Yes; however, you fall squarely into some of the stereotypes the OP was talking about, at least from what I gather from your posts. 
Not necessarily; maybe she knows some people with really squeaky eyeballs. 
People who judge people based on the type of muisc they listen too. Or people who think theyre better because they like obscure bands your not likely to have heard of.
We still could- just don’t call before noon on a weekend 
davenportavenger is probably experiencing a selection effect- he (she?) is only likely to know that someone is interested in medieval history if that person talks his ear off about it. He’s not likely to notice that someone is into medieval history if that person never talks about it except with others who share that interest.
I’m going to chime in on this “I hate non-readers” thing, too.
Not me. I like reading. I fell in love with reading at age one. But being intelligent and being a reader are two different things. My uncle is a reader and he’s the most redneck, potbellied, short-on-top-long-in-the-back-sets-off-my-gold-chain asshole I’ve ever met. My boyfriend doesn’t like to read and the guy can do advanced mathematics in his head. It takes all sorts.
Pick up the newspaper on any given day and read the Letters to the Editor section. All of those idiots can read, too, and do read at least read the newspaper every day. Smart and liking to read do not necessarily equate each other.
After all, remember that there are some people out there right now reading Ann Coulter’s new book.
~Tasha
There is one that I can go with too. I feel myself cringing when someone tells me they are a morning person. I don’t like morning culture. I associate it with doddling around, drinking coffee etc. Real people should be having profound thoughts at 2 am and then sleeping to a proper hour. I would mow the lawn at midnight if I could. Morning people always try to present it as a virtue as well as though evil things go on after 10 pm).
(Of course this doesn’t apply to people that are just forced into getting up at some terrible hour. It is only those that volunteer).
Sorry, let’s add a few commas and edit.
Peole who look down upon your choice of literature and feel a need to comment on it audibly.
This is supposed to be unshakeable prejudices. And I’m sure you’re absolutely right - but I still feel odd amongst people who don’t read. I mean, reading to me is nearly vital. How can I connect with someone who can’t understand that? And generally that’s the next thing - they don’t read, so they can’t understand why you have your nose in a book so often.
I’m sure your boyfriend isn’t like that, or you wouldn’t be with him.
Yes! Absolutely! You are not a better person than me because you get up early on weekends and I don’t. I would not be a better person if I got up earlier. And yes, I do have a job, and yes, I do get up early to go to that job. Holding a job only requires that one get up early, not that one enjoy getting up early, or that one get up early on non-workdays.
I’ve got another prejudice based on that: people who don’t watch TV. When I hear someone say that they don’t watch TV, I immediately assume that they think they’re better than people who do watch TV. (Rationally, I know that not everyone who doesn’t watch TV, drink alcohol, drink coffee, or whatever is a sanctimonious asshole, although the ones who work it into totally unrelated conversations are likely to be)
You have to admit, I am pretty great.
If your name is Chad, you have spiked hair, wear a Hollister shirt, are a member of a fraternity, and probably ride a CBR with a white backwards baseball cap on.
Non readers and the wilfully ignorant–especially those who are proud and vocal about their ignorance and think everybody else who isn’t an ignoramus is pretentious.
People who can’t and won’t do math–I just think they’re too stupid to live.
Ditto those who can’t spell and whose grammar is atrocious. There are schools to fix this, you know.
Hummer and BMW drivers–there’s an entitlement assumption there that sticks in my craw. (And they do all have itty bitty gherkins, every one of them!)
People who speak ungrammatically and who mispronounce and invent words and use malapropisms. Again, there are these things called schools…
People who state loudly that everyone’s opinion is worth exactly the same as any other. Umm, right. So Mr. IQ50’s opinion on the validity of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is exactly as worthy as Stephen Hawking’s. It’s not just a river in Egypt, for sure.
People who spit in public, likewise those who litter. Ought to be forced to clean up after themselves with their tongues.
People who don’t know the difference between a debate and a fight.
Those fucking little pocket motorcycles–only ridden by those with aspirations to become a hood ornament. People who give them to children should be summarily executed.
People who boom car stereos, especially when there are children in the car. Stupid, rude, ignorant, assholish and likewise with a disproportionate sense of entitlement.
Dogmatic religionists of every stripe, and I have to agree about the “I’m special, look at me I’m RELIGIOUS!!!” clothing.
Those who subject children to body modification when they are too young to fight back–it’s just so wrong.
