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What race/ethnicity are you?

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What race are you?

White/Caucasian/European
67
No votes
Black/African
0
0%
Latino/Latina/Hispanic
1
No votes
North African/Middle Eastern/Arab/Persian
0
0%
Asian (excluding Russia and the Middle East)
6
No votes
Native American/Indian/Pacific Islander (excluding the islands super close to Asia)
2
No votes
Jewish (apparently it's a race now)
1
No votes
Cosmopolitan
0
0%
Some other race or a combination of the above
14
No votes
 
Total votes : 91

Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Tyler_JC » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 16:50:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ebyss', 'I')rish.


I was going to make Irish its own category but I ran out of poll options. :cry:
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Grifter » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 16:57:11

I'm working class. Sorry.

I am slightly educated though.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby threadbear » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 16:59:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DavidFolks', '&')lt;------------- is cetacean. And is it ever a bitch to keyboard with flippers.


I'm Occidental, on porpoise.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby TheDude » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 17:31:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'A')s predicted, this website is more than 80% white (more if you include some of the people who are being clever by selecting the "some other race" option)

We've already seen evidence that this website is at least 80% men.

So now I just need to prove that the website is mostly middle and upper middle class folks and my hypothesis will be proven correct.

Namely that most peak oilers are middle class white men.


As if this site hasn't given us enough reasons to feel guilty...

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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Tyler_JC » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 17:41:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'A')s predicted, this website is more than 80% white (more if you include some of the people who are being clever by selecting the "some other race" option)

We've already seen evidence that this website is at least 80% men.

So now I just need to prove that the website is mostly middle and upper middle class folks and my hypothesis will be proven correct.

Namely that most peak oilers are middle class white men.


As if this site hasn't given us enough reasons to feel guilty...

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Why would discovering that the Peak Oil crowd is homogenous lead to guilt??
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Ludi » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 18:17:41

Homo sapiens sapiens

Pinkish color with some darkish blotches.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Grifter » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 18:28:42

:lol:

I'm kind of pink with red and dark bits. :oops:

oh well, I'd airbrush well.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby eastbay » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 18:38:16

Why would discovering that the Peak Oil crowd is homogenous lead to guilt??

Yeah, that didn't make any sense to me either, but then again, a lot of things don't make sense to me.

It's exactly the demographics one would expect. No surprise at all.

You want nearly 100% White? Go join a motorcycle posting board.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Bas » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 18:45:55

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', ':')lol:

I'm kind of pink with red and dark bits. :oops:

oh well, I'd airbrush well.


:-D

I'm kinda pink with a slight tan, and a really awkward looking whitish area at the height of my thighs/hips so I guess I must be a mixture of two races [smilie=icon_scratch.gif]
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby steam_cannon » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 19:50:19

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'Y')ou want nearly 100% White? Go join a motorcycle posting board.
Yeah, but would we fit in?

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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 't')he Peak Oil crowd is homogeneous
Well it's not like we're a death cult? Right? :lol:

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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby TheDude » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 21:06:55

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'W')hy would discovering that the Peak Oil crowd is homogenous lead to guilt??


Spoken like a true sexist pig racist homophobe, and everything else we male caucazoids are by default.

According to some anyway.

You know, sarcasm. You witch me, hom'?
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Pops » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 21:19:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'I')'m Occidental, on porpoise.

I’m accidental;

i.e. not on porpoise.

If it matters I made only enough to cover taxes last year.

But I am middle aged…. well, I would probably be considered half in the grave around here.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby steam_cannon » Tue 05 Jun 2007, 23:55:35

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'B')ut I am middle aged…. well, I would probably be considered half in the grave around here.
I wouldn't think that. Opportunity favors the prepared mind and if you understand what is going on in the world there is always something you can do.

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'T is not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,--
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Tyler_JC » Wed 06 Jun 2007, 00:08:18

Why are we talking about dolphins and poetry?

Go back to the topic that I gave you, namely, race baiting. :-D
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby threadbear » Wed 06 Jun 2007, 01:17:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'W')hy are we talking about dolphins and poetry?

Go back to the topic that I gave you, namely, race baiting. :-D


What have you got against dolphins, Tyler? I suppose it's the permanent look of mirth and the sleek appearance. And I bet someone here doesn't know how to swim very well either, huh...?
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby BastardSquad » Wed 06 Jun 2007, 01:47:14

Ok,

So 52 white guys,a Mexican,an Asian guy,2 Indians,a Jew, and 8 mutts walk into a bar........................
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby medicvet » Wed 06 Jun 2007, 02:54:51

i'm still waiting for the punchline..
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Pops » Wed 06 Jun 2007, 16:14:38

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'W')hy are we talking about dolphins and poetry?

Go back to the topic that I gave you, namely, race baiting. :-D


Well, I was born a poor Black child.

No kidding.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby lotrfan55345 » Wed 06 Jun 2007, 17:48:20

cosmooo!

i love cosmo's. i don't care if they are often have feminine connotations, they are GOOD.
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Re: What race/ethnicity are you?

Unread postby Tyler_JC » Wed 06 Jun 2007, 22:08:15

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lotrfan55345', 'c')osmooo!

i love cosmo's. i don't care if they are often have feminine connotations, they are GOOD.


Cosmopolitan

ADJECTIVE:
1. Pertinent or common to the whole world
2. Having constituent elements from all over the world or from many different parts of the world
3. So sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest

That's what I meant by that option. Basically, that's the option for people who believe they are above race or ethnicity as a dividing factor.

Unfortunately, people seem to be using the "some other race or a combination of races" option for that purpose. Oh well, it's just a poll.
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