I'm a what now?!

[TimeLord]

I get asked if I'm a geek.

Why yes, yes I am

 

[Iron Lightning]

I'm a 74" half-jew atheist ubernerd named after the Spanish term for a little-known pueblo-dwelling tribe of native Americans (not the Hopi.) So yeah... I'm not even sure what I am, far be it for me to tell other people what to think of me.

 

[HavoK 09]

There was this gay kid who came up to me and said "You're queerer than I am!" in the gayest way possible. That wasn't and good for my self esteem.

you know what you make you look straight?

punching him in the face and telling his sorry ass to get lost

 

[teutonicman]

I probably would have screwed with him a little. I would've told him I know of a group that can de-gayify him and put him on the path to God.

 

[ayuri]

i was called
first nations,
foreign because of my accent only five people i met ever thought I had not even a bit of an accent and
a girl

 

[i don't know]

some people say I'm heartless, *twitch* *gasp* *thud* *shriek*, correction now I am.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I once knew a guy who called me a 'daywalker'. When I pointed out that I bear no resemblance to Wesley Snipes whatsoever, he justified it by saying that I was the only decent red headed person he knew. Which makes me a vampire thats resistant to sunlight apparently.

Still, more of a compliment than anything above ^^

Depends when the comment was made but in a South Park episode a while back Cartman sets out to eliminate Gingers and those without freckles or really fair skin he calls "Daywalkers". It probably comes from that.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I was called a skin head once. I didn't do anything remotely racist the guy just assumed I was a racist because of my hair (I'm assuming thats why, I didn't really ask). I have a shaved head, and thats the only thing I could think of that would have caused the accusation.

But I am also half Japanese, and I don't know many mixed race neo nazis...

Not all skinheads are racists. Over the years I've met skinheads of every colour, creed, persuasion, you name it.

 

[JimJamJahar]

A lot of people ask me if I'm a lesbian, including the guy I like, my mother, and my grandmother. It's kind of weird because I can't figure out what it is that makes them assume that.

You do realise that you could use this to your advantage with the guy you like, don't you? (I'm kidding, by the way. Women tend to hurt me for making jokes)

OT: To keep the sun out of my eyes, I kind of scrunch my face up and people just assume I'm an angry person.

 

[Firefoxmccoy]

"what you sad about?" or "are you okay" which I replied with a confused look, cuz apparently I have a very sad and depressing look on my face all the time.

Same for me...people always think i'm depressed or upset...although I never am.

 

[Fenreil]

I am a basketball player, according to at least 90% of the strangers I have talked to.

I've also been accused of being too serious, and unhappy because I "don't smile very often." I have a speech prepared for these occasions:

"Okay, think about it this way: Your smiles mean nothing. You smile so often that it has degenerated into an automatic response. They come quickly and easily because you don't really care. When I smile, I mean it. I don't hand them out to every person I meet. My smiles, therefore, are many times better than yours."

One of the people I said that to asked if that meant that I called her a "Smile Whore". I said yes and, surprisingly, she laughed.

 

[rokkolpo]

i often go by Micheal Jackson.
being blond and all...

it's because i wear a similar hat to Micheal Jackson. so i've also been called Jason Mraz & Boris (whoever that is)

i don't really mind since it's not an insult.

 

[Simriel]

It is an insult in some form or other to anyones mind? Yes? Then I have been called it.

 

[Aerodyamic]

I have this problem every couple of years, but it concerns my chosen hairstyle: bald. For some reason, every couple of years, the neo-nazi skinheads that live in the suburbs southwest of my city get ansty and agitated, and I perennially, get questioned by one or more of them if I'm a skinhead or a 'shaved-head'.

My response is always 'Shaved-head, not skinhead, thank you muchly', which invariably turns into a scrap, because they can't understand that ethnicity isn't any real reason to be a douchebag.

 

[CloggedDonkey]

I often get asked if I'm a hippy.

I am not a hippy, I just have long hair.

I don't even wear hippy clothes!

Wait, are you sure you're not confusing "Hippy" with "The Scariest Person I Have Seen Sense Hannibal Lector"?

OT: No, but I'm pretty sure most of the girls at my school think I'm gay. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just I'm not, and hearing girls talk about feminine problems (guy trouble, hanging out with other girls, ect.) gets a little awkward at times. Doesn't help that I sit at one of the "girl" tables at lunch, but that more has to do with the fact that it's one of the few tables where I can sit and read in peace.

 

[lee1287]

I'm often asked if I'm a Persian. I guess because of the tone of my skin and my facial hair.

Its kind of annoying, but I fine with it.

Well. are you?

 

[Blasphemous Rex]

People seem to think I'm ignorant because of how literal of a person I am. I purposefully ignore metaphors all the time because I either think they're stupid or I think it's funny. They also tend to think I'm kind of a dick, though I'm not saying I'm not.

 

[esperandote]

I once was nagged by a stranger and called antipatriotic for dressing for halloween (a foreign festivity for me)