Local Stereotypes?

[Jallen]

Being an American (along with a great number of the people on this website), there are many stereotypes that come with my nationality.

The dumb, arrogant American is, in my opinion, the stereotype that is known to all, and I put an emphasis on dumb.

I work with a fellow who is a private in the National Guard. He is the stereotypical american. Big dumb guy who's a motorhead and national pride spewing out of every orifice. Today he told me, "Yesterday someone asked me if I could find Asia on a map and I couldn't do it. It took me a while, but I found it." As I stand there trying to keep my laughter to myself thinking, "Wow. The largest continent on earth and you can't find it? Damn." I expressed my amazement, and he continued on with, "I don't care! America is the best country in the world by far and I can find that on a map!" Yet again I almost puked.

Previous to this he told me the following joke: How do you find out if a Mexican is pregnant? Stick a burrito in her vagina, if you take it out a week later and it's half eaten, there's a beaner in there.

I awkwardly smiled and walked away in amazement on how incredibly arrogant and ignorant one can be.

So I ask you what your stories of amazing stereotypes you have encountered.

[Fugga]

Since i'm hispanic people assume i Mexican. So one day i was mowing the lawn and one of my jackass friends walks by and says: "How much do u charge for cutting the grass?" I was rollin' but i still chased him down the street with a rake

[CalculatePie314]

I live outside of Detroit. I'm not in a gang. I've never been shot at or anything. I must be visiting the wrong side of town or something.

[Idioteque]

A big one around here is the Asian stereotype, because our area has a huge Korean population, among other Asiatic ethnicities. At our school and asians are lumped into four categories
-FOB: Shy, only talks to other asians, not seen as very smart often times.
-Asian gangster: Wears baggy pants and BAPE hoodies. Hangs with the black kids and is seen as the "stupidest" of all the asians
-Twinkie: Your average, nerdy asian, smarter then the rest of a class and watches a lot of anime
-Genius Asian: In all AP classes, obsesses about GPA.
For sure I do not agree with any of these things, they seem ridiculous to read. Whats even worse is that the school newspaper printed a feature about the above stereotypes.

[MistyTehMoose]

I think I fall into the twinkie stereotype.

Just saying.

[El Mojado]

In San Antonio, were I live we have alot of stereotypes. First off the stereotypical Mexican gangster. The one with bandana and saying "Homeboy", "Homes" and all that jazz. Second the Rancher Mexican (or as how my family calls them "Chuntaros"), the one with the huge diesel truck, cowboy hat, and of course the mustache. Then we have the stereotypical Red-neck, the ones that are all rugged, with the confedereate flag, and of course trucks or the muscle car. Then we have the W.A.S.Ps (White Anglo Saxon Protestants) with their rich cars, and snooty attitude. There are more but I'm just tired of typing.

But I see the Mexican gangsters alot at my school.

[Unstable]

Johnson County, Kansas (the county I live in) has the reputation of being the rich, up-tight county where everyone drives SUVs and all that crap. People here are actually very laid back and nice. It's still better than having a reputation as an area full of gangs though.

[Pelican Man]

I think Aussie blokes have one of the better stereotypes. Stereotyped as sitting around, drinking beer all day and watching the footy. One of my mates lives up to this stereotype pretty well, every Friday night, he and his footy team go to the same bar, get balls-up drunk, and stumble home at 3am.

In his free time, he can be found wearing a wife beater and stubby shorts. Oh, and all his mates get Aussie nicknames. For instance, his last name is Dickson, so he's Dicko. My name is Dean, so to them, I'm Deano.

[Corcho]

well stereotipes on venezuela:
Los Chavistas: the people how thing that the president Chavez is the new Jesus, They always use Red on anything

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii14/Corcho/XD.jpg

Los Sifrinos: people with money or pretend have money and always search ways to show how much money they have

Los Zorros or Barrioteros: people that not dress well and always listened bad music like this "I want to like your pussy (8) I want to fuck your totonita (8) I want to grab your muffin" and shit, usually is the class with less money.

Los Pasteleros: people that I hate because they always are talking shit about local soccer and they support team´s like argentina and brazil

Los Azotes: People how like to kill...

The rest: people how don´t have the enough qualities to belong with the other Classes, like my!

[RessXalcor]

Over here in orlando, FL we have a lot of Puerto Rican stereotypes, me being one makes me feel ashamed for these stereotypes.
Fat PR- These fat puertorican girls have severe attitude problems and tend to act as if they are the hot shit.
Tramps- These 15 to 16 year old are either pregnant or want to be pregnant and seem to think that having babies in highschool is the greatest thing ever.
FAKES- These bastards annoy me out of all of them, They aren't puerto rican at all but from New York. Only their parents are puerto rican, which makes them pathetic. (New Yorican)
N*ggas- These Puerto Ricans, or New Yoricans tend to act as if they are black, they wear baggy clothes say Nigga like its their name, have cornrows, and have fake diamond neckleces.
Hotties- these girls are rather hot and have no attitude problems at all.
The not so Hotties- these girls seem to dress like sluts and show off their horrorble tatto that is on their lower back. (they are sometimes obesed which means they have baby gap clothes that just arent pretty on them)

[Jallen]

In his free time, he can be found wearing a wife beater and stubby shorts. Oh, and all his mates get Aussie nicknames. For instance, his last name is Dickson, so he's Dicko. My name is Dean, so to them, I'm Deano.

I did not know this, and yet I call you Deano quite often.

[Casalen]

"Arcata was the first city to elect a member of the GREEN party to an office. The City Council, and at times even the mayor, is composed in part by college students. Arcata prides itself on being the liberal hub of the north coast."

Arcata, about 12 miles from me, is full of hippies. On April 20th, around 4:20 pm, a large cloud of smoke can be seen floating from one of the parks there. Hard to drive there, since hippies and homeless wander into the street a lot. It's a pretty accurate stereotype.

Going south of here the same amount, we have a city and some small towns made up of very conservative redneck types- the stereotypical Americans referenced in the original post. I live in the middle of those, which is somewhat of an improvement from the extremes.

[loft]

There aren't many Danish stereotypes out there.
Scandinavians in general have their ethnic stereotypes but they're usually placed on 'ikea-obsessed, smörgåsbord-loving Swedes and Norwegians who are either naïve rural folk, Vikings or death metal-heads. Danish people are either grouped in between or are isolated. We're only known for our 'pastries' and the pop band Aqua, in North American culture.

EDIT: And the several year-old scandal involving published drawings of Islamic prophet Muhammad.

[Quadros]

I guess the english stereotype is that of the pampered mummy's boy toff. I don't know many, if any, but those private schoolboy chumps that i do meet dismay me with their arrogance. Don't get me wrong, I know a whole load of people who went to private school, they're just not all arrogant toffs. Those that are though are clearly the ones who bought into the whole 'you are at this school to become the elite of the next generation' thing. That pisses me the fuck off.

Not as much as Chavs though. Chavs are by and large fucking scum and the worst thing is is that you can be as stereotypical as you want with these pricks because they buy into the stereotype volentarily. For them, they consciously choose a life of violent, rowdy and irresponsible anti-social behavior and it ruins families more surely than drugs and prostitution combined. I'm talking about kids from financially comfortable middle class families who suddenly 'sdecide' they're working class, which apparently means lazy, intoxicated, violent thugs and criminals. So many kids who had the oppertunity to be anything they wanted, who choose to make nothing of themselves. It's fucking pathetic and so are they.

Oh and Loft also all of your women are blond supermodels. Even the elderly.

[The1Qtip]

Well Dominicans in general are stereotyped as being loud and annoying. Me being a white Dominican though, people always assume I'm loaded.

[Pieman]

Technically I'm a closet half-twinkie.

I'm half Australian and half Asian. Except everyone around here ignores that and calls me emo. In Australia long hair= emo. According to lebs that is.

Lebs: Probably our version of chavs. Arrogant, generally weak unless in large groups and wants to take over Australia. They generally wear dryfits, bumbags, those bags you put sleeping bags in and have mullets. Listens to techno and R'n'B. Hates any form of metal/rock and suprisingly rap.

Fobs: Our version of black people. Fall into 2 catagories, the Big Fob and the Smaller Smartarse fob. The Big Fobs are generally the muscle of the two, they do all the fighting and heavylifting, are of average IQ. Smartarse fobs are the more cunning of the two, they do all the planning and occasionally fight with the big fobs. Slightly above average IQ. Can't remember the music tastes sadly.

[BKS]

Well, in our school, most of the sterotypes are used as jokes, seeing as how we are primarily white ethnicity. However, we do have a few that just seem outlandish.

Blacks- Hide your bikes, they'll shoot ya and steal your everything. THUG LIFE.

Mexicans- All Mexicans get paid in oranges. They will mow your lawn for 2 oranges.

Whites
Druggies/Failures- These are the ones who go and stand out in front of the school with their cigarettes and contemplate life. See my thread in the RDA for an example of a few that go to my school.


Aside from that, most everyone else, although slightly different, mingle together.

[MistyTehMoose]

I am half asian and half aussie.

I don't know what the Australian female stereotype is, I suppose it would be something similar to Kath and Kim. And I don't know anyone like that. Although my dad is your typical Aussie guy. He has a beer gut, watches footy and likes his beer.

[Pelican Man]

I did not know this, and yet I call you Deano quite often.

I was using it as an example. What I mean is that they do it for every name. Robbo, Bobbo, Dobbo, Steveo, Gibbo, etc.

[Quadros]

I am half asian and half aussie.

I don't know what the Australian female stereotype is, I suppose it would be something similar to Kath and Kim. And I don't know anyone like that. Although my dad is your typical Aussie guy. He has a beer gut, watches footy and likes his beer.

That's not Australian that's just male. In America they invented a whole knew game for men to drink beer watching and they still called it football to fit the stereotype.

[MaxAlcolo]

I must be a lumberjack, wearing a red and black jacket, living in a shack made out of wood and travelling on a dog sledge. I don't have electricity, I eat pea soup all the time and eat frogs too. There's penguins living in my backyard and I hate english people, especially from english Canada. I also am an extreme hockey fan.

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TncdhLGjFTE) is an "advanced" version of the french canadian stereotype.
I also get the "aboot" stereotype when people don't actually know I'm from Quebec.

[Quadros]

Upon learning this they correct them selves to the Quebec stereotype 'le aboot'.

[grs2]

My favorite stereotype that is definitely not true, is that Canadians pronounce 'about' as "a-boot". Everything else you've heard is real. :|

[MistyTehMoose]

That's not Australian that's just male.

Heh I guess that's true. I guess our typical stereotype is Steve Irwin and I don't really know anyone like him.

[Quadros]

I know tons of dead people.

[MistyTehMoose]

Ones that got killed by a lethal stingray though?

[KeyboardSpastic]

I think Aussie blokes have one of the better stereotypes. Stereotyped as sitting around, drinking beer all day and watching the footy. One of my mates lives up to this stereotype pretty well, every Friday night, he and his footy team go to the same bar, get balls-up drunk, and stumble home at 3am.

In his free time, he can be found wearing a wife beater and stubby shorts. Oh, and all his mates get Aussie nicknames. For instance, his last name is Dickson, so he's Dicko. My name is Dean, so to them, I'm Deano.

Unlucky for us females living in the same vicinity of you who have to put up with constant b.o, pick up lines and excessive use of the c word.:ahe:

[Oofie]

The stereotype of the Irish being drunk constantly is kinda true so I can't really complain.

[fcon]

The stereotype of the Irish being drunk constantly is kinda true so I can't really complain.

You can add loud and violent to that as well. And the typical male one, sporty (drunk, loud and violent all contained in GAA)

[Pieman]

Heh I guess that's true. I guess our typical stereotype is Steve Irwin and I don't really know anyone like him.


My dad used to wrestle crocodiles. Is that close enough?

[Johnny]

Stereotypes you ask? I'm another half-asian half-'Straiyan. All Australians own their own kangaroo and ride to work/school on it, eat a fuckin' barbecued dinner and talk in a heavy Australian country accent (which Americans can't distinguish from a Cockney accent.)

[Pieman]

Jesus, is every Australian half Asian? And yes, I realise the irony.

[Axidos]

In Australia, I'm ashamed to say we've also got a stereotype for the Aborigines. We tend to think of them as ghetto, overweight alcoholics and smoking addicts, and sometimes violent at that. I was quite sad when I found out that statistically, it's a pretty accurate picture. Drugs, violence and poverty are a huge problem in a vast number of Aboriginal communities.

Stereotypes you ask? I'm another half-asian half-'Straiyan. All Australians own their own kangaroo and ride to work/school on it, eat a fuckin' barbecued dinner and talk in a heavy Australian country accent (which Americans can't distinguish from a Cockney accent.)

Don't forget the pet koalas and that everyone lives on a farm. An American exchange student was amazed to find the aforementioned stereotypes actually weren't true when she arrived at my school.

[Pelican Man]

Unlucky for us females living in the same vicinity of you who have to put up with constant b.o, pick up lines and excessive use of the c word.:ahe:

Actually, the group of friends I was talking about all keep themselves smelling well, don't use the c word, and pick up chicks easily without using lame pick up lines. So I guess they missed that half of the stereotype.

[Tyler_Legrand]

The countries are close together, so it's convenient. I saw a lot of Asians (Japanese specifically I think) in Hawaii, too.

I can confirm most Aussie stereotypes around here: Heavy drinking, football obssession; recently I was asked to predict which teams will win, so I just picked "every team on the left". They all won. Neat. Speaking of football obssession, the Aussies even gathered around to play football on the Xbox.

We also have barbies regularly.

This applies to both genders.

[Pieman]

We also have barbies regularly

You might want to rephrase that.

[Nexus]

The countries are close together, so it's convenient. I saw a lot of Asians (Japanese specifically I think) in Hawaii, too.

I can confirm most Aussie stereotypes around here: Heavy drinking, football obssession; recently I was asked to predict which teams will win, so I just picked "every team on the left". They all won. Neat. Speaking of football obssession, the Aussies even gathered around to play football on the Xbox.

We also have barbies regularly.

This applies to both genders.

It's all true, oh geez it's somewhat shameful at times. The cry goes out "AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE..." and without fail the reply, well you know, I can't even bring myself to type it.

I BBQ at least once a week.

[Inseln]

The Australian streyotype would have to be my favourite. I know they typically give the beer drinking and footy watching to the guys, but I do the same. I also can't wait untill I'm 18 so I can go drinking with my mates down at the local pub.

Hey Nexus: "OI! OI! OIII!" Just because I am proud to be 6th generation Australian.


EDIT: To Tourists. Watch out for the Drop Bears. =]

[Tyler_Legrand]

You might want to rephrase that.

You might want to die.

Oh, and another thing, thongs are more common than shoes. And by "thongs" I do mean of course "sandals".

[ericssin]

I'm Bolivian so one of the biggest stereotypes we suffered and probably still suffer(thanks to the all mighty blockhead Hollywood) is that we are all drugdealers, live on the mountains surrounded by llamas.
Another one is the corrupt government, well sadly that one is true most of the time :(

[Dave]

City folk in Ireland make fun of the country folk. I was born in a large town of 20,000, so we make fun of the people who were raised in smaller towns. However, the cities consider us all farmers who own cows and live in dirt. "Culchie" is the term, I believe. City folk think we're all incomprehensible, mumbling, potato-sucking idiots. They're kinda right. Thankfully, I don't have a Belfast accent, so 1-0 to me.

[fcon]

City folk in Ireland make fun of the country folk.
And vice versa (damn Jackeens!!)

