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From Friday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 8:51 PM EDT 01/04/08

Christian Lander, co-founder of Stuffwhitepeoplelike.com, talks to Siri Agrell about how he vets his posts, the people who hate him and his new book deal ...Read the full article

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  1. Kevin Desmoulin from Toronto, Canada writes: No comment, no Just Kidding, It is kinda of interesting idea, I think the way of vetting is kinda of limited, What is there to really like about it?
    A day in the sun for this one.
  2. Comments are Closed from Toronto, Canada writes: 'Funny? Stupid? Offensive? All three?' Try True. I know my world changed the day I found out Colin Powell had a Volvo.
  3. M Hillier from London, Canada writes: I had just come across that site a few days ago and read a few entries. To be honest, I laughed to the point of tears. Anyone who can't find humour in this is either extremely self-absorbed, thin-skinned, or part of the perpetual grievance industry that finds 'offensiveness' in everything.

    Those who can't laugh at themselves live an extremely sad existence.
  4. scott thomas from Canada writes: Tilley Endurables.
  5. Kevin Desmoulin from Toronto, Canada writes: gees it is kinda of funny and lame at the same time.
  6. Former 2nd Row from Toronto, Canada writes: Yawn .....
  7. Paul Longo from Canada writes: Funny - Yes
    True - Mostly
    Racist - Probably

    Lets face it, any time anyone makes a distinction between one group of people and another based on their origins (weather a complementary or derogatory) it is racist. I'm not saying I have a problem with the site - in fact I am a fan of it - but call it what it is.
  8. J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Replace the word white with black or Jewish and this site would be dismantled in a heartbeat...
  9. The Wight from Canada writes: J L:

    'Replace the word white with black or Jewish and this site would be dismantled in a heartbeat...'

    This happens all the time in ads, generally around gender. I find all kinds of sexist ads that play well one way but would be picketed if the genders were reversed.
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    n m from Canada writes: Sigh. If you read the site it is poking fun at white liberal yuppies, but in a way that actually lifts up as an ideal the lifestyle it gently ribs. Before accusing the blog of racism against white people (as though racism against the dominant culture were even possible), try grasping the subtleties of the blog first, and then questioning what values it's really attacking, and what values it really is supporting.
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    n m from Canada writes: You are so right The Wight. It's like when Hillary is accused of fake crying or no one bats an eyelash when people hold signs telling her to get back in the kitchen. If the roles were reversed there's no way people would stand for it.
  12. N C from Canada writes: Everyone has different senses of humor so why bother even asking if you think it's funny? That being said, when I read the column on marathons, I just about lost it as some of the exact phrases in it had come out of my mouth. I guess that column speaks to this white girl.
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    Oy Vey from Vancouver, Canada writes: Funny for the most part. Some of the posts bang on a bit, but that will happen sometimes.

    If you are white and you are truly offended by anything on there, you are an idiot.
  14. Rain Couver from Canada writes: 'Kitchen utensils, Sarah Silverman, Toyota Prius, Apple, Obama...'

    >>Well, Lander guessed 2 out of 5 for this white man. Sarah Silverman and Apple.
  15. M Hillier from London, Canada writes: Racism (like all other 'isms) is in the eye of the beholder. This is not to say it doesn't exist...to the contrary, I think it is naive for people to believe that it can ever be totally eliminated. There will always be extremist nutjobs among us who will think racist, misogynistic or discriminatory thoughts. And to be honest, I would prefer them being open and vocal about it so I can mock them incessantly and marginalize their obnoxious behaviour. But those who consistently choose to view the world through the prism of identity politics will find 'offensiveness' everywhere they look.

    I prefer the antiquated notion of judging others on their individual merits and statements. Funny is funny and stupidity is stupidity whether the source is white, black, asian, Christian, Muslim, atheist, Gaia worshipper, etc., etc. Humour, like racism, is also in the eye of the beholder.

    Question: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?

    Answer: That's not funny.

    Funny, moronic, misogynistic??.....tough call. Better let the Canadian Human Rights Commission deal with this one.
  16. Lee Turner from Canada writes: As a white person guilty of some of these 'White Pleasures' (ahem, Asian wife), I don't see it as racist at all, and in fact we need to laugh more about racial issues, not treat them so tenderly. Laughter takes away the power of racial slurs.

