# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/61 "2011-02-14T19:41:43Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I think less of a person who… > > - has a “useless” liberal arts degree like psychology, sociology, philosophy, music, communication, etc. I notice you didn’t mention French literature, so I guess we’re cool. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/62 "2011-02-14T19:44:29Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Anyone who walks around with a blue tooth device in their ear should be shot on site. This. Also people that drive Chevy Cavaliers are bad drivers. I have rarely seen a Cavalier that doesn’t have dents in it. Steer clear, Cavalier!! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/63 "2011-02-14T19:46:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Water. And fuck that sissy lemon shit. Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon! ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/64 "2011-02-14T19:48:21Z")
I think that drivers of BMW’s are dangerously aggressive drivers. I find that, very often, when something outrageous happens on the road, it’s because of a BMW driver. Now I know lots of other drivers do outrageous stuff but this is what I notice because the most outrageous thing that ever happened to me was caused by a BMW driver. One morning at a stop sign in town this guy honked me to get out of the way. Now honestly I could have been overly cautious or even sort of lost in a thought - I don’t know. I don’t think so, but I don’t know. So…about a quarter mile ahead I stop again and the BMW tries to speed past me like I was stopped for no reason at all. Well, I was stopped for an elderly crossing guard and a bunch of small children! He very narrowly missed hitting them all. And then he just sped right off. So, now I think badly of all BMW drivers. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/65 "2011-02-14T19:54:04Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > - completely abstains from drinking alcoholic beverages. (The only exception would be recovering alcoholics.) > - only drinks Budweiser (or Bud Light, or Busch, or something similar) and eschew microbrews and ales because they’re “too strong.” I don’t drink alcohol, but for a different reason. Just about everyone in my family is an alcoholic, or a recovering one. I figure it’s better not to start. > [@](#): > > orders a steak medium-well or well-done. To quote James Coburn in [Payback](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120784/): " Man, that’s just MEAN. That’s MEAN, man." I grew up on well-done steaks and burgers. I can eat them bloody, but I prefer them cooked so there’s only a little pink inside. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/66 "2011-02-14T19:58:28Z")
People that drive Hummers are pin-dick-sporting idiots. People that need ranch dressing for their pizza, vegetables, and/or fries must live in a trailer and answer to the name of Cletus. I can see having one child out of wedlock- everybody makes mistakes- but time after time? You have to be an idiot. Wear socks with sandals? You should be transported to live on an island full of idiots just like you. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/67 "2011-02-14T19:59:52Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > So, now I think badly of all BMW drivers. I don’t like anything German because I haven’t forgiven them for WW2 and the Holocaust. I’m not rude to German people and I don’t fanatically avoid German products or things with German products in them, but I avoid overtly German brands like BMW or Hugo Boss. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/68 "2011-02-14T20:33:33Z")
Can you really be considered a man if you can’t drive a car with a standard transmission? ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/69 "2011-02-14T20:43:58Z")
Sure, if he makes at least six figures. ---
**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 14, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/70 "2011-02-14T20:52:04Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I have an acquaintance who not only doesn’t watch the news, she doesn’t watch the local news on tv (or tv at all as a matter of fact and never heard of True Blood or Fringe) I’ve only now just heard of them, but only because I read about them in your post. > [@](#): > > She doesn’t know that, oh, the library is only open part time 5 days a week now, the SPCA is so overwhelmed that she won’t be able to just drop off those stray animals hanging around her trailer, that several businesses have gone under, including her favorite restaurant. She is a real dumb ass, frankly. But why does that make her a dumb ass? I wouldn’t know about any of that stuff either, because I just don’t care about most of it. Okay, the restaurant thing is valid, but if I show up and it’s closed, I’d just go to my next favorite restaurant. I mean, really, are you a dumb-ass because you don’t know the current NHL standings? ---
**Author:** ![Trubie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Trubie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trubie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/71 "2011-02-14T21:20:29Z")
I don’t think think it’s strange or irrational, but others tell me it is, I’m very prejudice against anyone who attends/attended community college. As Chris Rock said, they call it community college because any crackhead in the community can attend. You can bitch fit about me feeling this way and tell me a sob story, I’ll still think less of you. Women who wear skirts above the knee at work. It makes me think they’re unprofessional. People who wear chipped nail polish. I mean really. Either put another coat on or just take it off. ---
