Stereotypes that are completely wrong
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I'm English and I don't wear tweed, I don't drink tea (I prefer coffee), I don't have crooked or yellow teeth, I don't have a posh accent (I live in Bristol for chrissakes), aso seeing as I live near Somerset (Farmer county), I am not illiterate, I don't have an Oo-ar accent either and I don't use a cow as my form of transport. I blame Matt Groening, his fucking Simpsons started the caricatures of the British as Limeys with bad dental hygiene....fucking twat
The metalhead stereotype. It's so god-damn wrong, metalheads are more often than not, the nicest, most intelligent people I know. If it's still not obvious, I'm a metalhead and so are many of my friends. What I want to know is: Why do people think we're unintelligent, angry,violent people?
To Sightless Wisdom: It could be because of the Devil-sent music you listen to, the semi-masochistic/sadistic shown by the members of the Devil-sent bands, and the live goat sacrifices your lot participates in...
No, that's terrible. Sorry 'bout that, I couldn't help it. Anyway, I have an incredibly false stereotype:
All Croatians have the ability to turn coal into diamonds with their digestive system.
I dare anyone to beat the falseness of that statement.
No, that's terrible. Sorry 'bout that, I couldn't help it. Anyway, I have an incredibly false stereotype:
All Croatians have the ability to turn coal into diamonds with their digestive system.
I dare anyone to beat the falseness of that statement.
That tall people are good at basketball. I'm 6'3" and I can't shoot a basket to save my life, yet my friend who's 5'5" can!
Stereotypes are fun! Find me a black guy who doesn't like watermelon!
Although, reverse stereotypes are also awesome--I too love rice, fried chicken, tacos, salsa, kimchi, fish, watermelon, potatoes, drinking, and making fun of white people! Whoo, hipocrisy! Yay!
Although, reverse stereotypes are also awesome--I too love rice, fried chicken, tacos, salsa, kimchi, fish, watermelon, potatoes, drinking, and making fun of white people! Whoo, hipocrisy! Yay!
Actually, I'm inclined to agree.xitel said:
A lot of camp gay guys I know are just genuinely camp. that is their nature, and they don't make any apology for it. However, they are as diverse as eachother, and only have a few effeminate traits. Compare them to your typical Sit-Com token gay character, and they are butch by comparison. - However, the perpetuated stereotype, which is a heterosexual construct, is more memorable because of his OTT-ness. Most camp people don't adhere to the stereotype, although they may share one or two traits.
As Xitel says, there is a small, but highly visible contingent who seem to mould themselves into the stereotype, purely out of a sense of wanting to belong. Usually very young, still confused, they want to be accepted by their peers. In order to do that, they put on the act, and in doing so, do themselves, and the gay community, no favours at all!
Most gay guys I know are just average people who have normal ordinary lives, and just happen to prefer to sleep with the same sex. However, we 'Str8-acting' gay guys are not going to appear on an episode of "Will & Grace" any time soon, because we're generally too mundane & down to earth.
Japanese girlfriends do not ruin brilliant rock bands, racism does.
Not all people of my particular diagnosis are savants who can do your maths homework easily, but we do sometimes take jokes literally so it explains why I thought all friends of my Chinese friends hang out in the arcades a lot (which they do) all these years, whether all of them are good at arcade games is another matter.
Also, the idea that Scottish/Irish people are angry and drunk all the time is a complete lie. I don't drink to get drunk or even drink much at all, confusing people to think I am an impostor Scots-Irish much like Tomo from Azumanga Daioh thought Osaka was a phony Osakan because she didn't live up to stereotypes.
Not all people of my particular diagnosis are savants who can do your maths homework easily, but we do sometimes take jokes literally so it explains why I thought all friends of my Chinese friends hang out in the arcades a lot (which they do) all these years, whether all of them are good at arcade games is another matter.
Also, the idea that Scottish/Irish people are angry and drunk all the time is a complete lie. I don't drink to get drunk or even drink much at all, confusing people to think I am an impostor Scots-Irish much like Tomo from Azumanga Daioh thought Osaka was a phony Osakan because she didn't live up to stereotypes.
This actually came up in a real conversation. My cousins were over and they all wanted to watch Disney channel. Some music video came on and the singer was wearing all black, so my cousin said she was trying to look goth. I tried to explain to him that you can wear all black and not be goth but he didn't really understand what I was saying and argued that I was wrong, so I asked him what I would be if I dressed up like the people listed above. He didn't respond.Mjolnir07 said:
That everyone in England speaks posh and only drinks Tea and scones.
Like, "Oh taleho there lad.".
Like, "Oh taleho there lad.".
Thank God someone corrected this idiotic assumption so many people seem to have. Stereotypes are not inherently good or bad. They're merely shortcuts we use to classify and categorize the world around us. Sometimes there are negative stereotypes or people use them to discriminate against a certain group, but the majority of stereotypes contain a fair amount of truth, that's why they exist.BloodSquirrel said:
I'm a metalhead. I love video games, D&D, creepy movies, and other things that frequently get associated with people who like metal. However, most people who see me would not assume that I listen to Pig Destroyer and the like because today I'm wearing my The Cheat shirt and jeans. I'm clean cut, un-tattoed, unpierced, and I don't blast my music at loud volume for all to hear. I also really love jazz piano, funk, and cartoons. I fit into some stereotypes, but not entirely.