According to Maxi Pad the demographics of the board can be summed up as follows:
Quote:Obviously the vast majority on here are ideologically conservative, and from what I gather, from the largest most reliable GOP demographic---old, white rich selfish Boomers who trust the GOP to keep their taxes low. Others have religious reasons, which again means arguing with them is pointless.
So I'm curious how many fit. So let's find out.
Ninerfan1:
Age - 35
White - yes
Rich - No, upper middle class
Selfish - no, gave about 20% of my take home income to various charities last year
Boomer - Obviously not given my age
Religious - yes, but it doesn't factor into my views on anything political save abortion
Not exactly sure what scale to use to define rich though. I'm sure my opinion of "rich" will not equal most others.
But for me:
Age - 45
Race - Caucasian
Class - Middle?
Selfish - No. Donate weekly to my church and other various small donations.
Boomer - I don't think so.
Religious - Methodist.
Politics = Liberal/Progressive. (Niner, you left this one out
) And religion plays no part in my political leanings.
Age - 24 on Saturday
Race - Black
Class - I guess it would be middle for an unmarried man of 24.
Selfish - I'll swim to my death to save your life so I guess not.
Boomer - My father is
Religious - Yeah. United Church of Christ.
Politics - Libertarian where I am now though if I were back in Canada I would be conservative. Religion doesn't really play any part in my political leanings because I don't want my religion to play a part in yours.
mlb:
Age - 33
White - yes
Rich - no, upper middle class
Selfish - Nowhere close to 20% of my income, but certainly donate time and money to organizations who help the poor, specifically children
Boomer - Obviously not given my age
Religious - Believe in God, not in any specific religion (too much hypocrisy)
Political views - you guys think I'm left, others think I'm right, most "political" tests I take put me smack dab in the middle. Not registered to any party, voted in the Democratic primary 4 years ago (Clinton) but ended up voting for McCain in November.
According to Maxi Pad the demographics of the board can be summed up as follows:
Quote:Obviously the vast majority on here are ideologically conservative, and from what I gather, from the largest most reliable GOP demographic---old, white rich selfish Boomers who trust the GOP to keep their taxes low. Others have religious reasons, which again means arguing with them is pointless.
So I'm curious how many fit. So let's find out.
BIE:
Age - 35
White - yes
Rich - No, middle class
Selfish - no contribute to multiple charities
Boomer - Obviously not given my age
Religious - yes
Political views - Only ardently socially conservative on Abortion indifferent to Gay Marriage, .... Fiscally Moderate (right leaning), Governmentally libertarian (want the fed very very small but ok with active state and county govts)
(04-10-2012 02:05 PM)Paul M Wrote: [ -> ]Happy Birthday.
Thanks. I like to think that ECU has it's annual spring game to honour my birthday.
White, Gen X age, definitely not rich. My philosophy in a nutshell - generally lean conservative on fiscal and economic matters, liberal on social and personal choice matters, and support a foreign policy of non-intervention. So overall, I "lean" libertarian, though I can't say I support the Party or purist ideology.
Attend a non-denominational Christian church that I suppose is a bit liberal (relatively speaking) compared to other organized denominations, and support a separation of church and state. Strive to judge everyone based on their individual character only, not by which demographic "group" they belong.
Torch:
Age - 45
White - yes (one Native American parent)
Rich - Middle class
Selfish - Average giving 12% gross earnings over past decade+
Boomer - Obviously not given my age
Religious - yes
Politics- Quasi-libertarian.
Would have been interesting to include kids...
Age: 28
Race: white
Class: middle, maybe upper middle
Selfish: sure, in a virtuous ayn rand-ian sort of way. Willing to help others out if I feel the urge.
Generation: Y
Political views: libertarian, freedom, individualism, consent, and non aggression is where it is at.
Religious: Not anymore, look up "Absurdism" the philosophy to understand my spiritual Outlook. Basically nihilism that rejects meaninglessness by making meaning for myself.
GrayBeard:
Age - 38
White - yes
Rich - In most states/locations I would be considered upper middle class; however, I live in the Monterey area of California, so middle class.
Selfish - Give time and money too my church. Give to Charities through payroll deduction as well. Also give to the charity of California (forced giving)
Boomer - Nope...Generation X, I think.
Religious - Yes...Fundamental Christian
Politics- Socially Conservative, but I am right down the middle fiscally.
Spouse: 1 (Hot Woman)
Kids: 3...16 (Boy), 14 (Girl), 7 (Boy)
(04-10-2012 02:26 PM)GrayBeard Wrote: [ -> ]Spouse: 1 (Hot Woman)
Interesting that you had to enumerate spouse....but just Hot, not Smoking Hot?
Age - 64
Race - Caucasian
Class - upper middle to lower rich, make right at the 6 figure line, about 1/2 from salary and 1/2 from investments
Selfish - I've had years when I gave more to charity than I made, do way more than tithe to my church and give lots to other places, so I would say not
Boomer - yes
Religion - Christian, but not fundamentalist, Anglican, which puts me kind of on the border between Roman Catholic and protestant
Politics - fiscally conservative, socially liberal to moderate, Ron Paul/Gary Johnson libertarian
Family - divorced, 1 son (26)
(04-10-2012 02:41 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: [ -> ]Class - upper middle to lower rich, make right at the 6 figure line, about 1/2 from salary and 1/2 from investments
Six figures is not right else there are a lot of rich two teacher house holds out there
(04-10-2012 02:21 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote: [ -> ]Would have been interesting to include kids...
Good point.
3 kids - 9 (daughter), 5 (son), 3 (daughter)
(04-10-2012 02:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: [ -> ] (04-10-2012 02:26 PM)GrayBeard Wrote: [ -> ]Spouse: 1 (Hot Woman)
Interesting that you had to enumerate spouse....but just Hot, not Smoking Hot?
The enumeration was more about number of times married and not about number of current spouses. And yes, what I first noticed about my wife was that she was smoking hot. I just thought it would be a little over the top to put the "smoking" in the initial description.
IMATY:
Age - 34 (35 this month)
White - Yes
Married - Yes - She's WAY TOO HOT for me
Rich - No, upper middle class
Selfish - H E L L Y E S (kidding) I give thousands each year to various charities.
Boomer - Obviously not given my age
Religious - Yes, but it only affects my politics on certain issues (abortion, gay marriage)
Children - Probably...
CP
Age - 30
White - yes
Rich - No, 21K isn't exactly rich
Selfish - no, I helped several strippers earn their educations.
Boomer - negative
Religious - nope
Political Views- Fiscal Conservative, Social Moderate...
(04-10-2012 01:23 PM)Ninerfan1 Wrote: [ -> ]According to Maxi Pad the demographics of the board can be summed up as follows:
Quote:Obviously the vast majority on here are ideologically conservative, and from what I gather, from the largest most reliable GOP demographic---old, white rich selfish Boomers who trust the GOP to keep their taxes low. Others have religious reasons, which again means arguing with them is pointless.
So I'm curious how many fit. So let's find out.
ummechengr:
Age - 27
White - Yup
Rich - No, middle class
Selfish - No, tithe consistently, plus volunteer, plus random charity here and there
Boomer - The mid-late 90's were awesome dude.....
Religious - I'm a Christian, and will share my views and beliefs if asked....not the type to beat people with the Bible.
Politics - Fiscally conservative, Socially libertarian-ish.
Family - Wife (white, elementary school-teacher), 1 Dog (Rescue mutt), 1 Goldfish (Friggin' Methuselah fish)