Urban v's the Commentariat

[weepiper]

I got 43.

How the fuck is never having to do your own taxes a privilege? Or not having a student loan?

I think they mean 'I've always paid an accountant to do it for me' and 'Daddy paid my living expenses at university'.

 

[cesare]

It's very very American.

Yep eg that Sallie Mae question

 

[J Ed]

It's very very American.

Which is appropriate since intersectionalism has been imported wholesale from American universities with very little effort expended into making it relevant here.

 

[Pickman's model]

Which is appropriate since intersectionalism has been imported wholesale from American universities with very little effort expended into making it relevant here.

insert 'anywhere'

 

[SpineyNorman]

Yep eg that Sallie Mae question

Yeah I don't know what it is but unless it's something like that show friends or something I don't feel privileged not knowing.

 

[cesare]

Yeah I don't know what it is but unless it's something like that show friends or something I don't feel privileged not knowing.

Google tells me that it's some sort of US student loan company

 

[butchersapron]

I got 15 on that liberal piece of shit test. My under-privilige actually now gives me power in the real world of made up shit these private school dicks have built.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

I got 15 on that liberal piece of shit test. My under-privilige actually now gives me power in the real world of made up shit these private school dicks have built.

I didn't know you were a transexual muslim

 

[Idris2002]

Conclusive proof that this test is fundamentally flawed:

 

[butchersapron]

I didn't know you were a transexual muslim

I guess being white bumped it up as well.

 

[Greebo]

FWIW I got 38 (not privileged), mainly by adjusting my answers as if I'd have to pay for private treatment. Being Pagan helped too.

Does knowing how to interpret the questions to get a more accurate result imply privilege?

 

[Dogsauce]

63%, not quite enough to qualify for a White Privileged Male Railcard.

 

[Pickman's model]

so we've had it with 'urban v the commentariat' and now we're all busy checking our privilege

 

[Theisticle]

Buzzfeed is shit.

 

[YouSir]

I got underprivileged, which is absolute bullshit, so there you go.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Audi are shitting themselves

I'm not sure the workshoppers have quite grasped the principles behind the internal combustion engine yet.

 

[Greebo]

I'm not sure the workshoppers have quite grasped the principles behind the internal combustion engine yet.

Suck, squeeze, bang, blow, you mean?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Suck, squeeze, bang, blow, you mean?

That, and the fact that to make an engine suck, squeeze, bang and blow, one needs a fuel that explodes when ignited. A car running on fuel that's got water in it, will have a bit of a problem with the "bang" component!

 

[peterkro]

Apparently I'm underprivileged .

 

[equationgirl]

Eat my lack of privilege, Laurie.

Follow with my lack of privilege for pudding

44 out of 100.

 

[equationgirl]

That, and the fact that to make an engine suck, squeeze, bang and blow, one needs a fuel that explodes when ignited. A car running on fuel that's got water in it, will have a bit of a problem with the "bang" component!

Yes, I did wonder about that bit. If cars could run on water-mix fuels then our reliance on petroleum fuels would be radically reduced and all the carmakers would be doing it.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Yes, I did wonder about that bit. If cars could run on water-mix fuels then our reliance on petroleum fuels would be radically reduced and all the carmakers would be doing it.

Or hiring hitmen to take out the scientists doing the research on petroleum/H2O)-mix fuels.

 

[frogwoman]

How is using prescription drugs a privilege?

 

[frogwoman]

I got 28

 

[Lo Siento.]

1. I was not bullied as a child for any of my identities.
2. I have never tried to distance myself from any of my identities.
3. I have never been self-conscious about any of my identities.
4. I have never questioned any of my identities.

I was bullied as a child for being a bit posh. I've tried to distance myself from my poshness. I'm self-conscious about being posh. I've questioned the extent of my poshness.

OPPRESSION.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

50.

1. I was not bullied as a child for any of my identities.
2. I have never tried to distance myself from any of my identities.
3. I have never been self-conscious about any of my identities.
4. I have never questioned any of my identities.

I was bullied as a child for being a bit posh. I've tried to distance myself from my poshness. I'm self-conscious about being posh. I've questioned the extent of my poshness.

OPPRESSION.

Were you also mocked for your accent?

 

[Lo Siento.]

50.


Were you also mocked for your accent?

Sometimes. *sniffs*

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Sometimes. *sniffs*

(((((((Lo Siento))))))))

 

[DotCommunist]

I can't even get opening of link privilege

 

[Dogsauce]

People at a place I used to work at would try and engineer situations where I would say the word 'parcel' so they could amuse themselves at my West Country accent. This sometimes involved putting me on shifts in the post room.

I demand a support group and to be allowed to speak in preference to anyone not suffering accent oppression.