# Your Romulan? I never would have guessed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376 "2003-05-06T13:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/1 "2003-05-06T13:09:09Z")
In the latest of a never-ending series of GD threads on race,[**Chula** posted a link to a very informative PBS site.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?action=newreply&postid=3379484) One of the things you can do at this site is [sort people by race.](http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm) I totally suck at it, getting only one-- that’s right _one_– person right per group. I’d like to think that this is because I just don’t think along those lines when I meet someone, but that’s not really true. “Where are you from?” is a question I’ve been known to ask. So, how good are you at sorting people? P.S. This is not a debate on race. This is a thread about a test. If you wish to debate the question of race, please post to the already existing GD thread linked to above. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/2 "2003-05-06T13:14:17Z")
Six right. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/3 "2003-05-06T13:14:39Z")
And the first person who points out I put “your’ instead of 'you’re” in the title is gonna get _such_ a pinch! ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/4 "2003-05-06T13:22:20Z")
I also got six right. An intersting lesson in the “you can’t judge a book by its cover” concept. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/5 "2003-05-06T13:33:46Z")
I got eight right. Two in each race except hispanic. Very very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/6 "2003-05-06T13:36:52Z")
I got six right. That was really interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/7 "2003-05-06T13:47:53Z")
Only 5. ☹ I blame it on the too small pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/8 "2003-05-06T14:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frank #2 \* > \*\*Only 5. ☹ I blame it on the too small pictures. \*\* If you click on the thumbnail, you’ll get a bigger picture. And I was surprised to see Hispanic/Latino as a racial catagory. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/9 "2003-05-06T14:46:52Z")
I got 4. Very interesting. And you said “YOUR” instead of “YOU’RE” in the thread title! (c’mon, I like pinches.) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/10 "2003-05-06T15:34:22Z")
::backs away from unclaimed Romulan:: Ain’t _my_ Romulan. Dunno whose it is. ow! stop that! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/11 "2003-05-06T16:08:10Z")
This was a hard exercize for me because I never look at people and try to classify them by “race”. I looked at each picture and had the same reaction: “I dunno”. I only got 3 in the “right” groups. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/12 "2003-05-06T16:38:49Z")
I got 5 right. Doesn’t surprise me, tho. I’m not too good at picking up physical cues. Does that mean I’m not very observant or that looks really aren’t important to me?? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/13 "2003-05-06T16:55:51Z")
I only got five right. And the only reason I would care is because it’s interesting to find out what people’s ancestry is, not because I’m going to deliberately make assumptions based on said ancestry. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/14 "2003-05-06T17:43:31Z")
Those pictures are way too small so I didn’t finish the sort. I plan on exploring the rest of the site, however. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/15 "2003-05-06T17:44:11Z")
Four right. A lot of people just looked white to me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/16 "2003-05-06T17:45:46Z")
**Juanita** , if you click on the thumbnail, you get a big picture. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/17 "2003-05-06T17:54:14Z")
I got nine right. Umm…go me? That’s a pretty tricky little toy there. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/18 "2003-05-06T18:56:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\ ***Juanita** , if you click on the thumbnail, you get a big picture. \*\* They’re still small (or I have a crappy monitor and bad eyes). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/19 "2003-05-06T19:03:20Z")
Hmmm. On my computer it’s about a 4x7. Hey ya’ll- get a flat screen! **SanibelMan** and **AHunter** , consider your asses bruised. I give those twisty kinda pinches. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376/20 "2003-05-06T19:33:51Z")
I only got three right, but I think I’d have done a little bit better if I had realized I could get larger pictures. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-romulan-i-never-would-have-guessed/173376.md?page=2)