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Zeeb
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Apr 21, 2008 , 01:58 PM
 
Fun to read even if you're not white! I found this list to be disturbingly accurate and hilarious. I have determined that irregardless of my actual race I am approximately 65% white.

In particular, check out #40

Link: http://http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-people-like/
     
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Apr 21, 2008 , 02:07 PM
 
They could at least have provided a picture of the headquarters for #48. It's an amazing place.

For the record, I ain't that white-and from that list, it's pretty obvious. I do like some entries, but I've never been to San Francisco, I'm not moving to Canada (ever-nothin' but love, guys, but it's not home), I'm a Honda fan, and (GASP!) I'm not personal fan of weed. I do like coffee, though, so I must have something going for me.
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Apr 21, 2008 , 02:14 PM
 
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Oisín
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Apr 21, 2008 , 02:30 PM
 
Despite being so white I’m almost pink, I am apparently only about 37 per cent white by these standards.

I have determined that irregardless of my actual race I am approximately 65% white.
Please tell me that one was on purpose?
     
Paco500
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Apr 21, 2008 , 02:47 PM
 
I'm about 60% white myself.
     
MacosNerd
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Apr 21, 2008 , 02:56 PM
 
I wonder if I created a blog, how black are you and started putting stereotypical stuff down, how much of an uproar that would have created.
     
Zeeb
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:01 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacosNerd View Post
I wonder if I created a blog, how black are you and started putting stereotypical stuff down, how much of an uproar that would have created.
There's probably one somewhere actually. Find it and start a thread!
     
olePigeon
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:03 PM
 
Originally Posted by Zeeb View Post
I have determined that irregardless of my actual race I am approximately 65% white...
Or related to George Bush.
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Dakar the Fourth
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:09 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacosNerd View Post
I wonder if I created a blog, how black are you and started putting stereotypical stuff down, how much of an uproar that would have created.
So are you actually offended, or are you bitching for the sake of doing so?
     
Oisín
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
Or related to George Bush.
Hey, I did that one already! Find your own grammatical faux pas to quip about!
     
Dakar the Fourth
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:13 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Hey, I did that one already! Find your own grammatical faux pas to quip about!
No need to go nuke-ular about it.
     
brassplayersrock²
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:17 PM
 
"how much is a bRazillion?"
(Last edited by brassplayersrock² : Apr 21, 2008 at 03:22 PM (Reason:blasted R))
     
lpkmckenna
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:18 PM
 
Well, I guess I'm not very white. I like coffee, tea, sushi, and t-shirts. Everything else I'm either bored by or lukewarm too. (I mean, I'll watch the Colbert Report, but I estimate that I watch it less than once a month.)
     
Oisín
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:19 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
No need to go nuke-ular about it.
Now you’re just grasping at straws.

"how much is a bazillion?"
Half of an eleventillion.
     
brassplayersrock²
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:22 PM
 
damn, i didn't put the r in there
     
Zeeb
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:30 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Despite being so white I’m almost pink, I am apparently only about 37 per cent white by these standards.

"I have determined that irregardless of my actual race I am approximately 65% white."

Please tell me that one was on purpose?
Hey man, this is the era of NO LABELS. I can be biologically white but my soul can be Black, Hispanic, Native American or whatever pop culture tells me I can be at any one moment.
     
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:42 PM
 
Originally Posted by Zeeb View Post
Hey man, this is the era of NO LABELS. I can be biologically white but my soul can be Black, Hispanic, Native American or whatever pop culture tells me I can be at any one moment.
The fact that you appear not to have immediately deciphered what my pseudo-condescending witticism was directed at leads me to believe, sadly, that it was not on purpose.

Luckily, olePigeon is cruder and less subtle than I, and has doubtless instilled some sense in you.
     
Zeeb
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Apr 21, 2008 , 03:51 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
The fact that you appear not to have immediately deciphered what my pseudo-condescending witticism was directed at leads me to believe, sadly, that it was not on purpose.

Luckily, olePigeon is cruder and less subtle than I, and has doubtless instilled some sense in you.
What does "pseudo-condescending witticism" mean? I wish I was related to George Bush, then I'd be rich.
     
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Apr 21, 2008 , 04:37 PM
 
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Chuckit
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Apr 21, 2008 , 05:03 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacosNerd View Post
I wonder if I created a blog, how black are you and started putting stereotypical stuff down, how much of an uproar that would have created.
It's actually quite common for people to take some group they belong to and make a "You might be an X if…" list. I've seen it for white people, Mexicans, zookeepers, grad students and a bunch of other groups. This is basically a more sarcastic variant.
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Apr 21, 2008 , 05:22 PM
 
According to the list I am only 22% white.

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Mithras
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Apr 21, 2008 , 05:37 PM
 
I score 49/95 = 51% white.