How close are you to your stereotype?

[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?).

 

[TheBlueRabbit]

I'm a white guy from the American South. Let's see:
I'm not racist.
I hate Nascar.
Cheap beer is completely unappealing to me. I'd much rather have some good imports from Germany or Belgium.
I'm a registered Democrat, and I'm actually closer to the Green and Socialist parties than I am to either of the major two.
I don't speak with a Southern accent. Instead, I have an Upper Midwest/Canadian accent with a little New England thrown in.
I don't own any guns nor am I gun crazy.
I rarely eat any traditionally Southern foods.
I hate Cracker Barrel.
I'm hardly a "Fighting Fundie".
I'm very intelligent.
Finally, I'm hardly a nationalist.

I'd just like to thank you for saving me a decent bit of typing. The only differences are, I'm not registered as a Democrat, I'm independent. I also love my traditionally southern foods. Fried chicken and mashed potatoes are a food group unto themselves.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Canadian:
pros - I'm really nice, I adore maple syrup (I've literally had a glass of it by itself), And I say "eh?" sometimes.
cons - I don't like winter at all, and I'm not that big a hockey fan.
Verdict: I kinda fit the stareotype, but not that much.

Nerd:
pros - Still live with my parents, spend most of my free time in my room, I'm always hooked up to technology, I'm not physically strong at all, I know how to program, and I have at least a passing interest in anime.
cons - Have a girlfriend, don't live in the basement, not fat, don't eat doritos (popcorn is much better), I'm not pathetic and whiny, and I'm not a programming GOD.
Verdict: I kinda fit it, yeah, but not many of the really bad parts of the stereotype.

 

[Dragoon]

I'm probably the geekiest, nerdiest guy you will ever meet. I'm short, white, wear glasses, play way too many video games, study computing at university which means I program and whatnot and I have a love for Anime and Japan in general so I'm pretty much an Otaku too.

I also don't go out to nightclubs or pubs (which in the UK for a Uni student is practically unheard of), drink, smoke or take drugs.

So yeah I'm pretty damn nerdy/geeky but ya know what, I'm perfectly okay with that.

 

[Nokturos]

Geek/Nerd:

+ I collect action figures
+ I read comics
+ I'm not even remotely interested in sports
+ I play video games
+ I'm very interested in science
+ I'm more intelligent than most people I meet
- I'm not small and scrawny
- I never had acne
- I don't wear glasses

Scandinavian:

+ I'm tall
- I don't enjoy the taste of beer
- I do not have long blonde hair
- I don't speak English with an atrocious accent
- I can't for the life of me grow a proper beard