We all know we hate stereotypes...but what's yours?
ex. I'm a punk/emo so I must do drugs/cut myself
I'm a prep so I must be a snob/ bratty rich white kid.
I'm black so I must own a gun/be in a gang.
Answer this question just to show how stupid stereo types are!
2006-11-29 09:42:17 · 16 answers · asked by Becky 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i named myself xx prep xx becuase that isn't a stereo type
i didn't say that i was a snob beucase i'm a prep...i just said i was a prep..
2006-11-29 13:42:22 · update #1
I'm a stay-at-home-mom so I must be uneducated and anti-feminist.
2006-11-29 09:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by claymama 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You give three examples here, but you make a huge jump on #3. Being emo or punk or prep is a choice. Being black is not a personal choice (although a black person can choose whether or not to look, dress, and act like a gangsta).
I chose my "Answers Name" of Polymath, for several reasons. One is that I can give expert advice in several different subjects, ranging from philosophy, religion and psychology to mathematics, science and economics. But the 'image' doesn't stop there.
Polymath is an obscure word, one that isn't common. The choice of that word identifies me as an odd person, one who thinks very much different than most other people.
I am willing to risk that people will think I am a "snob" because I use that word. But my choice of name identifies something a bit different than a "smarter-than-you" attitude. I choose that word because place great importance on academic knowledge, the way others value fashion, taste in music, wealth, or personality.
2006-11-30 20:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by Polymath 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a wrestler, and a girl, and taking a year off to manage the team, and fufill my responsibilietys as FFA chapter presedent, while homeschooling... So i am one of a few things depending on how well you know me. An over committed nerd, this word will not show up normaly $lut, an athleat wasting her talent, or the most common one school girl.
2006-11-29 17:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by wrestlerchick 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an Asian so I must know some kind of Kung-Fu.
I'm an Asian so I must play video games (and do nothing else) for fun.
I'm an atheist so I must love myself more than everyone else.
I'm an atheist so I must have no purpose of life.
I'm a musician so I must do lots of drugs and sleep around.
2006-11-29 18:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by tienyutai 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dye my hair crazy colors, so I must want to impress people.
I like cooking, so I must be traditional and home-oriented.
I watch anime, so I must be immature and childish.
I wear black all the time, so I must hate life.
I read lots of fiction, so I must live in a fantasy world.
2006-11-29 19:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by Strange Design 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an out-of-work 52 year old Native American, so I must be a lazy, poorly educated, illegal alien from Mexico.
2006-11-29 18:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by rich k 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im known as punk/emo.
preppy although i talk to everyone and dont classify anyone
shy/wallflowers.
i guess stereotpes are just classifications that people use instead of the word original.
personally i think it is worthless.
2006-11-29 17:50:48 · answer #7 · answered by mystifyingsilence 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Irish so I must have red hair, green eyes, and a temper.
i have green-gray eyes and a temper but thats irrelevant.
also:
If someone's Muslim they must be in Al-Quieda
FYI: Al-Quiedo is a terrorist group, people, not a religion! I have Muslim friends and its amazing how terrible people treat them!
2006-11-29 18:59:47 · answer #8 · answered by Cayleen O 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I only work on the weekends, so I must be lazy!
2006-11-29 17:50:43 · answer #9 · answered by purplepartygirrl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm rich so that must mean all I care about in life is to have fun!
(argh) =Z
2006-11-29 17:50:22 · answer #10 · answered by *~SoL~ * Pashaa del Ñuñcaa. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