Sure, “Stuff White People Like” was an amusing diversion while waiting for an Xtube video to load but, as with anything even remotely clever or enjoyable, it was soon run into the ground by people who don’t realize that 1) racism is only funny when it’s aimed at upper-middle class white people and 2) that joke isn’t funny anymore. Because the internet is slowly making the world stupider every day, Time decided to investigate the internet phenomenon that people stopped caring about weeks and weeks ago. Writes Jeninne Lee-St. John, who showed up at the party after everyone left, leaving only that high couple making out on the futon:

A few months ago, I decided that my new favorite blog was Stuff White People Like. If you don’t keep up with all the snarky, [Ed. note: Stop. It.] zeitgeisty corners of the Internet, Stuff White People Like is a pseudo-anthropological list mocking the habits, tastes and whims of people of non-color.

Sorry Jenninnne. “Stuff Albinos Like” was our idea.

This site has blown up. The creator just got a six-figure book deal. And… he’s ignited a minor existential crisis in me. My dad is black and my mom’s Chinese. What do I care about stuff white people like? But, when it comes to race in America, nothing’s quite that easy.

When chatting about the blog recently, my close friend Rachel, who is melanin-challenged, asked, “What do they mean by ‘white people?’ I mean, you like some of that stuff, right?” As I waxed socio-economical on how the authors were trying to make a statement about classism and yuppies and liberal mind-traps (#62: Knowing what’s best for poor people. “They feel guilty and sad that poor people shop at Wal-Mart instead of Whole Foods, that they vote Republican instead of Democratic - deep down, white people believe if given money and education that all poor people would be EXACTLY like them”), I thought, “Oh crap, she’s right. I like ALL of that stuff!”

That’s because race is a social construct! Built on lies and marketing surveys! Jennninnne went on to beat a dead, yuppie horse by creating her own list of “Stuff Mixed People Like.” Nuts?:

My little brother, Jaysen, darkly joked, “You get to hate twice as many people. For example, Chinese people hate the Japanese, blacks can hate whites, etc.” Great. My friend Anthony, who has a Mexican dad and a white mom, offered less evil suggestions including:

• Having people guess their background • Pulling rank during conversations
• Turning up/down their ethnicity per their surroundings
• Having “such good features!”
• Filling out applications

Between us, these are mostly things mixed people say they hate, but secretly like. In other words, it’s funny ‘cause it’s true.

Wait, wait! Stuff you pretend not to… yet really do… Oh God, hahaha! That’s zany!

Liking What White People Like [Time]