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Topic: Why do people generalize??
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Tue 01/13/09 09:16 AM
I've noticed theres always topics on here are saying "all men suck" or "all women are *******". Why do so many people generalize? I mean we can't know everyone, and assuming that everyone is an ass isn't really right, is it?

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Tue 01/13/09 09:16 AM
Damnit shut up you asshole :P j/k bro I agree lol =)

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Tue 01/13/09 09:18 AM

I've noticed theres always topics on here are saying "all men suck" or "all women are *******". Why do so many people generalize? I mean we can't know everyone, and assuming that everyone is an ass isn't really right, is it?


you are right 100%, that's why I always write (most, majority, a lot of...), safer bet! :laughing:

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Tue 01/13/09 09:21 AM
You whiners are all the same.....laugh

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Tue 01/13/09 09:22 AM
I generalize all the time. However, my sociology degree might have something to do with that.

I also try very hard to make sure I am stating I am generalizing....but I err. So do we all.

Usually in that situation it is simply venting.

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Tue 01/13/09 09:23 AM
Why do you generalize that people generalize??? spock :wink: laugh

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Tue 01/13/09 09:24 AM

It's just easy to generalize. Put everyone in the same "likeness", makes life less complicated that way.

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Tue 01/13/09 09:24 AM
I'm talking about these topics where people say everyone sucks.. Not everyone :smile:

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Tue 01/13/09 09:27 AM
BECAUSE ,PEOPLE HAVE NO NEW IDEAS.............

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Tue 01/13/09 09:29 AM
I beg to differ. ALL people DO suck. Like men....and whiners....and especially men who whine! But there is certainly no greater whiner than the whiner who whines about people whining.rofl

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Tue 01/13/09 09:29 AM

BECAUSE ,PEOPLE HAVE NO NEW IDEAS.............


Pot calls kettle black....

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Tue 01/13/09 09:32 AM

I beg to differ. ALL people DO suck. Like men....and whiners....and especially men who whine! But there is certainly no greater whiner than the whiner who whines about people whining.rofl


then stop whinning about whinners you big wienner! :laughing:

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Tue 01/13/09 09:32 AM
Edited by Krimsa on Tue 01/13/09 09:33 AM

I've noticed theres always topics on here are saying "all men suck" or "all women are *******". Why do so many people generalize? I mean we can't know everyone, and assuming that everyone is an ass isn't really right, is it?


Because making grand, sweeping generalizations that lump an entire gender (or ethnic origin) together is easier than actually getting to know people on individualistic terms.

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Tue 01/13/09 09:34 AM


I beg to differ. ALL people DO suck. Like men....and whiners....and especially men who whine! But there is certainly no greater whiner than the whiner who whines about people whining.rofl


then stop whinning about whinners you big wienner! :laughing:


mmmmm....wieners....

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Tue 01/13/09 09:36 AM

I've noticed theres always topics on here are saying "all men suck" or "all women are *******". Why do so many people generalize? I mean we can't know everyone, and assuming that everyone is an ass isn't really right, is it?
:smile: Lack of imagination:smile:

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Tue 01/13/09 09:38 AM
Edited by Jill298 on Tue 01/13/09 09:39 AM
Why do people generalize??
Why should we assume you're any different from the rest before otherwise proven?

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Tue 01/13/09 09:39 AM
Would you want them to instead say "only Billy is dumb" and "why is Billy so dumb?" How else can we really talk about groups of others but in generalizations?

No offense to any Billy's. I just picked a random name so don't all Billy's hate me now or I'll generalize and say all men with names beginning with B are bad men.

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Tue 01/13/09 09:42 AM
I don’t think it matters anyway because how many threads have we seen on these forums that might start off actually naming a specific person. An ex lover or an ex spouse. Then by about the third post, it has devolved into ALL men or ALL women. laugh

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Tue 01/13/09 09:43 AM

Would you want them to instead say "only Billy is dumb" and "why is Billy so dumb?" How else can we really talk about groups of others but in generalizations?

No offense to any Billy's. I just picked a random name so don't all Billy's hate me now or I'll generalize and say all men with names beginning with B are bad men.


Fuzzi Logic! spock

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Tue 01/13/09 09:46 AM


BECAUSE ,PEOPLE HAVE NO NEW IDEAS.............


Pot calls kettle black....
LETS THROW SOME SHOES AROUND AND THINK ABOUT IT THEN...................:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl :thumbsup: winking waving

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