102 Replies to “” In other words, you don’t even have a bubble.””

  1. Kate.
    I feel as though I have been disfranchised by this test and should be graded on a curve.
    A curvy 8 would be nice.

  2. I got a “no bubble” score but I cheated a bit. For example, mass market beer in the last five years? Well, no beer at all in recent years, but over a lifetime I can match anybody gallon for gallon, vat for vat, mass market or anything else I fancied.
    And i never had a pickup truck, but I gave myself a yes because I drove a Ford Ranchero when I lived in Sask. Come to think of it, living in Saskatchewan is a bubble breaker – that’s a compliment, folks.

  6. The test seems to only want affirmation of ones affinity to stereotype of what Hollywood sees. Not one question about the root causes of the decline.

  7. Yeah, apparently I’m in the bubble, but not so deep I can’t see out of it.
    I dislike cheap beer and have a non-north american background which I think skews me into the bubble more than I really am based on 20 questions.
    Interesting questions though.

  8. How endearing: Having scored between 9 and 12 (I got a 9), I’ve been told that ” … even if you’re part of the new upper class, you’ve had a lot of exposure to the rest of America.”
    See, I’m open, tolerant, and inclusive — “exposure to the rest of America” — so what’s my prize?

  9. 15 for me!! No bubble, no trouble.
    And I need to ask a@c: first, I hope you are not drinking beer and hunting in your F150 at the same time, and second, what the h-e-duble hockey sticks you doin’ up at 3.39 am?
    ‘Round here it’s barely light enough to shoot. And when you put your beer down, it’s too dark to find it back…

  10. 5 for me – would have been worse except for my early days when I worked in a mine and smelter for INCO. Must watch NASCAR and eat in crappy chain restaurants more often.

  11. I scored 6, but, even though I don’t actually “do” what a lot of this quiz seems to relegate to “another America” (I think hunting, fishing, and pickups are A-OK), I think like one—well, except for the Oprah and movie part! That said, I’m a total anomaly from most of my family and a large number of my friends. Fortunately, because I’m an observant (not a “social justice”) Christian, as well as pro-life, I also have many friends who share my outlook.
    (I guess I cheated on the quiz too, re the smoking question: I said YES because I had tea with a favourite aunt, who smokes—and whom I see quite often—in her well-appointed living room . . . We also give her an ashtray—the only one we have left—and let her smoke in our living room, or anywhere else in our house.)
    I don’t think the quiz measured what it says it does. I think it might have been better to gauge people’s reactions to the subject matter. I’m not working class, but I know and admire people who’ve done a lot of the things in the quiz, I guess because, (for me) by the grace of God, I’m a “flyover” kind of gal. I altogether agree with Charles Murray on what’s going on. But one doesn’t have to actually do the things in this quiz to revere “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, free enterprise, and the greatness of the USA.
    It’s the divisive, envy- and disdain-producing ideologies of “equality” and multiculturalism—both altogether poisonous and deconstructionist—that are tearing people and communities apart: the divide between the working and professional classes has largely been engineered by the rabidly secular, Alinskyite progressives in our educational (and many other) institutions, who’ve turned the rule of law upside down. And who’s fallen for this scam, hook, line, and sinker? Not “those stupid red necks”. No, it’s the “smarties” who’ve abandoned reason, truth, and justice. Ironic, eh?
    God bless America!

  12. 14 for the Texas Canuck, although a few years ago I would have scored points for hunting and fishing. Seems like sailing has taken over my summers of late. I also like the local or craft beers for flavour as well as supporting the little guy but I will not turn away almost any beer offered.

  14. Yeah, apparently I’m in the bubble, but not so deep I can’t see out of it.
    I dislike cheap beer and have a non-north american background which I think skews me into the bubble more than I really am based on 20 questions.
    Interesting questions though.

  15. 8… although in the Canadian equivalent, say BPs instead of Applebees, it would have been higher. If I would have taken this 10 years ago, my score probably would have been closer to a 15. However, something happened since then – I grew up.

