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Post by
EdantheDwarf
Ok, but you have one we want one, why dont we do this the American way and take yours?We are too valuable to you.
All you give us is old animal shows, and some alcohol and sport that are bloodier then most... I see your point. (let me know if i missed anything) Also kangaroos.
Post by
MyTie
I think they should not be ignored but if they portray your people badly then you should try to show people how they are wrong.
I drink about a soda a month, when I'm making myself a vanilla cream float.. I eat fast food, maybe once a year. I don't watch porn. I listen to classical music quietly and in the privacy of my home or car. I don't advocate the use of the atomic bomb, and it hasn't been used against people for like... 2-3 generations.
You cannot summarize Americans by any one thing. We are a vividly diverse group of people, with characteristics that range beyond the imagination.
Also, I think you're thread is a bad idea. People love bashing America soooo much, that it would be nothing but a fight. If you seriously believe the American stereotypes, you should do some research on America, and educate yourself. Try going past the surface of what the internet and TV show you to the real grit of America. Take a trip to Louisiana and get some
Cajun food
. Stop by a west Texas diner and listen to the
locals talk
. Go on a
guided trail ride
in Kansas. Visit
Yellowstone
. Go see
Denali
. Go to
Pike's Place Market
in Seattle and have some coffee while looking over Puget Sound. Go to New York and watch people walk through
Times Square
. Very very rarely will you find
this
, and you're much more likely to find
this
.
It just pains me to see this many awesome people painted over with the brush of stereotypes by people who buy the first thing they hear without checking it out for themselves.
Post by
EdantheDwarf
Nice post Mytie, you are truly a skilled writer. And from your words I would say your are a passionate person, but I thinking about this draws my mind to another topic, (does telling a racist joke make you racist, my answer is no btw). Stereotypes are used for drawing the bad of a people into a nice little ball for people to kick around and laugh at. They are not meant to be the whole of sum of everyone.
And the tread is a bad idea, just like 90% of my ideas that's why it was a joke not something I really did. Many stereotypes have grains of truth. Some people not many drink 2-3 sodas a day, eat fast food for dinner every night, and their left arm is twice the size of their right from repetitive motions.
I have lived in 10 different states and 2 other countries besides the US, ( I am 21 this year) In that time I have visited Yellowstone twice, had some of the best Mexican food ever, learned many skills from friends that i would have never gotten by living in one place, I been to times square and hated the amount of sound.
My point is yes if you look deeply stereotypes are 100% bull%^&*, but that's not the point of stereotypes.
Post by
Squishalot
Ohhhhhhhhh maaaaaaaaaaaan. It's 9.30pm. I've done nothing but play FF7 all day. The story... is so... addictive!
Welcome aboard the FF bandwagon! Bit of advice - don't rush through the plot too quickly, or you'll be horribly disappointed when you can't finish the final boss and need to spend the next 24 hours of game time grinding up on crappy monsters. If you ever start wondering if you ought to level up a bit, just do it.
Post by
MyTie
I believe that stereotypes are the reason why so many negative images of people endure. I don't find them useful, even for humor purposes.
Post by
EdantheDwarf
I believe people being bad are why bad stereotypes and the images that go with them endure.
Post by
donnymurph
Welcome aboard the FF bandwagon! Bit of advice - don't rush through the plot too quickly, or you'll be horribly disappointed when you can't finish the final boss and need to spend the next 24 hours of game time grinding up on crappy monsters. If you ever start wondering if you ought to level up a bit, just do it.
Cheers for the heads up. Only boss that's been a challenge so far was the Demon Door in Temple of the Ancients, and I got it on the second attempt. Although I did grind about 8 or 9 levels before I went in. Failed the first simply because I forgot to link a Restore with an All.
All the other bosses have been easy one-shots, and that's without Big Guard. I'm up to the part where Barret and Tifa are about to be publicly executed.(Just in case I'm not the only one who hasn't played it through yet).
Cloud is 51 (unusable atm), Barret and Tifa are 49, I don't use the others so I wouldn't know what level they are. Haven't got Yuffie or Vincent yet. Most of my materia are mastered.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
I believe that stereotypes are the reason why so many negative images of people endure. I don't find them useful, even for humor purposes.
