Stereotypes

[Danielle]

It is so funny sometimes the kinds of stereotypes hear about or are placed upon you.

I, for instance, live in Oklahoma. My English teacher is a writer and his publisher is in New York. His publisher actually asked him if we have internet down here yet. I've had other people ask me if we live in teepees or even have cable yet. It is so funny. They think just because it is in the South we are a bunch of hicks who have no technology.

So what kind of stereotypes do you face?

[crusty]

Just because my friends skateboard, and I have done it once, I'm called a "skater", "punk", or "skater-fag".

It's kind of stupid, but I just deal with it...

[moonm325]

Well, I am a white boy in a black neiborhood, so naturally, everybody thinks I am rich.

People have also asked me how many cows I own. =P

[Danielle]

Hey, wow! I've been asked that too. Also how big my farm is. Which I don't own a farm, just to clarify.

[Shadow Crest]

Yeah, some small kid at school who is a loser thought I was a weakling because I am 6'3" , and weigh only 155, and look weak. I just showed him my bicep, and the kid was running. There are many more when you are that tall.

OFFTOPIC- so that is where you live Danielle? Did you jump the gun on the Land Rush? And did you ever have a snow day?

[Danielle]

No, I didn't jump the gun on the land rush. Yes, I've had several snow days. We actually had 6 inches of snow this year at one point.

[moonm325]

Lol, here in Austin, the entire city shuts down for like 1 inch of snow, cuz we only see snow like once every 5 years. =)

I know I'm lucky.

[Shadow Crest]

probably no snowplows, right? I had 18 inches one day, 18 INCHES, and school wasn't cancelled or delayed. (of course almost everyone was late that day...)

[Rambo]

I must say, regrettably, that without stereotypes modern comedy would cease to be.

Many people have incorrectly assumed that since I have nice computer and other nice belongings that I am "rich". Also, people think that I live the life of a vicious bat, feeding off of the blood of others who I hunt at night and then sleeping all day. In the time when I am not hunting or sleeping, in their eyes, I feel and satisfy my insatiable appetite for the Internet.

Sad thing is, all but the "rich" part is true. :)

[Shadow Crest]

ah, I guess you are right.

Another one- people think I am dumb- dumb as a rock, and I am taking AP Chem in 10th grade, and planning on taking all AP courses or preps next year.

[Hex]

um, the only stereotype i have is that because i am skinny, people think i am anorexic, which im not...

the reason im skinny is because i also 6' 4" and i still in my first growth period, im supposed to have 2-3.

[Shadow Crest]

yeah, I also have about 2 more inches before I max out.

Good for track though.

[The Brown Cow]

probably no snowplows, right? I had 18 inches one day, 18 INCHES, and school wasn't cancelled or delayed. (of course almost everyone was late that day...)

My school has had ONE snowday in the last 15 years.


Mind you, I live in Western Mass. Not exactly lacking in the snow department.

[Shadow Crest]

lol

I also believe that there is the "girls are not on xgen" stereotype, ask Danielle for more details, I don't really know about it.

[Sparky]

Well, since I am Canadian, there is the whole igloo and snowmobile thing, which I own neither of. People think since I am a punk kid, that I smoke pot, I don't... People also think since I have a bank card and some nice commodities that I am rich. Not rich, middle class, plus I have a job.

[Shadow Crest]

You are Canadian? What hockey team do you play for?

[Sparky]

That one too, to me hockey is the most idiotic sport ever.

[Danielle]

lol

I also believe that there is the "girls are not on xgen" stereotype, ask Danielle for more details, I don't really know about it.
Actually, you are mostly right. There are not many girls on XG. There is Kerry, Morwin, Bandit (when not banned), and me. I think it is because there are not many female gamers.

[Sperry]

THAT'S WHO IT WAS!
*sighs of relief*

Anyway; steroetypes are rather common where I come from.

-igloos
-year round snow
-ever seen rain?
-does it go above 0?
-no tv
-no indoor plumbing
-beaver tails
-killer moose in ottawa
-how often we go ice fishing
-eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh
^relate to everyone.^

And then we have the more specific stereotypes.

