Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | 866 Comments »
White People’s body temperatures do not operate on logical or consistent levels, and because of this white people are often forced to wear clothing combinations that might seem strange or illogical. One popular example is the performance vest which solves the age old problem of cold chest hot arms. Another common combination is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2008 | 355 Comments »
Les Enfants Vert Finally Have a Home
By: Alexandra Zissu
New York Magazine, April 13, 2008.
Summary
In spite of the recent ban on the New York Times, New York Magazine came through with an essential article for white person research. It seems as though regular private schools are simply not white enough for many parents. As [...]
Posted in Products on April 20, 2008 | 1,271 Comments »
Because white tastes in shoes can change so quickly, it’s not recommended that you ever talk to a white person about shoes. Over the years they have embraced (and eventually disowned) Uggs, Birkenstocks, Earth Shoes, and most recently Crocs. If it’s popular, the chances are that the clock is ticking down to it’s [...]
Posted in News on April 16, 2008 | 1,057 Comments »
“Scavengers on the Urban Savannah“
The New York Times, Sunday April 13th, 2008
by Guy Trebay
Stuff Mentioned
Vintage
Having Gay Friends (Extra points for Transgender here)
Awareness
Manhattan (Now Brooklyn too!)
Graduate School
Hating Corporations
Gentrification
Diversity
Best Quote:
“I graduated Princeton in ’92 and moved to Williamsburg in ’03,” [Mr. Butler, the Brooklyn Flea Market organizer] explained. “I bought on old fixer-upper in ’04 and started [...]
Posted in Activities on April 10, 2008 | 1,678 Comments »
If you’ve been in a white person’s apartment or home you might have noticed a ball that looks like a cross between an egg and a football. It is a Rugby ball and it is an important sport for white people.
They love Rugby for a number of reasons, the first of which is the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2008 | 709 Comments »
“It’s Not you, it’s Your Books”
by Rachel Donadio
The New York Times, March 30th, 2008
“We’ve all been there. Or some of us have. Anyone who cares about books has at some point confronted the Pushkin problem: when a missed — or misguided — literary reference makes it chillingly clear that a romance is going nowhere [...]
Posted in Culture, Work on April 4, 2008 | 1,691 Comments »
In spite of having access to the best health insurance and fanciest hospitals, white people are passionate about the idea of socialized medicine. So much so that they have memorized statistics and examples of how for-profit medicine has destroyed the United States.
But before you can exploit this information for personal gain, it’s important that [...]
Posted in White People in the News on April 1, 2008 | 322 Comments »
Sisters in Idiosyncrasy
By: Noam Cohen
The New York Times, March 30, 2008
Stuff Mentioned (16, a new record!)
San Francisco
Architecture
Manhattan Now Brooklyn Too!
Writers Workshops
Non profit organizations
Diversity
Plays
T-shirts
Graduate School
Bicycles
Microbreweries
Having gay friends
Gentrification
Toyota Prius
Living by the Water
The Sunday New York Times
Implied Stuff
Literally everything else.
Stuff Mentioned that will become future posts:
Facebook
McSweeneys
Thanks to Kristin for being the first of many [...]
Stuff White People Like: The Book
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