He only finds them useful when discussing Palestinians or Muslim culture in general.
Post by
Azazel
I believe that stereotypes are the reason why so many negative images of people endure. I don't find them useful, even for humor purposes.
He only finds them useful when discussing Palestinians or Muslim culture in general.
Win.
Post by
donnymurph
Everyone stereotypes, whether they think they do or not. The amount of emotional discipline that would be required to 100% avoid stereotyping would be utterly exhausting.
Post by
Squishalot
I believe that stereotypes are the reason why so many negative images of people endure. I don't find them useful, even for humor purposes.
He only finds them useful when discussing Palestinians or Muslim culture in general.
Or atheists. Or anyone in support of minorities.
Cloud is 51 (unusable atm), Barret and Tifa are 49, I don't use the others so I wouldn't know what level they are. Haven't got Yuffie or Vincent yet. Most of my materia are mastered.
Don't need them, but nice to have for completion purposes. I think you should be fine - I think I ran into end-game about or below your level first time around, and that was hellish. From where you are, it should be a piece of cake.(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##Squishalot##DELIM##
Post by
Rankkor
stereotypes are bad.
If I had a copper coin every time someone asks me in vent if I'm from mexico or auto-assumes I'm from mexico.......................
Lets just say I'd have no monetary problems in wow at all.
Post by
donnymurph
stereotypes are bad.
Nonetheless, they exist. Mainly because they are an easy out for people.
Some does something bad? It's easier to say it's because they're white/black/Latin American/Asian/poor/atheist/whatever than to address the real issue.
Humans, by their very nature, are lazy (another stereotype right there) - and for that reason, stereotypes will always exist.From where you are, it should be a piece of cake.
/cheer
Post by
Azazel
stereotypes are bad.
If I had a copper coin every time someone asks me in vent if I'm from mexico or auto-assumes I'm from mexico.......................
Lets just say I'd have no monetary problems in wow at all.
But isn't Venezuela the capital of Mexico? :D
Post by
Rankkor
stereotypes are bad.
If I had a copper coin every time someone asks me in vent if I'm from mexico or auto-assumes I'm from mexico.......................
Lets just say I'd have no monetary problems in wow at all.
But isn't Venezuela the capital of Mexico? :D
funny you mention that :P
One of our states is called Merida, and there is a Merida in mexico.................. just as there is a Merida in spain.
See, spaniards weren't very creative when naming their colonies, or the regions within those colonies, because of that, they simply renamed our states with states in spain.
Just as there is a valencia on spain, there's a valencia on mexico, one in venezuela, and I think one in peru as well. (If i'm not mistaken there's a place in the US that's also called Valencia)
We got a state called Barcelona, just as the version from spain, and so on and so forth.
At least the british were "creative" enough to put the word "new" before every name XD
Post by
Lombax
stereotypes are bad.
If I had a copper coin every time someone asks me in vent if I'm from mexico or auto-assumes I'm from mexico.......................
Lets just say I'd have no monetary problems in wow at all.
But isn't Venezuela the capital of Mexico? :D
:D
Post by
donnymurph
At least the british were "creative" enough to put the word "new" before every name XDHahaha. The amount of suburb names that are shared between cities in Australia would make you change your mind.
Also the overuse of the names "Victoria", "Elizabeth" and "Macquarie" for everything from streets to suburbs to parks to bodies of water to states.
Post by
EdantheDwarf
At least the british were "creative" enough to put the word "new" before every name XD
Did you know New York was originally New Amsterdam, so putting in the word new was not only a british thing, maybe the Spaniards were being rebels against the norm by leavening the new off.
Post by
Squishalot
Hahaha. The amount of suburb names that are shared between cities in Australia would make you change your mind.
Seconding this. There's a suburb in Sydney whose main streets are "Brisbane St, Melbourne St, Perth St, Adelaide St" and so on (i.e. names of capital cities in Australia).
Post by
Patty
At least the british were "creative" enough to put the word "new" before every name XDHahaha. The amount of suburb names that are shared between cities in Australia would make you change your mind.
Also the overuse of the names "Victoria", "Elizabeth" and "Macquarie" for everything from streets to suburbs to parks to bodies of water to states.
There's a King and Queen street in every town, village and city in Britain I swear. >.>
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