I’m like the worst mix of stereotypes. I’m an uneducated factory worker, but I’m not into anything like sports or cars or anything that would connect with these types of people. I’m a science/video game nerd that likes anime, but I’m not in the slightest bit intelligent or involved in IT and have no interest in “cons” or owning any kind of “toys” that relate to games/anime. I’m anything but “normal” but my aesthetic is “Khols stock photo.” Other “Khols stock photo” people would have no interest in me.

I pretty much don’t belong anywhere lol

I typically want to dispell a lot of ridiculous Canadian stereotypes, but I find the opposite happens instead. Case in point:

This is a picture of my father eating cheerios with maple syrup instead of milk.

To elaborate: I’m a queer leftist vegan with a bisexual partner and I’m not sure of my gender. I’ve got autism, ADHD, and anxiety, and I work part time as a barista in my thirties while very slowly getting a master’s degree in a niche liberal arts field after being unable to find work related to my bachelor’s degree in a related niche liberal arts field. When I was younger, I frequently had blue and/or pink hair, but now I donate my hair, so I don’t dye it anymore; similarly, I’ve had over 15 piercings, but could currently only wear a ring in my septum and maybe my earlobes if I put in some work. I feel very strongly about multiple causes, but do little active protesting.

At the same time, I’m (afab, received socially as a woman, but who knows?) married to a man apprenticing as a butcher, I went back to school after saving up enough money in my role as an adjuster for litigated long tailed claims (basically contract analysis and directing defense strategy), I currently work in my desired field (German language education for new arrivals here in Germany), and I help run a mutual aid group and immigrant support group instead of demonstrating because I’m an immigrant with uncertain status.

I’m very interested in preserving food, handicrafts that help me to be self sufficient, folk dance, and puzzles, but I’m also interested in TTRPGs, mtg, larping, and involved board games. Those groups of activities each fulfill different genres of SJW stereotype (puzzles and larping might work as cross category overlaps), but I also like cycling, rowing, swimming, and lifting weights, which feel like they don’t really fit.

I guess most important would be that I try not to be preachy or judgmental in my daily life and have no reason to believe I don’t succeed- it’s pretty easy to get honest feedback from large groups of students who aren’t expecting my brain to hyperfocus on all spoken English after so long in Germany. Through those aid groups and my husband’s job, I end up giving out about €75 worth of meat a week, which means people are often very surprised that I’m a vegan (but the meat can no longer be sold, though it’s still safe to consume, so there’s no profit going to the butcher, and people buy less meat when they can get it for free, so it reduces demand, so my conscience is clear).

As for being an American in Germany: again, I’m a vegan leftist, but I’ve also mastered German to the degree that I’m a German teacher, and my full married name sounds as bland in Germany as “Katherine Marie Parsons” would in the US.

I’m a bit of a walking contradiction! I lean hard into the bimbo aesthetic, but I’m actually very nerdy and into deep, intellectual topics. I’ve also got a materialistic streak while staying pretty down to earth. I guess I fulfill the tropes, but I break them at the same time.

Not much. I am a middle aged white woman, do not ask for the manager or call the police. I fucking love spicy food and all kinds of music, hang out with all sorts of people. My mom used to say my taste in books and movies was that of a teenage boy. Drive a manual 6 speed car when I have to drive. Still tech support for some of my kids and definitely for my husband.

In stereotypical fashion though, I do love a fruity cocktail, use my e-reader to read smut sometimes, and am very good in the kitchen. I do yoga. Love cats!

So maybe an average amount stereotypical?

I fit into more than I break steretypes.

Music style and operating system can be guessed from my looks.

Hobbies is an “aha that makes sense” if you know where I live.

Probably not. I like muscle cars, baseball, beer, and rock music, and I despise the orange pedonazi and any of his followers.

Nope, not even close. Wish I did in some cases.

I’m probably a stereotypical millennial, but if you focused on any of my various individual interests, I don’t really fit into any of their cliches.

We all do. Stereotypes contain kernels of truth, which do define groups to a certain extent. At the same time, no one fits the bill absolutely perfectly. So, it’s all a matter of perspective and standards. Stereotypes provide general rules of thumb that can be just as harmful as they are helpful. Knowing where to stop applying them is the real artistry.

Stereotypes I fit: I love fried chicken and cool aid. I listen to 90s hip hop (current shit makes my toilet look clean). I’m angry a lot. Yes despite my feelings on the idea of actually marrying a white woman (I wouldn’t), I find them attractive. I hate country music. I’m loud when I’m in a good mood.

Stereotypes I do not fit: I am a huge nerd. I don’t speak “urban.” Maybe too proper. I fucking hate watermelon. I cannot dance. My dick is average size. I listen to Metallica, Charlie Daniels band, and anything else I feel like hearing that is not country. I’ll watch sports but I’m not overly obsessed with them.

Edit: I forgot one other stereotype I don’t fit. I am actively involved with my 10 year old little girl and I haven’t went to the store for milk.

I fit no stereotypes that I know of, and have never met or heard of anyone else like me … I don’t think I’ve fitted in a particular box at any point in my life now I come to think about it!

Id say im stereotypical as an average white guy overall. I dont watch sports, drink, etc but otherwise think im pretty normal and uninteresting

I definitely fill the British bad teeth stereotype. My dental hygiene isn’t the best.

I am definitely a curry muncher