stereotypes

This is f**king glorious. 

If you didn't grow up with garbage disposals and cheez wiz, you might also think that they aren't real. Also paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for education. Here are some things people were dumbfounded to discover actually do exist in the US of A. For the other way around, here are some culture shocked Americans describing sharing things they didn't realize were so American.

THIS. A war veteran's awesome post went viral for it's brutal effectiveness at calling out all the negative behavior that is stereotyping people. 

Holy crap, a facebook comments section that approaches the topic of race with tact, humor, and good vibes? It's a modern day unicorn! In a similarly constructive vein, here's a war veteran's insightful post about negative stereotyping.

This war veteran's social media post calls people out for negative stereotyping in the best way possible. A heroic move on his part indeed. And of course, thank you for your service, Sir. 

It's not just the students that are busy driving teachers crazy again this time of year. You very likely encountered one of these parenting styles while out in the wild, yourself. 

Too far, or hilariously on point? You be the judge. 

What drink you order might say a lot about you. Or it might not. Either way, this is what bartenders think of you.

This guy is DEFINITELY not a cop. We suggest some hardcore beer to smoke. 

This shoe store worker dealt with their on-the-job boredom in an amazing way when they decided to stereotype shoes in their store.

Ah, double standards. I could almost hear the groans and sighs of irritation from some of you out there, no doubt off put by the very fact we invite these kinds of discussions in online forums. If there's one thing that became glaringly evident, scrolling through the rants and tangents of this AskReddit to pull some decent pointers (at least I hope so), it's that a relationship is a game of give and take. The playing field between romantic partners is continually shifting, and sure, norms, gender stereotypes suck; but we're not going to break down standards that have stood the test of time up to this point in a day. So we can all just point 'em out, shine a spotlight on 'em, and maybe figure out why they're there and ultimately, why they shouldn't be. I'm trying to remain neutral here for the sake of spurring discussion between you guys, the audience; but I'll be sure to jump in on dat comments section if the discussion really gets going.