Phlakes said:
It's a less serious one, but when people assume everyone from Texas owns a ranch and rides horses to school.
You know who else owned a ranch and rode horses to school?
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No seriously, his mom owned a ranch and he would ride horses in his youth. In my opinion though, you should milk this assumption for everything it's worth.
An assumption I dislike is that ignorant people are somehow worse than us.
No, they aren't. They're just ignorant, and you should see this as a chance to inform them properly. They do wonderful, helpful things to people in general. When you find out that they are homophobic, don't freak out about it. Just calmly ask why, and explain why you think they are wrong. I've seen way too many examples where someone basically used this assumption to further an argument that ended up in the person she was criticizing for being homophobic to just shut herself out to anything outside. Just be nice, guys.
Another assumption I don't like, is that people with firearms are lunatics or paranoid. It's a nice hobby, and if the need to defend my household does arise, even better.
Oh, one more. That video games are not capable of being art. Granted, I can understand why, but every time I make this argument to my friends, they just seem to ignore me (Most of their experience with gaming usually takes place in the form of platformers, multiplayer games, and MMOs).
LookingGlass said:
Personally I hate the fact that tons of people people assume that because something is very popular, it's good for everyone.
Examples, particularly in the social realm: going out drinking or to parties, dating and marriage.
While I disagree with the dating and marriage part not being enjoyable (I'm
dating someone who I plan to
marry, but then you did say that you yourself weren't a fan so this mentioning is somewhat pointless), I do firmly agree with the drinking and partying part being stupid.
My dad, having been an alcoholic, has completely turned me off of the idea of alcoholic beverages (Even though my mom keeps trying to get me to try it even though she knows why I won't), and from what I've seen of most large parties, they just encourage negative behavior. I'll get a small group of friends together, and we'll have a few sodas, play a game or two, talk and laugh, all that stuff. That's a good party for me.
Also check out Extra Credits' vid about anonymous it's pretty good as well.