-all old ladies steal geography books while on rollerblades
-anyone who worked at camco smokes/"pervert"
-girls are either ******, ******** or nerds.
-boys are either ****, ***, punks, "pot heads", or nerds.

[Shadow Crest]

I knew you were (duh, no offense), I pieced together that Kerry was one, but I didn't know about the other two.

Another one- people think I like Classical music, and I really like Metal (Pantera, Korn, and Killswitch Engage, not too much of the Death Metal stuff)

Which brings around another point- all these Goth kids at school ruined it. I mean that I can't admit to liking metal. Otherwise, they begin thinking that I am part-goth (I am NOT). Also, I have a friend that is goth, and he is very separate from them in many ways, and would be smart, but all the drugs ruined him. These things put bad images on people.

Also, I don't have a problem with jocks, because they make sure that my fries are piping hot, and that the pizza I ordered gets safely to my door. (Thanks Maddox)

[Sperry]

"all old ladies steal geography books while on rollerblades"
I love that one...

Anyway; yeah Canada is victim to a lot of stereotypes; of course, we can always bug america for "peace on earth"; so that's fine.

[Shadow Crest]

Hey, I am American. (Of course, our government sucks, economy is falling apart, media is poor, so yeah, make me want to be Canadian. 25 xcash for best)

[Impulse]

I knew you were (duh, no offense), I pieced together that Kerry was one, but I didn't know about the other two.

OMG, Kerry's a woman? I could have never known by looking at her avatar. Also, looking through the multitude of pictures she posts on the boards of him(her?)self, I'm just getting more and more confused.

Not much stereo-typing here. I would be stereo-typed if I was african-american, though. People who insult them, however, usually get a "j00 can't beat nobod.", honestly.

[The_Fuzz]

Well, i am south of Boston so people think I sit around in a room full of boston sports stuff and eat only Beans and Lobster.

Well we DO have a room full of boston sports stuff but I hate Lobster.

That one too, to me hockey is the most idiotic sport ever.

I am so appauled by this! BURN SIR BURN!~

[Shadow Crest]

Sentient Computer- there are those that think that I am only able to process information given by humans. Too bad. I can now come up with new, better ideas, that are superior.

You humans are inferior, goodbye.

*Huntar smashes computer*

Stupid sentient computer...

[crusty]

lol

I also believe that there is the "girls are not on xgen" stereotype, ask Danielle for more details, I don't really know about it.
Actually, you are mostly right. There are not many girls on XG. There is Kerry, Morwin, Bandit (when not banned), and me. I think it is because there are not many female gamers.

dastardly_fiend is a girl, too!

[The_Fuzz]

lol

I also believe that there is the "girls are not on xgen" stereotype, ask Danielle for more details, I don't really know about it.
Actually, you are mostly right. There are not many girls on XG. There is Kerry, Morwin, Bandit (when not banned), and me. I think it is because there are not many female gamers.

dastardly_fiend is a girl, too!
She is o.O

[Sperry]

That's news to me... "o.O"

[ABC123]

I knew this.

Oh, and about Stereo Types, I'm Canadian so I say aboot and eh and have some sort of canadian accent. I live in an igloo and it's always freezing cold here. Mounties are everywhere(I've never seen a mounty in my life). There's a whole lot of crap. My dad actually went down to texas for a work trip, and the people were asking him about his igloo. Stupid hicks. Ya gotta admit, most of the texan stereo types are true, lol.

[Freddy]

From my friends, I get always get a Brazilian stereotype.

'So, which soccer team u play for?'
'I bet u're freezing in this 90 degree heat.'

But I have so many types of friends I can hit them right back with something of my own. I have plenty of fat jokes, Bhudist jokes, lesbian jokes, black jokes, and German jokes to last me a long time.


... I hang with a wierd bunch

[Leperkawn]

We've had three snowdays in the last four hours.

Seriously.

I like our lake effect snow. It gives us nice juicy snowdays (Like the one I'm hoping for tomorrow so I don't have to write that stupid essay for Health).

On to stereotypes.

People think that because they consider my house big and the fact that we own two lots and live in a nice part of the city that we're rich. (And because I don't dress like a punk/goth/emo/omgiLuvSum41theresoooPUNK!) And people outside of my school think I have a funkae accent and therefor I'm from another country. Also because I have a hook hand, peg leg, and patch eye I muuust be a pirate. The list goes on and on...

