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18. I scored 67

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 02:33 PM

Apr 2012

and I've been all over the place, teaching at a university, working a lathe in a furniture factory, software engineer for 3 different major video game companies, aerodynamics engineer at a NASA contractor, and handyman/electrician at a cattle feed lot in Colorado, not to mention pizza delivery and venetian blind repair while in college and running a paper baler at night in a recycling center while getting my first MS degree. I've lived in a 4500 sq-ft house in the hills overlooking San Fransisco Bay, with stables and horses for my kids, and later for several years in a run down two room motel/apartment in rural Oregon where most of my neighbors didn't speak English.

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Do You Live in a Bubble Quiz? [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2012 OP

I scored 64. nt TheWraith Apr 2012 #1

Weirdly accurate Proud Public Servant Apr 2012 #2

So you never go fishing, eat at Applebees, or snooper2 Apr 2012 #3

I eat at none those restaurants on the list and only drink Ichingcarpenter Apr 2012 #4

Why are we posting Charles Murray (author of "The Bell Curve") here on DU? CreekDog Apr 2012 #38

OK.... fine Ichingcarpenter Apr 2012 #55

Thanks, though there is nothing intellectual about it CreekDog Apr 2012 #74

.. TransitJohn Apr 2012 #102

Nope, and I don't Proud Public Servant Apr 2012 #6

They should really change the questions up... snooper2 Apr 2012 #28

I want to see the opposite quiz Proud Public Servant Apr 2012 #34

How about, when you hear the word "Scallops" snooper2 Apr 2012 #60

I scored a 67 get the red out Apr 2012 #5

I think that's the gated community syndrome Ichingcarpenter Apr 2012 #17

And yet, there were no questions about housing. gkhouston Apr 2012 #84

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2012 #48

27 here. I guess I'm pretty isolated. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #7

I'll join you Retrograde Apr 2012 #16

I scored a 39 Whiskeytide Apr 2012 #8

50 nt Mojorabbit Apr 2012 #9

I scored a 54. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2012 #10

Did it a month or two ago. Got a 38 RZM Apr 2012 #11

I didn't know how to answer that OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #62

Oh, really? Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #67

59 nt pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #12

scored 51 justabob Apr 2012 #13

same regards upside down assumptions. . . n/t annabanana Apr 2012 #101

40 tk2kewl Apr 2012 #14

Hmmm.. Xyzse Apr 2012 #15

I scored 67 Speck Tater Apr 2012 #18

I'm like you high education, factory working, criminal court coordinator for Houston Ichingcarpenter Apr 2012 #27

62 but I don't fit any of the score range descriptions which seem to have a lot to do with ... Scuba Apr 2012 #19

48 Go Vols Apr 2012 #20

Or a NASCAR driver... ohheckyeah Apr 2012 #23

first names spelled differently I think ctaylors6 Apr 2012 #61

39 but I have no clue what that's supposed to mean. I do know my friends in the hood consider me a Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2012 #21

I got a 69 ohheckyeah Apr 2012 #22

84 Cirque du So-What Apr 2012 #24

Maybe it was my answers, but I didn't see an attempt to separate "wealthy" from "educated". gkhouston Apr 2012 #25

36. I wonder where that is on the Bell Curve... JHB Apr 2012 #26

I scored a 69... one_voice Apr 2012 #29

I got a 76 Larry Ogg Apr 2012 #30

Could we get some more records other than mine so Ichingcarpenter Apr 2012 #31

54... WCGreen Apr 2012 #32

Backgrounds sound very dissimilar, yet I got 54 as well. n/t Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #47

I scored a 37 RebelOne Apr 2012 #33

65 here. Bake Apr 2012 #35

Living for the whisky wine and gin Ichingcarpenter Apr 2012 #40

Oops. Only got 19. crazylikafox Apr 2012 #36

This is bullshit, no offense...this is stating American culture as something it's not CreekDog Apr 2012 #37

IMO, it's an attempt to undermine the 1%/99% meme. gkhouston Apr 2012 #39

Agreed -- Mr. Bell Curve obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #49

Charles Murray? Of the Bell Curve? MineralMan Apr 2012 #41

36 nt steve2470 Apr 2012 #42

74, WOW! My past life experience REALLY shape who I am now. I think God for them, I no longer live.. uponit7771 Apr 2012 #43

I got a 52. I grew up in one of the wealthiest towns in Connecticut. Jennicut Apr 2012 #44

I think it's your last sentence that, .... uponit7771 Apr 2012 #45

I went to high school with kids who had BMWs. Jennicut Apr 2012 #53

Ouch spinbaby Apr 2012 #46

+18 mainer Apr 2012 #50

You're good people Iching. sudopod Apr 2012 #51

I got a 63. Average middle class. jwirr Apr 2012 #52

The questions are based on conservative talking points One of the 99 Apr 2012 #54

42, but honestly I don't understand his method. ceile Apr 2012 #56

Good question. gkhouston Apr 2012 #58

Interesting quiz bongbong Apr 2012 #57

I scored 74 and still say some of this is back fucking asswards. ieoeja Apr 2012 #59

I got an 85 which must be near impossible seeing i never served in the military. slampoet Apr 2012 #63

77 for me, but some of the questions were unfair SoCalDem Apr 2012 #64

I scored 43, Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #65

Someone needs to tell Murray he got this mixed up with gkhouston Apr 2012 #66

Indeed. Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #69

Hmmmm....8 FreeJoe Apr 2012 #68

8? Motown_Johnny Apr 2012 #73

My answers FreeJoe Apr 2012 #98

I got an 11 for reasons mirroring yours. Lucky Luciano Apr 2012 #106

67 MuseRider Apr 2012 #70

I scored in the 11-80 range ... GeorgeGist Apr 2012 #71

57 Motown_Johnny Apr 2012 #72

There was no way to distiguish between respondents who have political gkhouston Apr 2012 #76

I think that if you answered yes then you must have visited Japan. Motown_Johnny Apr 2012 #80

Yeah, didn't notice that question. gkhouston Apr 2012 #81

Hell, I used to make beer runs into Canada Motown_Johnny Apr 2012 #83

I think this test needs to be fine tuned. hedgehog Apr 2012 #75

The questions about movies... gkhouston Apr 2012 #77

47 Rex Apr 2012 #78

I got only 28 points. DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #79

They really need to fix some of the questions jeff47 Apr 2012 #82

Proud to score a 26 on this right winger's idea of what our culture is. Bluenorthwest Apr 2012 #85

good observation and one of the few here that picked up on Murray's BS poll CreekDog Apr 2012 #109

Is this Charles Murray of 'The Bell Curve' LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #86

Yes -- Mr. Blacks Are Not As Intelligent As Whites obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #91

48 bigwillq Apr 2012 #87

Interesting that there's no apparent range for people going down the ladder, only up. n/t gkhouston Apr 2012 #88

Got a 44 BoWanZi Apr 2012 #89

61 MrScorpio Apr 2012 #90

21 Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #92

58. I think I lost points because of the absence of a TV. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #93

56 MrSlayer Apr 2012 #94

Charles "Black people are stupid" Murray? FUCK HIM! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #95

dude, it's AEI. NuttyFluffers Apr 2012 #96

56 Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #97

The stereotypes involved in the quiz are astounding. janx Apr 2012 #99

44 for me Canuckistanian Apr 2012 #100

Me too. I scored a 46. n/t Cleita Apr 2012 #108

I actually do, but I don't need a test to tell me. Cleita Apr 2012 #103

Got an 87, but I don't understand his scoring method... countryjake Apr 2012 #104

23 treestar Apr 2012 #105

Scored a 71, nt Broken_Hero Apr 2012 #107

More pseudo-science from Mr. Bell Curve. retread Apr 2012 #110

46, but I'm not particular about beer. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2012 #111

8. But I don't live in a bubble. Tracer Apr 2012 #112