East Coast vs. West Coast bullshit (1215 hits)
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Submitted by <Barid_Bel_Medar.at.excite.com> (View user info) at 2003-08-11 10:47:01 EDT
What the fuck is wrong with people on the coasts? Its not just rappers that bitch about East vs. West, today on Good Morning America the assholes were trying to out do each other and generally be annoying. What the fuck happened to the rest of the country? Apparently the only places that matter are New York and LA, but to appeal to a broader demographic they refer to East and West Coast.
A while back I heard someone refer to the rest of the country as 'the flyover states'. What the fuck? I really don't give a damn about the fucking retards in LA churning out new shitty television shows, or the ones in New York thinking they're so hihg and mighty because Broadway is the king of all entertainment.
Get over yourselves. The coasts are 13 states(since Alaska and Hawaii are always ignored). This is slightly more than 1/4 of the country. Why the hell are you only centered on them?
I watch Good Morning America every weekday, mostly because there is nothing better on while I eat breakfast, but also because they are a halfway(stress half) decent news source. In the past 8 months, the only time Minnesota was mentioned in their weather report was the day after a tornado hit a town and no one was killed. Eight months of listening to what's going on elsewhere, and not a damned word about an entire state. This also ignores the fact South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa were mentioned a total of about 4 times.
Anyway, fuck the media, fuck the Hollywood types that couldn't find Oregon on a map, and fuck those idiots that stand outside the windows of morning news shows so they can tell their kids in bumfuck nowhere they were on tv.
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Submitted by Lucifer_Industries (user info) at 2004-01-28 16:52:35 EST (#)
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Hey I don't give a shit about anywhere else either. I'm from Detroit and in Detroit we don't give a fuck!
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Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-08-18 12:39:16 EDT (#)
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The flyover states was kind of funny, come on admit it.
Submitted by karma_chameleon (user info) at 2003-08-13 12:42:12 EDT (#)
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hmm, I agree with you but I think that was a little much. I guess I just don't care. uhh as far as bisexual and 14... hmm. it's just sorta something you just know. Yeah, I haven't exactly had hot lesbian sex but if you try that on me, you can also argue that wanking seventh grade boys are gay because they haven't even kissed a chick. I've done my share of messing around with guys, though... I had a whorish streak for a while.
Submitted by Arsenal (user info) at 2003-08-11 15:35:54 EDT (#)
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Maybe those states are on the news more because more people are living in those areas. Not only do more things happen in areas with more people, but the the news wants to connect as many people as it can to its story. Really I don't give a shit what happens in Oregon or what the weather is like there.
Any one ever watch the news in California? There is always cool shit happening there. High speed chases with gravel trucks, huge fires etc. And they show everything on the news, I feel like they censor it more here.
Submitted by kinney69 (user info) at 2003-08-11 15:22:29 EDT (#)
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I don't watch Good Morning America (mostly because I don't get up until noon) but how often do they mention Canada?
I was addicted to CNN, for some reason, during school earlier this year. I'd get home, watch Crossfire, fall asleep before Connie Chung came on, and wake up in time for Larry King. I wish my television could've had a counter on it...(note: these numbers have been embellished)
Iraq: Eleventy-twelve trillion times
Canada: Four
Finland: One
Why do I mention Finland? I really don't know. I guess I just like Finland.
Point is, they may ignore your state, but they ignore entire contries at times.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2003-08-11 15:10:23 EDT (#)
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Nicole -
Quoting myself from earlier:
And east coast means "northeast, Atlanta, and southern florida"
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2003-08-11 14:53:13 EDT (#)
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I've been to places like Louisville, where I worked at a client site, and everyone there was a consummate professional and well educated.
I did not say EVERYONE was like that, but it's far more prevalent out there than it is out here. You just don't have the huge rural tracts out here.
Sure, it's easy to say that we're supported by the infrastructure of the Midwest, the Midwest relies on the coast for a lot of things to. I'm not disputing that and I think you misread my comment.
I'm talking about the political and ideological views held by the majority.
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2003-08-11 14:46:26 EDT (#)
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And I have met my fair share of ingorant hicks who happen to reside in Eastern Coastal states. Ingnorance knows no bounds.
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2003-08-11 14:39:28 EDT (#)
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I can name all 50 states and locate them on a map, as well as every country in Europe including Luxembourg, most of Asia, at least 75% of Africa, and I can probably place over 500 cities.
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Really, who gives a shit? How many of these places have you been, or do you plan on going to?
Geography is not all about education. Some people lack the motor skills required for geographical excellence.
Submitted by Thanatos (user info) at 2003-08-11 14:27:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2003-08-11 13:37:45 (#)
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I can name all 50 states and locate them on a map, as well as every country in Europe including Luxembourg, most of Asia, at least 75% of Africa, and I can probably place over 500 cities.
With that having been said, we on the coasts ignore the middle of the country because it's almost entirely people with slack jawed yokels who voted for Bush because they wanted to keep their guns.
Seriously, look at the breakdown of the votes on a county by county basis. It's like two countries... one advanced and liberal, the other backwards and conservative.
Certain places do not fit into the mold I'm stereotyping... sure there are the cool hippies in Oregon, and isolated places like Chicago and Detroit that are unlike the rest of the country, but for the most part the stereotypes fit remarkably well.
And east coast means "northeast, Atlanta, and southern florida"
Razor,
I may not be able to do quite as well as you in a geography match, but I would do far better than most.
Slack jawed yokels? I look around and I have 4 p.h.d. holders in offices near my cube. I work in a high-tech job, and nearly every salaried employee is an educated, intelligent person. Admittedly there are fans of Nascar and hicks around, but they are not prevalent. You stereotype us and say we're ignorant, yet you display ignorance in using that stereotype. So my neighbor is a redneck drunk, is he a less informed voter than the crackhead pimp in NY? Is the hobby of hunting that much worse than being an urban couch potato?
You assume that liberal views come with education. I contend that the liberals are supported by the infrastructure of the Midwest, the family farms and small businesses, the conservative views and actions. You will never meet a lazy farmer.
How is your lower class, uneducated population better than ours because they vote for Democrats instead of Republicans?
Well this has gotten quite off topic so.....fuck the coastal states.
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2003-08-11 13:49:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2003-08-11 13:45:52 EDT (#)
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Well, Razor, you again are the exception to the rule. I mention the NorthEast because I have never lived in Georgia or Florida so I didn't feel that I could make a good assessment of their geography knowledge.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2003-08-11 13:37:45 EDT (#)
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I can name all 50 states and locate them on a map, as well as every country in Europe including Luxembourg, most of Asia, at least 75% of Africa, and I can probably place over 500 cities.
With that having been said, we on the coasts ignore the middle of the country because it's almost entirely people with slack jawed yokels who voted for Bush because they wanted to keep their guns.
Seriously, look at the breakdown of the votes on a county by county basis. It's like two countries... one advanced and liberal, the other backwards and conservative.
Certain places do not fit into the mold I'm stereotyping... sure there are the cool hippies in Oregon, and isolated places like Chicago and Detroit that are unlike the rest of the country, but for the most part the stereotypes fit remarkably well.
And east coast means "northeast, Atlanta, and southern florida"
Submitted by Party03 (user info) at 2003-08-11 13:33:23 EDT (#)
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+2 for mentioning Oregon, I miss the Beaver State.
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2003-08-11 13:11:38 EDT (#)
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Maybe it is just me, but is seems like people on the East Coast (I am drawing upon my experiences with New England) know absolutely nothing about geography. Even people who you think to be relatively smart can only name the states in their immediate area along with Texas, Florida and California.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2003-08-11 12:52:50 EDT (#)
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fuckin' a.
Submitted by Electro (user info) at 2003-08-11 11:05:23 EDT (#)
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I live in oregon and I agree with your article so I give you 2 points.