I was born in a large town of 20,000, so we make fun of the people who were raised in smaller towns. However, the cities consider us all farmers who own cows and live in dirt. "Culchie" is the term, I believe. City folk think we're all incomprehensible, mumbling, potato-sucking idiots. They're kinda right. Thankfully, I don't have a Belfast accent, so 1-0 to me.

One of my Dub friends who had never left Dublin (no joke) couldn't understand that I lived in a town and not a farm and didn't have 200 acres of land!

[Miss Freeze]

Well I live in the south east of America, which will apparently raise agian. But I moved from the north, so I fall into a different sterotype depending on who I talk to. If I talk to someone here or if they find out that I think grits are nasty (which they are), I am a Yankee, or a dirty yank. I have been called this many times and find it rather amusing. But if I talk to anyone else and say that I live in the south, I becoming a sibling screwing redneck, who owns a light blue pickup truck.
If I go into specifics about where I've lived more sterotypes emerge. For example, claiming wisconsin always means that I love to drink or am an alcoholic. If I claim Hawaii, I get asked to do the hula. Vegas, I gamble and something about drugs and hookers. Utah, I mean duh.
It's all rather entertianing.

[Vin]

Not as much as Chavs though. Chavs are by and large fucking scum and the worst thing is is that you can be as stereotypical as you want with these pricks because they buy into the stereotype volentarily.

Chavs absolutely suck balls.
Ever watch shameless?
I live on the council estate where it's filmed.
It's scarily accurate.

[McGruff]

Apparently, since I live in Kansas I'm supposed to be a "Red-neck". I don't know a single person that fits into the "Red-neck" category. In fact, a lot of people that I know act like they reign from California.

I don't really fit into either of those stereotypes.

[Cristo]

I live on the council estate where it's filmed.


I've never met one of you.

What's it like?

Also, apparently since I'm scandinavian I'm supposed to be 6'6"+, mercilessly rape and pillage women, drink ridiculous amounts of schnapps and alcohol in general, be blond, have amazing women and speak Dutch.

Now apart from the speak Dutch thing, I can't say that most of them aren't true. A lot of Scandinavian men, if not most ARE 6 foot +, drink large amounts of alcohol and are blond. The women are generally also quite hot.

Where I live in Spain, Puerto Banus/Marbella, there are some stereotypes, but they're actually all true.

Russians - If you're Russian, you and/or your parents are dodgy mafioso. This is the truth however. All the Russians here I know (6 - 7+) all "own restaurants" and other such establishments like bars etc. without fail. Or work in/own Casinos. They also have an affinity for everything Golden in colour.

Spicks - Generally local Spaniards, looked down upon by expats. A lot of them relate quite a lot to English Chavs. Shit taste, knick stuff like magpies, ugly, fat ugly girls etc.
Some are generally just local Spaniards who DON'T relate to Chavs but are complete cocksuckers.

Tourists - Says itself really. Socks in sandals, lobster red. Come in every variety from Northern Europe.
"POR FAVOUR!! DO YOU HAVE LA CARTA POR LE EATING, MERCI!!!"

Expat Women - Lips like a fish, foreheads like a slab of granite, boobs perkier than a 16 year olds, and ass like one too. And they're usually 50+.
Way too much of anything to do with plastic surgery, completely overdoing it - resulting in them looking absolutely ridiculous. You look at a woman walking down the street from behind and you and your friends are like "Whoa she's not bad. I'd give her one" thinking she's in her mid-thirties, she turns around, takes off her sunglasses and turns out she's 67.

[Vin]

I've never met one of you.

What's it like?

Not so good. Especially at any time when alcohol is available in the local offy.

+lol some nice stereotypes. I hate the tourist 'socks n sandals' look. Makes me cringe. But the 'white socks pulled up high' look- awesome (me=big offender).

[EPIC]

I live in Denver, Colorado, people from some other places for some reason always think it's snowing. In the summer, they'll ask me if it's snowing, when it's like 90°. Someone once asked me if I go skiing every day.

[Quadros]

So Cristo which of those do you fit into? I'm going to go out on a limb and say Expat women?

It kind of sucks that Britain's stereotypes leave out about 80% of the population. I honestly can't think of one that i fit into really. I'm too generic.

[Darkmaiden616]

hmm havent really participated in this forums much but this thread caught my eye. Stereotypes ive seen alot here in this country, have not yet traveled overseas, though some of the friends ive met online from different lands tend to ask the same question that some here before they meet me.

OMG Your black?

I guess because, I speak eloquantly (use words as the like) actually take care of myself and enjoy music of all forms that I cannot be black to some people. Oh and Im a gamer to so it really doubles the shock that I can be a black female and one who enjoys games. I think its funny still at my age that people assume im supposed to be a ghetto queen that is on welfare with 4-6 kids with different fathers.

I think the worst though is what I get from my own community at times, because I dont believe anyone holds me down, enjoy learning and do not think its great to see a memember of my community in jail for any reason. I get called oreo and you name it. Why is trying to better myself and have a good crime free life= wanting to be white? And since when is it that only white people can have a good life? cause I know plenty of poor people (financially and personality wise) of all racial backrounds. Had to deal with them working so it knows not skin tone bounds.

Either way most sterotypes come from the few idiots who do potray them and its sad that many of us get lumped into things like that.

[Nexus]

Oh, and another thing, thongs are more common than shoes. And by "thongs" I do mean of course "sandals".

Or flip flops hey?
Love a girl in thongs!

What about the "shrimp on the barbie" thanks Paul Hogan. I don't BBQ shrimp ever, nor do I call it shrimp. Man the 80's have a lot to answer for in creating horrible bushman style Australian stereotypes. I'm all for the beer swilling, thong wearing, beach going, BBQ grilling, football fan stereotype (it's just normal). Everyone likes a drink a steak and a bit of sport.

[Indoctrine]

Australia has alot of those stereotypes, probably something to do with the multicultural thing.
I've seen rednecks and all of the types of Asians that Ideoteque outlined.
Strangely enough, Australian teenagers are not at all creative. We have weeaboos, gangsters and emos. All things that they've taken from American stereotypes.

Also, alot of people seem to think that Australians are all either "Kangaroo fuckers" or convicts.

[Quadros]

Actually we think Kangaroo fuckers AND convicts.

[Profane Methane]

We (in Melbourne at least) have a group called Muzztecs (muzzers for short) who are mostly Lebos, Italians etc. Also the Kiwis are sheep shaggers.

[GCBC]

Well, lets see. Being from Wisconsin, people think farms, cheese, and Packers fans. Oh and people talking like "Fargo" with the "Up der hey" type of accent. I can't really dispute any of these. I didn't grow up on a farm (like people seem to think when I meet out of state people), but I did grow up in the suburbs near a lot of farms. I have vague childhood memories of going to "Breakfast on the Farm" on the weekends. One of my favorite foods is cheese. People here live and die by the Packers. And I don't think I have an accent, but people on vent tell me I do. I love Wisconsin though. It's a great place.

[Pelican Man]

You might want to rephrase that.

If you truly want him to say 'barebeque' instead of barby, you shouldn't try calling yourself Australian >=(

[Miss Freeze]

So Cristo which of those do you fit into? I'm going to go out on a limb and say Expat women?

It kind of sucks that Britain's stereotypes leave out about 80% of the population. I honestly can't think of one that i fit into really. I'm too generic.

British arrogance, seems like a suitable sterotype Quaddy. :douchecock:

Well, lets see. Being from Wisconsin, people think farms, cheese, and Packers fans. Oh and people talking like "Fargo" with the "Up der hey" type of accent. I can't really dispute any of these. I didn't grow up on a farm (like people seem to think when I meet out of state people), but I did grow up in the suburbs near a lot of farms. I have vague childhood memories of going to "Breakfast on the Farm" on the weekends. One of my favorite foods is cheese. People here live and die by the Packers. And I don't think I have an accent, but people on vent tell me I do. I love Wisconsin though. It's a great place.

haha, no accent. That's funny. Fargo's is a gross example of the Wisconsin accent. Also you forgot beer. People think all the ones you mentioned plus Beer and corn when I mention Wisconsin.

[Jiggz]

In SA we have your usual sub-categories of society, the academics, the punks, the suits-and-ties, the jocks etc. We also have broader categories, I'll try explain them...

The Dutchman: Has nothing to do with being dutch. This is a label given to the very conservative Afrikaans community. Things they enjoy: small, tight rugby shorts. Braai's (BBQ's), rugby, Christianity and apparent Christian morals, bakkies (trucks to you guys). With Dutchies, women know their place and aspire for nothing more than to be baby-making housewives. The men are usually large red-faced "boere", who hate black people and have large hands, all the better for handing out a "poes klap" (vagina slap). They live in large Afrikaans communities, are as xenophobic as fuck and are to be avoided at all costs. Saying something like, "The Blue Bulls (rugby team) are a bunch of homo's" will most certainly get you a nice warm poes klap. They are notoriously narrow minded, and thus, considered stupid, but brutish.

The Larney: Mostly come from, live near or work in Sandton or surrounding neighbourhoods. Sandton is the richest city in Africa. These folks drive unnecessarily large SUV's, wear copious amounts of gold, go to night clubs where the cover charge would get you a weekend away, look like dolls with too much plastic surgery, and can't walk past a reflective surface without checking that their Armani suit or D&G heels still look as "fabulous" as they did ten minutes ago when they last walked pat a reflective surface. They live in houses where the amount of bedrooms outnumbers their entire family tree, despite the fact that only three people live there. Their walls are usually ten foot high, and they ar all inherently paranoid. Could be the drug useage. This group of popped collar, trust fund babies is made up mostly of, ironically, diaspora's, such as the Jews, the Greeks, the Lebanese oand the Asians.

The Coconuts: Being that SA makes use of Affirmitive Action policies, we have a burgeoning black community that is young, wealthy, and fucking arrogant. They all either claim to be, or actually are, involved in entertainment, such as music producing. Interestingly, having a friend of a cousin who has a laptop with a cracked version of ProTools LE makes you a "hit producer". Thi group of people is referred to, by older black generations, as "coconuts". This is because, like a coconuts, they may be brown on the outside, but they're white in the middle. This is because they're educated at good governemtn or private schools, have no knowledge or interest in black traditions and customs, and hardly speak their mother tongue's properly. They party hard, their music scene is second biggest in the country, only to the music industry of the Dutchies. They're generally chiiled, and sceptical of, but welcoming to white folk.

The rest of us are a combination of the above.

[Pieman]

If you truly want him to say 'barebeque' instead of barby, you shouldn't try calling yourself Australian >=(

Not everyones Australian here (Even though therre is a startling number of us) so I don't wanna make it sound like we play with barbie dolls. If he spelt it 'Barby' it would be fine though.

New rule; Barbeques official bogan abbreviation is spelt 'Barby'. Because I's and E's are for pussies and Internet Explorer users.

[Tyler_Legrand]

Because I's and E's are for pussies and Internet Explorer users.

Good one.

MY dictionary says it's spelled "barbie". So there.

Barbie barbie barbie barbie

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[Conspiracy]

I'm Arab, need I say more?

[Cristo]

Nope.

You're a fanatical terrorist, hellbent on the destruction of the West and domination of Islam/Shariah over the world.

It's all good.

[PixieStix]

In my town there is pretty much the divide of average teenagers and chavs. Our town isn't that great as it is, and the chavs add to the view that the town is full of rude, arrogant, twatish teenagers out to steal and cause havoc. I can't stand chavs and the ridiculous things they do, including shouting 'dirty greebo' or "you startin' " if you so much as look at them. I hate how all teenagers of my town are stereotyped to being like this, when there is actually a majority of teenagers that respect other people and their community.

[Pieman]

Good one.

MY dictionary says it's spelled "barbie". So there.

Barbie barbie barbie barbie

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[Jallen]

Well, lets see. Being from Wisconsin, people think farms, cheese, and Packers fans. Oh and people talking like "Fargo" with the "Up der hey" type of accent.

Damn cheesehead :mad:

Being from Minnesota, I may have the stereotype of having the Fargo accent too, but sadly I do not. I know some people who totally do, though.

[SuEsq]

Im from SoCal, so I guess I tan alot, am addicted to Starbucks, drive a convertible, and have a trustfund...and on top of all that I'm an American which means the world views me as American-centric(??), glowing with pride and being a massive superpower that bullies the rest of the world; but if there is a crisis and we don't step i, then we're an evil superpower.
Either way I'm fucked so I guess I'll drop the top and head on out for a caramel mocha frappachino.

[PixieStix]

I think a lot of the reason that Britons - from my area/sixthform - think that American's have this dumb, mega-patriotic, stereotype is because of Bush, or television programs which portray that stereotype. Plus some first hand experiences in America. At a Wendy's once the woman behind the counter asked if we were 'English or British' which at the time seemed pretty stupid, thinking about it now i suppose she could have meant are we from England or Scotland/Wales/Ireland... but still it seemed pretty stupid. Another experience included someone asking my Uncle - who lives in America, how long it took him to DRIVE to England..
So anyway, most of the stereotypes for different countries are because of the media.

[Audiomaster]

I live in South Australia, The only Sterotypes we have is with the Lebs ( Lebonese or Italian ) they tend to say " Fully Sick " a lot and drive VL Turbos so basically most of them watch to much Fat Pizza.

I've got a good tip if you ever meet a New Zealander, Get them to say " Six ", I swear to god it will sound like " Sex ".

[Quadros]

Oh yeah, geographically I'm from the West Country, which means I fuck sheep, and I go to uni in Southampton, which due to it's large docks and association with sailors, makes me gay.

...Bring me a Ram!

[wired]

I live in South Australia, The only Sterotypes we have is with the Lebs ( Lebonese or Italian ) they tend to say " Fully Sick " a lot and drive VL Turbos so basically most of them watch to much Fat Pizza.

I've got a good tip if you ever meet a New Zealander, Get them to say " Six ", I swear to god it will sound like " Sex ".
To us New Zealanders it sounds like Astralians say Sex when they say Six.
I dont think we have too many stereotypes in NZ. The Maori stereotype (That maoris are dumb, do drugs and steal) is quite a strong one, but I dont know of any other stereotupes.

But then I come from a small town that just white people and maori people.

[Tef]

In Jamaica we have a bunch of stereotypes like everybody smokes weed, everybody says "yeh mon", we have dreadlock and list list would probably go on if I could think of more.

I think I fall into the twinkie class of Asian sans anime and more video games.

[abbey]

I live in Ontario, Canada so I get a lot of "Say about." and "Omg do you like maple syrup?" I don't say aboot, and yes, I enjoy maple syrup.

But for local stereotypes, I'm in high school so there are stereotypes for every clique. Preps/jocks, gangsters, exchange students, emo kids, dirts, and nerds. I'd go through them but everyone already knows what they are.

[Derelict]

I'm a western Canadian. Being from British Columbia fellow Canadians assume we're all potheads and love to fish. As much as I do love pot and fishing, I don't think I really fall into that stereotype. I'm more of a small town kid who happens to drink a little too much. Unlike the rest of Canada (mostly the far east) Westerners don't really have accents at all. Torontonians and Vancouver people are nearly the only cities I can think of that are mostly neutral in speech.

The most prevalent stereotype around here, surprisingly, is being a hick. We've got an area outside of town called York Road where the properties are fucking massive. Not rich massive, though, they're mostly hunter families. They wear hunting gear to school or work and drive giant shitty trucks. Almost every one of the kids wears a wool sweater even when it's upwards of 15 celsius outside.

