Anyone who tells me all Southerners are stupid

[GlacierFreeze]

You need to prove that you are right. How are 90% on disability? Show us.

He's just an idiot troll.

9 out of 10 people I see from day to day are, in fact, not on disability.

 

[Codewiz]

I would just like to ask this question.

Do the following universities have a reputation for idiots attending?

Ga Tech
Clemson(Top 25 public university)
UNC
Florida
Wake Forest

Now I can't speak for all of those schools and tell you the in-state versus out of state. But I can say that Clemson had a majority of in-state students.

Are people going to suggest that good schools such as those are only good due to out of state(northern) students?

 

[pcgeek11]

I would just like to ask this question.

Do the following universities have a reputation for idiots attending?

Ga Tech
Clemson(Top 25 public university)
UNC
Florida
Wake Forest

Now I can't speak for all of those schools and tell you the in-state versus out of state. But I can say that Clemson had a majority of in-state students.

Are people going to suggest that good schools such as those are only good due to out of state(northern) students?

They probably will.

 

[rudeguy]

I would just like to ask this question.

Do the following universities have a reputation for idiots attending?

Ga Tech
Clemson(Top 25 public university)
UNC
Florida
Wake Forest

Now I can't speak for all of those schools and tell you the in-state versus out of state. But I can say that Clemson had a majority of in-state students.

Are people going to suggest that good schools such as those are only good due to out of state(northern) students?

what percentage of the population attends those schools?

 

[pcgeek11]

what percentage of the population attends those schools?

See! It's coming...

Its like the smart part of VA is Northern and the dumb part is Southern. This idea is from a previous poster.

🙂

 

[rudeguy]

See! It's coming...

Its like the smart part of VA is Northern and the dumb part is Southern. This idea is from a previous poster.

🙂

My whole point is this:

I talk to people from the south every single day. At least 20 a day. Out of those 20, maybe 5 speak and understand plain English. At least 10 of the people make it a point to tell me they are on disability.

I don't have this problem with any other region in the country and I talk to people from some pretty nasty places. Please explain to me why people from down there can't seem to speak or understand their own language and why they insist on telling people (people who don't ask nor care) that they are on disability?

I'll wait.

 

[KentState]

My whole point is this:

I talk to people from the south every single day. At least 20 a day. Out of those 20, maybe 5 speak and understand plain English. At least 10 of the people make it a point to tell me they are on disability.

I don't have this problem with any other region in the country and I talk to people from some pretty nasty places. Please explain to me why people from down there can't seem to speak or understand their own language and why they insist on telling people (people who don't ask nor care) that they are on disability?

I'll wait.

You're from Michigan. Isn't 90% of your state on welfare or unemployment? I could see if you were from a decent northern state, but come on.

BTW, I'm a northern transplant and have been spent more time in your shit hole of a state than in Atlanta.

 

[Chaotic42]

My whole point is this:

I talk to people from the south every single day. At least 20 a day. Out of those 20, maybe 5 speak and understand plain English. At least 10 of the people make it a point to tell me they are on disability.

I don't have this problem with any other region in the country and I talk to people from some pretty nasty places. Please explain to me why people from down there can't seem to speak or understand their own language and why they insist on telling people (people who don't ask nor care) that they are on disability?

I'll wait.

I talk to people from the south all day every day and I haven't experienced this. You've really shown your ass in this thread.

 

[Fingolfin269]

My whole point is this:

I talk to people from the south every single day. At least 20 a day. Out of those 20, maybe 5 speak and understand plain English. At least 10 of the people make it a point to tell me they are on disability.

I don't have this problem with any other region in the country and I talk to people from some pretty nasty places. Please explain to me why people from down there can't seem to speak or understand their own language and why they insist on telling people (people who don't ask nor care) that they are on disability?

I'll wait.

Your job must suck and I hope you're stuck in it forever.

 

[rudeguy]

I talk to people from the south all day every day and I haven't experienced this. You've really shown your ass in this thread.

Shown my ass?

