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« Reply #2175 on: January 18, 2017, 08:38:11 AM »

Interesting that y'all are posting your age/location/race/political affiliations/hobbies/etc. but nobody is posting whether you own your home, are married, and have kids.

The factors in bold above are important influences on people's political views, but this influence typically doesn't become obvious until after the fact.

BTW I'm a married homeowner with kids.
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« Reply #2176 on: January 18, 2017, 10:38:08 AM »

Interesting that y'all are posting your age/location/race/political affiliations/hobbies/etc. but nobody is posting whether you own your home, are married, and have kids.

The factors in bold above are important influences on people's political views, but this influence typically doesn't become obvious until after the fact.

BTW I'm a married homeowner with kids.

This isn't a thread for analyzing why people believe the things they do, it's to get to know members of the forum personally.
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« Reply #2177 on: January 18, 2017, 10:45:27 AM »
« Edited: January 18, 2017, 10:47:57 AM by Waterfall »

This isn't a thread for analyzing why people believe the things they do, it's to get to know members of the forum personally.

Didn't say it was. I was pointing out something interesting about the thread that tells me a lot about y'all.

Whether one is married, owns his home, and has kids is also a very good proxy for a lot of other things you might want to know about a person.
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« Reply #2178 on: January 18, 2017, 11:08:05 AM »

Handling a spouse, live-at-home children, and a single family home means that you are more likely to have given over much of your life over to a huge pile of responsibilities. I would guess the average forum poster is not a married,kids,home type. Single people are more likely to have the time to make psephology and/or racking up thousands of posts about politics on a message board a hobby. Heck, I bet some people leave this place after they get a significant other.
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« Reply #2179 on: January 18, 2017, 11:49:02 AM »
« Edited: January 18, 2017, 11:51:20 AM by Waterfall »

Handling a spouse, live-at-home children, and a single family home means that you are more likely to have given over much of your life over to a huge pile of responsibilities. I would guess the average forum poster is not a married,kids,home type. Single people are more likely to have the time to make psephology and/or racking up thousands of posts about politics on a message board a hobby. Heck, I bet some people leave this place after they get a significant other.
You're describing selection bias. That might explain some of it.

On the other hand, I've seen other online forums (for example a couple DIY forums I visit) where a lot of the posters are middle aged with houses, spouses, and kids. House/spouse/kids take up time, but not every waking moment.

So, selection bias for all forum-posting is probably too broad. I think it's probably a "seed culture" thing. Plus, as you get older you realize these ideological antler-rasslin' sessions are usually a waste of time, and what's an even bigger waste of time is saying inflammatory things online for the "naughty fun" of seeing people gasp and sputter. This means if you're going to talk politics online, you tend to either just seek out enclaves where people agree with you and can talk about "what to do" or else you seek out calm, polite, intellectual venues where you can quietly and slowly push around ideas. I don't know yet if this is one of those, still finding out.
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« Reply #2180 on: January 18, 2017, 12:23:25 PM »

Interesting that y'all are posting your age/location/race/political affiliations/hobbies/etc. but nobody is posting whether you own your home, are married, and have kids.

The factors in bold above are important influences on people's political views, but this influence typically doesn't become obvious until after the fact.

BTW I'm a married homeowner with kids.

Most of this has been some variation of the first post in this thread, which provided a template. Over time people added some other fields, but since many are indeed not married and may not own their own home, it was never incorporated. Even when I posted in this thread, I simply used the set of questions used by some poster before me and made a couple changes that I thought were relevant (or declined to answer certain questions). If that poster had included "Married" and/or "Own my own home," I'd probably have answered both. I'd like to say many other people would have behaved in a similar fashion.

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« Reply #2181 on: January 18, 2017, 11:12:58 PM »

Posting here, b/c I haven't updated this in a few years & haven't been active recently:

Age: 19
Sex/gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Race: White
Height: 5’11”
Religion: Episcopalian
Occupation: College student
Location: Chicago
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Florida
Languages: English, French
Political orientation: Democratic socialist

Favorite book(s): Anything Hiassen
Favorite show(s): I don't watch a lot of TV, probably Highly Questionable on ESPN
Favorite movie(s): Airplane!, In The Loop, The Princess Bride
Favorite music artist(s): Jason Isbell, Eric Church, Brandy Clark, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert
Favorite sports team(s): Tampa Bay Bucs, Tampa Bay Lightning, UNC Tar Heels
Favorite video game(s): Dragon Age Inquisition, Madden 17, Rome Total War
Favorite color: Blue
Other interests: history, writing, football (college & pro), college basketball
Person you most admire: William O. Douglas
Favorite president: FDR
Worst president: the new guy

I'm not married, don't own a house, and don't have kids
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« Reply #2182 on: January 19, 2017, 05:10:42 PM »

I guess I'll give a few facts about myself then.