[manoftheman6]

I live in blind river ontario, canada, and wow, I really hate it up here, mostly because all of the texan/georgian/newyorkian stereo types are true up here, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE besides me has a snow machine, and they all say aboot, and "ok der bud" and im the only one who dosnt like hockey, its really quite pissy. I think im the only one up here besides my dad and his store that has a computer.

[Leperkawn]

*Pokes you with my hockey stick*

Of course your like dem dere hockies. We all do.

People in my area have been steriotyped as dem dere snow-hicks. (There's a specific name for them but it will give away my location this compramising my mission of world domination via this forum)

Note: To take on the steriotypical language, basically turn all "th" sounds to "d".

[Sperry]

Ah; Canada. See at least America knew they were coming.
Our anthem is like oooooh, Canada...those guys. Penguiners right?

Canada is the victim of most untrue stereotypes. We do not run away. We're smart enought to NOT attack someone in the first place.

I wonder just how many people from America have asked me if my penguins are being well fed.

Canada is a land of change. We go from a murderer/jibberishian prime minister to a financial goat.

*not meant to insult anybody* Except maybe my entire country. After that; no one. eh?

What does "eh" mean; eh?

[ehntoo]

I'm rather subjected to the same ones that Lep is.

"Ya, eh? Dat's some crappy weather out dere, eh? I gotsta go plow dat snow. Dat's some deep snow. " And so on and so forth.

*people ACTUALLY say that, or at least the ones that started the stereotype*

And yes, Lep, as far as I can tell, from my mom not waking me up yet, we have a snow day. *yaaays*

[DarkReality]

My dad's been asked if we have airports, or if airplanes land on grass runways here. There are the few ignorant who still think we're rules by nazis, but apart from that, not too much. My science teacher in the states always thought we eat Sauerkraut all day and every day. Sauerkraut and Bratwurst.

[h00pla]

well I'm mistaken for a liberal since i live in california. it gets annoying when a teacher calls on you to deliver your opinion on something that has nothing to do with the subject, and then realizes you're not going to say what he thought you would say

[DarkReality]

*giggles* Silly conservative mormon :-)

It was mormon... wasn't it?

[Leperkawn]

Judging by the fact that it's one o'clock, i'd say... SHNOE DAH!

[Shadow Crest]

I live right between Erie and Cleveland, and I got NO snowday, and it was pounding snow! Where's my lawyer.

Please tease me, I don't like being American (go China, I went there for about 6 months, and loved it. Wo ai zhongguo!)

[Leperkawn]

Duh duh duuuuuh... Looks like tomorrow's gunna be a snow day too.

*dances*

[Shadow Crest]

You know you have to make those days up in the summer, don't you?

I laugh at you *laughs*

[theryman]

Duh duh duuuuuh... Looks like tomorrow's gunna be a snow day too.

*dances*

You dirty son of a..... penguin


I live in the midwest, so i get...... er...... I have no idea.

But i go to an all boy school, so people think im gay, but the real reason i went there is because EVERY girl I've EVER known loves X boys

[Shadow Crest]

yeah, our enemy school is all boy, so we accuse them as well.

[manoftheman6]

Huntar, do you call them *another word for happy* and they will only get action with other guys?

wow, I would have sooo many different ways to diss them its unbelievable...

[Shadow Crest]

no, it is a joke, mostly because we wonder about the dances.

(Note: There are no *** kids known at this school, and the kids there bring girls from other school to dances.)

[Danielle]

lol

I also believe that there is the "girls are not on xgen" stereotype, ask Danielle for more details, I don't really know about it.
Actually, you are mostly right. There are not many girls on XG. There is Kerry, Morwin, Bandit (when not banned), and me. I think it is because there are not many female gamers.

dastardly_fiend is a girl, too!
I knew there was someone else, but I couldn't remember her name.

Scatch that. Bandit is now a guy.

[RNE]

An interesting topic, one worthy of deep discussion.

