All about yourself!

[Crumpets]

Age: 21
Sex: Cisgender Male
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 145-150 lbs (65-68 kg)
Race: White
Ethnicity: French Basque, Volga German, German Catholic, British, Native American (Nez Perce) - French Basque is definitely the most dominant culturally in our family
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Religion: Secular humanist
Language: English
Other Languages: French, Russian, Spanish, Modern Standard Arabic
Current Location: Seattle, WA
Birthplace: Seattle, WA
Occupation: Student
Favorite Politicians: Jim McDermott, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Patty Murray, Kshama Sawant, Gary Locke, Jon Gnarr, Boris Johnson, Amelia Andersdotter
Favorite Politicians (historical) Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Robert Kennedy, Scoop Jackson, Jeanette Rankin, Henry A Wallace
Favorite President: John F Kennedy
Political Orientation: Progressive liberal
Favorite Foods: Pub food, salmon, pasta, pho, dhal, New England seafood, pierogi
Favorite Books: Harry Potter, The Historian, Three Cups of Tea, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Kite Runner
Favorite TV shows: Danger 5, The Daily Show, Top Gear, Sherlock, An Idiot Abroad, Inbetweeners, Peep Show, How I Met Your Mother, The IT Crowd, Last Week Tonight, Boston Legal
Favorite Movie: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Sports Teams: Sounders, Seahawks, Mariners, UW Huskies, Reign, Chelsea
Other interests not involving politics: Travel, physics, astronomy, hiking, languages, film, trivia (Quiz Bowl)
Favorite Bands: Beatles, Of Monsters and Men, Fun, Macklemore, U2, Beethoven, Lindsey Stirling, Wild Feathers, Sleeper Agent
Favorite Video Game: Don't play. (Super Mario 64?)
Do you live by yourself? No
Siblings: None
Relationship: Single
What year did you join? 2015
If you could pick a nationality? British
News sources: New York Times, NBC, Al Jazeera, Politico, Daily Show, Rachel Maddow, The Stranger

[Crumpets]

Hey, an FC St. Pauli fan! Good to know there's more than one of us in the US.

[Crumpets]

anyways it's been a while so

age: 20
favorite colour: green
favorite president: f.d.r.
favorite sports team: the german national football teams (of both genders). don't follow club sports.
favorite video game: civ5, ck2, csky, keep talking and nobody explodes, saints row, undertale
favourite currently-running tv show: steven universe
favourite movie: kung fury (yes shut up)
favourite music: anything pretty much. right now i like sleater-kinney
gender: trans girl
height: ~5.7 meerkats
if i could choose a nationality: canadian probably
language(s): german and english fluëntly, conversational french, some level of japanese, esperanto, nahuatl, turkish, and arabic (currently learning the last two)
location: rhine rift valley
occupation: student
other interests: video games, conworlding/-langing,
person you most admire: my step-aunt (gonna visit her tomorrow wooooo)
political oriëntation: filthy sjw/commie/treehugger/naïve left-leftist/etc
race: ghost
relationship: yes but it's purely online at this point (they live in texas)
religion: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
sexuality: pansexual (with a moderate preference for less-masculine people)
sinlings: two little brothers, as far as i know
weight: ~42 meerkats

Have you ever seen a show called Danger 5? I imagine most people who like Kung Fury would enjoy it.

[Crumpets]

Where you were born: Russia

Just curious, what part of Russia are you from?

[Crumpets]

Any other questions?

So you're 18 and a student. Are you starting college in the fall, and if so, where?

[Crumpets]

My grandma went to school with Dick Cheney.

