Misconceptions you hate!

[Tiscolfo]

Here is one my favorites from my very misinformed U.S. history teacher.

Thomas Edison was the greatest inventor ever and he invented the lightbulb.

No, he just stole all his ideas from tesla and hardly invented anything. He was generally an asshole.

O.O read my effing mind!!!!

 

[Jun_Jun]

When you get Americans pronouncing Emu as E-m-oo, it's pronounced E-M-yuu, and don't try to correct us about it we named the chip stealing bastards we get to pronounce it the way we want lol.
Oh and that americans think kangaroos are friendly, passive and are safe to pat and hand feed.... lol am I a bad person if I find that kind of funny I wonder.....
ok end my Aussie rage, but another one that bugs me is that gaming makes you a closet loner that's prone to snap and kill everyone. My mother argued this point with me when I was playing cooking mama with my sister in law (=_='')

 

[Whoracle]

"Linux is a geek OS and is damn hard to install and/or to get hard/software running on it."

Because of those guys, I still don't have most games for Linux. Why port when no one uses it, right? And why use it if there's no software for it?

 

[karloss01]

that all british people are incredibly upper class and only drink tea and eat scones.

wait, we don't actually do that? *puts down tea and takes top hat off* i was using the rest of the food in the house to throw at the common folk.

OT: that all nerds are virgin, sweating, unsociable, fatties.

oh and that all the hate against the new Devil may Cry is about his hair. there is a lot more to it.

 

[Glen Lurch-Capper]

That donkey kong was the first platform game.(Yes I am a geek)

 

[DoctorFrankenStein]

That artists are lazy and 'need to get a real job'.
That just because I'm a woman that all I'm good for is pumping out babies.
[I don't have any kids, thank the Gods, not going there.]
People assuming that I'm a Christian.
People insisting that Fox is a credible news source. *Grinds teeth*

 

[ReservoirAngel]

That all gay men want to be women, and all lesbian women want to be men.

I don't think I can top this for things that piss me off. Except maybe:

Gay people recruit children because they can't reproduce by themselves. It's just so much stupid it's almost physically painful.

 

[Wardi Boi]

That people who play games are immediately nerds.

I mean come on, we're all cool people, right. Right?

 

[snowpuppy]

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-Thinking that Muslim extremists are more of a threat than Christian extremists.

I am inclined to disagree, Christian extremists are much fewer (Now days) than their Muslim counterparts, but I suppose they also have better access to equipment, because the majority would be in the developed world, but I think that it is nullified by the number difference.

 

[Kinokohatake]

If you can't pay for internet then you should be leaving video games until you get enough money to pay for it, or just play offline games.

That seems fair. "Hey poorish people, fuck you. You aren't allowed to game unless you pay an extra 40-60 bucks a month, pass a credit check and put down a fair sized deposit if your credit isn't spotless."

OT- People who have kids young are awful parents. I had my son when I was 19. Two more kids later, we are doing pretty damn good.

 

[Spambot 3000]

Crap about the human body being affected by the full moon.
There's scientifc proof that isn't true.

 

[3quency]

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-Thinking that Muslim extremists are more of a threat than Christian extremists.

I am inclined to disagree, Christian extremists are much fewer (Now days) than their Muslim counterparts, but I suppose they also have better access to equipment, because the majority would be in the developed world, but I think that it is nullified by the number difference.

The numbers are more or less the same, it's just that Muslim extremists show up more in the media. Regardless I feel that neither religion should be seen as a bunch of zealous psychopaths just because of a couple of nutjobs.

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

Any "British" stereotypes. I'm not British myself, but it's something that drives me mad, and shows a complete lack of knowledge of anything outside your society. But what gets me the most is this British accent sh*te. There is no such thing as a British accent. There isn't even a stereotypical British accent. Britain consists of England, Scotland, Whales and (debate-ably) Northern Ireland. Not one of those accents (which also differ from region to region in those countries) sound so similar that you could argue Britain has one definable accent. It's just f*cking stupid.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Anything involving religious stereotypes... and also the misconception that all furries wanna do is have sex in animal suits. Seriously.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

That seems fair. "Hey poorish people, fuck you. You aren't allowed to game unless you pay an extra 40-60 bucks a month, pass a credit check and put down a fair sized deposit if your credit isn't spotless."

OT- People who have kids young are awful parents. I had my son when I was 19. Two more kids later, we are doing pretty damn good.

Yes, it is fucking fair. If you can't afford something you don't buy it, simple as that or do you not understand the basics of budgeting? If a game requires you to be always online and you can't afford to pay for the internet then you don't buy it. If a game requires you to have a dual core 3GHz processor and you can't afford one then you don't buy it, how is that unfair?

 

[reecenolan]

That they say the playstation 3 only does everything, I have one and it doesn't amuse me

 

[Scarim Coral]

Pretty much the Chinese sterotypes in that they all know how to speak Chinese. Sorry to break it up to you but not all of us do speak Chinese properly!

 

[Ranorak]

The song is named Johny B. Good not Johny be good!

It's actually Johnny B. Goode

OT:
That because I like Heavy Metal, I'm a violet and mean person.
Metal-heads are one of the friendliest and nicest people I ever met.

Granted, the shirts look like we slaughter and maim, but more often then not, we're really nice.

 

[Kinokohatake]

That seems fair. "Hey poorish people, fuck you. You aren't allowed to game unless you pay an extra 40-60 bucks a month, pass a credit check and put down a fair sized deposit if your credit isn't spotless."

OT- People who have kids young are awful parents. I had my son when I was 19. Two more kids later, we are doing pretty damn good.

Yes, it is fucking fair. If you can't afford something you don't buy it, simple as that or do you not understand the basics of budgeting? If a game requires you to be always online and you can't afford to pay for the internet then you don't buy it. If a game requires you to have a dual core 3GHz processor and you can't afford one then you don't buy it, how is that unfair?

I had a long argument written out but fuck that. Have fun with your opinion.

 

[Doffa]

That all atheists are arrogant bastards who think anyone who follows a religion is a moron.

Just no. This one should require no more mention than the idea that all Christians think "God hates fags".