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A play on the original: http://ricepuritytest.com/ http://ricepuritytest.com/

• shagie 4y ago
  My first thought was "surely the hacker purity test predates that" ... and then I did a little bit of searching. The Hacker Purity Test is from '89... http://www.armory.com/tests/hacker.html http://www.armory.com/tests/hacker.html But it turns out that the Rice Purity Test will be celebrating its 100th anniversary next year. https://lhsepic.com/6806/opinion/3_op_ricepuritypranavm/ https://lhsepic.com/6806/opinion/3_op_ricepuritypranavm/ > The Rice Purity Test is a survey first administered by Rice University in 1924. The test asks 100 yes-or-no questions to output a numerical score, with 100 being the “most pure” and 0 being completely “impure.” The first test was given only to women in order for Rice to gauge how risqué their female population was. It often resulted in shaming: women with scores below 70 were often viewed as immoral, whereas those with scores above 90 were seen as uptight. The test has since become popular worldwide, despite retaining its most fundamental problem: it reduces test-takers’ complex experiences to a single numerical value.
  • latchkey 4y ago
    Correct. I did the same search before I posted it. =) Side note, I remember finding one of the dirtier purity tests on usenet after I got onto the internet in `91. Just being fresh in college at that point, a few of the terms used were new to me. hahahahah.
• rodface 4y ago
  Were we (Rice U) really the original? :)
• an-allen 4y ago
  Ah that’s freaking great. I remember taking the purity test when I matriculated to Rice (decades ago). I remember having one of the lower scores amongst the good folk, but not obscene. Something like maybe a 50 or so… always good to see how one is progressing on their goals. Click click click… ouch an 18.
• mushiii123 4y ago
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