News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by torstenvl on Thursday November 16, 2017 @02:23PM (#15715666)
You can think something is ridiculous all you want, but that doesn't make it inaccurate. You feel it's all a proxy for racism? Fine. Tell me, then: between an F-150 and a Silverado, which one is the "white" truck?
Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by EADGBE on Friday November 17, 2017 @09:58AM (#15722391)
I commented above about car culture here vs other parts of the US which tend to have better transportation or locality options. (Forget truck culture).

It's one of only a few things I've found a lot of non-Midwesterns don't get. And honestly, it probably is pretty ridiculous.

But when housing is affordable, high-paying jobs are abundant, and schools overall are great; the car becomes the deciding factor, as the square footage of a mansion and a historic bungalow aren't really reflected in their prices differences.

I'd guess the Silverado. However, really the comparison between Silverado and F-150 really has to do with the color of your collar; not the color of your skin.

Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by eli_gottlieb on Thursday November 16, 2017 @02:38PM (#15715804)
I don't think it's a proxy for racism. I think it's its own form of xenophobia. I don't care which one is the "white" truck, I care that someone's drawing major social distinctions on the difference between one truck and another.
Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by stillsut on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:30PM (#15716814)
Well if the truck is your work then obviously people are going to draw distinctions over it. Which operating system shows you're smart: Windows or Linux? Is it "xenophobic" to prefer linux people?

Also, Milton "ked" here. Of course I'd treat somebody from Milton differently, we share a whole unique culture which you clearly don't understand. You're the one being culturally ignorant: speaking of Milton and Medford as equivalent because of skin tone is the same as comparing a Sikh to Arab, cause you know, the funny hat and facial hair and stuff right?

Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by eli_gottlieb on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:35PM (#15716865)
>Also, Milton "ked" here. Of course I'd treat somebody from Milton differently, we share a whole unique culture which you clearly don't understand. You're the one being culturally ignorant: speaking of Milton and Medford as equivalent because of skin tone is the same as comparing a Sikh to Arab, cause you know, the funny hat and facial hair and stuff right?

My wife is from Milton. She has nothing but nasty things to say about its "whole unique culture" ;-).