Stereotypes that annoy you

[Benjamin]

Are there any stereotypes that annoy you?

My big one is how the media always portrays gay guys as flouncy, camp, with crazy ass hair styles etc etc.

It really annoys me, because only half the gay guys are like this. :bored:

[Niamh.]

Mostly all the gender stereotypes, I hate when people are lumped into certain categories of behaviours (?) just because of what sex they happen to be, we're all individuals

[Drew.]

Are there any stereotypes that annoy you?

My big one is how the media always portrays gay guys as flouncy, camp, with crazy ass hair styles etc etc.

It really annoys me, because only half the gay guys are like this. :bored:

half is a big amount so i can understand why gay people are stereotyped like that but yeah that would annoy me..

[Lee.]

Scottish people..

[GiRTh]

Scottish people..|Those stereotypes are true. :whistle:

It annoys me how gay men are portrayed on TV. Always ridiculously camp. I know 1 gay guy like that all my other gay friends are not camp at all.

[Benjamin]

half is a big amount so i can understand why gay people are stereotyped like that but yeah that would annoy me..

Yes, but the other half of us are not like that.

[Drew.]

Yes, but the other half of us are not like that.

oh i know that :)

[bbfan1991]

That everyone on Job Seekers are dole dossing scum of the earth, some people don't want to work, keep having children and deserve being called those names but there are some people like myself who are looking for work every week and at the moment it is hard with the recession out there!

[Marcus.]

That everyone on Job Seekers are dole dossing scum of the earth, some people don't want to work, keep having children and deserve being called those names but there are some people like myself who are looking for work every week and at the moment it is hard with the recession out there!

:worship:

[GiRTh]

That everyone on Job Seekers are dole dossing scum of the earth, some people don't want to work, keep having children and deserve being called those names but there are some people like myself who are looking for work every week and at the moment it is hard with the recession out there!Well said. :thumbs:

[Shaun]

pretty much all stereotypes are bad

[Lee.]

|Those stereotypes are true. :whistle:

It annoys me how gay men are portrayed on TV. Always ridiculously camp. I know 1 gay guy like that all my other gay friends are not camp at all.

No they are not! :nono:

[Kizzy]

That everyone on Job Seekers are dole dossing scum of the earth, some people don't want to work, keep having children and deserve being called those names but there are some people like myself who are looking for work every week and at the moment it is hard with the recession out there!

Well said! :D

[Z]

Conservative Party voters are all heirs to lots of property, land and are probably distant royalty and they're all really posh. It's become so cartoonish in recent years it's borderline ridiculous. Yes, people like that do exist, but the way people go on you'd think the Conservative Party somehow tricked their way into power and the UK is being oppressed by them. Really irritates me.

[Ninastar]

Conservative Party voters are all heirs to lots of property, land and are probably distant royalty and they're all really posh. It's become so cartoonish in recent years it's borderline ridiculous. Yes, people like that do exist, but the way people go on you'd think the Conservative Party somehow tricked their way into power and the UK is being oppressed by them. Really irritates me.

this this this.

also, American/Scottish stereotypes and all gay stereotypes are the worst.

[Marsh.]

The northern stereotypes, that we're all tracksuit wearing thugs who sound like the Gallagher brothers. :bored:

[Marcus.]

that bigger ladies have to go for 2nd best:nono:

[Z]

Yeah American ones bother me. People do an "American accent" and you're sort of sitting there like, do people realise America is gigantic and completely different wherever you go?

[Kizzy]

Conservative Party voters are all heirs to lots of property, land and are probably distant royalty and they're all really posh. It's become so cartoonish in recent years it's borderline ridiculous. Yes, people like that do exist, but the way people go on you'd think the Conservative Party somehow tricked their way into power and the UK is being oppressed by them. Really irritates me.

I'm sorry zee but .... :joker:

[Z]

I'm sorry zee but .... :joker:

What's so funny? It's one thing to hate the Conservatives, it's another thing to be over the top.

[Marsh.]

that bigger ladies have to go for 2nd best:nono:

That bigger ladies are automatically "bubbly" :nono:

[Marcus.]

That bigger ladies are automatically "bubbly" :nono:

well some bigger ladies are happy with there body ie the lady in my sig

[Ninastar]

Yeah American ones bother me. People do an "American accent" and you're sort of sitting there like, do people realise America is gigantic and completely different wherever you go?

did u know that all americans are fat?

[Marsh.]

well some bigger ladies are happy with there body ie the lady in my sig

:conf: That hasn't got anything to do with whether they're "bubbly".

[Marcus.]

:conf: That hasn't got anything to do with whether they're "bubbly".

no idea
good point
sorry about that

[Smithy]

The obvious racial ones

[Kizzy]

What's so funny? It's one thing to hate the Conservatives, it's another thing to be over the top.

I know, it was just how you put that it made me giggle :)

[Redway]

The obvious racial ones

[2.]

[smeagol]

most sterotypes though are stereotypes for a reason.

i only dislike people who enjoy living up to them. big brother is a good example of that.
with some of the people they get in there. i.e rylan is a walking stereotype people like that annoy me.

[the truth]

the endless stereotypes aimed at all hetrosexual men, were all supposedly aggressive , violent, abusive thugs who are sex obsessed 24 hours a day.....this type of discrimination is illegal against everyone except hetrosexual men

[Kizzy]

the endless stereotypes aimed at all hetrosexual men, were all supposedly aggressive , violent, abusive thugs who are sex obsessed 24 hours a day.....this type of discrimination is illegal against everyone except hetrosexual men

I don't know anyone who feels that way?
I have heard that said about footie fans, but not all men.

[Vicky.]

I don't know anyone who feels that way?
I have heard that said about footie fans, but not all men.

I have heard the obsessed with sex thing about men in general (not just heterosexual)

Not the rest though

[Josy]

the endless stereotypes aimed at all hetrosexual men, were all supposedly aggressive , violent, abusive thugs who are sex obsessed 24 hours a day.....this type of discrimination is illegal against everyone except hetrosexual men

Basically the same that Vicky and Kizzy have posted, never seen any of those stereotypes really apart from sex obsessed but again that was about all guys regardless of sexual preference

[Glenn.]

Mines to do with my dog and the stereotypes that follow her and other breeds around.

I have a rottweiler and people just assume she's a bloodthirsty hound who'd rip your arm off as soon as look at you.

Other types of dogs, mainly pitbulls and staff's get the same treatment too. Its not the dog that's the **** when it bites someone, its the owner and the piss poor way its been brought up.

[Kizzy]

My lab was attacked by a rottie I hate them!

[Ninastar]

Mines to do with my dog and the stereotypes that follow her and other breeds around.

I have a rottweiler and people just assume she's a bloodthirsty hound who'd rip your arm off as soon as look at you.

Other types of dogs, mainly pitbulls and staff's get the same treatment too. Its not the dog that's the **** when it bites someone, its the owner and the piss poor way its been brought up.

I'm guilty of doing this, but I do agree it's the owners fault.

I still wouldn't trust a dog, as it takes 1 second for them to change but no, I do agree it's how they are brought up

[Glenn.]

Thanks for that reply Cailtin. I haven't got to answer kizzy now

[Marc]

That all Gingers are soulless and evil

[Glenn.]

The internet doesn't lie my ginger friend

[Donovan.]

Wealthy people in movies. They're always either British or American with a British accent. As if there aren't wealthy people in America.

[Kizzy]

I'm guilty of doing this, but I do agree it's the owners fault.

I still wouldn't trust a dog, as it takes 1 second for them to change but no, I do agree it's how they are brought up

It was nothing to do with the owner he is a neighbour and an experienced owner, my daft lab looked it in the eye as they passed... It was a dominance thing, really scary.

[swinearefine]

It's really not fair how people are always going on about how smart and industrious asian people are. I went to a boarding school that was like 25% kids from china, and they were without a doubt the laziest and dumbest race there.

[Glenn.]

It was nothing to do with the owner he is a neighbour and an experienced owner, my daft lab looked it in the eye as they passed... It was a dominance thing, really scary.

You seem to tar all rottweilers with the same brush then? Seems to me your neighbour needs a few more lessons in how to look after a rottweiler.

[Kizzy]

He is actually, it was acting on instinct as I said.

[Glenn.]

