Stereotypes you hate being lumped into

[TheModWolf]

I'm not a hipster, an indie kid or a musical elitist just because i listen to obscure artists, or dress in a certain way! I don't go for a look or anything it's just the way I dress. Stop calling me a hipster!

Edit to avoid double posting: How could I forget the red hair one. Forgetting it in favor of hipster stereotypes shows how much it actually bothers me, but it's definitely a stereotype i get lumped into.

 

[Arcticflame]

Well my first name is extremely german, (and indeed I am half german) so all through kindergarten and primary school I was called hitler, nazi etc.
Especially not nice when some of my relatives were killed for being against hitler during 2nd world war, so I suppose the german stereotype is the one I hate, I mean.. it was 70 years ago...

But oh well, small children always are the most cruel.

 

[Erana]

Clearly, because I started college early, I'm a socially-inept 12-year-old.

It got a bit weird when freshman were doing this to me when I was a senior and older than them.
And for Heaven's sake, I haven't looked 12 since I was 14.

 

[SadakoMoose]

Also, how much of the entertainment factor of wrestling do you think you derive from the homoeroticism?

None. I don't watch it because of its potential for homoeroticism. A concept that many people find baffling, because apparently gay people only ever watch anything for it's gay subtext.

Is it so hard to think I watch wrestling because it's interesting and entertaining, without playing host to the misconception that I watch it to crack one off over men in pants grappling each other? I mean, have you SEEN the vast majority of wrestlers? They're ugly fucks, they really are. There's only ONE attractive wrestler in the entire WWE for god sake.

Damn straight, man.
It may be my years of wrestling fandom, but over time I've just sort of dissociated wrestling from any perceivable homo eroticism. Why do I need to be "on-guard" about that sort of thing anyway? Does it matter? You know, it's sad, but I've seen perfectly reasonable otherwise open minded people act like total dicks about pro wrestling. It gets really hypocritical after a while, what with guys that (just last week) can rip all over Jack Thompson like it's (still) 2007 being the same guys to talk about pro wrestling fans like CSI talks about gamers.
Sometimes I just don't get people.

 

[UnderCoverGuest]

"Ooooh, you're 275 pounds with 8% bodyfat, YOU MUST BE SLOOOOOOOOW. Ninjas are sooo fast and strong, they can throw cars with one hand and jump a thousand feet in the air! But you're just big and duuuumb!"

Curiously, the only time people say that to me after they see my photo or hear my story is on the internet where every scrawny fifteen year-old is a tough-guy. Dunno why I bothered posting this.

 

[Illesdan]

4) "He has a speech impediment (a stutter), therefore he is retarded." I've gotten this one from teachers even. While we don't know the exact reason I stutter, the general consensus from various speech therapists is that my brain moves too fast for my mouth to keep up. By the time I say one thing, I'm already thinking about the next few things.

I roleplayed a character with a stutter; after three months of playing that character, I had to 'purchase off' the disadvantage because I began to stutter in real life conversations. From what I understand, they used to have stutterers try to formulate the conversation in a foreign language in their head while they were speaking. I don't know if this is true or if it actually works, I just know I heard about that when I was a kid.

 

[Krafty_Krocodile]

"You're young, that means you want to rob my shop" Seriously this one IS REALLY pissing me off
"You're a teenager, therefore you like rap/hiphop" UGH i hate rap and hip hop
"You have long hair, so you must be a hippy" i usually joke around with this one but it does get annoying
"You're a gamer, thus you must like COD" Gtfo... I don't mind COD but the game isn't my sort of game, also the question "do you have a PS3 or an XBox?" also annoys me because i have neither, i'm happy with my Wii, sure its not the most hardcore system around but it suits my purpose il'd rather play Kirby epic yarn then COD.
"You own a wii therefore you are either a Pedo or a Manchild" Well excuuuuuuuse me if i want to have a bit of fun playing games that are Wii only.

 

[shadyh8er]

"A vegetarian? He must be a pussy!"

This one, and...

"You like seeing cartoon girls get raped by tentacles?"

"Dude! I just said I like anime!"

 

[imnot]

I'm intelligent and don't hate my teachers: I must do well in school, and or am a complete prick.
(My grades are pretty much rolling a dice. And I'm only prickish to people who treat me so or arrogant idiots.)

I like games: I have no life and must play WoW.
(I've got plenty of lives! JK. I'm alive, and have friends. I don't play WoW, but apart from that, what's wrong with it? People have died playing it? 1 in a million is more of an anomaly than the rule. People get hurt and die more often in sports. If somebody does something for most of their time, guess what they're going to die doing. And even WoW causes online friends. You can't easily just cut players off from that.)

I speak to people on the internet: I'm anti social.
(What's anti social on basing friends purely on personality than looks?)

Stay in doors all the time: No life and hates the outside.
(I'm indoors a lot because I like games, and I don't have anything to do outside, because no one ever invites me to do anything and I never have idea for something to do.)

I have Aspergers syndrome and ADHD: I msut be overly hyperactive and require help.

(...I get offered help and extra time for exams instead of the dumb people. Most people don't even believe I have ADHD, because apparently everyone's an expert in it.)

I say I'm misanthropic: I must hate EVERYONE, FOR NO REASON. And I must hate life, and should kill myself to avoid being with people.
(I have reasons, and even though I hate humanity as a whole, I give every individual an individual chance...and then hate them. It's not my fault if they suck.)

Atheist: I must hate religious people.
(I don't hate them. I'm only going to get annoying if they annoy me by ignorantly disagreeing with things without any explanation apart from "God did it". I'm only going to yell if they do that or try to convert me. I can get along with logical people that are religious. I don't mind if someone talks sense, and doesn't hate science, and so happens to believe in God. I think Science and Religion could be compatible, even if God is powerful enough to be beyond logic.)

My vocabulary is better than yours: Must be an attention seeking nerd that reads the dictionary.
(No...and a thesarus would work better.)

Holy shit we are like twins!!!

 

[dan-bri]

"You do MMA, your a CAGE FIGHTER right?"
"No, I'm a Mixed Martial Artist, and yes cages are involved. Doesn't make me a cage fighter though"
Seriously bugs me with this one. Theres a serious difference between the two. Namely I don't go into a fight looking to get hit to show off how hard I am. Getting hit fucking hurts.

 

[Ganthrinor]

People immediately thinking I'm a Mormon when I say I'm from Utah.

Just because I've worked nights for the last decade and occasionally talk to myself doesn't mean I'm mentally unstable.

Mysanthropy IS a valid excuse, damnit.

Being a Guy. I absolutely detest even being slightly accosiated with the standard Guy Steroetypes. It really does take more than fake blonde hair, a pair of tits and a beer to get my interest.

The Idiot American Pig-Dog. Yeah, a lot of us are. Perhaps a disproportionate amount of us. We're not all bad though... just the ones that make it on TV or into the news. That could be my mysnanthropy talking though.

Aetheism. It's not a matter of like or hate. It's a matter of faith. The only thing I have faith in in humanity's collective stupidity and eventual self-destruction. And Astrophysics. "God" is a lot less awesome if you can explain "it" with a series of equations.

 

[Ickorus]

The British Guy: Im not some stuck up twat with an awful accent and I don't have tea and crumpets on a daily basis.

Gamer: Why on earth do I have to go out and get pissed to be considered normal? My gaming is something I find fun and is actually a hell of a lot cheaper than going to the pub every couple of days.

MMO Player: No im not a friendless loser, I probably have more friends worldwide at the moment than you will in your entire life.

MMO PvPer: Im not a jackass who thinks he's better than everyone else because he PvPs, I hate those arses that do think that as much as anyone else.

Long Hair: Im not a damned drug addict/dealer, stop pulling me out of queues for 'random' searches.

Ah yes, as the guy above me just reminded me:

The Guy Stereotype: What hangs between my legs does not define who I am.

 

[mrscott137]

The fact i'm Scottish! For fuck's sake- I DO NOT EAT HAGGIS EVERY FUCKING DAY!!

 

[Wapox]

When I'm with people of Metal-persuasion (metal, not mental) I apparantly look like a chav...
When I'm with people of "regular" Social persuasion (most frequent, not normal neccesarily) I apparantly seem to be a slob...
When with workers IE @ work (I work with laying drain pipes and installing plumming) I apparantly look like I think I'm better than them...

Seriously guys... I wear what I like, when I like and if I like it... and @ work well... I HATE BEING DIRTY... not meaning that I try not to be dirty, just that I usually wash it off before doing anything else IE EAT or go home... so yea apparantly I don't fit in anywhere but online...

OOH, in my cousin's Metal-crowd I apparantly fit in everywhere, I like metal, I wear what is appantly "in" at the moment, and I get dirty from time to time I gotta move to Iceland when the recession is over... (or maybe just before, to get the most out of the money I earn now... hmmm...)

 

[The Hero Killer]

That because I'm black I must either smoke or sell weed. I've been stopped on the street by buyers multiple times.

This and being followed or given dirty looks while shopping in higher end suburban areas as if I came in only to steal.

 

[TikiShades]

I hate that just because I'm an Easter Island head, that I'm probably thick-headed. People also keep trying to tell me that I'm not a Tiki and shouldn't be named that, but it's just not sinking in as to why. :0

*chuckles*

I hate the stereotype that thinks sgnostics are athiests, because I actually tend to side more with religion, if only to play devil's advocate. Hehehe, devil's advocate. XP

 

[Yuno Gasai]

I confuse people who find out more and more about me. And yes I do it deliberately in a lot of ways.



So basically I try and defy stereotype with every little thing you learn about me. I am me, not my hobbies.

I could've written that myself. In a bid to make this post seem like less of a cop-out, here are some of the stereotypes I seem to be labelled as most frequently..

The Gamer Girl Stereotype: Yes, I am female. Yes, I play games. No, I am not terrible at every game I pick up. No, I do not insist on bitchslapping you with my gender, and/or using gaming platforms in a desperate attempt to get laid. (And yes, I can probably kick your ass at my favourite competitive games.)

The British Stereotype: Yes, I am British. Yes, I drink tea. No, I do not talk about the weather 24/7. No, I do not believe my country is so much better than yours. No, I will not visit your country and belittle your intelligence by speaking my language slowly and loudly in a bid to make you understand.

The Kinky Stereotype: Yes, I am into BDSM. Yes, I am submissive. No, I will not crawl into bed with you just because you 'order' me to do so. No, I do not approve of abusive relationships, and no, any relationship I enter into which practices BDSM is not abusive.

The Pierced/Tattooed Stereotype: Yes, I have piercings. Yes, I have tattoos. No, I am not unapproachable because of my appearance - I'm actually quite friendly and accepting. No, I do not like a certain genre of music or film just because of my piercings/tattoos. Yes, I am still afraid of needles.

 

[ChippedShoulder]

NO, little old lady! Just because I am a teenager does NOT mean I'm about to stab you. Also NO mother! Just because I am a gamer does not mean I am a total shut-in! Why I was out with friends just last month! I kid, of course... year XD

 

[DeadFOAM]

4) "He has a speech impediment (a stutter), therefore he is retarded." I've gotten this one from teachers even. While we don't know the exact reason I stutter, the general consensus from various speech therapists is that my brain moves too fast for my mouth to keep up. By the time I say one thing, I'm already thinking about the next few things.

I roleplayed a character with a stutter; after three months of playing that character, I had to 'purchase off' the disadvantage because I began to stutter in real life conversations. From what I understand, they used to have stutterers try to formulate the conversation in a foreign language in their head while they were speaking. I don't know if this is true or if it actually works, I just know I heard about that when I was a kid.

That was something they tried to teach me in Speech Therapy. Unfortunatly, I only speak English fluently. I was in Speech Therapy for a long time, 1st grade to freshman year of high school. Because of this, I've tried most of the tricks and such in that time. It helped, but I still stutter. The one that helped the most for me was to just slow down.