Well, lets see. Being from Wisconsin, people think farms, cheese, and Packers fans. Oh and people talking like "Fargo" with the "Up der hey" type of accent. I can't really dispute any of these. I didn't grow up on a farm (like people seem to think when I meet out of state people), but I did grow up in the suburbs near a lot of farms. I have vague childhood memories of going to "Breakfast on the Farm" on the weekends. One of my favorite foods is cheese. People here live and die by the Packers. And I don't think I have an accent, but people on vent tell me I do. I love Wisconsin though. It's a great place.

You do have an accent, though!

[Jino]

Round my town in Norcross, Georgia:
(All based on personal experience. )
Asians
We're the smallest minority around, and statistic-wise, the least prone to crime and the most intelligent. The sterotypes mentioned in a previous post apply here to Asians as well. I seem to be a twinkie, except without the anime-obsession.
In addition, the town seems to be filled with mostly Koreans, along with an oppressed community of Chinese and Viets. x_X Socialeconomic: [Middle-Upper class]
(I'm in the working class, however. )
Hispanics
Back in California, they were what I consider to be a ruthless bunch of thugs. Here, they're surprisingly well-mannered, but a good amount of them come from illegal backgrounds. Good amount of them are insubordinate to authority, plus all the pregnant girls at my school are Hispanic for some odd reason. Socialeconomic:[Impoverished-Working]
Blacks
My opinion is ambivalent on them. I consider there to be three types: Africans, Blacks, and the Chris-Rock classification of a nigger.
-The Africans are the ones that I enjoy the most, mainly because a good number of them have a strong work ethnic and know the hardships of Africa. ( For some reason, many of them are from the South African area, especially Zimbabwe/Botswana ) Socialeconomic :[Working-Upper]
-The blacks are your average African-Americans. They're a mediocre, but enjoyable bunch. Tend to be the loudest/insubordinate in class, yet also the wittiest and friendliest. Socialeconomic: [Working-Middle]
-Niggers are the cancer of our town. They're responsible for the the majority of the crime and from personal experience, the drug-pushing, violent-assault-committing, child-pimping, plague that I'm unfortunate to live nearby. Recognizable by their large groups and even larger tastes in automobiles. Socialeconomic: [Impoverished-Upper] >_>
Whites
Not much to be said. They're your average drug-intaking, sports-loving, wealthy majority.
Socialeconomic: [Midde-Excessively]

[octomonkey]

I live in England and the nearest big city to me is Liverpool.
I'm pretty sure any English/British people here have a good idea of the thieving/chavesque image that comes from being near Liverpool, not to mention the lovely accent that comes with it (which I thankfully don't have).
They are all fake designer tracksuit wearing, spitting, stealing, asbo toting, all round little shits.
We call the people who do fit into this stereotype scallys/scals.

[PixieStix]

I live in Norfolk, England, so have the stereotype that we are all farmers and have whole families built on incest...
Yes there might be some farmers but i don't know of any incestrial families, luckily.

[legolas]

I live in new zealand....
Whats my stereotype?

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[FranticYace..]

I'm not only fom England, meaning I have to put up with loads of useless stereotypes, but I'm also from Essex, the very origin of chavs. Being from Essex, most people do think I'm a chav, who can't speak/type/read/do anything properly and has an awful essex accent.
The stereotype that people think Essex is crawling with chavs is sadly true, but there are also other stereotypes;


Scenes/Chemos
Old chavs that are taking to the 'Emo' fashion scene, wearing skinnies and t-shirts with multiple bows/skulls/hearts/hello kitty images. They wear all these in bright colours, so as not to be accused of being a 'goff' or 'grebo'. They also listen to 'emo' labelled bands such as Fallout Boy, MCR, Avril Lavigne, Elliot Minor, Linkin Park, Evanescence, etc.

Towny
Often confused with chavs, but not exactly the same. Urban Dictionary cites; 'Characterised by their clothes, consisting of tracksuits. Logos are a must; also, a recent tread is to wear a hat at the odd angles, AND have a hood up at the same time. In broad daylight. Suspicions are rising that they are going nocturnal.
Another characteristic is the speech. They try to be 'gangsta muthafuggas', taken from American culture. Also any phrases (or noises) are taken from popular TV shows. Like 'Bo Selecta', a comedy show. They have a penchant for the word "mint".

Examples of Towny 'speech'
"PROPA NAAARH" <==> "Proper no."
"YA SHTARTIN ME" <==> "You wanna start a fight?"
"PROPA BO" <==> "Wow, that's awesome."
"UEEEH!" <==> No translation. It could be a mating call.

Behaviours consists of:
* Walking into your shoulders, claiming you wanna start a fight, even if they had to come across the road to bump into your shoulders.
* Generally takin' drugs and getting drunk every night, getting rowdy and starting fights.' They tend to hang around town centres rather than their Estates, opposed to chavs.


Wannabe Chavs
Losers that tag along after actual chavs. They speak more chavvy than the real ones do. Even greater source of amusement than chavs, because even the chavs hate them. Generally a waste of space.


Grebos/Goths/Emos
Anyone who wears black, has heavy eyeliner and doesn't wear bright colours. Often connected with drugs and alcohol. Spend most of their times hanging around areas of town with skateboards but not actually riding them, being high and 'ridding the world' of chavs. Most of the guys are bisexual, most of the girls are lesbians, save a few that swing both ways too. They glare at everyone who isn't a part of their clique and most are attention seeking whores that self harm. They all have make believe problems ('He doesn't love me!' 'I'm a slut!' 'My parents hate me!' 'Everyone hates me!) that are really excuses for them being alcoholics, drug addicts and downright sluts. Most of them look identical, even though they constantly whine about being 'individuals'. Myspace and the new-found Bebo are their breeding grounds, and also where they find their crappy music that no-one has ever or will ever hear of. Often found mingling with Chemos. They think that anyone who isn't a one of them is a chav.

There are loads more, but they're the main stereotypes of Essex.

[Vin]

Frantic, we have exactly the same stereotypes in manchester.
As you say, there are loads more but, we have some others that may qualify as 'main regional stereotype', in particular;

The Gangsta
Heavy Gold Neck/wrist-Chains, Pants that don't fit, White/brightly coloured/heavily patterned hoody, The latest fashion in sports trainers, a cap worn slightly skewed. In no racist way, these people tend to be of black/asian origin, and the whites who attempt to follow the same trend are ridiculed by all. These people are generally seen hanging about at bus stops or on public transport playing loud dance remixes of pop music or heavy gangsta rap from their mobile phones and speaking in an 'Ali G-esque' accent, with specialist non-sensical vocab thrown in. This stereotype is rarely found in people over the age of 15/16, but those who still follow it when old enough to drive are often seen driving rubbish cars with unfinished bodykits installed in the late evening. Normally they play heavy rap music with the bass as high as possible, as loud as possible with the windows rolled down.

[Pieman]

Fallout Boy, MCR, Avril Lavigne, Elliot Minor, Linkin Park, Evanescence, etc.

Am I the only one alarmed by this?

[Vin]

Am I the only one alarmed by this?

Damn chemos get everywhere.

[CasinoCloudz]

Well in rochester it goes

Scenesters: Kids who dress in tight pants listen to indie and hardcore music and go to local shows and wear band shirts, i fall perfectly into this one

Fake scenesters: People who overdo it with headbands and hair dye and shit like that but dont go to shows

Gangsters: there no real ones in our school but we let them think they run the thug life

Preps: biggest group in the school, dresses in hollister and american eagle, generally plays sports people think that they are stuck up but some of them are pretty cool

The rest are bitties, nerds, and misfits

[Pachycephelosaurus]

I've lived in all four corners of the US:

+California (Los Angeles):
-Mexicans are all gangbangers that just want to shoot you and take your money so that they can buy drugs. Unfortunately I'm half Mexican, so this one didn't help me much.
+If you're not in a gang you're a Beverly Hills shit who has millions of dollars and not a care.

Florida:
+Tourists: we hate them. They really are as bad as you assume, and residents really do hate them as much as they feel paranoid for thinking. They're inconsiderate, wasteful, never know where they're going (thus driving like autistic children on crack), and if you've got a job they WILL waste your time. I once had a Canadian tourist run me around for two hours trying to find out the Canadian-American currency exchange rate and whether things were cheaper at Best Buys in the US or Canada. It's true that plenty of people in FL wear shorts, t-shirts, and flip-flops, but we can still tell when you're a tourist.

+Old People: It's true. There's a LOT of them, and they're cranky as all hell. Not to mention the fact that they're AWFUL drivers. I was once sideswiped by the same idiotic old lady twice in a row. They'll give you shit just 'cause, and they will NEVER die.

+New York
-Well, there are just too fucking many to even start getting into here.

+Tennessee
-Somehow I'm going to college here, in the south.

-Rednecks: For some reason there're all these people in beat up pickup trucks with camo baseball hats, supertight jeans, and huge t-shirts that say "Dixie Outfitters" or "The South Will Rise Again" or just have pictures of animals that the wearer likes to shoot. Generally too loud about completely idiotic things and the people who ask idiotic questions in class. If these guys are the south, the only way it'll "rise again" is if they're getting up to get another beer.

[tunacake]

I'm from the east coast of Canada. I don't have an IQ of 12 and I do not have anything at all like a Newfie accent. In fact, most Newfs I know, especially younger generations, have your typical americanadian accent.

The biggest problem at my school are Wiggers. (We can get away with that term here. There are no black people at my school. None.)
They listen to Soulja Boy, 50 Cent and Britney Spears. They wear plain pink American Eagle polos with the collar popped. For the most part they play hockey. They piss me off royally.
Yeah, hockey is a stereotype you can use all you want. I come from a big hockey family, and I'm the only one uninterested.
It's playoff season so all I hear about at work is how Detroit is gonna take the cup and jokes about the Leafs on the golf course.

[Relaps]

I live in So-Cal.

Valley Girls. That is all.

[natethefroguy]

well I live in Carmel, and I went down to Indy to chill with some of my friends, and someone yelled "Carmel fight" and everyone pulled out their money and started slapping each other with it, and I had no idea what was going on. So I'm guessin' people think Carmel is a bunch of people (which it is by the way)

[Marijuana]

For some reason evrybody thinks that all people from Amsterdam smoke weed.:smile:

[Lag]

For some reason evrybody thinks that all people from Amsterdam smoke weed.:smile:

Yea, how could they ever get that impression? :ahe:

Aside from Valley Girls, there isn't much else. Although every movie ever base here ever has to deal with some giant criminal underworld of gangs and police corruption.

[AccidentalMartyr]

Las Vegas. The stereotype is that we are all gambling addicts, prostitutes, sleazy, scummy people in a city of total sin. Oh, and everybody's a tourist, no one lives here. They base everything off of movies like "Casino" or many of our shitty "What Happens Here, Stays Here" commercials. Yes, even we hate those.

[Pelican Man]

I dont think we have too many stereotypes in NZ. The Maori stereotype (That maoris are dumb, do drugs and steal) is quite a strong one, but I dont know of any other stereotupes.

I didn't even know about the Maori one. But EVERYONE knows about the sheep fucking one, why don't you?

[Quadros]

Because it's not a stereotype, it's a way of life.

[Homemaster]

People who wear glasses are intelligent/nerdy/sophisticated. That's a local stereotype.

[skaf]

Living in Dubai, theres a few general stereotypes.

Locals; Emirati's. Very, very, very wealthy. All drive huge SUV's, exotic cars, etc. They have free reign over the country, seeing as the police are so biased. You do NOT argue with a local. You'd get in a whole load of shit if you do. Same goes if you have a car accident with them. They will always get the 'green' slip. Don't argue this. The sons of the Arabs drive huge SUV's, quads, etc, and love to listen to music with "Bitch", "Whore", and the like in it. Have a fondness for rap. Love to fight, and often egg on other nationalities that fight. Perceived as thick, because, well, they act like thugs. Real knuckle-draggers.
Expats. - Rich.; General upper-class people. I mean, right up the top upper class. Parents stupidly rich, kids get whatever they want. Mothers generally drive SUVs, and can't drive. (Abbrv. 'Jumeriah Jane'). These mothers are a cancer, the ones who don't learn the language, and talk to anybody that isn't white like they don't speak English. ("I'd like a COF-FEE. Thats right. BLACK COF-FEE.")
The children have whatever they want, think the place is theirs to wreck. Normally hold huge parties and complain when their place gets wrecked. Kids take a liking to smoking. For some reason, it's the "in" thing to do. Unfortunately, these people make up 80% of the population.
Expats - Not so rich.; Class that I fall into. Parents work hard for a good life, we're not excessively rich, but "rich" in the eyes of some. Treat everyone with respect, drive normal cars, get along with everyone. Most of us try to speak the language (If anything, it helps when you get stopped by the locals.), and generally act like we would if we were in any other country.
Indians; Not meant in any racial way, but 3/4 of the poorer peoples are made up of Indians, Pakistani's, etc. Generally percieved to be thick, although this is not always the case. Very pervy. IE - When we take our chicks down the beach, they don't stop staring. Ever. It gets mighty annoying. Thats another thing. They will ALWAYS stare. It's scary.
Emo's!; Only other social caste out here. Most fall into the 'Expat - Rich' group, but also spend their money on skin-tight jeans, bright colours, converses and the like. Extremely temperamental. They flock to the malls daily, and always follow the world's trends. Very annoying.

Basically, the country is divided up by nationalities. Brit's are rich, South Africans are snooty, Americans are unheard of, anybody from Asia is smart (Koreans, etc), anybody from India is poor/pervy, and the locals are rich.

And thats about it. I'll post again after I return from a jaunt later today.

[Cristo]

I like how the stereotype you fall under is perfect and completely flawless Skaf.

[skaf]

Well, there you have it. Personal opinions, isn't it?

[CasinoCloudz]

For some reason evrybody thinks that all people from Amsterdam smoke weed.:smile:

O god i feel so bad that you have

Cannabis Cup

Coffee shops with weed on the menu

Tourists planning years in ahead to "smoke weed"

International attention about their cannabis laws

How could you ever ever ever get that stereotype, im sorry man i do feel bad for you

[Halz]

I suppose they don't bother me we have heaps here in australia.

The girls do get catagories though:
there's

The Good Christian Girl: She attends Hillsong lives in Kellyville and is an ar*&hole to anyone who doesn't think, act, talk , or behave like she does. Horrible Meance (not the worst)

The Wog Chick: She has bad roots,She'll scream at you for looking at her man and she say's Hunny alot. Generally found in crappy bars/clubs, looking for someone to look at her man or say something wrong to start a fight. Her boyfriend is the only guy she won't stand upto. (Pretty bad)

The Druggie Chick: She's the one that wants to know if you have any money or a smoke she can pinch please. Generally if there is housing commission around she'll be near there. Gets violent for no apparent reason. Always talking about someone famous she knew, or how somone in her family did this amazing thing. Avoid at all costs. (The worst)

[Sarge51]

+Tennessee
-Somehow I'm going to college here, in the south.

-Rednecks: For some reason there're all these people in beat up pickup trucks with camo baseball hats, supertight jeans, and huge t-shirts that say "Dixie Outfitters" or "The South Will Rise Again" or just have pictures of animals that the wearer likes to shoot. Generally too loud about completely idiotic things and the people who ask idiotic questions in class. If these guys are the south, the only way it'll "rise again" is if they're getting up to get another beer.

The South/SouthEast sure is a crappy place to live with the Redneck stereotype in play. Especially in Tennessee, pretty much dubbed as the top 3 redneck capitals. I am embarrassed to say I live in Tennessee knowing they are thinking I am probably inbred white trash.

