# There are two kinds of people **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399 "2021-04-04T19:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/1 "2021-04-04T19:34:41Z")
You know, when you need to classify people regardless of any other considerations. The first I remember which is almost irrelevant today was: Elvis or the Beatles? I’m sure this one will last for awhile: Harley or Honda? One I’m involved in: romaine or iceberg? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/2 "2021-04-04T19:37:35Z")
Those who understand binary and those who count on their toes. Romaine of course. Iceberg ruins the salad when it starts to melt. ---
**Author:** ![Redcanoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@Redcanoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redcanoe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/3 "2021-04-04T19:41:00Z")
Coke or Pepsi ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/4 "2021-04-04T20:06:24Z")
In HS, a teacher (biology, I think it was) told us “there are two kinds of people: lumpers and splitters” (whether they create a few broad categorizations or a large array of fine ones). At the time, I think most of us did not pick up on the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/5 "2021-04-04T20:07:16Z")
There are two types of people–those who complete their sentences ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/6 "2021-04-04T20:15:23Z")
Tastes great or less filling? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/7 "2021-04-04T20:17:53Z")
There are 10 kinds of people: Those who don’t understand binary. And those who _do_ understand binary. * * * There are 10 kinds of people: Those who don’t understand binary. Those who do understand binary. And those who understand _ **ternary** _. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/9 "2021-04-04T21:06:01Z")
Ice ice iceberg baby! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/10 "2021-04-04T21:09:28Z")
Funny. Some friends and I were just having this conversation this morning on our walk. People who get up on Thanksgiving morning and start to cook. People who get up on Thanksgiving morning and head out to run a 5k race. Best to know which sort you’re marrying before you commit. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/11 "2021-04-04T21:27:11Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Elvis or the Beatles? I think it’s more “Beatles or Stones?” ETA: in the same vein, “Star Wars or Star Trek?” In the same vein because many people will answer to both questions: “Both”. I myself am undecided on the Wars/Trek question, but although I love both the Beatles and the Stones, in the end the Stones get my vote. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/12 "2021-04-04T21:30:46Z")
Ginger or Mary Ann? * * * There are three kinds of people: Those who are good at math and those who aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/13 "2021-04-04T21:40:56Z")
Guessers and askers. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/14 "2021-04-04T21:41:06Z")
Those who return a grocery store shopping cart to the cart corral. Those who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/15 "2021-04-04T22:05:25Z")
Dog people or Cat people The other ones I have are too crude to post. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/16 "2021-04-04T22:28:18Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ginger or Mary Ann? Betty or Veronica? ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/17 "2021-04-04T22:49:54Z")
Kirk or Picard? There is only one right answer. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/18 "2021-04-04T22:54:03Z")
> [@CardboardBoxx](#): > > Kirk or Picard? > > There is only one right answer. Spock? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/19 "2021-04-04T22:58:07Z")
Batman or James Bond? (Trick question — Batman’s not real.) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/20 "2021-04-04T22:59:55Z")
> [@CardboardBoxx](#): > > Kirk or Picard? > There is only one right answer. Pike? … I saw a T-shirt once: _ **There are two types of people** _ _ **…those who can extrapolate** _ … I had a friend who was a counselor, and during the “We’re going to quantify your personality” rage, got sick of the scales that they’d have to use to categorize their patients. So instead of a “Consistent \<-----\> Inventive” continuum, they’d counterfeit worksheets with scales like “Hall \<----\> Oates” or “Spork \<-----\> hands” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/21 "2021-04-04T23:06:21Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I saw a T-shirt once: > > _ **There are two types of people** _ > _ **…those who can extrapolate** _ I have that T-shirt. It actually says this: There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data, [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399.md?page=2)