I fit the internet SJW stereotype to an uncomfortable degree, but I don’t really identify with it (which makes sense, given that it’s a shallow idea of a person designed by people who dislike them).
At the same time, I absolutely do not fulfill the stereotype of the American in Germany, and people are often very surprised when they hear that I am.
Do you fit or break a lot of stereotypes?
I love getting lost sometimes. It’s about impossible for me here, because I have lived in the same place so long. But just wandering can be so cool. I had a friend who could ALWAYS face north, we were doing “pin the tail on the donkey” so blindfolded her, spun her around and around and said go, she unerringly heads right for the correct wall. So we played with making her disoriented and saying which way is north, she cannot lose it, is anchored even blind & dizzy.
I don’t think I’m that accurate. Like, I can’t find North always, but if I have been in situations where I wake up in a vehicle and I only have a general idea of where we are and where we’re going, and I know how to get the rest of the way without needing to consult a map.
There was also a time when me and my friends went walking through the woods in a local park and they got lost and I was like guys just keep following me we’ll get there and like 45 minutes later we found the road and we’re able to make it back to our cars.
They were freaking out, and I was like, why are you freaking out? We’re less than an hour away from our car.