People who can’t hear any sort of a comment on a general case without turning it into a comment on themselves. Example: “Okay, guys, make sure you don’t forget to log out for breaks.” “Oh, I don’t do that!” Bully for you, did anyone say you did? It’s NOT all about YOU, okay?
Bad tempered people are stupid.
People who complain constantly about all the things they just can’t do something because; insert long litany of reasons here, most of which have nothing to do with them or their situation but are really convenient because it means the lazy fuck doesn’t have to get her ass moving
People who hate animals, especially those who hurt animals. Die, die, die, a thousand times die in painful ways, thank you.
Bad drivers. Take the bus, you homicidal/suicidal shitheads!
People who are chronically late are assholes who have no respect for others and think the world revolves around them.
Oh, and you kids? GET OFF MY LAWN!
Their cousin(s):
- guy who hates any band that was / is popular for no other reason than other people like it. Which, I always must point out, means he’s still allowing other folks to make his taste for him.
- that guy’s band.
Exactly. I sleep until 10:00ish on weekends, and my boyfriend is always bitching “The day’s half over!!!” Um, MY day isn’t. MY day goes on for several more hours after he falls asleep.
I don’t mind getting up early for a reason. But morning is my natural sleep time, not my natural productive time. Even when I do get up early, I tend to zone out and need three cups of coffee before I’m able to really accomplish anything. I might as well have slept.
Several people here have mentioned public spitting. Hating people who spit in public is NOT an irrational prejudice. It’s disgusting, and unless I missed a memo, completely socially unnacceptable.
I’m prejudiced against those who don’t proofread! :rolleyes: Also, I’m prejudiced against miscellaneous words that sneak into posts when I’m not looking–they’re out to get me!
People who injure/kill animals piss me off in a way that nothing else does. Hunting isn’t really included in that, but kids throwing rocks at strays, people swerving to run over animals in the road, that sort of thing, is more likely to incite violence in my soul than anything else. People who hurt animals just because they can are worthless.
People who smoke and/or drink to excess. Smoking is just so disgusting and unhealthy, I can’t understand why anyone would start. Drinking a glass of wine or beer with dinner is ok; drinking until you are completely inebriated is stupid.
People who smoke pot. No one cares if it’s 4:20 excpet you.
People who have a medical condition and know it, but don’t follow their treatment regimine. Take your fucking pills. If you are supposed to be on a sugar-free diet, do not eat that slice of cake. You are not going to get better if you don’t try to help yourself.
You think so? Obviously someone who drives a BMW can afford it; it’s not like anybody expects to be given one for free. There’s nothing imposing about a BMW, either (unless they have some monster SUV out or something; I wouldn’t know). Why only Hummer and BMW? I can understand only Hummer because they’re awful environmentally, the vast majority of people who drive them don’t make any use of their true value (driving off road), and they’re symbolic of the Get Out Of My Way, I’m Bigger Than You movement in contemporary American culture. But if BMW pisses you off, why? I’m having trouble understanding how entitlement has anything to do with it; if you’ve worked your ass off all your life to afford it (note that I’m not saying all people who can afford them have worked for the money), why would you forgo the BMW and buy a Ford instead? Do Porsche and Jaguar drivers piss you off, too? If so, why?
I definitely like the notion of looking down upon something out loud. It’s an obnoxious behaviour, and we need an eloquent phrase to describe it.
In my case, it goes back to my one unfortunate run-in with a jerk in a BMW. Ever since then, if someone’s driving a BMW and acting like a jerk, I’m more likely to take note of that than I am of someone driving like a jerk in some other kind of car.
I also don’t understand people who have expensive cars and drive like they’re in Demolition Derby (like the BMW driver I had a run-in with). If I had an expensive car, I’d drive the same or more carefully, not less carefully, than I do in my non-expensive car.
Yes (well, actually, it would depend more on what was more fuel-efficient than anything). I don’t try to impress people by flaunting wealth, and I don’t think very well of anyone who does try to impress people that way.
I understand you’re wary of BMWs because of your accident. I’d like to comment on this part.
I too would choose the more fuel-efficient car, but since I don’t know which one is, let’s ignore that for the sake of argument. (Please don’t read any snark into the following.) Do you think it’s possible that, while some BMW drivers do buy BMW for the sake of flaunting their wealth, some buy BMW because it’s a more reliable/safer/longer-lasting/smoother-riding car, or maybe because it drives/handles/feels better? I don’t know whether BMW is better in these categories, but if it is and it’s worth the price and I could afford it, I can’t see why I wouldn’t get one if I were looking for a new car anyway.