[Quadros]

I like how the stereotype you fall under is perfect and completely flawless Skaf.

It's funny because it fits the majority of immigrants in pretty much any country.

(That's not an invitation to start so don't.)

[Pud]

The Wog Chick: She has bad roots,She'll scream at you for looking at her man and she say's Hunny alot.
Hahahaha!! That's just described my brothers girlfriend!
...poor bastard.

I guess it seems no matter where you go, you're going to be categorized whether you like it or not.

[Pud]

The Wog Chick: She has bad roots,She'll scream at you for looking at her man and she say's Hunny alot.
Hahahaha!! That's just described my brothers girlfriend!
...poor bastard.

I guess it seems no matter where you go, you're going to be categorized whether you like it or not.

[MSB]

I live in a pretty small town, where the population is 98% white, so my community consists of the following:

The Yuppies: Mothers - Living in the million dollar homes, and almost running over you in their obnoxious SUV's. Driving from Dance class to Soccer Practice to Piano lessons, these mothers are often seen toting 2-4 of their own children, and at least 2 belonging to another family. Fathers - Usually seen driving their expensive car while chatting on their cell phone and drinking coffee. Known for cutting you off, and then going 20mph.

Scene Kids/Goth kids/Emo's: Hang out at the local mall, and crowd the benches outside of hot topic. They dress as obnoxious as possible, craving attention, but as soon as you notice them, you get a friendly 'Don't freaking look at me' stare, even if you are dressed the same.

Stoners: Hang out at 7-11, or in basements all over town. Oblivious to the world around them, and spending all their money on bags of chips.

White gangsters: Almost all boys ranging from age 12 to 17. I'd really love to drop them off a few towns over so they can see how 'hard' they are. They even have the gangster talk/walk/dress down. Sigh.


The rest is made up of regular working class people. Not really sure how to stereotype them, since I fall into that category. I'm sure to the yuppies, we're quite annoying. :smile:

[Cristo]

Fucking commoner. Despicable, you should have more respect for your superiors.

[LandMarkMoon]

Christian Arab, so basically got shit for being christian in some arab countries, and got shit for looking like a terrorist in western contries.

Double edged sword any1?

[Extreme-Winz]

Well I live in Australia, so there are some amount of stereotypes of being Aussie


live in the outback
throw boomerangs
have Ayers Rock as our backyard view
my dad wrestles crocodiles
wears something similar to Steve Irwin (and with a hat)
ride kangeroos
have a very strong accent
barbecuing everything
that we're dumb


Either that or people assume that we're all convicts, which is the one I hate the most :argh: :mad:

[ripped692]

i live in Washington state. my high school has all the regular stereotypes.



Either that or people assume that we're all convicts, which is the one I hate the most :argh: :mad:

i went out of town for about a week and when i got back there was a rumor that i was busted with an ounce of cocaine on me. I wasn't a druggie or anything. i thought it was hilarious. i would love to people to think I'm a convict. that would be awseome.

[Pie_Dee]

Basically, we're split up into Locals and Expats (I fit into this category).

Locals hate expats and their accents which are apparently fake (even though we are expats after all and can't be expected to have their accent), and speak Singlish. It's basically English with major grammatical errors, and some of them actually think they speak English perfectly. It's a lot of fun to listen to. Young local females wear shoes and accessories that incorporate a big plastic bow, usually red, with flourescent pink, red, black and white clothing. The older ones wear pretty much the same but with some form of animal print. They glare at female expats who reveal their collarbones with "slutty" clothes on the trains and buses. The young males are skinny, wear tight skinny jeans with chains and have longish straight hair that covers half their face. The older ones just wear shorts and a t-shirt.

Expats make fun of the local language of Singlish, which is hilarious to hear and/or imitate, especially when the speaker is dead serious. They're stuck-up, with fake accents (especially the private schooled ones) and think they're better and smarter than the locals. I'm not sure what else to say since I don't really see it from their point of view.

The Expat students can also be split up by which private school they go to. The bigger ones are basically arrogant, stuck up, think they have better futures than the smaller schools because they're smarter and they also live in a protected environment where they don't experience the "real world".

The smaller private schools do drugs, get arrested and think of themselves as tough "warriors" compared to the bigger schools. They claim to have experienced the "real world". They newer ones take in the expelled students from the bigger schools because they're small, new, and need students so they can't afford to be picky.

[Spastic]

Well me being American I have to live up to being awesome, cool, and good looking all at the same time. I'll tell you what it is a lot of pressure to live up to those three things, it really is no picnic, that's for sure. I just go day to day and stay as awesome, cool, and good looking as I can.

[Red_headed_angel]

In Chester (UK) we got:
The chavs: who will try to knock each other out with stuff they stole form my next door neighbours garden at 4 o'clock in the morning.
The emo's: little kids that cant pull off gothic
Goths: who think it practical to wear leather in the warmest parts of the summer

All of which can be deeply annoying and not one of them like to be called by their sterotypical name (e.g dont call a chav ' chav' or they beat you up.)

[miimii]

I'm Bolivian so one of the biggest stereotypes we suffered and probably still suffer(thanks to the all mighty blockhead Hollywood) is that we are all drugdealers

yof cuking idiot

[Smooth B]

I live in Louisiana. So no, we have none.

[Alphawolf29]

Well Dominicans in general are stereotyped as being loud and annoying. Me being a white Dominican though, people always assume I'm loaded.

I would assume your loaded, i have been to the Dominican and the difference of wealth and poverty there is massive. Its like Mexico 30 years ago.

Canada only really has hockey obsessed redneck and super liberal bureaucrats attributed to us specifically.

[Stina_xx]

I'm from Eastern Newfoundland, specifically Newfoundland. That means I fish from 6 in the morning till 10 in the night. I live in a tiny outport town where everyone has boats. We get drunk like any Irish can. We're half Irish. School doesn't matter, we quit once we turn 10. I'm dumb, and I have the most hilarious accent ever. I'm nice.

Actually where I live, there are four actual categories.
Emos. Basically anyone who doesn't fall into the other categories.
Preps. The guys all wear prep shirts and play hockey, the girls all prance around in their American Eagle and mail order Hollister, and have cell phones glued to their face.
'Gangsters'. 98% of them are white kids. The guys wear pants that are too big, with a baseball hat. If you bend the bill on the hat out of shape, you best watch out.
Gamers. The game is your choice, computer/video games, or games as in sports. They pretty much act the same, with no time for friends because of their games.

[vertical_rack]

I'm from chicago, where the highschool stereotypes abound, but now i'm going to school in small town arizona... ugh....

for a small town, Flagstaff, AZ is pretty liberal. probably the only liberal place in AZ... because it's full of hippies.

Sometimes it seems like flagstaff is nothing but hippies, mormons, and methheads... and i mean it. and while hippies can be cool as friends, constantly offering free drugs, etc, they only breed within their own, and since neither mormons or metheads have sex, that leaves my dating pool pretty goddamn shallow.

so, any tall skinny awkward boys wanna ship yourselves in so i can get some ass?

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[baconfiend86]

Hi I'm English,
basically the media shows us footage of nationalists, or patriots (i'm not sure what the proper word is) from the USA saying things like 'I'd die for my country' and 'God bless America'.
The reason we dont like this is a matter of our opinions on free thinking. Firstly, we are not generally as religious, and Christianity plays less role in out politics. Secondly nationalism and blind faith in your leader is seen as.. well.... a bit stupid, as democracy is meant to allow the public to make their own decisions about what their leader does instead of 'backing him whatever'

do u get me? obviously this is all a big generalisation...

[Tyler_Legrand]

Who pressed the thread's "reset" button?

[Jallen]

I live in Louisiana. So no, we have none.

Except for, you know, marrying your cousin and the seasonal hurricane damaged house.

[Chrono]

Well English, but northern English, Newcastle to be exact

If you're from Newcastle you're a Geordie, which means you work in a mine all day, talk like a slow bear, beat your wife when you get home, drink every day and watch the football wasted.

Pies and drink, thats what we live off.

[Quadros]

Well English, but northern English, Newcastle to be exact

If you're from Newcastle you're a Geordie, which means you work in a mine all day, talk like a slow bear, beat your wife when you get home, drink every day and watch the football wasted.

Pies and drink, thats what we live off.

Fuck off do you work. Geordies hibernate during the day, coming out at night to get epiclly fucked, eat a kebab and the hit everyone whilst yelling constantly about how 'Owen'sh shtill gotsh it'.

[John Travolta]

I wasn't a druggie or anything.

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Also I live in Texas, so Mexicans.

[Infinity]

The stereotype of the Irish being drunk constantly is kinda true so I can't really complain.Yea, I am Greek. We do throw a lot of dishes around while we dance, so I guess there is a difference between stereotype and facts.

[JustDann]

A couple of jewish kids beat up a german last week. They decided to show the Germs what will happen if they pull that shit again. :mnyd:

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[Lance]

There are a lot of different cliques in my school, with a pretty much pre-determined description for you (an falling on the popularity ladder)

Prep Top of the scale. You own either a Catalact, Lexus, or Ferari. You have tons of money, have at least a three story or taller housee, you have every form of technology, you surround yourself with people who may not even be your friends but demoralize them enough that they can't oppress you, and generally you can find yourself with a 2.0 GPA. You know more about the outside world than any of the other groups combined, but you probably won't even know what a nuclear power plant is.

Jock One of the more popular people around, noticed by huge arm muscles, puffed chests, and generally get along with everyone who isn't a emo (it's pretty much a fact around here the Jocks and Emos go together like water and oil). If you are in any of the lower classes and decide to go out for some sports, Jocks are usually the ones who look out for you and may even sometimes defend you against their overlords.

Poser Lots of bling bling, lots of hand gestures, and a lot of arrogance. You commonly are characterized by any of the following: a sideways hat, bronze braces, a necklace, a chained belt, overuse of the word "slut" and "racist", and a buzz haircut. Most are Hispanic.

Joe You have a decent amount of friends, even if you don't have any friends you don't have any enemies, and you're typically the joke maker in classes to give something to have a prep laugh about so they don't find a reason to ridicule you.

Punker Sometimes confused with an emo, difference is you hate poetry, you have some form of metal on your body, and your dress isn't too atrocious.

Krelboyne Geniuses. Take all AP classes during High School, GPA is at least a 3.8, you play some type of musical instrument, and you have almost no knowledge of the outside world. You aren't typically disliked for your lack of knowledge out of Calculus and Chem, but don't be surprised if you haven't heard of Darth Vader or Ronald McDonald before.

Emo Characterized by black hair (often with red highlights), the wearing of sweatshirts when it's 90 degrees out with the Nightmare Before Christmas and Invader Zim on it, the crowding of hot topic, and a very creepy love of poetry. It's also not uncommon to see a gay emo at our school (they also say they dress that way to seem unique. Hur hur, coulda fooled me with 50 other people dressed just like you)

We also have an annual "Punch an Emo Day," "Punch a Prep Day," and "Punch a Poser Day." There are actually specific dates for all of them.

As for culture, people here think everyone in Texas is a cowboy, everyone in Britain wears a monocle and drinks tea every meal (I commonly have busted some asses on this occasion), and Germans are monstrous savages.

[tommyp484]

For some reason i resemble the stoner white kid group. Yet i dont smoke, or hangout with any of them. Prolly just my hair and the fact that i skateboard and play guitar.

[Cristo]

Well English, but northern English, Newcastle to be exact

If you're from Newcastle you're a Geordie, which means you work in a mine all day, talk like a slow bear, beat your wife when you get home, drink every day and watch the football wasted.

Pies and drink, thats what we live off.

Its foor twentee oone in th' beeg bruther 'ouse.

[RandomLoserr]

1. I live in Delaware, a lot of people think that we pronounce words beginning with "hu" "uh"
(like uhman, uhmid.)
2. Some people think that we are all farmers. This is false, because a lot of the farming land has been taken over by contractors who build uhge (haha!) houses where farms used to be.
3. And then, other people think that Delawarians can't drive, but 99% of the bad drivers are in lower Delaware.

[Cristo]

Technically Lower Delaware is still Delaware though, isn't it?

[flargalargle]

I'm from Scotland. Therefore I am ginger, hairy, I play the bagpipes and drink shit loads of whisky. And that's only the beginning.

I think I'm a pretty poor Scot. The only whisky I drink is Thai. But I do live up to the stereotype of drinking a lot. If that's what the people believe then I shall not fail them!

[dexterity]

xD Sterotype: You're all not white, but you talk all proper like. You damn wanna be cracker D<

And again, being african american is a sterotype in itself.

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[Laced Oysters]

Rich white kids, and like four black people pretending to be from Oakcliff.
Real diverse here.

[gannz]

Stereotypes that I fall into include:
for being Indian - eating curry, being short, particularly attracted to boats, eating papadums ... etc

for straightening my hair - being gay, being metro

I personally use define people using stereotypes. If I see a black person, i better have some watermelon or kool aid. If I see a person from east Asia (Chinaish area) I assume they're Chinese etc etc.

Here in Canberra a stereotype that has become very widely used, thanks in part to me and my friends referring to everyone as one, is Jews. I call anyone who betrays me a Jew (re: Judas) and anyone who is a money grubbing jerk either the same or a variation of it (ie. Jew-bag, Jewson, Tajjew)
The best bit about this is at work I have made people who I would stereotype as not being judgmental, because of they're devout Christian beliefs, use the term frequently and they all love it :P

I don't know who said it but dwarfs are a stereotype of Jews, money hoarding, big nosed, small people.

[Mr. Crow]

I have long blond hair. I'm either a stoner or a homosexual. I think my grandma falsely suspects the latter.

[clairebear47]

Being a kiwi, yes we all shag sheep even though Australia has more sheep than us and we are also all really into extreme sports.

Ok so a real stereotype
Pacific Islanders: They are all god fearing, lots of children and very family orientated. They drive around in family vans. Most of the older women refuse to learn English even though they are the only people in our country who can't (except some of our asian students but at least they are learning!) The younger ones tend to go to youth groups on Friday nights and start fights with each other.

It's terrible but the worst thing is is that it's true. One of my good mates is Samoan and she fights the stupid stereotype all the time and is ashamed that her parents drive the aforementioned van but its kind of sad she just feels like that.

I fall into several categories. I have quite a few piercings and visible tattoos so people think I'm a goth or somesuch, but then I dress like a complete priss and work in a law firm so I tend to be lumped into the prep side. People I meet throough work are usually suprised to learn that I drink and smoke heavily. I like to confuse people, it's fun!

[gannz]

Being a kiwi, yes we all shag sheep even though Australia has more sheep than us and we are also all really into extreme sports.


Just so we're clear about the reason for the stereotype, even though there are more sheep in Australia it just so happens that the ratio of sheep in New Zealand of sheep to people is far greater.

Also, Australians don't believe in bestiality. The Tasmanian's might indulge in inbreeding but Tasmania is hardly even a part of Australia, it's like saying New Caledonia is really a part of France.

[LeeJam]

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[Prawnatron]

I don't know if this has anything to do with local stereotypes but I think pretty much every neighbourhood has a Physco. My old house was near to this guy's house which he used to come round the streets in swimming trunks (in winter!) and tell people that winnie the Pooh was the new christ! My new house also has this guy who stands on a bridge for about 6 hours a day. Most of my friends agree also. What do you think?

[The_Killer_Sheep]

I'm from Iceland and there are a few stereotypes

First, there are those who bleach their hair white, put stripes in it and then walk around with their 'do' (which they are very protective of). They are often very dumb.

