Comments on: Stuff White People Like…The Novel!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:21:38 +0000

Well, yeah, but I’m not sure if it will be a success.

The hype, and quality, of the blog has gone down a few notches. Maybe he’s hoarding all the good stuff for the book now.

By: charlotte

charlotte — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:01:51 +0000

From a publishing standpoint, this is not a risk. In fact, for a blog, it’s more literary than most.

By: lecya

lecya — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:58:18 +0000

This is too funny. Some of the articles actually rings true for me too, so I must be part-white. Ha. I wouldn’t go as far as buying the book, but good for Christian. He gets to make a check out of something that started as a hobby.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:24:38 +0000

Katie: I apologize for the long reply…but you don’t find the blog funny! So I must try my best to explain why I personally find it funny.

Well, I found it funny at first because, like your friends, I thought it described many of my white friends and acquaintances to a tee. It was interesting to see how much of a culture there was…and humorous to see someone describe it in such a precise, matter-of-fact tone. And there’s just all too much dialogue about the culture of minorities but nothing about the vast majority of America…middle class white people.

But that level of amusement lasted only a short while, and I soon found more to laugh at, as I saw more and more that many of my non-white friends and people of all races (including me) fit many of these “traits.” It was like “Wow…we’re kind of white!”

So yeah…I now find it most humorous when I see a post on there that is reflected by either myself or non-white people I know…and this happens fairly frequently. At this moment, I don’t know exactly why I find that funny.

I have to say that I’m beginning to lose interest a little the more I see the blog describing things that aren’t really “white” per se, but more of a commentary on the college-educated, middle class, 20-30 something crowd. For example, like one of the recent posts about “downloading a whole bunch of music illegally.” Pretty much everyone does many of the things in that post. As opposed to one of the older posts about “dinner parties,” which is something, more or less, exclusively “white”…and hilarious. There’s gotta be that balance. It’s difficult to do, but that nice balance is what it started off so strongly with, and hooked me…but I think it’s becoming too generalized.

leafless: I’d have to agree with you. I’m not sure how much longer the blog will be able to hold the same level of interest and hype…I’d imagine it’d die down quite a bit by the time the book is released in August. I guess we’ll see how big of a phenomenon this thing really is by then.

By: Katie Kish

Katie Kish — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:26:33 +0000

see… i dont think its funny (the blog) …like, i dont really get it. its like “yeah…so? i do like that” then all my ethnic friends tell me i dont get it because im white - but they all find it hilarious. especially my asian friends. and they tease me constantly based on its content.

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:58:10 +0000

So I checked out that blog…

Either I’m very white-washed, or, like you said, these attributes have more to do with class than race.

(Whoo-hoo, Zero 7!)

By: leafless

leafless — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:22:28 +0000

I would say this is a bad investment. That blog is losing steam in terms of popularity. Also, this type of stuff works better in a blog than a book.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:54:56 +0000

wonderful site!!!! interesting stuff keep up the good work

By: wanchanken

wanchanken — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:21:08 +0000

Hey… I used to have a casette of dc Talk’s “Jesus freak”… those were good times =)
Hey, thanks for the add in your blogs list!