so howmany of us are surrounded by fuckin hicks

[The Yosemite Bear]

Well had another run in with my fundy ex-roomate, and have been hearing all kinds of fruit cake lately from all around me. So how many people besides me are surrounded by Hicks, Trailer Trash, Rednecks, Bogans, Mouthbreathers, etc....

[RIPP_n_WIPE]

Well there is a fellow I'm going to school with. Decent dude, older than myself but young in spirit who unfortunately lacks a decent education in history, math, basic sciences and arguing/debating skills. We got into a discussion about Israel today and one of the points that came up was the idea of giving back the land to Israel. He thinks for some reason that A)The Brits bought their mandate from the Ottomons for the purpose of B) selling it to the Jews who in addition to wanting their homeland back C) also wanted to use it to make money (you know, because they're Jews). He then says that the US's attitude toward Israel is appropriate, not because having some semblance of an "ally" or "friend" (whatever the relationship is) but because the United States has a moral obligation to "do right in the world". Additionally the Jews were owed that land because, you know, they had it first. My simple rebuttal was A) The Brits got the mandate because they kicked the Ottomans out of Palestine during WWI B) Jewish people moved to Palestine in increasing numbers due to the Zionist movement and that Israel was established as a state independently of direct British involvement (arguably illegally under International Law since it took place the day before the British mandate was relinquished but that's nitpicking the symbology). C) ???? The land is pretty shitty and there are better places to go if your goal is money. I then mentioned if it was about "moral right" then the US should also restore aboriginal north americans to their homeland. He than replied that that's "too far back" and that "native americans didn't have a culture or cities or a civlization worthy of being restored." I then mentioned that the last major Jewish diaspora occurred between 70AD and 130AD between the sacking of Jerusalem and the defeat of the Bar Kokhba revolt, far further back than the 400 or so years since Europeans settled (or invaded) north america. Hey than hand waved and repeated the "no culture" bit and said something about thanksgiving actually being about the native americans luring the english settlers with food, attacking, and then being defeated.

[PeZook]

Native Americans had no culture?

That's a goldie

[Broomstick]

So how many people besides me are surrounded by Hicks, Trailer Trash, Rednecks, Bogans, Mouthbreathers, etc....

Yo! that's me!

[Frank Hipper]

As I put it to Alyrium years ago via AIM, ignorant redneck trash is the water in which I swim.
I don't know a single person IRL (locally) with which I can hold a truly good conversation, aside from the assorted family member.

Gets me down in a really big way sometimes.

[The Yosemite Bear]

I have a guy at work who asserts that MATH is a godless anti-christian conspiracy, because it's the basis of science...

oh he believes that women are taking over and need to be put back in thier place...

[Alyeska]

Dude, I live in Montana. Some of my extended family ARE cowboys.

[Teebs]

I live in a part of London popular with young professionals. Pretty much the antithesis of hickville.

[Aaron MkII]

I live in the Ottawa Valley, the entire place is populated by hicks. You could drop a nuke here and it would only improve things.

[The Yosemite Bear]

I'm afraid we would have the Hills Have Eyes than.....

[Ritterin Sophia]

An accurate view of where I live:

[Knife]

I live in the suburbs in a red state. I live with people worse than hicks, I live with 'normal' people who pretend they are hicks.

[houser2112]

He thinks for some reason that A)The Brits bought their mandate from the Ottomons for the purpose of B) selling it to the Jews who in addition to wanting their homeland back C) also wanted to use it to make money (you know, because they're Jews). He then says that the US's attitude toward Israel is appropriate, not because having some semblance of an "ally" or "friend" (whatever the relationship is) but because the United States has a moral obligation to "do right in the world". Additionally the Jews were owed that land because, you know, they had it first.

The fact that he's aware of the British Mandate for Palestine in the first place would disqualify him from "fuckin hick" status for me.

[Marko Dash]

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[Darth Tedious]

Well, I already let it drop in another thread that I'm living in Moe, so I guess I can put my hand up.

[Ahriman238]

I feel so sorry for you guys. Not that going through every day surrounded by poor inner-city kids is tons better.

[Lonestar]

An accurate view of where I live:

Not sure what the problem is here...

[tim31]

I live in the sticks but the problem is not rednecks, bogans, or any of the above but fucking urban refugees that drive 60kph on a road that is signposted 50 and should be 40, because it has no parallel footpaths and I'm bloody surprised there aren't more pedestrian strikes given how much roadkill there is every morning. Fucking idiots can't see well enough in the dark to slow down in time before hitting macropods. Can't tell you the amount of times I've nearly been struck while walking on the shoulder(!!) of the road. I've gotten fed up enough that I've starting putting my hands up to indicate to slow down.

In summary, I wish I was surrounded by rednecks. You can hear their cars coming from a mile away, unlike all these arseholes in brand new Subarus and Toyotas flying around blind corners.

[Darth Tedious]

I feel your pain, Tim. Had a few close calls myself the other day while I was walking- and we were practically wearing high-vis gear...

[Zaune]

Put it like this. I'm pining for relatively upmarket and sophisticated Windsor, Ontario right now.

[Alyrium Denryle]

I live in the suburbs in a red state. I live with people worse than hicks, I live with 'normal' people who pretend they are hicks.

I have to say man... Mormon pseudohicks? That is actually pretty god damn disconcerting. Me, I live in TX, where even our urban population has a good number of hicks. In fact, I was nearly killed a couple of weeks ago because a guy camping on public land thought it was acceptable to be quick on the draw with a shotgun at a campsite within a national forest (and the guy had, of course, no teeth)

[His Divine Shadow]

I still work in and used to live in this ultra rural place, but no actual hicks* here.

*Hicks as in uneducated racist morons. Unless being a hick means you like guns, hunting and driving a tractor to the store. In that case yes, and liking it.

[Skywalker_T-65]

I live in the Ozark's so what do you think?

That being said, my brother is the biggest idiot I have ever seen. Among other things: worships dragons as gods ( ), believes that there is a 'Martian Bigfoot', thinks Anonymous is the second coming of Jesus, and has the typical GOP view that Obama is a socialist (and apparently a fascist...even though socialists and fascists hate each other...).

[Dartzap]

Put it like this. I'm pining for relatively upmarket and sophisticated Windsor, Ontario right now.

Hah! Dorset's not that bad!

Not sure about hicks, but we do have huge numbers of Brummies down here. They come down during the summer, see the place in the two days of sun we get and sell the house as soon as they get home. And then they see it in winter..... And some of them are exceedly daft.

Not as bad as the Cornish, but then what is?

[Zaune]

Hah! Dorset's not that bad!

Not sure about hicks, but we do have huge numbers of Brummies down here. They come down during the summer, see the place in the two days of sun we get and sell the house as soon as they get home. And then they see it in winter..... And some of them are exceedly daft.

Not as bad as the Cornish, but then what is?

I'm not in Dorset. I'm in a tiny village on the outskirts of Wellingborough, a town so unspeakably awful it made Luton look good by comparison.