{"id":88523,"date":"2024-10-16T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88523"},"modified":"2024-10-16T11:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:37:38","slug":"wuph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88523","title":{"rendered":"WUPH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JD Vance&#8217;s visit to the Third Precinct brought out, if not the worst of the plagues facing today&#8217;s Minnesota, at least the most comical: the WUPH.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>W<\/strong>hite <strong>U<\/strong>rban <strong>P<\/strong>rogressive <strong>H<\/strong>omer.&nbsp;&nbsp; Generally a 20-30-something male, employed in the non-profit, public or academic sector, part of the laptop class, single, socially mobile, mostly self-focused.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And they seem to obsess relentlessly about the zipcode they live in &#8211; or at least parts of it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Restaurants on the same intersection JD is standing (and talking about a &quot;city in decline&quot;):<br>Du Nord Cocktail Room<br>Lagniappe (creole)<br>Arbeiter Brewing<br>Hook &amp; Ladder (music\/shows)<br>Zen Arcade (marijuana)<br>Loncheria Los Amigos<br>Wendy&#39;s<br>Raising Cane&#39;s <br>Mr. Momo<br>Quruxley (Somali) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKei9BBvNl\">https:\/\/t.co\/DKei9BBvNl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daniel \ud83e\udd8b (@d_feldman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/d_feldman\/status\/1845940417759482198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because to a WUPH, &#8220;business&#8221; means &#8220;something they pay money to that supports their lifestyle&#8221;:  restaurants, bars, coffee shops, bookstores&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;which are, let&#8217;s be honest, things I also love about living in the city.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But being a WUPH isn&#8217;t so much about the zip code you live in as it is about the zip codes you <em>don&#8217;t <\/em>live in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People are watching this in their small town with a Walmart and McDonalds and a bunch of closed factories and meth labs and nodding along<\/p>&mdash; Daniel \ud83e\udd8b (@d_feldman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/d_feldman\/status\/1845945039999934727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because behind every &#8220;All Are Welcome Here&#8221; sign is a person who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=82859\">really doesn&#8217;t like people who <em>aren&#8217;t like them<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LovettOrLeaveIt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LovettOrLeaveIt<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonlovett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonlovett<\/a> is joined by Lt. Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peggyflanagan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peggyflanagan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorCarter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorCarter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theeashleyray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theeashleyray<\/a> to rant about professional clothing expectations for women, airplane bathrooms in first class, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qYaLzy27kF\">https:\/\/t.co\/qYaLzy27kF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9uCEqR1ZbI\">pic.twitter.com\/9uCEqR1ZbI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Crooked Media (@CrookedMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrookedMedia\/status\/1548749731735691264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean, I get it &#8211; Minneapolis is a beautiful place&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lovely evening in Minneapolis, apologies to JD Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UaQata40mV\">pic.twitter.com\/UaQata40mV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Norton (@NortonMpls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NortonMpls\/status\/1846334664610336880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here&#8217;s a lake thats been here since before there were humans in Minnesota.  Therefore everything in Minneapolis is fine.  Go about your business, peasant!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and has cool stuff to do if you have money and don&#8217;t mind (or mock any observation of) some of the risks of modern Minneapolis.  I mean, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=48465\">I fell in love with the place once upon a time<\/a>, enough to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39924\">uproot my whole life and move there<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know how they say the worst, most arrogant condescending New Yorkers are the ones that were born in Albany?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A get a little of that vibe from the WUPH &#8211; people who seem to think a place&#8217;s natural beauty and social amenities impart worth on people who live there is&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Baldamar is my secret suburban restaurant where no one ever knows me, so I go there sometimes and eat by myself at the bar and pretend I am mysterious<\/p>&mdash; Lydia Kauppi (@lydiakauppi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lydiakauppi\/status\/1846321377457872939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which, to my New York example, is about as parochial as the Lutheran church gossips in the basements of the churches in Woodbury and Forest lake that I suspect so many WUPHs originally come from in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Vance&#8217;s visit to the Third Precinct brought out, if not the worst of the plagues facing today&#8217;s Minnesota, at least the most comical: the WUPH.&nbsp; The White Urban Progressive Homer.&nbsp;&nbsp; Generally a 20-30-something male, employed in the non-profit, public or academic sector, part of the laptop class, single, socially mobile, mostly self-focused.&nbsp; And they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,349],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minneapolis","category-urban-liberal-privilege-liberal-tyranny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88523"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88526,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88523\/revisions\/88526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}