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Fortunate Life Meme
Written from American Perspective
One point per item
Bonus items worth 5 points.
10+ points total = Fortunate Life
30+ points total = Extremely Fortunate Life
50+ points total = You deserve an ass-kicking from an poor, blind, homeless ebola-infected man.
My score: Would be a '1'.
You know, this test just points out to me just how ridiculously attached Americans are to 'making it' in the big bad world. Get over it folks--they're just physical toys. Get me a real test that looks at the soul!
Education
( ) Did you attend a private primary school?
( ) Did you have professional private tutors?
( ) Did you attend a private college (as opposed to public)?
( ) Did your parents finance more than 75% of your education?
( ) Did you attend an Ivy League School . . .Yale, Harvard, Stanford etc?
( ) Did you attend a foreign academy/school (Eton, Cambridge)?
( ) (Bonus) Accepted into college only because of family connections or donations?
( ) (Bonus) Were you NOT expelled because of family connections or donations?
Growing Up
( ) Did you have a nanny?
( ) Were you a "debutante" or equivalent?
( ) (Bonus) Were you “introduced to society” at a party or ball?
(X) Were you gifted a car as a teenager?
( ) (Bonus) Was it a new car?
( ) (Bonus) Was it a BMW, Audi, Mercedes or Bentley?
( ) Did your family own a yacht, sailboat or airplane?
( ) Were you a member of the local Yacht Club or Country Club?
( ) (Bonus) Was this club “exclusionary” in any form?
( ) Did you attend NASA’s space camp or equivalent?
(X) Did you attend out-of-state school-sponsored events?
( ) Did you spend part of your college education studying abroad?
( ) Was your allowance more than $100 a month?
( ) (Bonus) Was your allowance more than $1000 a month?
( ) Did you take professional lessons for more than 3 activities?
Current Lifestyle
( ) Are you employed in the family business as a manager?
( ) Do you supervise manual laborers?
( ) (Bonus) Do you supervise from a seated position?
( ) Do you travel nationally for pleasure every year?
( ) Do you travel internationally for pleasure at least once every 2 years?
( ) Been to Asia?
( ) Been to Africa?
( ) Been to South America?
( ) Been to Europe?
( ) (Bonus) Been to 5+ continents?
( ) Do you pay to have your house cleaned or yard tended?
( ) Do you fly first class?
( ) (Bonus) Have you flown by private jet?
( ) Have you ever won more than $10,000 in the lottery?
( ) Do you live with the knowledge that family money will “always be there”.
( ) Is your money considered “old money”?
( ) (Bonus) Is your net worth more than $5M?
Current Possessions
( ) Do you have more cars than family members?
( ) Do you currently own a yacht, sailboat or plane?
( ) Have you ever paid more than $50,000 for a car?
( ) Do you have a vacation house (not time share)?
( ) Do you have a “home theater”
( ) (Bonus) Does your home theater have a popcorn machine?
( ) Do you have your own music recording studio in house?
( ) Own a hot tub, sauna or swimming pool?
( ) Bought animals through a professional breeder?
( ) Own AND show horses or dogs or cats?
( ) Do you have more than one kitchen in your house?
( ) Do you have house staff?
Mental Sanity
(X) Are you generally happy?
(X) Do you “enjoy” your job?
(x) Do you have time for hobbies?
Modifiers to the Fortunate Life (Normalcy Negatives. Negative one point per item. Bonus items negative five points)
(X) Does your job involve hard manual labor?
(X) Do you need to wash your hands after working?
( ) Ever been a janitor, custodian or sewage worker?
( ) (Bonus) Been injured on the job but was ignored by your employer?
( ) Ever been homeless or have lived out of a “van down by the river”?
( ) Ever been forcibly drafted?
( ) Lost a limb, eye or body functionality?
(X) Regularly take more than 2 forms of medication daily?
(X) Been physically or sexually abused?
( ) Suffered starvation or malnutrition?
( ) Contracted Ebola, Malaria, Flesh-eating virus, etc?
( ) (Bonus) Been tortured by the police or military?
( ) Been forced to evacuate your home due to natural disaster or war?
( ) (Bonus) Were you bombed by American military forces?
( ) Suffered severe discrimination due to being a woman, minority or handicapped?
