Cultural identity meme

[thrihyrne]

Your result for The Cultural Identity Test...

The Liberal Philosopher

58% Traditionalism, 64% Knowledge, 66% Diversity, 42% Contemporary and 44% Untraditionalism!

You Scored 66% Liberal Philosopher, Congratulations!

Diversity! Cultural awareness! Sharing! Caring!

Congratulations, you're a liberal philosopher! Perhaps a bit bleeding heart at times, and maybe a little too nice for your own good, you nevertheless bring a strong sense of individualism and unity to those around you. Liberating the minds of the traditionalists from their stodgy conformity, you seek to spread the good will of peace, understanding, and diversity.

You likely find little value in the traditions of old, and instead see them as myopic and intolerant. You are very progressive in your ideas towards race and heritage, and are probably pretty much colour blind. Which is good for you, because there's no better way to lead than by example.

You are probably more sensitive to the ideas of other cultures, sometimes even at the expense of your own! But you see this as a good thing, because after all, how can diversity prosper if we cling to our own ways more tightly than to those others? It's a big, beautiful world out there, and you just can't wait to share it with everyone.

Take The Cultural Identity Test at HelloQuizzy

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Dunno. I'm equal opportunity, but wish I could move to Scotland. I'm of Scotch/Irish descent (McGhinty), but also have a traceable amount of Cherokee, and a lot of Southern Baptist ancestral English. That said, in my Live and Work in Scotland book, if one is an author, artist or composer and you can prove you can live on your earnings, they just might let you in. Guess I really need to get published. A lot. ;) Nova Scotia's closer, I suppose!

Comments

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

i scored pretty close to you, i think.

The Liberal Philosopher
47% Traditionalism,
57% Knowledge,
64% Diversity,
50% Contemporary and
47% Untraditionalism!

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Well... I'm not too surprised! :)

[brumeux77.livejournal.com]

Me, I'm a Kaffeeklatsch Savant.

55% Traditionalism, 69% Knowledge, 69% Diversity, 37% Contemporary and 41% Untraditionalism.

Strange: our scores are very close and our results are different. I do suspect I'm a little more hidebound than you.

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

I do suspect I'm a little more hidebound than you.

I suspect you're right! It was an interesting quiz, anyway. :)

[wolfiekins.livejournal.com]

Your meme result sounds pretty much in line...mine?

Your result for The Cultural Identity Test...

The Kaffeeklatsch Savant

61% Traditionalism, 74% Knowledge, 73% Diversity, 35% Contemporary and 37% Untraditionalism!

You Scored 35% Kaffeeklatsch Savant, Congratulations!

Hey there, Modern Thinker! At the forefront of your generation, you possess the uncanny ability to ride the waves of untraditionalism that course through our fickle society and remain at the crest! Ever aware of the changing tides of politics and philosophy, you have your own niche and you stick to it. With a healthy disdain for hypocrisy and pretense, you have the temerity to say so, and are well aware of the unpleasant facts that your contemporaries try to brush under the rug. Perhaps you're even something of a cynic!

Not into the latest headlines or 'ground breaking' news? Don't really care about that archaeological discovery in Tibet that suggests Cro-Magnon man had twenty five teeth instead of twenty seven? You find other cultures interesting, but you most likely won't go out of your way to do anything about it. You know where you stand, and that's the bottom line. Well, you aren't alone, and you're actually in some pretty good company. Oscar Wilde, John Simon, Dorothy Parker and George Bernard Shaw were some of the great modern thinkers of their time, and they maintained their positions by steadfastly refusing to succumb to either the preposterous notions of the past or the rambling obsequiousness of trendy and idealistic fads of the day.

Less of an idealist and not so devoted to traditions, there's a good chance your idea of the world is your own and you don't necessarily care about what others think you should be thinking. The past? The future? This is the present, and no amount of planning for the future or lamenting the past will change that. So, you probably have a good idea of where you stand and what makes sense. And then again if nothing makes sense, it's ok, because it probably isn't that important anyways. Apathy towards current affairs can be a good thing often times. After all, are those vicissitudinous ideas the politicians spout all the time really that meaningful? They really just want your vote, and you aren't fooled by all the clever talk.

You were scored as a Modern Thinker because you most consistently chose answers relating to contemporary ideas. Concepts like race, tradition, history, and your heritage don't appear to have all that great an attraction for you, which is just fine, because most of those things don't seem to affect your day to day life. If you can get along without worrying about the traditional mating headgear of the Papu Papu tribe of Eastern Samoa, then that's just one less thing to worry about. And if you do care about such things, then you've managed to find the perfect blend between contemporary ideas and the enriching intellectualism that is so readily available to questing minds.

Take The Cultural Identity Test at HelloQuizzy

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

:nods: I can see that! Especially this sentence:
there's a good chance your idea of the world is your own and you don't necessarily care about what others think you should be thinking. The past? The future? This is the present, and no amount of planning for the future or lamenting the past will change that.