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stuffwhitepeoplelike.com
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stuffwhitepeoplelike.com is a personal blog at stuffwhitepeoplelike.com about culture and writing. Since 2008, 38 different Hacker News readers have linked it 45 times, most often “Stuff White People Like: Being Offended”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Rarely recommended · 4 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this satirical list of entries on habits and tastes attributed to white people. Commenters use individual entries as humorous shorthand for cultural, tech and class habits.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2008-11-09
- /2008/01/26/28-not-having-a-tv/5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2009-04-25
- /2009/02/24/122-moleskine-notebooks/4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-11-23
- Stuff White People Like: Being Offended2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-06-05
- /2008/07/31/106-facebook/2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2009-07-02
- /2008/01/22/17-gifted-children/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-06-25
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-13
- The TED Conference2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-04-17
What Hacker News says?
https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/31/44-public-radio/
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on “NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism”Submitted Stuff White People Like: Being Offended as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttps://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com
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on “MoviePass Worked Out Great”Submitted The TED Conference as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/ which embraces and celebrates "white" culture Seriously? Have you read it at all?
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on “On Being a Black Man”Submitted Stuff white people like: the TED conference as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI think you've missed the point about racial identity. White people do get to embrace their identity, but how it's how they do it that matters. "White pride", for better or worse, is closely linked to "white supremacy." That is different than, https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/ which embraces and celebrates "white" culture, without demonizing other cultures.
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on “On Being a Black Man”> all of the world's most intractable problems are basically marketing problems http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/
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on “Why I won't be at my high school reunion”"""The original poster who I'm responding to said, "the days of the wristwatch and one-function cell-phone are gone [. . .]," so I'm not sure how one can be simultaneously "trendy" and part of a declining trend (that is, watch-wearing).""" Hipster culture is all about celebrating declining trends as trendy. It's precisely because watch-wearing is a "declining trend" that makes the hipster wear one to stand out. A ha…
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on “Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens”http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/20/11-asian-girls/
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on “I moved to Singapore”That is how you should always interpret the "how are you?" question. Don't just say "I'm fine" - talk about what you did today, what you're going to do tonight, or tomorrow, or in the weekend. That's usually a good jumping off point to talk about some other topics. Also: https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/03/18/88-dinner-partie...
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on “The art of the dinner party”I think this article is more accurate: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/11/18/116-black-music-t...
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on “Why most people don't like jazz”The suburbs are isolated because of the decline of the school system. Parents are unwilling to put their kids in schools will they will get harassed and bullied by lower class kids. "Public schooling" results in private communities. It used to be that the richest people in a city would live blocks away from the poor and the working class. That rarely happens anymore because of the association of location with school…
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on “Let's End Adolescence”I wish I had more diverse friends http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/21/14-having-black-f...
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on “Atari Sketches of Laptops and Wikipedia from 1982”reminds me of this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-not...
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on “How To Take Exceptional Notes and Be Productive with Paper”http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/28-not-having-a-t...
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on “Viacom pulls “The Daily Show” offline as a result of contract dispute”http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/22/17-gifted-childre...
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on “Why American Mothers are Superior”Obligatory: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/03/09/85-the-wire/
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on “Why We're Teaching 'The Wire' at Harvard”http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/
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on “Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco”I think it probably has something more to do with this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-not...
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on “Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?”"If you find yourself trapped in the middle of the woods without electricity, running water, or a car you would likely describe that situation as a “nightmare” or “a worse case scenario like after plane crash or something.” White people refer to it as “camping.” " -- Stuff White People Like http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/08/14/128-camping/
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on “How to Reset Your Sleep Schedule, Seriously”Oddly enough that list seems to correlate with: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/
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on “The world's most popular goals”http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-not...
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on “Ask HN: How do I regain my attention span?”FTFY: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/07/31/106-facebook/
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on “MySpace now a “digital ghetto””Please don't take it literally. I meant SWPL as in this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/ and thought it would be understood. What I mean is stuff that is too "liberal", too bland, too politically correct for my taste. A bit hypocritical at times. It's just my opinion; perhaps I should have phrased it differently. This is only tangentially related to race, by the way. People all over the world (including me) love cl…
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on “The elephants in the room at TED”Presumably it's a reference to this site: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/ And, yes, that is what it means. I guess http://stufftheuppermiddleclasslikes.com didn't test as well.
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on “Ask HN: Diaspora hasn't updated their blog in a month.”Obligatory Pun on the Chinese restaurant names: https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/31/45-asian-fusion-...
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on “Analyzing the names of almost every Chinese restaurant in the U.S.”I do have a point, but I think you'll be more inclined to consider it if you first make a guess yourself. So, what might my point be? Hint : Read some more of the entries at http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-peo... and ask the question, "In what way might these posts be more than just jokes?"
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on “Gap Year: The Growing Appeal of Not Going Right to College”Stuff White People Like #120 Taking a Year Off When someone goes through a stressful experience they usually require some time off to clear their head, regain focus, and recover from the pain and suffering. Of course, in white culture these experiences are most often defined as finishing high school, making it through three years of college, or working for eleven months straight with only two weeks vacation and ever…
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on “Gap Year: The Growing Appeal of Not Going Right to College”Reminds me of Stuff White People Like http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/22/17-gifted-childre... "Because an astounding 100% of their kids are gifted! Isn’t that amazing?"
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on “Not Every Child Is Secretly a Genius”
