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So, I was doing my groceries and I pass through the aisle that has all my favorite hispanic products (ie. beans, rice, tortillas, jupina, and various other seasonings). Usually all of these produts are labeled under ethnic food, its offensive in a way, but not that bad. Today though, I look up and to my suprise I see a new sign saying "mexican food". I look to my left and I see Paul Newman wearing a sombrero. And I am now really offended being that I am Colombian and Cuban and here I am being thrown into a group that Americans don't take the time to notice that Hispanic does not equal Mexican. I mean Mexicans don't really eat a lot of the food in the aisle, its a mix of various different hispanic products not just Mexican stuff. So I finish my groceries and call the manager. I tell him "hey, thats offensive, hispanics aren't just mexican. Me and my hispanic non-mexican friends are offened. And it tells us publix doesn't care about offending" he goes on about how publix loves hispanics and we stock so many products etc. Still doesn't change the sign i remark. He tells me he can't because of corporate regulations of stores the colors signs and what not. He then tells me he will call them ASAP and try to get it changed, because he wasn't the manager but the Assitant Manager and the real Manager is Hispanic. Makes me think then why didn't he complain as soon as he saw it. SO END OF STORY. PUBLIX DOES LIKE ME BECAUSE THEY JUST THINK I AM ANOTHER MEXICAN IN THIS COUNTRY THAT THEY CAN SELL TO.
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I hate label jumpers. You know, those people who will pounce on whatever label is tossed in their direction. From "punk" to "goth" to "heavy metal" .. What, you think that cos you suddenly listen to Kittie and wear black clothes you're suddenly gothic and heavy metal? Fuck you, there's more to being goth than wearing black and red. And then you have the nerve to call those around you posers. As if you're the first person to ever step foot into Hot Topic, or wear black eye makeup. Damnit, you're not goth, you never were goth, bloody fucking crap, quit trying to be goth!!
I hate how pushy low-carb dieters are. Do they really think I care about what they ate for the past week? I can't even go eat a decent sub sandwich without some fucking Atkins asshole pointing out that its got carbs so I shouldn't be eating it. As if somehow it's a proven fact that if I don't eat a double bacon cheeseburger w/o a bun, or a complete steak, I will get FAT.
Well FUCK YOU, maybe I LIKE my carbs!! They taste pretty damn good, and I'll be damned if I put that down for some asshole like you who believes everything the media feeds you. You ARE aware that there are many complete organizations AGAINST low-carb diets... For example the American Heart association, The American Cancer Society, The American Kidney Fund, The American Dietetic Association and many more. Are you really going to trust a bunch of no-name just-barely-graduated assholes instead of an entire professional association? Come on, how dumb can you be?
I'll eat what I fuckin want to eat. If you Low-Carb assholes don't like it, you can shove your bunless cheeseburgers up your fat asses.
Since when were ALL furries in it for wild erotic sex? Now I realize stereotypes are based on some truth and all, but isn't this going a little far? To generalize an entire lifestyle on a few poor examples is crap. They don't know this girl.. She's done nothing at all to provoke such shit-talking. All she did was post in a furry-related community about meeting up in a public amusement park. She's not rubbing it in anyone's face, and NOWHERE does it mention any sort of sexual interest. She's just a 13 year old girl trying to meet people with similar interests. THAT'S IT.
So why do people have to shit-talk people they disagree with all the time? It's ok to state your opinion, but when you're such a fucking asshole about it, that's when I get pissed off. Nobody's forcing these people to go to these Furry communities. Nobody's forcing them to have anything to do with furries at all. If these kids want to meet in a public park, who the hell cares? It's not like they're gonna go hump random people's legs the whole time. All they want to do is meet new people, make new friends, and have a good time. But then you got these assholes who feel it's their job to sabotage a 13 year old's good time.
I was at MCC orientation today and during lunch our group pretty much split up and sat wherever. A few people came with friends so they sat togther, but most people that had come alone sat alone. People weren't exactly going to just pick a random person and try to befriend them. So as I sat at a table against the wall, I started thinking about all the people that were there. And I thought about how true alot of stereotypes are. I realize that not EVERY assumption is going to be correct, but stereotypes are accuate so much more often than not, it's practically fact.
If I picked a girl in tha lunchroom, who had blonde hair, a tan, expensive clothes, big boobs, a cellphone, girls who look and act just like her standing around her, and tall muscular preppy guys hanging around her, I'm PRETTY DAMN sure that she's not going to be into video games, anime, dance dance revolution, star wars, etc. If you think that's shallow, then you need to go fuck a cow. If you can find a girl like that who DOES like that stuff, show me and I'll give you my first born child. The sad thing is that even if a girl like that DID like that stuff, she'd pretend she didn't in order to stay "cool" with her friends. Probably long enough to the point where she didn't like that stuff anymore. So whether she didn't like it in the first place or did but had to keep "cool," the result is the same. Certain types of people are going to be predictable.
That's like seeing a black kid with baggy pants, a du rag, gold teeth, and a gun, and thinking they might like Frank Sanatra. It's nice to tell people to not be shallow and be open minded and letting people "surprise" you, but come on people. There's a line where it becomes rediculous.
Stereotypes help us quickly find people we'd fit in with. All the preps at orientation were giggling like idiots, and I found one person who looked pretty much like me, all in black. Hmm, what are the odds they're going to be into Manson, NIN, Slpknot, Korn, etc as opposed to Britney Spears and Nsync. It's not rocket science, people.
And by the way, when I say something is GAY and it offends you, fuck off and die. You're too stupid to live if you think everyone who uses GAY as in insult is out to oppress homosexuals. It's a word that has multiple meanings. If you think the world's going to cater to what you find offensive, think again. It's pretty sad that my homosexual can get away with using "gay" as an insult, but I get these little 13 year old homosexual-wannabes nippin at my heals for it. Whether it's a gay person or a straight person using the word, it still has the same meaning. Get over it and leave me the hell alone.
Mkay well I think my biggest annoyances when it comes to stereotypes is people who refuse to accept the fact that most, if not all, stereotypes are actually based on facts. Whether they are now very outdated facts, or new ones, they're there for a reason. You can argue all you want, but I can almost always identify a black person from a white person just by the way they talk and act. Even if everyone wore costumes every day, we're all just different. I didn't make the rules, it's just how it is.
Another one is the "punk/goth/whatever" labeling system. Why the hell should people not be allowed to admit what they are? I'm not saying go around and announce it to every person, but if the discussions there, why does everyone feel the need to deny themselves so other people won't say shit? Know what? Let em say shit. They're just a bunch of fucking losers. If they're going to point fingers and call you a poser just because your shirt has the word "punk" on it, or because you said you are a punk or a goth, then who fucking cares? You know what you want to be. Nobody should be able to get you to put yourself away for any amount of time.
Yea sure that's hypocritical of me to say, since I have to put myself away during my job search. My gameplan is this: get a fucking job, THEN worry about getting a job where they'll accept me for how I want to be. For now I need money so I can go to college and move out and stuff.
K that is all for now :) Welcome to LoveStereotypes ^_^
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