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Stuff White People Like

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:44 pm

Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#2 Post by marrymeflyfree » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:55 pm

Looks more like what yuppies like.

(I guess 'yuppie' is a bit dated...is there a more current term?)

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#3 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:23 pm

I'm half too old and half too bored with the list to qualify. What does that make me, other than obnoxious?
Well, then

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#4 Post by Bob Juch » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:58 pm

I guess I'm not White. I didn't think so anyway.
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#5 Post by silvercamaro » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:09 pm

I'm sorry, but this list won't do. They are pretty close to the mark with Coffee at #1, but Dogs (#53) are way too low.

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#6 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:19 pm

I don't like coffee, so the list doesn't work for me. I actually don't start liking things on the list until #5.

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#7 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:19 pm

silvercamaro wrote:I'm sorry, but this list won't do. They are pretty close to the mark with Coffee at #1, but Dogs (#53) are way too low.
I think this is merely anthropological commentary (spelled s a t i r e) rather than a ranking, otherwise dogs would be much higher on the scale.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#8 Post by Bob Juch » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:28 pm

silvercamaro wrote:I'm sorry, but this list won't do. They are pretty close to the mark with Coffee at #1, but Dogs (#53) are way too low.
I would think White people would like cats better than dogs. What other culture treats cats the way White people do?
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#9 Post by silvercamaro » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:35 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:I'm sorry, but this list won't do. They are pretty close to the mark with Coffee at #1, but Dogs (#53) are way too low.
I would think White people would like cats better than dogs. What other culture treats cats the way White people do?
Confucious is said to have cut off the flowing sleeve of his kimono rather than disturb the cat that had settled down to sleep on top of it. I have loved my cats, but I never destroyed any part of my wardrobe on their behalf.

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#10 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:37 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:I'm sorry, but this list won't do. They are pretty close to the mark with Coffee at #1, but Dogs (#53) are way too low.
I would think White people would like cats better than dogs. What other culture treats cats the way White people do?
I guess that would depend on how you categorize the ancient Egyptians
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#11 Post by AnnieCamaro » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:59 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
I guess that would depend on how you categorize the ancient Egyptians
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#12 Post by tanstaafl2 » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:48 pm

Not a very accurate reflection of me. In the top 20 only two have any immediate appeal to me.

I guess it is a good thing I am more of a light brown than white...
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#13 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:02 am

Looks like I have to give up my white card.

Wonder what other group would be willing to give me a card.

Old Farts, maybe?

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#14 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:06 am

I've found only 7 things on that list that I like.

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#15 Post by andrewjackson » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:40 am

I guess I'm White on balance. Things that apply/appeal to me:

* #87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
* #86 Shorts
* #84 T-Shirts
* #81 Graduate School
* #79 Modern Furniture
* #78 Multilingual Children
* #76 Bottles of Water
* #73 Gentrification
* #72 Study Abroad
* #71 Being the only white person around
* #67 Standing Still at Concerts
* #66 Divorce
* #65 Co-Ed Sports
* #64 Recycling
* #63 Expensive Sandwiches
* #61 Bicycles
* #56 Lawyers
* #55 Apologies
* #53 Dogs
* #52 Sarah Silverman
* #51 Living by the Water
* #50 Irony
* #46 The Sunday New York Times
* #45 Asian Fusion Food
* #44 Public Radio
* #43 Plays
* #39 Netflix
* #38 Arrested Development
* #37 Renovations
* #36 Breakfast Places
* #35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
* #34 Architecture
* #30 Wrigley Field
* #23 Microbreweries
* #19 Traveling
* #18 Awareness
* #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
* #7 Diversity
* #4 Assists
* #3 Film Festivals

That's 40 of 88, almost half. I didn't read all the descriptions so I may be guilty of generalizations here. Like Assists. I enjoy a good assist but I have no idea what the little blurb about assists was. I have a feeling I know but I'm not going to look. And I don't have Netflix or multilingual children but I think both are good ideas.
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#16 Post by Sir_Galahad » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:31 pm

I'm waiting for the "Stuff MAWGS like" as this list looks more like the "Stuff Young White People Like." I liked this stuff years ago; now... not so much. I don't even get a tingle until after #25.
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#17 Post by Appa23 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:40 pm

Sir_Galahad wrote:I'm waiting for the "Stuff MAWGS like" as this list looks more like the "Stuff Young White People Like." I liked this stuff years ago; now... not so much. I don't even get a tingle until after #25.
See, I would say that it is a list poking fun at what pseudo-intellectual white liberals like.

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#18 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:48 pm

I only hit 19 out of 89 so far

* #89 St. Patrick’s Day
* #86 Shorts
* #84 T-Shirts
* #78 Multilingual Children
* #77 Musical Comedy
* #65 Co-Ed Sports
* #61 Bicycles
* #53 Dogs
* #43 Plays
* #40 Apple Products
* #39 Netflix
* #35 Colbert Report
* #30 Wrigley Field
* #24 Wine
* #23 Microbreweries
* #16 Gifted Children
* #13 Tea
* #11 Asian Girls
* #4 Assists
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