Do You Live in a Bubble Quiz?

[ieoeja]

59. I scored 74 and still say some of this is back fucking asswards.

The author goes on to show a massive lack of knowledge about much that he considers "outside" the bubble. They didn't give his score, but I'm thinking it must have been in the single digits!

- Lived in non-white collar community all my life even though I am white collar myself.

- Grew up in blue collar family. Given that most people I grew up with stayed there and know little of the outside world even to the point of saying things like, "suburbs and the city are the same thing," and, "you must be really brave to live in the city," how in the fuck do those people qualify as outside a bubble while those of us who have experienced a wider array of living including time spent living in a large city full of people with different ways of thinking are considered inside a bubble? WTF?!?

- Grew up on a farm.

- Poor as a child. Poor as an adult. Wealthier than most now.

- Walked factory floors. Not related to my full-time employment, but has been to a small business I own on the side. I answered "not related".

- Hurt after working (see: grew up on a farm)

- No evangelical friends. I now have evangelical family, but not when growing up. And I avoid them.

- I have friends with different political ideology when the last person they heard speak happened to be Republican. If that person was a Democrat then they we have the same ideology until they hear a Republican speak again. Seriously. There are a lot of people like this. And, sadly, they vote.

- I had friends who seldom got better than Cs. I have no idea if they tried hard. I went the assumption they did.

- Almost 100% of my friends smoke.

- All five military insignia

- I knew Jimmy Johnson was a Dallas Cowboys owner and thought I had heard of a NASCAR driver by that name, but stayed with the consolation prize. I have never purchased Avon products though I always received them as gifts as a child (eww) so figured I would cheat on that one.

- I have a trailer for my car instead of a pickup. Good enough for a yes in my book. The idiot who developed this is too far inside a bubble to understand.

- I'm a Miller High Life drinker. And will admit to being a bit put off by the people who keep making jokes about that fact.

- I don't fish, but have taken the child fishing. So yes to that one, I guess.

- I have eaten at all of these restaurants, but I don't recall eating at any of them in the last year simply because none of these are near where I live, work or play. There is another pancake house chain nearby, so I put my dozen visits for that under Waffle House. On the other hand, wealthy suburbanites loves them some pancake houses (not sure why), so the point he was trying to make is likely to get lost. For that matter, pretty much all the stuff I saw on this are restaurants my suburbanite co-workers frequent. Doofus really missed the boat on this one.

- Participated in sports for a time. However, the farm kept me too busy to letter, not because I was "aloof". So doofus strikes out again.

- No Kiwanis, Rotary or union locals. And in rural communities where Kiwanis and Rotary "are more influential" they are also the domain for the local rich snobs. Doofus just keeps on swinging for the fences and missing. On the flip side I practically grew up in the American Legion and VFW which is where the non-snobs hung out. Doofus is hopelessly ignorant.

- I don't think I have ever participated in a parade. Too bad Doofus didn't include 4-H. But then he has probably never heard of 4-H despite many counties having 4-H faires rather than county faires.

- Worn a uniform as busboy on one job then as a dishwasher on another.

- Ridden Greyhound. And have hitchiked on several occasions.

- Movies at the theatre: Iron Man 2, True Grit and the King's Speech.

- No TV series

- I watched all of Oprah a handful of times in my life early in her career.

- "Branson" means big entertainment center to me. Never been.