Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!wfi From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: yuppies Message-ID: <522@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 17:52:46 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.522 Posted: Sat Nov 2 17:52:46 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:39:43 EST References: <2079@reed.UUCP> Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 25 Summary: In article <2079@reed.UUCP> thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas) writes: >Needless to say, the above are all stereotypes. I tend to get a little >resentful of yuppies because they have the external appearance of thinking >that they own the world. (To a certain extent they do). But the one >thing that defines a yuppie is that he or she will always deny being one. Ever notice how someone in the mass media can coin a new buzzword like 'yuppie' to describe a certain class of people and within a few months most people are convinced the mass media have discovered a Real Phenomenon? Hey, it's like going down South and every time you see someone with sideburns driving a pickup truck saying to yourself "there goes another G_d d_mned cracker." Within a few months you've convinced yourself that everyone who fits your stereotype is a contemptible person who beats his dawg and his wummin and would probably cut your Northern throat if he had half a chance. So there is a class of people called 'yuppies.' They all eat brie and drink Perrier after working out at the Spa three times a week. Yuppies network instead of meeting people. They're all ultraconservative and totally superficial people who are into displays of status. You see, it's just like black folks; we all KNOW they all love to eat watermelon and have great senses of natural rhythm... -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly