Stereotypes

[white_salad]

We all know those people who actually think the stereotype on tv and movies are real, and we all wish to someday purge them from earth. But until then, we have to listen to these creatures. So what is your stereotype, and is it accurate?

My stereotype is that since I live in California, I must be a surfing expert, have long golden frocks of hair, talk like bill and ted, and be as tanned as hulk hogan.

I can say with much confidence that almost none of this is true. I can't surf at all, in fact I don't even enjoy the water much. I do have blond hair, but its barely considered long. I wish I talked like bill and ted, and I'm so damn pale, I am practically invisible.

So whats your stereotype?

 

[oni565]

I'm Canadian, so:
-I live in an igloo -A have a snowmobile
-I speak french -I say EH
-My army sucks -Etc. Etc.

 

[Mr.Switchblade]

Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason, if a large portion of a selected group tend to act or appear a certain way, what is wrong with enforcing that? I be Scotish pasty white hairy highlander type. Hate the sun, love the snow.
Cheers

 

[Ophiuchus]

I'm from England. I drink lots of tea, eat plenty of crumpets and say things like 'spiffing'.

Actually, I'm not joking.

 

[Isaac Dodgson]

I'm irish, i live in new england, i live in a rural area...so lets see what we got here.

I can hold my liquor - True
I take R's out of words and put them on others - Half true, i take them out, but i hate it when people say "Idear"
I have a short temper - True, very true
Living in NE and in "the woods" I must be able to hunt/fish - False I'm a transplant born in the city I'll go back eventually
Living in a rural area I must be an uneducated republican - False, very educated independent, leaning mostly to democratic
Living in northern NE I must ski/snowboard - False, I used to board, horribly, but not anymore...
Living in NE I must think i'm smarter than everyone - False I don't think it, I know it...ahem actually I'm a bit of a defeatist...

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

While I am Canadian, I currently live in Quebec which means multiple stereotypes.

- I am seperatist bastard (Semi-truth, only because I would love to witness Quebec choke on their idiocy be splitting from Canada.)
- I speak fluent French (Lived here for fourteen years and this has never been true)
- I surrender/give up quickly. (Considering people I know cite me as one of the most stubborn people they know, I doubt it.)
- I say eh (guilty although hardly often these days.)
- I live in an igloo

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

Australian so:

I live in a kangaroo
I have an annoying accent
I'm friendly but simple
I wear khaki
I have a large knife


...Americans freak out when they come here, they're like "So do you ride kangaroos to school?", it's annoying. And all of it's wrong, I hate animals, I speak with a Half Irish half city Australian accent, I'm an asshole and reasonably intelligent, I wear dark colors and think khaki is weird, though I must admit I like the knife idea...

 

[PuckFuppet]

I'm Irish... I really don't need to say anything do I.

 

[white_salad]

Australian so:

I live in a kangaroo
I have an annoying accent
I'm friendly but simple
I wear khaki
I have a large knife


...Americans freak out when they come here, they're like "So do you ride kangaroos to school?", it's annoying. And all of it's wrong, I hate animals, I speak with a Half Irish half city Australian accent, I'm an asshole and reasonably intelligent, I wear dark colors and think khaki is weird, though I must admit I like the knife idea...

I personally apologize for all Americans. But that knife thing is pretty cool though. I wish my stereotype enabled me to carry a deadly weapon.

 

[WolfMage]

I'm gonna steal from Issac Dodgson now.

I'm Irish, I live in Illinois, I live in a suburb... so lets see what we got here.

I can hold my liquor - Don't know yet, can't legally drink.
I take R's out of words and put them on others - False, and hate the use of "Idear".
I have a short temper - Sometimes, like when I drink.
Living in NE and in "the woods" I must be able to hunt/fish - Half true, I can hunt well, not so great with fishing. Also, I live in the Mid-West in the suburbs.
Living in a rural area I must be an uneducated republican - False, very educated Libertarian.
Living in northern NE I must ski/snowboard - False, I can't do shit with a snowboard, or skis, for that matter.
Living in NE I must think I'm smarter than everyone - False I don't think it, I know it, and have it demonstrated to me daily by my dumbass friends, the smartest of which is a fucking 12 year old, when the rest are 16.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Australian so:

I live in a kangaroo
I have an annoying accent
I'm friendly but simple
I wear khaki
I have a large knife

You forgot

You have had your baby taken by a dingo.
You live in fear of face hugger bears that lie in wait in the trees.
You wear a hat with corks dangling from it.

I'd really rather not say what the stereotype for my country is.
Or at least I'd rather not say what the Australian view of a stereotypical New Zealander is.
I don't know what the stereotype is of us from other countries (that is, other than Australia), but I can take a guess and assume that most think that we're Australia, except smaller, so it's the same stuff, but with smaller knives, and Wallabies instead of Kangaroos.

 

[Adam Jenson]

...Americans freak out when they come here, they're like "So do you ride kangaroos to school?", it's annoying. And all of it's wrong, I hate animalsand think khaki is weird, though I must admit I like the knife idea...

I play along with it whenever I get the chance. I told one yank that Koalas are actually used as guard dogs and are specially trained to incapacitate a man with vomit.

