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There exists a new upper class that’s completely disconnected from the average white American and American culture at large, argues Charles Murray, a libertarian political scientist and author.

Take this 25-question quiz, based on a similar one published in Murray’s 2012 book, “Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010,” to find out just how thick your bubble is.

You got 38 points.

The higher your score, the thinner your bubble. The lower, the more insulated you might be from mainstream American culture.

See below for scores Charles Murray would expect you to get based on the following descriptions.

48–99: A lifelong resident of a working-class neighborhood with average television and movie going habits. Typical: 77.

42–100: A first-generation middle-class person with working-class parents and average television and movie going habits. Typical: 66.

11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33.

0–43: A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot. Typical: 9.

0–20: A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person with the television and movie going habits of the upper middle class. Typical: 2.

kalm wrote:My score:

You got 38 points.

The higher your score, the thinner your bubble. The lower, the more insulated you might be from mainstream American culture.

See below for scores Charles Murray would expect you to get based on the following descriptions.

48–99: A lifelong resident of a working-class neighborhood with average television and movie going habits. Typical: 77.

42–100: A first-generation middle-class person with working-class parents and average television and movie going habits. Typical: 66.

11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33.

0–43: A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot. Typical: 9.

0–20: A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person with the television and movie going habits of the upper middle class. Typical: 2.

Have you or your spouse ever bought a pickup truck?

∞∞∞ wrote:18.

A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents.

Pwns wrote:39. Lost points apparently for not ever having bought a pickup or not watching enough TV.

Ibanez wrote:I got 31. I'm confused as to why there's so much overlap in scoring definitions. Am I 11-80 or 0-43?

93henfan wrote:

Ibanez wrote:I got 31. I'm confused as to why there's so much overlap in scoring definitions. Am I 11-80 or 0-43?

There should be a few bolded definitions at the end. Pick the one that applies to you. For instance, I was:


48–99: A lifelong resident of a working-class neighborhood with average television and movie going habits. Typical: 77.

Baldy wrote:

kalm wrote:My score:

Bubbleboy

71 here...lifelong all-American average dude.

93henfan wrote:

∞∞∞ wrote:18.

A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents.

Now assimilate, motherfucker!

Ibanez wrote:

Pwns wrote:39. Lost points apparently for not ever having bought a pickup or not watching enough TV.

Same here. And probably not eating at many of those restaurants.


Though Waffle House...that's not bad eating on a Saturday morning.

kalm wrote:

Ibanez wrote: Same here. And probably not eating at many of those restaurants.


Though Waffle House...that's not bad eating on a Saturday morning.

I've owned 3 trucks but have not dined at any of those restaurants.

Ibanez wrote:

kalm wrote:
I've owned 3 trucks but have not dined at any of those restaurants.

I've been to most of those restaurants, just not in the past year.


And i've owned SUVs. I bought on this year, but that's not a pick-em up truck.

kalm wrote:

Ibanez wrote: I've been to most of those restaurants, just not in the past year.


And i've owned SUVs. I bought on this year, but that's not a pick-em up truck.

English, motherfucker!