What stereotypes are thrust upon your poor, battered soul?

[tik 🪀✨]

And how many of them are accurate to some degree?

Living down here, when people discover my nationality, I get a rather varied reaction. Many people are surprised I'm not very loud, dangerously obese, or excessively ignorant (yes, we very much have those adverbed adjectives floating about in the syrupy minds of non-Americans when mentioned.) I've also been asked seriously on a couple occasions if I'd been shot at. Nope. Don't think I've met many who have.

There are of course plenty more that don't involve nationality, that was just a starting point. What about you?

[DC Al Fine]

True False

Canadian: I love hockey
Scottish ethnicity: I'm cheap
Religious conservative: I'm poorly educated, and like CCM
Calvinist: I'm austere and too serious

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Greek - Make the ladies scream with pleasure.  TRUE

[Enderman]

True or False

Religious Rightist: U NOT CHRISTIAN U GO TU HELLLLLL!!!!!!

Floridian: We kill everyone, including our wives and children.

Political Buff: Smarter than everyone in my life.

Lives within 30 miles of either Disney: ZOMG I LUV DISNRY
(I prefer Universal. Why? Tourists.)

Teenager: Loves Black Ops and plays to kill people.
(I'm okay w/video games, and I love to explore in it. Like Assassin's Creed and Just Cause sagas...)

Bullied: Everyone hates you.
(not everyone hates me; and yes I am and have been bullied beyond the internet.)

Southerner: Have that awful accent.
(born in CA, family from CA/WI, no Southern accent.)

Grew up with George W. Bush as President: Pronounces "W" as "Dubya" and Ohio as "O-hai-ya"
(I'm nostalgic; sometimes I say "O-hai-ya", but when I don't think about it I say "O-hai-o")

Geopolitical buff: Looks at a map of the United States as Red, Blue and Purple.

Baptist/Protestant: Bible thumping everyone every day.

[angus]

Let's see, when I'm a gringo south of the border, the main ones seem to be that gringos are impatient and always looking to buy drugs.  I'm not always looking to buy drugs.  I am somewhat impatient.  

When I'm in China, I find that the the main ones are that I'm wealthy.  Apparently it is not considered socially unacceptable in the Far East to ask a stranger how much money he makes.  When I tell them my salary they are invariably disappointed.  Another Chinese stereotype is that we're a nation of debters.  (A not-so-ancient Chinese proverb holds that "When a Chinese person finds two dollars, he spends one and saves one; When an American finds two dollars, he borrows five and spends seven.")  I always seem to disappoint them in that regard as well, as I'm quite frugal and don't live beyond my means.

When I worked in Amsterdam the main stereotypes about Americans that I heard were that we were strikingly unknowledgeable about history and geography.  I severely disappointed my hosts in that regard as well.  It turns out that geography is one of my best subjects, and while I'm no expert, I have always had enough interest in history to be able to converse with amateur historians.

I've traveled to other places as well, but honestly I can't remember being stereotyped so much.  In Egypt, mostly when they asked where I was from and I said USA it was all like, "USA number one, my friend, just for you I sell this lamp for six pounds.  Very good deal."  I'd assumed that Middle Easterners portray us as irreverent and with a total lack of respect for tradition, but I never really got that vibe from any of them.  I probably am somewhat irreverent but I have enough sense to take off my shoes when entering a mosque.

There was also something about using one's thumbs differently when counting.  Apparently most Germans count one way and the English a different way.  Americans, it is assumed, count like the English.  Apparently I do count like the English/Americans when I count on my fingers.

[opebo]

Sex tourist.  Oh, sorry - true, obviously.

[Beet]

I'm a sexless Asian computer nerd. All true.

[free my dawg]

Nerd - Straight-edge, focused on work. Very false.
Blonde - dumb. I'm pretty spacey, but not dumb.
New Englander - we eat nothing but seafood and chowder. Plus we're all liberals and obnoxious sports fans. Every stereotype about New Englanders is true, except for the whole accent thing.
New Hampshirite - hippies, very socially liberal. True.
College student - broke, but finds enough money to party. True.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Stereotypes are false by definition, but this is what's true/false for me personally:

True
False

American: I'm fat; I'm stupid; I'm lazy; I'm rude
Autistic: I'm mentally retarded (Though some of you probably think I am anyway. )
Scottish ancestry: I'm stingy (I want to be responsible with my money, but I'm not a tightwad either.)
Irish ancestry: I'm a drunk; I love potatoes; I like soccer/football; I like Irish step dancing
Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry: I'm Amish (I wouldn't be on here if I were. )
Michigander: I live in a frozen wasteland; I have a nasal Midwestern accent; I call carbonated drinks "pop"
Tourette's: I yell obscenities at random
Conservative/Republican (there are a million): I don't care about poor people; I'm stingy; I'm racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, etc.; I'm a "fundamentalist" religious nut; I'm a warmonger; I'm a Tea Partier; I believe President Obama is a Muslim/was born in Kenya; I'm a Nazi/fascist; I'm an obstructionist; I want to destroy the environment; I hate moderate/establishment "RINO" Republicans
Christian: I'm a homophobe, Islamophobe, etc.
Adventist: I'm a vegetarian; I'm a Satanist; I hate Catholics; I'm part of a cult (Though I can understand why some might think that.)
Political junkie: Looks at America as "red states" and "blue states" (There really are no red or blue states, only different shades of purple. )
Old music fan: I'm a hipster; I'm a loser living in my mom's basement; I'm a Baby Boomer/Gen Xer
College Kid: I'm promiscuous; I use drugs; I go to wild drinking parties; I'm a left-winger (Though most of my fellow conservatives would probably label me as one)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

