January 12, 2006
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Unamerican Me
Can it be true?
Am I just too laid back to be living in America?
I took this quiz based on Peter Whybrow’s new book.
It told me: “In America, you can’t be that relaxed. Take the quiz again.”
I took it again, giving the same answers and getting the same
results. Some of the questions didn’t apply to me because I don’t
have a cell phone, I live too far from town to eat a lot of fast food
and am too poor and physically disabled to shop as a recreation.I took that into account and fudged some of my answers. Still, I
got a weird result. It asked me, “Are you living in a
monastery?” No, stupid, I’m living in Alaska. We don’t give
a dam how they do it Outside.Even so, I appreciate Whybrow’s take on our cultural mania. He’s
a neuroscientist, head of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and
Human Behavior at UCLA. He has written a book on The Hibernation
Response, which I have on hold at the public library. That should
be a good read.
Comments (14)
ROFL! I was asked if I was dead and to take the test again. I feel pigeon holed somehow… *scratches head*
See… we’re too broke to eat out once a week… I utterly despise shopping… we own no credit cards and work on a cash basis only so it’s hard to accrue debt that way… uh… cell phone? I hardly ever remember to even carry the thing with me… I must be at death’s door all right.
*still vastly amused*
“It asked me, “Are you living in a monastery?” No, stupid, I’m living in Alaska. We don’t give a dam how they do it Outside.”
LOL! Cassie and I loved this.
well I’m glad to see you’re online again.
it told me, In America, you can’t be that relaxed. Take the quiz again…. I guess I’m not american…. I knew alaska was better then the rest of the u.s.
I got “Excellent self-discipline! Reach out and help a friend.” I’m really not sure what that’s supposed to mean. In any case, I’m not American, so I probably shouldn’t put too much faith in the results.
I need to take that quiz
Awesome! You should feel soooo good about yourself!
And of course Alaska is a part of the US, but hello, we are not all the stereotypical Americans, and maybe they should have polled a few more Alaskans before designing that quiz.
I answered honestly to all of the questions, and it asked if I was living in a Monastery…c’mon! I live in Southern California for goodness sake! We are the most wasteful, shopoholic bunch of overusers in the world!!! Apparently because I don’t eat at my desk, don’t take 3 days to relax on vacation, and don’t shop for recreation, I live in a Monastery, I think the test is very biased.
Hmmm… gonna go take that test now!
I scored 2, you can’t be that relaxed in America, take test again. And I live in Washington, DC! I guess it all depends on attitude. All the people that I know that would score high are grumpy, unhappy people anyway.
Hehehe…I took the test and it asked if I was living in a Monastery. I think the quiz didn’t take into consideration that some Americans are older, as you and I are.
i got the same “you can’t be that relaxed…”, but i am…even in my deepest, foulest moods i would score the same. guess it’s about attitude more than lifestyle.
I got the same scores you did. Even took the test twice and fudged. The test is silly and trivial–good idea, but mediocre execution.
I got the monastery result. I live in LA (or as we say here, LA proper. We’re so snooty about it!)
Then again, I have no TV, no car, and no debt. That could be the thing right there.
I am really interested in this book now — thanks for cluing me in! :wave: