What's your stereotype?

[Neoclone-7]

I don't really think I fit into a stereotype, but during different schools and such, people thought I was a girl b/c I had long hair, that I was a Russian cause I had short, straight hair, and now people think I'm a hippy b/c I have curly hair. Very weird, but, if I had to classify myself I'd say I was a chameleon, b/c whatever group I'm around, I act like that group a little. It's a Great way to meet cool people, but other people tend to think you're a bit weird.

[PiroMunkie]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James[/i]
[B][color=#707875]It's like when Piro was correcting me on the kind of weapon that a punk would use...I mean, the difference was between a knife and a baseball bat or something. I just thought that it was very amusing. ^_^[/color][/B][/QUOTE][size=1]That dealt with connotation more so than it did stereotypes. As in the word "punk" has a barbaric connotation, and a blunt object, such as a bat, is more barbaric in use. It aims to maim, not to kill (not saying you cannot kill anyone with a bat, or maim anyone with a knife).

So yeah, a stereotype is not quite the same as a connotation. Though I could see where they could get confused.

[color=#c0c0c0]I just felt some need to say that... >.>[/color][/size]

[wolfbaden6]

I fit into three distinct categories, punk, jock, and nerd. I dress like a skater, play football and wrestle, and i enjoy rave music. Weird, huh?

[Matto Tradagen]

[color=navy][i] I get called many things. I've been called:
Goth (I don't know why..)
Satanist
Geek
Nerd
Loner
Outcast
Wife Beater
Loser..
One of them must be right, eh?
Seriously, people are insane about them. You show one small characteristic of a social group, and you are stereotyped as one of them, may it be good or bad. There are infact actual groups, ie: Punk, Goth, put people generalize a person showing the smallest characteristic of one of them.
I don't worry about stereo types. Everyone seems to have a different one for me, so I just let people call me whatever they want. It's better than arguing with them. Everyones happy.
~Matto[/color][/i]

[Queen Asuka]

[color=hotpink][size=1]Well, that's what I love about college. I just don't see stereotypes mattering as much. Sure, people look at each other and automatically assume that someone is one certain way because of their appearance, but you really just never know.

As for me, what I wear is based on what I like. I want to look cute. I want to feel attractive. I want my hair to be perfect. I want to feel like I am worth all the money in the world. That's what makes me dress the way I do. I wear whatever I can buy or get from hand-me-downs that I like.

And usually people can't help dressing alike, folks. If something is in style, it's really hard to find clothes that contradict it. All the stores will carry the same style. It's sad, really.

And one thing that REALLY bugs me...because my sister falls into this categorey...is what I like to consider the "Hot Topic Goths." They claim they want to be different and that everyone sucks because they dress alike and don't listen to their music, but HEY GUESS WHAT? All of you are trying to be different in the same way and you're just contradicting yourself! It's stupid! It's futile!

By the way, I like Stone Temple Pilots. ALOT. That is my favorite band right now. *Runs off and looks around madly for her Core CD*

PS. The Asuka in Piro's siggie is ME!!!! At least, that's what it's supposed to be...I mean, it does have my name on it after all...it says "Tori" right on it...*sniffles*[/color][/size]

[blkwingedangel]

most people see me as the sweet, shy, quiet type... other people see me as stuck up. It's just because i tend to be quiet in school alot. I'm not really in a specific group in school. Me and my friends kinda make up our own group. We would be inbetween the preps and the goths

[LostProphet]

[color=blue][font=arial]I'm a rocker. Long hair (for me at least), jeans and dark shirts with any band logo are normally my attire. I'm a total music junkie, so it fits me pretty well I think.[/color][/font]

[lea]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Matto Tradagen [/i]
[B][color=navy][i] I get called many things. I've been called:
Goth (I don't know why..)
Satanist
Geek
Nerd
Loner
Outcast
Wife Beater
Loser..
One of them must be right, eh?[/B] [QOUTE]

no, not really...just because somone says somthing, doesnt mean they are true. if your a guy, and somone says your a girl, are you?

[B]I don't worry about stereo types. Everyone seems to have a different one for me, so I just let people call me whatever they want. It's better than arguing with them. Everyones happy.
~Matto[/color][/i] [/B][/QUOTE]
.....but, are you?:confused:

[Matto Tradagen]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by lea2385 [/i]
[B].....but, are you?:confused: [/B][/QUOTE]
[color=navy][i] Am I what? Happy? On of the sterotypes I listed?
You should probably clarify a bit with your post next time, but i'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about.
Yes, infact I am happy, quite happy. I'm happy with whatever you want to call me. It really doesn't matter much to me. I don't need to prove myself to be or not to be something to anyone. Actually, I kind of think of it flattering that a person took the time and thought of me in the first place. :p
[b]Edit[/b]: By the way, where I said "One of them must be right, eh?", I didn't mean seriously. It was my way of creative sarcasm. My ways do confuse people, heh.
~Matto[/color][/i]

[DeathKnight]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by maladjusted [/i]
[B][size=1] I'm a poser since System of a Down isn't the 'real stuff'.[/size] [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=crimson]They are right. In the catagory of Nu Metal even there is better stuff than SoAD. If you want to get more hardcore then stray into the underground, lol. SoAD isn't the 'real stuff' for the genre their sound puts them in.

*puts on some Mastodon* There we go.
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I can't think of a stereotype that i'd match 100 percent.

Take "angsty teen" and marinate it in "goth without the makeup". Add a dash of "intellectual", "cynic" and "pessimist" to your pleasure.

Bake at 360 degrees for an hour.

Maybe someone here could help me out on this. The best person to stereotype you are your peers- I think.[/color]

[Dragonballzman]

I get called a "greb" simply because I wear black most of the time. My usual clothing is black trainers, black jeans, black hooded top with a picture of a demon on it...You get the idea. No collars or anything, just casual clothes. Black casual clothes. o.O;;

I also have people walk up to me and ask me in a mocking way "You been listening to any Slipknot lately? ****ty greb music like that? :smirk:". Meh. I just ignore them...I prefer Tool. >_>

[eleanor]

[size=1][QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DeathKnight [/i]
[B][color=crimson]They are right. In the catagory of Nu Metal even there is better stuff than SoAD. If you want to get more hardcore then stray into the underground, lol. SoAD isn't the 'real stuff' for the genre their sound puts them in.

*puts on some Mastodon* There we go.
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::raises eyebrow:: Yeah...I listen to music I like and I'm a [i]poser.[/i] Go figure.[/size]

[DeathKnight]

[color=crimson]No. You listen to SoAD and [i]expect[/i] GOTHS of all social groups to tolerate that. They are goths for a reason, lol.

There is nothing wrong with listening to music you like, but you have to remember whatever opinon you hold- even if its likeing a band- can make you dislikeable to some people. It doesnt matter if it's a stupid thing like that or not, thats just how silly the whole thing is.
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[Shaun]

I really have a pet peave about stereotyping...but here's what I get a lot:

The Nice Guy

"Oh Shaun? He's like my brother!" <-- what name would you give that? :D

The little kid (though I am nearly 22...go figure)

The shoe guy (I sell shoes at JCPenney)

The smart one (I'll never figure that out)

the quiet one

That guy that plays piano in that band from that one church. (LOL people are so funny)

[Noirrac]

I guess I've been stereotyped sometimes. Most of the time it's "the quiet girl." But apparently some people have other ideas...
Someone once walked up to me and asked "Hey, you listen to Radiohead (and he listed some other bands), right?"
In my ignorance I asked him: "What's a 'radiohead?'"
I listen to nothing and I live under a rock.

[James]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PiroMunkie [/i]
[B][size=1]That dealt with connotation more so than it did stereotypes. As in the word "punk" has a barbaric connotation, and a blunt object, such as a bat, is more barbaric in use. It aims to maim, not to kill (not saying you cannot kill anyone with a bat, or maim anyone with a knife).

So yeah, a stereotype is not quite the same as a connotation. Though I could see where they could get confused.

[color=#c0c0c0]I just felt some need to say that... >.>[/color][/size] [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=#707875]Well, I think the main point is that you were playing semantics with something that wasn't really important. And moreover, when I called Syk a punk...I was joking. lol

So it's important not to get caught up on technicalities when it really isn't an issue.

Moreover, I think that you might be stereotyping the word punk by your very own mention of connotations. That in itself is a blatant stereotype. If I use the word "punk" in Australia, for example, nobody is going to reprimand me for insinuating that the subject of the word is a barbarian. It's usually meant as a way of describing a rough, rebellious teenager.

I mean, we could get into the whole background and origins of it and everything...but why play semantics when it was a very simple joke? lol.

So, this goes back to what I was saying about an obsession with stereotypes. It's a question of wanting to fit everything into a particular box.

