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Stuff White People Like

  • #126 Vespa Scooters

    Within white culture, your choice of transportation method says a lot about you.  For example a Prius says you care about the Earth, a bicycle shows you REALLY care about the earth, and a bus shows t...

  • #125 Bob Marley

    During the course of a white person’s education they will go through many phases including but not limited to:  “awkward,”  “classic rock,” and “being really into...

  • #124 Hating People Who Wear Ed Hardy

    Often it can be easier to find common ground with a white person by talking to them about something you both hate.  Discussing things you both like might lead to an argument over who likes it more or...

  • White People in the News, April 13th 2009

    ©2009 Stuart Isett/www.isett.com “Bonding with their Downward-facing Humans” By: Bethany Lyttle.  New York Times, April 8th, 2009. Overview White people like to make the most of their f...

  • #123 Mad Men

    Television is one of the keys to a white person’s heart. A proper reference to Arrested Development or the lending of a Wire Season on DVD are considered two of the easiest and most cost effect...
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Yahoo Oddly Enough

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MSNBC

  • Cop nabs robber minutes after graduating

    One of the NYPD's newest officers made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden.

  • Cabbie sprays deodorant to repel attacker

    Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

  • Students get X-rated version of class DVD

    A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch.

  • Cops: Teens mistake sex screams for assault

    A teen thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple were actually having sex,  police said.

  • Bigfoot? Nope, just a big hoax in Conn.

    A Connecticut woman's close encounter with the mythical beast Sasquatch turned out to be nothing more than a boy in a costume.
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USA Today

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Digg

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College Humor

  • American History as Explained by an 8-Year-Old

    Keep Reading Written 2009-07-04 10:00:00 by Brian Murphy likes so far. B...

  • Thomas Jefferson's 1st Draft of the Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is a formative document in our Nation's history.� Penned solely by Thomas Jefferson in 1774, it listed the grievances that the Colonials held towards King George and...

  • Sex on the Beach

    GUY: You know, my parents aren't home, we can just go back to my beach house.GIRL: But it's soooo romantic out here, isn't it?! I've always dreamt of making love on the beach!GUY: Oh, okay, but isn't...

  • If The Climactic ''Independence Day'' Speech Happened In Reality

    All that mid-90s starpower, and it's up to Randy F*cking Quaid to save the planet?On the morning of July 4, 1996, U.S President James Whitmore is set to make a speech that will rally Americans to defe...

  • Issue #1

    Ever have a sh*tty job that you wanted to complain about in a weekly submission-based column named after Blink-182 lyrics? Send your submissions to worksuxiknow[at]gmail.com!A drunk customer last nigh...
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Fark

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Reuters

  • Irish uproar stops recession from devouring burger

    DUBLIN (Reuters) - Having grumbled about billions spent on banks, the Irish public have pulled together to rescue another treasure -- described as one of Ireland's few original contributions to world...

  • North Korea's latest launch ... beer

    SEOUL (Reuters) - Communist North Korea's latest launch is sure to cause much frothing ... it is a locally brewed beer that promises drinkers it will help ease stress.

  • Mung bean mystery stumps British military

    KABUL (Reuters) - The British military is mystified after what was first announced as a major haul of opium poppy seeds amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans.

  • Spain police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak

    MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-metre-long zeppelin.

  • Housewife first up for 100-day "live sculpture"

    LONDON (Reuters) - A housewife from Sleaford in Lincolnshire will be the first of thousands of people to stand for one hour on top of a plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as part of a 100-day "live s...
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Daves Daily

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Mr Good Post

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Indecision 2008

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Dilbert Blog

  • Blog relocation

    Starting today, this blog is moving to http://dilbert.com/blog/. There you will be able to vote on comments, and the best ones will float to the top. Scott...

  • The Economics Party

    My jaw dropped when I heard that presidential candidate Clinton dismissed the unified opinion of every economist on the planet and supported the gas tax rebate. The rebate is John McCain’s proposal.

  • Why Your House Isn’t Energy Efficient

    I ran into a friend the other day who is a home builder. He had been planning to build several homes that would be extra-green, both because he wants to help the environment, and because he figured bu...

  • Youth in Asia

    Yesterday I was updating my retirement plan through age 110 and wondered if it was long enough. It seems to me that medical science is progressing so quickly I have a good shot at reaching 140. This g...

  • How Much Water?

    Regarding my previous post, how much water would a typical home have to pump into its own virtual dam in order to provide energy during a typical night while the water flows back out and through a gen...
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