Not like races or nationalities but niche groups or subcultures.
People think we’re unfathomable or unknowable, but it’s actually quite easy to get to know us eldritch horrors.
That all college professors are either liberals or communists.
I, for one, am an anarchist.
Psych nurses are famous for being mentally ill. I’m relatively certain that at least 25% of my coworkers have been hospitalized before.
I’m a queer furry so all the squares think I rape baby animals or some bullshit.
I’m a sideshow performer, aka a “freak”
Not all hackers like hot pockets and soda. I do, but I know some who swear they eat healthier.
I mean, I feel the obvious is to say the stereotype that those of us here on the defederated version of r•ddit are either all Linux users, Star Trek nerds, communists, furries, or a combination of two or more groups.
Oh, and that we all want to see the 1% die. I for one would rather see them suffer by living the same type of life the majority of people have to live rather than see them flat out die; make them suffer humiliation.
I don’t want the 1% dead either
I want wealth caps that simply caps the maximum net worth a person can have to a reasonable value, say 10 million or so. Any Income above that goes straight to taxes and done
This way we’re all more or less the same
I wasn’t when I left reddit but now I’m a linux user 🤷
Skydivers
Sigh… Yeah, we’re all a bit mental in one way or another.
With that said we’re generally not the “adrenaline junkie” type. There are those types, but they typically don’t last long in the sport. They either get bored, get scared, or get themselves hurt. A jumper that’s been in the sport for a long time is a master at managing risk. The old adage of “there are no old bold pilots” goes double for skydivers.
I’m a climber who has been skydiving once. I understand the appeal of an adrenaline sport, but I also understand that you get used to any adrenaline rush quick enough.
In climbing, I like the aspect of staying composed under pressure. You quest into the unknown, and must solve whatever problem is presented to you, whether it is techy footwork or tricky gear or puzzling ropework or committing to a pumpy runout.
When I went skydiving, I felt the rush of adrenaline. But I didn’t really see anywhere to go from there. You jump, fall, deploy the chute, land. I felt like if I picked it up as a hobby, I would get bored pretty quickly. Unless I got into something like paragliding or wingsuiting, where you are actually able to explore and interact with the landscape.
So what keeps you interested after the adrenaline is gone? What’s the progression?
I have 4500 jumps over about 13 years in the sport. My interest was in competition, which is weird as I’m not really a competitive person normally. I joined a recreational 4 way team and just fell in love with it. That lead me and some friends founding a 4-way/ 8-way competition team and we competed in Open against the likes as Arizona Airspeed, Team Fasttrax, and The Golden Knights. We were normally competitive with them, but it’s hard to match teams paid to be there. I actually trained with Team Fasttrax for a short time as John Hart got his start at my home DZ.
That experience parlayed into doing Demos. Part of my competition team started doing Demos at just about every place you can imagine. I did have my PRO license for a few years to be able to get insurance. The highlight of that was doing a Demo at an airshow where Gen Paul Tibbets was doing a presentation on World War II. He came up to me and one of my team mates to ask us about skydiving. It was a surreal experience. He had a lot of interest in what we did during the show. Definitely one of those memories that will live with me forever.
What ended it all was internal team politics. My competition team was intertwined with the Demo team, so when barely held together relationships finally came crashing down on one, it brought down the other. By that time I was around 4000 jumps. There were a lot of hard feelings all around and I made the decision to pull back completely. Going back to just fun jumping just did not keep my interest. I took on students, but I always worked as a coach for jumpers just off student status… But again seeing my team just blow up like that really took its toll and I just grew disinterested. It didn’t help that I was in my early 30’s and my lifestyle pretty much precluded any type of long term relationship. Women think hanging out at the DZ to be pretty cool the first few times. However, every weekend with good weather and some with not so good weather just hanging out all day gets dull really fast.
So landing after a fun jump and gathering my chute I looked around hard at the landing zone and just felt… Nothing. I was bored and not interested in trying to create another team. That was October of 2003 and in March of 2004 I met the future Mrs. CanopyFlyer for the first time. I did around 400 jumps the 2003 season, 2004 I did 20 and sold my gear in 2005 to help pay for the wedding and put a down payment on a house. My last jump was the summer of 2006 on student gear of all things and it was the only jump I made in 2006. Skydiving was my chrysalis going from who I was to who I am now. I look back on those years with fondness and often talk about the lessons I learned during that time. However, I never went back and never plan to. Actually now age and age related injuries have made going back nearly impossible anyway. Which I’m OK with, I would not be who I am today and married to the woman I am without those years spent in the sky.
Today my wife and I have two boys and it’s satisfying watching them grow and start doing those things that I wanted to do at that age.
People who play baroque music on historical instruments wear black turtlenecks at their concerts.
I just checked the pics I have of the latest concert I went to (Bach, played on baroque instruments rather than modern ones). Black, yes, turtlenecks, no. I’m mostly seeing collared shirts and one boat neck.
Fuckin‘ posers.
Psychology is a field that, at least in recent years (France and the UK, IME), leans heavily female. I wonder why, although the male urge to be “self-reliant” sometimes to the point of self harm might play a part. Not that I’m complaining, but my masters had a crazy ratio (3 guys to 25+ women) and all but one teacher were women as well, lol.
Even though we try to be gender neutral, It mostly seemed men take engineering, maths, sciences, and women often take English Lit and Psychology. Its actually become a bit of aproblems as there are too many psychology students looking for jobs in that field and end up doing other work because they can’t find a job in it.
Source: my daughter took psych, until she realize the job market was saturated.
People who drive Subarus have beards and wear flannel. But in my case it’s literal
Subaru’s? You mean flannel, beards sometimes, and lesbian.
That’s the stereotype I always heard.
Just make sure your beard feels empowered to live their truth, and it’s all good. You do what you have to.
Or did you mean facial hair?
Anyway, I can’t grow a proper beard at all, and my plaid button-downs are generally cotton because I’ve always lived places where it’s hot AF most of the year, but I do very much like my Subaru. Had a '13 Outback for 9 years, and finally replaced it with a '22 Outback Wilderness, as possibly the dullest mid-life-crisis automobile purchase ever… it’s a little bit taller and looks a little cooler and has the turbo! I still have the ethereal butterflies center-console protector because I had to make a deal with my daughter to let me trade in the only car she’d ever seen daddy drive.
you’re just describing stereotypical Canadian men’s look lol
For me, it’s upstate New York, northern New Hampshire , and Maine
Dammit they got me
Burned out IT. Goats are easier to heard than people.
East coast Canadians always gravitate to the kitchen at parties, it’s inevitable
Doesn’t everyone, though?
It’s where the beer and snacks are 🤷🏽♂️
And where you can have a conversation because there is no music.
Pretty much this.
Best party is always in the kitchen.
So do western Canadians. The best parties are ALWAYS kitchen parties.
Employment trainers are job dedicated weirdos.
Source: I am one.
I used to play a lot of Team Fortress 2 and theres a stereotype about all Spy players being massive anime fans… and also that theyre obnoxious…
So… What are you watching this season?
I actually dont care for anime much tbh. Theres too many tropes within anime shows that I dont care for at all so I tend to just avoid it unless theres something I know for sure I’ll enjoy.
Edit: I would like to add that I am definitely 100% obnoxious
