# Which SDMB minority are you in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692 "2006-07-31T12:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/21 "2006-07-31T13:28:31Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] I’m also a Texan redneck metrosexual construction worker. Can’t be too many of those hanging around. Not at the bars I go to, anyways. [/QUOTE] Er…how \*you \*doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/22 "2006-07-31T13:29:43Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Anybody want to take a shot at the breakdown of non-USA Dopers? I know we have quite a few from: British Isles Australia and New Zealand Other European countries Asia South America what am I leaving out? [/QUOTE] Canada, for one. Probably the second-largest Doper group. I don’t know if you’re counting the Middle East as part of Asia, but there seems to be a small but visible minority posting from there. I’m pretty sure I saw someone posting from South Africa, too. Oh, and 1), 6), 7), 8) and 9) apply to me. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/23 "2006-07-31T13:32:09Z")
Four of nine. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/24 "2006-07-31T13:32:43Z")
Zeldar- Perhaps this is a reflection of the general 'net population? 8 out of 9 by the way, but only by about 30 miles. Don’t discount MN, though, I have seen quite a few posters from Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/25 "2006-07-31T13:33:40Z")
VOY is Star Trek: Voyager. 5 of 9 was a Borg. Male. Not having female big tits. He went “whrr, whrr” a lot. Episode number is a fabrication, I didn’t watch enough of that series to be able to actually spew out ep #s like I can TOS and TNG. I’m doin fine, baby, how YOU doin? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/26 "2006-07-31T13:43:48Z")
8 of 9. Since I’m the same age as **Jess** and not getting any younger, I’m not holding out much hope for a perfect score! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/27 "2006-07-31T13:45:08Z")
Six out of nine. I don’t have pets, I smoke, and I represent the tenth-grade-dropout segment of the population. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/28 "2006-07-31T13:45:35Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Canada, for one. Probably the second-largest Doper group. I don’t know if you’re counting the Middle East as part of Asia, but there seems to be a small but visible minority posting from there. I’m pretty sure I saw someone posting from South Africa, too. Oh, and 1), 6), 7), 8) and 9) apply to me. [/QUOTE] Thanks for pointing out those oversights! Believe it or not, probably not, but I include Canada in my view of the USA, mostly because I tend to equate North America with USA in my mind. I’m not that way with Mexico for some reason. Language I guess. And I just plain forgot Africa! Shame on me. And the Middle East does deserve its own designation. Asia, to me, connotes India eastward, including Japan and the Philippines as well as Malaysia. The portion of the old USSR east of Russia counts, too, even though I tend to put Russia in the Eastern Europe grouping. That leaves Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan and other such countries as question marks as to the Asia/Middle East divisions. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/29 "2006-07-31T13:46:18Z")
Four of nine for me, as well. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/30 "2006-07-31T13:46:33Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Anybody want to take a shot at the breakdown of non-USA Dopers? I know we have quite a few from: British Isles Australia and New Zealand Other European countries Asia South America what am I leaving out? [/QUOTE] That Australia and New Zealand are no where near Europe so probably shouldn’t be followed with “Other European countries”. I do apologise if either you were having a brain fart or I just read that in an odd way 🙂 Shame on you missing out Canada! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/31 "2006-07-31T13:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] VOY is Star Trek: Voyager. 5 of 9 was a Borg. Male. Not having female big tits. He went “whrr, whrr” a lot. Episode number is a fabrication, I didn’t watch enough of that series to be able to actually spew out ep #s like I can TOS and TNG. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I needed that. This is just one of those areas where I’m ignorant. I did enjoy the original, but lost interest after it. I know you’re a big fan and should have known it had to do with Star Trek somehow. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/32 "2006-07-31T13:50:52Z")
I would imagine that political persuasion would be an important one that seems to be missing. I would consider myself in a minority there as well. I classify myself as a conservative (not that I don’t **always** equate this with right wing). I’m generally slightly right of centre, and I tend to vote that way here in Australiam and would be R if I were American, and Tory in the UK - but never blindly (I am thinking of voting Labor next time here). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/33 "2006-07-31T13:51:44Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] I’m doin fine, baby, how YOU doin? [/QUOTE] uh… ::deer in headlights look:: …fine…gotta go! (durn it! No one’s ever flirted back!) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/34 "2006-07-31T13:52:36Z")
Eugh. Don’t post after a long, tiring shift when you should be in bed. Second typo retraction tonight… I meant to say “not that I **always** equate this with right wing”. No double negative intended. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/35 "2006-07-31T13:53:26Z")
[QUOTE=calm kiwi] That Australia and New Zealand are no where near Europe so probably shouldn’t be followed with “Other European countries”. I do apologise if either you were having a brain fart or I just read that in an odd way 🙂 Shame on you missing out Canada! [/QUOTE] Double shame on the Canada thing! I should be banned for that. If it helps at all, I was making that list from what I thought the Doper populations would be, in descending order. There may be even more Australian and New Zealand (combined) Dopers than British. Maybe we need a separate thread that addresses these geographical issues more precisely. I seem to recall an attempt at one some time back, but don’t remember well (obviously) how it turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/36 "2006-07-31T13:54:42Z")
Seven out of nine here–would be nine out of nine except for the ‘in the USA’ part of two of them. Few of the Canadian Dopers seem to be from near as far east as I am, but as mentioned earlier, that’s probably due to population density–IIRC Toronto has a larger population than all of Nova Scotia. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/37 "2006-07-31T14:20:45Z")
8 out of 9 here and that will be remedied once I’m through college/living off campus and can thus get a cat. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/38 "2006-07-31T14:25:50Z")
8 out of 9. Sadly, I can’t own a pet since I rent an apartment. Once I get a place where I can have a pet, I’ll get a kitty and name it Rasputin. ---
**Author:** ![Webner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@Webner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Webner)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/39 "2006-07-31T14:31:29Z")
8 out of 9. I just turned twenty, so I do not fit the third category. Otherwise, I’m your typical Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/40 "2006-07-31T14:36:25Z")
Folks, we’re rocking right along identifying (or at least quantifying) the **majorities** (if they are indeed such) we belong to, but the OP was trying to ask for the **minorities** we belong to. I accept that the OP could be better worded to that effect, but what other **minorities** do you lay claim to? I feel that jazz fans are in the minority here. Also, fans of what has been demeaningly termed “Easy Listening” music. (Even more demeaningly: Elevator Music, Middle-of-the-Road, etc.) I sense that people who are not enthused by all the techno-buggered movies that continue to rake in big box office are in the minority. Such things as _The Matrix_ and all the _Star Wars_ clones, and even the LotR movies are definitely in the majority. I, for one, find them boring and hardly entertaining. It’s these sorts of minorities I was shooting for in this thread. And any others you feel you are in the minority on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692.md?page=3)