    And for my own edition: White people love stupid, formulaic dances with simple hand motions: The Chicken Dance, The Macarena, YMCA, etc.... Can anyone explain why?
  17. varun xm from toronto, Canada writes: 'Green Gastronomy Culinary Programs at ROM‏' - In my mailbox today. Beat that Lander!
  18. browny 75 from north of TO, Canada writes: Dragon boats...there I did beat that!
  19. Sawchuck 30 from Far Away From the GTA, Canada writes: n m from Canada writes: Sigh. If you read the site it is poking fun at white liberal yuppies, but in a way that actually lifts up as an ideal the lifestyle it gently ribs. Before accusing the blog of racism against white people (as though racism against the dominant culture were even possible),
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    Surely you jest? Racism has nothing to do with minority/majority, it is prejudice based upon race. I was met with open hostility from the family of a girl I was dating many years ago simply because I was white and she was Asian. Whites do not own racism, it can be found in every race.

    The site 'lifts up the lifestyle it gently ribs' in much the same way as the Cobert Report does extreme Conservativism, except for the fact that the site is self-satire whereas Colbert is satire with intent. Both are worthy endeavors and highly amusing.
  20. H M from Canada writes: Lee Turner- because white guys can't dance, but moving your hands is easier than coordinating your feet.

    This site cracks me up. White people need to poke fun at themselves (ourselves?) more often. I also think it appeals to the Canadian sense of humour- we make fun of ourselves more often than other cultures, I think.
  21. Sue City from Canada writes: Man, wish I thought of that one. Everybody loves it when white people make fun of themselves. Or, when Eddie Murphy makes fun of white people - that's a close second.
  22. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: I'm a visible minority. normally i would be offended by this but for some reason I'm not. This $$$ht is hilarious!
  23. Dan Druff from Canada writes: ..

    Everyones a little bit racist some times...
    it doesent mean we go around commiting hate crimes....
  24. david eddie from Canada writes: Problem is these websites always jump the shark, and start to suck, then usually shut down, once the bloggers get a book deal. and the book is never as good as the site. happened to my old favorite site, thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com. the book 'things my girlfriend and I have argued about' (by Mil Millington, a Brit) was OK, but the site was brilliant, hilarious. now moribund sadly. I predict the same will happen with this site.
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    G E from Victoria, Canada writes: Hillarious. I see myself in every post.
  26. Chris Edwards from Greater Sudbury, Canada writes: J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Replace the word white with black or Jewish and this site would be dismantled in a heartbeat...

    Not if it was run by a Jew or a Black person. (BTW, I'm white, so I am probably racist for writing Jew and Black, right?)

    If a white person were to criticize or try to dismantle a site run by a Jew or a Black person titled thingsjewishpeoplelike.com or thingsblackpeoplelike.com, they be called racist for being patronizing and infantilizing other races and religions.

    Instead, a website that is clearly satire is labelled racist by some...why, again? Because white people are involved? I don't know really - can't put my finger on it.

    You must be white - only a tight a$$ed WASP tosser would get this wound up about a self-effacing site where a race pokes fun at itself.

    Actually - you're on the list. Is THAT why you're so mad?
  27. Brent Wilkins from Canada writes: ': I'm a visible minority. normally i would be offended by this but for some reason I'm not. This $$$ht is hilarious!'

    It is not racist if it is directed at white people.
  28. carol c from Canada writes: That site is freakin' hilarious. It's white people making fun of white people, and I don't find it racist in the least. I'm a lesbian, and I can call my lesbian friend a dyke. If a straight person said that it wouldn't fly. Sometimes I think white men haven't the foggiest notion what prejudice is, and some of the comments here prove that.
  29. Ed Op from Canada writes: Laugh out loud at myself funny.
  30. Mike Jeffcott from Canada writes: Leave the MEC alone.
  31. Steve C from Canada writes: The site is hilarious! As a member of a visible ethnic group, that website gives me a better insight into the white man's psyche (I'm just kidding - I'll never understand some white people - including my wife!) :)

    Anyhow, I discovered this site a few days ago:
    http://stuffasians.blogspot.com/
  32. Brent Wilkins from Canada writes: Carol, I'll make a list of things that lsebians like and we'll see what you say.

    Sometimes I think lesbians are in a dream world...
  33. Peter Fulton from Canada writes:

    It's great to be part of a culture that is not so as up-tight as to feel the need to have this stuff shut-down, that is not railroaded by political action groups, or other humourless self-absorbed inadequates.

