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<\/a><\/p>\nIf you want to know what living in Portland is a lot like, read this book.\u00a0 Becuase if it doesn’t accurately describe half the people I know in Portland – I’ll quit.\u00a0 It’s pretty much a stinging satire of all things that Portland loves – but probably true for most major metropolitan centers.\u00a0 I’ve personally seen almost every one of these things on the list occur.\u00a0 It started as a website<\/a>, but now is in book form.\u00a0 I picked one up for cheap at Powell’s today (another place\/thing white people like!).<\/p>\n Here are some of my favorites: Because if a white kid gets crappy grades and can\u2019t seem to ever do anything right in school, they are still gifted! How you ask? They are just TOO smart for school. They are too creative, too advanced to care about the trivial minutiae of the day to day operations of school. #18 – Raising awareness<\/a> – My favorite
\n#2 – Religions that their parents don’t belong too<\/a>
\n#15 – Yoga<\/a>
\n#16 – Gifted Children<\/a> – favorite quote of the book:<\/p>\n
\nEventually they will show their creativity in their elaborate constructions of bongs and intimate knowledge different kinds of mushrooms and hash.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n#19 – Traveling Abroad<\/a> – this one is so spot on in the book they have an actual form letter that a traveler can send to their friends that sounds almost exactly like letters I get from friends traveling abroad.\u00a0 Even the order they write it in is the same.\u00a0 Freaky
\n#27 – Marathons<\/a>
\n#32 – Vegetarianism<\/a>
\n#40 – Apple Products<\/a>
\n#53 – Dogs
\n<\/a>#61 – Bicycles
\n<\/a>#75 – Threatening to move to Canada<\/a>
\n#80 – The idea of Soccer
\n<\/a>#82 – Hating corporations
\n<\/a>#94 – Socialized Medical Care
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