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Post by yogiii on Mar 31, 2016 13:40:15 GMT -5
I scored 37 and it said "A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle class parents."
How did they know?!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 13:41:34 GMT -5
I got 70. Pretty thin bubble I guess.
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Post by travelnut11 on Mar 31, 2016 13:42:16 GMT -5
I scored 37 and it said "A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle class parents."
How did they know?! I got 43 and agree...this is definitely me. It's interesting to go back and read his explanations for why he asks certain questions.
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Post by travelnut11 on Mar 31, 2016 13:55:36 GMT -5
Oh good grief... I'm not sure about this. Is this one of those quizzes designed to make me change my ways about greed and capitalism? Also how do I answer this question if I was poor at the time living in an older neighborhood and got in to it before the hipsters? Don't overthink it Sroo. Just a fun quiz to break up the afternoon!
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Post by yogiii on Mar 31, 2016 13:56:51 GMT -5
Oh good grief... I'm not sure about this. Is this one of those quizzes designed to make me change my ways about greed and capitalism? Also how do I answer this question if I was poor at the time living in an older neighborhood and got in to it before the hipsters? I pretty much lived in the "ghetto" until I was 8. So I said 8.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 13:58:33 GMT -5
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Post by travelnut11 on Mar 31, 2016 14:00:43 GMT -5
I should post this over on Bogleheads. That crew for sure lives in a bubble!
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 31, 2016 14:00:50 GMT -5
How do you know if your 50 closest neighbors have a college degree? I don't even know if my next door neighbors do.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Mar 31, 2016 14:01:41 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 14:05:48 GMT -5
How do you know if your 50 closest neighbors have a college degree? I don't even know if my next door neighbors do. Then you can probably answer "no" to that question. I am 100% positive the majority of my 50 closest neighbors don't have a college degree. There's for sure some, but not most.
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Post by kittensaver on Mar 31, 2016 14:07:25 GMT -5
Okay - this quiz made no sense to me.
I work in public mental health, in an agency that serves the most downtrodden in La La Land: severely and persistently mentally ill, long-term street homeless persons with multiple vulnerabilities/frailties (addiction, HIV and other chronic medical problems in addition to their mental illness). Although I work in an office, I have contact with said persons every day because admin works side by side/in the same building with programs. I feel like on a practical, day-to-day basis I'm totally busted out of any kind of "protected from the downtrodden of the world" bubble. The quiz didn't ask any questions that would have revealed this.
I'm the grandchild of immigrants. My father did not speak a word of English until he went to public school kindergarten (but he did go on to become a very successful PhD aerospace engineer).
I scored a 20.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Mar 31, 2016 14:08:32 GMT -5
How do you know if your 50 closest neighbors have a college degree? I don't even know if my next door neighbors do. Then you can probably answer "no" to that question. I am 100% positive the majority of my 50 closest neighbors don't have a college degree. There's for sure some, but not most. I thought your 50 closest neighbors are cows, horses and chickens!
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Post by yogiii on Mar 31, 2016 14:09:10 GMT -5
Okay - this quiz made no sense to me.
I work in public mental health, in an agency that serves the most downtrodden in La La Land: severely and persistently mentally ill street homeless persons with multiple vulnerabilities/frailties (addiction, HIV and other chronic medical problems in addition to their mental illness). Although I work in an office, I have contact with said persons every day because admin works side by side/in the same building with programs. I feel like on a practical, day-to-day basis I'm totally busted out of any kind of "protected from the downtrodden of the world" bubble. The quiz didn't ask any questions that would have revealed this.
I'm the grandchild of immigrants. My father did not speak a word of English until he went to public school kindergarten (but he did go on to become a very successful PhD aerospace engineer).
I scored a 20.
Technically I'm an immigrant!
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 31, 2016 14:12:06 GMT -5
How do you know if your 50 closest neighbors have a college degree? I don't even know if my next door neighbors do. Then you can probably answer "no" to that question. I am 100% positive the majority of my 50 closest neighbors don't have a college degree. There's for sure some, but not most. Ah, but my whole area is low on college degrees. I think my current house I could probably say no, but when I was growing up, yes. Maybe?
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Post by kittensaver on Mar 31, 2016 14:12:23 GMT -5
Okay - this quiz made no sense to me.
I work in public mental health, in an agency that serves the most downtrodden in La La Land: severely and persistently mentally ill street homeless persons with multiple vulnerabilities/frailties (addiction, HIV and other chronic medical problems in addition to their mental illness). Although I work in an office, I have contact with said persons every day because admin works side by side/in the same building with programs. I feel like on a practical, day-to-day basis I'm totally busted out of any kind of "protected from the downtrodden of the world" bubble. The quiz didn't ask any questions that would have revealed this.
I'm the grandchild of immigrants. My father did not speak a word of English until he went to public school kindergarten (but he did go on to become a very successful PhD aerospace engineer).
I scored a 20.
Technically I'm an immigrant! Lol - what's a "technical immigrant"??
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Post by Ryan on Mar 31, 2016 14:13:04 GMT -5
I wasn't too sure on this quiz, I thought it was going to ask more random questions about current affairs to see if you lived in a bubble.
I got a 35 for the record.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 31, 2016 14:13:59 GMT -5
I scored a 32 but two descriptors were highlighted?
11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33.
0–43: A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot. Typical: 9.
I do get out a lot, and I had the rich dad/poor mom dynamic growing up?
ETA: I kind of just assumed most people around here graduated college, that might not be so? I think I'm part of the new blood that came in during the past 10 years. Oops!
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Post by travelnut11 on Mar 31, 2016 14:16:11 GMT -5
I think the "bubble" to which he refers is not knowing how the average middle class person lives in America. I think it goes to the common question of what defines class in America? Almost everyone identifies as middle class though many of those people actually live an upper middle class/wealthy lifestyle.
