But I was looking over the list today, and some of these are really funny. My favorites include:
104. Unpaid internships
88. Having gay friends
87. Outdoor performance clothes
82. Hating corporations (this makes me think of Ryan)
67. Standing still at concerts (oh, and I am busting a gut on this one... so true)
62. Knowing what's best for poor people
60. Toyota Prius (it's Jacob!)
57. Juno (hey, I love that movie)
49. Vintage (Chris' favorite phrase: shabby chic)
44. Public radio (it's Jacob again!)
35. The Daily Show/Colbert Report (consider me white)
23. Microbreweries (oh Jacob, you're apparently as white as they come...)
17. Hating their parents
12. Non-profit organizations
9. Making you feel bad about not going outside (this makes me think of Mickey, but I totally agree)
1. Coffee (oh, dubbed white again!)
Some of them don't make sense or make me think "I don't care what culture you come from, this is important," or "Seriously?" These include:
99. Grammar
94. Free healthcare (really? Does the average white person expect free healthcare?)
80. The idea of soccer (???)
75. Threatening to move to Canada (I mean, only if there's a draft and you threaten to take my husband away...)
51. Living by the water (Do you have to be white to not fear drowning? Not sure I get this one.)
36. Breakfast places (Have you been to Waffle House?)
11. Asian girls (what the...)
8. Barack Obama (The reasoning here is so that we won't seem racist. What about the fact that the other option would almost be a repeat of what we already have, and clearly that's not working out so well?)
So this is an interesting list. Look over it for a good laugh when you get a chance. You can click on each listing and get the guy's explanation of why this is stuff white people like. There is a quiz on the site, but it's directly linked to Facebook. So I'm not sure you can take it unless you have a Facebook account. My score was 54 percent. Apparently, I'm in the "shorts wearing" category of whiteness. There's also an "expensive sandwich eating" category and a "Prius driving" category. Enjoy!
8 comments:
I posted a parody of this on my blog back in the spring because the stereotype they're using is the college educated urban liberals. Where I live I'm the only one who fits any of these even though I'm not even suburban. I did a bunch of "What Real White People Like" based on redneck and white trash stereotypes that fit most of the white people I know.
I think if you put enough things on your list, there will be something that everyone can identify with.
I love that site. I am beyond white. The one about people wearing scarves was written about me, I think. ;)
Oops - that last comment was from me. I forgot I was on my mom's computer :)
I had seen that site before, but it is funny.
For the record, I remember being still at only one concert and that was Over the Rhine. All the other ones were head-dancing city. (When you just bob your head in time to the music ... come to think of it, head-dancing should be on that list.)
Guilty. I'm all about standing still at concerts.
I have no idea what No. 87 is talking about: outdoor performance clothes?
Oh. OK, I looked it up. Like that Northface jacket you bought me. I just think it's a comfortable jacket, and I would wear it to work -- if work were outside my house, that is.
Stupid list. Nutella should be on the list. White yuppies love their Nutella.
That list should just be called "Portland."
Though I think Portland itself is actually on the list somewhere, too... maybe just in the book.
It baffles me that if white people love grammar so much, why can't 98 percent of them use it?
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