"We are the 53%"

That is a very very silly quiz.

Got a -33. (EDIT: missed one of the questions the first time. I just put 0 for questions that did not apply to me.)

People's History of the United States readers REPRESENT, yo!

edited 19th Oct '11 10:41:42 AM by RadicalTaoist

That quiz is silly but it seems I fall into the 99%

Did you answer all 8 questions because I accidentally left out the "What are the protesters demands?" questions but edited it in?

• 92 for me, David Kock

Quiz here:

• What is your profession?
  • Hedge fund manager (+20) (Note:I may become a hedge fund manager so add an additional +18 as well)
  • Other (+2) (Me, so 2 for me)
  • Cop (-2)
  • Unemployed (-10)
  • Distributor of hugs (-20)

• Which of these books had the most profound effect on you?
  • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (+20) (Me, so that's 22 now for me)
  • The novelization of Boiler Room (+10)
  • A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn (-5)
  • My Life by Leon Trotsky (-10)
  • Hydroponic Basics by George F. Van Patten (-20)

• First thing you read each morning?
  • My investment portfolio (+10) (Note: I may get an investment portfolio so add +5 at the end)
  • The Wall Street Journal (+5) (Me, so that's 27 now)
  • E-mails from my boss (+2)
  • Comments on my Tumbir (-5)
  • The Occupied Wall Street Journal (-20)

• The last time you were arrested was for:
  • Sexual assault charges at a Harvard final club in 1985, ultimately expunged (+20) (Never been arrested, but pervy so, 47 now)
  • Insider trading (+15)
  • Possession of an illegal substance (0)
  • Stealing to feed my family (-10)
  • Marching on the Brooklyn Bridge (-15)

• What slogan best expresses your sentiments?
  • "Occupy Occupy Wall Street" (+15) (Me, 62)
  • "Investment Bankers Unite" (+10)
  • "Impeach Obama, Protector of Wall Street (-5)
  • "Shit is all fucked up and bullshit" (-15)
  • "Weed not Greed" (-20)

• What is the person doing? (Imagine picture of zombie)
  • Don't all Democrats look like that? (+10) (Me, 72)
  • Clearly not looking for a job (+5)
  • He's an extra on The Walking Dead (+2)
  • Making a travesty of Occupy Wall Street (-5)
  • Protesting Wall Street's zombie-like hunger for profit (-10)

• What are the protesters' demands?
  • Porta Potties (+10) (Me, 82)
  • To curtail the government-enabled abuses of big government (0)
  • To be broadcast in-shot on Anderson Cooper 360 (-2)
  • The movement is stronger for making no official demands (-10)

• What adjective best describes the Occupy Wall Street protesters?
  • Tom's of Maine-esque (+10) (Me, 92)
  • Incoherent (+5)
  • Quixotic (0)
  • Right (-5)
  • Sans-culottes-like (-10)

• Results (add up all your selections mathwise)
  • >+74 You are David Koch (Me, 92) (97, if I get an investment portfolio) (115, with the addition of hedge fund manager)
  • +74 to +1 You are the 1%
  • 0 to -75 You are the 99%
  • <-75 You are high

edited 19th Oct '11 1:51:39 PM by secretist

That's the one I missed the first time.

Tom's of Maine here for people not in the know in order to fully answer the last one. Sans-culottes for more info also.

edited 19th Oct '11 10:52:27 AM by secretist

<eyeroll>

Haha, yeah, that quiz was clearly designed by people who favour the 53%.

The quiz doesnt even take the thing seriously. How surprising.

It's tounge in cheek.

God damn it.

• What is your profession?
  • Unemployed
• Which of these books had the most profound effect on you?
  • Theoretically, none of the above, since I haven't read any of those books (The Fountainhead and A People's History of the United States are on the to-do list; I have no interest in Atlas Shrugged).
• First thing you read each morning?
  • Other.
• The last time you were arrested was for:
  • Never been arrested.
• What slogan best expresses your sentiments?
  • "Shit is all fucked up and bullshit"
• What is the person doing? (Imagine picture of zombie)
  • What is this I don't even—
• What are the protesters' demands?
  • To curtail the government-enabled abuses of big government
• What adjective best describes the Occupy Wall Street protesters?
  • Incoherent

...

What a stupid quiz. o_o

edited 19th Oct '11 1:52:47 PM by USAF713

Two alterations, and my score got bumped up to 115! I am the 53% obviously!

Does it matter if you're apart of the bloody 53%? America is a broken society that needs fixing ASAP.

I don't think one should revel in their ignorance, but that's just me.

You're only part of the 53% if you make enough money personally to pay income taxes, Secretist.

also, I could answer the questions with nothing but pro-ows answers and get my desired score intentionally. The entire quiz is far too obvious in how it basically lampoons any position related to OWS while making any choice that disagrees with them also make fun of OWS in a mocking way.

Its sort of like if I made a poll that saud "do you side with the economic terrorirsts on the right or the heroic left and expected a non-biased answer,.

edited 19th Oct '11 1:56:19 PM by Midgetsnowman

I saw a copy of the Occupied Wall Street once, but how do people subscribe (not that I'm interested in reading it)?

Also, I'm currently a college student, so ???

Secretist: The 53% specifically refers to the 53% of the country that pays income taxes. You are not, technically, a member of that group (though since it tends to be measured by households, your parents probably are)

...wouldn't the goal be to read things from opposing views to your own, as well as things that support your view?

Such is why I'm reading both A People's History of the United States and The Fountainhead. Variety of opinions.

Yes, the same reason that I plan on reading My Life by Leon Trotsky.

edited 19th Oct '11 2:05:22 PM by secretist

I think the 53% fails to notice the 47% would LOVE to be part of the 53%, you know, what with having a job and career.

I'd certainly be happy to be making 50k a year.

I'd be happy to make over 75k a year. My minimum goal!

Do you have any reasoning for why you, in a ridiculously competitive environment, will be able to make that kind of money?

I have a complex business plan I'm in the process of making that's guaranteed to succeed.

You've obviously never run a (small?) business before.

Or, you're running a scam. And you've never run said scam before.