Things people assume for some reason that drives you nuts

[King of Asgaard]

Do they actually teach Geography in in the U.S.A?

They teach it, the students don't pay attention worth a shat though.

The generalizations burrrn. They BURN! This doesn't make you sound smart, extruding baseless assumptions from your thought-anus. This whole thread is about how obnoxious stupid assumptions are. I know! Lets post stupid assumptions! Makes perfect sense.

You both sound like sociopaths.

I am, is that a bad thing?

Yes, for fucks sake. Sociopathy is a bad thing. What the hell planet are you living on?
Unless that was a subtle joke, in which case, it made me chuckle.

A planet where people (supposedly) don't judge others because of their different views and ideals. Granted that's not exactly true, but that's life for ya, disappointments all round.

 

[DRes82]

A planet where people (supposedly) don't judge others because of their different views and ideals. Granted that's not exactly true, but that's life for ya, disappointments all round.

Sociopathy is a mental illness, not an 'ideal' or 'view', so I sure hope you're not insinuating that I'm being intolerant. Not being able to emotionally or physically empathize with other people is a terrible thing, no matter how you look at it.

solvemedia: choose dish
No, because dish doesn't carry amc. =P

 

[King of Asgaard]

A planet where people (supposedly) don't judge others because of their different views and ideals. Granted that's not exactly true, but that's life for ya, disappointments all round.

Sociopathy is a mental illness, not an 'ideal' or 'view', so I sure hope you're not insinuating that I'm being intolerant. Not being able to emotionally or physically empathize with other people is a terrible thing, no matter how you look at it.

solvemedia: choose dish
No, because dish doesn't carry amc. =P

I only empathize with people I know and like, not someone I have no connection to and know nothing about.
Believe me, I tried being empathetic with everyone, and it only led to me being bullied for over a decade.

 

[Yopaz]

Everyone thinks I'll have a drivers license.

I disappoint them every single time. No I can't drive you.

In the future just tell people who asks you to drive them "Sorry, I can't I just took 4 vicodin and mixed it with vodka".

People don't really assume things about me that I find annoying. People assume I am smart (I don't know where this comes from), that I spend a good deal of my time studying and that I'm a nice and decent guy (now this one is far fetched). People assume a lot about me, but mostly the things the assume seem to be positive. It even seems like people have the ability to figure out what kind of person I am, once some girl I had just met tried to hook me up with one of her friends assuming we had a lot in common. Turns out we liked the same kind of music, the same kind of books, the same kind of games and we had the same kind of humour.

 

[DRes82]

I only empathize with people I know and like, not someone I have no connection to and know nothing about.
Believe me, I tried being empathetic with everyone, and it only led to me being bullied for over a decade.

I felt the same way when I was younger. Initiating any type of relationship becomes infinitely easier with experience. Its actually pretty enjoyable, thinking about how it would be if I could go back to my high school days and keep the experience I have now.

 

[King of Asgaard]

I only empathize with people I know and like, not someone I have no connection to and know nothing about.
Believe me, I tried being empathetic with everyone, and it only led to me being bullied for over a decade.

I felt the same way when I was younger. Initiating any type of relationship becomes infinitely easier with experience. Its actually pretty enjoyable, thinking about how it would be if I could go back to my high school days and keep the experience I have now.

Myself being 17, experience is something I do not possess, and considering the lack of people with similar interests to my own where I live, I won't be obtaining it with ease.

 

[Lunatic High]

people who assume that because I'm a white guy with personality disorders, and an avid hunter/target shooter whom also plays video games that I'm gonna go on a shooting spree for reasons known only to them, and I can assume these reason are insulting to my character in general.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Some of my friends assume that I don?t wash my face because I have a lot of spots. Sorry, but I can?t help my shitty acne and I put on spot cream day and night, so don?t presume that the only reason I have a pimply face is because I?m somehow so retarded that I can?t scrub my face properly.

Some of my friends assume that there?s something wrong with me because I don?t find [insert stereotypically attractive female here] attractive. And most of these so-called ?fit girls? are complete skanks anyway. Like Kim Kardashian, for example. Ugh.

Many people assume that I?m always sad because I don?t tend to smile and typically display a frown if I?m just sitting on the bus, or bored, or tired, or whatever. I mean, yeah, I?m a moody and/or depressed bastard a lot of the time, but I?m not unhappy every time I?m not smiling. I?m just not an expressive person. When I received my positive exam results and my teacher asked me to smile, I just cracked an awkward smirk.

Because I have OCD, many people assume that I?m obsessive about cleanliness. No, OCD can manifest in other forms, and on the contrary, I?m quite a messy and unorganized person. It?s just that I like to keep things straight, or have fixations on certain numbers, etc. It?s less simple than ?oh, you like stuff to be clean?.

Oh, and people assuming that I should be good at basketball because I?m black and kind of tall, when I actually have little to no interest in sports in general and only play basketball when we have to in P.E. at school anyway.

