General Discussion

SteveG

(3,109 posts)

40. between 9 & 12

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Sun Mar 10, 2013, 05:14 PM

Mar 2013

Last edited Sun Mar 10, 2013, 09:27 PM - Edit history (1)

On a scale from 0 to 20 points, where 20 signifies full engagement with mainstream American culture and 0 signifies deep cultural isolation within the new upper class bubble, you scored between 9 and 12.

In other words, even if you're part of the new upper class, you've had a lot of exposure to the rest of America.

Hey, I'm known to hang out in dive bars, I've worked as a ditch digger, a janitor and a Carpenter as well as a teacher and IT specialist. That's why I'm a liberal.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

130 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How Thick Is Your Bubble? [View all] proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 OP

Between 9 and12 rustydog Mar 2013 #1

Between 9 and 12. Jim__ Mar 2013 #2

Result cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #3

Same as YOU! PearliePoo2 Mar 2013 #12

That's what I got too. proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #29

I don't want to be fully engaged with mainstream American culture alarimer Mar 2013 #63

Between 5 and 8. Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #4

Me too, Comrade XemaSab Mar 2013 #32

I also got between 5 and 8 mrsadm Mar 2013 #103

Me too! But if they referred to Denny's Euphoria Mar 2013 #104

Same here treestar Mar 2013 #128

Between 13 and 16... ret5hd Mar 2013 #5

Right with you... Agschmid Mar 2013 #70

that's me too Skittles Mar 2013 #76

Me too! n/t phylny Mar 2013 #83

Between 9 and 12 BlueJazz Mar 2013 #6

Yeah, I got between 9 and 12 too. fasttense Mar 2013 #106

Ruh roh aristocles Mar 2013 #7

Oh, you are OK. Perhaps occupying the White House is not in your cards question everything Mar 2013 #27

Me, too. And somehow, life will go on. WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2013 #35

Well, apparently... pipi_k Mar 2013 #8

my score as well VanillaRhapsody Mar 2013 #34

Clearly an AEI product. That is, it was written annabanana Mar 2013 #9

^^^ This. ^^^ Iggo Mar 2013 #115

Between 9 and 12. Control-Z Mar 2013 #10

I find a lot of those markers to be so simplistic as to be useless. Brickbat Mar 2013 #11

Agreed oberliner Mar 2013 #14

i agree with you olddots Mar 2013 #101

Bad quiz Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #13

I would argue that socioeconomics creates cultural groups proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #30

But so does geography. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #33

Yup nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #50

Yes, being urban and western kiva Mar 2013 #61

^^^ this ^^^ TDale313 Mar 2013 #129

Yep. Iggo Mar 2013 #117

Exactly my problem with it. annabanana Mar 2013 #56

Thank you. SheilaT Mar 2013 #87

Yes too many questions are conditioned on multiple correlated criteria HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #108

I think BO 08 Mar 2013 #15

Does high school band / 4th of July count? Demeter Mar 2013 #19

They aren't excluded. They are among the parades JDPriestly Mar 2013 #86

Labor was included in one of the questions: freshwest Mar 2013 #97

Q0: Are you white? toddaa Mar 2013 #16

I scored between 13 and 16 hunter Mar 2013 #17

Thicker than my skin Demeter Mar 2013 #18

You scored between 5 and 8. sakabatou Mar 2013 #20

Between 13 and 16 kairos12 Mar 2013 #21

Between 9 and 12 ..... oldhippie Mar 2013 #22

Same here. freshwest Mar 2013 #98

Apparently I don't have one tularetom Mar 2013 #23

'inspired by'. though anything with aei involved in any way is suspect. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #51

Between 5 and 8 question everything Mar 2013 #24

Question for you, question... Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #122

13 to 16 cliffordu Mar 2013 #25

Between 13-16 B2G Mar 2013 #26

between 5-8, but this test doesn't measure empathy, nor an open mind. unblock Mar 2013 #28

13-16 nt Broken_Hero Mar 2013 #31

5-8 sweetNsassy Mar 2013 #36

9-12 nt Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #37

No bubble here. ohheckyeah Mar 2013 #38

Hmm ... ananda Mar 2013 #39

I would respectfully contend pipi_k Mar 2013 #45

between 9 & 12 SteveG Mar 2013 #40

I don't have a bubble. murielm99 Mar 2013 #41

"you scored between 9 and 12." LWolf Mar 2013 #42

Between 9 and 12 union_maid Mar 2013 #43

13-16, "You don't even have a bubble." Robb Mar 2013 #44

I need to go buy a pickup to break out of my cultural isolation... FarCenter Mar 2013 #46

A pickup truck can be a very useful vehicle. ... spin Mar 2013 #130

Seems flawed. MyshkinCommaPrince Mar 2013 #47

it's not really about income, it's about contact with people who don't fit the upper middle white HiPointDem Mar 2013 #49

Seems like... MyshkinCommaPrince Mar 2013 #54

All this did was make me angry with myself for taking a stupid AEI quiz. KittyWampus Mar 2013 #55

I agree, it is flawed. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #91

Apparently the source has an agenda MyshkinCommaPrince Mar 2013 #93

Yup. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #94

13-16 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #48

Charles Murray - Bush apologist and libertarian fruitloop GoneOffShore Mar 2013 #52

AEI? Charles Murray? Union Scribe Mar 2013 #53

IDK, but sounds repuke to me... CATO and others touted now. freshwest Mar 2013 #99

Sylvia Plath forgives you rucky Mar 2013 #105

Shit, sorry Ms. Plath lol. nt Union Scribe Mar 2013 #125

I don't even have a bubble.... Th1onein Mar 2013 #57

5 - 8 applegrove Mar 2013 #58

Lost me at Charles Murray tjwash Mar 2013 #59

13-16 but the test is significantly bunk and one might score damn near 20 and be bubble boy too TheKentuckian Mar 2013 #60

The scoring in this quiz should be reversed, Mr. Bell Curve. kwassa Mar 2013 #62

I live in a "bubble" of my own making, but I score high. hunter Mar 2013 #79

I've been around a lot of the stuff ... kwassa Mar 2013 #80

5-8, and I have no desire to go hunting or fishing, watch NASCAR Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #64

I scored between 0-4 and I'm proud of it. alarimer Mar 2013 #65

Mine was between 9-12, which I don't have a problem with Heddi Mar 2013 #66

9-12 apparently. bemildred Mar 2013 #67

More Libertarian Tripe? nt msanthrope Mar 2013 #68

This quiz is inspired by American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray's new book, ronnie624 Mar 2013 #92

0 to 4 FreeJoe Mar 2013 #69

Thanks for posting very fun! Kick. Agschmid Mar 2013 #71

9 and 12 nt frogmarch Mar 2013 #72

Between 9 and 12 Generic Brad Mar 2013 #73

Between 9 and 12 Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #74

I got 64 snooper2 Mar 2013 #75

I disagree with that last question about hanging out w/smokers. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #77

Between 9 and 12. MrSlayer Mar 2013 #78

Between 9 and 12. n/t Adsos Letter Mar 2013 #81

Between 5 and 8. Apophis Mar 2013 #82

"At least 17" was my score stevenleser Mar 2013 #84

Between 5 and 8. n/t Greybnk48 Mar 2013 #85

If I'm 9-12, the test is inaccurate. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #88

i haven't got one :shrug: Scout Mar 2013 #89

0-4 Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #90

Between 5 and 8. Doc_Technical Mar 2013 #95

Apparently, I wasn't indulging in enough consumerism/entertainment to be mainstream. freshwest Mar 2013 #96

between 5 and 8. AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #100

"...even if you're part of the new upper class..." Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #102

So not drinking beer and hanging out with smokers puts me in an Codeine Mar 2013 #107

0 - 4 Tracer Mar 2013 #109

Watching a Transformers movie and knowing who the Nascar guy is.. LeftinOH Mar 2013 #110

Between 5 and 8 Aerows Mar 2013 #111

I don't have a bubble. Javaman Mar 2013 #112

9 to 12...must watch *more* NASCAR... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2013 #113

5 and 8... though I thought a few questions were unfair/debatable. READ PLEASE MillennialDem Mar 2013 #114

0 to 4. What's a bubble? nt GliderGuider Mar 2013 #116

Are you an elitist snob? el_bryanto Mar 2013 #118

My result: 99Forever Mar 2013 #119

I played Mr Bigo.... I mean Murray's little game and this is what I got:: Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2013 #120

No bubble Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #121

5-8 and proud of it! sylvanus Mar 2013 #123

Errrrrrr . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #124

this is an attempt to revive the red state / blue state narrative Enrique Mar 2013 #126

The AEI would be afraid of that. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #127