The Only Acceptable Stereotype : Othor Games

» Sun May 23, 2010 9:27 am

Nah, that's just snobbish aspirationism. If you can't keep your house without working, you're just working class.

*angrily mumbles* some people seem to manage it...

» Sun May 23, 2010 7:27 am

Stereotypes are can hurt people's feelings, the Scottish stereotypes just annoy me. It's silly how somebody judges an entire country by one person or an event, sure some of them are true, but most are exaggerated or not true at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK6LkpfZ94s

» Sun May 23, 2010 10:54 am

*angrily mumbles* some people seem to manage it...

Well, Ok, if you can't keep your house without working, or living on state benefits, you're working class.

» Sun May 23, 2010 3:06 pm

Yeah shouldnt be playing, also try to convince them Russians aint the bad guys... Wait is this MW2 ? Please dont say they went on the airport mission ?

Oh God no!
I made sure to have a talk with the folks about that one.Its sad though, the other kids in their class play it.And Russia is a country I have an interest in, mostly due to WW2 stuff.My little brothers have been told many stories of Russian courage.Its a constant battle though, to keep kids thinking critically.

A LOT of Americans LOVE Ireland, not just the north-easterners. I think it's because of the influx of immigrants we recieved from your country during and after Lincoln's War. Hell, we have old folk songs praising the Irish.

Its funny, I talk over my headset on xbl and get told to take a hike because the guys think im North Korean or something(they dont know the accent), and when I say im Irish the attitude suddenly becomes much warmer and friendly.I just think we are all messed up, the whole human race.

» Sun May 23, 2010 7:02 am

I just think we are all messed up, the whole human race.

Humans have forgotten what we are.

» Sun May 23, 2010 3:21 pm

Oh God no!
I made sure to have a talk with the folks about that one.Its sad though, the other kids in their class play it.And Russia is a country I have an interest in, mostly due to WW2 stuff.My little brothers have been told many stories of Russian courage.Its a constant battle though, to keep kids thinking critically.

Its funny, I talk over my headset on xbl and get told to take a hike because the guys think im North Korean or something(they dont know the accent), and when I say im Irish the attitude suddenly becomes much warmer and friendly.I just think we are all messed up, the whole human race.

Damn those other parents letting kids play that mission... Fail anyone.
Yeah aslong as they dont get brainwashed by them it dosent matter, they need a game where the russians are the good guys...
Yeah people are messed up.

» Sun May 23, 2010 10:22 am

Its funny, I talk over my headset on xbl and get told to take a hike because the guys think im North Korean or something(they dont know the accent), and when I say im Irish the attitude suddenly becomes much warmer and friendly.I just think we are all messed up, the whole human race.

Oh aye, I get the same on PSN. My username sounds slavic, so I get these people putting on silly Russian accents and talking about the KGB and stuff.

» Sun May 23, 2010 4:00 am

Humans have forgotten what we are.

We will all have the same color skin soon enough.Same accent and culture too, what a boring place the world will be.

Edit: @Turns the page, I know exactly how annoying that can be, it makes me really shy on my headset, which is ridiculous.My friends and I just go private chat/party chat for the same reasons.I know some guys who just put an accent on while playing.They were embarrased when I found out lol.

» Sat May 22, 2010 11:57 pm

You guys are lucky....I get called a "[censored] slaver"....

We will all have the same color skin soon enough.Same accent and culture too, what a boring place the world will be.

Won't matter much to me. I'll be dead. I'll curse my descendants from the grave, though.

» Sun May 23, 2010 10:12 am

they need a game where the russians are the good guys...

The original COD, for example.

» Sun May 23, 2010 5:02 am

We will all have the same color skin soon enough.Same accent and culture too, what a boring place the world will be.

Yeah, thats the thing I hate, I dont care about race/colour/culture but when its all the same no diversity, it will be boring as hell.

@Verlox I would rather that than "sheep shagger".

» Sun May 23, 2010 1:09 pm

We will all have the same color skin soon enough.Same accent and culture too, what a boring place the world will be.

Even if we all had the same skin color, religion, nationality, and political ideology, we would still find new reasons to hate eachother no matter how petty they might seem. It's just the way humans are. World War 3 would be fought by football hooligans, or by hip hoppers and metalheads.

» Sun May 23, 2010 4:48 am

Humans have forgotten what we are.

Yup. Nowadays it's German, Japanese, American, Russian, Korean, Chinese, English, what have you. That's one of the reasons I call myself Canarican instead of Canadian or American. Nationality no longer represents just what part of the world you're from. It's become a way for people to automatically assume what you're like and make judgments on you without ever meeting you. I see nationality used all too often as a means of dehumanization. How can I be fat, skinny, arrogant, apologetic, warlike and peaceful all at the same time? Gah, I got in the conversation.

