Other Your thoughts #2

[RiverXxx]

Welcome back to the second issue of your thoughts!

Today's tittle is something a little less serious but it sure is something that bothers me.




~ STAREOTYPES ~




Firstly, I myself am British, which is why I come here to Rant aswell, so, be prepared! Yes, I like tea, yes, I have a "posh" and British accent, yes, I enjoy playing sports which originate here, NO I don't have a damn monocle and cane, and always wear a tophat! I mean, come on, is everyone who thinks that idiots?! It's dumb, in every way! I love being British, but, britain is less British, and more diverse and forein, nowadays, so the fact that if someone mentioned they live in Britain, after moving, but they're, lets say, Spanish, it doesn't take a brain surgen to work out that they're not British, and just because they live here it gives them all the crap nonsence-filled stereotypes!!! Secondly, I am a girl, who HATES Pink, and loves Green, HATES going out shopping, or for the reasons to just waste money on clothing I'll never wear, I don't hate football, but, It's not a sport I'd play prefessionally, however, I DO play it! I mean c'mon, you sexist slobs out there, go and get some Damn common-sense and knowledge; cause you clearly don't have any!!!

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[Cu Chulainn]

I'm Irish.


I do love potatoes and alcohol, I feel I definitely live up to my national stereotypes there for sure. I'm actually allergic to alcohol, but I'm also borderline alcoholic. It's great craic.


I also swear an almighty amount.

 

[RiverXxx]

[QUOTE="Cu Chulainn]I'm Irish.
I do love potatoes and alcohol, I feel I definitely live up to my national stereotypes there for sure. I'm actually allergic to alcohol, but I'm also borderline alcoholic. It's great craic.


I also swear an almighty amount.

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Oh... no offense about what i just wrote

xD sorreh lel
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[J0ker]

Let's see... I'm a white American male who swears alot, loves burgers and hot dogs, loves football and baseball, has an American flag in his room and doesn't like Obama.


Walking stereotype, yay!

 

[Litho]

I'm Minnesotan/American. I'm a quarter German and a quarter Scottish. I'm a girl. I am a nerd/geek.


I have never really felt "normal" or much like any stereotype, ever.


See, the other half is Chinese Malaysian, so that's about where things start getting weird. I talk with this weird blend of British/Chinese/Minnesotan Accents as well and I don't look white. I have left the 20 mile radius of my birthplace (yay).


I prefer beer to wine or cocktails and I cuss a lot. I watch anime, though it tends to be the "boyish" animes (OPM and JJBA among others).


I am also a sci-fi nerd, but I have only seen the first Star Wars movie. (However, I have read the entire Hitchhiker's Guide series, Ender's Game/Shadow, The Martian, Never Let Me Go, 12 Monkeys, Firefly~, Stargate, MST3K, etc.) Possum scribere in lingua Latina. I've also memorized the entire carpe diem poem in both English and Latin and I played D&D in high school. I passed Calculus I and II when I was 15/16. I did letter in a sport in high school, but that sport was robotics.


I still consider myself Minnesotan 'cause that's where I've lived for the longest period of time.

 

[Dreaming Phoenix]

I'm Australian, and a guy. I've never really been normal. I'm definitely not a stereotypical Australian. I think it's the Greek in me. And the French, and the Italian and Scottish and...yeah, my family's been around a lot


Still, being an oddity wasn't bad. I did my own thing regardless of other people. Just like how I LOVED pink when I was younger, and I still love purple to this day (green's meh). I actually have pink headphones right now, they're pretty awesome. I also prefer female company over male (FRIENDS I MEAN WRONG WORDING) because I connect better with them and have more in common. I thought it'd be different when I got older, but I still feel a better connection with women rather then men.


Seriously, all the guys when I was younger just said stupid shit and hit each other. I absolutely hated the 'rough' 'boys will be boys' mentality when you're younger. Oh this is fun! let's play a game where I keep hitting you until it really hurts! It made absolutely no sense to me. So I stuck to girls for the majority of my time. Of course, that was impossible once I went into an all-boys high-school...BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO.


I don't mind stereotypes so much. If people seriously believe in them then they're just ignorant, and I wouldn't want to associate with them in the first place. I would say it can only get to you if you let it, but I find those statements rather annoying. Everyone's different, with different reasons and mentality. Just because a statement wouldn't get to you, doesn't mean it wouldn't get to someone else. Still, you can't help ignorant people. better to just let them continue on, just without you in their life. Then again if your family is ignorant, there's nothing you can do. My family's quite ignorant, in their own ways. I just sort of let them talk it out and don't get involved anymore. They're not bad people, it's just how they were raised. People say that older generations used to have a lot more freedom, but it's a lie. Sure, they could go out more and farther because everyone knew each other. But back then, everyone was made to think one way. Their ignorance stems from this fact, so I forgive them. We forget the freedom such things as the internet has brought us. A wealth of knowledge at our fingertips is much more powerful then people realise.


Well, I'm ranting and off-topic too. I apologise haha. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Abendrot]

As a Canadian, I hate when people think the upper part of my head is separated from my body and is just flying over it when I'm talking.

 

[Tacuba]

It's weird to speak English with an accent that has been called "Aussie/Welsh/Londoner/Kiwi", yet have to explain you really are from Mexico.

 

[Llorrie]

As a Canadian, I hate when people think the upper part of my head is separated from my body and is just flying over it when I'm talking.

I feel like Canadians have the best stereotypes. Like they are neutral, like hokey and are made fun of because of how nice they are! Personally I am dating a Canadian right now (I am American, a blend of European whiteness and Mongolian Asian.) and he is pretty cool. He pronounces about like aboot and spells color and favorite like colour and favourite. It's kinda cool. My favorite Canadian difference with America is the loonie and the toonie. Oh my gosh I can't get over how much I like those words.


Sorry I'm just throwing a wall of information out there, I just love Canadians.

 

[Sarai]

I'm American, My mother is from the south and they call me "Stupid city girl!"... My Dada's family is from the city and they think I'm a dumb country hick. Both sides think I'm unintelligent and from a place they are not. Truth is I was accepted to really nice University and I grew up in the suburbs. Don't allow what others assume of you without really getting to know you first anger you. And if it makes you feel any better, I never assume anything of anyone when they tell me where their from. I have a British guy friend from University. He's grate! Even without the tophat!

 

[RavenWing13]

Well, I will not disclose my gender, for it does not matter. But I am tattooed and pierced. I work at a bar and play instruments. The second people see me, they think I am a bad person who need Jesus. I shall be honest. I have tattoos and piercings because that is how I see myself. I love the way I look. And my friends have no issue with it. I am a kind and caring individual most days, I just happen to like needles in my skin. (not in a creepy way mind you) I find my marks as nothing more, but improvement. A way at being myself. I also wear a lot of black, grays, reds, and whites. I am associated with goth because of all that when in all honesty, bright colors make me want to physically vomit. I do not know why, nor do I care. (shrugs) I am who I am. Love it, or vanish from my sights.

 

[Whale]

I myself am a whale and NO we are NOT lonely when we wail, unless we are alone. Whales hate being alone. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WHENEVER WE MOAN WE ARE LONELY. We are great conversationalists, and do not sound like creaking doors. Well maybe a little but that doesn't matter. AND we happen to be quite friendly and very great cooks. We don't take it to heart that many humans did hunt our kind to near extinction. I myself am very forgiving. (besides our kind is rising in population, and that was a while back.) And as I am a whale, I have an Antarctic accent. Constantly bullied by those Arctic seals. But anyways I'm glad I'm not alone!!!!!

 

[Camilanizer]

I'm British as well and when I actually talk to people who aren't from Britain with my voice, they always want me to say random things because of my accent.