# Doper Demographics

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**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834 "2022-09-02T19:22:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834/28 "2022-09-04T12:21:59Z")

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Well, the topics here are, not surprisingly, things old white people want to talk about and the overwhelming perspective is that anything outside of old white people’s experience is to be mocked and dismissed. There is almost always a live thread here that is basically old white people mocking different perspectives and almost always manages to get a dig in at rap or hip-hop, but always include the perspective that young non-whites are mistaken in their opinions.

Right now we have:

> [@Things you don't "get" anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197):
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> topic possibly age related, hence the “anymore” in the title cosplay … don’t get me wrong - Im happy that peeps seem to enjoy it, and all but I don’t get it … is it just dressing up as some real or unreal persona? or is there more to it? or do you just walk around dressed like a japanes comic figure? (insert yours here)

> [@A contemporary review of Psycho: "campy" and "funny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-contemporary-review-of-psycho-campy-and-funny/970474/28):
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> It may not be funny, but Norman Bates dressed up as his mother qualifies as campy in my book. [[image] ](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Ff4b88ec2-22cd-11e7-bc20-132b509ff5ce.jpg)

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