( ) (Bonus) Challenged discrimination and lost?
indigoskynetFortunate Life Meme
Written from American Perspective
One point per item
Bonus items worth 5 points.
10+ points total = Fortunate Life
30+ points total = Extremely Fortunate Life
50+ points total = You deserve an ass-kicking from an poor, blind, homeless ebola-infected man.
My score: Would be a '1'.
You know, this test just points out to me just how ridiculously attached Americans are to 'making it' in the big bad world. Get over it folks--they're just physical toys. Get me a real test that looks at the soul!
Education
( ) Did you attend a private primary school?
( ) Did you have professional private tutors?
( ) Did you attend a private college (as opposed to public)?
( ) Did your parents finance more than 75% of your education?
( ) Did you attend an Ivy League School . . .Yale, Harvard, Stanford etc?
( ) Did you attend a foreign academy/school (Eton, Cambridge)?
( ) (Bonus) Accepted into college only because of family connections or donations?
( ) (Bonus) Were you NOT expelled because of family connections or donations?
Growing Up
( ) Did you have a nanny?
( ) Were you a "debutante" or equivalent?
( ) (Bonus) Were you “introduced to society” at a party or ball?
(X) Were you gifted a car as a teenager?
( ) (Bonus) Was it a new car?
( ) (Bonus) Was it a BMW, Audi, Mercedes or Bentley?
( ) Did your family own a yacht, sailboat or airplane?
( ) Were you a member of the local Yacht Club or Country Club?
( ) (Bonus) Was this club “exclusionary” in any form?
( ) Did you attend NASA’s space camp or equivalent?
(X) Did you attend out-of-state school-sponsored events?
( ) Did you spend part of your college education studying abroad?
( ) Was your allowance more than $100 a month?
( ) (Bonus) Was your allowance more than $1000 a month?
( ) Did you take professional lessons for more than 3 activities?
Current Lifestyle
( ) Are you employed in the family business as a manager?
( ) Do you supervise manual laborers?
( ) (Bonus) Do you supervise from a seated position?
( ) Do you travel nationally for pleasure every year?
( ) Do you travel internationally for pleasure at least once every 2 years?
( ) Been to Asia?
( ) Been to Africa?
( ) Been to South America?
( ) Been to Europe?
( ) (Bonus) Been to 5+ continents?
( ) Do you pay to have your house cleaned or yard tended?
( ) Do you fly first class?
( ) (Bonus) Have you flown by private jet?
( ) Have you ever won more than $10,000 in the lottery?
( ) Do you live with the knowledge that family money will “always be there”.
( ) Is your money considered “old money”?
( ) (Bonus) Is your net worth more than $5M?
Current Possessions
( ) Do you have more cars than family members?
( ) Do you currently own a yacht, sailboat or plane?
( ) Have you ever paid more than $50,000 for a car?
( ) Do you have a vacation house (not time share)?
( ) Do you have a “home theater”
( ) (Bonus) Does your home theater have a popcorn machine?
( ) Do you have your own music recording studio in house?
( ) Own a hot tub, sauna or swimming pool?
( ) Bought animals through a professional breeder?
( ) Own AND show horses or dogs or cats?
( ) Do you have more than one kitchen in your house?
( ) Do you have house staff?
Mental Sanity
(X) Are you generally happy?
(X) Do you “enjoy” your job?
(x) Do you have time for hobbies?
Modifiers to the Fortunate Life (Normalcy Negatives. Negative one point per item. Bonus items negative five points)
(X) Does your job involve hard manual labor?
(X) Do you need to wash your hands after working?
( ) Ever been a janitor, custodian or sewage worker?
( ) (Bonus) Been injured on the job but was ignored by your employer?
( ) Ever been homeless or have lived out of a “van down by the river”?
( ) Ever been forcibly drafted?
( ) Lost a limb, eye or body functionality?
(X) Regularly take more than 2 forms of medication daily?
(X) Been physically or sexually abused?
( ) Suffered starvation or malnutrition?
( ) Contracted Ebola, Malaria, Flesh-eating virus, etc?
( ) (Bonus) Been tortured by the police or military?
( ) Been forced to evacuate your home due to natural disaster or war?
( ) (Bonus) Were you bombed by American military forces?
( ) Suffered severe discrimination due to being a woman, minority or handicapped?
( ) (Bonus) Challenged discrimination and lost?
