Do all parents have trouble letting go?

[Harie Krauzer]

Stereotypes are a bit unfair, but they are not far from the truth.

[rorancrystalwolf]

Humanity is a scientific experiment.

Yeah, one that needs to be ended ( IMO)

[aguy]

Observant people use stereotypes. I classify a group of people based on certain similarities, and I have made a stereotype based on observation. Humanity is a scientific experiment

What do you classify yourself as? Could you classify most of the people here?

Why are we getting into a debate on stereotypes, I thought this was a rant.

[rorancrystalwolf]

If observant people use stereotypes then why are they all the same and all false? The powers of observancy is amazing

[Wisemon]

What do you classify yourself as? Could you classify most of the people here?

Why are we getting into a debate on stereotypes, I thought this was a rant.

Everyone can be classified. There's a variation in the size of our groups. Mine happens to be quite small. I've never met anyone with my exact tendencies. Why am I debating? I feel that Roran is bitching over an issue for which he has chosen the wrong side. I run the rants, and I'll return fire for those who are not here to defend themselves.

[Herr Mullen]

If observant people use stereotypes then why are they all the same and all false? The powers of observancy is amazing

Now you'll have to cite some proof.

You can't just say "They're all false!" without telling us why they're all false. That's just silly.

[Harie Krauzer]

No one can say that all stereotypes are false. It is making a stereotype of stereotyping.

...Well you can try I guess.

[Wisemon]

If observant people use stereotypes then why are they all the same and all false?

Well I love hot topic. You have no idea about me, you don't know anything about me.

Again, if all stereotypes were wrong, then you wouldn't fit into a stereotype, and without having met you formally, I wouldn't have been able to say, "the next time you're in Hot Topic."

No one can say that all stereotypes are false.

Indeed.

[rorancrystalwolf]

Well I have some evidence yeah. Here are some of the most common stereotypes that I hear, most of which are wrong.

I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.

I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.

I'm BLACK, so I MUST carry a gun.

I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.

I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.

I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be smart.

I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.

I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.

I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.

I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.

I'm CANADIAN, so I MUST say "EH" and smoke weed.

I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.

I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.

I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.

I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.

I'm an ATHEIST, so I MUST hate the world.

I DON'T HAVE A RELIGION, so I MUST not have morals.

I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.

I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.

I'm JAMAICAN so I MUST smoke weed.

I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.

I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.

i'm WHITE , so i MUST be restesct.

I TAKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.

I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.

I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenience store.

I'm AFRICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.

I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a whore.

I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.

I'm A DANCER, so I MUST be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.

I WEAR SKIRTS, so I MUST be a slut.

I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.

I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.

I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.

I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth.

I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a stupid ditz.

I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.

I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.

I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.

I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN, so I MUST be a home-wrecking whore.

I'm a TEENAGE MOM, so I MUST be an irresponsible slut.

I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals.

I'm ITALIAN, so I MUST have a big cock.

I GOT A CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so I MUST be a spoiled brat.

I'm ALWAYS SMILING AND LAUGHING, so I MUST have a great life.

I'm PRETTY, so I MUST not be a virgin.

I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.

I DYE MY HAIR CRAZY COLORS, so I MUST be an attention whore.

I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS, so I MUST be looking for attention.

I'm INTO THEATRE & ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.

I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.

I have a BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be fucking them all.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be gay.

I HAVE BIG BOOBS, so I MUST be a hoe.

I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.

I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.

I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool and thats how Russians roll.

I'm GERMAN, so I MUST be a Nazi.

I HANG OUT WITH GAYS, so I MUST be gay too.

I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.

I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited.

I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13.

I CUT, so I MUST be emo.

I'm POLISH, so I MUST be stupid.

I'm HAWAIIAN, so I MUST be lazy.

I'm a STONER, so I MUST be going in the wrong direction.

I'm a VIRGIN, so I MUST be prude.

I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly or crazy.

I'm BLACK, so I MUST love fried chicken.

I'm BI, so I MUST think every chick I see is hot.

I'm BLACK, so I MUST have a big dick.

I'm a HOOKER, so I MUST have crabs.

I DO DRUGS, so I MUST be making nothing of myself in life.

I'm SHORT so I must be a MIDGET

I CARE ABOUT MY LOOKS so I MUST be shallow.

I'm FRENCH so I MUST eat frogs.

I'm a JUGGALO so I MUST be failing in life.

Everyone can be classified. There's a variation in the size of our groups. Mine happens to be quite small. I've never met anyone with my exact tendencies. Why am I debating? I feel that Roran is bitching over an issue for which he has chosen the wrong side. I run the rants, and I'll return fire for those who are not here to defend themselves.

Really? There seems to be quite alot of your "type" around here. I am debtaing because Wisemon is refusing to accept someone who is different and because he is bitching with one sided remarks. I am also debating for everyone else who doesn't fit the mold in every way.

[Herr Mullen]

What you have there is a list of prejudge, not of sterotypes.

I'd like to add one:

I can't understand why a guy would like to have a bit of metal put in him, therefore, I am like Wisemon.

Of course Wisemon's using one sided remarks: it's called his opinion. That's what an opinion is, it's his "side". You're one sided as well. You refuse to accept that some people might just want to be left alone to their own morality, and thus explain your one-sided veiw that you can get peirced if you want (which we all agree with, by the way). What most of us are saying is that we don't like the look or concept of peicring.

He's not refusing to accept you, he's just refusing to accept your ideas on piercing, as he already has his own.

This is what I find strange. "My beliefs are being insulted, therefore the very fibre of my existance is at stake." No-one's not accepting you. We're just explaining risk, the stigma against peircings, and our own philosphies on the matter.

However, what you are doing is insulting Wisemon's belief that he can group people as he likes.

In fact, you're not accepting that Wisemon's beliefs are different to yours. Aren't you "refusing to accept someone who is different (from you)"? Or, an opinion that differs from your own? That's what a debate is: where people argue that their opinion is best. A discussion would be where you share ideas, but no: you're debating, you've said it yourself.

I can't see a point in debating this. I see Wisemon's side, I see your side, and I accept both. Yeah, you can get peirced, but Wisemon's right as well: not many people like peircings.