What are your favorite, but hated Stereotypes...

j_war06 · November 11, 2007

lol and Im with you guys on the gay issue. I have a lot of gay friends (I mean A LOT)! And they are all SOOOO different. There are some no one would ever know was gay, some that people know but know not to mess with, and some Im just waiting to spontaneously combust because they are so stereotypically gay lol! All I know is that straight guys could take a few lessons from the gays, especially in fighting...I know that Im not going to mess with ANY man that can wear stilettos and DANCE in them! lol that is one BAD mofo!

transformer · November 11, 2007

That I'm a stupid person because I need to lose weight!

My brain is fine, but a 120-pound woman remains trapped inside this chubby body...

I ate her! LOL

HarleyNana · November 11, 2007

That blue collar workers/construction workers are ignorant and druggies. I've owned a roofing business for 35 years and the home owners always talk down to y roofers and office employees.

They have attempted to do so with me as well, but after 35 years I don't take too much chit :woot:. They usually they will tell me they want to speak to my boss, I just tell them, "this is as high as it gets". I always start out nice, unless they've disrespected one of my employees, then it's on! My delivery driver has 6 years of college, LOL.

Be kind to your roofer and your repairman, they're not all out to screw you, we're all just trying to make a living .

LMAO, not to stereotype, but doctors and engineers are the absolute worse, I just had to share that, :heh:.

green · November 11, 2007

That blue collar workers/construction workers are ignorant and druggies. I've owned a roofing business for 35 years and the home owners always talk down to y roofers and office employees.

Omigawd! Thanks for posting this! I worked as a unionized grunt building aircraft until I retired. I sure did have fun dealing with those folks who believed in this unpleasant stereotype. haha

green · November 11, 2007

That I'm a stupid person because I need to lose weight!
My brain is fine, but a 120-pound woman remains trapped inside this chubby body...

I ate her! LOL

Very cute post. :bounce: But, yah, people do assume that chubbies are idiots, especially if the chubby is a woman.

hijabigirl1973 · November 11, 2007

Oh here are many that I get on a regular basis:

Your husband is Jordanian Muslim so you converted to Islam like I don't have a brain and didn't study Islam on my own.

You wear a headscarf b/c your husband won't let you leave your home without.

Your husband will beat you someday b/c he's allowed to.

You can't be American if you are Muslim too so which country are you from? I get this one nonstop and ppl will speak really slow to me like I can't understand. When i tell them I'm from Illinois they say no what country were you born in?

tifferoni326 · November 15, 2007

Ok so I am a senior getting a biology degree and a minor in biochemistry...I am not a dumbass...but I grew up in a small texas town..so I have an accent. I swear people always assume that because of my accent, I am a dumbass. Like when I go to classes with people I dont know, no one will study with me, b/c I talk with a bad drawl, then we get tests back and whoops! who broke the curve...my bad YA'LL!!

Also someone told me once that I had to be nice because I have curly hair...umm I had no idea that hair went with personality..thank god Im not a blonde..then people would really thinkI was a moron...but a nice one, with a "cute" southern drawl!

Back to the country thing again, someone asked me how young I was before I got married..apparently if youve got my accent, you get married at 16...ps Im not even married not even a ring on my hand..lol hell no prospects either!!

Telecia · November 19, 2007

Well, that's because "all gay men have tract lighting, all gay men are named Mark, Rick or Steve" - have you NOT seen Steel Magnolias?! My brother gets the "You don't act Gay" or "You don't look Gay" all the time. He's a cop - he's on a SWAT team at that. His response is often "Oh - I'm sorry, I forgot to burst into flames before walking in the room so you would have a firm grasp on my personal life - this is my undercover policeman disguise!" :car:

OMG now that is a reply.. I love it. Now i'm gonna IM My brother tell him about this one.. He gets that ALLOT.. All the "you don't look gay" comments.

Only once in my lifetime did I EVER meet a guy who fits the *stereotype* in interior design class years ago. And to top it off he WASN'T gay.

But he used to tell me he let people think he was gay cause the girls payed way more attention to him, talked honestly and openly with him and guys didn't threaten him cause they through their girlfriends were safe Boy did he have most people fooled.

circa · November 23, 2007

Oh here are many that I get on a regular basis:
Your husband is Jordanian Muslim so you converted to Islam like I don't have a brain and didn't study Islam on my own.

You wear a headscarf b/c your husband won't let you leave your home without.

Your husband will beat you someday b/c he's allowed to.

You can't be American if you are Muslim too so which country are you from? I get this one nonstop and ppl will speak really slow to me like I can't understand. When i tell them I'm from Illinois they say no what country were you born in?

don't forget the "you're a hellbound terrorist" lol - at least that's what I'm told by my bible thumping sister.