# What unshakable prejudices do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351 "2006-07-06T12:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/361 "2006-07-16T15:44:31Z")
> [@jobless82](#): > > Young white men whose girlfriends are Asian are shallow and only looking for trendy arm candy. Heh. I have exactly the same initial thought about Asian women with Western boyfriends. Yeah, I know, glass houses. Believe me, my wife and I had plenty of arguments while we were dating because I felt she was treating me as a fashion accessory. ---
**Author:** ![Tower\_Dweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tower\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tower_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/362 "2006-07-16T17:54:31Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > men in bars who say they are impressed with my handshake. I’ve experienced the female “fingertip” handshake, so I’m not doubting that they might actually be impressed, but saying so out loud is kind of lame (IMHO). I can understand that it’s probably annoying to hear it, but … jebus! The “limp-fish” handshake I get from a lot of women is soooo annoying. I want to start a hand-shake clinic right there, with this person I just met. So my irrational prejudice - women who can’t shake hands correctly. What if both people just stuck their hands out and didn’t grab? You’d just be limply rubbing hands together, which is icky. Do your part. Similarly, guys who grab too soon, leaving me with just my fingers in, and no way to return the grip. Did I not shove my hand into yours fast enough? ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/363 "2006-07-16T18:11:10Z")
people of other ethnicities, religions, sexual preference and 7th level vegans. are all fine with me. But those crazy zenophiles! I tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/364 "2006-07-16T18:15:19Z")
Pigeons and Houseflies. I hate these 2 species with a vengeance. Fucking disease infested flying shitbags which as far as I can see contribute nothing to this planet other than spreading their filthy offspring all over the frigging place. God I really hate these bastards ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/365 "2006-07-16T20:45:15Z")
> [@Martini Enfield](#): > > - There is NO reason at all to go to a Nightclub except in an attempt to pick up another person for an evening of hot, drunken sex. Anyone who claims to be going “for the music/because they like dancing/for the atmosphere” is full of shit. That’s pretty much true for men. Women can get together just to go dancing but basically guys get together and hit the clubs to get drink at pick up girls. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/366 "2006-07-16T22:00:11Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > I’m sorry, but people who make statements like these are immediately discounted as bigots in my eyes, and their opinions mean nothing to me. Especially since it came two posts after this: > [@Pazu](#): > > People who think Christianity is “under attack” in the USA are idiots with martyr complexes. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/367 "2006-07-17T00:31:43Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > That’s pretty much true for men. Women can get together just to go dancing but basically guys get together and hit the clubs to get drink at pick up girls. nope, not true actually. A lot of guys, myself included, have gone to clubs to dance, have fun, flirt and make out with strangers, and get drunk. Drunk sex is lame. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/368 "2006-07-17T02:40:21Z")
> [@Fish Cheer](#): > > There is NO legitimate reason to hate cats\*. So there must be something wrong with people who do. > > I don’t need you to like them, you don’t have to enjoy their company, if you’re allergic you’re invited to shun them - but why _hate_ them? > > - or any other animal, really Along these same lines. In my experiences I’ve always found people who don’t like or “get” pets to be a bit “off” somehow. I’m not talking about people who can’t have them for various reasons such as allergies, lack of time, those who travel for work, or even just can’t devote the time. I’m talking about those who truly don’t like animals as pets and if they had their druthers, no one else would have them either. I’ve not met one person like this who has changed my opinion on this type. To me, they just seem sort of fusty and somehow a bit lifeless. ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/369 "2006-07-17T16:54:15Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > None of this has anything to do with my point. I asked if the kinnd of person who would desecrate a Christian symbol would also knowingly desecrate a Buddhist or Hindu symbol. The fact that someone else has desecrated those symbols is completely irrelevant to my point. OK. If your question was truly **not** a rhetorical device intended to suggest that Christian symbols are likelier to be desecrated than others such as those of Buddhists or Hindus (which is what it appeared to me), then I apologize, retract my earlier statement, and reply to the honest question as follows: No, that kind of person probably would not also desecrate a Buddhist or Hindu symbol, because: a) really, how much worse could they make a swastika? b) people would then assume they were mocking neo-Nazis. Better? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/370 "2006-07-17T16:58:17Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Especially since it came two posts after this: > [@me](#): > > People who think Christianity is “under attack” in the USA are idiots with martyr complexes. Eight pages’ worth of “unshakable prejudices” and _this_ is the line that wads your panties? Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/371 "2006-07-17T17:26:45Z")
> [@Lama Pacos](#): > > -People who don’t walk anywhere. I understand if you’re gigantic or old, but when I see a fit person taking an elevator to the second floor it makes me think they’re probably not a very interesting person. I associate choosing to drive somewhere close by instead of walking with a person who is extremely goal-oriented and has little interest in interacting with the world around them. I am so with you on this one. The people in my building are impressed that I walk on my breaks everyday. I just see it as taking care of myself. The worst though had to be a guy that was in the class with me to qualify for our life/health insurance licenses. He talked about driving the TWO BLOCKS to the gym to work out and his mother would drive less than half a mile to the park…so she could walk. As then, words fail me on the logic of that behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/372 "2006-07-17T20:05:11Z")
> [@jobless82](#): > > People who stick jesus fish on their cars are braindead fools who only want to advertise their religion on their mud-covered bumper b/c they think it makes them somehow superior to the average, faithless joe. My darwin fish is meant to make fun of these ninnies, not christianity in general. I’ll generalize this: anyone who makes a big deal out of publicizing their religion is shallow and cares more about saying “look at me, I’m a \_\_\_\_\_” than they do about practicing the actual religion. (Note: this does not apply to people who dress or act differently than others in public because their version of their religion requires them to- it only applies to people who show off their religion just because they want to. It also doesn’t apply to people who wear subtle, tasteful religious jewelry.) > [@](#): > > Anyone who spends over $200 on a handbag/shirt/pair of jeans/pair of sunglasses is in serious need of reevaluation of their priorities. Or wears prescription sunglasses, in the case of the sunglasses. Those things ain’t cheap (and I’d be blind without them) ☹ But if you’re spending $200 on non-prescription sunglasses when cheaper sunglasses would do just as well for you, then yeah, your priorities are messed up. > [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > I have a serious prejudice against people who care how other people dress, especially if they say it out loud. Amen! I’ll add to that my prejudice against people who hate fat people. Sometimes they say that fat people drive up health insurance premiums- but so do cancer patients getting chemotherapy, and those people usually aren’t prejudiced against them. Often it’s people complaining about fat (almost always American) tourists. That makes even less sense- if that person’s not from your country, they can’t possibly be affecting your health insurance or anything like that. Face it, people who are prejudiced against fat people: you dislike them because you don’t like the way they look, and that makes you shallow (I’ll exempt people who don’t have a problem with fat people in general, but wouldn’t want to date one- everyone’s entitled to their preferences in dating). You don’t have a right to have everyone you see conform to your standard of attractiveness. If you don’t like how I look, don’t look at me. > [@](#): > > I have a serious prejudice against people who judge others by how much money they have. Definitely. A specific instance of this for me: I won’t associate with anyone who refers to an engagement ring as a “rock”. Those people are almost always obsessed with the cost of the ring, as if buying a more expensive ring somehow makes the fiance/husband a better person. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/373 "2006-07-17T21:14:23Z")
> [@DragonAsh](#): > > Smokers and gun owners. 'nuff said. Wow, add drinking to that and you MUST be the life of the party. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/374 "2006-07-31T11:25:03Z")