And about other people?my friend insising that this guy guy in our year at school is, apparently, ?putting on? his feminine voice. I just replied that he?d sounded like that since Yea4 7, and since he had a cover-up girlfriend for three or four years before he came out, I doubt he?d want to bring any attention to himself by faking something like that. But my friend still doesn?t agree.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

Do they actually teach Geography in in the U.S.A?

No, we don't really have time for geography. I mean, between polishing our assault rifles and each one of us personally interfering in oil-rich countries' politics, we really don't have much time for anything else. Oh, except maybe taking a stroll on the prone bodies of poor immigrants down to the local McDonalds to buy a few bigmacs.

On topic:
I hate broad assumptions and generalizations directed at entire continental populations. They make my blood just seethe.

Don't invade my country and nuke us. > Insert Trollface here <
I was curious as to just how pertinent every other country is in comparison to America, are they worth teaching a class about. I was being a bit general and using a hyperbole to get an answer (to which I've gotten a few).

Broad Generalisation are broad and made not knowing that everyone fits the criteria.
It's just that my families first hand experience with American culture (G'day USA programs and my own personal company trip to GDC in San Fran) is, how to say, troubling.
It seems like a culture obsessed with needless excess. Big Houses, big cars, big roads, big sidewalks, big food, big money (in a physical sense, you use a one dollar note, we made that shit into a coin yonks ago), big drug use, big guns and ironically not big people (at least in San Fran, probably beacause of all the hills)

 

[DRes82]

Do they actually teach Geography in in the U.S.A?

No, we don't really have time for geography. I mean, between polishing our assault rifles and each one of us personally interfering in oil-rich countries' politics, we really don't have much time for anything else. Oh, except maybe taking a stroll on the prone bodies of poor immigrants down to the local McDonalds to buy a few bigmacs.

On topic:
I hate broad assumptions and generalizations directed at entire continental populations. They make my blood just seethe.

Don't invade my country and nuke us. > Insert Trollface here <
I was curious as to just how pertinent every other country is in comparison to America, are they worth teaching a class about. I was being a bit general and using a hyperbole to get an answer (to which I've gotten a few).

Broad Generalisation are broad and made not knowing that everyone fits the criteria.
It's just that my families first hand experience with American culture (G'day USA programs and my own personal company trip to GDC in San Fran) is, how to say, troubling.
It seems like a culture obsessed with needless excess. Big Houses, big cars, big roads, big sidewalks, big food, big money (in a physical sense, you use a one dollar note, we made that shit into a coin yonks ago), big drug use, big guns and ironically not big people (at least in San Fran, probably beacause of all the hills)

Pertinence of other countries to Americans is so varied per individual, it would be silly to say that EVERY American feels a certain way about it. We are a country of over 300 million people, after all. Granted, our most vocal citizens are usually the ones that are heard by our neighbors, and unfortunately they tend to be the most extreme. Let me assure you, however, that most Americans are very moderate and not gluttonous materialists, and would love nothing more than to see a strengthening of bonds between our fellow humans in other countries. As for geography, I pride myself on at least a workable knowledge of other countries and cultures. I can say with a good bit of certainty that most reasonable folks around here can do the same. I'm sorry that your experiences in this country were troubling, and I hope that in future visits you can find something that you can relate to and find enjoyable. If you go back to San Francisco, I might recommend Muir Woods. One of the most beautiful and primordial places that I've ever seen.

 

[MetalDooley]

That people always think my name is William. My given name is Billy, and everyone always assumes my name is actually William.

Well seeing as Billy is a commonly used short form of William it's a pretty reasonable assumption to make.My fathers name is William but he's been called Billy for most of his life

OT:That I'm some kind of anti-social loner because I don't use Facebook/Twitter/whatever social media is flavour of the month.No I just don't feel the need to constantly see what everyone I know is doing all the time or update people on the most mundane activities of my life

That I'm a biker because I have long hair and a beard.If I had a euro for everytime someone's asked me "what kind of bike do you drive?" I'd be able to afford a Harley

 

[Dallas-35]

When people assume that Canadians pronounce "about" "A-boot" I have never, ever heard anybody pronounce it "a-boot" in my life.

As for other Canadian stereotypes, I actually tend to say "Eh" a lot

 

[Legion]

Because I have OCD, many people assume that I?m obsessive about cleanliness. No, OCD can manifest in other forms, and on the contrary, I?m quite a messy and unorganized person. It?s just that I like to keep things straight, or have fixations on certain numbers, etc. It?s less simple than ?oh, you like stuff to be clean?.

It really does irritate me when people discuss psychological/neurological things that they know nothing about. Like people who think having schizophrenia is the same as having multiple personalities or that depression means you are suicidal.

That said, I dislike it when people act like they know anything about subjects that they clearly don't.

 

[Dangit2019]

Do they actually teach Geography in in the U.S.A?

They teach it, the students don't pay attention worth a shat though.

The generalizations burrrn. They BURN! This doesn't make you sound smart, extruding baseless assumptions from your thought-anus. This whole thread is about how stupid assumptions are obnoxious. I know! Lets post stupid assumptions! Makes perfect sense.

I do say this as an American student. So if anyone's being generalized by the statement, it's me as well as everyone else.

