Stereotypes are ideas held about members of particular groups, based primarily on membership in that group.
It's sad that you didn't know what the definition of 'stereotype' was without looking it up on wikipedia. Obviously you didn't know what it was. Please do not attack me for unknown reasons when you do not know what you are talking about.
All I said was 'Statistic or stereotype?' (maybe I should've added a winky face at the end... =/ ..)
Christina...a stereotype is a red neck plumber bent over exposing cleavage as described by his peers.
Seriously... statistics are used to summarize a set of observations, in order to communicate as much as possible as simply as possible. In this case the deaths of teens involved in automobile accidents.
Stereotypes are ideas held about members of particular groups, based primarily on membership in that group.
Serunson was expressing a very real concern for a very real statistic directly applicable to his age group of drivers, there isn't anything stereotypical about it.
The only correlation between this discussion and the topic of this thread is that I have now aged another several minutes having to explain myself to you.
Oh my goodness gracious. Did you honestly not comprehend my 3 little question? I knew exactly what he was talking about. I know what statistics are and I know what stereotypes are.... a sixth grader would know what those two things are! It was sarcasm. Give me a break. I think you may need to age a little more by trying to explain some more idiotic statements told to elementary children, because it revealed absolutely nothing to me.
Is it just an unintentional quirk on your part or do you intentionally try to derail the topic of any thread you respond in? Let me rephrase this...are you blonde or sly?:icon_lol:
I am neither. I was asking if he meant statistical or stereotypical. That wasn't derailing the topic at all.
It would seem that perhaps you are the stereotypical type observing someone who is well aware to the statistical facts facing a specific age group of potential motorist?
Actually, I do believe you're right. Stalin did kill a lot of people. I read somewhere that he began something called the ‘Great Purges’. And twenty million people were put to death.
