Stereoptypes

DarkPrayer · 09-28-2007, 01:59 PM

I am stereotyped SO much!!!!!!!!!! This girl at my school aske dthe teacher if she could not sit beside me in class (we're assigned seats like were in Kindergarten or something XD) because I'm obsessed with death, blood, and pain. Not true. I try to find beauty in them, but I hate pain and I don't want to die yet. Plus, my friends Mom won't let me come over because she thinks I'm into Satanism. Now my friend always has to come over to my house. Has anyone experienced heavy sterotyping before? I handle it pretty well though.

L'Oiseau Noir · 09-28-2007, 02:26 PM

You're not the only person. I'm always getting stereotyped--just go to my other whiny threads to see what I mean--and I'm getting real sick of it.

As I said in another thread of mine, I was recently pulled aside because of the way I dressed. Not only that, but I'm always receiving snarky comments from the rich kids in my school. I'm constantly being asked if I worship Satan, sacrifice things, eat babies--yes, someone actually asked me that before--and a host of other irritating stereotypes. I try to brush it off, though, and most of the time I do, but some of them just love shoving themselves in your face....

Lapin · 09-28-2007, 03:08 PM

I don't get stereotyped for being a Goth. I get stereotyped for being relatively short, pale, cute, and female. I'm supposedly demure, weak, and need to be cuddled.

Never mind that part of my profession involves the words "steelcutting".

Yeah I'm weak. (Eye roll) And the stars help the person who tries to cuddle me...(Big Sign: DO NOT TOUCH)

//Nacht · 09-28-2007, 03:47 PM

I thought stereotype comes with the package of being goth. I mean, you're labeling yourself, yeah?

Graveyard.Crow · 09-28-2007, 04:21 PM

You don't have to be goth to be stereotyped. You just have to stand out in ANY way. Being black,Asian, foreign calls for stereotypes as well, goth or not.
Anyway. The girl who didn't want to sit next to you in a big drama queen. Oh well.

LadyLucretia · 09-28-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by //Nacht

I thought stereotype comes with the package of being goth. I mean, you're labeling yourself, yeah?

Well, if you dress goth you are certainly inviting attention, and you should be prepared to deal with it. It's not fair, but life isn't fair.

MaverickZero · 09-28-2007, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by LadyLucretia

Well, if you dress goth you are certainly inviting attention, and you should be prepared to deal with it. It's not fair, but life isn't fair.

I got asked why do I dress this way, to which I replied, I'm comfortable. I got asked immediately afterwards where I got the style from, because he's never seen it before. I told him I assumed it was big in Europe before it came here, but I just like the clothing. Then he proceeded to imply that I was gay, referring to a district in Toronto, and I just told him it's more industrial, in my opinion.

I don't care what people have to say to me, it's just funny what some people string together.

LaBelleDameSansMerci · 09-28-2007, 09:27 PM

Mmmm I'm actually surprised that people
A mouse! in the art building!! Awwwww it's soooo cute!!
don't come up to me and ask me things like "do you eat babies" and stuff. My university is so normal it's almost going out the other side. As I said somewhere else, I do get the usual affronted/astonished stares, but.... I haven't been asked if I'm a Satanist or a lesbian or suicidal or anything. :\ I guess I'm lucky...

DarkPrayer · 10-01-2007, 01:42 PM

These are very good responses. Thanks! I'll try to ignore people, but it can be hard.

honeythorn · 10-01-2007, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkPrayer

I am stereotyped SO much!!!!!!!!!! This girl at my school aske dthe teacher if she could not sit beside me in class (we're assigned seats like were in Kindergarten or something XD) because I'm obsessed with death, blood, and pain. Not true. I try to find beauty in them, but I hate pain and I don't want to die yet. Plus, my friends Mom won't let me come over because she thinks I'm into Satanism. Now my friend always has to come over to my house. Has anyone experienced heavy sterotyping before? I handle it pretty well though.

When faced with questions such as " are you a satanist ? " "Do you eat kittens for the hell of it ? " Ect ect...simply reply " No, do you? " Then walk away, do not wait for a reply, just walk . Quite simple.

Should someone say something along the lines of " you look like a fucking freak " say something like " Do you really think so? " If their reply is yes, simply say " Good for you goodbye " and.....walk away. Or move away , whichever you prefer.

Renatus · 10-01-2007, 04:04 PM

All I did today was explain all the detailed sensations involved with getting tazed and I freaked this one guy out. You see my school has a fun little program where in the spring if you're 18 you can voulenteer to be tazed and end up on a national registry for it (I myself can't wait for this spring since I can finaly do it).

LaBelleDameSansMerci · 10-01-2007, 05:21 PM

I'd be interested in being tazed just to see what it's like... But I don't think they have such a program in Canada.

Underwater Ophelia · 10-01-2007, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Renatus

All I did today was explain all the detailed sensations involved with getting tazed and I freaked this one guy out. You see my school has a fun little program where in the spring if you're 18 you can voulenteer to be tazed and end up on a national registry for it (I myself can't wait for this spring since I can finaly do it).

That is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard.

Graveyard.Crow · 10-01-2007, 06:57 PM

Ophelia strikes again.

Renatus · 10-01-2007, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia

That is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard.

To be fair there are perks to it.

Underwater Ophelia · 10-01-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Graveyard.Crow

Ophelia strikes again.

Crow, did you want to actually contribute to anything, or just make little asinine quips?

Anyway, I do think that that activity is extremely stupid, because the long-term effects of TASERs are not fully understood, but are thought to cause permanent muscle and nerve damage. Not only that, but they're being petitioned to be banned, even in the police force.

MollyMac · 10-01-2007, 07:36 PM

Hell, the short term effects are greatly underestimated.

But, hey, sign up. It helps cull the herd.

Graveyard.Crow · 10-01-2007, 07:36 PM

LOL. HAHAHAHAH! you're funny...

MollyMac · 10-01-2007, 07:49 PM

Funny? Yep.

Right? Yep.

Truth beats fiction, and you know it...

Underwater Ophelia · 10-01-2007, 07:55 PM

I missed you, Molly.

Uncle Smoov · 10-02-2007, 11:15 AM

This one time I was in morality class with my hands folded unless I raised my right hand to correctly answer a question or add something significant to the discussion. I took a short break from my hand-folding to polish my halo when Sister Scary Scar-garet threw me out of class and told the principle that I was threatening her with a satanically sharp-edged halo. I was chained and gagged and a team of exorcism experts tased me with a cross. I screamed through my nose and one of them asked whose funeral I was going to because of how I was dressed. I tried to tell them that it was his own funeral that I'd be attending through the gag, but he just laughed and said, "Oh, YOURS? Yeah, you're right." Then he bludgeoned me over the head with a huge spiked crosier. The best thing to do is just ignore people like that. Being heckled comes with the job.