A lot of people are intimidated by me, they think I'm scary because I normally keep to myself and because of my imposing physical size.. 6'6" about 220 lbs... in person though, I'm about the nicest guy you'll ever meet. I'm very non-violent, would probably never intentionally hurt anyone, and if a girl's not into me I back off without argument. I don't use my physical size to intimidate people intentionally, it just does without my trying.
Sometimes people think I must not be very bright... again because of the physical size and being quiet most of the time thing, when in fact I'm very intelligent. Sometimes this works to my advantage.
People I go out with assume sometimes that I'm bored or that I don't like them or are not interested in them because I don't talk much, when really... it's just that I don't talk much. It has nothing to do with you.
Often I am accused of trying to use big words or complicated speech to try and make other people feel small or make myself sound smart. I get accused of being condescending sometimes for a variety of different reasons- I think sometimes because I can back up arguments with actual facts and not just random opinions I pull out of my butt. In reality... ironically... I often try to dumb-down my speech, intentionally using smaller words, more conversational and coloquial speech patterns, etc... so that I'm easier to understand. I never use big words just to try and make myself sound smart, this is just the way thoughts go through my head. I've always loved words, I used to read the Oxford English Dictionary for fun. I have a knack for retaining all sorts of trivial information, and I enjoy a good debate, so sometimes when I'm just having fun I think I come across as adversarial, confrontational, and perhaps a bit opinionated or big-headed.... when really I think of myself as pretty humble, open-minded, and usually one to avoid *real* confrotnation, even if I do enjoy a little mental/verbal sparring from time to time.
People who see my car assume that I'm rich. I'm not. They also assume that I want to race them in their dippy little crap rice burners. I don't. Many assume I must be some arrogant prick. I'm not. They also like to think that they're clever by quoting the cliche that guys who drive nice sports cars must have small dicks. hehe... if only they knew.:biggrin1: Cops like to pull me over because I guess they think I must have a lot of money and enjoy paying for idiotic unecessary speeding tickets. I don't. Sometimes people see the car + my age and assume that I must have some great job, or that I'm a spoiled little rich kid who's daddy bought him a nice car. Both are false. Lotta baggage with that car...
Because I'm male, predominantly "white", and American... of course a lot of stereotypes get heaped on me, just like every other person who fits that decription. But most "male" stereotypes don't apply to me. I don't like sports, I'm in touch with my femenine side, I don't drink beer, I care more about my partner than myself during sex, etc. Most "American" stereotypes also don't fit... I'm not completely ignorant of world affairs, I have traveled extensively outside of the country, I don't believe that that the USA is without faults, I am well-read and well-educated. Most "white" stereotypes also don't fit.. though I am part Cherokee also. I'm open-minded, non-racist, non-judgmental... my thinking is often not very Euro-centric. Some people would label my attitudes about race as color and power evasive, but I think it's more complicated than that and I hate being labeled, period.
All the ignorant 'tards out there who label themselves as either Republican or Democrat or conservative or liberal invariably assume that I must be on the other side of the debate as they are and then heap on whatever stereotypes they assume go along with that. My dad- Fox News watcher, Sean Hannity/Bill O'Reilly fan, Bush supporter.... he thinks I'm a flaming liberal. My friend Ben, who is very liberal, often accuses me of being a Republican. For the record, I think both parties are hopeless corrupt, inept and ineffectual, would never associate with either, and feel sincere pity for those who do and then blindly follow behind them, apparently unable to form any of their own opinions. On these boards, I get falsely labeled a conservative more often than the other way around, but these boards have a pretty extreme liberal bias.
I sometimes am to blame for the above mischaracterization... because I enjoy sometimes playing the devil's advocate, and come across as caring about whatever point I'm arguing when really I'm just bringing it up for the sake of argument.
A lot of girls assume I must be some kind of player... combination of different things... some of them think I'm hot, some think I dress well, add to that the nice car, the big dick, etc... and they think I must be getting laid all the time and take it for granted that I'm lying to them when I act interested and/or single. A lot of people assume I must be dishonest, especially when I meet them online. Because I stand out in a lot of ways I suppose, they think I must be lying. About the Viper. Or the big dick. Or the high IQ. Or my height or whatever. Another irony, since in fact I'm really painfully honest, sometimes to a fault. and though I can't really complain about not getting laid enough, as I get my fair share, I'm really not much of a player. I'm a pitifully bad liar. My social skills are pretty lacking. and more often than not I am single. When I'm in a relationship, though I have cheated before, typically I'm only with one person at a time.
I'm misunderstood in a lot of ways, but those are the ones I could come up with off the top of my head.