I admit that I have an unhealthy resentment against southerners. Every time I am close to getting over it, I talk to a Boomhower or Gomer who puts me right back on track.

My point still remains unanswered.

 

[Chaotic42]

Shown my ass?

I admit that I have an unhealthy resentment against southerners. Every time I am close to getting over it, I talk to a Boomhower or Gomer who puts me right back on track.

My point still remains unanswered.

You have no point. You're wallowing around in your own hatred of people from the south, of all things. That has to be one of the stupidest personal problems I've read about on this forum. You keep making up worthless statistics and you're convinced that your own biased anecdotal "evidence", which is worthless even by anecdotal evidence standards, constitutes a valid argument.

I've never seen you post something so stupid, so I have to assume you're just stuck on this one thing for whatever reason. It's especially funny since you're attepting to prove how unintelligent a group of people are and you're using absolutely no critical thinking nor are you showing any intelligence of your own.

It's just fucking weird.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Shown my ass?

I admit that I have an unhealthy resentment against southerners. Every time I am close to getting over it, I talk to a Boomhower or Gomer who puts me right back on track.

My point still remains unanswered.

Has it ever occured to you that the people most likely to call a customer service center are usually the dumbest percentage of the population? "Yes could you tell me which ones the power button?"

 

[dr150]

Villagers (global) = Simpletons

Rednecks (by and large) = Villagers

Rednecks = Simpletons
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Simple does not equal stupid. Simpletons just don't give a shit about anything outside their village border....unless it's food, shelter or sex related.

 

[GlacierFreeze]

You have no point. You're wallowing around in your own hatred of people from the south, of all things. That has to be one of the stupidest personal problems I've read about on this forum. You keep making up worthless statistics and you're convinced that your own biased anecdotal "evidence", which is worthless even by anecdotal evidence standards, constitutes a valid argument.

I've never seen you post something so stupid, so I have to assume you're just stuck on this one thing for whatever reason. It's especially funny since you're attepting to prove how unintelligent a group of people are and you're using absolutely no critical thinking nor are you showing any intelligence of your own.

It's just fucking weird.

Check mate.

 

[rudeguy]

You have no point. You're wallowing around in your own hatred of people from the south, of all things. That has to be one of the stupidest personal problems I've read about on this forum. You keep making up worthless statistics and you're convinced that your own biased anecdotal "evidence", which is worthless even by anecdotal evidence standards, constitutes a valid argument.

I've never seen you post something so stupid, so I have to assume you're just stuck on this one thing for whatever reason. It's especially funny since you're attepting to prove how unintelligent a group of people are and you're using absolutely no critical thinking nor are you showing any intelligence of your own.

It's just fucking weird.

You are 100% right. I keep hoping/wanting/striving to find proof that the segment of the south I talk to is just a fluke. But I can't find any.

The really sad part is I hate racism with all my heart. Anyone who generalized like that is a bigot and ignorant. However this one thing I can't seem to get over.

So once again....someone please prove me wrong. I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[GlacierFreeze]

So once again....someone please prove me wrong. I would greatly appreciate it.

We can't prove it on the Internet. Nothing any of us post will change your mind. You'll have to step out of your little bubble for that.

 

[Fingolfin269]

You are 100% right. I keep hoping/wanting/striving to find proof that the segment of the south I talk to is just a fluke. But I can't find any.

The really sad part is I hate racism with all my heart. Anyone who generalized like that is a bigot and ignorant. However this one thing I can't seem to get over.

So once again....someone please prove me wrong. I would greatly appreciate it.

How can anyone possibly prove you wrong? This is something you have concocted in your mind just to get by and feel better about yourself. Why? Perhaps it's because you realize your job is meaningless and there is nothing else you do in life that matters. You think you should be in a much better place than you are, perhaps socially or financially, and constantly deal with people you consider to be dumb but realize some of these people may have a much better quality of life than you, and that pisses you off. You want to believe there is someone in this world that is inferior to you and, since you can't actually find that person through the course of your normal daily life, you have created this idea of 'dumb southerner' in your mind so that you now have something to make you feel better about your life.

