Why is that on the internet, people assume you're a male from America, but if you're a vegan on the internet, people assume you're female?

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It's not just the Internet. I'm vegetarian and my wife isn't, but servers often assume the veg meal is hers when the food is up

Yeah, no, I get the same when I order the fish and she orders a steak, when I order an ale and she orders a stout. Apparently not manly enough

Since you've made the distinction, what's an ale for you?

In America, at least when I worked in the industry, stout was part of the larger category of "ale", which compromised any and all "warm" fermenting beer styles. Basically "ale" was synonymous with "not lager" and not any specific variety.

In this particular instance, it means “light colored beer”. Too many people still associate the lighter color with a lighter alcohol, lighter flavored beer that’s not manly enough. Meanwhile a stout is dark, so must be very manly.

Technically an ale is top fermented yeast, typically at a warmer temperature, and of course a stout is one such style. An ale can be any color, any strength, any of a large set of styles

For me personally, it is most likely an IPA, but it really could be anything. Ales in my fridge right now include neipa, dipa, and esb, but I also have a German style lager and a boch