 

[Corven]

Australian so:

I live in a kangaroo
I have an annoying accent
I'm friendly but simple
I wear khaki
I have a large knife


...Americans freak out when they come here, they're like "So do you ride kangaroos to school?", it's annoying. And all of it's wrong, I hate animals, I speak with a Half Irish half city Australian accent, I'm an asshole and reasonably intelligent, I wear dark colors and think khaki is weird, though I must admit I like the knife idea...

I personally apologize for all Americans. But that knife thing is pretty cool though. I wish my stereotype enabled me to carry a deadly weapon.

I too apologize, and I add this small morsel of knowledge that everyone should remember,
when people go on vacation they pack everything but their brains.

As for stereotypes, well since I'm part 'native-american' I should be in touch with nature, have a great love for animals, and live on a reservation owning a casino. all of which are not true, except for the animals thing for the most part (I like my animals just fine, I don't give a fig about anyone elses), although I do wish the casino thing were true.

 

[DoW Lowen]

I'm an Australian and my parents are Vietnamese ethnics so I normally get viewed in one or two ways.

If people see me, they assume I can't speak English, this is particularly true at my university where people think I'm an international student, and are surprised that I don't speak 'engrish' and that I'm an articulate writer. They assume I'm somehow polite and always aware of manners and honor. That's an Japanese stereotype, but people generally assume that I'm Korean as well, so I'm a bit confused of how Australians view Asians at all. People always assume I'm good at maths, when in truth if something cannot be counted on two hands then I get a bad head spin.

Online on Xbox Live, people mistake my Australian accent for British. Not to pick on the US, but all that have said that have been American. I had one kid though compliment me on my accent, he thought I was Welsh. When I told him I was Australian he replied with "oh whereabouts in London is that?"

 

[WolfThomas]

Australian so:

I live in a kangaroo
I have an annoying accent
I'm friendly but simple
I wear khaki
I have a large knife

No
Yes
Yes
Sometimes
Several

I'd really rather not say what the stereotype for my country is.

Actually a lot of international people (South Africans the most) I've met attach the Sheep-Shagging stereotype to us Aussies, I have to immediately correct them.

But jokes aside, New Zealanders are the second awesomest people in the world (after us). You're like our Canada (no idea if that's a compliment/insult)

I play along with it whenever I get the chance. I told one yank that Koalas are actually used as guard dogs and are specially trained to incapacitate a man with vomit.

We got some Italian exchange students to put Vegemite on their skin as "drop bear" repellent, told them we didn't need it from years of eating it.

You have had your baby taken by a dingo.

You know that actually happened. Poor woman lost her child.

 

[WingedFortress]

I'm a Canuck! I only have one battleship in my navy(Im not sure if this is true, it probably is, but who needs a battleship when we can borrow america's?)
I'm a copious pot smoker(count another one as true)
I can hunt/fish/forage(Never hunted. Fished A TON as kid, never catching one. The little red berries make you very sick)

But rather than rack my brain, I'll leave the rest to another Canadian who has done all my work for me. : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_to_americans

 

[The Iron Ninja]

I'd really rather not say what the stereotype for my country is.

Actually a lot of international people (South Africans the most) I've met attach the Sheep-Shagging stereotype to us Aussies, I have to immediately correct them.

The whole Sheep-Shagger thing is set on "Aussie" over here as well. I can't think of what we think of South Afrika in terms of Stereotypes though, other than the accent.

But jokes aside, New Zealanders are the second awesomest people in the world (after us). Your like our Canada (no idea if that's a compliment/insult)

It's a huge compliment, Canada is awesome, the counterweight to America's unbridled stupidity.
And they Wrestle bears.

You know that actually happened. Poor woman lost her child.

Yep I know. Stuck it's head into the tent and took it, then ate it presumably.
Apparently Chimps in Africa do that occasionally as well, except probably without the tent.


Edit: The above guy reminded me, it's not so much a stereotype as it is a shameful truth, but my country has practically no military might, we're completely defenseless.
I read a segment in the newspaper recently which showed that if the New Zealand airforce and the collective hobby aircraft of New Zealand went head to head, the latter would win.
Not least of all because the hobby aircraft fellows have jet fighters, wheras the air force doesn't.
I wish I was kidding.
Our airforce doesn't have planes.

 

[VoleurdeThym]

Valley girl.
Apparently I...
-Filthy rich. (Untrue, I'm hella broke.)
-Live in a Mansion. (Untrue.)
-Have a purse dog. (I can't degrade animals like that, poor things.)
-Say "like" and "Oh my God!!" non stop. (I DO say like, but not very often. "Oh my god" is not part of my typical vocabulary.)
-Am a complete slut. (Untrue.)
-Am utterly stupid. (Untrue.)
-Say 'Hella'. (Guilty.)

 

[WolfThomas]

It's a huge compliment, Canada is awesome, the counterweight to America's unbridled stupidity.
And they Wrestle bears.

Does that make us a mini-America? Hmm troops sent to a invasion the public didn't agree with. Ignored the Kyoto protocol (till recently). Oh oh.

Nah we got beaches, strong beer and larrikanism.