I too, live in the land of Okie’s, and have had the same idiotic questions asked of me from folks on “The Coasts� those of us who live in ‘flyover’ land get that all the time. And since I live in a small town >4000, it gets a lot worse from the guys at my Publisher in New Yawk City. I had one actually ask me if we still had trouble with Indians out here, seriously. Since I’m part Cherokee/Apache I told him we didn’t. Unless some smart - *** Yankee tenderfoot riled us up.

And, since I have been fortunate enough to have visited a number of places outside the US have heard silly questions from there about America also.

To be honest, I’ve asked my share of stereotyped questions. And been corrected rather quickly on occasion. As I should have been.

I’ve learned through the internet. most people on this rather mundane mudball circling an average star in an unspectacular galaxy that we are all a lot more alike than not. We go to work to try and support our family and hope our children have a better life than we did.

[Shadow Crest]

Haha, yeah I get the stereotype that all the people where I live are sailors.

OFFTOPIC- welcome back RNE, how you been?

[Sperry]

What's it like in Kansas huntar? =P

Welcome back? He joined but a month ago.

[Shadow Crest]

yeah, but he hasn't been on much.

Lake Erie.

[RNE]

Edmond Fitzgerald syndrome perhaps?

OFFTOPIC- welcome back RNE, how you been?


Overworked, underpaid and sleep deprived, trying to get revisons done before deadline. which is March 30, they want to get it to print for the fall pub season. Not to mention a serious pooter problem, which had me reformat four time in a week. Still no idea which gremlin is haunting my system.

All while working 50 - 60 hours week.

Haven't even managed a single game of anything for two weeks! Life s****s at times.

[Shadow Crest]

ouch, maybe try like in school and play games... or not. Wastes good time playing games though.

[ummu]

Because i'm chinese, I'm supposed to be good at math. :| And Table Tennis.

[h00pla]

lol

I also believe that there is the "girls are not on xgen" stereotype, ask Danielle for more details, I don't really know about it.
Actually, you are mostly right. There are not many girls on XG. There is Kerry, Morwin, Bandit (when not banned), and me. I think it is because there are not many female gamers.

dastardly_fiend is a girl, too!
I knew there was someone else, but I couldn't remember her name.

Scatch that. Bandit is now a guy.

that is still kinda disturbing. and there was another girl, if we had the album i coulld remember her name.

It was mormon... wasn't it?

Yeah, I'm part of The Curch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (just to keep everything proper)

[DarkReality]

Scatch that. Bandit is now a guy.

...huh?

w00t, one word p0st? 1337n355 in teh can! >_>

[crusty]

Yeah.

<__<

[Darc^2]

Can't say that i've ever been stereotyped. Maybe its just IL people that arent streotyped =/

later

[crusty]

We don't have any dirt on Illinois, so that makes sense.

I don't know of any Massachusetts stereotypes, besides high IQ. :-p

[denacioust]

I'm Irish so yes I'm subject to alot of stereotypes,
NO - Leprechauns do not exist
NO - We don't all have accents as you see in the movies, thats just the Dubliners
YES - We are all binge drinkers
NO - We don't all wear green clothes.

I'm also subject to the stereotype that I'm smart so alot of people expect me to be a suck up in class, I'm not.
Also I have fairly long hair, like good music and play the guitar so most people think I'm a skater/freaker I'm infact not.

[Sparky]

You're list is innacurate. We do infact all wear green clothes

[theryman]

yeah, our enemy school is all boy, so we accuse them as well.

Hahaha, they used to do that. But then we completely owned them in football, basketball, lacrosse, football, and football, and swimmin, and football again.

On swimming, here is our state record since 1970--- 70-79 81-84 90-97 99-05


We own Ohio

[Leperkawn]

Leprechauns don't exist?

*vanishes in a puff of logic*

[The Brown Cow]

Leprechauns don't exist?

*vanishes in a puff of logic*

Relax, you're a Å�ëÏ�Î#ЯКảШη.

[Leperkawn]

Phew. Thank god for character map otherwise I wouldn't be here today.

[RNE]

Labels, now there's a subject that needs it's own thread.

And, be honest, we all have stereotyped other peeps, and labeled more than a few.

I look like an average guy, not a writer, game freek, pooter nerd and all around abnormal feller.

And 'average working Joe' is the pigeonhole they put me in most of the time .