It's really pretty sad and I hope you grow out of it one day.

 

[Codewiz]

what percentage of the population attends those schools?

You are the dipshit using a broad brush to generalize southerns.

Once again, there are MANY MANY MANY well respected universities in the south.

Many LARGE LARGE universities. And most of the students in those schools are southerns or in state kids.

So your whole argument is crap. I ask what field you work in because I assume your field is generally full of idiots and that is why you are running your mouth here.

 

[JMapleton]

You are the dipshit using a broad brush to generalize southerns.

Once again, there are MANY MANY MANY well respected universities in the south.

Many LARGE LARGE universities. And most of the students in those schools are southerns or in state kids.

So your whole argument is crap. I ask what field you work in because I assume your field is generally full of idiots and that is why you are running your mouth here.

It's a fact that northerners are more highly educated, have higher SAT/ACT scores, higher incomes, less likely to be on welfare, and most, but not all, but most highly rated universities are in the north.

But there are intelligent people everywhere, north and south. You guys are wasting your time arguing.

 

[GlacierFreeze]

High income could easily be attributed to high cost of living. South has pretty low cost of living, which leads to lower salary. Income is apples to oranges and doesn't really matter in your point.

 

[Terzo]

So what you are saying is if you have lots of money and it snows yearly then it is Northern? Hmmm, Interesting.

Why are you bringing money into this? I said nothing of the sort, nor did I intend to imply it. What I was pointing out is that DC metropolitan area is much more linked with the northeast than the "south".
As for snow, I do consider it to be one aspect of northern states, though not a huge criteria. Since our country is in the northern hemisphere, chance for snow and "northernness" are related.

DC and Maryland are usually considered to be part of the North. However DC is Northern to the core.

What makes them northern? You claim Virginia is a southern state...

Sorry for your failure in geography, but Virginia is part of the South. No matter how hard you try to deny it. It makes no difference how rich you are or how you vote. Your opinion doesn't matter.

Spell Mason-Dixon Line for starters.

Both DC and Maryland are south of the line. If you say Virginia is a southern state because of the line, then surely DC and Maryland are as well.

I know a lot of Virginians that would whip your ass for calling them part of the "Northern States". 🙂

My wife is from VA BTW.

First off, I did not call Virginia a northern state.

Really, both states (Maryland and Virginia) have areas that could be considered northern as well as areas that could be called southern.

Second, my response to your friends and wife:
Umm...okay? We have forum members here who reside in Virginia, who I'm sure would not take up violence because someone said Virginia is a northern state. SP33Demon for one, though I bet others in the NoVa area would concur with my assessment.

How about West Virgina or along the Appalachian Trail in Va they are poor and uneducated? What area do they fall under?

Honestly, I don't classify West Virginia as anything besides West Virginia. For Virginia, I consider NoVa more northern. I can't speak as much about points south, as I haven't spent much time down there.
I don't know what you're talking about poor and uneducated though, I don't recall claiming that people in the south are poor and uneducated. I attended a wedding just outside of Charlottesville and (based on my small time spent there) the people were normal.

Your logic is off.

Your interpretation of my arguments is off. I never made absolute statements like, "Virginia is part of the south" or "Maryland is part of the north."


Lets see what the government says. As a heads-up, the sources are pdf files.

The Office of Management and Budget will use these standards to delineate Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) beginning in 2013.
A CBSA is a geographic entity associated with at least one core of 10,000 or more population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. The standards designate and delineate two categories of CBSAs: Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Micropolitan Statistical Areas.

Source

Now let's take a look at the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (DC-VA-MD-WV) Metropolitan Statistical Area. Source, code 47900. Subsets are 13644 and 47894.

