# When Worlds Collide: List your 2 most contradictory identities **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875 "2004-06-23T21:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/41 "2004-06-24T16:56:19Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Top that. Let me try. **Radical-Revolutionary / Oakland Raiders Fan** I’ve considered not standing for the national anthem at a Raiders game, but I like my face the way it is, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/42 "2004-06-24T17:21:42Z")
Let’s see, I might have a few… **NPR listener / hard rock listener** NPR on the radio while AC/CD is in the cd player. **Fashionphile / horse lover** My grandmother actually said to me just yesterday at lunch, “I just can’t picture _you_ up to your knees in horse shit.” And the one that gets most people: **Republican who sends her child to private school / vehemently against school vouchers** ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/43 "2004-06-24T17:44:31Z")
I’ve said it, but I’ll say it again, **extremely conservative Anglo-Catholic Christian/gothgirl bellydancer**. I think that’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/44 "2004-06-24T18:46:10Z")
Childless by choice/Babyfic reader-writer It seems to confuse many people, badly, that I like X-Files babyfic enough to run this archive/links site [The Nursery Files](http://www.geocities.com/mulderscreek/nurseryfiles.html) but have zero interest in having children. I like the _idea_ of babies complicating people’s lives. Just not **my** life. Real babies are scarier than any X-File. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/45 "2004-06-24T19:25:52Z")
> [@Redwing](#): > > My musical tastes don’t work right: > > [ul] > [li]Classical: driving to and from work[/li][li]Opera: playing computer games[/li][li]Death or Doom Metal: Working/reading/studying[/li][/ul] Yeah, that is pretty odd. Now, if you’d said black/viking metal for the last, I wouldn’t even have batted an eyelash… Me, I love black metal and European synth pop. I think that’s about as disparate as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/46 "2004-06-24T20:09:02Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > I’ve said it, but I’ll say it again, **extremely conservative Anglo-Catholic Christian/gothgirl bellydancer**. > > I think that’s pretty good. Well, I thought being a Ph. D physicist/competitive amateur athlete was pretty good, but I think you win. Lots of people listen to hard/trash/thrash/whatever music and enjoy intellectual pursuits. I’ve known enough librarians not to judge a book by its cover. But, I’d say anyone goth who belly dances in public has trouble proclaiming themselves as “extremely conservative christian”. (Heck, don’t some denominations ban dancing?) ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/47 "2004-06-24T20:20:22Z")
Well, I’m not conservative Baptist. Anglicans don’t think dancing is evil. Catholics don’t, either. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/48 "2004-06-24T20:55:39Z")
**Atheist and vehement civil libertarian/Dr. Laura fan** \* \*Sure, I think she’s wrong, wrong, wrong about some overarching issues like God, premarital sex, and patriotism, but I almost always agree strongly with her practical advice. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/49 "2004-06-24T21:28:15Z")
I’m an atheist ordained minister. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/50 "2004-06-24T22:32:49Z")
AFAIK I have Every book ever written by William F Buckley and Al Fraken ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/51 "2004-06-24T22:48:07Z")
Let’s see… super hard-core nerd and gamer / love the outdoors super hard-core nerd and gamer / currenty (and for many summers) work in construction and continuing with this theme, super hard-core nerd and gamer / I’ve had sex with actual women :eek: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/52 "2004-06-24T22:54:45Z")
**Computer Programmer/Karoke Fiend** …and that’s about as crazy as it gets for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/53 "2004-06-24T22:59:46Z")
Theater/film artist **&** computer systems analyst. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/54 "2004-06-24T23:23:45Z")
Cynical idealist. Or Gregarious supervisor and trainer on the job / dedicated hermit and solipsist at home. Just who the hell _are_ all you zombies, anyway? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/55 "2004-06-24T23:42:01Z")
Video game enthusiast/ boy scout who loves camping ---
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/56 "2004-06-24T23:43:19Z")
> [@Quixotic](#): > > Cynical idealist. There’s an old saying that goes, “Scratch the surface of a cynic, and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.” Irving Layton said, “Idealist: a cynic in the making.” Sorry - maybe you’re just in that transition phase. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/57 "2004-06-25T00:43:08Z")
> [@hapaXL](#): > > There’s an old saying that goes, “Scratch the surface of a cynic, and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.” > > Irving Layton said, “Idealist: a cynic in the making.” > > Sorry - maybe you’re just in that transition phase. Maybe. But I prefer [Bierce](http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/c.html): > [@](#): > > CYNIC, n. > A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic’s eyes to improve his vision. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/58 "2004-06-25T02:06:44Z")
Computer Geek/Competent Horseman ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/59 "2004-06-25T04:05:15Z")
Attorney (I want to be a prosecutor) / Comic book and toy collector; rasslin’ fan; professional sax player (everything from jazz to punk to gigs at weddings) ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875/60 "2004-06-25T07:29:40Z")
Hm. Musical theatre enthusiast / Math nerd Hate Disney / Kinda enjoyed going to Disneyland/CA Adventure (though admittedly only because Tower of Terror was there) Dancer / Lazy, can’t-get-out-of-bed slacker A friend of mine who knew me only through school (and first period, the one when I’m still dead, at that) found out I dance and was genuinely shocked. Actually, another friend of mine has a theory that dancers put all their grace and care into dancing, so when they get back into real life, they’re clumsy as hell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-worlds-collide-list-your-2-most-contradictory-identities/251875.md?page=4)