# There are two types of people in the world **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 23, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346 "2025-09-23T21:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/1 "2025-09-23T21:50:31Z")
Looks like we did this 24 (and 25) years ago but not as a thread game. What’s your favorite ‘two types’ ? Or funniest, or something you just now made up? Here’s some of mine: “There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.” ~Tom Robbins, “There are two kinds of people in this world. Avoid both of them." ~ Schopenhauer And of course, from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: “You see, in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig." ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/2 "2025-09-23T21:56:45Z")
Two types of people: Those who know and those who can figure it out. _(~My Daddy)_ ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/3 "2025-09-23T22:07:04Z")
Late people (me) and early people (my husband.) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/4 "2025-09-23T22:51:00Z")
Paraguayans and Perpendiguayans. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who know binary and those who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/5 "2025-09-23T22:56:05Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Paraguayans and Perpendiguayans. ??? Goggling didn’t help me. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/6 "2025-09-23T23:24:59Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > ??? Goggling didn’t help me. I think it’s a play on paraplegics and perpendicular people. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/7 "2025-09-23T23:40:25Z")
No no! It’s a play on paralel and perpendicular! Inspired by [Ask the Perpindiguayan... - #23 by AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-perpindiguayan/720122/23) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/8 "2025-09-24T02:59:49Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who know binary and those who don’t. There are II types of people in the world, those who know roman numerals and those who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/9 "2025-09-24T10:41:29Z")
There are 3 kinds of people in the world: those that can count, and those that can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/10 "2025-09-24T11:20:28Z")
There are two types of people in the world: those who divide people into two types, and those who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/11 "2025-09-24T12:02:06Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > No no! It’s a play on paralel and perpendicular! > > Inspired by [Ask the Perpindiguayan… - #23 by AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-perpindiguayan/720122/23) Well, there are two types of people in the world: those who get the joke and those for whom it’s a swing and a miss. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/12 "2025-09-24T12:03:09Z")
There are two types of people in the world: those who know the difference between to and too and those who don’t. There are two types of people in the world: those who finish their sentences and those who ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/13 "2025-09-24T12:16:27Z")
Yup, it happens. ---
**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/14 "2025-09-24T19:59:03Z")
There are two types of people in the world: Those who do things, and those who say things could have been done better. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/15 "2025-09-24T21:54:25Z")
> [@f.coli](#): > > There are two types of people in the world: Those who do things, and those who say things could have been done better. That could have been worded better. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/16 "2025-09-24T22:02:55Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > > [@f.coli](#): > > > > There are two types of people in the world: Those who do things, and those who say things could have been done better. > > That could have been worded better. I think it reads just fine. I assume it’s distinguishing between doers and critics, like Teddy Roosevelt’s more verbose quote: [“It is not the critic who counts…”](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7-it-is-not-the-critic-who-counts-not-the-man) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/17 "2025-09-24T22:12:18Z")
Whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/18 "2025-09-24T22:37:21Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Whoosh? Whoops…yes indeed. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/19 "2025-09-24T23:00:43Z")
There are two kinds of people in the World : People who finish incomplete sentences, and ---
**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:** [September 24, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-types-of-people-in-the-world/1023346/20 "2025-09-24T23:40:14Z")
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