Stuff People Like

I apologize for being derelict in my blogging duties lately, but the last week or so has been surprisingly busy. More on that another day this week (tomorrow??), after I get a chance to download the photos from my camera from my Saturday trip to Pittsburgh. I hope yinz can just be patient for a mean while then.
Anyway, I’ve recently discovered two great websites. The first is a blog called Stuff White People Like, and is a satirical look at a whole bunch of things that “white people” (read: upper-middle to upper-class, educated yuppies) enjoy. It’s pretty hilarious, and I recommend reading back through the archives if you ever get a chance. I haven’t yet read through all of them, but here are some of my favorites so far, mostly because to varying degrees they apply to me or to my friends. 🙂 In no particular order:
#81: Graduate School (for obvious reasons!)
#95: Rugby (the last half is definitely applicable to me, ha)
#72: Study Abroad (I miss the ready availability of TimTams!)
#99: Grammar (’nuff said)
#100: Bumper Stickers (my bumper stickers are definitely not allowed)
#40: Apple Products (I’ll betcha that if I put one of my Apple stickers on my car alongside my bumper stickers, that’d really confuse people!)
#67: Standing Still at Concerts (white boy right here!)
#44: Public Radio (isn’t academia the primary NPR constituency?)
For the full list of stuff that white people like, click here. Do it. If you don’t, how will you know how to relate to all the white people you know?
So anyway, this site has really become quite the internet phenomenon, and is so wildly popular that other people have started several other blogs based on the same theme, such as Stuff White Trash People Like, Stuff Asian People Like, Stuff Jewish People Like, and Stuff Educated Black People Like. If you wanna find even more blogs of a similar vein, just google “stuff people like” and see what comes up!
But the other spinoff website that I’ve really gotten into is Stuff Christians Like. This one isn’t always intended to be funny like Stuff White People Like is, but contains a mix of humorous items (especially for people like me who grew up in the church) and candid reflections on the interaction between the church and the author’s past addictions to pornography and ecstasy, in addition to critiques of how the church does things nowadays. Now there are quite a few more items that are on Stuff Christians Like, but here’s a smattering of some of the more interesting items, whether they’re humorous or serious (in my estimation, anyway!):
#138: Saying “I grew up in the church”
#34: Subtly finding out if you drink beer too
#157: Testamints – Sending bad breath to Hell
#228: NIV vs KJV vs ESV (Bible wars told via GI Joe)
#169: Clapping our hands (a step by step guide to the death of rhythm)
#222: The “first time visitors” message
#277: Crazy rapture products
#269: Understanding how metrosexual your worship leader is
#258: Taking a date to church (6 fun tips!)
#208: Christianizing your Facebook profile, a how-to guide
#205: Frisbee – God’s favorite sport
#254: Secretly wanting to name your son “Aragorn” or your daughter “Arwen”
#243: Going through “seasons”
#240: Kirk Cameron
#274: Not knowing how to do a proper standing ovation
I’d just like to give a hat tip to Ben for pointing me to the Stuff Christians Like website, and for the final nudge to go check out Stuff White People Like. I know I’ve been rather amused, and I hope you are too!