Stuff Some People Like April 2, 2008
Posted by admin in : Irrelevant , trackbackI won’t go so far as to say I “hate” Stuff White People Like.
And that’s saying something cause I hate just about everything, especially if it’s a website.
But I find it rather weak and unfunny. It supposedly skewers a class of people not used to being viewed or treated as a class. However, it’s overly reliant on a single concept, pivoting on that single word “white”. Obviously, simple math tells us that not all white people like all of these things, many white people dislike many of these things; many non-white people do like some of these things; and not all non-white people like many of these things.
Therefore a more accurate wording would be “Stuff some people like.” Just swapping that single word out instantly deflates the humor of the site.
Here’s a simple aid to that end:
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I’ll go that far. I hate that site because you’re absolutely right, it’s weak and unfunny.