# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/41 "2006-07-31T14:40:59Z")
I am all of those things, but I won’t be #3 for too much longer. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/42 "2006-07-31T14:47:07Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] 1. USA 70-80 %; non-USA 20-30% 2. Of USA Dopers (as percentages of USA portion): 2a) Northeast 40% (includes the section mentioned above) 2b) South 25% (east of the Mississippi) 2c) West 20% (Texas/Oklahoma to California) 2d) Northwest 10% (WA/OR east to the Mississippi, include Western “Midwest”) 2e) Alaska and Hawaii 5% [/QUOTE] That’s my impression overall too, (although Northeast might be a bit high still.) According to these numbers, though, a majority of the SDMB do not live in the North: rather, a majority of _American_ SDMB’ers live in the North, which I would agree with. But if you’d asked: 1. Live North of Kentucky in the USA? that would still be a minority, since only ~40-45% of SDMB as a whole are Northern USA dopers [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/43 "2006-07-31T14:47:21Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] 1. White 2. Heterosexual 3. Over 20 but under 40 years old 4. Live East of the Mississippi in the USA 5. Live North of Kentucky and Virginia in the USA 6. Have at least some college education 7. Speak English as a first (if not only) language 8. Own a pet 9. Don’t smoke [/QUOTE] 1. 42 :eek: (but mentally a lot less :D) 4,5) Israel, but I **was** born within your “quadrant” (Massachussetts) 2. I speak English nearly like a native, and it was, chronologically, my first – but that was long ago, and my **primary** language is Hebrew. In other words, I’m just a displaced and slightly aging member of the majority… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/44 "2006-07-31T14:48:22Z")
I’m in the minority of Dopers who liked the movie _Starship Troopers_, as well as _Alien: Resurrection_. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/45 "2006-07-31T15:01:27Z")
Unlike most Dopers, I: [ol][li]am gay.[/li][li]live in Florida.[/li][li]speak 2 languages.[/li][li]listen almost exclusively to reggaetón, salsa, and merengue.[/li][li]work retail.[/li][/ol] So there are my minority groups. Is that more like what you wanted, **Zeldar** \*?\* \*BTW I love and always have loved your username. _I AM **ZEL-DAR** THE ALL-SEEING_ is how I always read it. ---
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/46 "2006-07-31T15:02:34Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] That’s my impression overall too, (although Northeast might be a bit high still.) According to these numbers, though, a majority of the SDMB do not live in the North: rather, a majority of _American_ SDMB’ers live in the North, which I would agree with. But if you’d asked: 1. Live North of Kentucky in the USA? that would still be a minority, since only ~40-45% of SDMB as a whole are Northern USA dopers [/hijack] [/QUOTE] Okay. Let’s look at the flip-side of this quibble. Is there any other section of the USA where someone could say, “I live where the majority of USA Dopers live” and be convincing? To follow your logic, it would be anyone outide the Northeast quadrant who lumps himself/herself in with all others who share that distinction. An equally strong case could be made for non-New Yorkers or non-Chicagoans. There was a thread within the past couple of months that was trying to locate the center of a circle that would contain half the USA population. As I recall, the consensus was that it would have to include the Northeast USA. That’s a big part of why I tried to use that region for “the Majority” of Dopers. I do see your point, however. And taking in the whole world as a population base, locating the 50% region (and thus establishing the majority criterion) would probably become merely trivial. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/47 "2006-07-31T15:10:23Z")
I hit 6 out of the 9. I _wish_ I wanted to quit smoking! ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/48 "2006-07-31T15:11:22Z")
Yes to: 1. White 2. Heterosexual 3. Have at least some college education 4. Speak English as a first (if not only) language 5. Don’t smoke No to: 1. A little over, that’s all I’m saying. 2. England certainly is east of the Mississippi. 3. See 4. 4. No pets. So I’m in a minority on this board as an Englander although there are a few others it’s not many. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/49 "2006-07-31T15:12:01Z")
1. bisexual 4 & 5) live in Texas 2. as well as English, speak good French and passable Russian 3. smoke a pipe So that’s 5 out of 9 that I don’t fit. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/50 "2006-07-31T15:15:41Z")