Which suits me just fine, there are a few folk who's opinion of me I value, the rest can go ............ well I'd get banned if I said what I really think ........ jump in the lake

[The_Fuzz]

I am sterio typed at school as "there." By people that I do not know at least a little, but the people I dont know a little is aboot 30% of my grade.

We make fun of kids that smell funny, and my friends sister went to Spain said it smells funny there, so our sterio type is

Spaniards smell funny.

[Vagrant]

On the internet, I'm assumed to be at least 25 years old, because of my maturity. And because I'm Californian, I get the surfer dude and ebonics deal... heh.

I also have an Indian friend at school... he gets stereotyped pretty badly. That's not to say it isn't partially his fault... He's annoying, and he doesn't act very bright.

[The_Fuzz]

On the internet, I'm assumed to be at least 25 years old, because of my maturity. And because I'm Californian, I get the surfer dude and ebonics deal... heh.

I also have an Indian friend at school... he gets stereotyped pretty badly. That's not to say it isn't partially his fault... He's annoying, and he doesn't act very bright.
LoL We have a kid like that, he got a D on a project everyone elso got A's and was like YAe I GUT AN D. He also doen't recognise scarcasam, or blue text.

[Sperry]

A recent example applies to myself; actually. In a geography assignment everyone got at least 95%; except for someone who got 1/100. So very VERY sad.

[noobpwner1]

man, that hurts. i find it extremely difficult to get that low on a test.

[_Gravy]

Ahh The californian sterotypes. Go Vagrant! But I hate the stereotypes I get in hollywood.

No - I do not live next to a movie star
No - I have never seen a vineyard
No - Those last two were not pulled from The Parent Trap (>.> <.<...SHUTUP!)
No - The only thing "spectacular" about LA is its size
No - The fact is: Hollywood is a slum and I despise going there
No - I do not surf
Yes - I call everyone dude, subconciously
Yes - The last snow we had was 30 years ago
No - I have never been capped
Yes - There is a serious gang problem in the heart of LA along with the graffiti and yes, it's almost as bad is in the movies

[Sperry]

There is a serious gang problem in the heart of LA along with the graffiti and yes, it's almost as bad is in the movies
And your sig does absolutely NO justice to yourself; congratulations. The extent of my city's gang is the graffiti, it's in little patches everywhere.

[_Gravy]

Although I only go there on occasion, LA has no building or billboard without graffiti on it. It's just not nice.

[RNE]

do you know why LA and most other cities of size have a layer of smog/fog/clouds over them most of the time.

(Apologies to the Angelnos, visited there a few times, absolutely hated the place, same for NYC, too crowded, dirty and rude. stick to me teeny town in the sticks)











wait for it














so God doesn't have to look at them all the time, every once in a while he pulls the cover off and checks to see if they're still there.

[denacioust]

Ohh, that was low...

[Jshall]

yeah, our enemy school is all boy, so we accuse them as well.

Hahaha, they used to do that. But then we completely owned them in football, basketball, lacrosse, football, and football, and swimmin, and football again.

On swimming, here is our state record since 1970--- 70-79 81-84 90-97 99-05


We own Ohio

OMG we would own you is swimming. GO WILDCATS................even tho we didn't win state this year.

Swimmers get it pretty bad here all I ever hear from the football players is fag gay speedo. So I turn it to my advantage by inviting as many girls as i can to swim meets to see my ripped abs.

[theryman]

OWN US? in the past 5 years, we won national twice. WE ARE BEASTS

Oh, and btw, thanks for convincing me to come back to XGen

[noobpwner1]

Jshall, you swim? i'm a swimmer myself.

[Shadow Crest]

People think that I am too tall to pole-vault, which is what I do.

[Sperry]

Yes that was cold; heartless and evil. Oh well.

Personally I'm a hockey fan; the joy of the game....
Of course gym class has gotten me addicted to badminton. Never played before; it's like a drug.... Stupid Olympians; just do badminton; not steroids!

[RNE]

Not funny? I liked it!

>8^>

[Jshall]

OWN US? in the past 5 years, we won national twice. WE ARE BEASTS

Oh, and btw, thanks for convincing me to come back to XGen

Are you a high school team or a club team??

