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Stuff White People Like
by Christian Lander
by Christian Lander
I'm one of those weirdos who usually waits until a popular blog or webcomic is in print before reading it, so these entries were all new to me. And they were pretty hilarious. I'd definitely say it's better to just browse half a dozen at a time. They get really repetitive in larger doses.
I think he struck a good balance with the jabs. He includes in enough examples of actually annoying or hypocritical behavior that you get a much higher proportion of "Oh I know someone like that! I hate him!" than "Oh crap, I do that." But it's often a sucker punch when the latter occurs, like a reference buried within an entry on a different topic. Wipes the smug right off your face.
The basic message that I got is that left-wing yuppies (what is the modern term?) are not as interested in diversity as they claim. And there's certainly no harm in making people stop and think about how well they're really living up to what they claim.
An alphabetical index in the back would have been nice.
Sample humor: "The city of San Francisco has a very multicultural population that ranges from white to gay to Asian. Within white culture this is known as 'ideal diversity' because it both provides exotic restaurants and preserves property values."
I think he struck a good balance with the jabs. He includes in enough examples of actually annoying or hypocritical behavior that you get a much higher proportion of "Oh I know someone like that! I hate him!" than "Oh crap, I do that." But it's often a sucker punch when the latter occurs, like a reference buried within an entry on a different topic. Wipes the smug right off your face.
The basic message that I got is that left-wing yuppies (what is the modern term?) are not as interested in diversity as they claim. And there's certainly no harm in making people stop and think about how well they're really living up to what they claim.
An alphabetical index in the back would have been nice.
Sample humor: "The city of San Francisco has a very multicultural population that ranges from white to gay to Asian. Within white culture this is known as 'ideal diversity' because it both provides exotic restaurants and preserves property values."
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