47900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
Principal Cities: Washington, DC; Arlington, VA; Alexandria, VA; Reston, VA; Bethesda, MD; Rockville, MD; Frederick, MD; Gaithersburg, MD

13644 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
Frederick County, Montgomery County

47894 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
District of Columbia, DC; Calvert County, MD; Charles County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Arlington County, VA; Clarke County, VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier
County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County, VA; Spotsylvania County, VA; Stafford County, VA; Warren County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA; Fredericksburg city, VA; Manassas city, VA; Manassas Park city, VA; Jefferson County, WV

That seems like a lot of Virginia locations that are defined by the OMB to be socially and economically integrated with parts of Maryland and DC, which you said is "Northern to the core."

Look, I'm not claiming that either Maryland or Virginia is a northern or southern state. Really, they're transition states between north and south. To reiterate, you'll find both have areas that can be considered northern, and others that can be considered southern.

Will you at least agree with that?



On a side note, I spent way too much time on this. Ugh.

 

[JMapleton]

High income could easily be attributed to high cost of living. South has pretty low cost of living, which leads to lower salary. Income is apples to oranges and doesn't really matter in your point.

The cost of living is lower because income is lower. Your comment only fortifies my point.

Income is lower because there is less business and industry in the south and less wealth.

 

[rudeguy]

How can anyone possibly prove you wrong? This is something you have concocted in your mind just to get by and feel better about yourself. Why? Perhaps it's because you realize your job is meaningless and there is nothing else you do in life that matters. You think you should be in a much better place than you are, perhaps socially or financially, and constantly deal with people you consider to be dumb but realize some of these people may have a much better quality of life than you, and that pisses you off. You want to believe there is someone in this world that is inferior to you and, since you can't actually find that person through the course of your normal daily life, you have created this idea of 'dumb southerner' in your mind so that you now have something to make you feel better about your life.

It's really pretty sad and I hope you grow out of it one day.

Me too.

Starting tomorrow it will be my mission to find at least 2 good qualities in everyone I talk to. That has to be better than focusing on the bad....right?

 

[rudeguy]

You are the dipshit using a broad brush to generalize southerns.

Once again, there are MANY MANY MANY well respected universities in the south.

Many LARGE LARGE universities. And most of the students in those schools are southerns or in state kids.

So your whole argument is crap. I ask what field you work in because I assume your field is generally full of idiots and that is why you are running your mouth here.

I work for a large cable/ISP 🙂

Again...I fully admit I am being a dipshit. I'm not disputing that at all. I want to get over this resentment.

 

[pcgeek11]

Why are you bringing money into this? I said nothing of the sort, nor did I intend to imply it. What I was pointing out is that DC metropolitan area is much more linked with the northeast than the "south".

What makes them northern? You claim Virginia is a southern state...

Both DC and Maryland are south of the line. If you say Virginia is a southern state because of the line, then surely DC and Maryland are as well.

First off, I did not call Virginia a northern state.

Second, my response to your friends and wife:
Umm...okay? We have forum members here who reside in Virginia, who I'm sure would not take up violence because someone said Virginia is a northern state. SP33Demon for one, though I bet others in the NoVa area would concur with my assessment.

Honestly, I don't classify West Virginia as anything besides West Virginia. For Virginia, I consider NoVa more northern. I can't speak as much about points south, as I haven't spent much time down there.

I don't know what you're talking about poor and uneducated though, I don't recall claiming that people in the south are poor and uneducated. I attended a wedding just outside of Charlottesville and (based on my small time spent there) the people were normal.

Your interpretation of my arguments is off. I never made absolute statements like, "Virginia is part of the south" or "Maryland is part of the north."


That seems like a lot of Virginia locations that are defined by the OMB to be socially and economically integrated with parts of Maryland and DC, which you said is "Northern to the core."

Look, I'm not claiming that either Maryland or Virginia is a northern or southern state. Really, they're transition states between north and south. To reiterate, you'll find both have areas that can be considered northern, and others that can be considered southern.

Will you at least agree with that?

On a side note, I spent way too much time on this. Ugh.

I got my postings mixed between you and SP33Demon. Please accept my apology. He is the one that wants to pick and choose parts of Va include in the North etc ... Sorry again.

I will agree that they are transition states as on the border between the north and south.