So as lame as it was, in high school we definately used the system of ranking each other on social status. Like Hollywood, my high school had an A-list, B-list, C-list and D-list.
I was right on the B-list for sure. I wasn’t as rich and hot as some. But I still had lots of friends, went out on the weekend, drank…but I did my homework, made good grades and read books for fun.
The C-list girls (all girls high school) were the nerds. Good grades, nice people, but tended to go see Star Wars movies together and took the optional summer class on Chaucer for fun.
The D-list were the girls who seemed to have something actively wrong with them. Like the girl with the nasal voice that would send people running in the opposite direction. Or the girl that picked and ate her boogers, the girl whose Little Mermaid underwear you could see when she hobbled pigeon toed down the hall.
Did you guys have anything this shallow and absurd in high school? Where did you fit in.
This also got me thinking about celebrity. I googled it and read about the Ulmer scale. A way of rating celebrity power. I want to know how this really pans out. There are people who are OBVIOUSLY A-list. Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman
How do you think this works? Who is where. all you hear about in the media are the teen queens like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Are they A-list or do they get knocked down by the fact that they could ever win an oscar?
Who is on the B, C, and D list? Kathy Griffin claims to be the queen of the D list or whatever, but I think she isn’t really that low as like say someone who has been on a reality show and lost. Or like washed out ex-celebs who ride the zamboni at a hockey game in Peoria.
Lets make a list. Come on its fun. I know its not as intellectually stimulating as most dopers would lie but lets face it, I have a lab report to procrastinate on.
who goes where.
