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!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!wfi From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: yuppies Message-ID: <537@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 14:20:34 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.537 Posted: Sat Nov 9 14:20:34 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:43:22 EST References: <2079@reed.UUCP> <522@rti-sel.UUCP> <13@ttidcc.UUCP> Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 19 Summary: In article <13@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes: >I was somewhat amused at the reactions to my posting a description of what >the word "yuppie" brought to my mind. ... >If you don't fit the image then you aren't what I think of as a yuppie. If >you do, then you are. In either case, you have no justification for >complaining. In spite of your being a self-proclaimed 'polymath,' you seem to have missed the point of my comments on so-called 'yuppies.' We have ENOUGH stereotypes, already. A term like 'yuppy' is very convenient: it provides people with yet another pigeonhole to stuff other people into. Mr. X makes $40K a year and wears designer clothing. We all immediately know, of course, that he's a 'yuppy' and a despicable person. Why? Because we're sufficiently brainwashed as a society to believe EVERYTHING the mass media feeds us. As for myself, I could care less what Mr. Hollombe or anyone else on the net thinks of me. Sheesh. -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly