bubble quiz

Mrd00d · 03-02-2012, 04:37 PM

I got 37 points, + or - 1 for adding as I went and possibly losing track (though it's relative, it still leaves me in the under 40 range).

I could have gotten a lower number if I hadn't eaten at Denny's 3 times last year ... and that puts my lifetime Denny's visits at about 6, so damn. Also, I bought Coors like once because the people coming over didn't want to drink fancy schmancy beer (and I didn't want to spend that much $ on people who wouldn't appreciate it). Saw True Girt, Inception, and watch Big Bang Theory, even though I don't own a tv or go to movies :P I "lettered" in lacrosse in high school, because we started the team and there wasn't enough people to make varsity and jv, so everyone was varsity >.> We lost every single game over three years

but I got a letter (pfft and threw it away... I despise the commentary on high school sports he had... "such an important part of the culture" <--- I hope this changes over time, I think "school spirit" and all that is mumbo jumbo.)

mr dave · 03-03-2012, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

...(edit) and, lastly, Mr. Dave, you're missing the idea of the book and what the test is to show, which is how culture and class tend to go hand in hand.

I did figure that was the point but I'm not sure how the test is actually reflecting that. Same as Burning Down I'm Canadian but I don't think there's really that much difference between our nations that it would result in something so completely off the mark.

Mrd00d · 03-03-2012, 02:18 PM

Shouldn't you get negative points for knowing Nascar drivers and/or watching Dr. Phil?

**Janszoon** · 03-03-2012, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

Shouldn't you get negative points for knowing Nascar drivers and/or watching Dr. Phil?

No. Knowing NASCAR drivers and watching Dr. Phil are signs that you're less in the upper class bubble, not more. Low scores = upper class here.

Burning Down · 03-03-2012, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

Anyways, Burning Down, the average household in the USA earns $50k/annually. A single person who earns $125k/annually is upper class. (edit) So, if your father and mother combined earn ~$120k/annually, more than double the American average.... you'd be upper middle class, without doubt.

I was wrong. $85,000 is the combined household income. My mother makes WAY less than I thought she did. After she puts money into her business, pays taxes for her business and her personal taxes, her net income is only about $12,000. Too bad, she works so hard, but if she started charging $600 for each kid she'd be out of business because nobody wants to pay that for daycare. So I guess we're middle class. Cost of living is higher in Canada, though. Like, we pay more for gas (on average) than Americans do even though most of it comes from inside our borders. But I still have no idea why my score was so low. I must live under a rock or something

But like I said, my parents grew up as true working class people for the most part, and those values have been instilled in me. Stuff like "you have to work to get the things you want" etc.

mr dave · 03-05-2012, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I must live under a rock or something

I think the fact that we couldn't afford stuff like cable tv while growing up made the quiz think we were upper class due to having 'avoided' such pedestrian mainstream distractions.

I avoid eating at cheesy chain restaurants like Denny's not because I think I have a more refined palette and choose to eat fancier meals, it's because I can't afford it on a regular basis. Again the quiz would have taken that as a sign of cultural class superiority.

Whatever, broken quiz is broken.

CanwllCorfe · 03-06-2012, 09:48 PM

I got 54.

**Janszoon** · 03-06-2012, 09:50 PM

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I got a 56

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

I got 54.

'Sup social strata buddy!

ribbons · 03-09-2012, 11:56 PM

I scored a 25.

This brings me closest to the range of “A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Range: 11-80. Typical: 33.” But both of my parents were working class and I grew up in a working class neighborhood. And I am middle class now. What seems to have brought me more into the upper-middle-class range is: very low t.v. and movie viewing habits; non-rural living; never below poverty line; never worked on factory floor; no manual labor jobs; not an Evangelical Christian; no friends with whom I have wide-ranging political disagreements; no close friend who could seldom get better than Cs in high school (attended a specialized high school where the majority of students got good grades); not around cigarette smokers in last month; 1 point on the military insignia; didn’t know Jimmie Johnson of NASCAR or Dallas Cowboys; never purchased Avon products; no pickup truck; no domestic mass-market beer; no fishing; went to Denny’s once in the last year; no varsity letter, cheerleading or marching band in high school; no Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club or union hall meetings; no parades; no uniform; took long-distance buses, but no hitchhiking; and thought Branson was Richard Branson.

CanwllCorfe · 03-10-2012, 10:11 PM

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'Sup social strata buddy!

Nothing much! Geez, 56? What a redneck.

03-02-2012, 04:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	I got 37 points, + or - 1 for adding as I went and possibly losing track (though it's relative, it still leaves me in the under 40 range). I could have gotten a lower number if I hadn't eaten at Denny's 3 times last year ... and that puts my lifetime Denny's visits at about 6, so damn. Also, I bought Coors like once because the people coming over didn't want to drink fancy schmancy beer (and I didn't want to spend that much $ on people who wouldn't appreciate it). Saw True Girt, Inception, and watch Big Bang Theory, even though I don't own a tv or go to movies :P I "lettered" in lacrosse in high school, because we started the team and there wasn't enough people to make varsity and jv, so everyone was varsity >.> We lost every single game over three years but I got a letter (pfft and threw it away... I despise the commentary on high school sports he had... "such an important part of the culture" <--- I hope this changes over time, I think "school spirit" and all that is mumbo jumbo.) __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

03-03-2012, 02:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	Shouldn't you get negative points for knowing Nascar drivers and/or watching Dr. Phil? __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

03-06-2012, 09:48 PM	#17 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I got 54. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

03-09-2012, 11:56 PM	#19 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	I scored a 25. This brings me closest to the range of “A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Range: 11-80. Typical: 33.” But both of my parents were working class and I grew up in a working class neighborhood. And I am middle class now. What seems to have brought me more into the upper-middle-class range is: very low t.v. and movie viewing habits; non-rural living; never below poverty line; never worked on factory floor; no manual labor jobs; not an Evangelical Christian; no friends with whom I have wide-ranging political disagreements; no close friend who could seldom get better than Cs in high school (attended a specialized high school where the majority of students got good grades); not around cigarette smokers in last month; 1 point on the military insignia; didn’t know Jimmie Johnson of NASCAR or Dallas Cowboys; never purchased Avon products; no pickup truck; no domestic mass-market beer; no fishing; went to Denny’s once in the last year; no varsity letter, cheerleading or marching band in high school; no Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club or union hall meetings; no parades; no uniform; took long-distance buses, but no hitchhiking; and thought Branson was Richard Branson.