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Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

2 pointsby johnny99over 10 years ago

4 comments

klsover 10 years ago
<i>I should note that I’m planning to Mallet anyone who decides to start a debate on the word “privilege” in this thread. I’ve already established that straight white dudes often cannot deal with the term rationally; there’s no need for a) any of them to prove it, b) anyone else to reiterate the fact.</i><p>Not much room for disagreeing with his summation now is there.
coldteaover 10 years ago
Well, the only level easier than SWM is &quot;(Upper)-Middle-class minority playing the minority card&quot;.<p>If you&#x27;re gay from a poor family in Alabama, you got it tough.<p>If you&#x27;re gay from an upper middle class family in, say, New York, you can use it to your advantage.
andrewchambersover 10 years ago
The only thing easier than being a white man is complaining about how easy it is.
thretover 10 years ago
SWM: still several orders of magnitude harder than being a beautiful woman.<p>Seinfeld as evidence: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb72AJDFAjE" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Kb72AJDFAjE</a>