# There are two kinds of people . . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 3, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581 "2001-04-03T02:47:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/1 "2001-04-03T02:47:52Z")

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Those who divide people into two groups, and those who don’t.

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**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/2 "2001-04-03T03:02:24Z")

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There are two kinds of people:

a) My love and I

b) Other

\*Much apologies to Stepin Merrit

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**Author:** ![Yardstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yardstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yardstick)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/3 "2001-04-03T03:44:16Z")

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Those that get it

And those do not.

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**Author:** ![Poirot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@Poirot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poirot)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/4 "2001-04-03T04:04:13Z")

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People who get on well with their neighbors,  
And my neighbors.

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**Author:** ![gypsy\_gurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gypsy\_gurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy_gurl)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/5 "2001-04-03T04:30:37Z")

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two kinds of people…

1. the kind who understand me

2. the kind who don’t

3. those who believe in true love

4. those who wish they could

there are 3 kinds of people…

1. those who can count
2. those who can’t

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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/6 "2001-04-03T04:38:53Z")

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There are two kinds of people:

1. Those who complete their sentences

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/7 "2001-04-03T10:28:36Z")

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There are two kinds of people:

Us.  
And the other guys.

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**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/8 "2001-04-03T12:09:46Z")

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Dopers and freaking morons? Wait, the two aren’t mutually exclusive.

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**Author:** ![Jenericho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Jenericho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenericho)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/9 "2001-04-03T13:25:32Z")

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Cardinal Richlieu: “There are two kinds of people: those to be tortured and the Spanish Inquisition and the… no, hang on, sorry, there are _three_ kinds of people: those to be tortured, the Spanish Inquisition, the Pope and… no, sorry, there are _four_ kinds of…”  
Cardinal Fang: “Get the comfy chair!”

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/10 "2001-04-03T13:50:35Z")

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… me and y’all.

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**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/11 "2001-04-03T13:56:48Z")

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“…Pinball people and Video Game people. I’m bettin’ you’re a pinball person, Freddy.”

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**Author:** ![shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@shell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shell)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/12 "2001-04-03T14:00:52Z")

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People who find Monty Python hilarious.  
People who don’t.

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**Author:** ![Spoonbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/13 "2001-04-03T17:08:41Z")

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Elvis people and Beatles people.

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**Author:** ![BobSchroeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BobSchroeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobSchroeck)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/14 "2001-04-03T17:23:15Z")

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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think there are two kinds of people in this world and those who don’t.

Also…

There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can’t.

– Bob

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/15 "2001-04-03T17:30:29Z")

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1. People that dance

2. People that can’t hear the music

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**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/16 "2001-04-03T18:27:12Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \*  
> \*\*Dopers and freaking morons? Wait, the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
> 
> \*\*

**Rue** , Thanks A Million for the laugh! 🙂

Two types of people:

1. Tab “A”
2. Slot “B”

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**Author:** ![gypsy\_gurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gypsy\_gurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy_gurl)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/17 "2001-04-03T18:54:15Z")

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**Bob,**  
beat you to it 😛

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**Author:** ![BobSchroeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BobSchroeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobSchroeck)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/18 "2001-04-03T21:29:22Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by gypsy\_gurl \*  
> \*\ ***Bob,**  
> beat you to it 😛 \*\*

Ack. Missed that one. Bleah.

– Bob

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**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/19 "2001-04-03T23:58:43Z")

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My original post:

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> Those who divide people into two groups, and those who don’t.

BobShroedk said

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> There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think there are two kinds of people in this world and those who don’t.

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**Author:** ![Runadoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Runadoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runadoc)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/60581/20 "2001-04-04T01:34:24Z")

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There are two kinds of people in the world:

Givers 🙂 and Takers ☹

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