Stereotypes you hate being lumped into

[Frybird]

As a web-programmer

- I can't hack into other websites/government facilities (unless i can use an SQL injection on a login form, wich just about every webpage is protected against)

- I can't fix EVERY problem on your computer

- ...or your Phone

- ...or your TV

- ...or your camera

- ...especially not over the phone when the problem is described as "it doesn't work"

- Granted, i can fix some, or even many problems on your computer, but that is not because of my mystical computer-stuff-abilities, but because i can read.

- And i probably wear glasses because both my parents also have to wear them. Not every "computer guy" wears glasses you know.

- And i don't know every programming language, wich is unfortunate, i admit.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Hate #1: The British Stereotype: No I am not gay, I am not xenophobic, I am not going to instantly assume I'm better than you, I will make an effort to learn your language, AND NO I DO NOT LIKE TEA!

always the tea... but you missed out that we live in castles and everyone's met the queen!

Well, I couldn't really argue with that seem as I actually have met the Queen, but I can see how that would be annoying.

"Oh my GOD! He's a Pedophile, he molests children and he'll molest yours too! KILL HIM!!!"

Every. Mother. Fucking. Time.

Worst stereotype ever, at least in my opinion. :/

[sub]In case it wasn't obvious, no, I do not molest children.[/sub]

I think so too. No, molesting children is not ok, but why do people think that the best way to cure what is a psychological condition is too hound them to the edges of society and treat them like they can't be cured. Somehow I don't think I would see that as an incentive to get help.

 

[Hira]

"No, you're not fooling me, that's your GF. She's black and you're not, she can't 'possibly' be your sister." (I realize this one doesn't exactly match the topic, but still wanted to mention. Can understand people not guessing at first glance, but not believing when told is another. >< )

"AAAH, long hair and leather gloves! Don't walk too close, it might lash out!"

Another odd example is that people think me a 35 year old English language teacher on MMOs. No, I just like my rambling to be grammatically correct, and it actually wouldn't hurt if some people would follow up on that thought.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

The first popping up: the Goth/Punk stereotypes.
Nah i am not depressive, quite the contrary, like most people in the scene(s) i know, childish hedonists.
Nah i dont wanna die, see point one.
Nah, we dont meet at graveyards. But we would consider if they had a bar and music.
No i am not unemployed and sleep during day. I got my 2 jobs and study to be (probably) a teacher in a few years. Well i would sleep during day if i could, but that only works with job 1.
So relax i am not a beggar.
I am not antisocial. Quite the contrary, but i choose the freedom to pick the ones i share my sympathy with.
No i am not a nazi.Again the contrary, ask my scars and the police. No i am not a communist. No i am not an Anarchist (except from the romantic teen past me ). Ok you got me with the satanist part, but you probably dont even know what the word means, buy a book about modern philosophy.
Yes i am arrogant, but i was before, just coincidence.
Well when it comes to behaviour at parties.. i guess those arent stereotypes or prejudices, i guess people got a pretty good insight into those in the scenes.

 

[BENZOOKA]

I don't like being lumped into any stereotypes.

Luckily, I rarely get categorized into one.

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

Amazing how random people I meet kind of give me a weird look when I discuss my girlfriend after they find out I play video games and D&D and read comics, then they meet said girlfriend and discover she is a former model who is in law school, and they all give me this apologetic look

 

[ChupathingyX]

I play video games, therefore I am a anti-social nerd, apparently.

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

Every single English stereotype that comes from America. They aren't true guys...

So we didn't whoop your ass in the 1700's and save said ass in the 1940's?

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

And I'm also apparently condoning child moslestaion because I'm a Christian.

I thought that stereotype was only applied to Catholics? :/

Sadly most people consider all Christians to be the same, I've had people try to get advice from me on how baptist churchs work despite being a Roman Catholic

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

As an Asian:

1) I am not a bad driver. The trashcan gave me a funny look and asked for it okay??!...and so did the dog...and the old woman...and the telephone pole.

2) I can see normally and do not have hi-def widescreen vision

3) Just because I'm asian does NOT mean I can play piano/violin/cello/guitar. Only the first and last.

4) Believe it or not, I stink at Starcraft.

How are your math skills?

 

[Broady Brio]

Emos.
I'm lacking the eyeliner and indie bands on my iPod there you presumptuous pricks.

Asian-ess.
I'm shit at Maths. A-Level standard wise. Can't play any instruments. I sorta have a life and not just work my whole life.

 

[MisterM2402]

No drunkeness (ever).
No kilt wearing.
No bagpipe playing.
No Ginger hair.
No Tartan Bunnett.
No pipe smoking.
No crying "FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOM!!!!" as I walk down the street.
No jigging.
No sword dancing (or any other traditional dancing).
No "Och aye, the noo!" saying (seriously, what the hell does that even mean?!).
No carrying what's left of people in a SOUP can.
No hitting people over the head with me bottle ae Scrumpy!
No sheep herding.
No sexual attraction to sheep.
NO DEEP-FRIED MARS BARS FFS! Nobody has them on the menu that I know of (although there ARE a few places you can get them to put anything in the frier), they are not a delicacy, I have never tried one.
No Haggis eating.
No tea drinking.
No dirt-poorness (not quite).
No caber tossing.
No shot-putting.
No singing jaunty tunes with the rest of my pirate crew about being a singing pirate (to the dismay of our captain).
No accidentally shaving all Captain Rottingham's hair off.
No obesity.
No stupidity.
No last-name-beginning-with-Mc-or-Mac...-ness....
No football watching.
No rugby watching.
No tea parties with the Loch Ness Monster.
NO LOCH NESS MONSTER.

