# You might be a yuppie if ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 13, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829 "2003-08-13T04:40:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/61 "2003-08-14T01:24:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \*  
> \*\*Oh dear. Those poor Greeks. \*\*

Greeks nothing, what about the _Poles_ ?

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/62 "2003-08-14T01:35:21Z")

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You buy a spread in a rural/semi-rural area and proceed to spend all your time bitching about and all your money getting rid of anything which isn’t exactly like or as well-manicured as…your previous spread back in the 'burbs.

Not that I’m bitter or anything.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/63 "2003-08-14T01:57:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by A Monkey With a Gun \*  
> \*\*Let’s play the offederatti game!
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> How interesting this thread is. It’s fascinating how carefree and blase some SDMB members are about using the term “yuppie” as a code word for rich, sophisticated, urban white people in order to poke fun at them and mock them.
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> The level of aggressive and naked contempt shown in this thread is not that far distant from how French peasants might might have viewed royalty, but I guess it’s alright to make fun of them because they’re rich and annoying. Why don’t we just send all Hummer owners to the guillotine? Or storm all the fish taco restaurants and burn them to the ground?
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> Well, maybe that last one wouldn’t be so bad, but _still_…  
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[Rutger Hauer voice] That’s the spirit! [/Rutger Hauer voice]

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**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/64 "2003-08-14T02:26:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Etherman \*  
> \*\*Greeks nothing, what about the _Poles_ ? \*\*

But ‘Puppys’ are so cute!..

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**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-yuppie-if/194829/65 "2003-08-14T13:28:45Z")

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> Better watch it Brutus your “30K a year shmuck” comment is sure to bring in the “fiscally unfortunate” department of the Offenderati.

**lezlers** , I usually like your posts, I really do.  
That said, there is a something more than a little condescending about your attitude in this thread.  
I could care less how much people make, where they live, or what they drive.  
However, I also do not necessarily equate the _price_ of something with its’ inherent _value_.

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