# Strange prejudices you have **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296 "2011-02-14T14:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/321 "2011-02-16T21:10:24Z")
> [@Trubie](#): > > That’s just another excuse, it’s cheap, but if you want to drop I’m willing to drop it. Dropped. Not worth arguing it any longer anyway, since nobody’s opinion is likely to change. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/322 "2011-02-16T21:20:05Z")
> [@Trubie](#): > > I assume it’s think people making minium wage would need to know. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > F-. Edit and resubmit. If you don’t think that’s properly written, you’ve got another thing coming. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/323 "2011-02-16T22:49:09Z")
Why is everyone still feeding the troll? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/324 "2011-02-16T23:14:47Z")
> [@Trubie](#): > > Not true, I will have a job in my choose profession at a younger age than you did. I wouldn’t be so sure. Having a degree no longer automatically means “High-paying job with lots of travel and a hot secretary”. There are, as you may have gathered, a _lot_ of people on these boards who have Tertiary Qualifications. There are at least a couple of people here entitled to call themselves “Dr.”, several more with Masters degrees, lots with Bachelors degrees, and plenty with formal trade qualifications. I’m not going to get into the whole “Universities vs Community Colleges” thing because I’m not in the US and the situation is different in this part of the world, but I will say that people disagreeing with your views and/or trying to change your views does not make them “Insecure”. ---
**Author:** ![Trubie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Trubie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trubie)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/325 "2011-02-16T23:23:27Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I wouldn’t be so sure. Having a degree no longer automatically means “High-paying job with lots of travel and a hot secretary”. > > There are, as you may have gathered, a _lot_ of people on these boards who have Tertiary Qualifications. There are at least a couple of people here entitled to call themselves “Dr.”, several more with Masters degrees, lots with Bachelors degrees, and plenty with formal trade qualifications. > > I’m not going to get into the whole “Universities vs Community Colleges” thing because I’m not in the US and the situation is different in this part of the world, but I will say that people disagreeing with your views and/or trying to change your views does not make them “Insecure”. I would think so. I can purse my MA while teaching. So, I don’t have get my MA and finish law school. Hence, I will be younger. If they weren’t insecure, most of them wouldn’t care what I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/326 "2011-02-16T23:37:23Z")
> [@Trubie](#): > > I would think so. I can purse my MA while teaching. So, I don’t have get my MA and finish law school. Hence, I will be younger. That’s great, but not in any way related to my point that having a degree doesn’t automatically mean you’ll get an awesome, high-paying job. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/327 "2011-02-17T01:46:12Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > People who don’t like sweet things. I feel sure that they’re just posing. They say they don’t like sweet things to make themselves feel special-er and thinner and more grown-up and world-conscious than other people. If they’re non-Americans saying they don’t like sweet things while they’re in America, it’s a dismissive anti-American sneer and makes me _really_ mad. > > And I’m sure that secretly, they like sweet things just fine. I don’t really like sweets that much. Things like donuts, cakes, or pies, I’m not sure why, they’re just… _sticky_ and I don’t like the way they taste. If it matters, I’m American and enjoy other unhealthy foods, like fried food. Just thought I’d let you know, we’re not posing. We just don’t like sweets. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/328 "2011-02-17T01:59:25Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:315, topic:571296”] Hopefully, **Trubie** , you will eventually mature enough to base your sense of self-worth on something more substantial than what college you attended. Heck, I’ll let you in on a little secret: Not only did I attend a (_gasp_) community college, but I _never finished_! I got a good job offer and quit. Yet, somehow, I ended up with a teaching credential in computer science, guest-lectured at U.C. Berkeley, chaired panels for the U.S. Department of Education, wrote over 20 books (one of which is currently used as a college textbook), and got a patent for some of my work. And you know what? None of those things affect my feeling of self-worth. They aren’t what I _am_. They’re just some stuff that I _did_. They are no more or less important than the hundreds of other things I’ve done. I’d enjoy being able to go back to college and get an degree someday. But it wouldn’t make me one whit better or worse than I am now. And I certainly wouldn’t lord that degree over people who didn’t have one. There are many millions of people who went to four-year colleges just like you did. Some are idiots. Some are brilliant. Many went on to get advanced degrees. There are also people much smarter than you went to junior colleges, or no college at all. You really need to let this stuff go. [/QUOTE] This is me, starting the slow build clap…is there a name for that? Anyway I really love it when I’m reading along in a thread and getting more disturbed with each post down the screen until finally some cool ass doper comes in and says exactly what I’m thinking in exactly the right way. Thanks Mr. Wombat Robson. Today you are that cool ass doper. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/329 "2011-02-17T02:00:43Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > If they’re non-Americans saying they don’t like sweet things while they’re in America, it’s a dismissive anti-American sneer and makes me _really_ mad. I dunno, I have spent a fair amount of time in Europe, and it seems to me that in general, Europeans eat a LOT more sweets (pastry, cake, chocolate) than your average American. I think where the majority of Americans consume more sugar than the average European would be via soda, which is not nearly as ubiquitous in Europe as it is around here. For the record, I am not a big sweets person myself, I dont care for cake or doughnuts, though a bit of ice cream or slice of pie is good once in a while… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/330 "2011-02-17T05:50:11Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Why is everyone still feeding the troll? Because I can feed the troll or reread Six Characters in Search of an Author and I don’t wanna read Pirandello right now. I am prejudiced against people who don’t like bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Eucalyptus88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@Eucalyptus88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eucalyptus88)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/331 "2011-02-17T10:28:34Z")
I’m prejudiced against people who say they’re not prejudiced, since we all are at some level on some subject. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/332 "2011-02-17T10:42:58Z")
Lots of these are already mentioned: - People who smoke a lot. Funny though, at the same time I’m prejudiced against health freaks. - People who play golf or own yachts. - People who read horoscopes or believe in conspiracy theories. - People who won’t eat garlic or onions because it smells. - People who prefer cats over dogs. - People who only speak English and don’t want to know any other language. - People who own lots of Apple products. - Women who constantly dye their hair blonde when it doesn’t suit them. - Men with really prominent unibrows. It screams of “I’m no metrosexual fag, I’m not gonna get rid of any excess hair no matter how horrible it looks”. These are only prejudices, though. Once I get to know the person my opinion of them may obviously improve. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/333 "2011-02-17T12:41:36Z")
I resent strangers who don’t speak English when I eavesdrop. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/334 "2011-02-17T13:00:26Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > People who chew or trim their finger-nails all the way down to the quick. It looks wrong. I shouldn’t judge people on it, because there’s lots of food or medical related professions that I would not want people to have long nails, but it looks so uncomfortable. Nails are there to protect your fingertips, people! Don’t throw away protection! Hello, sister! Seeing people with no white band at the end of their fingernails makes me want to go on a rant about Your Fingernails Are Your Finger’s Shields, You Idiot - I usually refrain from it but grrrrhrghrgharhagmrglrmrglgh! By the time I was able to give that rant to Middlebro in a fashion and at a time when he’d be willing to hear, his thumbnails were triangular… they’re back to being nice and square, but bloody hell, how can you do something like that to yourself and not realize it? (He knew he bit his nails, but hadn’t noticed the deformity) I am prejudiced against people with “pure humanities” backgrounds. I probably should smack myself repeatedly about that, given that one of the things I find irritating about many of them is their negative reactions to science and technology… I’ve had negative experiences with the “I went into humanities because I don’t get what science is” since 10th grade, so I know where the prejudice comes from; it’s also not something that blinds me. But if I hear “I have a degree in philosophy”, my reaction will be to think “uh oh”. I’m also wary of any book that’s “praised in literary circles”. Again, I’ll give them a try… but too often they end up filed under “P for Pretentious”. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/335 "2011-02-17T13:26:00Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I’m also wary of any book that’s “praised in literary circles”. Again, I’ll give them a try… but too often they end up filed under “P for Pretentious”. I’m that way with food that is labeled “gourmet”. I figure if it has to call itself out like that, it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/336 "2011-02-17T13:30:31Z")
I’ll try to help get things back on track again: I _do_ have a legitimately strange prejudice against people that smoke. Strange, because I smoked (I only quit recenty again). Sure, it was okay that _I_ smoked, because I’m smart and I understand the risks. But those _other people_ that smoke? What a bunch of idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/337 "2011-02-17T16:10:20Z")
If someone has a dog that is obviously not neutered or spayed, I count that as a serious black mark against them. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/338 "2011-02-17T16:11:44Z")
I think that people who ride motorcycles without helmets are 1) stupid and 2) have a death wish. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/339 "2011-02-17T16:14:55Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Just thought of one. I have a prejudice against people who buy “luxury” cars new. I’ll admit I feel a bit irritated when I see brand-new Lincolns, Lexus SUVs, and Cadillac Esplanades in the parking lot of the low-rent, trashy apartments down the street. I understand people can choose to spend their money any way they like, but living in the cheapest, nastiest apartments in the area and spending $88,000 on an Esplanade (I just Googled that price) seems like a strange way to live. If your fancy car impresses your date, you certainly can’t bring them home. ---
**Author:** ![breaking-reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@breaking-reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breaking-reality)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/340 "2011-02-17T18:20:57Z")
People who spell lose as “loose” will forever drive me crazy. Also, people who never read books for pleasure, women who shave their eyebrows only to draw them horribly back on, and people who text and/or mess with their phone while in a class/meeting, or while talking to me in person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296.md?page=18)