    So white people are boring. Well, you have to be something...at least we have learnt to laugh at ourselves.

    love this site...keep up the painful revelations!
  34. Albin Forone from Canada writes: Really about as good as blogs get. One thing missed in that hot item about asian girls (I'm guilty) is that they are known to refer to fevered white boys as 'rice krispies.'
  35. carol c from Canada writes: Far be it from me to label anyone's definition of themselves, but since you seem to be a white man and not a lesbian that wouldn't really be a parallel, would it?

    Here is sit with my MEC backpack planning a dinner party for friends including a vegan. Funny.
  36. Adam Smith from Canada writes: H M from Canada writes: Lee Turner- because white guys can't dance, but moving your hands is easier than coordinating your feet.

    Actually HM, it isn't just us white guys who can't dance. White girls can't dance either. Seriously. Please stop. You look ridiculous.
  37. james p from Canada writes: i'm a big fan of biting satire and great writing. loved the bit the bit about us and our 'performance clothes'.
  38. Albin Forone from Canada writes: Let me straighten out the 'can't dance' thing once and for all. The stereotype comes from members of one of the world's two dance-cultures envying the members of the other one, because the other one dominates modern popular music and the modern club scene, while the first is relegated to Celtic Revival stage performances, the polka and the dossey-do. I'm referring to the divide between world cultures that dance from the hips and shoulders (stereotypically 'white' and especially northern Euro, but going well into Asia) as compared with cultures that dance from the feet and fingers (stereotypically 'black' but including the Middle East and parts of Mediterranean Europe.) Some may scoff, but eventually the truth will emerge. It's why those drunk white corporate types of both sexes look so pathetic 'gettin' down' to the wrong song.
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    mrk . from Canada writes: The site lists a rather quotidian array of objects, activities and behavioural proclivities that white people purportedly favour. From this alone one might draw the conclusion that white folk are a relatively agreeable bunch, and more or less unremarkable in the scope of their collective preferences. Given conscientious pause to critically reflect on Lander's ribbing, one might ask whether other groups do not like food, music, technology, clothing, or any of the other miscellany of goods and activities depicted? Maybe that's where the distinctions he's drawn start to break down. One observation to be drawn from the site is that Lander presupposes that white people have good taste, whereas other groups do not. If Lander means for this observation to be drawn, one should hope that he doesn't intend for it to be interpreted as a cultural verity. It's no doubt difficult to pigeonhole an entire identifiable group into a set of characteristics expediently formatted for the web. I wonder also what else is there that white people like? Perhaps civilization, which is said to have been saved by the Irish. Don't forget African American music and culture, which has been co-opted on an industrial scale by white folk. The distinctions seem so unimportant when considering that what white people like is of less importance that what white people have historically sought to preserve or control (in the case of cultures that have been lost to colonial conquest.) It seems that the targets of the affectations of white people have largely determined the complexion of the society in which we now live, for better or for worse. I suppose that what Lander's blog lacks in historical insight it compensates for in the sheer hilarity of white people's haplessly awkward nature. Thank you Christian Lander. It's true that white people do like all of those things you've identified, and you've provided all races with much needed comedic relief in drawing attention to the obvious.
  40. A non-Imus from Canada writes: Eminem. He's the Steve Nash of hip hop.
  41. Richard Hawrelak from Sarnia, Canada writes: Aha, a survey where I'm batting 1,000. I'd add warm weather and trips to Florida in Feb.
  42. Brent Wilkins from Canada writes: Things some other groups like,

    watermelon, basketball, talking loudly at movies,kfc

    I am assuming I will be censored
  43. J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Carol C writes 'Sometimes I think white men haven't the foggiest notion what prejudice is'

    Wow, now there is a dumb comment...
  44. A C from Albertario, Canada writes:

    Funny?
    True?
    Stupid?

    Actually I find this stuff neither funny or true, so I guess that just leaves stupid.

    White people like yoga? As opposed to the millions of folks living on the sub-continent who came up with the practice? White people like Asian girls? As opposed to, er, . . . Asian men liking them? And white people like marijuana? Has this guy seen Chappelle? Or listened to a Bob Marley album? Marijuana is hardly a white thing. White people like Obama? As opposed to the record black turnout he's getting? WTF?