Then we have the type that hangs with his/her friends in coffee restaurants and wear scarfs and jackets. They are often very intelligent.

We also have nerds, and they are pretty much like nerds in any other country so I'm not going to describe them further.

And that's about it

[Gwibbles]

I'm from Newfoundland (a Canadian province) and according to a guy I met in Toronto, everyone from the mainland thinks we're an illiterate bunch of drunks. They also think all Newfie women are housewives and all working men fish for cod for a living.

[Zideeane]

Being an American (along with a great number of the people on this website), there are many stereotypes that come with my nationality.

The dumb, arrogant American is, in my opinion, the stereotype that is known to all, and I put an emphasis on dumb.

I work with a fellow who is a private in the National Guard. He is the stereotypical american. Big dumb guy who's a motorhead and national pride spewing out of every orifice. Today he told me, "Yesterday someone asked me if I could find Asia on a map and I couldn't do it. It took me a while, but I found it." As I stand there trying to keep my laughter to myself thinking, "Wow. The largest continent on earth and you can't find it? Damn." I expressed my amazement, and he continued on with, "I don't care! America is the best country in the world by far and I can find that on a map!" Yet again I almost puked.

Previous to this he told me the following joke: How do you find out if a Mexican is pregnant? Stick a burrito in her vagina, if you take it out a week later and it's half eaten, there's a beaner in there.

I awkwardly smiled and walked away in amazement on how incredibly arrogant and ignorant one can be.

So I ask you what your stories of amazing stereotypes you have encountered.

Well, the stereotypical british person (not in the eyes of the stereotypical american) is just as arrogant and idiotic as you guys west. I know somebody who honestly thought antarctica was a college near to him. Seriously.... SERIOUSLY!?

[Ricette]

Well, I am from Nebraska. I learned upon moving to the East Coast that I am a white trash drunken corn farmer. Another one that gets me is the trailer trash stereotype. Once people found out that I spent a lot of my life in one I became known as a white trash slut and we all drink tons of crappy beer, live for country music, and deal drugs. Now out there the local stereotypes for Western Nebraska were corn farmer, drug dealer, trailer trash, boonie (lives 30 miles away from everyone), and a lot of wanna be gangstas and have a fake Midwestern accent. Very few I know actually have an accent. I'm unfortunate enough to have a slight Midwestern accent which has gotten me called a country cornflake a few times.

[SmallBrain]

stereotypes on canada: ppl say that we live in rond-wooden house whit beever, mouse and police officer on horse, they are only on horse on even or in the capital!

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[Trouble]

I spent most of my childhood in the south and after moving to Jersey - I get the sterotype that anyone from the south must be a dumb redneck, listens to country music and all the country shit that goes along...Not Everyone! There's a reason I left and haven't been back because I am not that. Country music makes me want to puke and everything else down there makes me sick. I was miserable living there and moving up here is the best thing I ever did!

[SomethingWitty]

The drunken Irish stereotype is one I have to live with, but I don't really mind because it's really more statement of fact than a stereotype. Has anybody noticed though, when speaking to a foreigner (usually in their home country), they mimmick your accent. It drives me fucking insane.

[INTUNEevolution]

I love the Xbox live stereotypes that each nation has of each other. If you're from America, you're immediately fat and stupid, which pisses me the fuck off. I'm like 40 lbs underweight and I hate all republicans. I now hate Brits.

They made fun of 9/11 of all things. Why do Brits play FPSs? They are so bad at them.


And yeah, I end up stereotyping them. It's retalliation for their bullshit attitude!

[Cristo]

Well, I'll be honest when I play Xbox Live (GTA IV) a lot of the Americans on there can be really obnoxious, and the uber annoying "Halo" type of noob.

But hey maybe it's a viscious stereotype.

[gannz]

We had a psychology class where we had to discuss stereotypes this week.

We started off talking about 'cultural' (even though it was actually racial) stereotypes. We did all the different states in Australia, but then moved on to America, Britain and South America.

I was fine until we got to South America where I finally decided to speak up and be as tactless in a class of 40 attrative females. My first statement was that they all drank Tequila (not so bad) and then i proceded to say that they all slept a lot, drove pick up trucks, are drug dealers, majority of them are called miguel. It was basically just an impromptu 'dis-session' on South Americans.


After the tutor managed to calm the class down because we were debating stereotypes, their influences, how they are formed and how they can be racist, we talked about indigenous Australians and how they are stereotyped. Unfortunately for me (or maybe fortunately) I missed out on most of the Indigenous Australian history they force you to do in primary school as I was in Singapore so I had really strong opinions against them, they're attitudes and just in general was quite offensive towards them.

The stereotyps associated with aboriginals, as they're known, include being thieves, lazy, greedy, unemployed and being alcoholics. It isn't a very pretty picture and it isn't heped by the fact that their socioeconomic status is so low. Aboriginals statistically make up only 2% of the Australian population but account for far more then 2% of the crimes. In retrospect I wish I had used these statistics to convey my point.

Anyways, basically I find that even though I am relatively well educated and have informed opinions, I still can not get past my stereotype of aboriginals. It might be because of bad situations where aboriginals have been involved with me. But what I'm wondering is if anyone else has been in a similar situation or ever felt uncomfortable around a certain race?

[Krabby]

Well, I live in Belgium. Not really that much stereotypes, rather subcultures. Quite some chav-like people, bunch of emos, etc. And yes, our chocolate rules.

[Christopher-T]

While reading i thought about Denmark. We don't have lots or....?
Something came to my mind.

The lazy, hating the nation like middle eastern types (muslims):
Specially the youngsters. These guys hate Denmark. They don't like living here, they act like gangsters (Gangsters in Denmark :thup:, we really do have all these gang wars etc! =O), they make crimes, and dress with pants to big, and all that shit.
They feast on welfare, they don't wanna get the fuck out of the country either, but still they hate. All my friends hate them. And my grandmother who says it the states fault >_>. They hang around in the cities. Even heard from another one who know these guys, Kebab house man aka my god :hail:, that they broke into a old couples house and beat em up (proberbly allso raped them).
You proberbly know this type.

Working outlanders:
And then we have some who actually works for their food, who actually educate them selfs (These're rare though =/ ). The majority of the outlandish people are those who works in resturants (kebeb house "drools"). And that's cool, don't care what they work with, they just have to work.

Could mention those who don't wanna educate them selfs etc, (danish). But all countries got those who think it's uncool to do that.

And of course. The real danish!
This is fat fucking danish! Denmark is the fucking best country! They eat roast pork, red cabbage etc, because it's real danish food......?? They're normally far to the right, or left, in politics. Why i mention they slant to the left is the following reasons:
1) They wanna help everyone, who is poor.
2) They're fat and don't do shit other than cry about how bad they feel for the poor people (for instance my grandma and/or my german teacher)
3) Welfare is fucking sweet! Fine, 70 % in tax (for those who is high educated, and earns fairly good, which is around 1/4 of the entire population), close to communism which means: The educated people who earns their money don't wanna work cos they don't get benefit for their work. Of topic but dunno what the fuck the states use those money to >_>.

That's about it.. We sure have others but can't really think of them =P

[TangerineOrange]

I'm from Maine, which means that to many Americans, we're part of Canada, have no indoor plumbing, no electricity, are just learning of what this so-called "internet" is, and have no teeth.

In actuality, Maine is very different. For starters, in the state, it is often said that there are "two Maines". Why? If you stay in Southern Maine or to the coast it is generally fairly populated and not economically depressed (York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc Counties, primarily). Also, no, we're not part of Canada. Sure, I can go drinking in Canada after my classes and be back before midnight, but no, we're not part of Canada. Yes, we do have indoor plumbing. Sure, we might be on the top 10 list of states in the nation that still use outhouses, but in all fairness, we're number 7 on the list. And yes, we all know of such things as the "internet". In fact, I've found that it's rare to go to a place that doesn't have broadband or wireless internet. And yes, we have electricity. Although the teeth thing? It's kind of accurate, depending on where you are in the state.

When I was in high school, I was in marching band and we used to travel - a lot. I've been all around New England, NJ, AZ, and Nova Scotia, Canada. Anyway, in this traveling, many people have come and asked us where we're from before, and every time we said "Maine", they'd look at us with this perplexed look, as if they were surprised that civilized beings would come out of that state.

[Mr Anorexia]

I'm from Maine, which means that to many Americans, we're part of Canada, have no indoor plumbing, no electricity, are just learning of what this so-called "internet" is, and have no teeth.

In actuality, Maine is very different. For starters, in the state, it is often said that there are "two Maines". Why? If you stay in Southern Maine or to the coast it is generally fairly populated and not economically depressed (York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc Counties, primarily). Also, no, we're not part of Canada. Sure, I can go drinking in Canada after my classes and be back before midnight, but no, we're not part of Canada. Yes, we do have indoor plumbing. Sure, we might be on the top 10 list of states in the nation that still use outhouses, but in all fairness, we're number 7 on the list. And yes, we all know of such things as the "internet". In fact, I've found that it's rare to go to a place that doesn't have broadband or wireless internet. And yes, we have electricity. Although the teeth thing? It's kind of accurate, depending on where you are in the state.

When I was in high school, I was in marching band and we used to travel - a lot. I've been all around New England, NJ, AZ, and Nova Scotia, Canada. Anyway, in this traveling, many people have come and asked us where we're from before, and every time we said "Maine", they'd look at us with this perplexed look, as if they were surprised that civilized beings would come out of that state.
Where in Maine do you live?

[Wyatt]

Where in Maine do you live?

In addition to this question, where did you get this idea of your stereotype? I've never heard anyone say anything like that about Maine.

Also, what parts of Arizona did you visit?

[TangerineOrange]

In response to both Mr Anorexia and Wyatt, I'm from Southern Maine, but I go to school in Northwestern Maine, and I spend most of the year up there.

As for where I get the notion of the stereotypes? Ultimately it comes down to others reactions to me and other Mainers. One time I was in an airport (when I was in marching band) - the one in the Twin Cities - when I was in marching band and these two women came up and asked me where we were from. When I told them, they just stood there, looking rather perplexed - almost in disbelief. Another time, when I was in Arizona, we were marching onto the Diamondback's stadium and the announcer goes "Westbrook High School Marching Band from Westbrook, MAINE!" ... and then proceeds to make several jokes. One time my grandmother was taking a plane back to Maine and had to be rerouted for whatever reason. When doing so, the person at the ticket counter couldn't understand why she'd been routed through Denver to go to Portland. Needless to say, she had to explain it to the person. I realize that Denver is on the other side of the Mississippi, but the fact that they'd never considered the idea that there were two Portland's is what baffles me. I consider it baffling because Portland is the largest city in Maine. Those are my personal experiences. I know others who've had more stereotypical encounters.

As for what part of AZ I was in? I was primarily in the Phoenix area for the week I was there. I must say, it was an interesting trip, for a multitude of reasons, but primarily because it was one of the first times that I really saw how different various areas of the nation are (and I'm not talking about shit like desert or climate, I mean things like the division of neighborhoods, the roads, billboards, etc.)

[TheHighwaySong]

Well being from Texas, when I meet others from out of state, some expect me to live on a ranch and have a collection of horses, when actually Ft. Worth is much more closer to that stereotype. Ft. Worth is closer to all the Texan stereotypes you see in movies and TV than Dallas is.

[Dodger]

I'm ecuadorian, so i'm an illegal mexican.

[suicidemo69]

I'm from Melbourne Victoria (OZ) and we have an abundance of junkies, emos, feminists, metal heads, rev heads, asians, goths, skanks, plastics and God only knows what else! with so much choice u certainly have many paths to choose from and to bag the shit out of!

there have been quite a few emo bashings in Melbourne's CBD latley by Aussie bogans...
I'm fucked! >:-(

[Pieman]

I'm from Melbourne Victoria (OZ) and we have an abundance of junkies, emos, feminists, metal heads, rev heads, asians, goths, skanks, plastics and God only knows what else! with so much choice u certainly have many paths to choose from and to bag the shit out of!

there have been quite a few emo bashings in Melbourne's CBD latley by Aussie bogans...
I'm fucked! >:-(

I don't like you at all attention whore.

To add to the topic so I don't get TO'd; My friend is from Pakistan. That means of course that he's really indian, and is trying to trick everyone.

[Coznic]

Let's see; if you're Hispanic in Houston you're most likely "Mexican" and if you are a homeless black person staying in the downtown area then you are still considered a "Katrina victim" (even though there is no proof supporting either).

[Oodge]

What on Earth is with the other Australians who've posted?

There are three distinct categories here:

Bogans

How has this word not been mentioned yet? My goodness. A bogan has very little grammar, will rarely go beyond High School (which ends at 16,) has been smoking since 'they found a half done one in me backyard mate,' compulsively watches shitty reality tv shows (when they aren't busy stealing the tvs themselves) and eat nothing but McDonalds. These bogans will inevitably find the blondest fellow-bogan they can find, marry them at Grandad's house and then go on their honeymoon to Brisbane (or Bali if they found some money under the bed) and then proceed to produce four new bogans who will bash eachother senseless until they are sufficiently stupid enough for them to be sent to school (but without the uniforms because they can't afford them because of the kids' smoking habits.)

Nerds (Or brilliant sportsmen, for intelligence and aptitude in sport are now treated fairly evenly)

Now unlike Americans, we Australians do not believe our country is the greatest in the world or that the war on Iraq is just, the bogans are full aware that Australia (and the world) does have its problems and that Bali is a far better country than Australia (coz of all the beaches and the culture and stuff.) The bogan therefore couldn't even find Australia on a map, never mind Asia as our unfortunate American that featured in the first post couldn't. The nerds (and brilliant sportsmen) however are VERY worldly. The nerds (and brilliant sportsmen) are always 'greenies' (tree huggers, hippies, environmentally conscious individuals) and will successfully navigate uni or an apprenticeship in the search for happiness. The nerd (or brilliant sportsmen) will travel (South-East Asia if the budget is tight, which it usually is after all those nerdy (or sporting) books are bought, along with the greenpeace scarf, the 'stop whaling' badge and the 'free tibet' hat etc.) Along the way they'll meet some knock-out (more likely for the sportsmen) who they take home and marry. They're too busy to have a honeymoon, but produce two children who also grow up to be nerds (or brilliant sportsmen.) They live to 87 and spend the last 20 years of their life battling intensive and repetitive skin cancers, yet continue to spend every day at the beach (with no clothes on.)

Finally, Freaks

Who are driven out of town (with pitchforks) and they all go to live in South Australia where they are entirely forgotten, or they manage to find some amazing talent they have (artistic for instance) and they go on Andrew Denton and make lots of money, but die deeply unhappy.

THEY, my friends, are the Australian stereotypes. I suggest that all those who are from Australia, but failed to say the word 'bogan' in their posts beforehand are bogans who have managed to draw themselves away from msn for three mins while their mate (named Davo) has a ciggie on the deck while their (bogan) mother is on the phone (talking to a fellow bogan called Sharon whose just come home from Bali.)

[Pieman]

Oodge, one out of three isn't good. Bogans are one of the 3 main Australian stereotypes, but Nerds and Freaks? What the fuck have you been smoking, Kangaroo shit?

After bogans its Lebs, and then Fobs. Explain those and redeem yourself. Also, Bali is a shithole. Australia is better, and we do think its the best country in the world. You sound like some guy (Girl?) from Bali that went on holiday here and knew how everything worked, which you don't, and thought to shamelessly advertise your country. Thinly veiled as bogan speak it may be.