 

[DRes82]

Do they actually teach Geography in in the U.S.A?

They teach it, the students don't pay attention worth a shat though.

The generalizations burrrn. They BURN! This doesn't make you sound smart, extruding baseless assumptions from your thought-anus. This whole thread is about how stupid assumptions are obnoxious. I know! Lets post stupid assumptions! Makes perfect sense.

I do say this as an American student. So if anyone's being generalized by the statement, it's me as well as everyone else.

Oh ok. So I'll just attribute your silly generalization to your lack of life experience. See how I can assume since you're a student that you're young and have no experience? Obviously, that assumption is baseless. I am a student too...just finishing up my BS at University of Maryland, and I'm certain that I didn't notice a majority of my peers not paying attention in middle school Social Studies, or in high school Western Civ. It doesn't matter what context you're coming from, you can't generalize such a huge demographic. Well you can, I guess, but its meaningless and abrasive.

 

[SlamDunc]

To those complaining about people assuming everyone is American I understand the issue with that but even though I am Canadian when I interact with people online I tend to assume that they are American until I see something that makes me think differently. Mainly because the places I am on the internet tend to have Americans and Canadians as the largest demographic.

 

[TwiZtah]

As a foreigner living in Japan I have to deal with a lot of assumptions. People assume I am american just for being white (I am Swedish). If you dont know where someone is from, dont assume a nationality, ask!
Also people always assume that I dont speak Japanese and that my native language is English. In Europe there are LOADS of people who's native language isn't English. Sure I speak English fluently, but for all they know I might just as well have been from a country in Europe where people often dont become that proficient in English, and in that case Japanese may very well be the language I am more proficient at, thus speaking English to me could very well have been a language I simply did not understand. This of course boils down to being assumed as being an American. When, around new years, everyone thinks it is extraordinarily funny to say "happy new year" to me in broken English, I get so tired of it after a while. I realize they are just trying to be nice, but English isn't my native language any more than Japanese is, so either learn to say it in Swedish or say it in Japanese /Rant over.

Gott nytt år, lite långt dit än dock.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

People assume that because I don't have a license, I am a lazy. Not like I have legs or anything, herp. Though I am going out to start the process of getting my license this Sept.5th. Because my husband and I want to move to a different state in about one and a half years time and under the complicated circumstances of the move, I'll have to do all of the packing and driving on my own. I'm actually organizing and getting rid of stuff we don't need now, for the sake of my sanity on the day the moving starts.

People assume that because I force myself to be out and about among other people, that I am very social. They always invite me out and ask me to go to parties and when I constantly say "No" they think I am being 'mean'. I've actually been called a snotty ***** for it. You know, I force myself to go out and do things, because things have to get done. I don't enjoy leaving my comfort zone, or talking to people (especially strangers), or even making prolonged eye contact. Running errands amongst other human beings is an absolute necessity if I want to continue to live - do you see?.

People assume that I know everything about every Native American tribe that ever existed because I have Native American blood. "Oh, what tribe are you from?" "I have Yaqui(Yoreme) blood, but I don't belong to a specific tribe. I don't even really speak the language." Then they proceed to ask me questions about Cherokee, Black Foot, Apache, etc; I don't know okay? I DON'T KNOW. Go to the library or Google that shit will yah? Geez. If I knew they wouldn't spread it around and offend a lot of people, I'd just start making stuff up.

There's more, but I tend to over-explain myself and I think I've typed enough words in this post.

 

[Kekkonen1]

As a foreigner living in Japan I have to deal with a lot of assumptions. People assume I am american just for being white (I am Swedish). If you dont know where someone is from, dont assume a nationality, ask!
Also people always assume that I dont speak Japanese and that my native language is English. In Europe there are LOADS of people who's native language isn't English. Sure I speak English fluently, but for all they know I might just as well have been from a country in Europe where people often dont become that proficient in English, and in that case Japanese may very well be the language I am more proficient at, thus speaking English to me could very well have been a language I simply did not understand. This of course boils down to being assumed as being an American. When, around new years, everyone thinks it is extraordinarily funny to say "happy new year" to me in broken English, I get so tired of it after a while. I realize they are just trying to be nice, but English isn't my native language any more than Japanese is, so either learn to say it in Swedish or say it in Japanese /Rant over.

Gott nytt år, lite långt dit än dock.

Haha tack. Jo en stund kvar. Ska hem två veckor över julen dock så lär få höra det på Svenska iaf

 

[AgentLampshade]

For some reason, people assume (and this includes people I've met about 5 minutes ago) that I've wasted my potential. I don't see how, I'm not especially talented in anything, nor particularly intelligent (I'm pretty average in that regard, if I ain't interested, I ain't gonna bother learning about it.) I left school with average grades and have done nothing that shows I have the ability to do these special things I'm told I could do. So why do they consistently tell me I've wasted potential?

And why do people assume I'm "half a man" because I don't like Football (That's the UK version, where football is actually played with feet)? It's a damn boring sport that would be made a lot more interesting if the players were on fire.