I was inspired by this post over at Stuff White People Like. While I waver between being offended amused (both of which are probably the point of that blog, depending on your demographic), I have to admit that some of the items listed are dead on (of course, some of them are also poorly-thought-out bullshit, but you can't win 'em all. Also, white person != yuppie). Specifically, the one about Irony.
"Other examples would include white people getting together to have a ‘white trash’ night where they would eat Kentucky Fried Chicken, drink Bud Light and watch Larry the Cable Guy or The Marine. Maybe listen to Kid Rock or P.O.D. These events allow white people to experience things they are supposed to hate, all while feeling better about their own lives, decisions, and cultured tastes."
And then I decided it's OK to not be ironic about something, for once in my life. I used to hate coffee, and now I actually like it. I'm not liking it 'ironically', or so I can be pretentious about the fact that I now like this oh so adult beverage and can call myself a conoisseur or whatever.
I just really like coffee now, and I'm going to write about all the coffee I try because I don't have a favorite kind yet. I'm pretty sure that on the scale of one-to-yuppie, Second Cup pumpkin spice lattes, while pretty tasty, are the coffee equivalent of turning it up to 11.
By the way, I also like Wu-Tang Clan, DMX, and Barenaked Ladies. And I own every Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls album ever pressed. Take that, irony.
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