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Conforming to stereotypes

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  • #32
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Muise... wrote: »
    can you conform to several stereotypes then?

    I think it's more a case of humans being animals who like to put other humans in pack categories as this makes them easier to sort out.


    Yeah good point. If other didn't view me as the leftie stereotype, I wouldn't see myself that way in the first place.

    And yeah, you can be viewed as a number of stereotypes alright. I was one in the eyes of the Liverpool fans sitting in an Irish bar on Sunday afternoon drinking Guinness wearing my Dublin jersey supporting the Dubs.


    Again, as you said, I wouldn't have thought of myself as that if I didn't see myself through the eyes of others.


    I find stereotypes very interesting.


  • #33
    salacious crumb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭salacious crumb


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    I'm pissed.

    Drunk or off? :pac:


  • #34
    Legs.Eleven
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I think that's way too broad a statement though. Of course if I happen to be a woman who likes something like shopping (I hate shopping :D) then I'm going to fall into the "women just love shopping" stereotype. No matter what you like or what you do - there will be a stereotype that you can be attached to somehow. That doesn't mean you conform to a stereotype though.


    True. See my comment above.


  • #35
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Yeah good point. If other didn't view me as the leftie stereotype, I wouldn't see myself that way in the first place.

    And yeah, you can be viewed as a number of stereotypes alright. I was one in the eyes of the Liverpool fans sitting in an Irish bar on Sunday afternoon drinking Guinness wearing my Dublin jersey supporting the Dubs.


    Again, as you said, I wouldn't have thought of myself as that if I didn't see myself through the eyes of others.


    I find stereotypes very interesting.

    I prefer surprises. :)


  • #36
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I think that's way too broad a statement though. Of course if I happen to be a woman who likes something like shopping (I hate shopping :D) then I'm going to fall into the "women just love shopping" stereotype. No matter what you like or what you do - there will be a stereotype that you can be attached to somehow. That doesn't mean you conform to a stereotype though.

    Then again, I think we subconsciously have a need to belong and perhaps you conform to a stereotype without knowing?


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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I knit my own yoghurts.


  • #38
    Karl Stein
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    salacious crumb wrote: »
    Drunk or off? :pac:

    Smashed drunk and I'm going out looking for a fight now.


  • #39
    salacious crumb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭salacious crumb


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    Smashed drunk and I'm going out looking for a fight now.

    That's nice


  • #40
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    I don't consciously conform to any stereotypes, but I do find that some people are very quick to label me as a particular stereotype based on a single post or a single comment or one single aspect of my behaviour.

    Are "odd bastard", "unconscionable prick" or "incorrigible pervert" stereotypes or just labels?


  • #41
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Czarcasm wrote: »
    ...Are "odd bastard", "unconscionable prick" or "incorrigible pervert" stereotypes or just labels?

    Australian political parties, I believe.


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  • #42
    allibastor
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    cantdecide wrote: »
    Which ones do you conform to and is it a good or bad thing?

    Are you the full tree-hugging, veggie hippy with the yoga mat, leftie views and a propensity to use the word 'man', man? Are you the girl that prioritises shopping for clothes over paying the light bill? Are you the embarrassing Irish mammy that cooks everything to death and goes to mass twice a day?

    Personally, I try to not let one aspect of my life dictate the others. Variety is important to me but the big one for me is I'm your typical motor obsessed bloke. I yack about cars/ bikes/ cars/ bikes constantly. Not that women can't be petrol heads but it's definitely more seen as a male thing and I very much conform to this stereotype. I like to be the driver and I usually won't ask for directions unless I have to. Put me in a car and I'm your typical bloke...

    I had a few guys who work for me were late on thier first day for work as they missed a connecting flight.

    The reason they missed it was they went to the pub before they checked in.
    When I explained this to the client i was told" Ah, you irish are the same, we expect this"

    That was a great day.


  • #43
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    I'm a prick, and I do pricky things.

    Am I conforming to my stereotype of being a prick?


  • #44
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,363 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    wazky wrote: »
    I'm a prick, and I do pricky things.

    Am I conforming to my stereotype of being a prick?

    A real prick wouldn't look for validation. I think you just need a hug...


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