of course you do... well some of them at least. what are some of the stereotypes that you hate? you don't necessarily have to be a minority. it can have to do with race, creed, sexual orientation, gender, age, where you're from (ex: alabama), etc. i remember once when my dad and i went to take my little brother to the doctor when he was sick. one of the receptionists began shootin' the bull with my dad and the topic of how big my brother was for his age came up. the lady said something like "yeah, he's a big fella" and then proceeded to ask my little brother if wanted to be a football player. my dad quickly interrupted and said, "no, he wants to be a doctor." i'm sure the lady didn't mean it, but my dad caught it pretty quickly. you know... stuff like that. here are some of mine: being african american- i hate being asked if it's true about what they say about us being bigger down there. i hate references to food such as chocolate (i'm not a twix, mf'er). i hate being thought of as violent or loud (actually i'm a pretty shy guy). i hate "the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice." (wtf? are you a f'ing berry connoisseur or something?) being gay- no... i don't like musicals. i HATE them with a passion. i really suck at decorating. i do NOT like barbara streisand. i don't like bette midler. i only work out once a month although i'm still trim. i don't want to steal any of your girlfriends just because they like me. just because i'm gay doesn't mean that i'm not better at athletic activities... i can probably school and dunk over half of you. your turn.
I hate it when I dress up as my favorite sci fi character and get labeled nerd. J/K OS O.S. is such and enigma, a gay black guy, who loves sci fi and rock & roll lives in Atlanta and loves the Rockets. He's shy yet he is the one of the BBS's well known posters. I see why you hate stereotypes.
Manny will be disappointed to learn you are gay. (M: I'd insert a smiley face here if I didn't hate them so much.) And, for the record, I love stereotypes.
I'm a vegetarian... Yes, I do get enough protein in my diet except that mine comes without the heart attacks. Yes, I get plenty to eat. Amazingly enough, there are millions of consumable food products that don't contain meat - ever heard of a cheese pizza? No, I don't eat sprouts and granola. I hate that ****. Yes, I eat tofu in things, but I don't sit around munching on it. Besides, anyone who has used tofu in a recipe - and not just plan by itself - realizes that it is an extremely versatile food that takes on the flavor of whatever is cooked with it. I have long hair and I'm a musician... No, I don't do drugs. No, I don't drink. No, I don't like being called "dude" or "man" by a guy in a suit because he thinks it is "cool" to refer to me in a casual way due to my appearance. No, I cannot give you a detailed explanation of the kind of music I play. I could but it is REALLY boring and requires a dissection of music that took me a long time to create, which I hate. Ah, that felt pretty good.
I don't like being typecast as dumb and ignorant or trailer trash just because I happened to be born in Alabama. I also don't like this pigeon-holing that happens to people. I'm a mixed race (white/japanese) person, so can I just put "none of the above" It's funny, I get both the white man's disease jokes (I'm 6-4, 230 and I can dunk a basketball) and the asian stereotype of being good at math (I couldn't get above a C in any mathematics course, high school or college.) Also I think the public has a stereotype of newspaper reporters being dishonest, untrustworthy and biased towards the left side of the dial. I am none of the three.
Jeff, A seriously friendly note here: a lot of research is showing that too little blood cholesterol is linked to just as many heart attacks as too much. Just mix in some cheese or avocados or something. (AB: love that one. )
read a book not too long about this called "the fabulist" by stephen glass. you should check it out. noperz. he's actually a bookworm. takes mostly honors classes. good kid.
What about alcholic? Is working at a newspaper like what it appears to be on that show Mind of a Married man?? Are all editors old and grumpy?? Why is it always portrayed that way on television.
Great post, Jeff. I actually believed a lot of those silly vegetarian stereotypes until I started reading this bbs. A few of mine: -All conservatives are rich. (see my bank account balance) -Anyone can play drums. Hopefully this one is self explanatory. Easy to play, hard to master....like the saxaphone. -White boys can't play funk: In the words of RHCP's "Funk is color-blind. Funk is an attitude" And my personal least favorite... -Drummers aren't musicians. Puuleeeze! I have a degree in music not to mention perfect pitch.
perfect example... beck. that's a bad muth. i saw him on the mtv music awards a while back doing "new pollution". he was like a cross between james brown, prince, and... uh.... i dunno.
You're a comic? How do you survive? You stay in a bunch of crappy motels huh. I'd better be careful, I could be in your next act. You'll never make it... ....It'll never work!
okay, here's mine... canadian - "do you speak french" - no!!! i don't! only quebec and ontario give a damn about that language. i speak spanish though, betcha wouldn't have guessed that. -comments about ice fishing, dogsledding...i mean, i'm from vancouver, not the north pole. owning a corvette (1984) -today i was filling up with gas, and this lady pulls up behind me and gets out...comes up to me and starts attacking me...she's all like... her - "were you in fort langley last night (a popular street racing hangout spot)" me - "no" her - "are you sure?" me - "yeah, i was at home" her - "well i don't like what you kids are doing out there" me - "i didn't do anything" her - "well don't come back" me - "whatever"...went and payed and left. i get stuff like that all the time. the only place i race is at mission speedway where you gotta pay 20 bucks to register for the day and its all legal...and i get people always taking out their problems with street racing on me, cuz i'm 18 and own a corvette.
What do you call a guy that hangs out with musicians? A drummer. But, there's one for every musician: How many guitar players does it take to change a light bulb? 10. One to change the light bulb and 9 to stand around with their arms crossed and say, "Yeah, I can do that." How many bass players does it take to change a light bulb? None. The keyboard player can do it with his left hand. And my favorite... How many female singers does it take to change a light bulb? One. She just holds the light bulb and the world revolves around her.
I hate people that call me guy.....like, "what's up guy." take care guy." that just bugs me for some reason
Here's just a few. I'm not really a minority, but these still annoy the hell out of me. Homosexuals are automatically checking out any guy, and would like to somehow hit on him. Blacks must A. love sports B. Excell in Sports Left wing people A. smoke pot, B.believe in all conspiracy theories. C. Want to tax people for working hard, D.Are into appeasement as a foreign policy. E.Want to remove people's incentive to work. F. Run the media G.Don't have values/believe in morality. H. Hate America The French - A. All hate Americans B.Are rude C. Love Saddam D. Don't help the U.S. out with the war on terrorism, or any military activities.
Well, there's the Canadian thing, the academic thing, the model thing, the jock thing, the son of a psychologist thing, the artsy thing, and of course the anti-war therefore Saddam loving, US hating tree-hugging Pinko thing...
I hate it when women look at me like a piece of meat. I have feelings and a brain! I prefer to have a deep conversation and talk about my feelings rather than just have sex with hot women repeatedly. Sadly, I am stuck with the typical male stereotype.
