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Post by creature386 on Feb 22, 2014 23:32:06 GMT 5
Discuss (started by @jagswag).
I particularly dislike the belief that if someone is good at something, he has to be obsessed with it. this doesn't only apply to "nerds" (although this is probably the best example), but also to things like if someone is good at basketball, he has to be playing it all day. The immigrant related stereotypes are also very annoying (they are lazy, stupid and brutal).
Not to mention these stupid Europe vs USA debates. The only thing the Europe supporters seem to know is that Americans are fat and the only thing the USA supporters seem to know is that Europe isn't as rich as America.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 1:32:17 GMT 5
Yes this was started by me in Carnivoraforum.
I get pissed off seeing people making fun of brits and saying they are incredibly posh, love drinking tea (tea is one of the worst things I have ever tasted in my entire life) and people thinking they have bad teeth.
But again, I feel sorry that Americans have to go through stuff like being called fat.
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Post by creature386 on Feb 23, 2014 1:40:43 GMT 5
I guess I am more British than you because I like tea.  Unfortunately, these "fat American" stereotypes also appear in carnivora debates, but it looks like some Americans found a counter argument. I have heard some saying that Europeans (even their athletes) are all skinny and weak as hell. |
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Post by creature386 on Feb 23, 2014 14:55:12 GMT 5
RE: The fat stereotype, I think it becomes especially terrible when such comments are read by a person which is really obese. Obese people are mostly more sensitive and more prone to things like suicide because they often have quite hard social life (very likely, they already get ridiculed in real life) and obesity can make you more prone to diseases which is not really positive for happiness either. Not to mention that depression can even be the reason for the obesity. Therefore, such comments can have more of an impact than you think. This of course doesn't refer to comments or images where the obese American thing is used as a joke, but to the people who really use that in an offensive way. What if the American you are debating with is really obese? Would this really be THAT terrible.
There we have another stereotype by the way. That people with great problems (that doesn't only refer to health problems, but also to hikikomori and such) have to be retards. You mostly don't even know the reason for their problems.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 22:30:06 GMT 5
I have autism, and I get really annoyed when people make fun of autism and comparing it to mental retardation.
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Post by Apex on Feb 23, 2014 22:36:50 GMT 5
I have autism, and I get really annoyed when people make fun of autism and comparing it to mental retardation. Technically everyone is on the autistic spectrum |
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Post by creature386 on Feb 26, 2014 22:44:24 GMT 5
Another stereotype:
People with bad marks don't want to learn. Psychological problems again get ignored.
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Post by Vodmeister on Feb 26, 2014 23:39:18 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on Feb 27, 2014 0:23:33 GMT 5
I completely agree with the points about the Asians, they are quite annoying.
I believe the 7th point applies to most minorities which differ from the rest, not just Hispanics. Where I live, people think the same about immigrants, even though we barely have Hispanics (they mostly come from the Near East). I find it funny though how some people in my class (who are immigrants) play the grammar nazi (of course in an ironic way, "Always these foreigners who can't speak/spell properly!") when there is a debate about how this word is spelled or when some immigrants make funny mistakes while speaking.
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Post by Runic on Feb 27, 2014 6:33:12 GMT 5
Americans are unfit and fat. Shame because I would drag every non american from my old high school in a boxing match or street fight. Is that unfit? Lol
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 27, 2014 7:07:18 GMT 5
Canadians are polite,harmless and pushovers.
I dislike it for the same reason I dislike it when native Americans are called Indians, its just incorrect.
The French are pussies who surrender all the time, again flat out incorrect, France is the single most successful European power when it comes to war.
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Post by Runic on Feb 27, 2014 8:37:34 GMT 5
Thought it was Britain? And yes all one must do is know you to see Canadian can be cold heartless SOB's
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Post by Reticulatus on Feb 27, 2014 9:46:44 GMT 5
I like Canadian bacon...Also the French make great fries and toast, and don't forget the way they kiss  I'm American and I'm 5"11' and only weigh 145lbs so much for being fat. What's an American anyways if not an immigrant? Same with a Canadian for that matter. Most of us are European, Asian and African so how can we be haters? I love foreign peoples, they present an opportunity to expand our understanding of this mixed up world. I do think its pretty messed up to post in a thread about annoying stereotypes that "Asians are annoying"! There is a lot of great things we can attribute to the Asians, I really like them. |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 27, 2014 12:52:25 GMT 5
Thought it was Britain? And yes all one must do is know you to see Canadian can be cold heartless SOB's That's exactly what the British want you to think, after all they started the stereotype. French have been the strongest power in Europe a number of times, in fact it relatively far to say that the only reason they didn't control Britain was the fact they are an island, which is the same reason Germany didn't take them over in WW2 as well. I can't remember the exact numbers But I think France has a way higher success rate than anyone who doesnt know it would have guessed in war. |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 27, 2014 13:01:45 GMT 5
This is just from wikipedia
France has participated in 168 major European battles, out of which it won 109, drawn 10 and lost 49, making the country the most successful military power in European history.
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