Stupid things people judge you on?

[daftalchemist]

I knit. Yes, I knit! I taught myself in August and haven't stopped since! I've been playing games less and less as I knit more and more. I've made quite a few fantastic items, and I'm currently working on my first shirt, which is going very well. I geek out over yarn just as hard as I've ever geeked out over any videogame, AND I LOVE IT!

God forbid a young girl take up knitting though. I've gotten comments that run from "don't you have to be 65 to do that" to "when's the baby due". Because only the elderly and the knocked up can use two sticks and some yarm to make something fantastic, apparently!

 

[Xeros]

I have long hair, a chin beard, and I wear a black skullcap. I get solicited for drugs quite often. I'm also partial to wearing my black, leather trench coat when it's chilly outside which gets me lots of worried looks, and inquiries as to what kind of weapon I'm currently carrying, or whether, or not I'm familiar with explosives.

 

[deserteagleeye]

The fact that I'm tall and not good at basketball even though I'm great at football, volleyball, and swimming. 3 out of 4 is good enough, right?

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

I am sometimes judged for not having a girlfriend despite being completely straight. It isn't that I have lost interest in dating, it's that I have not made any actual attempt at companionship since my Junior year of High School.

Now that I am just finishing my Sophomore year in College, I am sometimes approached and asked if I am homosexual. I don't quite know how to respond to such a claim, so I merely tell them the truth.

Since when is it a public taboo for a straight guy not wanting a girlfriend due to his heart having been broken quite a few times in the past?

[small]I just don't get it.[/small]

 

[Subwayeatn]

Being Russian means that i have to be a soulless murderer to some people. I also give off radioactive fumes.

No, thats a sign that YOU. ARE. AWSOME.

*wipes a tear* I always wanted to be... awesome.

 

[Womplord]

The main things:

-Being shy/quiet
-Having red hair
-Not smiling enough
-Being weird/enigmatic
-Having 'scary' eyes (bright/peircing blue)


Yes, people ALWAYS tell me to smile more and it's a bit annoying... and the red hair thing doesn't really happen anymore, but I got a lot of crap in school for it.

 

[LordZutaki]

i have long hair, i wear it in a ponytail, and i donate it every year, yet people think i am a female bum

 

[Anarchemitis]

Thankfully I have yet to be belittled because of my faith in Christ personally, in real life or online. People are more respectful than to persecute, it seems.

 

[SillyBear]

I get called "weird" a lot. It is usually because I show more personality than most people and I am passionate about what I believe in and I tell stories with lots of emotion. So yeah, I guess that's weird. I also get judged and teased because I listen to old music. That really annoyed me. Some stupid ***** from my class saw I was listening to Crosby and she started laughing at me. What, I'm only allowed to listen to new music? Wow, what a cultured person you are. Ignorant *****. Rawr.

 

[FalloutJack]

A million people I never met judge me every day because of the console I have or that I'm not on a PC instead. People like that really need to find a better way to spend their time.

 

[Bigsmith]

My furious, manly attitude and casual homophobia. I make a terrible gay, but here I am, four years in a relationship and never anything more heterosexual than one kiss.

Long hair
My odd sense of fashion, this being suits, waist coats and bowler hats (unless I cycle to college, then I don't)

Waist coats = fukken' stylish.

Also pocket watches, pocket watches everywhere. I would also be wearing my steam punk goggles but my GF lost em. D:

 

[kellith1stnonly]

My wardrobe is about 95% black, and I've gotten a lot of the usual, "Why do you wear so much black? You'd look so much better with some color. Black doesn't suit you-- you should try this ugly tropical dress instead, blah blah blash...". I tried wearing other colors before, but I always just ended up feeling out of place and not myself, so I decided to just say "Fuck it" and do what I want.

I also have a boss who makes fun of me for reading in my spare time (WTF) and always bringing a sandwich to eat for lunch.. guess he thinks I should be going out for every meal and pissing my minimum-wage salary away. He's a dick and the exception to just about everyone I know, but I'll still be glad to be rid of him in a couple months. ^__^

 

[Erana]

Started college at 14? Is trying for graduate schools at 19? Clearly she is emotionally unstable and/or extremely immature. (Seriously, how do people jump to that conclusion..?)

Oh, and my Asian Studies minor, while entirely focused on learning about what the hell is/was going on in the rest of the world and I don't really care for anime...
Well, Fuck Yeah Art Student Owl has tons of images on the stigma anything anime-related in fine art.

 

[xdom125x]

I am often judged based on my:
enjoment of certain mainstream things (it gets me called a sheep).
enjoyment of less widely accepted stuff alongside my dislike of certain mainstream things (it gets me called a hipster).
reading of comic books.(I usually hear the "omg comics are for 8 year olds")
playing any video games other than an fps. (Pokemon gets hit the hardest, even though the same people mocking my playing recent pokemon games are themselves playing older ones on their phones )
atheism

I saw the first like 9-10 minutes of Scott Pilgrim and felt like I could kill someone if I saw anymore. I see it as "Hot Topic nerd", that kind of ironic, "i'm a nerd because it allows me to use lame catchphrases" and such. People lose their shit over this cinematic abortion and don't get why I don't.

My love of that movie gets me judged as a hipster. Also, I guess being lumped into the same group as the idiots that shop at hot topic because i like 1 franchise hipsters also like counts as well.
Also, what do you even mean by ironic in that context?

 

[Trolldor]

Ok, basically, i am going to join the RAF (British) as an engineering officer. To get into Welbeck, a Armed Forced College, i have to go through an interview physical tests and another interview. Now, i joined the Air Cadets because it would give me an edge in the interviews and help in the long run. I have told a few 'mates' of this and they laughed. People always say 'Your in the air cadets, saddo'. Obviously, they don't understand why but there you go.
Question to you:
Do you do things that people call you sad for?





P.S, Here is a song which you can sing along to =)

A forum name.

I mean, it's amazing how simple-minded some people are.
Sort of depressing too.

 

[Mastercylinder]

Anything I like . . . just anything. It's as if they can't find anything else, so they have to critique me on that alone.

"I like Tron." - This makes me a nerd
"I like the Residents, Oingo Boingo, Devo etc." - This makes me weird
"I like making costumes." - This makes me some sort of shut in with a awkward hobby
"I like drawing alot." - This makes me some sort of unrelatable artsy-type
"I like being alone sometimes." - This makes me anti-social

Rarely are these judgements based on actions.

I don't talk - More evidence to the anti-social thing
Someone saw me on T.V. - This makes me "famous" or "above" talking to you
I'm not constantly smiling - I'm depressed or I don't like you

The hair too, possibly. It's long for a guy considering everyone else has a prisoner buzzcut. Apparently, this makes me a homo, although I've never seen a gay person with long hair: ever.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

I never drank any alcohol, and I'm not even going to try it.

I don't understand the taboo that so many people have with alcohol, not drinking it doesn't make you a better person.

But I don't know you and this is a thread about stupid prejudice so:
Why not?

Well, I don't understand the fascination that people have with alcohol, apparantly drinking it makes you badass and not drinking it means that you are a pussy.

 

[Trolldor]

I never drank any alcohol, and I'm not even going to try it.

I don't understand the taboo that so many people have with alcohol, not drinking it doesn't make you a better person.

But I don't know you and this is a thread about stupid prejudice so:
Why not?

Well, I don't understand the fascination that people have with alcohol, apparantly drinking it makes you badass and not drinking it means that you are a pussy.

I used to drink heavily and now I don't really drink at all.

Alcohol adds nothing to the night. I might have one drink if it's of particularly good quality, but I don't drink it purely because it's alcohol. Haven't had a drink in a few months and there's an unopened bottle of port sitting on my shelf.

 

[monkey_man]

My long-ish hair, and that I read books

Yes, you read that correct.

I get judged For READING BOOK

Albeit most highschoolers are stupid twats.

I have that too, I like (some) books, Mostly fantasy stuff like Harry Potter and Eragorn.
But I am usually called off for my poor behaviour, and lack of cooperating in situations I find lacking.
Also OP, THAT SONG IS EVIL! KILL IT WITH FIREEEEEEEE.

Is it not eragon..? :L Book series by Christopher Paolini that was BUTCHERED by that film?

Just sayin'.. :S

Know what you mean though >.<

Yes it is. I kept saying Eragorn for some reason, and it got stuck. Like potatoe
Thank you for pointing it out

 

[Walter44]

I can remember when we had to choose whether we want to take Latin- or IT-classes in school, pretty much everybody assumed I'd take IT.

During that time, maths was one of my worst subjects and I couldn't even understand the basics of the binary system. They knew that. Still, they somehow thought I'd take IT. Why? I guess, 'cause I'm a Gamer.

And I still don't know why people are so surprised how good I am at poetry or acting, even if they've seen me doing it multiple times before. Aren't thin, weak, geeky boys supposed to be good at that stuff?

But hey, I have to say: Destroying expectations is definitely one of the pleasures in life...