# People can be divided into two groups . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394 "2001-10-09T20:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/1 "2001-10-09T20:07:05Z")
1. **Givers** 2. **Takers** Givers will give the shirt off their back to others and expect to be recognized for their good deed. Takers will demand to the shirt and then whine that the giver didn’t do enough. ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/2 "2001-10-09T20:12:20Z")
I don’t think that all givers expect to be recognized for their good deeds, some are just genuinely nice people ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alex\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_B)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/3 "2001-10-09T20:27:49Z")
Actually I think the world is divided into three types: those that can count, and those that can’t. Alex ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/4 "2001-10-09T20:31:26Z")
There shall always be those who divide people into two groups, and, er, those who don’t. There are those that do the work and those who take the credit, you are better off in the former, in the latter people tend to get trampled in the rush. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/5 "2001-10-09T20:31:37Z")
I thought it was: Those who devide people into two groups and those that do not. I can’t remember who said that. Jerry Pournelle divided it into tax eaters and tax payers or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/6 "2001-10-09T20:34:15Z")
Perhaps even those the can spell and those who cannot. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/7 "2001-10-09T20:59:34Z")
The TAKER subspecies oh yes, I’ve met them all. Takers pay their price Their karma comes, their karma comes…yeeeessss!~! Agree with ~KITTIE…agree. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/8 "2001-10-09T22:59:41Z")
1. Those with a sense of humor. 2. Those without. Group 1 needs Group 2 to point and laugh at. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/9 "2001-10-09T23:10:25Z")
Those who tend to think, and those who tend to feel. Life is comedic for the first and tragic for the second. ---
**Author:** ![Slartibartfastt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Slartibartfastt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slartibartfastt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/10 "2001-10-09T23:13:11Z")
1. Those that believe there are two kinds of people in the world. 2. Those that don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/11 "2001-10-10T00:10:41Z")
Disagree. ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/12 "2001-10-10T02:48:51Z")
1. those who cheat at solitaire 2. those who don’t ---
**Author:** ![atypicalcarl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@atypicalcarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atypicalcarl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/13 "2001-10-10T03:22:54Z")
Old saying: There are two kinds of people in this world - and I’m not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/14 "2001-10-10T03:55:09Z")
Those who put on their pants 1 leg at a time and those who kind of hop into em with both legs at once. (me) ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/15 "2001-10-10T04:04:08Z")
1. Those who post to the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/16 "2001-10-10T04:09:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drillrod \* > \*\*1. those who cheat at solitaire > > 1. those who don’t \*\* I _believe_ it’s: 1. those who cheat at solitaire 2. those who lie about not cheating at solitaire 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/17 "2001-10-10T04:23:11Z")
1. Those who eat cold pizza in the morning 2. People with taste ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/18 "2001-10-10T08:20:59Z")
two groups. 1. Me 2. Everyone else. 😃 _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/19 "2001-10-10T09:26:04Z")
1)Those who can count 2)Those who can’t ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394/20 "2001-10-10T09:38:52Z")
1. Male 2. Female But hemaphrodites kinda screw my logic up on this on. But they don’t count seeing as they are freaks of nature and all ya know? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-can-be-divided-into-two-groups/86394.md?page=2)