NationStates Jolt Archive

List some cliches and stereotypes here, please. Here are some of mine:
stereotypes:
liberals:
anti-everything that disagrees with them.
Hates everything Bush likes. That means eating and breathing are their least favorite activities.
Blames everything on Bush. katrina was all Bush's fault. those school beses weren't used because of Bush. Bush caused the great depression and the holocaust, etc.
anti-American. I guess anti-american can't be conservative according to webster.

conservatives:
ignorant bible-breathing war mongers
blames everything on liberals
rednecks

whites:
snooty rich folk
deep southerners(moonshining, ignorant, pro-slavery rednecks)

blacks:
crinimals on welfare. The liberal programs aren't helping in getting rid of this at all.

hispanics: illegal immigrants who don't know a lick of English.

pitbulls:
vicious by nature. Many pitbulls prove this to be incorrect.

wolves:
evil(why is this one still alive?)
attacks people(the opposite of the truth because attacking means getting close, not hiding from)

gamers:
low attention span(games require the opposite)
dumb(many games require brain power, such as Tetris, Metroid, and Zelda)

cliches:
if one side has people and the other doesn't, the one with people is always good.
games:
you will have to save something, most likely a girl.
games will either sell well or be good. Rarely both. Notice how Zelda and Halo sold well, therefore reinforcing the rarely over never thing.
load-bearing bosses. A Metroid staple. RE4 also had these. Killing a load-bearing boss always triggers a countdown, which means you have to get out fast.
intence violence. GTA helped propel this cliche.
keys. find key to open door.
items triggering some sort of conflict, whether it be Mr. countdown or a battle.

come up with some more.

Canadians: Mostly speak french. But when speaking English always say "eh"

Americans are in general very rude, eat a lot and messily, and watch a lot of TV. (I am a counterexample.)

The British are very superior and imperturbable, and always have tea at six and have interjections like "I say" and "what" added on to everything... oh wait, that's true.

Irish people have red hair.

German people are blond and blue-eyed.

Italians are always very hot-blooded and "romantic".

Religious people are always trying to convert somebody, and are usually hypocritical under the guise of piousness.

In bad movies and games, the villian is always sinister and cold with dreams of ruling the nation/planet/universe, who somehow manages to find trillions of minions to carry out his evil will. (It's always a he for some reason, too. As though there aren't any evil females. *looks at Simonist steadily*)

cliches:
the badguys always have minions, which are almost always completely stupid.
the "french guys are cheaper" rule: bad guys like to hire more weak minions than strong minions.
green liquids=poisonous
mad scientists who somehow break the lawsn of physics and nature.
games:
minions are always stupid enough to get near explosive barrels and crates. they also leave health lying around.
dying characters. This is one thing I dislike about Resident Evil 4. I was fine with the officers in the car/van getting killed. Luis Sera was tolerable. Then, the chopper guy gets shot down by a guy with a rocket launcher. Come on! Let my friends live.

American Politicians: They're smart, unbiased, and honest.
Christians: They're right :p
Europeans: They're all intellegent and cultured
Americans: They all know where America is on a map
Asians: They're all great at math! (yet to be disproven)
Muslims: They're terrorists (3 women in black burkhas in a public area will make anyone nervous)
Blacks: They're all great athletes (Should have seen my HS football team, hah)

Cliche:
Good vs. Evil

American Politicians: They're smart, unbiased, and honest.
Christians: They're right :p
Europeans: They're all intellegent and cultured
Americans: They all know where America is on a map
Asians: They're all great at math! (yet to be disproven)
Muslims: They're terrorists (3 women in black burkhas in a public area will make anyone nervous)
Blacks: They're all great athletes (Should have seen my HS football team, hah)

We are all cultured, erudite and intellectual, thank you sir, or at least, some are.

To digress however,

Indian: All hardworking and neurotically conservative (my friends are't :p )
Christians: All stupid and indoctirnated.

Americans: Fat, stupid, ignorant, gun/car-loving religious nuts with a very odd obsession with the constitution and what some people said a few hundred years ago.

Scotsmen: Angry, violent, always wears a kilt.

Atheists: Devil-worshipers, gloomy, always trying to convert Christians.

Classical music lovers: Old, stuffy, boring.

Computer lovers: Unhygenic.

Men: Always think with their penis.

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The British are very superior and imperturbable, and always have tea at six and have interjections like "I say" and "what" added on to everything... oh wait, that's true.

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And, they have awful teeth.

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German people are blond and blue-eyed.

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And, are all still Nazies. Don't forgot the most obvious sterotypes! :mad:

Physics majors: never been with a woman, can't understand them, no intrest in sports, very thin or very fat, bad hair and no sence of style.
Math majors: See above
Computer Science Majors: See above

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German people are blond and blue-eyed.

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And, are all still Nazies. Don't forgot the most obvious sterotypes! :mad:

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German people are blond and blue-eyed.

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And, are all still Nazies. Don't forgot the most obvious sterotypes! :mad:

In bad movies and games, the villian is always sinister and cold with dreams of ruling the nation/planet/universe, who somehow manages to find trillions of minions to carry out his evil will. (It's always a he for some reason, too. As though there aren't any evil females. *looks at Simonist steadily*)
While I'm proud of this distinction, I'm wondering if it's really FAIR to attack the unaware. Well, I mean, for YOU to attack ME unaware. I can do it to you 'cause I'm oppressed.

Cliche: Clowns are evil.

Many of us are actually cute, lovable and harmless. Despite frequent purges, this still remains true. :)

Physics majors: never been with a woman, can't understand them, no intrest in sports, very thin or very fat, bad hair and no sence of style.
Math majors: See above
Computer Science Majors: See above

Damn it, I fit that description...

stay-at-home moms- sit on the couch eating bon-bons and watching Oprah.

(so NOT true, I really wish I could eat bon-bons all day but I would replace Oprah with Star Trek and would have to put my kids in daycare)

Musicians:Lazy drug addicts

Irish:drunken people that beat lumps out of each other all the time
english:chav scum or posh lords
german women:dominatrixes
french women:hairy
russians:communists
dutch:stoned
americans:incredibly ignorant of the world outside america
canadians:americans with 'eh'

Musicians:Lazy drug addicts
But that one's true. I speak from lots of experience.