You just demonstrated what I mean completely though. One Rottweiler bites your dog and the entire species are monsters. Proved my point for me. Cheers Kizzy :thumbs:

[King Gizzard]

Liking metal music/heavy rock music so one must slit their own rists and want to kill themselves/don't know what music is

[Kizzy]

You just demonstrated what I mean completely though. One Rottweiler bites your dog and the entire species are monsters. Proved my point for me. Cheers Kizzy :thumbs:

I have never met a nice one... so it kinda doesn't.

[Marsh.]

Wealthy people in movies. They're always either British or American with a British accent. As if there aren't wealthy people in America.

Really? I think maybe you're confusing posh with British.

Like Christine Baranski can have quite a posh sounding voice which is still distinctly American, which seems to portray wealth and power.

Otherwise, I agree with you about wealthy people being stereotyped with posh accents.

Also, speaking of British in American movies, we're always the villains. :D :p

[Glenn.]

You haven't met mine Kizzy. You couldn't find anyone that knows mine and not say she's the softest dog you'll ever meet.

So it kinda does :)

[Marsh.]

*he says before getting his arm bitten off for being late with dinner*

[Kizzy]

Well you would say that :idc: anyhoo you're derailing the thread with your pro devil dog rhetoric.

[Vicky.]

Our next door neighbour has a rottweiler and it is soft as muck. Its scared of their kitten actually :rolleyes:

That said I can see why they get a bad name, as there ARE a lot of bad ones around. A guy in our street when was growing up had one and it savaged some blokes arm for no reason..it was nothing to do with the owner..he had had loads of dogs and they were all soft and obedient.

[Glenn.]

I'm not disputing that some of them go wrong and do bite people. Its just when things like that happen, its just assumed all rottweilers are beasts, and they're not. Mine's scared of her own shadow.

She was in the garden in the week and the wind blew the black bag in my wheelie bin and she run a mile :love:

[Donovan.]

Really? I think maybe you're confusing posh with British.

Like Christine Baranski can have quite a posh sounding voice which is still distinctly American, which seems to portray wealth and power.

Otherwise, I agree with you about wealthy people being stereotyped with posh accents.

Also, speaking of British in American movies, we're always the villains. :D :p

Oh I know, it just read strangely "either British or American with a posh accent", so I just put British.

[the truth]

not enough regional accents in movies, especially american movies.........all brits end up having to speak posh english or american........so no geordies, no scousers, no welsh, no strong yorkshire, no mancunian accents, few scots, no west country accent, no brummie accents etc etc though we do get orish accent as theres so many irish in america its seen as a cool accent........then british movies end up with 99% bland posh accents as in harry potter , narnia movies or the latest charlie and the chocolate movie.....bring back regional accents its part of what makes britain great imho

[the truth]

Our next door neighbour has a rottweiler and it is soft as muck. Its scared of their kitten actually :rolleyes:

That said I can see why they get a bad name, as there ARE a lot of bad ones around. A guy in our street when was growing up had one and it savaged some blokes arm for no reason..it was nothing to do with the owner..he had had loads of dogs and they were all soft and obedient.

the generalization that all dogs are good is profoundly dangerous....clearly there are a vast number raised poorly by dodgy owners.....innocent people should not be under any threat from dangerous dogs, so people should keep them on leads in public places.....either that or we start licensing...

have to say too some dog owners who walk their dogs round and round and round in circles and talk about nothing but their canines need to get a life

[Mystic Mock]

1. The racial stereotypes
2. All the homosexual stereotypes
3. All Blondes being thick
4. Anyone that watches Science Fiction is a freak
5. Anyone that watches Reality TV is an idiot
6. All Science Fiction shows being the same
7. That all men are sexual beasts yet all women are saints when it comes to sex

[Ammi]

..all stereotypes are annoying...

[Jords]

We had a Rottie called Saxon, friendliest dog that lived. Poor bugger had to be put down a couple years ago (cancer), please dont judged the breed it riles me up.

[lostalex]

Oh you're gay? Are you the man or the woman? :bored:

[Glenn.]

We had a Rottie called Saxon, friendliest dog that lived. Poor bugger had to be put down a couple years ago (cancer), please dont judged the breed it riles me up.

Amen to that brother.... Amen indeed.

:worship:

Edit: not to your dog having cancer :hug: