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| You scored as alternative You're partially respected for being an individual in a conformist world yet others take you as a radical. You have no place in society because you choose not to belong there - you're the luckiest of them all, even if your parents are completely ashamed of you. Just don't take drugs ok?
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My result cracked me up. Thank you, Roger, for finding it. I love it.
My parents, God rest their souls, are likely rolling in their graves.
When the class wars erupt don't say I didn't warn you. I am hopelessly middle class, but I knew that. On the blue collar end, though, in terms of sympathies if not in terms of education and employment. Let's see if we all go nuts as was done over movies.
ReplyDeleteAlso "Alternative". Glad to find myself in such good company.
ReplyDelete"Lower," but that's not true. I was raised lower-middle; I'm alternative, on my own.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am "alternative" which is a shoking revelation, I know.
ReplyDeleteI'm "middle"... sigh ... true, but I wish I were alternative, like you.
ReplyDeletewell, it may shock you, but "alternative" is my lowest score on this one.
ReplyDeleteanyway, this one isn't worth much as far as quizes go. A little tacky, really.
I should write a "what wine are you" but I don't have the time and no one should really care!
Although, lets try:
Mimi, you would be a vintage Madeira - a classic that hardly ages and may be under appreciated in this day and age but whose style is superb. Somewhat sweet with a real depth of character.
How's that for a personality type?
Happy Thanksgiving, by the way!
Padre Mickey would be a California Zinfandel - an import from an uncertain locale that bloomed in California before going global - spicy, a lot of bang for the buck, and sometimes just a little fruity. Ages well but why bother since it is powerful and fun and goes with a amazingly wide range of world cuisines.
ReplyDeletePJ and Eileen would be a bit tougher. I've got some ideas but have to think how to write them up.
I should stop here - it would be rude of me to play this behind anyone's back.
Dennis--I wish you would! Though I would probably come out as
ReplyDeleteWhite Zinfandel and have to kill myself from the shame...
Mimi---Count me as Alternative too. 75%! I have a sneaking suspicion however that it's easy to score in that group when you already have everything you really need in life. I can be a minimalist these days because I CHOOSE to be.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I ranked as alternative as well (does that surprise anyone?).
ReplyDelete71% alternative, followed by second by upper middle class (my prep school education showing through I suppose).
Anyhow, glad to know we are all in "good" company.
I have a feeling that a lot of us would be alternative.
ReplyDeleteI was glad to answer that I do not work hard for a minimum wage...I hardly work for anything now that I am retired;-)
I'm not surprised at the "Alternatives". Actually, I thought there'd be more.
ReplyDeleteKirstin, what did you say to get you in "lower"? Jesus loves the lowers best, you know.
Padre Mickey I'm shoked, truly. I don't quite know what that is, but it works for me.
Dennis, what was your high score? You didn't say.
I absolutely adore my wine description. You should do a wine quiz - a really good one.
Paul and Diane, "middle" - via media types, huh? What else can I say? I got nuthin'.
Doxy, you would not be a white zinfandel.
I alternate between lower and alternate. I totally disagree with lower when I see how they describe it. I have no problem being lower class - it is probably true but not lower class as in the description.
ReplyDeleteLove and Prayers,
Ann Marie
Lotsa "alternatives". No surprise there.
ReplyDeleteAnne Marie, what is the caption under "lower class"?
Here is the caption under "middle class":
You're content in your position and would prefer a house or a family than a seven figure pay cheque. But you have your moments of weakness when you buy a lottery ticket in the hope of knowing how the rich and famous live.
I like the lottery ticket part.
Me too, Mimi.
ReplyDeleteI might be Widmer's Lake Niagara. I was kneeling at the communion rail in a Lutheran church very early one Easter morning when my nose picked up a very familiar odor. I couldn't believe anyone would use my favorite pop wine for the eucharist but they did. Somehow communion wasn't quite the same.
Alternate, lower, upper, and almost no middle class at all, in that order.
ReplyDeleteI think this definitely indicates I am cooler than any of you, cause Jesus likes me best.
Remember the Prole?
ReplyDeleteI think it showed up in "1984" or "Brave New World."
But I know it was part of the book "Class A painfully accurate guide through the American status system" by Paul Fussell.
Copyrighted in 1983, it's still a good read!
Piskie, try it again when you're sober.
ReplyDeleteJohnieb, no doubt about it. You be da King of Cool.
Susan, I think it was 1984, but maybe other books, too. The alternatives are out of the system altogether.
I'm not sure what "alternative" means, except that it sounds cool.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Doxy would be white zinfandel, either.
I'm not sure I'd like to find out what wine I would be...
Good evening Grandmere,
ReplyDeleteLower Class - "You're stressed over money and unfortunately you're 'maid' to work hard for little money. The only wealthy people you know are the ones who make you clean their floors. Just like the upper class, the government doesn't listen to you either."
That is so not me. But it took me awhile to get that again. I'm definitely lower class when it comes to salary and life style. I don't deny that but I'm not as pitiful as the description appears to make me. I don't have money but I don't usually stress over it. I'm not "maid" to work hard for little money. As a priest I choose to work for the amount of money I get paid (and being a Canadian Anglican from rural Saskatchewan, I'm definitely not over paid.)
I also show up as alternative. (I have a habit of doing these quizzes more than once to see if they are consistent.)
Love and Prayers,
Ann Marie
This is another one I caught over at BB's. You'd think I'd learn, wouldn't you?
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, I'm another alternative.
Of course I am. My mother was alternative, very alternative, and her mother wasn't exactly non-alternative. (My father and grandfather were far less so, but then it always has been women who've got me into trouble, as no doubt has that last remark, in present company...)
Diane, I'm thrilled with Dennis' description of what wine I'd be. I don't really care about the wine, but I love the description.
ReplyDeleteAnne Marie, the folks who made up this quiz can't even spell. This one is not well done. My result made me laugh, especially the part about my parents. For heaven's sake, I'm 73 years old.
This was written by the young for the young.
Mike, welcome as another "alternative".
well of course, Mimi, I mean real Madeira, perhaps a vintage Bual, and not the fake "Madeira" from California that corrupted the name for far too many people.
ReplyDeleteIf you have tried the good stuff you know it is very good indeed.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dennis, next time we get together, I'd like an introduction to some fine wines. My palate needs educating. I didn't get even a taste of your wine at our gathering. The others got there first, because I was too busy talking.
ReplyDeletesusan s.,
ReplyDeleteI thought of Fussell's book when this came up; "alternate" sounds like his preferred category: something like "Bohemian Intellectual" is what I got from it.
I found, after finishing it, I felt a little uneasy with his moral judgments; however, as you say, it's a fine read and in many ways a helpful survey of the landscape.
I'm "alternative" too -- but I'd sure call that a right wing quiz. :-)
ReplyDeleteNow you mention it, janinsanfran, it was a bit, wasn't it? I thought maybe it was just that as a Brit, and a long-time Labour voter at that, I was being oversensitive. But yes, you're right. It was.
ReplyDeleteJan, Mike, I think you're right.
ReplyDeleteIf I don't like the result, I don't post it. I came out Mother Teresa in the "Which famous person are you?" quiz. No way I'd post that. Totally unbelievable. I didn't like my flower either - a carnation. Kinda boring.