Tinky Winky *is *gay though. I used to think that was bullshit but then when my kid was a toddler and I started watching the show and I realized he really was. Not sure if he was to begin with or if the British were just having a sense of humor about it once nutjob Falwell said that, but in any case, he’s gay now.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I’ve had several black people tell me outright that I couldn’t be white, because I like rib tips and collards and black eyed peas. Really rather belligerently, too. Baffles me. It’s good food! Why would my skin color dictate to my taste buds?!
I finally say something along the lines of, “Well, y’know, my ancestors came to North America before there was a United States. I’m sure there was plenty of time for fraternizin’, but nobody wrote anything down,” and then we can finally move on to the next topic.
Several have promised to make me chittlin’s one of these days, because I’ve never tried them. I swear, they’re making it out to be some sort of DNA test. If WhyNot likes chittlin’s, she’s clearly One Of Us. 
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this stereotype is usually bang on. MAYBE the odd person with an average IQ gets a graduate degree, but postgrad students are a self-selecting group, one that selects for academic interest. They’re going to be significantly smarter, on average, than the mean.
LOL - I was formerly pretty sure I knew where you lived, now I am definitely sure!
What do you mean by “spruce up”? The distance between clean and neatly groomed and “very feminine” can be very large. If I went by a stereotype of “very feminine” I would have to
And keep it up for the rest of my life.
I think I’ll just stick with being clean, presentable and comfortable.
I thought it was all women don’t like to.
And I thought it was old women who wear purple.
Thin people (especially women) are all vegetarian.
Take it from me, in a personal anecdote. Both are false, and that’s a fact. Bizarre, ain’t it?
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That reminds me of a bit from Chris Rock. Something like, ''Can you believe that waiter assumed that just because I am black I would order the chicken? I do not like chicken because I am a black man. I like chicken because chicken is delicious."
The darker ring around the tub thing sounds like a completely bullshit myth that someone made up while just talking out their ass. Unfortunately, your attempt to explain it (as if such obvious bullshit needed a rational explanation), is not much better and lends it credence it doesn’t deserve.
I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure any skin that is sloughed-off when bathing does not include any melanin, and is similarly translucent in people of all shades and colors.
Don’t stereotype the straight guy. An ex-boyfriend of mine hated women who spruced up. But he always had is eye on “natural” women. And I have the pleasure of knowing many other guys who feel the same.
You may call BS if you want but:
My answer came from a discussion with a coworker (who is black, I’m white) shortly after I was told that silly piece of information. Her response to me was exactly what I reported here. In fact, she claimed that many blacks (but I’m thinking ‘her’) used darker tones for tubs and showers for just that reason. The color of her bath is taupe.
Doing wound care, sloughing skin and the finished basin of water is a bit darker in darker skinned individuals. It’s not black or even brown, but it is a darker tannish beigeish color.
She’s wrong too. Black people get ashy, in fact, because their outermost layer of dry/flaky skin is the same color as white people’s.
Safety as well.
We know how do chemicals behave in contact with skin, but makeup adds an unknown. Something which is washed off easily from plain skin may react with or be more difficult to wash off makeup; if a chemical fell on your made-up skin you’d need to wash both the chemical and the makeup - and most makeup is specifically designed to be hard to wash off with water, whereas many of the most frequent dangerous chemicals in a lab (strong acids and bases) wash off easily with water.
That makes sense, I hadn’t thought of that.
Out of Time ETA: That “may” does not indicate a hypothesis, it’s something that’s been known to happen. I’ve seen it mysef.
Also google NBA draft day suits for more colorful anecdotal evidence.
Are you sure you’re not thinking about Dave Chappelle?
I recently posted this in another thread:
The Onion’s Little Known Racial Stereotypes
“Eskimos run all the locksmith shops.”
I guess they really do all look alike.