Obama supporting, Mac using, Prius driver?

I like that program.

 

I'm an Obama supporting, Mac using, Prius driving, NPR podcast listening iJerk! Funny, I don't feel smug.

 

Me neither.

 

"Wait Wait" is the first podcast I listen to on Mondays on my way to work. I have a 70 mile round-trip, so I can usually hear 90% of the show before I get there in the morning, then I listen to the rest (and other downloads) on the way home.

(I have an iPod, some Macs - though I use a Linux box most of the time - drive a Prius as well as a big V8 car and a moto, and have no idea who will get my vote in November. I'm not sure what demographic I fall into )

 

Here is this same characterization with a more offensive spin than NPR probably had:

#60 Toyota Prius « Stuff White People Like

 

I feel very smug. Of course, I drive a Xebra. I only drive the Prius to get to church in Coeur d'Alene, and for summer trips to Canada.

I actually agree with everything he says, and don't find it the least offensive. It's true: For a little over $20K ($30K if you want all the options) the Prius allows you to feel like you're helping the environment without sacrificing anything, when actually you're merely doing less damage.

Comment number 8 from the above link:

I bought my Prius because it does less damage to the environment, but also for the nerd factor. At a time when no EV was available, the ability to drive electric, even if only for a few blocks at a time, was super-nerdy.

When driving the Prius I listen to my iPod through the ear buds. But my Xebra has an aux jack that I can plug the iPod into.

 

It's way better than:

Bush cheering, NRA supporting, Hummer driver

 

So very, very true. Thank you. I feel much better about myself now. Not smug, mind you, let's call it content.

 

Makes me think of Spiro Agnew's "effete snobs"

Ever hear of Spiro Agnew? and how many dictionaries did search to find "effete" back before Al Gore invented the "internets" !?