Stereotypes that are completely wrong
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I personally dislike the stereotype that Jews are greedy and stingy with money. I'm not saying it's completely false, we Jews do seem to like and be smart with money, and some may be stingy, but keep in mind that many Jews are also good people. So I hate hearing about how Jews never tip and things like that, because that's not true.
Well there's a differnt understanding of a culture when you've lived there your whole life and being related to one of it's people.Cliff_m85 said:
Heavens no. It's just that people usually only get up in arms about negative stereotypes, so we need to pretend that they're not true (even if they are, thus preventing us from addressing serious social problems).Mezzamine said:
Stereotypes are the natural result of humans having only limited information available to us. We have to make assumptions in order to function socially, since none of us know everything about everybody.
Another one I hate is the stereotype that Irish are all stupid farmers. Havok (The company who did the physics for games like Oblivion, Assassins Creed, Halo 3 and Force Unleashed.) is an Irish company.
We teens aren't all stupid delinquents who will do stupid things if not watched closely. I spend a good bit of time here fighting that notion.
Any gay guy, you say? How about my own damned self? ;Pxitel said:
It's not that he does it just to get attention or anything, it's honestly just how he's always been, even when he thought he was straight >.> We've been good friends since we were little, and he's always been kinda flame-tastic...
But yes, it can be kinda annoying, especially when you get three or four of flamers together and they actually make a contest of who can be the most stereotypically gay... funny as hell, but annoying.
i love that episode XDG1eet said:
im quarter scottish, and im pretty laid back, but when im mad i go nuts :O so maybe there's a tiny bit of truth to it?
the rest of me is english though, and although i do like tea i rarely drink it, and i dont wear a monocle or a top hat =[ which is a shame
In terms of groups,such as 'emo' or 'goth',they become the steryotype in a sense...
they dress like each other usually,and they bother with each other,As any 'group' would do really.People are drawn to other people like them-same hobbies and such.All I'm trying to say is,for the people who complain to stop stereotyping,they don't really help themselves if you get my meaning.....
they dress like each other usually,and they bother with each other,As any 'group' would do really.People are drawn to other people like them-same hobbies and such.All I'm trying to say is,for the people who complain to stop stereotyping,they don't really help themselves if you get my meaning.....
There's a difference between enjoying a good drink and getting hammered every night.[/quote]Sky Captanio said:
I never meant that, but I have visited your country. You have a very different attitude towards drinking then many other European cultures, and alcoholism seems to be a bigger problem where you live then in other parts of Europe.
Now, am I saying the stereotype is true? Definately not, but are you maybe more inclined to drink? A bit, yes.