I have ressurrected this thread to let **Twicky** know that I see Hummers now more than ever and I mutter _You are an asshole_ at each and every one of them as they fly by me on the road. Thanks, Twick! To take my **Unshakeable Prejudice** Further ( and if this has been said, forgive me): Any ad in the newspaper, business card or on Ebay that has a Christian Fish or some kind of Religious Babble ( from the mild - a reference to a biblical passage - to the near zealous: Have you Been Saved?) I will not do business with. Pretty much most of it is based on hearing experiences from people who picked someone from their church’s paper who has been a member for X amount of years ( Or someone who has picked someone out of the paper with the Xian Fish symbol.) to do some kind of contracting, only to get a botched job or found the product they recommended somewhere else at a better price after the fact. In every case, it took a huge amount of time and money to correct the problem and either the contracter took nearly a year to refund partial $ or they had to be sued for crappy workmanship. People are fantastically stupid about dealing with contractors. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/375 "2006-08-02T17:41:57Z")
I came face-to-face with one of my prejudices at a wine shop this weekend. Lots of people, especially women, seem to love Rombauer Chardonnay. I tried it at a wine festival once, to see what all the fuss was about. I was surprised- I really thought it was kind of meh, nothing special. Certainly not worth the price- there are other chardonnays that I like much better that are much less expensive. My prejudice: If, when you are buying wine, you mention Rombauer Chardonnay as a wine you like and want something like it, you are not really into wine. At best, you are a very unadventurous wine drinker, who hasn’t tried very many wines and isn’t really open to trying new ones. At worst, you are trying to show off how wealthy you are by liking an expensive wine or how with-it you are by liking a popular wine. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/376 "2006-08-05T13:25:24Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I have ressurrected this thread to let **Twicky** know that I see Hummers now more than ever and I mutter _You are an asshole_ at each and every one of them as they fly by me on the road. > Thanks, Twick! No – thank _you_. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/377 "2006-08-05T13:45:05Z")
> [@Anne Neville](#): > > Or wears prescription sunglasses, in the case of the sunglasses. Those things ain’t cheap (and I’d be blind without them) ☹ But if you’re spending $200 on non-prescription sunglasses when cheaper sunglasses would do just as well for you, then yeah, your priorities are messed up. I buy good sunglasses. They last me years. I think I’ve had my one current pair about 4 years, the previous pair lasted at least 6. I live at altitude, so I have to have them. I wear them every day. They are not a fashion statement. I don’t understand people that buy cheap sunglasses. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/378 "2006-08-07T21:54:03Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I don’t understand people that buy cheap sunglasses. Typically, a pair of sunglasses last me about four months before they break, get scratched badly, or get lost. I pay anywhere from $5.00 to $10.00 a pair. Split the difference, and I’m spending under $25 per year. If your $200 sunglasses last four years, you’re spending twice as much, and I have new sunglasses most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/379 "2006-08-07T22:36:26Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I buy good sunglasses. They last me years. I think I’ve had my one current pair about 4 years, the previous pair lasted at least 6. I live at altitude, so I have to have them. I wear them every day. They are not a fashion statement. > > I don’t understand people that buy cheap sunglasses. I don’t buy cheap sunglasses, because I need prescription sunglasses. I would buy cheap sunglasses if I could, though. Why? Because I’m an absent-minded klutz. I never buy expensive watches, because I know it’s going to get banged into walls and door frames, worn in the shower, and probably eventually lost in the mess I call home or accidentally set down and left somewhere. Sunglasses are probably going to get similar treatment (I probably won’t wear them in the shower, but you never know- I’ve caught myself, when I come home, taking off my glasses and putting on my sunglasses, because I’m so used to taking off my sunglasses and putting my glasses on). ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351/380 "2006-08-07T22:43:11Z")
I’m a cheap sunglasses gal myself. I’m an irresponsible shades owner and I don’t deserve nice ones. My unshakeable prejudice: I don’t believe I could ever become close to a man who wears a white patent leather belt and shoes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unshakable-prejudices-do-you-have/363351.md?page=20)