THEY, my friends, are the Australian stereotypes. I suggest that all those who are from Australia, but failed to say the word 'bogan' in their posts beforehand are bogans who have managed to draw themselves away from msn for three mins while their mate (named Davo) has a ciggie on the deck while their (bogan) mother is on the phone (talking to a fellow bogan called Sharon whose just come home from Bali.)

With all your unwarranted self-importance, you sound like a bogan... Barnesy.

[Oodge]

Who says I'm not?

(and I've never been to Bali ;))

[Jenny_ftb]

Technically I'm a closet half-twinkie.

I'm half Australian and half Asian. Except everyone around here ignores that and calls me emo. In Australia long hair= emo. According to lebs that is.

Lebs: Probably our version of chavs. Arrogant, generally weak unless in large groups and wants to take over Australia. They generally wear dryfits, bumbags, those bags you put sleeping bags in and have mullets. Listens to techno and R'n'B. Hates any form of metal/rock and suprisingly rap.

Fobs: Our version of black people. Fall into 2 catagories, the Big Fob and the Smaller Smartarse fob. The Big Fobs are generally the muscle of the two, they do all the fighting and heavylifting, are of average IQ. Smartarse fobs are the more cunning of the two, they do all the planning and occasionally fight with the big fobs. Slightly above average IQ. Can't remember the music tastes sadly.


Totally right, Except emo is long black fringe.

I'm part stereotype myself, That whole Nu-rave scene. Indie electro music, rich parents, ridiculously tight jeans, spent one year wearing fluro now pretend it never happened. Despite drug taking still smart and popular. Damn fun all round

[Kupo]

I myself come from Liverpool, and i gotta say all the stuff i've read about the north of England is spot on, although you're missin what's commonly refered to as 'spice-boys' from the lineup, those tossers you see around who think they're the best thing since sliced bread with massive fake-diamond studs and inflated ego's ¬.¬

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Also note, scouse stereotype includes the description of a typical character from Brookside from the 80's, massive 'fro, handlebar 'tasche and a tendancy to go "Ariight fella, caalm down, caalm down!"

[gannz]

I'm part stereotype myself, That whole Nu-rave scene. Indie electro music, rich parents, ridiculously tight jeans, spent one year wearing fluro now pretend it never happened. Despite drug taking still smart and popular. Damn fun all round

You guys aren't popular ... except maybe in your own little pill popping cliques. I'll tell you now, you're commonly referred to as candy ravers and all your friends who aren't into your scene say that you love repetitive beats. I'm not sure if the stereotype is that you're smart at all, in fact generally stupid because you went to too many terrible underage candy raves and neglected your school work.

In fact some people think you're quite the opposite of fun all round with your limited knowledge of electro and appreciation of spastic music (i.e. operator please, i mean who likes a song about ping pong?)

[Jenny_ftb]

You guys aren't popular ... except maybe in your own little pill popping cliques. I'll tell you now, you're commonly referred to as candy ravers and all your friends who aren't into your scene say that you love repetitive beats. I'm not sure if the stereotype is that you're smart at all, in fact generally stupid because you went to too many terrible underage candy raves and neglected your school work.

In fact some people think you're quite the opposite of fun all round with your limited knowledge of electro and appreciation of spastic music (i.e. operator please, i mean who likes a song about ping pong?)


Operator please? you've got to be kidding, thats terrible. You've gotten me confused with a different stereo type. Candy ravers are different, and pathetic. I've never been to an underage rave and you won't find me with dummies and glow sticks. I did my schooling and yes, i do enjoy repetative beats. Amazingly the other half of my cd collection includes band such as argent, the beatles, the loovin spoonful and the yardbirds. I appreciate real music, I also appreciate synthesized music. As for my "limited knowledge of Electro", i don't see your point... are you attacking me for liking electro but simply not enough of it? or are you attacking me just for liking that style of music? Either way your point is moot. I understand electro's history and having never met me i'd say it's hard to judge how much i know.

At any rate you yourself are probably a stereotype! I'd be willing to bet you trawl internet forums looking for people with opinions that don't match yours exactly, you then quote them and tell them everything you think is wrong with them and their choices. You assume and judge things about people having read 2 paragraphs never stopping to think that things in their part of the world, away from your computer may be different. Your likely a forum whore too anti-social to widen your limited point of veiw and assume that other culture is misguided. You might not be, i could be wrong. But still, your arguing on the internet. Piss off.

[k8rose]

Well, down here in South Florida stereotypes are a huge thing.

One of the main ones is Chongas. For those who don't know, they are Latino girls or guys who speak Spanglish (English with Sapnish words thrown in), glue their hair to their heads with gel, wear huge hoop earrings, and wear really tight clothes that don't fit them.

I don't think Chongas really exist outside of south Florida, though.

[gannz]

This isn't a slanging match and I never intended for my post to come off as such. Yeah you're right I did get the 'stereotype' confused, that being said the people who I believe fit into the Nu-rave stereotype still annoy me a lot.

I didn't mean for it to personally attack you, etc etc.

Anyways, the whole skinny black jeans, wearing fluro thing is the epitome of tackiness and bad taste. The indie-electro scene from what I have witnessed is generally formed of younger clubbers who are overly found of daft punk. Not only this many of the 'aspiring djs' from this scene who I have had the displeasure of listening to haven't the slightest clue of how to Dj.

I mean Djing is a joke, mix a song into another using a laptop, no turntables, not even Cdjs, how can you fail at cuing a song?

But I digress, in general the indie-electro scene in NSW, Australia is full of elitist wankers with no concept or understanding of what clubbing culture is or what they are supporting.

Yes, I'm an internet troll, I hide under bridges on the internet waiting for goats.

[Quadros]

If it helps to end the bitch fight no one likes Australia in general.

[Jenny_ftb]

If it helps to end the bitch fight no one likes Australia in general.

Please tell me your American, cause you guys are just the funniest. You really have no idea...

[Jenny_ftb]

This isn't a slanging match and I never intended for my post to come off as such. Yeah you're right I did get the 'stereotype' confused, that being said the people who I believe fit into the Nu-rave stereotype still annoy me a lot.

I didn't mean for it to personally attack you, etc etc.

Anyways, the whole skinny black jeans, wearing fluro thing is the epitome of tackiness and bad taste. The indie-electro scene from what I have witnessed is generally formed of younger clubbers who are overly found of daft punk. Not only this many of the 'aspiring djs' from this scene who I have had the displeasure of listening to haven't the slightest clue of how to Dj.

I mean Djing is a joke, mix a song into another using a laptop, no turntables, not even Cdjs, how can you fail at cuing a song?

But I digress, in general the indie-electro scene in NSW, Australia is full of elitist wankers with no concept or understanding of what clubbing culture is or what they are supporting.

Yes, I'm an internet troll, I hide under bridges on the internet waiting for goats.

Ha, fair enough then! Maybe i overreacted... This goat tends to be a touch sensative...

And don't get me wrong, fluro is down right tacky, i mean it's even spelt wrong. And you have got a point, i dislike about as many of the people i meet in these places as the amount i do like, there are indeed candy ravers or high school dropouts and just bad people. Thats true in any situation. Doesn't mean we are ALL bad!

And i totally see what you mean about dj's. Live bands with turntables like the Presets or Grafton Primary are awesome and Djs who have actually taken the time to find samples etc. and mix unique songs live are just amazing. But dudes with an itunes playlist, mobydisc podium (you know those stands with two walkmans and a set of speakers) or something that sounds like it are lame. I am pretty elitest when it comes to whose music i'm listening to. I can't do better, i don't dj but i know whats worth it.

I have to ask what do you mean by what their supporting? As in clubs or an image? Confused.

Eh interesting conversation. Sorry for the slanging

[Quadros]

Hey I'm trying to stop you from bitching, not keep it going! And no I'm not. I'm English. Which is the national version of being your boss.

[Pieman]

Not for long you're not. Rudd is holding a referendum (Can't remember when) to, hopefully, turn us into a Republic. This should have happened a few years ago, but Howard worded it so it sounded gay.

[merseyste]

Being from England everyone seems to think we drink tea all day, walk round in suits and carry umbreallas. Also being from Liverpool alot of people in England think we are thieves. Not all of us are, but does anyone want to buy a car stereo?

[Baltazar]

In Russia, we get reputations for being ex-KGB half-drunk barbarians. I mean we even put the first man in space, but we still get fucked.

[Jenny_ftb]

Being from England everyone seems to think we drink tea all day, walk round in suits and carry umbreallas. Also being from Liverpool alot of people in England think we are thieves. Not all of us are, but does anyone want to buy a car stereo?

Nah England is cool! I mean the weathers crap and the people in London are all really mean and the food is TERRIBLE. Still i've really enjoyed my time in the uk. Apart from a stop over in essex, seriously what is so wrong with chavs? They are just so so wrong!

Whats with that referendum? I'd rather be in a constiutional monarchy.

As for Russia all i know is that car drive you! I actually know nothing except it's aparently very pretty in places and is apparently nazi proof

[Brotmatschfliege]

I´m from Germany and many peolpe from other countries, especially dudes from the united states, think that we are always wearing that stupid bavarian leatherpants drinking a lot of beer while eating sauerkraut and weisswurst(i don´t know the english term sorry).
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.poehlmann-weidenberg.de/pics/jpgs/weisswurst.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.poehlmann-weidenberg.de/htmls/sortiment.htm&h=249&w=251&sz=76&hl=de&start=28&tbnid=0sp3YhASAC60lM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwei%25C3%259Fwurst%26start%3D18%26gbv %3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Dde%26sa%3DN

[allizdog]

In Russia, we get reputations for being ex-KGB half-drunk barbarians. I mean we even put the first man in space, but we still get fucked.

Unfortunately, Russians in UAE are always stereotyped as whores, there are no male Russians, only female prostitutes (according to the stereotype).

The locals are stereotyped as being rich, spoilt, racist, ignorant, egotistical, lazy, drunk, womanizing, hypocrits. Needless to say most locals are unaware of this stereotype, and obviously not all of them are like that.

UAE is an extremely culturaly diverse country, heck my university has over 100 student nationalities, excluding foreign exchange students. So here are some common stereotypes, or atleast what has been agreed upon by myself and a large group of friends:

Indians are cheap, inferior curry eating manual labor workers. Or IT specialists, and, they stink (an additional bonus from one of our Indian friends)

Philipino women are maids, and Philipino men are women.

English/American/blue eyes blonde hair expats are given too many privelages (often unfair to others) by locals (locals own everything) because of their blue eyes and blonde hair, and the pathetic belief that they will end up banging their females (stupid pornos)

Egyptians are KFC workers.

Lebanese people are over demanding anti-Syrian pricks, and are pussies.

Syrians are loud obnoxious anti-Lebanese cunts, and they have an annoying accent.

Jordanians are always neutral.

Palestinians are tacky and shameless, and attention whores in all aspects. We get it, you have no country, we feel for you, now would you please stop building fake Israeli walls with wired fences and drawing stupid Palestinian cause graffiti on them at EVERY SINGLE FUCKING global day event! You would have thought Palestine/Isreal had more history and culture than tanks, walls, and dead children.

Yemenis are gangstas, don't mess with them, or else Abood Tiger and Abood Farawla (strawberry) will fuck you up! (actual nicknames)

Iranias (Persians) are, well, have any of you seen the Southpark 300 parody episode? Yea, exactly the same.

Anyone from the gulf region (and locals), need for speed.

Morrocans, Libyans, Algerians, Tunisians, are French language teachers.

Germans (or the very few that live here) are Nazis, all of them, no exceptions.

Chinese/Japanese/Korean/anyone with slanted eyes but not philipion or thai, are rich businessmen flying in with millions of dollar but end up decapitating each other with samurai swords.

Pakistanis are Al Qaeda operatives/suicide bombers, and child molesters. (a common stereotype I presume?)

Any black person <insert typical nigger joke>

Jews, the enemy.

There are some more, just don't remember them, damn we should have written these down.

These stereotypes do not represent my personal views, except for the Syrian one, because we are indeed loud obnoxious anti-Lebanese cunts, and we do have an annoying accent.

[gannz]

And i totally see what you mean about dj's. Live bands with turntables like the Presets or Grafton Primary are awesome and Djs who have actually taken the time to find samples etc. and mix unique songs live are just amazing. But dudes with an itunes playlist, mobydisc podium (you know those stands with two walkmans and a set of speakers) or something that sounds like it are lame. I am pretty elitest when it comes to whose music i'm listening to. I can't do better, i don't dj but i know whats worth it.

I have to ask what do you mean by what their supporting? As in clubs or an image? Confused.

I personally am not the biggest presets fan. It woulda been good to see them live, but they wouldn't be anything extraordinary.

The live electro band thing has been around for a while but has only recently, from my understanding, gained exposure thanks to a herd following and daft punk touring.

Anyways, by supporting I actually meant the music they support. From the people I know who are in the indie electro scene (Klaxons, new young pony club) they all love daft punk, who in my opinion are one of the most over hyped talked about electro bands ever. Sure they had some ground breaking music, but when it comes down to it a lot of there work is shockingly bad. The kids in this scene, especially the ones whos daddy's love them and buy them cars, don't listen to the music because they like it, they listen to it so they can be associated with it.

[ParadoxFiasco]

I seem only to have 3 major ones, teh emo, the chav and the middle man (what we call townies here).

Where emos hate life, chavs love it because they believe they own and win at life. Townies just don't care, and just get o with it while the two other extremes bicker amongst themselves.

I come from Newcastle, so interesting to see if anyone has any stereotypes about geordies ;)

[Jenny_ftb]

I personally am not the biggest presets fan. It woulda been good to see them live, but they wouldn't be anything extraordinary.

The live electro band thing has been around for a while but has only recently, from my understanding, gained exposure thanks to a herd following and daft punk touring.

Anyways, by supporting I actually meant the music they support. From the people I know who are in the indie electro scene (Klaxons, new young pony club) they all love daft punk, who in my opinion are one of the most over hyped talked about electro bands ever. Sure they had some ground breaking music, but when it comes down to it a lot of there work is shockingly bad. The kids in this scene, especially the ones whos daddy's love them and buy them cars, don't listen to the music because they like it, they listen to it so they can be associated with it.

Presets live are amazing! I saw them at field day, they had only just started their first song when it started pouring with rain ,i was in the front row after an hour of trying to get there and he said "the presets played and the skys opened" after the song. Which was just epic at the time. Your totally right about daft punk, theres a couple of tracks that i love, the ones everyone loves but if it's not those three i find their music really boring. However the Alive tour was apparently mind blowing, have you seen the youtube videos? It looks insane! I don't LOVE the new young pony club, little overrated. Klaxons are great. What kind of music do you like? Do you go into sydney much?

[gannz]

Presets live are amazing! I saw them at field day, they had only just started their first song when it started pouring with rain ,i was in the front row after an hour of trying to get there and he said "the presets played and the skys opened" after the song. Which was just epic at the time. Your totally right about daft punk, theres a couple of tracks that i love, the ones everyone loves but if it's not those three i find their music really boring. However the Alive tour was apparently mind blowing, have you seen the youtube videos? It looks insane! I don't LOVE the new young pony club, little overrated. Klaxons are great. What kind of music do you like? Do you go into sydney much?

I heard daft punk was ... the greatest experience ever, but I don't hold much credibility to that statement seeing as it was made by a fanboy. Anyways, I had tickets to the Sydney leg of the tour but missed out due to unavoidable circumstance (I lost my passport and ticket overseas).

