MithraPride

One day four little kitties were having a conversation about stereo types,
[1]<Asphe Aria> ran to skull valley, did leve
[1]<Asphe Aria> ran back to LL...
[1]<Asphe Aria> realise forgot to deliver level to Skull Valley...
[1]<Kits Hyral> ^^; ive done that a few times
[1]<Kits Hyral> blonde moment even though im asian XD
[1]<Asphe Aria> it's the main 'user' of my anima
[1]<Asphe Aria> lol
[1]<Asphe Aria> well I am blonde, so I guess I have an excuse.
[1]<Kits Hyral> XD
[1]<Kits Hyral> lol
[1]<Kits Hyral> i guess so
[1]<Asphe Aria> good thing I'm not a strawberry or platinum blonde
[1]<Kits Hyral> so your saying you are blonde blonde :p
[1]<Asphe Aria> dirty blonde?
[1]<Asphe Aria> auburn?
[1]<Sugami Nokami> what's wrong with strawberry blond?
[1]<Kits Hyral> oh so your a dirty blonde?
[1]<Kits Hyral> lol
[1]<Asphe Aria> well traditionally, the 'dumb' blondes have really yellow hair
[1]<Asphe Aria> lol, you knwo what I mean
[1]<Kits Hyral> i know just playing
[1]<Asphe Aria> it's blonde but kinda brunette.

1 little kitty was blonde, errr.... light brunette... errr blonde, another kitty hispanic, another kitty Asian(<3) another kitty confused about what this has to do with stickfigures.... as we all were.

[1]<Asphe Aria> if you take a blank piece of paper
[1]<Asphe Aria> draw a stick figure
[1]<Ametarasu Sama> ok!!!!
[1]<Asphe Aria> ask a japanese, thai, white, black... what race that figure is...
[1]<Asphe Aria> and you can now understand why a lot of americans
[1]<Ametarasu Sama> then lets all post our stick figures on mirthapride.org
[1]<Asphe Aria> think the charcs in japanese anime are 'white'
[1]<Kits Hyral> yus we should! lol
[1]<Sugami Nokami> stick figures have races?
[1]<Kits Hyral> oh really? i never thought of that, and im part japanese lol

Confused? You shud be So I just wanted yo roll with this stick figure idea....
[1]<Ametarasu Sama> yeah lets all draw stcik figures... of ourselves
[1]<Ametarasu Sama> see if u can tell what race we are
[1]<Asphe Aria> when you draw the stick figure, you give it attributes of your background,
[1]<Asphe Aria> including ethnicity
[1]<Sugami Nokami> but it's just a stick

So kitties we want you to take out ur pen and pencil, mouse and photoshop or anyways of drawing and posting and post it here
Draw a stick figure of u that has ur attributes of your back ground and try to guess other kitties ethnicity.

GOOD LUCK! mew!

OK see if u can guess what i am? Warningthis might be hard

I just have one serious question here. Why? I'm not sure I get the point of this little game. I really don't understand. Also I can't draw worth the crap. I would think the type of car I drive gives me away....a complete ricer --;

Karou Ariyen wrote:I just have one serious question here. Why? I'm not sure I get the point of this little game. I really don't understand. Also I can't draw worth the crap. I would think the type of car I drive gives me away....a complete ricer --;

lol i dont know why stick figures exactly, but everyone wanted to take on her concept of the whole stereo type thing. i didnt quite get it but i like to draw

Ametarasu wrote: i didnt quite get it but i like to draw

Well, I know what she was talking about, and basically it comes down to two points:

A) The basic human shape doesn't really vary that much between ethnicities - everyone has two arms, two ears, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, all arranged in a fairly specific pattern, etc. When you just draw "a person" (or "a kitty") you typically don't go into an enormous level of detail, as long as you have those aforementioned basics.

B) When people see an icon or image that represents something else (like how a cartoon person represents a real person) their mind will fill in whatever details are left out, typically with whatever they consider to be 'normal'. So, an American sees an anime character, their mind fills in the details with what they see in everyday normal life, and they assume the anime character is caucasian. A Japanese person sees the same anime character, their mind fills in the details with what they see in everyday normal life, and they assume the anime character is Japanese.

Hence why Americans think that characters from Japanese anime look like Americans. Regional bias.

Keerith wrote: Well, I know what she was talking about, and basically it comes down to two points:............ Hence why Americans think that characters from Japanese anime look like Americans. Regional bias.

yeah thats true. like the whole avatar thing... but that kid did look like Aang. but i can c what shes coming from

That's pretty funny I just need a good background pic and I could come up with something

Sugami wrote:That's pretty funny I just need a good background pic and I could come up with something

lol i was just gonna do the figure but was like i need a dirty mexico pic in the back ground... with a mariachi!

HAHA nice one Ame Still looking for a good background that represents me, I'm a mutt, so something that represents 2 countries is hard >.<;. But I'm slowly cooking up a good background pic, might have to actually make it myself instead of rely on the net. But will see. MS Mouse Paint ftw! ahhahaaha

You mean moggy, mutts are dogs not cats

Here's mine, gone full hog with the stereotyping

HA! Nice Sugami, definitely shows the English in you. Those guys are definitely well disciplined, so different from US soldiers XD. Well from what I've seen through the 8 years I've been in. But Then again, The Old Guard Kicks ass XD.

Sugami wrote:You mean moggy, mutts are dogs not cats

Here's mine, gone full hog with the stereotyping

Sugami! i love it!!! >,< lmao /tear! i love the cup of tea lol

It's ironic 'cause I don't drink tea If I had a monocle I'd totally wear it