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Post by yogiii on Mar 31, 2016 14:18:45 GMT -5
Technically I'm an immigrant! Lol - what's a "technical immigrant"?? Well I was <1 when I got here so it wasn't my choice
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Post by emma1420 on Mar 31, 2016 14:18:50 GMT -5
I got 41. I live in a lower income neighborhood now. I would consider myself middle class, but not upper middle class. My dad and step-mom are definitely upper middle class.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 14:20:24 GMT -5
Then you can probably answer "no" to that question. I am 100% positive the majority of my 50 closest neighbors don't have a college degree. There's for sure some, but not most. I thought your 50 closest neighbors are cows, horses and chickens! And your point is?
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Mar 31, 2016 14:22:58 GMT -5
Me, have a point?!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 31, 2016 14:23:38 GMT -5
I think the "bubble" to which he refers is not knowing how the average middle class person lives in America. I think it goes to the common question of what defines class in America? Almost everyone identifies as middle class though many of those people actually live an upper middle class/wealthy lifestyle. I thought it was going to be about a "do you know what the f*ck is going on in the world" bubble, not "do you have a decent life?" bubble.
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Post by kittensaver on Mar 31, 2016 14:25:50 GMT -5
I think the "bubble" to which he refers is not knowing how the average middle class person lives in America. I think it goes to the common question of what defines class in America? Almost everyone identifies as middle class though many of those people actually live an upper middle class/wealthy lifestyle. Well many people would consider that I live an upper-middle class lifestyle. I consider myself middle class . . . . because La La Land. There are a sh*t ton of people here who make waaaaaay more than me and have waaaaay more highfalutin' lifestyles than I do . . . because La La Land. But if you transplanted my life to many other places in the USA I guess it would be a different story.
But what does that have to do with knowing or not knowing how the average middle class person lives? I know very well how the average person lives - I have many average persons in my family in locations scattered throughout the country (the PNW, the Midwest, the eastern seaboard and even the South).
I even have a very sad familiarity with how the most indigent long-term homeless live. So why am I considered to be in a bubble? That's why the quiz makes no sense to me.
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Post by beergut on Mar 31, 2016 14:25:58 GMT -5
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Here is the issue with the question about college degrees: If you lived in a dorm while going to college, you can answer 'yes' to that question.
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 31, 2016 14:33:18 GMT -5
Okay - this quiz made no sense to me.
I work in public mental health, in an agency that serves the most downtrodden in La La Land: severely and persistently mentally ill, long-term street homeless persons with multiple vulnerabilities/frailties (addiction, HIV and other chronic medical problems in addition to their mental illness). Although I work in an office, I have contact with said persons every day because admin works side by side/in the same building with programs. I feel like on a practical, day-to-day basis I'm totally busted out of any kind of "protected from the downtrodden of the world" bubble. The quiz didn't ask any questions that would have revealed this.
I'm the grandchild of immigrants. My father did not speak a word of English until he went to public school kindergarten (but he did go on to become a very successful PhD aerospace engineer).
I scored a 20.
There exists a new upper class that’s completely disconnected from the average American and American culture at large, ... (from the link) The people that you are talking about live in their own "disconnected from the average American and American culture at large" bubble. It is simply a different bubble than the one talked about in the article. Your exposure to them does not in any way connect you to the Americans who go fishing on any weekend when there is not a major NASCAR race and guzzle Bud Light while smoking a Marlboro.
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Post by kittensaver on Mar 31, 2016 14:36:07 GMT -5
Okay - this quiz made no sense to me.
I work in public mental health, in an agency that serves the most downtrodden in La La Land: severely and persistently mentally ill, long-term street homeless persons with multiple vulnerabilities/frailties (addiction, HIV and other chronic medical problems in addition to their mental illness). Although I work in an office, I have contact with said persons every day because admin works side by side/in the same building with programs. I feel like on a practical, day-to-day basis I'm totally busted out of any kind of "protected from the downtrodden of the world" bubble. The quiz didn't ask any questions that would have revealed this.
I'm the grandchild of immigrants. My father did not speak a word of English until he went to public school kindergarten (but he did go on to become a very successful PhD aerospace engineer).
I scored a 20.
There exists a new upper class that’s completely disconnected from the average American and American culture at large, ... (from the link) The people that you are talking about live in their own "disconnected from the average American and American culture at large" bubble. It is simply a different bubble than the one talked about in the article. Your exposure to them does not in any way connect you to the Americans who go fishing on any weekend when there is not a major NASCAR race and guzzle Bud Light while smoking a Marlboro.
But I have these folks (highlighted above) in my family . . . many of them. They live mostly in Michigan/Ohio, and a few outside of Atlanta.
Again,
Or maybe I just think this quiz is stupid . . . .
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 31, 2016 14:41:39 GMT -5
59 points. I'd like to think I'm not totally ignorant of other people's circumstances but lucky enough to have a nice life for myself.
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 31, 2016 14:41:41 GMT -5
There exists a new upper class that’s completely disconnected from the average American and American culture at large, ... (from the link) The people that you are talking about live in their own "disconnected from the average American and American culture at large" bubble. It is simply a different bubble than the one talked about in the article. Your exposure to them does not in any way connect you to the Americans who go fishing on any weekend when there is not a major NASCAR race and guzzle Bud Light while smoking a Marlboro.
But I have these folks (highlighted above) in my family . . . many of them. They live mostly in Michigan/Ohio, and a few outside of Atlanta. And you live where? I have a genetic connection to people like that also. I know that because I attended a family reunion once and I listened to them talk about/watched them do those things. It was one of the longest weekends of my life. (I live in a bubble from the average American and American culture by my choosing.)
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