The new young bony club are definitely overrated and i'm not all that much a fan of klaxons although I don't completely dislike them.

I do head to Sydney a fair bit though, mainly to party because Canberra really isn't so great ... and lets be honest 2 dollar drinks are awesome but you need nights that you actually remember every once in a while.

My taste in music is not restricted to a single genre, and chances are you haven't heard of any of the artists I like and if you have its simply because they have become more so popular and now produce churned out music because they like money ... but basically from the more dance genre I listen to Way out west, Hybrid, BT, Chicane to name a few.

Anyways, I think we're straying well off topic ... so

A few stereotypes that people who listen to obscure EDM (electronic dance music) tend to be that they are elitist, jaded and in general wankers. All of them do drugs and appreciate no other music.

Also, Canberra has a stereotype for 'wogs' (people of eastern european descent, croatians, serbians). The 'wogs' use grease in there hair and tend to drive cars that are generally very 'done up'. These 'wogs' tend to spend nights at petrol stations hanging out, comparing cars and waiting for 'gangers' to come along.

The 'wogs' also have a common taste for bad hair. Every wog has fashioned their hair into a disgusting mulletesque or mohawkesque style. A general rule for their hair is the addition of blonde tips.

Known for being overly aggressive, drinking protein shakes, taking their shirts off at dance parties and popping their collars.

[GirlsChoize]

I'm German.

My whole life is about beer and wearing bavarian leathershorts!

Seriously, there are way too many people out there thinking thats the way Germany looks like.

Oktoberfest!

[Sundancekid]

Im from a town called Newark near Nottingham. Like everywhere else in the UK we have lots of chavs, who in the summer decide to buy cider and sit on a playing field next to my house shouting and getting pissed till 2am.

We also have Gypsies, who are the scum of our town. They'll come round ur house and ask if u want your tree cutting in an irish/towny accent, which u cant understand mainly because one word flows into each other and it sounds like a long groan. I've been out in Nottingham before and as soon as i tell some1 im from newark, they tell me not to try and sell them a caravan.

We also have the usual Emos and goths, and all other variations.

[Cristo]

Ooooooooooohhh Nottingham/Newark.

Unlucky.

[Jenny_ftb]

Canberra has a stereotype for 'wogs' (people of eastern european descent, croatians, serbians). The 'wogs' use grease in there hair and tend to drive cars that are generally very 'done up'. These 'wogs' tend to spend nights at petrol stations hanging out, comparing cars and waiting for 'gangers' to come along.

The 'wogs' also have a common taste for bad hair. Every wog has fashioned their hair into a disgusting mulletesque or mohawkesque style. A general rule for their hair is the addition of blonde tips.

Known for being overly aggressive, drinking protein shakes, taking their shirts off at dance parties and popping their collars.

Yeap, we have them in Sydney. Thats a pretty good description, although when you say "done up" most of them over here seem to have put a muffler and a spoiler on their mums proton.

Have you heard that joke?
Whats do wogs and ciggarettes have in common?
They both come in packs of twenty and you have to go across the road to get them

[Urser]

You're all racist.

[Jenny_ftb]

You're all racist.

I don't think so. I have nothing against other creeds or colours, But when someone acts that stupidly you can't help but have total disdain. Race isn't the issue and neither is their culture. I would hate anyone who thinks the macca's carpark is a cool place to hang at 4 in the morning and play terrible music out of their mums lowered shopping car, but the fact of the matter is that for some reason it seems to be people of Lebanese and Italian descent that keep doing it. I don't hate the unbelievably authentic Lebanse gents at the local kebab joint and the Italians that taught me to make coffee were awesome. Thats not racism. Racism is assuming they are lesser people based on what they were born with. Not their stupid life choices. Go take your bubblewrap world of over the top political correctness for a rethink. Reverse racism is just as much of a problem, your so eager not to offend with something that won't that you just set them apart again.

[gannz]

I have to say ... I am fairly politically incorrect. I use stereotypes to define people and rightfully. Everyone has a first impression of someone, regardless of if they suppress it and decide to form an opinion on the individual after they meet them. The first impression would be in regards to a stereotype they have formed towards an individual with the similar skin tone, social standing, dress sense, body language etc.

To claim otherwise is just a blatant lie. We had this discussion in psychology in regards to ethnicity and I pointed out that if someone was to see a person of middle eastern descent leave a bag unattended and run off chances are they would be far more worried then if a white person did this. Majority of the class agreed with me except a douche bag guy who obviously wanted to be argumentative and an alpha male.

Anyways, my point being stereotyping is a part of human nature, its when you act on a purely racial level to evaluate an individuals personality and behaviour that you are a 'racist'.

[Putzmeister]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0RjC-vh06_c

I live in Australia, with people like this. Its hard NOT to have stereotypes.

[Jenny_ftb]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0RjC-vh06_c

I live in Australia, with people like this. Its hard NOT to have stereotypes.


Aw man that guy is such a wanker, he is clearly a rip off of MC Devvo http://www.fat-pie.com/chavs.htm The videos in the middle are the best. I hope that guy is acting, i really really do. Although, i went to punchbowl once. Never ever again. It's literally hell on earth

[Cristo]

Is that Trent fellow high on drugs?

[Putzmeister]

Is that Trent fellow high on drugs?

I don't think he was when they filmed him. But hes definitely been messed up from copious amounts in the past.

[Gubzmanna08]

I'm a born and bred South African... But i'm a white South African... So I normally get
the White, Afrikaans racist with a grudge against the government stereotype.

But foreigners do like to argue with me that I can't be a African because i'm white.

[King_George_ii]

I live in Bristol, England which makes me a farmer. Unfortunately I'm not but I would like to be for the tractors.

Another British stereotype is bad teeth which I never really understood and that theres alot of posh people.

[Dussel]

We also have Gypsies, who are the scum of our town. They'll come round ur house and ask if u want your tree cutting in an irish/towny accent, which u cant understand mainly because one word flows into each other and it sounds like a long groan. I've been out in Nottingham before and as soon as i tell some1 im from newark, they tell me not to try and sell them a caravan.

They're called travellers and/or knackers in Cork.
And they really are like that.

[Briggsy]

Footy Caaants - Your average bogan. These guys are knuckle dragging morons, obsessed with NRL, goon, and any other sort of drinking.

Moto Caaants - Wiggas, on motocross bikes. These are the worst kind of scum.

Failures - These people don't deserve to exist, they have no hobbies, don't do anything well, at all. They live to binge drink.

The majority of these three groups have moved here from a much more bogan area, Campbletown, Blacktown etc.

The rest of us - These people comprise those who aren't in the categories above. Were the kind that can't wait to move out of this particular circle of hell. This is in fact the Southern Highlands. I hate where I live, and I wish all those around me would die, in a very painful manner.

[BassBastard]

Being from Texas, and living in Arizona, I see and get pinned with stereotypes. I do not fit any that I know of, which makes me happy. Unfortunately I have been ran into by the local favorite several times here in Arizona.

"Undocumented Immigrant" AKA Illegal - Works for pennies, drives recklessly with no license or insurance. Packs drugs across the border to pay for getting here and will steal from you at the drop of a hat. I have had my car hit 3 times by this stereotype and received the same stereotypical response from the police. They refuse to check the validity of ID and I go to court as a witness and the person that hits me never shows. I have $5000 in subrogation pending that will never get paid. Last week a home invasion by 4 of these stereo types killed several people. Turns out the guys that did it have been deported many times, all are criminals and are violent sex offenders.

I know this is not the typical Latino but I see it and personally experience is all the time. I sold my house and moved to another neighborhood because of the drop houses that developed where I lived. That did not bother me at first, then a guy was shot 5 times 50 feet outside my front door. I was the only one who called the police or tried to render aid. The dead guy was an illegal and his own family did not call for help because they were afraid of both the police and the people who did it. I stayed with the guy until paramedics arrived. He was dead when they got there.

Every month there are 50+ reports of illegals getting caught with 25 - 75 POUNDS of meth-amphetamines heading north. Imagine how many do not get caught.

So welcome to a fun stereotype.

Of course not all of them , legal or illegal, fit into this. I know for a fact that 99% of the legal immigrants hate both the stereo types and the criminals who cross over without the proper process. They are my friends and neighbors. They worked hard for their legal status. They are citizens and good people. They too understand that not all the illegals coming in from different countries are coming to be criminals, but they see the reality of it. In order to come here and work, you must first break the law via bypassing the system, stealing an identity, finding an employer who also breaks the law by hiring you and then maintain your stolen identity.

So this stereotype violently defends itself every single day both here and in Texas.

Being from Texas and living here I do not fit the standards of either of my ancestors. I do not own a giant pick up truck, wear big belt buckles, cowboy boots, trucker hats or cowboy hats. Nor do I drink all day, live in a hovel or own stake in a casino. (I am half white, half Apache.) I love my country but I am educated on both current events of the world and the history of other countries and their religions. I do not live in a trailer park, but ironically enough grew up int one. (Well, several.) I have never had sex with a family member. I have never had sex with livestock. The confederate flag does not grace my home. I do not have a gun rack in any vehicle. I do enjoy biscuits and gravy. I am not a racist or a homophobe. I listen to all varieties of music and I do not think Hank Williams Senior is the greatest thing in the world.

[TheHighwaySong]

Well, down here in South Florida stereotypes are a huge thing.

One of the main ones is Chongas. For those who don't know, they are Latino girls or guys who speak Spanglish (English with Sapnish words thrown in), glue their hair to their heads with gel, wear huge hoop earrings, and wear really tight clothes that don't fit them.

I don't think Chongas really exist outside of south Florida, though.

That just sounds like the stereotypical cholas from when I grew up in the early 1990's.

[Raxo]

Yeah they're known as cholas and cholos. My uncles are cholos who wear button up shirts with only the top button buttoned or just a wife beater. They speak spanglish in heavy Mexican accents and wear hats, shades, while sporting goatees.

An accurate representation of a cholo
http://www.tattooarchive.com/product_images/TA0576_cholo_wm.jpg

[holnrew]

I live in Bristol, England which makes me a farmer. Unfortunately I'm not but I would like to be for the tractors.

Another British stereotype is bad teeth which I never really understood and that theres alot of posh people.

I'm from Somerset and get the same thing, and lots of stuff about cider (which I did used to like, the real stuff at least, but now it just doesn't agree with my stomach). What puzzles me about the Bristol/farmer thing is that it's a city... Where do the cows go?

Also I don't live too far from Glastonbury, so everyone thinks I always go to the festival and get in free. Which isn't so much stereotyping, as other people being retarded.

Interesting fact: Nicolas Cage has a house about 5 miles from me.

[Titty_Sprinkles]

1. I live in Delaware, a lot of people think that we pronounce words beginning with "hu" "uh"
(like uhman, uhmid.)
2. Some people think that we are all farmers. This is false, because a lot of the farming land has been taken over by contractors who build uhge (haha!) houses where farms used to be.
3. And then, other people think that Delawarians can't drive, but 99% of the bad drivers are in lower Delaware.


I've gotten a lot of shit about Punkin' Chunkin' (http://www.punkinchunkin.com/) from people from other states.

There's also a town called Hartly, where, apparently, everyone is imbread. I don't doubt it.

[Chaplin]

Yeah they're known as cholas and cholos. My uncles are cholos who wear button up shirts with only the top button buttoned or just a wife beater. They speak spanglish in heavy Mexican accents and wear hats, shades, while sporting goatees.

An accurate representation of a cholo
http://www.tattooarchive.com/product_images/TA0576_cholo_wm.jpg
Do cholos actually lean like a cholo? Do they do it side to side with their elbows up?

[/.\]

Catholicism is pretty prevalent where I live (Rhode Island), but I'm an agnostic. This normally would not be a problem at all, except my Catholic parents are very involved with church-related stuff and I go to a private Catholic school. People have actually gotten angry with me when I tell them no, I can't sign up for your CYO league because I'm not a Christian and I don't go to church.

Also Rhode Island isn't an actual island, you dumb fucks

[Petey2112]

I'm American, live near Chicago, right on the border of Illinois/Indiana..I guess I dont know any Chicago ones. I'm familiar with the Wisconsin one, only care about watching the Packers, eating cheese, or splooging all over Brett Favre pictures.

Then theres the Hoosiers (people from Indiana). They religiously follow NASCAR, drink all day and have rusty pick ups. Think of it as the South just without all of the incest.

[Idioteque]

I'm American, live near Chicago, right on the border of Illinois/Indiana..I guess I dont know any Chicago ones. I'm familiar with the Wisconsin one, only care about watching the Packers, eating cheese, or splooging all over Brett Favre pictures.

Then theres the Hoosiers (people from Indiana). They religiously follow NASCAR, drink all day and have rusty pick ups. Think of it as the South just without all of the incest.

According to people from across the Atlantic, they see us as big, tough Al Capone types.

That or really poor and live in the slums

Our politicians are "always" corrupt as well.

[juliamargaret13]

I'm from a town commonly referred to as "Lake No-Negro." We're called racists, known as snobby bitches, and are generally disliked by the people who live around us. All of this is founded on nothing. But it's actually gotten to the point where if someone asks where we're from, if we actually tell them, the usual response is "... Oh. OK then." and then the conversation dies.

Well, it's either that or "... OH MY GOD DO YOU KNOW KEVIN LOVE?!?!?!?!?!"

Either way, it's not what we want to hear.

[CaptainCheese]

Humboldt county is only famous for our pot.

Totally not true we also have very nice...um....trees and....cows.

[RobType0]

Well, let's see. As an Englishman, I'm either a stuck-up toff who wears a monocle and owns lashings of terribly spiffing land, or a cheeky Cockney chimney sweep. As a northerner, I'm probably seen as backward, poor and thick. And as a Yorkshireman, I'm either a miner/factory worker who spends all of his hard-earned pennies at the local tavern on his way back from work, or as a grumpy farmer who violates sheep. Personally, I'm both.

As for stereotypes around where I live (a town just outside Leeds), there aren't really many. The overwhelming majority of people would be considered chavs, to some extent. It's unfortunate that this stereotype seems to be one of the only ones which is actually true - bad news for the chavs and everyone else alike. According to old people, everyone under the age of thirty fits into this category.

[Big_Willy]

I'm a Canadian, and for any of you that have heard this stereotype before, YES, I will do anything for a bottle of maple syrup...Eh

[Skeebidy]

Also, Canberra has a stereotype for 'wogs' (people of eastern european descent, croatians, serbians). The 'wogs' use grease in there hair and tend to drive cars that are generally very 'done up'. These 'wogs' tend to spend nights at petrol stations hanging out, comparing cars and waiting for 'gangers' to come along.

The 'wogs' also have a common taste for bad hair. Every wog has fashioned their hair into a disgusting mulletesque or mohawkesque style. A general rule for their hair is the addition of blonde tips.

Known for being overly aggressive, drinking protein shakes, taking their shirts off at dance parties and popping their collars.

Pretty close man but croatians and serbians would never go into the same group seeing as they hate each other and every oppurtunity they meet a fight will go down. Also that description of wogs pretty much describes lebs aswell around here.

[Nuxxy]

I'm from South Africa. To foreigners, that means:
* I'm an oppressed black, or a racist Afrikaans white.
* I have lions in the back-yard, and ride elephants to work.
* I swing on vines.
* I belong to a tribe.
* I learnt English from foreign visitors and CNN.
* I know some obscure person in Nigeria, because, ya know, there are only 10 people in Africa.
* I'm poor, undernourished and possibly contracted HIV from having sex with monkeys.
* Our women don't wear shirts.
* I dress in a loincloth and wave traditional weapons around.
* Guns are 'thunder-sticks', and any technology is a miracle.
* We like having civil war every few years to keep things fresh.

