It doesn’t seem to have occurred to anyone that author!anon might not belong to the Western culture. Just so you know – I don’t. Consequently, no, I am not overly familiar with every stereotype said culture perpetuates (nor is there any reason that I should be), am in no way responsible for them, and do, in fact, rely on my own RL experiences a lot when I write rather than some ‘general knowledge’ or some such. Do with it what you want, I just thought you guys might like to know that.

I'm not familiar with Western stereotypes, I'm not responsible for them, but by God I can write them like a Sixties Vegas comic.