# There are two kinds of people

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**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\
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**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/42 "2021-04-05T14:25:19Z")

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Bailey Quarters or Jennifer Marlowe?

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**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/43 "2021-04-05T14:32:18Z")

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> [@Redcanoe](#):
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> Coke or Pepsi

My son (Gen z) sees this as:

Bepis or Conk?

(It’s a meme thing)

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/44 "2021-04-05T14:37:49Z")

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From Tom Stoppard’s **Jumpers** : “Half the world is at peace with itself, and so is the other half.”

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**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/45 "2021-04-05T15:51:59Z")

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> There are two kinds of people  
> A: My love and I  
> B: other

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vAp6z18gprU/hqdefault.jpg "Magnetic Fields - Two Kinds Of People") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAp6z18gprU)

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**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 5, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/46 "2021-04-05T16:05:21Z")

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There are two kinds of people who disagree with my posts: losers, and loosers.

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**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 5, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/47 "2021-04-05T16:42:06Z")

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There are two kinds of people:

Those who can open a beer bottle with a lighter, and those who can open a lighter with a beer bottle.

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/48 "2021-04-05T17:02:08Z")

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- Red Vines or Twizzlers?
- Toilet paper under or over?
- Ketchup or mustard on hot dogs?
- Rees-is or Rees-ees peanut butter cups?
- Eat the crust or leave pizza bones?
- lol or haha?
- Apple or Android?
- Handful of skittles or separate them by flavor/color?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/49 "2021-04-05T17:36:55Z")

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You had the intestinal fortitude to post that.  
I, alas, do not.

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/50 "2021-04-05T17:41:57Z")

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Warner Bros or Disney? This one’s pretty definitive for me.

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**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 5, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/51 "2021-04-05T19:08:55Z")

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I always thought it was Warner Brothers vs Hanna-Barbera.

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**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/52 "2021-04-05T19:11:01Z")

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It is.

( It’s no contest BTW; HB sucks compared to WB, technically speaking )

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/53 "2021-04-05T19:55:40Z")

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Yeah, H-B is not even in the running, their animation sucked ALL the ass and the voice acting and scripts were strictly cut rate. Bleah.

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**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 5, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/54 "2021-04-05T20:05:55Z")

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The mistake Disney always made was their cartoons had these breathtaking weeks-work paintings as a backdrop for paper-thin flat characters.

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/55 "2021-04-05T21:07:06Z")

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Also namby pamby AF. Why yes, I’m Looney Tunes all the way, why do you ask? 😃

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**Author:** ![blabbermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/56 "2021-04-05T21:18:44Z")

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People who think the below sentence is true

People who think the above sentence is false

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**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 5, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/57 "2021-04-05T21:25:03Z")

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however, to every generality, there is an exception

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**Author:** ![Redcanoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@Redcanoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redcanoe)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/58 "2021-04-05T21:47:20Z")

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Yeah I must be old because I don’t get it. 🙂  
All I know is Pepsi is yucky.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/59 "2021-04-05T22:12:27Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> Those who can, do. Those who can’t, don’t.

Those who can, do.  
Those who cannot, teach.  
Those who cannot teach, critique.

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/61 "2021-04-06T13:16:03Z")

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I thought it was DC or Marvel (TBH-I don’t actually know the difference)  
Crunchy or smooth peanut butter

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399/62 "2021-04-06T13:59:42Z")

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Fox face or pig face.

> **[r/books - I categorise people into two types because of an Ed McBain book I...](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/2dtra3/i_categorise_people_into_two_types_because_of_an/)**
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