I don't play Call of Duty online. I don't play Warcraft at all. I don't play Minecraft, Diner-Dash, Bejeweled, Sim City or The Sims. I love Nintendo but I can't wait for news of the 3D Sonic that apparently leaked the name of the next Xbox. I love JRPG's but I never got into Disgaia or Dragon Quest.

Despite going through weird bits of depression and being a gamester, I never once brought harm to myself. I never harmed anyone else either; humans, animals or, other.

 

[curintedery]

I'm Australian...
I drink heavily
I love sports
I don't say 'mate' particularly often, but I drop the 'c' bomb on a regular basis.
I'm pretty laid back.
I'm not particularly racist, but it's kind hard to judge here :/.

 

[sanquin]

I disagree. Labels are useful to assign things to the same group, say for example, death metal and black metal. It can be used to assign people of a political nature together, people who share and support the same political goals. But things such as "I'm a metalhead" or "I'm a punk" and etc, I just find stupid. I see no point in assigning those kinds of labels and limitations to yourself, and following the rules of those labels. Just seems silly and unnecessary. You do not need to be under a certain label or subculture in order to associate and communicate with people who share your interests.

Let me put it this way. What's easier when explaining someone about a friend?
1: He's a bit of a goth/metalhead and a gamer.
2: He wears a lot of black but likes colors too. He listens to metal, though mixes up his tastes if a good song comes up in another genre. He has long hair, but it's not black just darkish brown. He smokes weed, tough only sometimes for recreation. He plays certain games a lot though also does plenty of other things like going outside and working in a garden and etc etc etc.

Saying 'He's a bit of a goth/metalhead and a gamer' gives a general picture of who this person is. (well, who I am since I took myself as an example, kind of.) Sure, it doesn't give the whole picture. But it gives the person you're explaining to a general idea about the person. If people start going 'hey you're a gamer so you're obviously an antisocial geek!' or 'hey you're a goth, why aren't you wearing black make-up?' then they're doing it wrong. Because no one fully fits into the stereotypes assigned to them. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't be used.

 

[Anthony Vitera]

I am a teenager with long dark hair that hangs in front of my eyes. I wear a lot of black and metal. Also i have several piercings and gauges. Now for the stereotypical accuracies. I Play guitar, I listen to metal, I smoke weed, I love screaming in music. I would say thats probably where the stereotypical shit ends for me.

 

[chikusho]

I'm an alcoholic aspiring writer. Check.

 

[SpAc3man]

I'm a computer systems engineering student who has a hot girlfriend. I think I lost my stereotype.
WinRAR.

 

[Tiger King]

I work in engineering as a welder and machinist and composite laminator but I also like artsy stuff like drawing, literature and other things you possibly wouldn't associate someone in my line of work to enjoy.

however in my experience art and craft are actually pretty similar

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

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I see what you're saying, and it is valid. But it does lead into the dangerous realm of objectifying people and trying to wrap them up as a human into a small, incorrect package. It just rubs me up the wrong way, since every individual can be so much more than what their label implies.

 

[piinyouri]

Only one I can conjure up after several hours of knocking this thread around in my head is I have long hair and I enjoy heavy metal music.

 

[Revolutionary]

national,ethnic,occupational

national - I don't (Australuan)
ethnic - Ok yeah I'm pretty fly for a white guy
occupational - pretty far from the college kid stereotype

 

[Saulkar]

I... I... I do not have have anything. I do not fit any preconceived notion of anything remotely associated with any of my talents, cliques, nationality, ancestry, or employment.

 

[thefrizzlefry]

Well, I'm from Atlanta, but since everyone has already taken all my damn reasons for why I'm not like the stereotypical southerner (liberal, think NASCAR sucks, hate religion, never owned a gun blah blah blah), I'm gonna go in the opposite direction and list in what ways I am clearly a southerner.
1. My name is Beauregard. Shit yeah it is.
2. If you placed a 6-pack of PBR tall boys in front of me, it would be gone within 10 minutes. Hell, you could put six cans of goddamn Natty in front of me and I'd drink it. I'd glare at you while I'm drinking it, but I'd drink it.
3. I like bowling, but that might be a side effect of the last entry.
4. I say "y'all." A lot.
5. I'm big on southern hospitality, at least in ways that are relevant to 19 year olds in big cities in 2013, anyway - I hold doors for people, I bum cigarettes to strangers, I give people rides, that kinda thing.
6. I will fry everything you hold dear.
7? I kind of have a southern accent, but it's muddled in my normal speech by my latent Chicago accent (I was born there and moved away when I was 4, but I can never shake the lasting impact; I did, after all, first start to learn language while living in Chicago). It does, however, tend to become more apparent when I'm drunk or angry.

 

[Alcamonic]

Swedish 25 year old white guy. Feminist, socialist, coffee drinker and taking anti-depressive drugs. I could not possibly become anymore Swedish unless I became a blond woman (in no way a hateful/disrespectful comment, just what most people associate with Sweden).

However, sports does not interests me the slightest (unless it's a Starcraft 2 tournament). People always look at me funny, like I was somekind of freak because I don't care if a Swedish team is kicking around a ball somewhere in Germany (or where ever said game takes place).

 

[Silly Hats]

This, yes.

I'm a bleeder not a fighter. I am also Aussie/Irish, I drink and don't like sports.

 

[Zac Jovanovic]

I can't jump for shit;/

 

[conmag9]

I'm Canadian. I don't like hockey, I don't say "eh", I definitely don't pronounce "about" as "aboot" (honestly, where the hell did that stereotype even come from?).