    Most of the 'white' of the joke has more to do with 'green' (money) not skin colour: Apple, Prius, Aveda, etc. The reason there's no Nascar, guns, and wife-beaters is because it's not about green, it's simply white, and that ain't funny that's just sad.

    Comes from the same fount of inspiration as 'you know you're a redneck when . . . '

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  45. MJ Patchouli from Regina, Canada writes: Diversity.

    No not real diversity -- puh-leeze -- but rather expensive ad campaigns with posters -- say for a private school -- the poster will showcase a black kid, a wheelchair kid, probably holding a basketball, an asian kid -- or just a dark-skinned kid who could be anything from Greek to East Indian. No white kids, even though that's the only kind you will ever find at the school.

    You know, just typing that felt racist...but the poster would make me feel sooo goood.
  46. Chris Edwards from Canada writes: Brent - you're trying to hard. Don't have a stroke man. I'm a white guy who laughed at Chris Rock's 'n-word' bit - does that make me racist? The site we are discussing is written by a white guy, but a lesbian thinks it's funny - what's the big deal? You've missed the point by a couple of miles. If you wrote a blog about lesbians, it wouldn't be funny because you aren't one. Most people are on the same page with that - laugh at yourself and people will laugh with you. You need to lighten up boy.
  47. Chris Edwards from Greater Sudbury, Canada writes: J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Carol C writes 'Sometimes I think white men haven't the foggiest notion what prejudice is'

    Probably because people like you and Brent seem to want to turn this into some kind of reverse discrimination debate, when it's a white guy doing the writing about white people. What do you not get about this?
  48. J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Chris Edwards? what are you talking about? Carol C says 'white men haven't the foggiest notion what prejudice is'. I think that was a dumb comment. What in the heck are you trying to say?
  49. Brent Wilkins from Canada writes: I have no problem with the content. A lot of it is true. I find stereotypes hilarious. I just wish the road went both ways. I find Chris Rock funny, and I find Russel Peters funny. I think that we are way to uptight about race - and people will scream racism when it is directed at a non whites.

    I agree with the other poster that if this was about another race or creed it would not be on the front page of the globe and mail because it is too risque - that is my problem.

    There is no such thing as reverse discrimination - only discrimination.
  50. Puntal Puntal from Calgary, Canada writes: Dammit, there is no such thing as 'reverse' discrimination; if you treat or behave towards a person/group based solely on identifiable characteristics in the race/sex/age/ability/orientation etc. realm, you are guilty of discrimination. Portraying men as buffoons in household item commercials isn't 'reverse' discrimination, it's simple discrimation. The only thing I can fathom to constitute reverse discrimination is treating someone favourably b/c they're from a certain group. And even that's a stretch.
  51. Midtown Bob from Toronto, Canada writes: To A C from Albertario, you know what else white folk like? Vise-grip locking pliers! I'll be sending you a pair so you can remove whatever is stuck in your...
  52. Midtown Bob from Canada writes: Oe more thing, white folks like to hog the remote.
  53. A C from Albertario, Canada writes:

    Midtown Bob writes: white folks like to hog the remote.

    Priceless stuff, Bob. Keep those gems coming!

    ROFLM_W_AO

    .
  54. Brent Wilkins from Canada writes: 'If you wrote a blog about lesbians, it wouldn't be funny because you aren't one.' Well, I do like girls...
  55. Blind InTheSun from Canada writes: Brilliant! Very Canadian, too. I think the exaggerations are funny because there are indeed people just like that that think being a charicature is the 'real' thing. Of course, that's other people. Not me. I am an authentic, suburban, environmentally concerned, socially repsonsible, multilingual citizen whose children will grow up to be jazz-loving diplomats because they deserve to be. Everyone else is just a poser. (hahaha- love this site!)
  56. Rebel Prince from Berlin, Germany writes: Twice in that interview, the phrase 'to poke fun of...' was used. Since when does anyone say that? I just Googled it, and to my amazement, the same error has been published on the Internet 36,000 times. ('To poke fun at ...' got almost a million hits.)
  57. carol c from Canada writes: Well Brent, you wouldn't be the first man who wanted to be a lesbian. Identifying as one is a different story.

    I've got nothing against the white fellas, and when I say sometimes I think you don't understand prejudice I mean simply that it's not a big part of your experience. Yes, you may get passed over for a promotion because there's someone in a minority with similar credentials. Yes, you may be schooled in a way that does not suit your natural learning style. And yes, the divorce courts favour mothers and underplay the role of Fathers in child rearing.

