Do you live in a bubble?

[USN_Hokie]

You got 44 points.



42–100: A first-generation middle-class person with working-class parents and average television and movie going habits. Typical: 66.

11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33.

Yes, I'm first-generation (Dad was born in Hungary and came here as a refugee after the October Revolution of 1956). I would say I'm firmly middle-class, not so much upper-middle. As for my parents, Dad was college educated and made a nice living as a CPA, but he was very much working-class before finishing college. He worked in the Union Camp Paper Mill in Franklin (City), VA, along with every other male living in that town. Mom grew up very much working-class.

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.

[ip_law-hokie]

You got 44 points.



42–100: A first-generation middle-class person with working-class parents and average television and movie going habits. Typical: 66.

11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33.

Yes, I'm first-generation (Dad was born in Hungary and came here as a refugee after the October Revolution of 1956). I would say I'm firmly middle-class, not so much upper-middle. As for my parents, Dad was college educated and made a nice living as a CPA, but he was very much working-class before finishing college. He worked in the Union Camp Paper Mill in Franklin (City), VA, along with every other male living in that town. Mom grew up very much working-class.

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.

[Uprising]

Yes, I'm first-generation (Dad was born in Hungary and came here as a refugee after the October Revolution of 1956). I would say I'm firmly middle-class, not so much upper-middle. As for my parents, Dad was college educated and made a nice living as a CPA, but he was very much working-class before finishing college. He worked in the Union Camp Paper Mill in Franklin (City), VA, along with every other male living in that town. Mom grew up very much working-class.

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.

I think one automatically loses 25 points just for being on the PBS website.

[ip_law-hokie]

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.[/quote]
Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.[/quote]

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.[/quote]

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.[/quote]

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.[/quote]
I think one automatically loses 25 points just for being on the PBS website.[/quote]

I retook the quiz as someone who grew up in a small town, and can breath in a small town. I got a 88.

[USN_Hokie]

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.[/quote]

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.[/quote]

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.[/quote]

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.[/quote]
I think one automatically loses 25 points just for being on the PBS website.[/quote]

I retook the quiz as someone who grew up in a small town, and can breath in a small town. I got a 88.[/quote]

Now take it again but check the boxes for the shirty restaurants and TV shows.

[ip_law-hokie]

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.[/quote]

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.[/quote]

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.[/quote]
I think one automatically loses 25 points just for being on the PBS website.[/quote]

I retook the quiz as someone who grew up in a small town, and can breath in a small town. I got a 88.[/quote]

Now take it again but check the boxes for the shirty restaurants and TV shows.[/quote]

My John Cougar Mellencamp clone loved Applebee's, Maury, and waffle houses. 88. Thin bubble.

[USN_Hokie]

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.[/quote]

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.[/quote]
I think one automatically loses 25 points just for being on the PBS website.[/quote]

I retook the quiz as someone who grew up in a small town, and can breath in a small town. I got a 88.[/quote]

Now take it again but check the boxes for the shirty restaurants and TV shows.[/quote]

My John Cougar Mellencamp clone loved Applebee's, Maury, and waffle houses. 88. Thin bubble.[/quote]

Lol, OK then.

[Major Kong]

I'm not really sure where I would fall in the designation...I guess it would be 11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33.

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[USN_Hokie]

"Have you ever used the subway before?" should have been another question.

[HokieFanDC]

No I don't mean like the bubble boy on Seinfeld.

Interesting quiz. I got a 39 which makes sense to me.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sens ... -a-quiz-2/

36. A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot. Typical: 9.
Sounds about right, that pretty much describes a lot of Richmond.

[Major Kong]

36. A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot. Typical: 9.
Sounds about right, that pretty much describes a lot of Richmond.

I was sorta of looking at that definition but as a kid we were middle class...then later in life my folks became upper middle class (when they got rid of us kids) .

[CWHOKIECPA]

No I don't mean like the bubble boy on Seinfeld.

Interesting quiz. I got a 39 which makes sense to me.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sens ... -a-quiz-2/

35 for the cultured CW.

[HokieFanDC]

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.

Basically, the quiz is saying that mainstream American culture is watching crappy TV, eating at bad restaurants, and drinking crappy beer. And if you haven't experienced those things, then you are the one living in a bubble, not the people who have experienced different things in their lives. Kinda silly if you take it that way, but pretty interesting.

[Hokie5150]

No I don't mean like the bubble boy on Seinfeld.

Interesting quiz. I got a 39 which makes sense to me.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sens ... -a-quiz-2/

73 for me...

[Major Kong]

35 for the cultured CW.

Meh buttermilk is cultured.

[USN_Hokie]

I answered as if I was Ted Kennedy and got a 2. I think the two points were from answering "yes" to the fishing question.

[Uprising]

35 for the cultured CW.

Meh buttermilk is cultured.

Get a room.

[ip_law-hokie]

"Have you ever used the subway before?" should have been another question.

This is where you need Brooklyn roots:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... P_J6gmJYiU

[awesome guy]

62 here

[BG Hokie]

I was a 39

[Bay_area_Hokie]

27


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[RiverguyVT]

Are we allowed to take the test, given the author's recent struggles w VT?

He's so.....racist. LOL

[Bay_area_Hokie]

If, hypothetically, you like to eat at Applebees, drink mass-produced beer and watch a lot of stupid TV shows or movies, you'd be in a *thinner* bubble? I think parts of the quiz are silly.

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.

Basically, the quiz is saying that mainstream American culture is watching crappy TV, eating at bad restaurants, and drinking crappy beer. And if you haven't experienced those things, then you are the one living in a bubble, not the people who have experienced different things in their lives. Kinda silly if you take it that way, but pretty interesting.

Yeah, I kinda though the test was really "Are you the average American consumer".




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[chuckd4vt]

Dang. I got an 83. Po white trash all the way baby.

[awesome guy]

Right. Living in a small, working class town with little life experience outside of that habitat, is also living in a bubble.

Exactly, that's the part I don't understand.

I think you guys are interpreting it wrong.

I don't think that we are.

Pretend you are a less educated cwtcr and see how "thin" your bubble is and how high your score is.

Basically, the quiz is saying that mainstream American culture is watching crappy TV, eating at bad restaurants, and drinking crappy beer. And if you haven't experienced those things, then you are the one living in a bubble, not the people who have experienced different things in their lives. Kinda silly if you take it that way, but pretty interesting.

Yeah, I kinda though the test was really "Are you the average American consumer".




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