Normally I'm more socialist than that

[jack]

http://www.okcupid.com/politics?describe=Democrat&score=2437

Apparently I'm a democrat, at 66% socially permissive and 33% economically permissive. What happened? Normally I come out dyed redder than a boiled lobster who's mum just caughted him looking at naughty pictures. Have I changed? Or is the test just not perfect? :)

Must write some *good* tests. Which academic discipline are you? Which book are you? Which C++ operator are you? Are you a beta-slut? :)

Comments

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

I got 63% socially permissive and 26% economically permissive.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Totalitarianist! :)

[atreic.livejournal.com]

Social Liberal
(60% permissive)

Economic Liberal
(28% permissive)

Normally I come out dyed redder than a boiled lobster

This is a silly comment - are you a raving republican or a silly socialist?

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

This is a silly comment - are you a raving republican or a silly socialist?

I'm in europe.

[atreic.livejournal.com]

In Europe, but taking test produced in America.

Tut tut tut, Mr Vicarage, you used to be far better at being pedantic than this...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

In Europe, but taking test produced in America.

OK, fair point. Though I still think it was clear from the title, the side of the origin the scores were on, and from knowing me a bit :)

Tut tut tut, Mr Vicarage, you used to be far better at being pedantic than this...

ROFL. Flurble, see what I mean? :)

[mair_in_grenderich]

Aye aye, rector.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

"Rector"? What??

[mair_in_grenderich]

is it not rectors who live in vicarages?

and I guess you could be said to live inside yourself

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah[1]. Sorry. I'm so attuned to my name I forget the other meaning :) We need to tell Risa, she's been looking for new appelations for me :)

[1] The wikipedia article was interesting. In anglican, rector and vicar are roughly equivalent -- apparently -- whereas in RC rector::dean. Or something.

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

I thought a rector lived in a rectory.

[mair_in_grenderich]

well, I thought they were the same thing, but:

[dictionary.com]
rector
- A cleric in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- An Anglican cleric who has charge of a parish and owns the tithes from it.

vicar:
- The priest of a parish in the Church of England who receives a stipend or salary but does not receive the tithes of a parish.


... so you get the vicarage if you don't get the tithes?

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Google says that:

1. Traditionally rectors received tithes, but vicars didn't (eg. coming from a local monastery).
2. Tithes were abolished, making the posts equivalent.
3. Some rectors maintained their title and some became 'vicar'.
4. Some rectors now live in vicarages.
5. ...
6. Tithes!

At #5 I got bored, before finding out if any vicars lived in rectories, or how parson(age)s fit in, or if people did at all or mostly change title. I now know everything I want to. If anyone cares, go and look it up yourself :)

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

I'm nearly Socialist. Unsurprising.


Social Moderate
(56% permissive)

Economic Liberal
(18% permissive)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Hmm, interesting. It'd be fun to plot me, or maybe Tim, over time; there'd probably be some fun chaotic orbiting thing! :)

[mair_in_grenderich]

so I clicked on your link, and it came up with some description of me. And I thought, wow, it can tell my politics just from the way I click! And then I realised that actually that was just a description of you. So I plodded through the test ("are we nearly there yet?")... when it was doing questions about americans, did you mentally rephrase them to mean english? (eg, the "life of several americans is worth..."). cos I guess that affects it. I'm a Social Moderate (55% permissive), which isn't so far from the rest of you, and Economic Conservative (60% permissive), which seems to be miles from anyone else. so far.

and, ooh, when I highlighted it I found MORE TEXT. Maybe my browser doing screwy colours, maybe it's hidden text!

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (18, 37)
modscore: (36, 33)
raw: (3331)

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

I kept them as American. "The life of several americans is worth one foreigner" ;)

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

Ooh secret text

loc: (24, -119)
modscore: (11, 34)
raw: (1532)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I liked the button that said "Oui" :)

I did a bit, but for many it didn't exactly make much difference; I stongly disagreed with any nationality of poeple being worth more. (Though practically they may be more useful in that if we work together we get invaded less, etc.)

[nakedtoes.livejournal.com]

Are you a beta-slut? :)

*bounces* YES!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

*snork*

I thought you'd like that one :)

[bouteillebleu.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see the "Which C++ operator are you?" test most, to be honest. ("You are (x?y:x)! Deceptively simple, and appearing in far too many Obfuscated C Code entries. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.")

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I will think on it. It'll probably take a while to do well (how many variables are relevent...?), but will be very funny :)

[ptc24.livejournal.com]

Social Liberal
(76% permissive)
Economic Liberal
(25% permissive)

"Strong Democrat", apparently.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Well, "Strong Democrat" sounds like a drink, so that's probably good :)