Stuff White People Like
Now we like to think of ourselves as two people who are very inclusive, we push the boundaries of convention, and we try to break out of the molds of the stereotypes that we find ourselves boxed in.
However, yesterday Debbi came across this really funny blog: Stuff White People Like. It's only been in existence for 2 months, and there are already 87 posts on what defines white people (albeit it's probably only white people between the ages of 20-35). Looking through the full list we find that between the two of us 67/87 of these things apply (or did apply at some point) to us. This means that we are 77% white. Geesh! Maybe we are more run-of-the-mill, white bread, plain jane, ordinary, vanilla, regular white people than we realize.
- #87 Outdoor Performance Clothes ✔
- #86 Shorts ✔
- #85 The Wire ✘
- #84 T-Shirts ✔
- #83 Bad Memories of High School ✔
- #82 Hating Corporations ✔
- #81 Graduate School ✔ (well Debbi's strongly considering anyway)
- #80 The Idea of Soccer ✘
- #79 Modern Furniture ✔
- #78 Multilingual Children ✔ (err, someday maybe)
- #77 Musical Comedy ✔
- #76 Bottles of Water ✔
- #75 Threatening to Move to Canada ✔ (or back to Canada)
- #74 Oscar Parties ✔
- #73 Gentrification (Yeah we've lived in Bankview, Inglewood, and Conought, but everyone else there is white too)
- #72 Study Abroad ✔
- #71 Being the only white person around ✔
- #70 Difficult Breakups ✔
- #69 Mos Def ✘ (Mos who?)
- #68 Michel Gondry ✔
- #67 Standing Still at Concerts ✔
- #66 Divorce ✘
- #65 Co-Ed Sports ✘
- #64 Recycling ✔
- #63 Expensive Sandwiches ✔
- #62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People ✔
- #61 Bicycles ✔
- #60 Toyota Prius ✔
- #59 Natural Medicine ✔
- #58 Japan ✔ (No Hong Kong is not in Japan, but there are several cultural similarities)
- #57 Juno ✔
- #56 Lawyers ✔ (we're not really into lawyers, but we certainly do over analyze things)
- #55 Apologies ✔
- #54 Kitchen Gadgets ✔
- #53 Dogs ✔
- #52 Sarah Silverman ✘ (Sarah who?)
- #51 Living by the Water ✔
- #50 Irony ✔
- #49 Vintage ✔
- #48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops ✔
- #47 Arts Degrees ✔
- #46 The Sunday New York Times ✘ (maybe we would be if we didn't live on the exact opposite side of the world)
- #45 Asian Fusion Food ✔
- #44 Public Radio ✔
- #43 Plays ✔
- #42 Sushi ✔
- #41 Indie Music ✔
- #40 Apple Products ✔
- #39 Netflix ✘ (given the lack of late fees in Canada, there was really no need)
- #38 Arrested Development ✘ (Arrested who?)
- #37 Renovations ✘ (This is more our parents' domain)
- #36 Breakfast Places ✔ ✔
- #35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report ✔
- #34 Architecture ✔
- #33 Marijuana ✘
- #32 Vegan/Vegetarianism ✔
- #31 Snowboarding ✘
- #30 Wrigley Field ✘
- #29 80s Night ✔
- #28 Not having a TV ✔
- #27 Marathons ✘
- #26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!) ✔
- #25 David Sedaris ✘ (David who?)
- #24 Wine ✔
- #23 Microbreweries ✔
- #22 Having Two Last Names ✔
- #21 Writers Workshops ✔
- #20 Being an expert on YOUR culture ✔
- #19 Traveling ✔
- #18 Awareness ✔
- #17 Hating their Parents ✘
- #16 Gifted Children ✘ (one step at a time)
- #15 Yoga ✔
- #14 Having Black Friends (We're from Alberta, does having Asian friends count?)
- #13 Tea ✔
- #12 Non-Profit Organizations ✔
- #11 Asian Girls ✘
- #10 Wes Anderson Movies ✔
- #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside ✔ (At least one of us does...)
- #8 Barack Obama ✔
- #7 Diversity ✔
- #6 Organic Food ✔
- #5 Farmer’s Markets ✔
- #4 Assists ✔
- #3 Film Festivals ✔
- #2 Religions their parents don’t belong to ✘
- #1 Coffee ✔
Skype
Freenode
I love it.
#90 Dinner Parties
#89 St. Patrick’s Day
#88 Having Gay Friends
This guy has us pegged!
-dave
Hmmm I seem to be 57% white, but the last time I checked...
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