» Sun May 23, 2010 8:40 am

@Verlox I would rather that than "sheep shagger".

Wait wait wait wait....

The Welsh don't shag their sheep?!

:P

Yup. Nowadays it's German, Japanese, American, Russian, Korean, Chinese, English, what have you. That's one of the reasons I call myself Canarican instead of Canadian or American. Nationality no longer represents just what part of the world you're from. It's become a way for people to automatically assume what you're like and make judgments on you without ever meeting you. I see nationality used all too often as a means of dehumanization. How can I be fat, skinny, arrogant, apologetic, warlike and peaceful all at the same time? Gah, I got in the conversation.

I'm Texan first, Southern second, American third. That for nationality.

For blood, I'm a Japhite first, European second, Saxon third, East Anglian fourth.

Unlike a lot of other people, I put a lot of store in my heritage and blood.

But I agree that nationality shouldn't be used as a dehumanizer. Since if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and smells like a duck, it's a freakin' duck. Even if it comes over from the other side of the pond.

» Sun May 23, 2010 11:43 am

Even if we all had the same skin color, religion, nationality, and political ideology, we would still find new reasons to hate eachother no matter how petty they might seem. It's just the way humans are. World War 3 would be fought by football hooligans, or by hip hoppers and metalheads.

Agreed - all though I think it more likely the war would be between different classes, or ideologies.

Wait wait wait wait....

The Welsh don't shag their sheep?!

Nope, that's the New Zealanders.

:P

» Sun May 23, 2010 9:16 am

Even if we all had the same skin color, religion, nationality, and political ideology, we would still find new reasons to hate eachother no matter how petty they might seem. It's just the way humans are. World War 3 would be fought by football hooligans, or by hip hoppers and metalheads.

Death to all but metal :rock: :flamethrower:
Yeah people will always kill eachother for stupid reasons, but it would be depressing, I imagine everyone will have tanned skin, brown eyes and brown hair. No red hair, no blonde, no black, no blue eyes, no green, etc. It just sounds boring and "variety is the spice of life"

@Verlox well if any do, people still buy it...

I think i just converted a few people to being vegitarian.

» Sun May 23, 2010 4:58 am

You guys are lucky....I get called a "[censored] slaver"....

Some of the things people say about us Brits aren't much far off, usually the sort who get their history lessons from Braveheart, and need to be reminded what side my family were on in Easter 1916.

» Sun May 23, 2010 10:48 am

Some of the things people say about us Brits aren't much far off, usually the sort who get their history lessons from Braveheart, and need to be reminded what side my family were on in Easter 1916.

German?

» Sun May 23, 2010 1:45 pm

Even if we all had the same skin color, religion, nationality, and political ideology, we would still find new reasons to hate eachother no matter how petty they might seem. It's just the way humans are. World War 3 would be fought by football hooligans, or by hip hoppers and metalheads.

:rofl:

Its gonna be crap like "Is he gamesas or Bioware Social".

» Sun May 23, 2010 9:06 am

Won't matter much to me. I'll be dead. I'll curse my descendants from the grave, though.

My thoughts exactly, as long as I don't have to suffer through the dullness of it all it's fine.

» Sun May 23, 2010 12:31 am

German?

Irish. The Easter Rising. Those lovely WW1 vets you see getting all the honours were the ones five years later murdering the compatriots of my Great Grandparents. I don't see how I could be considered a nasty imperialist, considering...

» Sun May 23, 2010 4:38 pm

:lol: Irish.

Wasn't that technically England then

» Sun May 23, 2010 11:05 am

My thoughts exactly, as long as I don't have to suffer through the dullness of it all it's fine.

:foodndrink:
Wait Verlox you curse them ? Dont you mean they curse you for having a better life ?

» Sun May 23, 2010 12:31 pm

:lol: Irish.

Dont say one thing about potatoes...I dont even like them that much...well roasted ones are good.

» Sun May 23, 2010 7:56 am

Stereotypes are can hurt people's feelings, the Scottish stereotypes just annoy me. It's silly how somebody judges an entire country by one person or an event, sure some of them are true, but most are exaggerated or not true at all.

Why would a generalized statement about your race hurt your feelings? I just simply don't understand that.
It's not a personal attack, unless someone uses say, the "N" word, but thats on a different level altogether.
Someone could call me a "dumb fat hick from kentucky who uses an outhouse" and guess what? I'd laugh, because I'm none of those things, even though I'm from the south, and it has nothing to do with me.