SICK of people making reasonable criticisms of straight white men? Here Caucasian heterosexual Julian Cook explains why they’re actually the bee’s knees.
Exhibit A: Ryan Gosling
The Hollywood heart-throb only accounts for a tiny fraction of the male population, but his animal rights stuff and visiting refugee camps makes the rest of us look good by association. Sure, us straight white men have done some dodgy stuff over the years, but did you know one of us learnt the piano from scratch for La La Land?
We’re keeping the sports car industry afloat
If it wasn’t for straight white men having a midlife crisis and making ill-judged purchases, the sports car sector would go kaput overnight. And then where would we be, in a world with a lower carbon footprint and more practical motor vehicles clogging up our roads? No thank you.
We invented loads of cool stuff
From the lightbulb to the internet, strapping straight white fellas have invented all sorts of wonderful things. This is probably because we limited opportunities for other folk in the past, but let’s not get hung up on the details. Just try to ignore the bad inventions, like nuclear weapons and Swingball.
We know a lot of useless trivia
And we’re going to tell you about it. It’s unlikely that winning a pub quiz will ever be the difference between life and death, but rest assured that with a straight white man on your team you’ll always be in safe, condescending hands. The hands of a man who can name all the bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back.
We make other demographics look good
By setting the bar low, straight white men are making it easier for other demographics to look good by comparison. Whether it’s having nerdy, obsessive hobbies or committing historical atrocities, all everyone else has to do is not be as bad as us. You’re welcome.