[Crumpets]

It's been a few years since I did this, and a bunch has changed in my life recently, so here is an update:

Age: 24
Sex: Cis Male
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 155 lbs (70 kg)
Race: White
Ethnicity: French Basque, Volga German, German Catholic, British, Native American (Nez Perce) - French Basque is definitely the most dominant culturally in our family
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Religion: Secular humanist, Ignostic (Baptized Lutheran, though, and raised by two parents who were both raised Catholic)
Language: English
Other Languages: French (very well), Russian, Spanish (reasonably well), Modern Standard Arabic, Romanian (basic)
Current Location: Washington, DC
Birthplace: Seattle, WA
Occupation: Temp at a think tank, part-time barista
Favorite Politicians: Hillary Clinton, Fawzia Koofi, Pramila Jayapal, Amelia Andersdotter, Jón Gnarr, Benazir Bhutto
Favorite Politicians (historical) : Robert Kennedy, Scoop Jackson, Jeanette Rankin, Henry A Wallace, Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Favorite President: John F Kennedy
Political Orientation: Liberal, progressive
Favorite Foods: Seafood, pub grub, Indian food, bento, Russian, classy French picnic stuff
Favorite Books: Harry Potter, The Historian, Three Cups of Tea, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Kite Runner, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Favorite TV shows: Peep Show, Danger 5, IT Crowd, Grand Tour, The Inbetweeners, MST3K, Death in Paradise
Favorite Movies: The Gods Must Be Crazy, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Spirited Away, Dr. Strangelove, Up, Airplane
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Sports Teams: The Seattle Sounders, Seahawks, Mariners, Reign, the UW Huskies, Team USA
Other interests not involving politics: Travel, physics, astronomy, hiking, languages, film, driving, trivia (Quiz Bowl)
Favorite Bands: The Beatles, Fun., Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Of Monsters and Men, The Head and the Heart, Pink Martini, Playing For Change, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Jamie Berry
Favorite Video Game: Don't play. (Super Mario 64?)
Do you live by yourself? Yes
Siblings: None
Relationship Status: NSTR
What year did you join? 2015
If you could pick a nationality? British
News sources: AP, Reuters, Rachel Maddow, Politico, New York Times, WaPo, Al-Jazeera

[Crumpets]

My grandma went to school with Dick Cheney.

Has she told you what he was like?

Apparently they weren't too fond of each other, but he was popular in the class at large. It figures that 60 years later they're all Republicans and she's a Democrat.

[Crumpets]

Haven't updated my info in probably 4 years. So here's who I am:

Age: 29
Gender: Male
Pronouns: He/him
Race: White
Ethnic background: French Basque, Volga German, German German, British
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current city: Washington, DC
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 178 lbs (81 kg), (still working off the COVID weight, but making good progress)
Religion: Irreligious, baptized Lutheran
Sexual orientation: Straight
Relationship status: Available
Siblings: None
Occupation: Eastern Europe Conflict Tracker at a government contractor
Hobbies: Star gazing, hiking, skiing (both alpine and Nordic), guitar + ukulele + balalaika, drawing buildings
Almae matres: University of Washington, University of St Andrews
Languages: English (native), French (pretty good), Russian (alright), Spanish (meh), Arabic and Romanian (barely)

Favorite books: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, (Yes, I know about the controversy. No, I don't care.) Harry Potter by some TERF who I won't be giving any more money to, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Favorite shows: Red Letter Media's Best of the Worst, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Bob's Burgers, What We Do in the Shadows, Drunk History, Danger 5, Unsolved Mysteries, Black Books
Favorite podcasts: Lore, The Office Ladies, Up and Vanished
Favorite bands: The Shins, First Aid Kit, Belle and Sebastian, The New Pornographers, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, The Ramones, David Bowie
Favorite movies: Dr. Strangelove, Jojo Rabbit, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Spirited Away, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Indiana Jones, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Random other stuff:
- I spent most summers between 2010 and 2016 overseas doing service trips or studying abroad.
- I drink alcohol only very rarely, and I'm a pescatarian, borderline vegetarian. All things in moderation, including moderation.
- I spent a good chunk of the COVID era living in the UK.
- I bought a 1967 Fiat roadster a few years ago because apparently I went through my midlife crisis when I was still in college.
- I have a phobia of needles and sharp objects generally.
- I used to work as a barista at the green siren place.

[Crumpets]

I joined this site about a year ago, but only started posting today (I initially joined because I'm a big election guy, and I wanted to read up more on Sharkey County, Mississippi's shocking 2004 results).

This is the first time I've heard about this, but I looked it up, and that is indeed weird. What did you find out about it?