I fit the internet SJW stereotype to an uncomfortable degree, but I don’t really identify with it (which makes sense, given that it’s a shallow idea of a person designed by people who dislike them).

At the same time, I absolutely do not fulfill the stereotype of the American in Germany, and people are often very surprised when they hear that I am.

Do you fit or break a lot of stereotypes?

  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Sounds like the mad scientist character trope where the main character finds you in a locked decked out apartment in the middle of the most dangerous destroyed city and you help them escape. (Respectfully)

    • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      19 hours ago

      I do have a lab coat and quite a few interesting electronics.

      Unfortunately, all of my Tesla coils are decidedly non-lethal.

      But following your second point, I have never been able to get lost in my entire life. I have actively tried to get lost, and somehow I always find my way, suffice it to say, if we are in a bombed out city together, I’m pretty sure I can find us clean water, shelter and other survivors.

      • RBWells@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        I love getting lost sometimes. It’s about impossible for me here, because I have lived in the same place so long. But just wandering can be so cool. I had a friend who could ALWAYS face north, we were doing “pin the tail on the donkey” so blindfolded her, spun her around and around and said go, she unerringly heads right for the correct wall. So we played with making her disoriented and saying which way is north, she cannot lose it, is anchored even blind & dizzy.

        • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 hours ago

          I don’t think I’m that accurate. Like, I can’t find North always, but if I have been in situations where I wake up in a vehicle and I only have a general idea of where we are and where we’re going, and I know how to get the rest of the way without needing to consult a map.

          There was also a time when me and my friends went walking through the woods in a local park and they got lost and I was like guys just keep following me we’ll get there and like 45 minutes later we found the road and we’re able to make it back to our cars.

          They were freaking out, and I was like, why are you freaking out? We’re less than an hour away from our car.