Stuff White People Like

It is not true that all white people love Wes Anderson. His films are very quirky and strange. They are definitely not everyone’s cup of tea. To the person who said “hipsters” like him: I am most definitely not a hipster. I’m a 45 year old frumpy lady and I find Anderson’s films to extremely poetic and whimsical. However, I know a lot of white people who don’t like his films and find them really weird.

I’ve been cracking up at 90% of this stuff. I’m not claiming to be a smart dude either.I am seeing a lot of folks saying to “lighten up, it is really about hipsters, color has nothing to do with it”.

If color plays no part, why isn’t it just called “stuff that hipsters like”? It could just as easily be called “stuff that black people think is dumb”.

I get this stuff, and it truly is making me laugh. This reply is towards the people telling others its not about color, because it is… and it is hilarious.

now, where is my moleskin notebook? I gotta write this down for later, when my gay black friend comes over. We need something to do in our christmas sweaters, listening to mos def’s new classic jazz album, while playing connect four, and drinking organic coffee. Why, because we don’t own a t.v……….;-)

#10. Gangster Films

If you run across an african american between the ages of 25 to 50. Chances are they’ve seen just about every well known gangster movie that’s ever been made from the 1970′s up. Some have seen films from the 30′s and such but they aren’t as common. It doesn’t matter if it’s a exploitation or A-list film a black person will devote at least a half an hour into giving the movie a chance. It one of the few film genres that blacks will actually tell YOU to shut up in a theater (at least until the action starts). Once they find one they will spend an excessive amount of time learning the dialogue of the film, so they can go to someone else who’s seen the film and reenact the key parts in the film. Don’t go and try quoting anything from a television series like The Wire, The Sopranos, Or Boardwalk Empire because they won’t know it. It must be from a motion picture. The most commonplace ones are Scarface, New Jack City, and Goodfellas.

If you’re involved in a conversation with a black person in this age range and the topic of gangters movies comes up, quote a famous phrase from one of the examples shown in the former paragraph and watch their eyes light right up. But don’t quote too many. This makes them quickly lose interest because you’ve used all of the quotes they wanted to say and more importantly, saying the last quote before the subject is changed.

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That was directed to “Matt” by the way.
I guess white people hate “Reply” buttons?

You don’t really get this blog, do you?
It’s not “Stuff ONLY White People Like” or “Stuff ALL White People Like”, it just pokes fun at the things that all “hip”, middle to upper-middle class white people are seemingly required to like in order to fit in.
I hate to use a loaded / overused word like hipster, but it’s probably the best catch-all for the demographic that these articles are satirizing. In my mind that means there are actually plenty of people with non-white skin who would be considered part of the “white people” these articles talk about.

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Delicate beautiful film. Every frame a picture post card. Deliberately styalized that way
Intricate hilarious character observations & genius improv acting from some GREAT actors <3 can't fault it. Feeds my dreams.
It is such subtle taste that won't be for all………

So because a film is smart and quirky, and actually causes you to think, it is deemed something that ‘White people’ like? On the other side of that coin, if you have a film with brain dead humor, no class and regurgitated fluff from the 90′s, all ‘Black people’ will probably enjoy it, because it requires no thought. No originality. No creativity…sort of like rap music. What you are doing is keeping it separate but equal – over and over. Let people who enjoy Wes Anderson films enjoy them for what they are; intelligent, original, thoughtful and funny.
You can go back to watching aliens rip humans in half or Harold and Kumar part 3 or Batman part 78.