And that's why I say that I'm amazed at how American teens in particular seem to rely on stereotypically classifying groups of students in their schools. That sort of thing happens everywhere on the planet, but not nearly to such an extreme extent. That's why I find it quite alien to see people saying "Oh, I'm a jock...mixed with x or y". It's because that really doesn't happen here, to that extent.

So, in my usual longwinded way, I'm saying that it's an interesting thing to explore. In some ways, it seems to have very much become a cultural thing for American teens.

EDIT: Yes, and what DeathKnight just said about goths "not accepting" the music you like and such...that's a very good example. lol

I think he's illustrated the weirdness of the whole situation very well. If you step back and take a look at it...it's quite insane. lol[/color]

[Guest pantalaimon]

Alright and amarant can tell u this i am the most individual person u would ever meet go ask him.

[Vegitto4]

See, you say that, but I know so many people that would say the same thing about themselves. Thus, forming the "individual" stereotype.

[Baron Samedi]

Everyone is individual, to a certain extent. I would say that I am more individual than you, coz I hang out with most people, blah blah blah etc. etc. etc. Cant be bothered listing it all. And you dont seem to be individual I mean siggie check

I am death I am life I am your deliverer of death

ALmost every Newbie has somehthing about being a 'Bringer of Death' or whatever. How groupminded is that. Almost the same as everyone else. Stereotypes should not be the case, as no-one, and let me repeat [i]no-one[/i] totally represnts the mind-set for a certain group. It is a very general, and inaccurate way of assessing someone.

[PsycoGoth]

I don't steryotype myself because I don't meet anyone's standards for a particular steryotype.

I like anime and messing with computers, therefore, one group may call me a geek.

I like metal, punk, and like to skateboard, so therefore, another group may call me a punk.

I like to wear black every so often, and I often come across as meloncholy or depressing, therefore, one group may call me goth.

I'm a compassionate guy who'll do anything for his friends, and even for people he does'nt know, goes to sunday school, and volenteers at a school, therefore, another group of people may call me a nice guy.

People don't fit the standards perfectly. Not everything is black and white. And not everyone is only one of these steryotypes, either.

[Silent]

I'd have to say that I agree mostly with PiroMunkie.Most people are far too many things to be grouped into one label.Then again,some people seem to enjoy being slapped with labels,the reason for which still escapes me.As for myself,I don't know what I'd be called.At my school,all the "preps" say I'm goth/punk,while all the goths/punks call me "prep".In my defense,I have to say that I'm not a "prep" in any definition of the term.I was once called a "goth/punk/sexy/tomboy/prettygirl/pshycho/bisexual".I have no idea what that means,but so far everyone seems to agree that it describes me best.My point is that it's often unfair to label people,especially based on their appearance alone.A lot of times,a person will wear "gothic" clothes or whatever simply to express their underlying selves,while thier personality may be very bouncy and cheerful.I've met people like that before.To me,labels are senseless and usually misleading,so I keep away from them as much as possible and will rejoice when the world stops revolving around them.

[Zen]

I am your basic "Wigger". I hang with the rap crowd and what not, but its not really good to call me that cuz i have never used the word "Dawg" or any of the "izzles". I also like Punk Rock and what nopt. But i do wear the clothes and say, "Yó" alot. I also talk country, but thats cuz i'm from the south. And i'm one of the better street ballers on my street, where most of my freids live. So i'm half and half.

[Guest cownose]

I'm a total ska-peace-loving-thebian-unitarian-drama-freak. Whatever the hell that is. :)

[Drix D'Zanth]

I am commonly steretyped as a white, upper-class, male. The most hated steryotype of the United States. (It's not my faut my dad grew up in poverty, turned his life around, and went to college, secruing a future)

[Carr]

[quote] [i] Originally posted by James[/i] I'm amazed by the fascination that many Americans seem to have with stereotypes. I know that they exist around the world, but American teens seem to love pigeonholing other kids into very specific categories. It's as if this makes socialising more palatable in some weird way.[/quote]

I think it is easier for people to stay within their stereotype. It's kind of like a comfort zone; not talking to anyone who doesn't fit into your group--talking [b] about[/b] them.

Stereotypes suck. I really don't understand them, or fit into one. I have been called artsy, punk, prep(!), jock, hippy, or anything else in the book depending on what I am wearing that particular day. I HATE when people label me. I HATE even more when I find my self labeling others. It is the most horrible hypocritical feeling when I find my self being intimidated because someone is more popular or punk or artsy than I am. Even worse is when I realize I blew someone off because I thought they were a prep.

I wear what I feel like; I listen to what I think is good. If you are going to label me, fine, but don't judge me for it.


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