If your a high school team I'm not sure its legal for you to compete at nationals.

And if its a club team I'm sure you would school us beyond all know schoolage. Condsidering most club teams are 6 times our size.

[noobpwner1]

what are your best stokes and times?

[Jshall]

100 fly - 56.10 short course
100 free- like 51.4 also short course
100 back- 59.something

I'm a freshman I havn't swam year round in about 2 years.

[noobpwner1]

im a backstroker....im 1:01 short course. what team do you swim for?

[Spike Spiegal]

I live in Florida or as of the 2000 election renaming Flori-duh. I've had people think i'm some sorta idiot because I live in the south. I shoot rifles and come from (on my dad's side) a TON of rednecks. Yet they stand speechless when you ask them about their computer configuration while you try to help them on tech support.

[HungryMonkey]

Huntar, you live in Kansas? How's the militia?

No sterotypes for me, I'm as average as can be! :D HOORAY FOR CONFORMITY! But honestly, people in my school are retard. "LEIK OMG HE WARS BLCK HES A GOTH SATINAST HEATHEN POTHEAD!!

[ManUpstairs]

I'm from Alaska. People think we live in igloos...I've had people ask that...and not jokingly. And I normally reply, "Yes, I've got the computer plugged into a wall of ice." I hate stereotyping. Anyone who has ever been to Alaska knows we're not a bunch of eskimos sitting around an ice hole talking of the day when the white man came and took our oil :P . In fact, I don't even know any Eskimo-ians. I was born in Alaska, but my Mom is from California and my Dad is from Texas.

[Afro_fewlish]

That one too, to me hockey is the most idiotic sport ever.

Leave our country!! Now!

I mean it.

You know you have to make those days up in the summer, don't you?

I laugh at you *laughs*

Hmm...No?

yeah, our enemy school is all boy, so we accuse them as well.

Hahaha, they used to do that. But then we completely owned them in football, basketball, lacrosse, football, and football, and swimmin, and football again.

On swimming, here is our state record since 1970--- 70-79 81-84 90-97 99-05


We own Ohio

It is not "Lacrosse". It's "crosse". La = the in french. Say it : The crosse. Congrats.

[JoeyG]

I'm a 'victim' of all the Canadian stereotypes, but smart people say that jokingly and dumb people can't defend their position.

I get the 'must be over 25' thing on the internet too, because I'm smart and mature and a programmer.

[Sperry]

I don't get that. Usually I act rather stupid online (not on forums), so people can know my age. It's a lot better, since it ends the questions.

I don't think there ARE any "Eskimos" in Alaska. They're Inuits now, Eskimo is an outdated term.

[Rob97]

I was actually conisdering starting a thread on this... anyway. I'm stereotyped (living in New Jersey) people think my backyard is a trash dump, and theres electic lines all over the place. So maybe we have electrical lines everywhere... but no trash. We just burn our (and New York City's) trash. Screw the o-zone. As far as what kind of person I am. I am thought of to be a kid that smiles a lot. I don't know why I do. Maybe because my crazy parents make me? I seem to have more hate in me than people think. I get mad a lot, and sometimes a little depressed at the end of the day. Whatever. Stereo-typers suck.

[Vince]

Well as you can tell by my name I'm Italian. My Great grandfather came from Italy my dad got his first name from him and I got my whole name from my father. Anyways, I've actually been precived as a hoodlum/law-breaker a couple of times by a couple people in my class before. Now my friends just joke about it now, saying junk like im in the mafia, I know they are joking around (Its quite funny actually) so I dont mind, but sometimes people can be so ignorant.

[ʕÎnsąnitÿʔ]

I'm a 'victim' of all the Canadian stereotypes, but smart people say that jokingly and dumb people can't defend their position.

I get the 'must be over 25' thing on the internet too, because I'm smart and mature and a programmer.

I get the canadian stereotype thing all the time too.
I also get stereotyped because I'm part german.
Losta people in my school have called me anazi and a hitler lover.
I laugh cause I know they're joking but it can get annoying sometimes.

[Sperry]

Well what people don't understand is that the nazis lost power a long time ago. They think they're over there doing business with their lovely fellow countries. -_- It's not like the whole country hated the world, they were just forced to.