tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7970632994893376585..comments2024-03-28T19:03:29.667-05:00Comments on Althouse: A "yoga-practicing, public-radio-listening, Wrigley Field-visiting, Wes Anderson-movie-watching, Arrested Development-championing white dude"...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78847153882531501682008-03-18T21:27:00.000-05:002008-03-18T21:27:00.000-05:00I agree that the blog is funny and is not so much ...I agree that the blog is funny and is not so much pointed at white people but to upper middle class white liberal yuppies.<BR/><BR/>As a resident of liberal yuppie hell (and pretty much the only person in my neighborhood who admits to being a Republican other than the guy with the McCain sign) I think it has my neighbors pegged out well.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64949848845167527722008-03-18T21:20:00.000-05:002008-03-18T21:20:00.000-05:00500 square feet studios start at about 1 million.500 square feet studios start at about 1 million.titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831657388711519583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83149433171851493932008-03-18T21:12:00.001-05:002008-03-18T21:12:00.001-05:00most expensive real estate that is.most expensive real estate that is.titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831657388711519583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19759206026670776662008-03-18T21:12:00.000-05:002008-03-18T21:12:00.000-05:00The Upper East Side has the most expensive in NYC ...The Upper East Side has the most expensive in NYC and that says quite a bit.titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831657388711519583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91948831501602477902008-03-18T21:11:00.000-05:002008-03-18T21:11:00.000-05:00Don't apologize AJ. The statement you made could ...Don't apologize AJ. The statement you made could be effective you just got the wrong zip code and as a result it lost it's punch.<BR/><BR/>Buck up little guy. <BR/><BR/>Upper East Side is the zip code that gives republicans most of their money in the US. The Podhoretz and Kristols are famous upper east siders. But then again so is Woody Allen.titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831657388711519583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35853471987890207802008-03-18T21:03:00.000-05:002008-03-18T21:03:00.000-05:00Sorry Titus but I am afraid I am uneducable. Plus ...Sorry Titus but I am afraid I am uneducable. Plus I am a dope.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90824451273555183052008-03-18T20:47:00.000-05:002008-03-18T20:47:00.000-05:00AJ Lynch I have mentioned this before but if you a...AJ Lynch I have mentioned this before but if you are going to use the Manhattan analogy you can't use "upper east side". Yes, the upper east side has many liberals living in it but the upper east side is known for being the conservative area of Manhattan.<BR/><BR/>In order for your statement to have any relevance you need to change it to upper west side. That is the true liberal area.<BR/><BR/>I hate having to educate flyover country here but I will if I musttitusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831657388711519583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54358880659514172502008-03-18T20:40:00.000-05:002008-03-18T20:40:00.000-05:00"Yes we white people heck I bet all people like an..."Yes we white people heck I bet all people like and missed Reader Iam."<BR/><BR/>That is also the name of a blog coming soon to the internets near you. <BR/><BR/>BTW, After reading the NR writer review of the SWPL blog, I had a thought. They should do a post called "Humorless Scolds"- that seems to be a white thing too.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79644642810113741232008-03-18T20:25:00.000-05:002008-03-18T20:25:00.000-05:00Hey, reader's back!White People Like reader_iam, d...Hey, reader's back!<BR/><BR/>White People Like reader_iam, don't they?blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10990237610460413212008-03-18T18:56:00.000-05:002008-03-18T18:56:00.000-05:00titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplitsPlease don'...<I>titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplits</I><BR/><BR/>Please don't trip over or land on the rare clumbers, please.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81099729524497789472008-03-18T18:18:00.000-05:002008-03-18T18:18:00.000-05:00Sorry for the long hiatus from here (in case anyon...Sorry for the long hiatus from here (in case anyone actually missed me, LOL).