**Author:** ![Trubie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Trubie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trubie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/72 "2011-02-14T21:24:17Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Men with shaved heads, bonus points for a goatee. Goatee = DOUCHEBAG! People who too many iProducts. They tend to be a special brand of socially retarded douche. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/73 "2011-02-14T21:25:01Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Sure, if he makes at least six figures. Wrong, the fun six figure cars only come with standards. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/74 "2011-02-14T21:26:03Z")
People who order their steak rare. At a very basic level I can not believe anyone actually likes that. I find it so repugnant that deep down I think anyone who does it must be a poser. There is a certain element of (men especially) people who do it because they think it’s “cool” or what “higher class people” or “tough guys” like. But I’m sure the majority of them just really like that flavor. Although I can’t imagine how or why. Still, if they order it rare, my gut reaction is to label them pretentious. ---
**Author:** ![Trubie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Trubie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trubie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/75 "2011-02-14T21:28:22Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > People who order their steak rare. At a very basic level I can not believe anyone actually likes that. I find it so repugnant that deep down I think anyone who does it must be a poser. There is a certain element of (men especially) people who do it because they think it’s “cool” or what “higher class people” or “tough guys” like. But I’m sure the majority of them just really like that flavor. Although I can’t imagine how or why. > > Still, if they order it rare, my gut reaction is to label them pretentious. It’s a taste you either like or don’t. I love when it’s bloody. Yummy. 🙂 However, I tend to refrain from doing that in public as it often grosses people out. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/76 "2011-02-14T21:29:48Z")
I thought I was a really tolerant person until I read this thread and found my self nodding and saying Yeah, Hell Yeah! and of course, HEY that’s not such a bad thing! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/77 "2011-02-14T22:31:57Z")
People who carry small dogs around as fashion accessories. That’s just cruelty to animals. Any time I see one in a mall or airport, the look on the dogs face is always, “God, I have to pee!” ---
**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 14, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/78 "2011-02-14T22:34:47Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > People who order their steak rare. At a very basic level I can not believe anyone actually likes that. I find it so repugnant that deep down I think anyone who does it must be a poser. I used to be one of those people who thought it was repugnant. If it wasn’t well done, then it was disgusting. Then I accidentally ordered beef carpaccio once\*, and the waiter refused to take it back to the kitchen to have it cooked, and it was _awesome_ and I’ve never ordered a well done steak since. - The menu was in Spanish which I couldn’t read very well at the time. I thought I was ordering cecina, and I didn’t know what carpaccio even was. Cecina is a very thinly sliced cut of beef, dried like jerky, and then fried. I understood enough Spanish to read that this “carpaccio” was very thinly slice beef. :smack: ---
**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 14, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/79 "2011-02-14T22:36:18Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > **Athiests** are mentally retarded and need to shipped off to Antarctica to live with their intellectual equals the penguins. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Oh, that reminds me. I generally assume that people who misspell words on the Internet are morons. And my work here is done. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296/80 "2011-02-14T22:37:45Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > I don’t think the prejudices I listed are really all that strange, either. > > Another one: I am prejudiced against men who wear baseball caps everywhere. They are fine at the beach, on the ball field, on a fishing boat, but otherwise, they make men look childish. Ezzzactly. Especially restaurants. If I ever date again, and you wear it to the place, let alone not take it off inside, you’re on the Unforgiveably Undateable list. For eternity. Shows a complete lack of classiness of any level. “Strange” prejudice? I don’t like old houses (to live in). Don’t care how well built, character, etc. You don’t know what’s buried there… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-prejudices-you-have/571296.md?page=5)