I'm really sorry, but I thought you should read this.

Found on Millinerd's blog:

This vastly entertaining blog is sort of like the Chapelle show, but less outrageous and about White People. Not all white people: basically, just the ones who like the Arcade Fire and shop at Whole Foods. The culture posts hit very close to home:

Wes Anderson Movies: “If a white guy takes a white girl to a Wes Anderson movie on their first date, and neither of them have seen it, they will immediately commence a relationship that is reflected in songs by Ryan Adams and Bright Eyes.”

Not Having a TV: “The number one reason why white people like not having a TV is so that they can tell you that they don’t have a TV.”

Arrested Development: “They also love it because there are a few references to white popular culture, and if there is one thing that white people love, it’s cultural references that they understand (see Garden State, The Onion, and Juno for examples).”

Indie Music: “To a white person, being a fan of a band before they get popular is one of the most important things they can do with their life. They can hold it over their friends forever!”

Apologies: “In fact, white people are so used to apologizing that they start all sentences that might cause disagreement with ‘I’m sorry.’ For example ‘I’m sorry, but Garden State was a better film than Hard Eight.’”

Standing Still at Concerts: “Remember, at a concert everyone is watching you just waiting for you to try to start dancing. Then they will make fun of you. The result is Belle and Sebastian concerts that essentially looks more like a disorganized line of people than a music event.”

The site mostly takes aim at the slightly sub-hipster folks who regard themselves as paragons of open-mindedness, global thinking, and ironic fashion. Of course, irony returns in this manner: I'm guessing that those very people provided a clear majority of the blog's nearly three million hits.

I say “those people”: clearly I am distancing myself from that crowd. In a number of ways, I hardly fit the bill. I don't drink coffee, consider myself spiritual-but-not-religious (i.e. I'm openly religous) read David Sedaris, do yoga, or have difficult breakups. And while most of my friends fit into some category on this list, it still seems blog describes a very small demographic. I thank God that I don't fit this stereotype to a greater degree, and I mean that literally: when I don't fit something on the list, it has to do with my membership in a certain Christian community. As Matthew Millener says:

“While the mockery (let's face it) is earned, how does one escape the scourge? The site, it seems to me, has a lot to do with what we white people - indeed, any people - become when we lose the gospel - that most reliable tool for relentless self-criticism, that trusty crowbar for prying oneself from the world.”

But I'll certainly think twice before talking about my Apple products or my Netflix queue in the near future.