eclipsed_chemistry said:
I hate being Asian and having everyone assume that I love anime and all things tech-related. Yes, I do love Cowboy Bebop and Code Geass, but who doesn't? I'm also quite outdoorsy and athletic. Not saying anime is a bad thing, I just hate having everyone assume that I've seen/love every anime ever without even knowing me.
This (related stereotype, I'm actually not Asian, I just do a lot of geeky things) I get this and the anti-social stereotype for watching anime, for liking video games, for playing tabletop RPGs, and for liking building my own computers. I'm in Japan though, so I more often get this from other foreigners. Most of the Japanese people I talk to just say "oh, cool," and move on.
I also like camping, hiking, survival camping, skin diving, snowboarding, and cooking good food that doesn't come out of a can or package.
Actually, let me start the list...
I play online games with ranking well, even when I have a low rank, therefore I must be a hacker/cheater. No. I play online games well because I play other games well. I was playing FPSs when they first started making headshots do more damage than other shots.
I like survival camping, therefore I must be a loner, a gun nut, and love hunting. I've got many friends, have never owned a real gun, and have never had a lust for the blood of the animals I respect while doing survival camping.
I know how to build computers, therefore I know how to fix anything computer related. No. While I can fix a lot of things (with the hardware), I know next to nothing about programs. The most I can fix with programs is the same amount you would be able to fix if you ran a troubleshooting, or checked an online forum.
(the biggest one I hear) I am studying Japanese and living in Japan. Therefore, I must either love all anime, or have a thing for Japanese women specifically and want to marry one. Ok, I'm studying Japanese because eons ago, when I was in High School, it was the most interesting and for me easiest language my school offered. I am in Japan because I am still studying so that I can be a translator. While I do like anime, I've not watched nearly as much as many of my other friends who have never bothered to learn even basic Japanese pronunciation (There are only 5 vowel sounds nimrods! How do you screw THAT up that badly!?) As far as the second part, they do have a little point since my girlfriend right now is Japanese. However, 1) I have had other non-Japanese girlfriends before. 2) I am learning Russian as well. Does that make me want to be a Japo-Russian bigamist? 3) Japan. I live in Japan. How many any other type of women are there in Japan? Move. Ing. On.
I play tabletop RPGs, therefore, I must be an overweight, sports-hating nerd. I do not hate sports, and how is it when you're looking right at me that you could possibly think I'm overweight?!
I was raised Catholic. Lets see... Therefore : I am averse to sex, I am a creationist, I am rich, I am a pedophile, I promote pedophile priests, I get drunk all the time, I consider people of other religions devil worshipers, I hate Muslims/Jews/Buddhists/Protestants, I secretly desire going to Rome/Jerusalem, I want to have lots of children, I am a misogynist, I quote the Bible verbatim whenever I have a problem, Feel free to add other stereotypes these are just the ones off the top of my head. Fill in a big "Ummm... nooooooo." here.
I am a white male, therefore I am rich. Excuse me while I have a fit of laughter.
I do martial arts, therefore I can and will punch through faces when provoked. No, I do Aikido. Just... just look it up, I have seriously retyped this sentence trying to explain it at least 7 times.
I like (insert almost anything, it seems) here, therefore I am a ticking time-bomb of face-shooting, bomb-setting rage. Umm.... buhhhh... ehhhh... no.
I'm from America, therefore... no, just no. This one is even worse than the Catholic one.
My dad is in the military, therefore I love war. Well, I do support the military. Mainly, I support the military staying home. Mainly I support the military becoming a vestigial organ now only there as a government free-training/work program. In every country.
I lived in L.A. for a long time, therefore I was in a gang/love gang-related anything. Again, no.
This one I don't actually suffer from, but I have friends who do... All Muslims are terrorists, or hate America.
I know this is a lot, so for the sake of everything, please stop with the stereotypes. I am not a violent man, but I am one that has a limit to their patience.
