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Old 09-17-2006, 07:00 PM
madnak madnak is offline
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Default Re: Are Stereotypes True?

They're careless overgeneralizations. Most of them are reasonably accurate, some aren't. They occur more often than people realize and are more useful, but we ignore them when they aren't offensive.

If I say an ancient Spartan warrior will beat an emo kid in a fight, I'm using stereotypes. But nobody would argue with me.
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