    On the other hand, you've probably never had a call from the hospital because your friend was beaten to a pulp because she's a lesbian. You've probably never had the act of walking down the road holding your girlfriend's hand become a political act through someone else's opinion (well the straight fellas anyway). You've probably never had to deal with the fact that language marginalizes your skin colour and celebrates someone else's (blacklisted, white wedding, etc.). You've probably never had someone ask where you're from when you were born right here. You've probably never had your land taken for a string of beads, a smallpox blanket, and a treaty you may as well wipe yer ar$e on for all it's worth.

    I'm not knocking the white fellas, on the whole they're a good group of people. This is just one of those things I think you need to have some sort of direct experience in to really understand. For most people anyway.
  58. Bert Russell Paradox, BC from Canada writes:
    Looks like fairly harmless stuff but what is good for the goose is good for the gander.....
    So why don't we have: stuff Latino like ///// stuff jews like///// stuff mormons like //// stuff African Blacks like /// stuff Sikh like .... Somalian..
    Indians ...
    It is a put down. Its good to laugh at yourself but when you start making fun of others, be considerate.
  59. Miss Lady from Canada writes: I thought I was black, but from his blog I am apparently white. Who knew?
    Or maybe just solidly middle class.
  60. Carolyn Bongiorno from Glenham, NY USA, United States writes: Uh, I like the Toyota Prius and Senator Obama. I didn't watch 'The Wire' and I've shopped at Whole Foods. I'm Black, but I found this funny anyway.
  61. Chuck the Canuk from Kanada, Canada writes: lame site. boring. maybe i am not really white.
  62. Brian W from Burlington, Canada writes: Someone start a site called stuffblackpeoplelike.com and we can all laugh at that too.

    I'll start: chicken and biscuits, big flashy wheels, Senator Obama, laughing at white people, old Acura's and Lexus's, crown-shaped air fresheners.... anyone else? Hahhahaha! Wow, this is great fun!
  63. Ben SGT/USMC from United States writes:
    Brian W from Burlington, Canada writes: 'Someone start a site called stuffblackpeoplelike.com and we can all laugh at that too.'

    Brian, you racist PIG!!!

    This is not a two-way street, and you cannot go there.



    basketball, rap music, white girls, huge gold jewelry....

  64. J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Oh carol c.. you are too much... What is a 'white fella'? Is a Jewish guy white? How about an Irish guy? Or an Italian? A Greek? a French Canadian? Gay white guys? Do you know what kind of prejudice these groups faced in recent history? There were times when signs in windows said 'The Irish need not apply'. Every hear of the 1918 Toronto anti-Greek riot? How about the largest mass-lynching in American history which involved 11 Italians in NewOrleans? There are many more examples I could give you but hopefully you get the point. Not all 'white guys' have the same backgrounds.
  65. Geoff Wilson from Calgary, Canada writes: I had a look at the site. It's pretty good. We can have a laugh at ourselves from time to time, can't we?
  66. Beatriz Perez-Sanchez from Toronto, Canada writes: Like: kitchen utensils and Obama. Wish he were in my kitchen as well as the utensils.

    Dislike: Sarah Silverman (grossly overrated), Toyota Prius (in the running for an Automobile Ugly Design Award, along with the Ford Focus)

    Indifferent: Apple

    I think the website is a great idea but it would be interesting to see similar websites for people from various ethnic/racial backgrounds as well. If we could learn to laugh at ourselves more, the world would be a healthier place.
  67. Jack Robertson from Toronto, Canada writes: I'm waiting for the appearance of the website whatmuslimslike.com. It would probably take mere milliseconds before the first fatwah was declared against its creator. The fact that white people and Christians take satirization of their own cultures and religion in stride is worth noting. It is ironic that they are the same groups most often vilified by others as 'intolerant' and 'racist'. It makes one wonder just who the real hypocrites are in this world. Geert Wilders, I salute you.
  68. Sharon Smith from Calgary, Canada writes: J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Do you know what kind of prejudice these groups faced in recent history? There were times when signs in windows said 'The Irish need not apply'. Every hear of the 1918 Toronto anti-Greek riot? How about the largest mass-lynching in American history which involved 11 Italians in NewOrleans?

