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Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 04:59
by Khemehekis
Also, while I was tallying up my own score, I noticed something. I pretty much got mostly 1's. I got 2's on three items (since I'm cismale, from a Western country, and have a beard), and a single 0 (since I never wear glasses nor contacts), but the rest of my items were 1's.

I guess it reflects the fact that I neither fit society's norm (WASP, Protestant, conservative/moderate/authoritarian, xSxJ neurotypical preppy/jock/prep) nor the "nerd norm" (WASP, atheist, libertarian, INTx nerd with Asperger's).

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 09 Oct 2020 04:42
by jimydog000
I just realised, no discussion about which languages you speak.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 01:54
by Khemehekis
jimydog000 wrote: 09 Oct 2020 04:42 I just realised, no discussion about which languages you speak.
Are there really stereotypes or noticed tendencies about conlangers tending to learn particular foreign languages, though? I'm not aware of any.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 07:38
by Znex
1. Gender: Cis male
2. Sexual orientation: Straight demisexual
3. Handedness: Right
4. Nationality: Australia, NSW
5. Ethnicity you primarily identify with: Anglo-Celtic
6. Neurotype: Autistic/ADHD/PTSD yaayyyy
7. Health conditions and physical disabilities: Mild asthma
8. Glasses: No
9. Facial hair: Yes; full beard
10. Body type: Average
11. Subculture: Nerd mainly
12. Species/breed of pets: Budgerigars
13. Religion: Protestant Christian; investigating Orthodoxy atm (maybe Catholicism otherwise?)

So I guess my score would be 2+0.5+0+2+1+2+2+0+2+0+3+1+0 = 15 or 16. Pretty average.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2020 04:52
by anonymous123
1. Gender: Non-binary
2. Sexual orientation: Androphilic demisexual
3. Handedness: Right
4. Nationality: FL, USA
5. Ethnicity you primarily identify with: Celto-Scandinavian
6. Neurotype: Autistic
7. Health conditions and physical disabilities: Possible anxiety
8. Glasses: No
9. Facial hair: Not to a noticeable extent
10. Body type: Very tall but very skinny
11. Subculture: Nerd, speedcore, etc (I know they're all over the place
12. Species/breed of pets: None
13. Religion: Agnostic

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2020 06:20
by eldin raigmore
Conlanger stereotype poll
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Post by Khemehekis » Thu 30 Aug 2018, 17:55
Are you the ultimate conlanger stereotype? Who's the most archetypal conlanger here? And what IS the actual profile of a typical conlanger, anyway? Let us find out!
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Last edited by Khemehekis on Mon 05 Oct 2020, 22:14, edited 3 times in total.
You edited the O.P. just ten days ago?

What did you feel needed changing?

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2020 06:47
by Khemehekis
eldin raigmore wrote: 15 Oct 2020 06:20
Conlanger stereotype poll
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Post by Khemehekis » Thu 30 Aug 2018, 17:55
Are you the ultimate conlanger stereotype? Who's the most archetypal conlanger here? And what IS the actual profile of a typical conlanger, anyway? Let us find out!
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Last edited by Khemehekis on Mon 05 Oct 2020, 22:14, edited 3 times in total.
You edited the O.P. just ten days ago?

What did you feel needed changing?
I fixed up the misspelling of "seapunk" in the subcultures list, and added two more example subcultures (sadboi and VSCO girl).

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2020 07:35
by eldin raigmore
Khemehekis wrote: 15 Oct 2020 06:47 .... "seapunk" .... sadboi .... VSCO girl ....
I don’t know what any of those are.
I’ve heard of VSCO girl, I think I’ve got the VSCO app on my iPad, but I don’t know what the app is, and I definitely don’t know what a VSCO girl is.
Seapunk and sadboi are brand new terms to me.
Steampunk cyberpunk dieselpunk I know.
I feel like I’ve seen ***boi etc. for various values of ***, but I still don’t know what they are.
If I Google for them will I find out?
Edit: Well, I found out what seapunk is. The explanations of sadbois and VSCOgirls were incomprehensible. I found a lot but it did no good. It reminds me of the heraldic motto of the Wormrunners’ Digest: “Once I have finished explaining, you will understand even less.”
Edit: BTW we have only two cisgirls; is either of them a VSCOgirl?

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2020 09:09
by Khemehekis
eldin raigmore wrote: 15 Oct 2020 07:35
Edit: BTW we have only two cisgirls; is either of them a VSCOgirl?
One is a nerd, and the other is a loner nerd with gamer metalhead tendencies. So the answer is no.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2020 14:29
by jimydog000
When I read the word "seapunk" My first thought was the animations in Plastic Beach.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 01:21
by aliensdrinktea
1. Gender: Nonbinary
2. Sexual orientation: Asexual
3. Handedness: Right
4. Nationality: British-American (dual citizenship, born and raised in the US)
5. Ethnicity you primarily identify with: White/American
6. Neurotype: Autism/OCD/GAD
7. Health conditions and physical disabilities: None really unless you count TMJ (I have it mild enough it rarely causes problems, but I can't chew gum)
8. Glasses: Yes
9. Facial hair: No
10. Body type: Average, on the short side
11. Subculture: I don't really identify with subcultures but I'm a nerd
12. Species/breed of pets: My rental contract doesn't allow pets [:'(] (but I'm a cat person)
13. Religion: Protestant Christian

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 01:24
by Khemehekis
Wow! Three demisexual/asexual autistic people in a row -- two of whom are nonbinary! We're getting a trend here . . .


EDIT: VSCO girls! I don't think any of our female members here look like this.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 02:52
by eldin raigmore
I once said I am demisapiosexual. I may have added a third prefix.
It may be that neither prefix applies to me 100% but both apply to me at noticeable strength.
OTOH at 68 y/o with a grown daughter and two deceased ex-wives and during a pandemic “asexual” or “formerly heterosexual” applies just as well.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 17 Oct 2020 15:01
by Birdlang
1. Gender: cismale.
2. Sexual orientation: not sure, never been in a situation where this would be revealed but I feel like I’m either straight, bisexual, or pansexual. A lot of my birth family (I’m adopted) have come out as bisexual and pansexual though so that may make me bi or pan. Also a lot of them happen to be demisexual as well.
3. Handedness: ambidextrous.
4. Nationality: US, Virginia.
5. Ethnicity you primarily identify with: European, North African, Hispanic, and East, South, West, and Southeast Asian are my main ancestries by percentage (with European being the most over 90%). So mixed race.
6. Neurotype: autism level 1/ADHD.
7. Health conditions and physical disabilities: allergies, may have asthma.
8. Do you wear glasses?: yes.
9. Facial hair: yes but always shave.
10. Body type (underweight, average, overweight, obese, Jigglypuff, muscular, or whatnot): a bit overweight But I keep excersising.
11. Subculture: I don’t fall under any I believe but not sure if this will change in the future.
12. Species/breed of pets: none. Would love a bird some day, can’t have a cat due to allergies and a dog due to being a collector of a lot of things that would easily be destroyed by one (I collect plushies and rubber ducks/chickens/other similar vintage toys and musical equipment, first ones are self explanatory, latter because I have some synthesizers).
13. Religion (Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Mormon, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, Baha'i, Scientologist, Asatru, ECKANKAR, Hare Krishna, Shinto, Rastafarian, LaVeyan, Wiccan, deist, atheist, agnostic, ignostic, etc.): raised Roman Catholic by adopted family, personally worship my own conworld’s religion.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 19:41
by Egerius
1. Gender: Cismale
2. Sexual orientation: Unfortunately and reluctantly gay, thought otherwise five years ago. *Plays the Freddie Mercury version of “The Geat Pretender” in the background, waits for surprised PMs to roll in*
3. Handedness: Proud lefty (except for mice and trackballs).
4. Nationality: German, but registring for Polish citizenship.
5. Ethnicity you primarily identify with: German/Polish. Just call me a European.
6. Neurotype: Neurotypical (my mum had me tested).
7. Health conditions and physical disabilities: Scoliosis, near/farsightedness, flat feet, crooked (British™) teeth (to name a few I know of).
8. Do you wear glasses? YES, see above. I'd never go out without them: 25 years and still counting.
9. Facial hair: Proud, unruly sideburns and a moustache.
10. Body type: Underweight. Chrstan Bale in The Machinist levels of thin.
11. Subculture: nerd/geek, but (despite my clothing choices), I refuse to be called a “hipster”.
12. Species/breed of pets: A dog. She won't tell me what breed she is, and I don't speak Croatian.
I already had a guinea pig, two dachshunds and a dozen chinchllas, and I'm waiting for a thylacine (hurry up with the cloning!).
13. Religion: Roman Catholic, but (to quote a line from FullMetal Alchemist) “I'm secular”.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 05:27
by silvercat
1 transmasculine androgyne
2 aromantic asexual
3 right handed
4 American, California, born in Iowa lived in Ohio as a kid
5 White
6 ADHD and depression
7 nothing major
8 yep, nearsighted
9 I wish, but no
10 average
11 nerd
12 two cats, previously had rats
13 atheist, raised Presbytarian

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 05:39
by Khemehekis
I think you're our first transmasculine androgyne ever! Congratulations!
silvercat wrote: 05 Dec 2020 05:27 4 American, California, born in Iowa lived in Ohio as a kid
I'm from California, too, but I've lived here all my life.
13 atheist, raised Presbytarian
You misspelled your childhood religion! It's pretty evident, judging thereby, that you have abandoned Presbyterianism.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 05:46
by silvercat
Khemehekis wrote: 05 Dec 2020 05:39 I think you're our first transmasculine androgyne ever! Congratulations!
silvercat wrote: 05 Dec 2020 05:27
13 atheist, raised Presbytarian
You misspelled your childhood religion! It's pretty evident, judging thereby, that you have abandoned Presbyterianism.
I mean, androgyne is just a specific non-binary gender.

I'm a good speller, but some words are hard.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 05:49
by Khemehekis
silvercat wrote: 05 Dec 2020 05:46 I'm a good speller, but some words are hard.
Yeah . . . there aren't many -terian words, but there are a lot of -tarian words: libertarian, authoritarian, utilitarian, totalitarian, communitarian, Unitarian, etc.

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

Posted: 19 Feb 2021 11:40
by Thrice Xandvii
Just found this quiz, figured, why the heck not?

1. Gender: Male (cisgendered)
2. Sexual orientation: Homosexual
3. Handedness: Right
4. Nationality: American, born and raised in Wisconsin, current Michigan citizen
5. Ethnicity you primarily identify with: German/Lithuanian
6. Neurotype: Mostly neurotypical, with some ASD spectrum leaning traits and a bit of anxiety that usually shows itself as anger over other more common presentations
7. Health conditions and physical disabilities: None that I'm aware of
8. Do you wear glasses?: I do
9. Facial hair: Yes (chin beard or moustache-less goatee, whichever descriptor you prefer)
10. Body type: Slightly over-weight
11. Subculture: Nerdy geek who used to be a wannabe skater and enjoys hard rock/metal music (so you be the judge on what that means)
12. Species/breed of pets: Dog, cat, bird, fish and a snake (I do consider myself to be mostly a dog person though)
13. Religion: Agnostic, former atheist who was entirely too sure of himself