Comments on: Privilege Meme http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Southern Beale http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-308 Southern Beale Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:49:03 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-308 Wow, this is really interesting. I always assumed I was a child of privilege, yet home computers weren't invented when I was a kid! I grew up with a typewriter. I didn't have a credit card until well after graduating college, nor did I have a phone or TV of my own (or even a stereo) when I lived with my parents. Plus, I went to public school and my first car was an old clunker that had been my grandfather's. A 1973 Plymouth Duster. How uncool. On the other hand, we had tons of books in the house, my parents took us on trips all around the world, and we visited museums regularly. I always figured that made me "liberal elite" not "a child of privilege." Who knew? Wow, this is really interesting. I always assumed I was a child of privilege, yet home computers weren’t invented when I was a kid! I grew up with a typewriter. I didn’t have a credit card until well after graduating college, nor did I have a phone or TV of my own (or even a stereo) when I lived with my parents. Plus, I went to public school and my first car was an old clunker that had been my grandfather’s. A 1973 Plymouth Duster. How uncool.

On the other hand, we had tons of books in the house, my parents took us on trips all around the world, and we visited museums regularly. I always figured that made me “liberal elite” not “a child of privilege.”

Who knew?

]]> By: Kat Coble http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-304 Kat Coble Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:58:47 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-304 We had a computer in my home from the time I was 13. I am 37, so that was 1983. We had a computer in my home from the time I was 13.

I am 37, so that was 1983.

]]> By: dolphin http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-302 dolphin Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:15:18 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-302 <p>Yeah. If the backstory of the meme is correct it's aimed at college students who are (mostly) under 30. Though, if someone in their mid-40s had a first "computer" was the same as my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer" rel="nofollow">first computer</a> and they got it in the household around age 17 or 18 (when the computer was fresh on the market), they would also be able to affirmatively mark the statement.<br /> The cellphone in high school one is what I think really puts the age cap on it.</p> Yeah. If the backstory of the meme is correct it’s aimed at college students who are (mostly) under 30. Though, if someone in their mid-40s had a first “computer” was the same as my first computer and they got it in the household around age 17 or 18 (when the computer was fresh on the market), they would also be able to affirmatively mark the statement.
The cellphone in high school one is what I think really puts the age cap on it.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-301 KipEsquire Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:58:27 +0000 http://www.dolphinsdock.com/2008/01/10/privilege-meme/#comment-301 The "computer at home" questions limit this to people under around 30. The “computer at home” questions limit this to people under around 30.

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