  16. 10, but I answered no for a couple that would be yes if the Canadian equivalents were included.

  18. Now, does a mandatory hardhat, steel-toes and work gloves constitute a “uniform”? I almost answered “yes” on that one.

  19. I would never be without my pickup (spent my career in a plant that built them), and I’ve shared moonshine in the parking lot of the Martinsville race, but I guess hunting fox and coyote from the back of a horse is a tad elitist.

  22. I got 14 because I don’t care about NASCAR roundy-round racing. But I do know who Robby Gordon is due to his Monster Racing team in Baja.
    So no, I have no bubble, thank Jebus… (oh wait…)

  24. 10…..but I get around.
    And no fair on Oprah. Yes, I have watched it thru, but…….over 10 years ago. Like Loki, when she’s on, I find another room.
    And that goes for her acolytes as well, that counselling whore, Dr Phil (repulsive) and Dr Oz.
    Blech. Can’t stand it when my wife says, “Well Dr Phil said…”…..

  33. If you’re not American, you have to lie. If you don’t smoke, drink, eat at overpriced craptaculous restaurants or give a rat’s rectum about NASCAR, or have any use for a pickup truck, well… forget about it.
    60 seconds of my life I’ll never get back… What a useless exercise.

  35. : catch22 at January 28, 2012 12:53 AM
    White bread??
    Geeze I’d be mad as hell over that one….

  36. that test was BS. For one thing, it relies on having close friends. As a real man who did not serve in the armed forces during a war, I have NO CLOSE friends. Thus my score was lowerr than it ought to have been.

  37. Also, where are the questions like: do you know how to operate a back-hoe? Or are you aware that a ‘sled’ is actually a snowmobile? or Have you ever siphoned fuel? If buying a pickup is a sign that you may be in touch with the working class then how come a truck driving red neck farmer like me got a 12? Jeesus mary and joseph! I am an elitist!

  38. Too old for the army, never been bored enough to watch Oprah, and my buddy voted for McGuinty and I still talk to him.

  41. 11 for me. Serving in the Armed Forces and, naturally, wearing a uniform gave me two points. Dragging my backside out of an aeroplane after 11 hours gave another (sore) point… But NASCAR, crappy movies and Oprah? Weird survey.

  42. I don’t have a bubble, but I do have a fishing pole, a pickup truck and a pack of smokes.

  44. 3 out of 20, but it’s my damned bubble, I’m very comfomfortable with it and intend to keep it that way thank you.
    I think the hunting, fishing and pickup truck puts me on the so called mainstream scale. The fact that I don’t owe a dime or any favors to anyone in the world, not so much.
    “On a scale from 0 to 20 points, where 20 signifies full engagement with mainstream American culture and 0 signifies deep cultural isolation within the new upper class bubble, you scored between 0 and 4.”

  46. If watching Oprah qualify you for anything other than warm and fuzzy, the suggestion would be, you get some life before you kick the bucket.

  47. So not watching Oprah or going to a silly movie or following NASCAR or drinking lousy beer means you live in a bubble? Bubble on I say. I’d rather scratch out both eyes than watch Oprah. Movies aren’t worth going to see, NASCAR is boring and most domestic American beer is good only for those who don’t want to get drunk but do want to go pee a lot.

  48. 6, and even then I kind of cheated because I’ve never lived in an American city (unless you say “well technically, the whole continent is ‘America’, including Mexico” – but really, who thinks like that?). At any rate I am clearly too toney for most of you and I hope you are grateful that I’m slumming here rather than at, say, HuffPo.

  49. most domestic American beer is good only for those who don’t want to get drunk but do want to go pee a lot.
    Posted by: Joe at January 28, 2012 8:53 PM
    Yup, fairy pee. And Canadians can’t get enough of it.

  50. I got a 17. My husband owns a GMC truck like the one in the photo. And I’m watching the X-games tonight too, a local snowboarder has ridden to 2 gold medals in 2 days. At least my red neck is pretty.

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