**1) White** Yes **2) Heterosexual** Yes **3) Over 20 but under 40 years old** No 47 **4) Live East of the Mississippi in the USA** No, live North…FAaaar North 😃 **5) Live North of Kentucky and Virginia in the USA** Yes…way north **6) Have at least some college education** Yes **7) Speak English as a first (if not only) language** Yes **8) Own a pet** Yes **9) Don’t smoke** NO! (yuck ick cough cough!!!) \*\*I can’t persuade myself about gender. It seems close to 50-50. \*\* Female here. > [@](#): > > There are so many other categories that you may feel “in the minority” with that I thought you could say for yourself where it is you may feel an outsider here. Other than most people being brilliant here, and me decidedly NOT? 🙂 > [@](#): > > First off, do you accept the categories above as being accurate? If not, make your case. If so, are you outside that particular group? > > Add categories as you see fit, and respond as you care to. I don’t know that I’d add categories. But I find that there seem to be a lot of folks here in the “alternative lifestyle of some sort” category. More than one would know of out in “real” life. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/51 "2006-07-31T15:15:54Z")
3 out of 9…but I don’t _feel_ like a minority. I always felt I fit right in! Still do. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/52 "2006-07-31T15:37:10Z")
) White - Yes 2) Heterosexual - Yes 3) Over 20 but under 40 years old - Yes 4) Live East of the Mississippi in the USA - No 5) Live North of Kentucky and Virginia in the USA - No 6) Have at least some college education - Yes 7) Speak English as a first (if not only) language - No 8) Own a pet - No 9) Don’t smoke - Yes 5 out of 9. What do I win? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/53 "2006-07-31T15:49:10Z")
Well, I miss on 3, 4 & 5, and am in the decided minority on this board in that I am a reasonably-Conservative, gun-owning and defending, Reality-TV hating Californian. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/54 "2006-07-31T15:49:46Z")
Under 20, no college yet, my family has pets but I don’t personally. I live near DC but in VA. As for the rest of it, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/55 "2006-07-31T15:53:26Z")
1. Amerasian, born in Vietnam 2. Heterosexual 3. 32 years old 4. Texas, baby. 5. See #4 6. Yep, two years’ worth. 7. English is my first language, but I speak two others. 8. No pets. 9. I don’t smoke tobacco, if that’s what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/56 "2006-07-31T15:55:21Z")
1. [del]White[/del] Chinese. 2. Heterosexual 3. [del]Over 20 but under 40 years old[/del] 17. 4. [del]Live East of the Mississippi in the USA[/del] Australia, foo. Though I guess it depends how _far_ east. 5. [del]Live North of Kentucky and Virginia in the USA[/del] See previous response. 6. Have at least some college education I’m in college right now. 7. [del]Speak English as a first (if not only) language[/del] Mandarin. 8. Own a pet Guinea pigs 🙂 9. Don’t smoke Blech. 4 out of 9 is a nice number. I feel special. ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/57 "2006-07-31T16:00:40Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingRamenMonster] 1. [del]White[/del] Chinese. 2. Heterosexual 3. [del]Over 20 but under 40 years old[/del] 17. 4. [del]Live East of the Mississippi in the USA[/del] Australia, foo. Though I guess it depends how _far_ east. 5. [del]Live North of Kentucky and Virginia in the USA[/del] See previous response. 6. Have at least some college education I’m in college right now. 7. [del]Speak English as a first (if not only) language[/del] Mandarin. 8. Own a pet Guinea pigs 🙂 9. Don’t smoke Blech. 4 out of 9 is a nice number. I feel special. [/QUOTE] And all this time I’ve been thinking Perth WA was in Washington, USA. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/58 "2006-07-31T16:10:53Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I know there have been various polls over the years to permit or entice Dopers to reveal some details about themselves, and many of them have been well received if not outright popular topics. I know I have participated in some of them. I could be very mistaken about the assumptions below, but based on my assessment of those past polls I’m concluding that the majority of SDMB participants (there’s no way to tell much about those who don’t post) fall into these demographics: 1. White 2. Heterosexual 3. Over 20 but under 40 years old 4. Live East of the Mississippi in the USA 5. Live North of Kentucky and Virginia in the USA 6. Have at least some college education 7. Speak English as a first (if not only) language 8. Own a pet 9. Don’t smoke [/QUOTE] Looks like I fit 4 of those. So I’m over 1/2 minority, yea me! ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/59 "2006-07-31T16:17:19Z")
1. White 2. Heterosexual 3. Over 20 but under 40 years old 4. [del]Live East of the Mississippi in the USA[/del] I am West of the Mississippi! 5. [del]Live North of Kentucky and Virginia in the USA[/del] I am South of Kentucky/Virginia! 6. Have at least some college education 7. Speak English as a first (if not only) language 8. Own a pet 9. Don’t smoke You got me on everything else, though, so I guess I am 7 for 9 ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692/60 "2006-07-31T16:23:54Z")
I fit on everything but age (over 40) and location (south of KY). Someone (not me :)) ought to count up which assumptions were violated the most. I agree with the person up thread who said there are lots of southern dopers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-minority-are-you-in/366692.md?page=4)