<BR/><BR/>SWPL is a really funny blog; thanks for the tip. I found myself getting sucked into several of the posts in a rather vortex-like manner. ;-)<BR/><BR/>I especially was amused by the commenters on whom satire appears to be lost. (My brother-in-law runs a <A HRE="http://www.despair.com">company</A> that specializes in satire, and you should see the angry emails they get from time to time from people who just don't get the concept at all.)Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36354960048056044752008-03-18T18:04:00.000-05:002008-03-18T18:04:00.000-05:00It's Prairie Home Companion for people born after ...<I>It's Prairie Home Companion for people born after 1970.</I><BR/><BR/>>>>shudder<<<knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49314095002563612642008-03-18T15:44:00.000-05:002008-03-18T15:44:00.000-05:00oh but joethere are those sorts of people herein c...oh but joe<BR/>there are those sorts of people here<BR/>in cambridge mass where i hang out<BR/>i mean you dont have to live in new york<BR/>although a new yorker cant imagine that<BR/>but i still think that blog isnt funny<BR/>and my situation doesnt resemble tony soprano at all<BR/>mom here at the house is european<BR/>french specifically<BR/>so she knows a lot about ennui<BR/>which she alternates with anger<BR/>and lots of bad french words<BR/>she isnt bipolar just french<BR/>anyway my job is capturing the not so terrible food spills<BR/>of the postindustrial franco-american family<BR/>but let me tell you as a cockroach<BR/>i have zero interest in anything that says darjeeling on itblogging cockroachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899638590257384302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19693406076579567122008-03-18T14:33:00.000-05:002008-03-18T14:33:00.000-05:00It strikes me that this is not so much a list of w...It strikes me that this is not so much a list of what white people like as it is a listing of the predilections of the upper classes of our modern cities. The only folks who are comfortable with most of the items on this list were probably raised in the suburbs and now own lofts in cities like New York, (Manhattan or Brooklyn being the only acceptable boroughs)and decry the weekend invasion of their new turf by the "bridge and tunnel" types from off-island.<BR/><BR/>Those working class or lower middle class whites, wouldn't be caught dead with the Sunday Times and couldn't spot Michel Gondry in a police lineup. For those of you not familiar with anyone so dissimilar from yourself, think Tony Soprano, and imagine his reaction if you asked him whether he thought "The Darjeeling Limited" captured the terrible ennui of the postindustrial American family.Joe Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719425595034520891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33232362199353700052008-03-18T14:04:00.000-05:002008-03-18T14:04:00.000-05:00"Stuff White People like" is pretty funny. The hu..."Stuff White People like" is pretty funny. The humor is similar to something I had seen before: <A HREF="http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/index.html" REL="nofollow">Black People Love Us!</A><BR/><BR/>I find the black people love us site to have more of an edgy feeling though.dbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14188474269926348672008-03-18T13:30:00.000-05:002008-03-18T13:30:00.000-05:00titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplits said... I ...titusgrandjetewithalaybackintothesplits said... <BR/>I don't like coffee or tea though.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>We may have to investigate you. Your loyalty is now in question.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69325099383842182072008-03-18T13:23:00.000-05:002008-03-18T13:23:00.000-05:00The SWPL blog does have a good handle on lefty whi...The SWPL blog does have a good handle on lefty white folks, sort of like the NYTimes. <BR/><BR/>It's Prairie Home Companion for people born after 1970.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25825478514045515512008-03-18T12:48:00.000-05:002008-03-18T12:48:00.000-05:00If Hillary wins, I'm (#75) moving to Canada. Both ...If Hillary wins, I'm (#75) moving to Canada. Both Vancouver and Toronto provide easy access to (#6) organic produce and (#42) sushi.