How privileged are you?

[Lucifer]

80 Hmmph am lucky I was raised by great parents..taught to work hard and married a great Lady. Most of all , being happy is the greatest priveledge

[kid]

I feel you're all underprivileged for taking this.

[dergon darkhelm]

85/100

...he says mockingly, while sipping a mint julep on the porch of his plantation.

87 --- he calls out disparagingly from his yacht

[Rumple C]

White, male, educated, have all my own teeth.

I win.

[shad0wfax]

I find it amusing that if your parents both straight, alive, and still married, that you earn 3 points for being privileged, which falls into the same category as if you spend spring breaks abroad, travel internationally, and have frequent flier miles.

Apparently having parents that are alive, straight, and still married is a luxury.

[SwordSaintMusashi]

63. According to this test, I have to share my helicopter with another family. Any takers?

[Galadorn]

51.
And no idea what that has to do with anything.

[Mikayla]

33. Until now, I actually FELT like I was pretty privileged. Fortunately, I have now been properly informed how shitty my life is and how angry I need to be about it ...

[Veilan]

63. According to this test, I have to share my helicopter with another family. Any takers?

If you wanna impress a chick, do the helicopter... share?

[Zelknolf]

Until now, I actually FELT like I was pretty privileged.

FWIW, you scored higher than my 31?

In any case, I'm pretty sure we both know how to handle weapons, and I think there's a helicopter or two in here that we could fire RPGs at.

[Rumple C]

I only scored 47 in the end of the thing. But then I have lived and worked in countries where I was the minority.

Ultimately though... none of you folks who took the test are going hungry or lack for shelter I suspect, so really...

You're doing better than most of the world as you tap away on your keyboard.

[Zelknolf]

Ultimately though... none of you folks who took the test are going hungry or lack for shelter I suspect, so really...

Trick of course is that those questions are all like "I have never gone to bed hungry." / "I have never skipped meals to save money." and I've totally done those things. I don't any more, mind, but it's usually safe to assume that folk aren't in very different circumstances now regardless of how they answer that, on account that people will use their advantages to ensure that they continue to have advantages in the future (and a charming slurry of cognitive biases wherein folk who have said advantages are more likely to believe that they have acquired their current position fairly). Hence those "check your privilege" rants.


Also, y'know, people can totally get away with firing people for being gay in most states over here in the U.S., and still can only get married in a few. So, y'know, harder to keep fed and sheltered in such a context, and bird flipped in your general direction.

[Rumple C]

So you have all your digits?

Privileged!

[kid]

Also, y'know, people can totally get away with firing people for being gay in most states over here in the U.S.

No way.

[dergon darkhelm]

Also, y'know, people can totally get away with firing people for being gay in most states over here in the U.S., and still can only get married in a few. So, y'know, harder to keep fed and sheltered in such a context, and bird flipped in your general direction.

NEJM just came out in favor of same-sex marriage as a public health issue

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1400254

Same-Sex Marriage — A Prescription for Better Health