Sadly, all the above is true. :biggrin:

[Ox]

Foreigners assume all Scots wear kilts, eat haggis and live in the Highlands, shouting "OCH AYE THE NOO!".

Scots assume that anyone from West Central is a knife-wielding, buckfast drinking, scumbag junkie thief.

[gannz]

Foreigners assume all Scots wear kilts, eat haggis and live in the Highlands, shouting "OCH AYE THE NOO!"

Don't forget the assumption that all Scots love braveheart. You all love soccer too and are very, very fond of Diego Maradona.

As for wearing kilts ... when we were at a backpackers in Sydney we met a group of Scots who conformed to all the stereotypes ... although I don't know what kind of person doesn't like braveheart.

[Felegi]

Haha, I'm from West houston in a Suburban town called Katy.
The array of steretypes is flabbergasting!

The Whites: These are a steretyped white person in that everything they do has to be white, usually seen as rich and usually preppy country club types.

The Blacks: typically seen as C-Walkers, dancers, thugs, concealed weapons, they always HAVE to know how to rap...

Cools: the white and black ones who are just of the urban type, stereotypical fun kid, descent life, descent everywhere.

Asians: seen as usually all of them keeping to themselves for mother and father, usually have an outstanding GPA and are Viet. ALWAYS good at tennis..

Hots: always girls or guys who are hot, obvious.

Nots: opposite of nots.

HotNots: Someone who is hot but at a social "disadvantage" such as emo, hick, stupid, etc.

Emos: Always cutting, listen to high pitched vocals with screaming they call music.

Athletes: The ones who people know play the game because they love the sport.

Jocks: The ones who people know play the game to try and brag how they sat on the bench.

The Ladies: Any group of giggling, descent looking girls, whom guys will say something like "Hey look at them, DAYUMN!"

No-Ways: Usually a person who does something not stereotypical, emos listening to rap, preps listening to metal, blacks liking the cops. Stupid stuff our American society seems fit to mislabel people with.

Steretypes are not cool, NOT COOL MAN!

[-JamezzJames-]

Foreigners assume all Scots wear kilts, eat haggis and live in the Highlands, shouting "OCH AYE THE NOO!"

Definately the true stereotype.
Definately not true about scots tho.
Im Scottish and i dont think i have ever said 'Och Aye The Noo' unless i was takin the mickey.
My mum and dad are english tho and the stereotypical english person is soooo not true. I dont they have ever said 'Toodle-ooo, Jolly good, tip-top, spiffing' etc. Infact i dont know anyone who even has that accent

American stereotype over here is a fat balding man who is as dumb as f*ck..
NO OFFENCE.
Was in Florida 2 days ago and never saw anyone like that.

[Gilligan]

Electronics Technicians all play WoW and look at kiddy porn.

[Rolo9128]

Over here in Honduras, we have only one stereotype:
Emo: Kid who desperately seeks attention by doing stupid things considered cool in the emo society, like making shitty drawings besides shitty poems talking about their imaginary shitty lives. All male emos, without exception, are only good for crying and food for the crows.

[B33]

As a white guy I am always being assumed racist whenever I get mad at a person of color. I also apparently enslaved everyone's ancestors because I am white and American even though I am a first generation American in my family. And my people were enslaved (Jews)

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[Pelican Man]

I'm also going to assume you're stupid white trash, as anyone with any semblance of intelligence would see how old this thread is.

[crk_0511]

what's life without local stereotypes? they might be necessary. is the stereotype "bad"? can you view a stereo type as a reference point? - may depend on the nature of it. are there good stereotypes? let's just say yes, cause, there are (example: "mormons are polite people"). 86 the bad ones. unless it's in the name of comedy. not morman by the way, it just sounded good. hope there are no pist off mormons now after using that example. no but, mormans are cool.

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[Bayview05]

The stereotype here on the border is that if you're white, you're rich; If you're Mexican, you are either illegal or fat; If you only speak English, then you're stupid.

[Vir]

I can speak Australian: Foster's, its australian for beer!!!!

jk But Im form Socal. More specifically Orange County which is stereo-typed as having beach people and chilled out relaxing people that surf and say gnarly and stoke and what not. and the moms are all coked out OC moms that are thin look like they're in their twenty's and have the plastic surgery to back it up. The fathers are power hungry business men that spend more than they earn but have credit! so its not a big deal and they act tough but nobody backs their shit up. actually most of that is true though of course there are some of the socially deviant wandering among us. I'm not gonna lie I kinda like the stereotype

[G.i.g.g.l.e]

One time in Missouri there was this man with holes in his wife beater and a trucker hat on and he started talking to my father. He started trying to be funny saying stupid things like konichiwa and bowing like those geishas in the movies. Then he emphasized words in English, like when you don't think someone understands you. Usually I'm not bothered if someone makes fun of my race, I know they're joking and not a complete idiot. But this man was, and I just wanted him to get run over by a semi truck or something. I actually never realized there were real people like that, I live in suburban Minnesota and no one is nearly that idiotic.

[timbot]

Then theres the Hoosiers (people from Indiana). They religiously follow NASCAR, drink all day and have rusty pick ups. Think of it as the South just without all of the incest.

I thought this was really funny. I'm from Indiana, and it's interesting to hear what other people think. I actually didn't get into NASCAR at all until I lived around Chicago. Though I have been to two The Brickyard 400 (NASCAR) at least once and the Indy 500 (Indy cars) twice, plus time trials and the like. I'm surprised you said NASCAR and not Indy cars, but maybe that's just because NASCAR is far more popular. Also, what about basketball? I always had to defend Bob Knight when I was in Illinois and Michigan.

I live in Korea currently, and there are some odd stereotypes around here. It's very homogeneous around here, very few foreigners. I'm not as in touch with what the adults think, but kids think all Americans are fat and unhealthy. Being fat around here is really bad. They're still scared of mad cow disease and fear American beef. Also, don't like the Chinese very much, especially with the melamin (sp?) thing recently. I was also told not to ride in a cab in China because the driver will knock me out and steal my organs. The Japanese are very bad as well. They're also very proud of their written language. It's supposed to be the most logical language in the world, and they will let you know it. So, all other languages are inferior. Yet, tons of them are trying to learn English. I don't know if those are exactly stereotypes, but they kind of fit.

Oh, and I have decided they're not bad drivers, just crazy. I've only ever seen 1 stop sign in the 11-12 weeks I've been here. They pull U-turns all over the place, lots of minor city roads only have room for one lane of traffic. And still I haven't seen a single accident.

[Tastychainsaws]

Where I live people aspire to their stereotype.

At a school with nearly 2500 students about 20% are black. I have never seen a single one that doesn't fit the stereotype.

Baggy pants, loud, says the word "nigga" in every sentence, and has buzzcut. Thats the male stereotype. The chicks have obnoxious hair that seems to randomly inspired, wears tight revealing clothes and tries to pick a fight with anyone.

Everyone else is either a laid back kinda person who you don't really expect to do much. Or they're a stoner.

Small world.

[Cyan]

The stereotypes I know in Denmark are:

Pop:
Boys with short spiky hair. Girls blond hair. Both dumb and goes to parties every week. Likes techno, pop, mainstream metal and hip-hop.

Punk:
Very few punk people where I live, but they usually associate with people who drink and smoke too much. Put males with long hair in here aswell.

Alternative/Emo:
People who are more punk than pop. If you are extremely emo, you are punk instead.

Normal:
Geeks or people doing their homework.


The majority of the danish population fall under the "pop" category. I believe most people secretly are geeks aswell.

[Haggis McSpud]

Foreigners assume all Scots wear kilts, eat haggis and live in the Highlands, shouting "OCH AYE THE NOO!".

Scots assume that anyone from West Central is a knife-wielding, buckfast drinking, scumbag junkie thief.

:heya:
I'm Irish and as such I eat nothing but potatoes, drink almost constantly and am secretly a leprechaun. As a slightly hungover, five foot nothing 18 year old who had a baked potato for lunch, I like to think I live up to my stereotype :lol:

[Koots Klone]

I'm canadian, so I say Eh all the time, I live in an igloo, say aboot. Being from Alberta, I know everyone, because the population is alot smaller than that in western Canada. I do however say eh? alot, I know alot of people from southern Alberta.

Another stereotype is that since I'm mormon I am related to everyone. Which honestly so far seems to be true.

[Haggis McSpud]

The stereotype here on the border is that if you're white, you're rich; If you're Mexican, you are either illegal or fat; If you only speak English, then you're stupid.

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[Prawnatron]

He did capitalize, did he not?

Maybe they just don't like him?

[Haggis McSpud]

Maybe they just don't like him?

That makes more sense.

[Cristo]

:heya:
I'm Irish and as such I eat nothing but potatoes, drink almost constantly and am secretly a leprechaun. As a slightly hungover, five foot nothing 18 year old who had a baked potato for lunch, I like to think I live up to my stereotype :lol:

Don't forget your from Cork either.

"It's tree turty tree in teh morning, I'm going to shower ten I'm going tah watch Turd Rock By Teh Sun"

[Oofie]

Corkies don't talk like that, that's Dubs.

[Cristo]

Ah ok, my mistake.

[Sphinctor]

Here in d-town, pennsylvania, there are a lot of stereotypes:

Populars: Wear holister, listen to shitty radio music, and watches disney channel. Majority.

Punks: Goes to local shows, dresses in dark colors. Less of them than the pops, but still prevelant.

Badasses/geeks: Listens to metal, goes on internet forums, loves to just be a cool guy. Me and my friends.

[Shagg]

Here in d-town, pennsylvania, there are a lot of stereotypes:

Populars: Wear holister, listen to shitty radio music, and watches disney channel. Majority.

Punks: Goes to local shows, dresses in dark colors. Less of them than the pops, but still prevelant.

Badasses/geeks: Listens to metal, goes on internet forums, loves to just be a cool guy. Me and my friends.

I wish I knew what d-town was.

[Haggis McSpud]

Don't forget your from Cork either.

"It's tree turty tree in teh morning, I'm going to shower ten I'm going tah watch Turd Rock By Teh Sun"

I actually do say 'tree' instead of 'three', but that's because of a lisp, I'm no dirty Dubliner :lol:

[Amazingly]

I live in a small, out-of-the-way town called Vidor, TX, where you can pretty much encounter a person that's as redneck or white-trash as they come. Car parts strewn about the yard amongst overgrown grass in front of a trailer house? Yep. There's even a book about how redneck/white trashy/shitty (http://www.roughbeauty.com/) my town is. Damn.

[Iceshade]

Around here there's a really messed up stereotype:

It's SODA godamit. Stop saying pop, you sound like a little kid.

[Cyan]

Why do people put themselves in the "best" group? There's gotta be something negative about you :p

[Ercoledi]

Only the emo kids ever acknowledge that they're scum.

[Cyan]

That's because the stereotype only is negative.

[Pelican Man]

Where I live people aspire to their stereotype.

At a school with nearly 2500 students about 20% are black. I have never seen a single one that doesn't fit the stereotype.

Baggy pants, loud, says the word "nigga" in every sentence, and has buzzcut. Thats the male stereotype. The chicks have obnoxious hair that seems to randomly inspired, wears tight revealing clothes and tries to pick a fight with anyone.

Everyone else is either a laid back kinda person who you don't really expect to do much. Or they're a stoner.

Small world.

I didn't know there was a stereotype that non-blacks were laid back and/or stoners. Basically all you're saying is that the blacks live up to their stereotype. :\

[Tastychainsaws]

I didn't know there was a stereotype that non-blacks were laid back and/or stoners. Basically all you're saying is that the blacks live up to their stereotype. :\

Surprisingly there is. At least for guys. White girls here act like any other white girls.

[Gettothevan]

My area's stereotypes include:
Whites: Rich, preppy, spoiled, has a mexican do all the work.
Jew: Richest, racist, has a mexican do all the work.
Arab or Persian: terrorist, middle class or rich has mexican do all the work.
Blacks: poor or middle class, in a gang, steal stuff, have mexican do all the work.
Gays: Really flamboyant, wants to have sex with every guy, has mexican do all work.
European: Rich or exchange student, "sexy", does not know what a mexican is.
Mexican: poor, does all work.


I am not racist, those are the stereotypes.

[tj_moley]

I am... Canadian.
I used to write on many different forums and I have been asked many strange questions. It seems anyone who lives to the north of North America immediately lives in an igloo. I have been asked before if I lived in an igloo.
One person even went as far to say that I probably say ABOOT (Instead of about.) One stereotype that is partially correct is 'eh?' I say it as a question such as:
"You did that wrong , eh?" Eh, when I use it, means 'hey.' I do not say it after every sentence I write and I have, in fact, had a summer with no snow on the ground.

[timbot]

Surprisingly there is. At least for guys. White girls here act like any other white girls.


So, they act their stereotype? Not some other stereotype that's specific to your area? What exactly is this white girl way of acting that they all exhibit?

[Prawnatron]

My area's stereotypes include:
Whites: Rich, preppy, spoiled, has a mexican do all the work.
Jew: Richest, racist, has a mexican do all the work.
Arab or Persian: terrorist, middle class or rich has mexican do all the work.
Blacks: poor or middle class, in a gang, steal stuff, have mexican do all the work.
Gays: Really flamboyant, wants to have sex with every guy, has mexican do all work.
European: Rich or exchange student, "sexy", does not know what a mexican is.
Mexican: poor, does all work.


I am not racist, those are the stereotypes.

Do you live in the UN or something?

[Iron_Vixen]

I live in NC, so, I have normal stereotypes here at my high school.

Preps - Like everybody else has stated, these are the ones who usually dress in American Eagle, Hollister, Abercrombie, etc. They walk around with an air of "i'm better than you", and they think they own the school. They like to stick with other preps, and are usually never seen with the goths, emos, etc.

Jocks - The guys who are full of themselves and is constantly trying to show off his muscles. Mainly on the football team and hockey team - any kind of sport really. The Jocks around here usually only date the preps, because they'd think it "uncool" to date anybody outside of their group. For example, a goth girl.

Gangsters - Usually wear obnoxiously low jeans, to the point of half of their butts are hanging out of their jeans, fake bling, drug dealers, and you don't wanna mess with any of them.


Goths - The typical goth. All black, unfriendly, piercings, into drugs, usually don't take well to outsiders (anybody who isn't in their group), and are basically anti-social to anybody who isn't like them.

Emos - You all know it. Skinny jeans, tight clothes, wild hair styles, etc.

Nerds - The ones here usually don't have a lot of friends, they love to talk about video-games and whatever anime. A lot of people think just because you wear glasses that automatically makes you a nerd/makes you look like a nerd.

These are basically all of the labels/stereotypes you have - like any other place or highschool. Usually here, people tend to stick in their groups instead of branching out.

[Samuraininja333]

Preps- as everyone has said.
Metalheads- all three of them at my school (Including myself) listen to metal, don't feel like we need to dress like dumbasses.
Emo's depressed even though they have a great life (usually). Only hang with emos and posers (see below). Listen to shitty music.
Posers Usually claim to listen to Metal but do not. Hang with emos. Insist on dressing like dumbasses.
Nerds- associate with posers. Have little to no friends. Enjoy videogames and looking up porn because they could not get a girlfriend in the first place.

[Cyan]

So basically everyone at your school are either without friends and/or posers? Yet you're in a group of 3 and believe YOU are the only one not being a poser and dress properly.

There's fucking 3 of you.