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Original: 3/7/2008 7:45 PM
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Friday, March 07, 2008

Stuff "White" People Like...

 

Old news but this pretty cool and funny blog called "Stuff White People Like" has been getting literally millions of hits, track backs on hundreds of other blogs and even devoted an article from the LA Times and some air time from NPR (National Public Radio).

However, it's not just a list of what any white people would like.  It seems to be selective of what white people in the blue states and are college educated professionals, and live in urban and suburban areas would like. 

Such as:

http://www.christianbaxter.com/blog/uploaded_images/hipster-741699.jpg People who have a "personal trailer," not a personal trainer...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=i1pdkTiyup.4 People who have cool tech jobs...

http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007/5/24/MTVpic.jpg People with "Awareness" (# 18)...

http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200508/jpgymnCCCmcZY.jpg People who have Toyota Priuses (#60)...

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5662/6390224polfotogr1.jpg People who love Japan (# 58)... Konichiwa bitches!

And my favorate (literally), # 11 Asian Girls...  One must admit, dem white guys love dem asian girls.

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/12/03/deng_0412,0.jpg Rupert Murdoch, ugly but powerful, with his 39 year old wife.

The image “http://www.gossipnews.it/cinema/nicolas_cage/images/Nicolas_Cage_e_Alice_Kim__giovanissima_moglie_del_divo_4.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. A prettier couple, Nick Cage and Alice Kim

Early on, people actually thought that the blog writer may be Asian American.  There were so many references to Asian culture such as the aforementioned # 11 Asian Girls and # 58 Japan as well as # 42 Sushi, # 45 Asian Fusion Food and # 71 Being the only White Person Around.  Some speculated that it was an Asian guy's mock of white culture.  Well, the owner of the blog did reveal himself and he's a 29 year old Internet copy writer named Christian Lander of Culver City, CA. 

Way to go Christian!  300,000 hits a day... banner ads coming soon!

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Visit dARe2bee's Xanga Site!
ooo~ i finally subscribed to your xanga~ now i can easily read ur entries as they come through my email. i was so dependent on my email subscriptions that i missed three of ur new entries!!! i enjoyed ur movie section! my favs are Il mare, tale of two sisters, and my sassy girl as well! i cannot wait to see what the remake is like.
and i will definitely check out the jenny/juno movie~

keep up the good work~!
people like u are my lifesaver at work~
Posted 3/13/2008 8:48 AM by dARe2bee - reply

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Hey, no problem.  Thanks for the encouragement!
Posted 3/14/2008 12:13 PM by wangkon936 - reply

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Christian Lander's got a book deal now too. It all must be quite strange and thrilling for someone who never thought his blog would blow up like that. Good for him.
Posted 5/15/2008 3:06 PM by Raven_in_LA - reply


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When I had first come across the site I wasn't sure if the guy was for real or if it was a joke. I bought the book for Yobo for his birthday. I'm like waiting for him to read it so I can (He's saving it for our family trip).
Posted 7/30/2008 2:28 PM by Sweetygeek - reply


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