Are you usally taken for something/somebody you are not?

[2fish]

Apparently I can look incredibly scary, especially to people who don't know me. The kind of "don't want to meet in a dark alley, maybe cross the road to avoid" kind of scary. It makes me a little sad because I'm (generally) rather nice when you get to know me.

I have that same thing, people tend to look at me like I am going to bite their face off. I tend to be nice, unless people really annoy me. I guess I just scare people? But then again I am a political animal, so I am always on the hunt. Maybe they are right to fear me.

 

[she_never_was]

'Scary' looking people, in many cases, are some of the nicest people I know. Irony = yes.

 

[KimboRambo]

Acculy? No, never; because I dress and act like a normal person.

What is 'normal', exactly? In middle-eastern countries, burkas are 'normal', but over in western countries you still get people dicks that discriminate against it. I guarantee you that someone, somewhere, has seen you and thought you were something you're not.

OT: Apparently, I'm a psychopath. Yeah, it was news to me too. Apparently when the average person might shove someone for laughing at them, I would "stab them to death and throw their corpse in front of a car".

I've never even been in a physical fight that I can remember of...

Right, so if I was living in the middle-east (and was a woman) I would be wearing a burka because that's the norm. What point are you trying to make here?

The question was about whether or not you get taken for something you're not. You replied that you don't, because you "dress and act like a normal person". What I was getting at is that the definition of 'normal' is subjective, and so you can't claim that you've never been judged because you are so.

Right, but it's not really that subjective. There is a "normal" way of dressing no matter where you go, it changes with the culture, but there is a "normal". It was you who misunderstood me, I'm afraid.

 

[Diddy_Mao]

As the title says are you usally taken from somebody/something else? It happens to me all the time peapole allways take me for a bonehead (neo-nazi) It's mostly beacose I'm a skinhead (not nazi) and they are nearly always taken for boneheads. It don't disturb me that much beacose I'm used to it but I would prefer looked at me as yust a punker or R.A.S.H that I acculy am (R.A.S.H = Communist skins) But does it ofen does it happen to you and for what/who do they acculy take you for than it happens?

I spent a lot of my time growing up hanging out with the SHARPS around here. So yeah I know where you're coming from.

 

[Yureina]

Most people tend to assume I am either a timid social recluse who does not understand the world, or that I am a volatile psychotic who wants to cause trouble for everyone else. Both these assumptions are extreme and are seriously lacking in truth. Nevertheless, it still comes up.

 

[Communist partisan]

As the title says are you usally taken from somebody/something else? It happens to me all the time peapole allways take me for a bonehead (neo-nazi) It's mostly beacose I'm a skinhead (not nazi) and they are nearly always taken for boneheads. It don't disturb me that much beacose I'm used to it but I would prefer looked at me as yust a punker or R.A.S.H that I acculy am (R.A.S.H = Communist skins) But does it ofen does it happen to you and for what/who do they acculy take you for than it happens?

I spent a lot of my time growing up hanging out with the SHARPS around here. So yeah I know where you're coming from.

so... how do you mean whith "know where you are comming from?"

 

[fgdfgdgd]

Haha. Flak Canons remind me of Red Alert games.

I really like guys like that. They're big or massive in build, but their friendly and great for bear hugs. One of my close guy friends is like that. People steer clear of him simply because he looks big and mean but hes just a normal nice guy on the inside. I'm sorry that happens to you though.

Look at it this way though, if people can assume about you simply by how you look, are they worth it?

Why thanks you, and yes, you're quite right about them not being worth it, and i'd advise against my bear hugs...i've been known to squeeze a little to hard.

That's quite alright. I'm pretty tough for a girl.

fair enough then, my friends get a little jumpy when i lift them up into the air while doing it.

 

[Hollock]

People think I'm a mean person, just because I don't always acknowledge them in a "perfect" way. I act neutral towards people most of the time, but people seem to think of it as negativity.

really? You seem like one of the nicest guys on here and people think you're mean.

OP: I used to get mixed up with another guy I know all the time, but then he became bone skinnny and started dressing like lady gaga, so it doesn't happen as much.

 

[HT_Black]

My Buddy: Hey dude?
Me: Yeah?
MB: Are you British?
Me: What? No!
MB: Irish?
Me: Not really.
MB: Scottish?
Me: No...
MB:...Welsh?
Me: No! I'm from Alabama, you stupid twit!
MB: See? You are British!

As well as a white European, I'm often mistaken for cranky, antisocial, depressed, homicidal, and a werewolf. Half of the time, they're wrong.

 

[Trifixion]

Well, there are the people who stop while driving by me and ask for directions to one place or another - happens almost every day. I guess they figure I look honest or trustworthy or something - which I am, but I also have the directional sense of a moth with ADHD, so I'm definitely not the right person to ask. And no one who ever sees me without knowing anything about me ahead of time would never, ever suspect I was a total metalhead.

 

[Declaro]

Apparently I come off as very religious, which I think is absolutely hilarious. I mean, I dress sort of modestly I suppose (I'm not really a tits-out kind of girl) but whenever there's a religious person around they automatically assume I am like, hardcore Jesus freak.

I think it's the Southern accent.

 

[johnsom]

People judge me for the way I walk. Doesn't surprise me.

 

[Communist partisan]

People judge me for the way I walk. Doesn't surprise me.

so... how do you walk?

 

[Chris^^]

I get accused of being either racist, gay or emo, doesn't make me happy

Well that's what you get when you won't talk to black people, get off with boys and listen to Paramore god dammit!

ahhhhh so THAT's where I've been going wrong all this time!!
thanks for your help ¬¬

 

[SnipErlite]

People think I'm a mean person, just because I don't always acknowledge them in a "perfect" way. I act neutral towards people most of the time, but people seem to think of it as negativity.

Heh, I get that. People assume I don't like them because I don't act totally positively towards them. Tis a little strange.

Oh and a friend's parents think i'm a bit of an alcoholic :S I'm not too sure why though.

 

[The Hero Killer]

I was taken for a drug dealer multiple times while in college. I remember one time when I was walking to the computer lab to print out a paper, this car pulled up next to me and asked to buy some weed. I hate drugs and thus was justifiably offended.

 

[Audun]

People refuse to accept that i can have a friend who is a nazi without being one myself.

why do i have a nazi friend? he's been my friend longer than he's been a nazi. also, it's like being friends with a cartoon character, absolutely hilarious.

He is also a misogynist, sociopath, alcoholic, sado-masochistic and possibly schizophrenic. He also has an ego the size of a planet, acts like a total douchebag, and trolls youtube forums. He hates: Jews, Christians, Muslims, women, gays, black people, communists, americans, french people etc. (I wish i was exaggerating) Its like he sees the world through a filter of hate.

It is really annoying, and sometimes embarrassing, when someone thinks i share his ideology. I am his exact opposite. I'm basically a nice guy, i don't have any prejudices, i tend to be pacifistic. I view politics and religion with complete apathy, couldn't care less. But people still think I'm like him. Probably because he is really social and outgoing, and i am socially reclusive. They get to know him first, and if they get to know me later they usually get surprised when they find out i'm not a nazi.