I have one against anyone I don't know who I see laughing. I usually jump to the conclusion they're laughing at someone's expense.
What are your prejudices? (Yes, you do have them.)
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You must hate me then because my default setting is cosplaying Hurley from Lost irl.SadakoMoose said:
For me, it's diction or at least the way they speak in general. Oh you've got a thick southern accent? Well you must be down homey and simple. What's that? PHD in Microbiology you say? Huh.
So yeah, I'll end up labeling people by how they speak, not how they look. It's aggravating. And some things can just drive me up a wall. I met this guy once who I think has cerebral palsey (not 100% sure what his condition is) and he talked extremely slowly. Frankly, it really grated on me, and I found myself immediately thinking he was stupid. So, the whole time I'm constantly, consciously telling myself not to judge him; he can't help the way he speaks. After knowing him for awhile, I came to the conclusion that he was by no means the sharpest crayon in the tool shed, but he was hardly deficient either.
He was a dick, though. He hit on my friend that got a job as a note taker for him until she flat out stopped coming.
Yeah, I know. I?m quite insecure about my race, appearance and self-image (the latter two are kind of the same, but whatever). It?s partly because I was bullied by my friends who thought that they were just joking around by teasing me, but it did actually do some serious damage. That, along with a multitude of other things that happened in my life, made me develop an inferiority complex around pretty much everyone around me. I'm one of those people who'd take someone saying "You're so white" as a compliment. Since I over-analyze the shit out of everyone, I've "accepted" that there will always be more advantages, societal or otherwise, to being white than black.Helmholtz Watson said:
And my parents are Nigerian, but they moved to the UK in 1984 and gave birth to my siblings and I, so we were all raised in England. So I suppose I?d be classed as Nigerian-British, although I would describe myself as just British. But no, I don?t think there are any aspects of Nigerian culture that I like. Even when I was five and went on holiday with my immediate family to Nigeria to visit my extended family, I spent most of my time playing on my Game Boy Colour. I still cringe whenever I see charity appeals and stuff on TV showing African people dancing, or some skeletal boy with insects crawling on his face. Self-centred as it may sound, my immediate reaction is always, ?They?re giving me a bad name, and it's their own damn fault for the position they're in.?
Can?t tell if serious or joking...Helmholtz Watson said:Also, in regards to attractive Black chicks......come on [https://twitter.com/i/#!/kiwirabbitfru/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagr.am%2Fp%2FO-ThYqq08m%2F], tell me she's not cute.
Better yet, can you honestly that this girl isn't "interesting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3n_xlLIQ4]" to you in the slightest? ;D
But no, the only black girls that I?ve found even remotely attractive were ones that looked pretty white/light-skinned anyway: a girl who used to go to my school who looked more mixed-race than anything, Halle Berry, Nicki Minaj 50% of the time, and maybe Thandie Newton. Rihanna and Beyonce are overrated. I?ve only ever dated white girls, but they probably don't count, since they were all before either of us hit puberty and would've presumably realized how much of a fugly freak I really am.
To be honest, I'd be worried if you weren't wary around rapists (especially if you were a woman), or for that matter, anyone who'd committed a crime of a certain extreme in the past.Aylaine said:
As a Mormon can I ask why? I probably already know the answer though, because I've met some Mormons who act like there isn't a world out there where people think and behave differently than them and it just drives me crazy.CPunchMaster said:
Religious people. And by that, I mean people who bring up their religion in conversation. To me, it seems they are always trying to make the world follow their specific belief.
Hairdressers: Poorly educated, often racist, chatterboxes, nicks my ear with a knife. What's not to hate?
People who like techno music, especially women (for some reason)
Fat people. i blame my mother for this one.
Romani people.
And many mooooooore!
Hairdressers: Poorly educated, often racist, chatterboxes, nicks my ear with a knife. What's not to hate?
People who like techno music, especially women (for some reason)
Fat people. i blame my mother for this one.
Romani people.
And many mooooooore!
Yeah, that makes sense. I guess I'm just looking at it from my own perspective. Since I'm not friends with anyone who's stolen, raped or killed, I guess I can't imagine myself befriending someone like that, even if they expressed remorse and/or claimed to have been rehabilitated.Aylaine said:While that should go without saving, I have met and befriended people who have done other crimes, including murder. It wasn't easy, but people change. I try my hardest to accept that. For the most part I've been pretty accurate with that acceptance. However, I have been assaulted before. It didn't come to rape, but the intent was there. When I look back on it, I'm unable to visualize or formulate any reason that I would force myself upon another sexually. Whereas, under certain circumstances, if I had absolutely had to I would consider killing someone. Given the kind of person I am, I would never want to do it, but I might have to if there is no other way.Relish in Chaos said:
I hope that makes sense.
With books, I tend to impulsively avoid anything with cover art that looks like it's trying too hard to be "cool", "dark", or "badass", because I assume that they'll be pandering schlock that claim to be targeted at "young adults", but are really written for someone of the mental age of 13. I've heard such great things about the Night Angel trilogy, a lot of it from other Escapists, but seeing the cover always activates my bias, and I haven't been able to bring myself to buy it yet.
As for people, if someone says something along the lines of "reading sucks", I tend to think far less of their intelligence. I know that isn't really fair, and I'm trying to work on fixing that.
I feel really bad about saying this one, but I tend to assume that obese children will be incredibly obnoxious. I really don't know why I have this bias, but I do. Thankfully, I've never acted on it, but being so reflexively annoyed by them does make me wonder, "what the fuck is wrong with me?". Again, I'm trying to fix this one.
As for people, if someone says something along the lines of "reading sucks", I tend to think far less of their intelligence. I know that isn't really fair, and I'm trying to work on fixing that.
I feel really bad about saying this one, but I tend to assume that obese children will be incredibly obnoxious. I really don't know why I have this bias, but I do. Thankfully, I've never acted on it, but being so reflexively annoyed by them does make me wonder, "what the fuck is wrong with me?". Again, I'm trying to fix this one.
Actually, read R.A. Savatore's 'Homeland'. Magic is very limited in good fantasy. And saying that magic doesn't exist therefore fantasy sucks is unfair, given that Sci-fi has aliens in it.SciMal said:
Muslims
This stems from before good ol' 9/11 though. I simply dislike the general culture, the idea behind the headscarf, how women are treated as marital property and sometimes ostracized by their own family, and how teenage muslim men call non-muslim women sluts because they wear a skirt.
This stems from before good ol' 9/11 though. I simply dislike the general culture, the idea behind the headscarf, how women are treated as marital property and sometimes ostracized by their own family, and how teenage muslim men call non-muslim women sluts because they wear a skirt.
I don't really care if magic is "limited" - it seems pointless to me. Most of the time the same task could be accomplished in a completely realistic fashion, but the author uses magic as a crutch, whether there are rules or not (and the rules are inevitably broken).BJ_Pwn said:
Sci-Fi has aliens, yes, but on the scale of plausibility between "definitely real" and "visions from acid-induced fever dreams", aliens are closer to real than being able to manipulate the fabric of reality with your mind.
Plus, some of the best selling Sci-Fi novels ever made don't feature Aliens. Like the "Dune" series - not a single alien, or any of Jules Verne's work. Sci-fi simply requires some level of plausibility, while fantasy - by definition - features implausible mechanics.