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44718527347770757592008-03-18T12:42:00.000-05:002008-03-18T12:42:00.000-05:00sorry that blog is not very funnyi guess its funny...sorry that blog is not very funny<BR/>i guess its funny if you think 'wait wait dont tell me' is funny<BR/>or if garrison keillor still amuses you with his warm wit and wisdom<BR/>must be something about being white and having gone to grad school<BR/>that makes those things funny<BR/><BR/>tommy the boy whose computer i use<BR/>refused to let me look at that site any longer<BR/>said he couldnt stand it<BR/>he said <A HREF="http://bitsandpieces.us/" REL="nofollow">this site</A> is funny<BR/>yes it has crazy videos and irish jokes etc<BR/>thats called funny<BR/>unless of course you have an advanced degree<BR/>or live like i do in cambridge massblogging cockroachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899638590257384302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21819369436629358792008-03-18T12:31:00.000-05:002008-03-18T12:31:00.000-05:00I found this blog about 3 weeks ago and it is funn...I found this blog about 3 weeks ago and it is funny. Turned my 26 year-old Manhattan dwelling niece onto it and she says she and many friends love it.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68019662918662162772008-03-18T12:01:00.000-05:002008-03-18T12:01:00.000-05:00"I am an urban east coaster though that makes quit..."I am an urban east coaster though that makes quite a bit of money so it that respect I am the sterotype of what red state America hates."<BR/><BR/>You would be if red state America hated urban east coasters that makes a lot of money, but since they don't, you aren't. Now if you modify that to East coaster who despises middle America and thinks civilization ends at NYC upper east side, then yeah. You then are the stereotype that red state America hates.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01892213227811281098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86395180052193349252008-03-18T11:57:00.000-05:002008-03-18T11:57:00.000-05:00I think the blogger means, stuff "well off, extrem...I think the blogger means, stuff "well off, extremely liberal" white people like. Other than coffee, there juat isn't a whole lot on that list I really like. I suspect a lot of red stater white people feel the same way.<BR/><BR/>And Shane, if you're not fond of "Co-ed sports, Outdoor performance clothes, Whole foods, Veganism, etc.", you'll fit right in.Richard Faginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578733720191838363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58766803002983895962008-03-18T11:55:00.000-05:002008-03-18T11:55:00.000-05:00I am a white guy... and I think the blog is succes...I am a white guy... and I think the blog is successful because I laugh at the stuff that applies to me just as much as the stuff where I enjoy seeing other people skewered. Just recently I bought a 400 dollar North Face jacket. I bought it partly because we had some real cold days this winter, but I'll be the first to admit I like the social acceptance it bestows. I can be as shallow as the next guy, but I try not to be hypocritical about it.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37733001693368001742008-03-18T11:27:00.000-05:002008-03-18T11:27:00.000-05:00As a non-white guy who finds the blog hilarious, I...As a non-white guy who finds the blog hilarious, I will try to explain why it's funny to me.<BR/><BR/>First, it's written as some sort of guide on how to get along with white people (mainly liberal urban yuppies), as if they are such a foreign culture to their nonwhite counterparts in America.<BR/><BR/>Second, I find the funniest posts to be about the stuff I don't see as many nonwhite people doing - Co-ed sports, Outdoor performance clothes, Whole foods, Veganism, etc. I've had conversations about these things before, in the context of "I wonder why I'm the only minority I see when I'm camping/hiking." But the conversations aren't always just about "why do white people like this?" but rather "why don't my Asian/black/latino friends do this, too?" <BR/><BR/>Still, the most amusing lines are usually the ones where the author casually mentions as an aside a thing white people like which has pretty much nothing to do with the title of the post. See, for example, the last sentence of <A HREF="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/67-co-ed-sports/" REL="nofollow">Co-ed Sports</A>.Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023519482024334644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19008285921562063282008-03-18T11:25:00.000-05:002008-03-18T11:25:00.000-05:00Holy cow what a funny site. It's easy to disagree ...Holy cow what a funny site. It's easy to disagree with this or that post but overall it's hilarious... I particularly liked this: "When engaging in a conversation about corporate evils it is important to NEVER, EVER mention Apple Computers, Target or Ikea in the same breath as the companies mentioned earlier. White people prefer to hate corporations that don’t make stuff that they like."Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.com