what stereotype do u fit into?

pepsicokeacola · 17-01-2009 12:11am #1

just wanna see the chrachters we got on here

Michellenman · 17-01-2009 1:04am

The cool one, obviously. :cool:

Tea-a-Maria · 17-01-2009 1:05am

NERD!

Hey buddy,get a load of that nerd.:D

I've had the subtle differences between nerd,dork and geek explained to me and I think the first suits me best.I do well in school and I don't take many risks.

mike o · 17-01-2009 1:07am

i believe i may be the stereotypical nerd,or "mosher" as some people have called me recentally

17-01-2009 1:13am

Psychopathic, aggressive sociopath; megalomaniacal visionary with delusions of grandeur; misogynistic violent offender; capriciously evil genius, who has dreams of being the overlord of a global dictatorship, with elements of mass genocide (not forgetting some infanticide and filicide for good measure).

I don't know how specific you want me to get, but, I can keep going.

I think you'll find from that comment, and my general demeanour, that I'm a nice guy. Yes.

DenMan · 17-01-2009 1:15am

Misunderstood would be my closest.

Stev_o · 17-01-2009 1:22am

Hmmm

Id end up in SD stereotype with the clothes i wear but then i listen to the complete opposite music??

*adele* · 17-01-2009 1:28am

Ha, I seriously don't think it's possible for someone to stereotype themselves without sounding like a tit.

Stev_o · 17-01-2009 1:44am

*adele* wrote: »

Ha, I seriously don't think it's possible for someone to stereotype themselves without sounding like a tit.

How? The fact is every gets labeled sometime during their life true or untrue some may accept it other wont. This is just this what im labeled as but i dont necessarily agree with it.

Feelgood · 17-01-2009 1:45am

The Well Hung..:D

*adele* · 17-01-2009 1:50am

So you've been labeled? Thats different. Saying that you're a mosher/emo/d4 etc will always sound ridiculous,in my opinion.
Also that wasn't meant to be an attack on your post at all, I just meant in general. I dont even know what stereotype SD is??

DenMan · 17-01-2009 1:53am

*adele* wrote: »

So you've been labeled? Thats different. Saying that you're a mosher/emo/d4 etc will always sound ridiculous,in my opinion.
Also that wasn't meant to be an attack on your post at all, I just meant in general. I dont even know what stereotype SD is??

Judgemental I would say.

Aisling(",) · 17-01-2009 1:56am

Ive been called
-geek
-nerd
-a girly girl
-a tomboy
-grumpy angry scanger
-d4 wannabe

dont really see myself as any of them

*adele* · 17-01-2009 2:00am

DenMan wrote: »

Judgemental I would say.

You're calling me judgemental because I think its sounds stupid when people label themselves?

eVeNtInE · 17-01-2009 2:27am

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17-01-2009 2:51am

Don't label yourself. Don't fall into any stereotype. Don't form clicks.

You'll have more fun.

cautioner · 17-01-2009 3:09am

I'm a neoconservative goth jock.

Nightwish · 17-01-2009 3:13am

Antisocial (the avoidant type), goth, metal loving, opinionated oddball.

feylya · 17-01-2009 3:15am

I'm in the "ewww, step away" stereotype along with nightwish's

Ginja Ninja · 17-01-2009 11:15am

*adele* wrote: »

Ha, I seriously don't think it's possible for someone to stereotype themselves without sounding like a TiT.

summed yourself up nicely

cocoa · 17-01-2009 12:00pm

pfft, I only come in mono or quadrophonic, take it or leave...

I think I've prob personified certain stereotypes at certain times, but I wouldn't define myself by any of them. Maybe while I'm studying / learning I'm being a nerd, maybe when I'm working out / playing sport I'm a jock, maybe when I'm juggling I'm a weirdo.

But in my totality, I'm not any single one of those, I'm just me

Stev_o · 17-01-2009 1:08pm

*adele* wrote: »

So you've been labeled? Thats different. Saying that you're a mosher/emo/d4 etc will always sound ridiculous,in my opinion.
Also that wasn't meant to be an attack on your post at all, I just meant in general. I dont even know what stereotype SD is??

But labeling is stereotyping again whether its true or not is completely different most people will answer this thread saying that they fall in x group because its either the name given to that sort of people or a name given to that person over time. Try South Dublin??? Not that hard to crack

*adele* · 17-01-2009 2:44pm

Stev o:
Yeah ,I get what you mean. Like I dont think it sounds weird if people say "Ive been called" or "I guess I fall into..." I just think i sounds stupid when people say "I'm a mosher etc"
Ha if you get me. Im making no sense.

Ginja Ninja: Shut up

Stev_o · 17-01-2009 2:54pm

*adele* wrote: »

Stev o:
Yeah ,I get what you mean. Like I dont think it sounds weird if people say "Ive been called" or "I guess I fall into..." I just think i sounds stupid when people say "I'm a mosher etc"
Ha if you get me. Im making no sense.

Ginja Ninja: Shut up

Ah yeah i do and i agree with you in the sense that i would be like "Oh im a D4/Skater/Rocker/Dub etc" and go on about it like a badge of honor as it does make you look like a twat. You are what you are whatever that may be.

*adele* · 17-01-2009 3:22pm

Exactly

You made that point better in one post then i did in all mine hahaha.

Stev_o · 17-01-2009 3:23pm

*adele* wrote: »

Exactly You made that point better in one post then i did in all mine hahaha.

Hahah oh well least thats sorted now

Diabhal Beag · 17-01-2009 3:32pm

I don't think anyone can really criticize anybody on Boards.ie for being nerdy. Is there anything nerdier than posting on an internet messageboard. I include myself as a nerd BTW

KnifeWRENCH · 17-01-2009 3:36pm

Michellenman wrote: »

The cool one, obviously. :cool:

Really? Because your sig screams of nerdiness! :P
(That's a compliment btw.)

cocoa · 17-01-2009 3:44pm

Little Shyte wrote: »

Is there anything nerdier than posting on an internet messageboard.

Ermm, yes. First of all, being pedantic enough to point out you should've used a question mark there. Secondly, have you seen the den thread recently? Math Limericks, random binary...

Finally:

Davidius · 17-01-2009 3:51pm

Me? A stereotype?

NEVER!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 17-01-2009 6:34pm

Tomboy, weirdo and dirty hoor tend to be the ones I hear the most. Though one of my friends did once say "Ha, look at that fat goth. Kind of like you Caoimhe!" he got a smack. And I once got told to "Go home Goth!" which seems like the person had kind of either seriously misunderstood the meaning of Goth, or else thought I was German and was using the word in a very purist, historically accurate way.

But lads, lads, the most important question surely-whO on heer is eMo??? no haterz

cHaTbOx · 17-01-2009 6:47pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Don't label yourself. Don't fall into any stereotype. Don't form clicks.

You'll have more fun.

very true

I have fun with everybody , talk to anyone , may not agree with everyone bu I meet a lot of interesting people that way.

Piste · 18-01-2009 1:01am

I guess most people outside of school would call me D4, In school I generally hang around with the indie/complete poser group.

thusspakeblixa · 18-01-2009 1:06am

Yeah I could fit into a few, depending on my mood
-The "trendy lefty"
-The acceptably geeky one
-The git
-The football fanatic
-The guy that is too nice, so everyone thinks he's gay, even when he has a gf and clearly isn't
-Caffeine addict

deleriumtremens · 18-01-2009 1:52am

Brooding pile of murderous ambition!!!!

I joke!

I dont fit into any of the following stereotypes....scumbag, culchie, sports obsessed, emo, goth, geek, nerd...maybe somebody could define me for me!:p

I kinda wish I lent myself towards a sterotype while I was in school, wasted the chance!!

p1akuw47h5r3it · 18-01-2009 1:57am

deleriumtremens wrote: »

I dont fit into any of the following stereotypes....scumbag, culchie, sports obsessed, emo, goth, geek, nerd...maybe somebody could define me for me!:p

Loner:D:p

p1akuw47h5r3it · 18-01-2009 1:58am

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Yeah I could fit into a few, depending on my mood
-The "trendy lefty"
-The acceptably geeky one
-The git
-The football fanatic
-The guy that is too nice, so everyone thinks he's gay, even when he has a gf and clearly isn't
-Caffeine addict

I'm the EXACT same

19-01-2009 2:03am

It's strange. When I was in school there was no cliques/stereotypes. Everyone hung out with each other. And most of the time they're pointless because once ya hit college, whatever you thought you were means squat.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 19-01-2009 4:13am

Deleted User wrote: »

It's strange. When I was in school there was no cliques/stereotypes. Everyone hung out with each other. And most of the time they're pointless because once ya hit college, whatever you thought you were means squat.

Actually I've found college to be more cliquey than school in some ways. My actual group of friends is a fairly varied mix of genders, religions, IQs, styles etc, but I think that college being so big actually gives people more scope for cliquey behaviour on the everyday, stranger-to-aquaintance level. In school the place was so bloody small you kind of had to talk to everybody, I would have happily sat down beside a culchie/metal-head/skanger/goth/emo(...well, maybe not)/nerd and chatted away. But in college, people tend to gravitate towards other similar looking people I think.

For example, I look like a bit of a dirty hippie/indie kid, and I'd tend to assume that I'm not going to have much to say to the typical "commerce girl" if I was stuck in a queue behind her or sitting beside her in a lecture, even though a few girls who fit the stereotype perfectly are actually pretty good friends of mine. And vice-versa I'd imagine. But yeah, ****it anyway, it's all bollox, didn't mean to write a novel about it.

Insect Overlord · 19-01-2009 4:02pm

I'm at a point where I can make myself fit into a number of stereotypes, while in truth I'm just me and cannot really be defined by any cultural clique.
The way my hair is now, I can go out in my leather jacket and look like a biker or a rocker.
When I'm kitted out for football training I look like as much of a GAA head as anybody else.
The same applies when I put on my Man Utd jersey for soccer every week.
I can pick up a guitar and start singing in pubs as though I've been doing it for years.
Being a fan of XKCD and posting on message-boards has the nerd image attached.
I occasionally wear a scarf and carry around pens and paper (poet persona shining through).

All-in-all, I really don't know what I'm supposed to be!

Acacia · 19-01-2009 4:06pm

Stereotypes are limiting. You can be whatever you want. Just because you're good at maths it doesn't mean you can't be good at sports too, for example. You're not just one thing or another. I think schools would be better places if people didn't fit themselves into boxes.

Insect Overlord · 19-01-2009 4:11pm

Exactly! Well put Acacia.
I've been out of school for 18 months now, and I miss parts of it, but the way some people defined themselves entirely by their rugby/hurling skills still annoys me.
That said, one of my best friends liked to call himself a nerd fairly regularly (but only because he knew we were all fairly intelligent! :cool:)

Acacia · 19-01-2009 4:43pm

An File wrote: »

Exactly! Well put Acacia.
I've been out of school for 18 months now, and I miss parts of it, but the way some people defined themselves entirely by their rugby/hurling skills still annoys me.
That said, one of my best friends liked to call himself a nerd fairly regularly (but only because he knew we were all fairly intelligent! :cool:)

Thanks.

I think sometimes people like to stereotype themselves because it's easier than trying something new or talking to people you might have nothing in common with. I know I was guilty of it a bit when I was in school. Thankfully, I've grown out of it in college! :pac:

Crumble Froo · 19-01-2009 10:31pm

if you've ever seen skins, im a scary mix of crazy cassie, and dorky sid. with a bit of rock/goth/surfer chick thrown in for good measure.

Fad · 19-01-2009 10:42pm

Crumble Froo wrote: »

if you've ever seen skins, im a scary mix of crazy cassie, and dorky sid. with a bit of rock/goth/surfer chick thrown in for good measure.

Thats the beauty of Skins, you can sort of identify with most of the characters, pity it got so shíte during the 2nd season :pac:

BTW hows Oz working out?

Crumble Froo · 19-01-2009 10:51pm

actually, you could probably throw in a detachment from reality like chris into that mix too... though im more about the booze than the pills... and i loved the second season!

day 5, first day in sydney, so far so good. loved melbourne, man, the 'alternative' scene there is something else, sooooooo different from home it's unreal. gotta start jobhunting today, and getting various bits and bobs together. but life's feelin pretty good at the mo.

Fad · 19-01-2009 10:58pm

Crumble Froo wrote: »

actually, you could probably throw in a detachment from reality like chris into that mix too... though im more about the booze than the pills... and i loved the second season!

day 5, first day in sydney, so far so good. loved melbourne, man, the 'alternative' scene there is something else, sooooooo different from home it's unreal. gotta start jobhunting today, and getting various bits and bobs together. but life's feelin pretty good at the mo.

The last few episodes of the 2nd season were grand, but the first few were woeful.

New season starting on Thursday, can you get it over there? Or is it a watch on the internet job?

Sounds pretty damn good, wouldnt mind sampling it myself some day

Despite my aversion to heat and what not, but some day

Best of luck w/ the job hunt!

Undead · 20-01-2009 2:10pm

Feelgood wrote: »

The Well Hung..:D

Toosh indeed:)

I would be....the alcoholic who never shuts up talking and is very random

mad_PADDY! · 22-01-2009 2:25pm

MESSER!

also rocker/stoner.

Insect Overlord · 22-01-2009 3:48pm

Everyone loves a messer!

Except maybe teachers...

donmeister · 22-01-2009 5:09pm

I'm a pretentious gimp. Lol

what stereotype do u fit into?

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