Guess where I'm from

(There are 9001 more stereotypes I don't fit for the UK as a whole, but I just listed a few that apply to me about my own country)

I'll be here all day listing stereotypes regarding being tall, a gamer, intelligent, self-teacher of Japanese, guitar-player, hentai-watcher, fur...uh, I think I'll stop there... XD

Oh actually, one more thing, in regards to being intelligent:
Yes I got excellent grades, yes I did next to no revision/cramming, no I'm not lying, no seriously, I'm not lying. You know why? I actually listen to the teacher, I pay attention during class and I do my homework on time. I guess general logical-mindedness and intelligence play a role too, though...

 

[subject_87]

"You're tall, do you play basketball?"

What an insightful question, no one has ever asked me that in my fourteen years of existence.

 

[Leg End]

And I'm also apparently condoning child moslestaion because I'm a Christian.

I thought that stereotype was only applied to Catholics? :/

Sadly most people consider all Christians to be the same, I've had people try to get advice from me on how baptist churchs work despite being a Roman Catholic

The sad thing is... I know you are not lying. (O_O)

 

[Lyx]

I'm a woman attracted to women and looking for a relationship; quick, keep away from me if you're female, I OBVIOUSLY want to sleep with you just because you're of the same gender as me.

Not often, but there have been people who assume I'm attracted to them because they're female and that I can't keep female friends because I want to sleep with all of them. Wat.

Actually, this together with bi's i think is only partially because of stereotyping. As you hinted yourself, they simply don't know if you like them for sexual reasons. They (assume) they're familiar with how to distinguish it with the opposite sex, but they have no experience how to distinguish it regarding their own sex. Thus, fear takes over.

You say they could just ask? Well, they would feel awkward about it, plus the dogma says that discriminating by sex is bad. If they ask, then that could "symbolize" exactly what you described, and that would be discriminating. Soo, uh, better just walk around the issue, THINK the worst and act according to the worst (because that IS socially acceptable

Or in short: They're just weak and unexperienced.

 

[Whateveralot]

A lot of people seem to think I'm gay the first time they see me.

I dress slightly different and I am a generally happy / talkative / enthousiastic person. That's all. I don't mind the stereotype, it's just strange.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

1. xenophobic, posh British guy: YES I am from England, and YES I do unfortunately have somewhat of a 'refined' accent. but i'm not middle class, i don't look down on foreigners with disgust, and i don't sit around sipping tea and listening to Bach while reading Shakespeare!

2. camp homosexual: again, yes I am gay. Yes I'm kind of short, kind of slim, dress quite good and have been known to openly indulge my feminine side. I'm not camp though! I hate when people can't see the difference between 'slightly feminine' and 'camp'.

3. dumb-ass wrestling fan: I like wrestling, yes. I love it, in fact. But I am perfectly aware that it is a faked thing. I don't need slack dumb-asses reminding me "you know it's all fake right?" whenever I happen to mention I like it. I know it's fake, it doesn't stop me enjoying it, just like you knowing movies are fake but you still enjoy them.

4. stuck up, full-of-himself artist: This is one that really pisses me off. Just because I like to draw, and paint, and sculpt, and whatever else...this doesn't make me some snooty self-aggrandizing fuck who looks down on people for not going to galleries and stuff. Some people like art, some people don't. i'm not going to look down on you for not liking it. I don't much like it myself a lot of the time. Going to galleries to listen to or read about the ACTUAL self-aggrandizing fucks who dominate mainstream art is one activity that makes me want to hang myself. I don't care about 'deeper meanings' behind anything, I just like making stuff. It makes me feel good to create something, and if it turns out good, so much the better.

5. socially retarded gamer: I like to play video games, yes. It doesn't mean I use games as a distraction to utterly forsake physical interaction with other members of my species. I'm maybe not the most social person in the world, but I don't sit at home in a dark basement all day on Call of Duty, obsessing over 'pwning noobz'.

6. snooty brainiac: This one comes from the fact that I read books. Yes, I like to read. Sue me. I know in today's current culture that must seem like an insane thing to do, but I can't help it, I just enjoy reading. Leave me alone for it!

 

[Drazeric]

have gauged ears, septum, eyebrow, nipples and tongue pierced with tats doesnt mean im a soulless lawless asshole that you should cross the street to avoid. IM NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR WALLET!

 

[u4527646]

I have red hair, and everyone assumes I burn easily in the sun. This is drives me nuts, as I am farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr more tanned than most of my friends, I am in fact the third most tanned member of my friends group (after the asian and the greek, who I maintain are cheating anyway).

Genetics nerd section: The gene for red hair is actually on a different chromosome to the gene for pale skin, they are just USUALLY inherited together due to red haired people having slight assortative mating for other red heads (partially due to geographic reasons).

 

[Lord Doomhammer]

The "fat stupid american"

I'm a 6'4" tall and 160lbs so I'm not fat. And I'm 3 years into a bathclor's degree at a competitive college. While I am american, I take great joy in researching topics my friends post up and correcting them on things like the healthcare debacle or what have you.