That I chop wood and lived in the utter sticks. If only it were true.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

True False

American: I'm fat
German: Hate jews Love various meats (that's what she said ohohohoho) Drink lots of beer (blue = not sure yet lmao)
Irish: Ginger alcoholic
English: smarter than you drink tea super nice
Italian: eat lots of pizza/pasta
From Philly suburbs: Loud obnoxious aggressive driver
Socialist: Want to behead the rich and destroy all government
Teenager: not knowledgeable at all
Emo: hate my damn life
Political nerd: don't get laid at all
Have depression/bipolar: really emotional and difficult to be around sometimes

[Maxwell]

Tall - I play basketball. (nope, am very terrible at it)

White - I like white people music. (nope, love hip hop, jazz, and soul more than anything else)

Oklahoma - White Trash (lol no)

[afleitch]

I'm Scottish so must hate the English (false), drink Irn-Bru (true) vote Labour (false) and have a huge di...

[opebo]

I'm Scottish so must  drink Irn-Bru (true)

What's it like?  Is there caffeine in it?

[afleitch]

I'm Scottish so must  drink Irn-Bru (true)

What's it like?  Is there caffeine in it?

It's my poison. If I described it's taste you wouldn't want to try it. It's like sweet burnt rubber.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

have a huge di...

dildo collection?

[afleitch]

have a huge di...

dildo collection?

I wouldn't have any use for those

[opebo]

Almost double the caffeine content per ml compared to Mountain Dew.. I think I'd like that affleitch.

[Leftbehind]

I'm Scottish so must  drink Irn-Bru (true)

What's it like?  Is there caffeine in it?

It's my poison. If I described it's taste you wouldn't want to try it. It's like sweet burnt rubber.

Yeah, I'm a fan of it.

Don't really feel like stereotypes are ever threw at me, or if they have been, I can't remember them.

[Ban my account ffs!]

have a huge di...

dinner plate full of delicious haggis?  You naughty, naughty Scotsman!


As for stereotypes:  I've the temper of the Irish with the stubbornness of the Germans and the neuroticism of Norwegians.  Uff da that's a lot!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

People think because I'm a Greek that I'm hot headed, intimidating, sleazy, handsome, and cheap.

[Ban my account ffs!]

People think because I'm a Greek that I'm hot headed, intimidating, sleazy, handsome, and cheap.

Well i don't think you're hot headed, intimidating, or particularly cheap.  But you're definitely handsome and certainly sleazy

[Miles]

South Louisiana:
Likes seafood- Yes
Has Cajun/French ancestry- No
Likes to drink/party- No; I'm a nerd and don't drink
Has seen a girl flash me at Mardi Gras- No

North Carolina:
Likes NASCAR- No
Likes BBQ- Generally no
Has strong feelings towards UNC, Duke or NC State- Yes; I despise UNC

I guess I fit the Sicilian-American stereotype in that I have a big family.

[DINGO Joe]

White men can't jump--So painfully true.

New Orleans:

Loves to eat-- Yep
Loves Crawfish--Nope, if I'm at a boil, I eat the corn and potatoes, but crawfish are a no go.  Shrimp and Oysters are all good.
Loves to drink--Yep, Middle age and, well, drinking, have slowed me down.
Drinks Absinthe--No, really you can't get Absinthe, they'll serve you Herbsaint, which taste horrible and will do horrible things to your mind and body.
Loves Music--Yep of virtually all types
Is a Musician--No, not really.  Played the guitar for decades
Lives in an old house--Yep, the old joke is the only thing that works in an old house is the owner.
Lives in Garden District mansion--yeah, I'm Mr. moneybags.
Speaks like a character in the "Big Easy"--Nope
Speaks like a character in Treme--No
Speaks like a Yat--No

Has seen a girl flash at Mardi Gras--Seen em flash, drop trou, flash when it's not Mardi Gras, tourists are savages.

[dead0man]

I've got a full beard-so I must be a hippy, hipster, an "outdoorsman" or into those Duck guys....I'm none of those things...I'm just lazy people
I'm bald-so I must be producing tons of testosterone....well that's true
I drive Mazdas-so I must enjoy fun, sporty cars, also true
I wear shorts when it's too cold out to wear shorts and I'm over the age of 25-so I must be some kind of weirdo, also true
I wear a Steelers hat-so I must be from Pit, I'm not, but I have a good excuse to be a Steelers fan
I'm a defense contractor-so I must be worse than Hitler, also true