I think because I don't feel sorry for any of the people listed, been jealous of any of the people listed or worried about my tan or lack of one.
It's funny to me though because I feel like the ones I checked all seem like reasonable thoughts/feelings to me, and they don't feel "fed" to me by culture. I do feel bad for people who have been in bad situations, including celebrities; sure I wish I was royalty from time to time because it sounds like I would enjoy certain facets of the lifestyle; and I have never been able to tan because I've always been under tight medical care and took meds that made me extra-sensitive. And yes, I genuinely like Miley singing Jolene. I've always liked the song and I like the way her voice sounds with it.
EmEffDoubleyou said:
I don't know how anyone scoring over 50 manages to tie their shoes.
See, that's kind of where this crosses into a weird sort of reverse stereotyping. I don't think I quite got up to 50 but I checked off a number of them and they were all genuine and I don't think I'm some bizarre pop-obsessed stereotype, nor a "brain-dead douche". I like to think I have pretty good analytical ability and personal reasoning. But the quiz doesn't ask your rationale or your feelings, just yes or no.
I guess it just seems to me like judging people on a superficial quiz that's
meant to be superficial is... well, just as superficial, and ironically so. I took the quiz and it made me laugh... I think that's what it's supposed to do! Yes, it's stupid to correlate this all with race and yes it's stupid to take the quiz at all, but isn't that what lighthearted humor is about? I mean, really, it's someone's silly Buzzfeed quiz, and it's a pretty bad one at that. I come here and post about it and there seems to be the prevalent concept that if you score high, you're vapid, shallow, media-obsessed, etcetera. I don't think that's fair or true, and I think the internet community does seem to condone that attitude much like it tends to condone being cruel to people who are intellectually slower.
I don't think those attitudes are intentional, of course, and I think it's good people are making an outspoken effort to combat the hive-mind, but I also think people should be careful about distinguishing
personal from individual. I can like blue and you can like blue too and that can still come genuinely from the heart. And in fact, blue is far and away the most popular favorite color. But that doesn't take away from its personal reasoning for each person who likes it. If I like Miley Cyrus with her lower gravelley voice singing a song my dad used to sing and play on guitar when I was little... why does it being correlated with whiteness make my individual opinion and experience superficial?
Anyway, this post is getting way too serious for commentary on a Buzzfeed quiz on a Friday afternoon, I am going outside to enjoy the sunshine and will catch you guys later.