Took another one of those quizzes on Facebook—yeah, I know
they use them to get people’s data but I don’t care. I don’t put things on
Facebook that I wish to keep private so it’s not really a problem.
This particular quiz claimed to be able to determine in what
state I’d been born and/or raised based on my answers. Not that they could
“guess” but that they would “know,” it said. I was instantly interested because
usually these things have a little difficulty assigning me to any specific
location. This is due to the fact that I’ve lived in several states and spent a
lot of time visiting other states. In fact, I’ve visited most of the United
States—except for one small region. I’ve picked up habits and acquired speech
peculiarities along the way. And although I tend to exhibit the western
influence more than any other, I’m a conflation of many places.
So, I took the quiz; answered all the inane questions that
seemingly had nothing to do with where I’d been born or raised. But that’s the
idea, I think. Out of the 35 questions, there were only a couple I couldn’t
answer accurately—a lot less than normal—so, I just picked the answer that most
closely approximated my real answer.
After finishing, I waited while the app did its thing. When
I got the results, they were again very sure of themselves, stating
unequivocally that I was undoubtedly from New England.
Well, I thought, that’s really remarkable how they came up
with that. Out of all the places I’ve lived and been; all the traits I’ve
picked up, somehow they managed to zero in on New England—the one region of the
country I’ve never even visited. I think they may need fine-tune their quiz,
just a bit. ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS
and
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