Age: 15
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Jackson, MS
Race: African American (I'm the only Black person on Atlas Sad)
Least Favorite President: Ronald Reagan

You must not know Oldiesfreak.

I actually don't, but I have seen him around a lot lately.

There's a running joke that Oldiesfreak is black, but he isn't IIRC.

There are some other black people here though.
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« Reply #2183 on: January 19, 2017, 07:03:33 PM »

I guess I'll give a few facts about myself then.

Age: 15
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Jackson, MS
Race: African American (I'm the only Black person on Atlas Sad)
Least Favorite President: Ronald Reagan

You must not know Oldiesfreak.

I actually don't, but I have seen him around a lot lately.

There's a running joke that Oldiesfreak is black, but he isn't IIRC.

There are some other black people here though.

Oh. Lol!
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« Reply #2184 on: January 19, 2017, 11:25:10 PM »

Most of this has been some variation of the first post in this thread, which provided a template. Over time people added some other fields, but since many are indeed not married and may not own their own home, it was never incorporated. Even when I posted in this thread, I simply used the set of questions used by some poster before me and made a couple changes that I thought were relevant (or declined to answer certain questions). If that poster had included "Married" and/or "Own my own home," I'd probably have answered both. I'd like to say many other people would have behaved in a similar fashion.
OK, fair enough.
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« Reply #2185 on: January 20, 2017, 02:29:14 AM »

I guess I'll give a few facts about myself then.

Age: 15
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Jackson, MS
Race: African American (I'm the only Black person on Atlas Sad)
Least Favorite President: Ronald Reagan

You must not know Oldiesfreak.

I actually don't, but I have seen him around a lot lately.

There's a running joke that Oldiesfreak is black, but he isn't IIRC.

There are some other black people here though.

I started that Oldiesfreak joke because I confused him with a different R-MI poster who stated that he was black. Oldiesfreak is whiter than mayo listening to country music in a Mormon church.

Simfan is black. I remember there being a D-GA poster (I think) who was black.
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« Reply #2186 on: January 27, 2017, 06:17:33 AM »
« Edited: March 01, 2017, 07:57:56 PM by Lok1999 »

Age: 17
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Fabulous
Race/ethnic compostion: White, English/Irish roots
Languages: 英語、日本語 「私はそれで大丈夫だと思う...」
Religion: Atheist
Height: 6'1''
Weight: Tongue
Location: SE Australia
Where you were born: Same city I live in
Occupation: Secondary Student
Political orientation: Left Wing socially, however, right leaning on crime. Centralist economically
Favorite Book(s)Sad As if people read these days...
Favorite Show(s)Sad
Favorite Movie(s)Sad I don't watch movies all that much
Favorite Presidents: FDR, JFK, Obama
Worst President: Buchanan easily, Trump a close 2nd
Favorite Sports team: Don't follow sports at all.
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« Reply #2187 on: January 27, 2017, 11:30:57 AM »

This isn't a thread for analyzing why people believe the things they do, it's to get to know members of the forum personally.

Didn't say it was. I was pointing out something interesting about the thread that tells me a lot about y'all.

Whether one is married, owns his home, and has kids is also a very good proxy for a lot of other things you might want to know about a person.

This is an extremely 20th century way of seeing things. Get used to it, the world has advanced. You don't have to marry or have kids in order to be a serious person (moreover, it discards the existance of the lgbt community). Also, housing prices (at least in Israel) are extremely high. Owning your house is not that easy.
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« Reply #2188 on: February 07, 2017, 02:18:56 PM »

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Race/ethnic composition: Whit
Religion: [is] stupid
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 127lb.
Location: Aleppo
Where you were born: Aleppo
Occupation: Student
Person you most admire: Jeff sessions is my dady
Favorite Band: Xtrullor
Favorite President: Obama bin laden
Favorite Sports team: the 69ers
Your other interests: Video games are cool
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« Reply #2189 on: February 07, 2017, 02:37:24 PM »

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Race/ethnic composition: Whit
Religion: [is] stupid
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 127lb.
Location: Aleppo
Where you were born: Aleppo
Occupation: Student
Person you most admire: Jeff sessions is my dady
Favorite Band: Xtrullor
Favorite President: Obama bin laden
Favorite Sports team: the 69ers
Your other interests: Video games are cool

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« Reply #2190 on: February 08, 2017, 02:54:04 AM »

Age:
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Race/ethnic composition: Whit
Religion: [is] stupid
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 127lb.
Location: Aleppo
Where you were born: Aleppo
Occupation: Student
Person you most admire: Jeff sessions is my dady
Favorite Band: Xtrullor
Favorite President: Obama bin laden
Favorite Sports team: the 69ers
Your other interests: Video games are cool

Hi sock
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« Reply #2191 on: February 08, 2017, 10:23:23 AM »
« Edited: February 08, 2017, 10:49:17 AM by MikeyX58 »

I just joined, and thought I'd introduce myself.

Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic composition: White
Religion: N/A (atheist)
Location: Columbia City, Indiana, USA
Where you were born: Phoenix, Arizona
Occupation: Currently unemployed - looking for employment
Person you most admire: Eugene V. Debs
Your other interests: Discussing politics and horror movies (which I know are two completely random things).
Last presidential election: Wrote-in Stein, though highly considered writing in Monica Moorehead.

Anyhow, just wanted to give a quick outline of myself, and hope that all who are reading are doing well.
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« Reply #2192 on: February 08, 2017, 01:36:19 PM »
« Edited: February 08, 2017, 01:39:31 PM by Confused Democrat »

Posting because I never introduced myself.

Age: 20
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic composition: White
Religion: Non-practicing Jew
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 140 something
Location: Boca Raton
Where you were born: NYC
Occupation: Retail (FML)
Person you most admire: Bernie Sanders
Favorite Band: J-Dilla, Mad Villain, Mac Miller, and Run The Jewels.
Favorite President: FDR
Favorite Sports team: Miami Heat
Your other interests: Drawing, Manga/Anime, Cartoons.

Any questions?
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« Reply #2193 on: February 08, 2017, 02:10:19 PM »

I'll bite. Screen-name's Confused Democrat. What are you confused about in particular?
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« Reply #2194 on: February 08, 2017, 02:58:50 PM »


MY MAN
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« Reply #2195 on: February 13, 2017, 10:58:53 PM »

Age: 20s
Gender: CIS-Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Race: White
Ethnicity: Russian
Languages: English, Russian
Religion: None
Location: Michigan
Where you were born: Russia

Political figures you most admire: Not big into admiring politicians, but I make an exception for Thomas Massie and Rand Paul
Favorite President(s): Van Buren, Jackson
Political Orientation: Somewhere between Jackson and Coolidge, depending on the occasion

Favorite Artists/Bands: Beatles
Favorite Movies: The Naked Gun 2 1/2, AI: Artificial Intelligence
If you could pick a nationality: Japanese

Do you have any siblings? No
Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? Nope.
Relationship Status: Single
What year did you join Atlas? 2017
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« Reply #2196 on: February 13, 2017, 11:44:58 PM »


Just curious, what part of Russia are you from?
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« Reply #2197 on: February 13, 2017, 11:49:08 PM »


Just curious, what part of Russia are you from?

-The northern part.
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« Reply #2198 on: February 14, 2017, 06:05:25 PM »

Age:
Gender:
Race/ethnic composition: Whit
Religion: [is] stupid
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 127lb.
Location: Aleppo
Where you were born: Aleppo
Occupation: Student
Person you most admire: Jeff sessions is my dady
Favorite Band: Xtrullor
Favorite President: Obama bin laden
Favorite Sports team: the 69ers
Your other interests: Video games are cool

Hi sock
of whom?

Shamelessly stealing categories from Eharding

Age: I'd say I'm too safe on the internet to reveal my age, but... 14.
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: I'm straight
Race: White
Ethnicity: Don't really know, I do know I'm like 1/8 Swedish
Languages: English, learning a bit of Spanish
Religion: Not really religious
Location: St. Louis, MO
Where you were born: St. Louis, MO (haven't ever moved)
Political figures you most admire:
1) Awesome: Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner
2) Pretty good: Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Patrick Leahy, Sherrod Brown
3) Local people I like: Sarah Unsicker (MO house, D-91), Scott Sifton (MO senate, D-1), Jason Kander
Just because someone's left off here doesn't mean I hate them, got that?
Favorite President(s): FDR was good, but he was a bit more into power than I'd like (SCOTUS packing idea). JFK was also pretty good, but also not perfect.
Political Orientation: Full-out libtard with some libertarian leanings (i.e. let's not execute Edward Snowden lol)
Favorite Artists/Bands: Not really. I'm weird.
Favorite Movies: Again, not really. I'm still weird.
If you could pick a nationality: Canada, but with a bit of exceptions (is that allowed?)
Do you have any siblings? Yee, apolitical younger sister and ronpaultard older brother
Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? No
Relationship Status: lmao
What year did you join Atlas? 2017
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« Reply #2199 on: February 14, 2017, 06:53:43 PM »

I shamelessly stole my categories from Virginia.
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