    Those white guys are dead. Today's Irish, Greek and Italian guys have only ever been considered 'white guys' and enjoyed the privileges of being such. They most likely have never experienced prejudice, as white guys have 99% of the power in this country.
  69. Keystone Provincial from NOT Winnipeg, Canada writes: Yawn. It's all been done before, with the Pat the Yuppy book etc in the 80s, the Black comics in the 70s and later, the Jewish entertainers in the 50s and 60s. It's so unoriginal that it's painful for anybody old enough to remember. Having said that, I'll add my own 2 points for things white people like (except this white guy):

    1. turning any and every word into a verb.
    2. repackaging old material and thinking it's something new.
  70. Jeff Pritchard from Canada writes: Middlemarch II? Mos Def?

    Say what you will, but this dude is pretty funny.
  71. Alberto Bayo from Canada writes: Must be stuff really old white people like
  72. J L from Toronto, Canada writes: Sharon Smith writes...'they most likely have never experienced prejudice, as white guys have 99% of the power in this country' Please Sharon there are so many examples of prejudice that everyone faces including 'white guys'... there are people of colour who hate white people and treat them with extreme prejudice (come to Toronto and I'll show you - it'll be fun (you may want to bring a gun)), there are thin people who hate fat people, there are women who hate men (thankfully a very small percentage), there are religious groups that hate all Christians (yes, incl. the white male Christians), there are ethnic groups who do not do business with you if you are not from the same ethnicity, then there's employment equity, etc. Do you get it? Just because you're a woman or a person of colour or in a same- sex relationship that doesn't mean you're the only one who faces any sort of prejudice. All people (including white males) have faced prejudice in their lives. As for white males holding 99% of power - This country was founded by the French and English (if you haven't noticed those people tend to be white) and of course the power base is mostly made up by them. But 99% is very high and there is no direct correlation between prejudice and power anyways. It's more an issue of who you know vs who you are - this is a phenomenon seen all over the world. The bottom line is that no one in this country has a monopoly on facing prejudice and all white guys are not ignorant to prejudice.
  73. Steven Rzewski from toronto, Canada writes: The title of the site is completely inaccurate.

    The site does not consist of what white people like; it consists of the preferences of individuals that embrace the values of the dominant middle class urban/suburban North American culture, from the yuppies through gen -x, and so on. It just so happens that the majority of people who espouse these Starbaucks values are white. Why? ......Because the majority of middle-class North Americans are white!!!
  74. Michael Sharp from Victoria, Canada writes:

    Just visited the site.
    Pretty funny.

    Omigawd!
    I'm white.

    Who knew?
  75. John Smith from Ottawa, Canada writes: So funny that I forgot to laugh. I can see people going to the site and gently reminiscing about those really funny satires like National Lampoon and SNL, the kind of humour that Gary Trudeau called "I'm OK, You're Not" style.
  76. j boland from United States writes: Pretty boring and stupid actually. He'd better take the book money and run fast because this has a half life of about another 45 days and then caput.
  77. CD W from Canada writes: Sarah Silverman in the episode of Voyager, hey, white folks love star trek, and star gate, and star wars, anything the fictionally might give us some small hope. Oh and I like the show COPS , nothing better than tazed folks and shirtless white guys from the left end of the socio-economic curve. And where is my white bread with mayonaise? Hmmm mayonaise, I guess white folk love Homer too, you get to pick which one!
  78. Antonio San from Canada writes: I can imagine the kind of press stuffthat black, asian, eastindian etc... peoplelike.com would get in this newspaper...
  79. Rolloff deBunk from Calgary - Centre of American wannabe's, Canada writes: I realized I was a hunkie when I started noticing that other older white guys like me liked to wear boat shoes. Those moccasiny things with lace around the top. I had to stop beacuse they had no arch support and my heels were killing me. I do not and never will though have a sweater hanging off my shoulders with the arms dangling in front. I may be white but I do have my pride!
  80. edward prior from Montreal, Canada writes: Hey! I'm white and I'm absolutely addicted to watching The Wire.
  81. Manisha P from Canada writes: Site is funny for the most part - a few things seemed odd.
    I don't understand why is mayonnaise will never make the list. It should be in the top ten!
  82. The Seeker from Toronto, Canada writes: Michael Sharp from Victoria, Canada writes:

    Just visited the site.
    Pretty funny.

    Omigawd!
    I'm white.

    Who knew?

    Uh, everyone who reads your posts, that's who...

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