Curiousity Poll: Race.

[notathing]

Ima STRONG. BLACK. WOMAN.

[Lies]

I was just curious... jesus.

And this is what killed the cat... Muhammad.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's kind of a shame this n00b's posts were shouted down, it's actually the kind of demographical userbase stuff that I find interesting. Is there a backstory to this guy?

[Dysnomia]

sorry Nigel, I'm full of far too much HATORADE towards nannying family (mainly the mom) to respond seriously today.  Mindless drivel is currently keeping me from accidentally THE WHOLE THING!  And we all know how terrible that would be.

[Jasper]

I think the reason the guy caught shit is because the question contains the hidden assumption that race is a factor in who becomes a Discordian.  I would be surprised if the ethnic distribution for the Americans who post here are greater than standard deviation for the whole American demographic, whatever those numbers happen to be.

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds

[Jasper]

i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

NO U!
IVE SEEN SPAGBOOK! MOSTLY PASTY NERDS!

[notathing]

i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think the reason the guy caught shit is because the question contains the hidden assumption that race is a factor in who becomes a Discordian.  I would be surprised if the ethnic distribution for the Americans who post here are greater than standard deviation for the whole American demographic, whatever those numbers happen to be.

Huh wow. I didn't make that leap of logic at all. If anything, race and income demographics might be a stronger factor in who is involved in an Internet forum.

Furthermore, if there is an assumption that race is a factor in who becomes Discordian, polling to find out whether that assumption stands up to scrutiny certainly would be the scientific way to approach it.

Lastly, is it automatically bad if race/ancestry is a factor?

[Jasper]

It's not bad if it is so, it is bad to assume it is so. 

Wealth/income is very likely a factor in forum participants, and sadly there is an ethnic bias somewhere in there, so maybe there could be said to exist a correlation.

It would be interesting to find that Discordianism occurs more or less frequently with different races, but I don't see it.

[Jasper]

i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds

Fucking internet.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's not bad if it is so, it is bad to assume it is so. 

Wealth/income is very likely a factor in forum participants, and sadly there is an ethnic bias somewhere in there, so maybe there could be said to exist a correlation.

It would be interesting to find that Discordianism occurs more or less frequently with different races, but I don't see it.

Ok, obviously I am missing something. Why is it automatically bad to assume (rather, to hypothesize, hence the question) that race plays a factor in religious choices?

Also, I would bet good money that U.S. Discordians are more likely to be white than the general population. Is that bad? Am I racist now?

[NotPublished]

I am feeling opressed!

Tbh, I don't even know what constitutes a race - I'm ethnic (Greek - you know my feelings on the damn Greeks! Maybe I'm Turkish?) and living in Australia.

[Requia ☣]

I think the reason the guy caught shit is because the question contains the hidden assumption that race is a factor in who becomes a Discordian.  I would be surprised if the ethnic distribution for the Americans who post here are greater than standard deviation for the whole American demographic, whatever those numbers happen to be.

You have to consider the racial demographics of the internet, which is a bit harder.