Encounters with rednecks? If so please share.

starlitt

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It was Spring break 2000, my partner?s family and I went to Kentucky to visit family, I've never been to Kentucky before. When we got into our SUV rental (which I got SUV sick in all through the vacation) and then hit the road all of a sudden a typical redneck honks at us and flicks us off? The lane was merging and we had to change lanes? Did he not see the BIG WHITE ARROWS that means lane merging? WHO KNOWS!! :p He was in a brown dirty old truck AND he was hauling one of those lawn mowers that you can drive. First time I've ever been to Kentucky and what a welcoming I got :p.
 

Viper GTS

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Wow, aren't you the arrogant, self-righteous asshole.

There's your second encounter.

Viper GTS
 

starlitt

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If I offended ANYONE in ANYWAY, SORRY! Don't be so cruel. Plus I am not an asshole I'm a bitch.
 

Dedpuhl

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I have never met a "real" redneck. Guess I better start listening to Jeff Foxworthy to figure out what a redneck is...

would you rather be a redneck from kentucky or a hillbilly from Virginia...

 

AndrewR

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I live in Georgia -- I encounter rednecks every day. Why do you think my wife and I cannot wait to leave here? :D

Of course, there is a difference between a redneck and a redneck from Appalachia. You know, the kind with the family tree that's shaped like a wreath.



<< Wow, aren't you the arrogant, self-righteous asshole. >>


Geez, quit looking in the mirror when you post. ;)
 

Yeeny

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I live in Hicksville, otherwise known as Norwich, NY. All the people here combined have the same amount of teeth as a one year old. But they are such pretty colors, black purple and green, who can complain? ;)
 

Optimus

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Viper - wow, pretty strong reply, there... I guess it depends on how Starlitt was deciding the guy was a Redneck - if it was because of them being in Kentucky, I can totally see that cheesing people off!

But I think maybe it was the guy's attitude, more than the locale - Starlitt: maybe you should explain?



&quot;Southerner&quot; does not equal &quot;Redneck&quot;. But a lot of people equate &quot;Southern jerk guy&quot; with &quot;Redneck&quot;. In that case, what does a &quot;Northern jerk guy&quot; equate to?


(Oh boy, I can't wait to see the replies to that! :D)
 

Ulfwald

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You know what, I am really getting p!ssed off at the term &quot;Redneck&quot; it is just as degrading as the &quot;N&quot; word for african americans, or the &quot;C&quot; word used to describe a woman.

I am a redneck, but it is not because I am racist, slack-jawed, uneducated halfwit from the boonies. I am a redneck because I spent many years helping my family on a farm. We all had that look, 2 tone arms, ivory chest, and RED NECK from working outside all day, hence the term RED NECK. It was used to describe the laborers who earned their living by outdoor manual labor, the backbone of what this country was built on. Grow up people. By furthering this image you are promting ignorance.
 

Optimus

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ulf - didn't ya know that you are part of the last group of people society allows jokes/slurs/discrimination about? :(

That's why I stick to jokes about Elbonians... until one person at work asked what I had against them (seriously :eek:)
 

Viper GTS

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ulfwald just hit on my reason for reacting like I did. I get the label because of where I live, how I dress, &amp; the music I listen to.

Viper GTS
 

Demon-Xanth

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Heh, when I was going to school they kept calling this one guy a redneck and I always wondered why. I mean, I'm the one who fed the horses on the way to school. :)
 

Scrapster

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< < Wow, aren't you the arrogant, self-righteous asshole > >
< < There's your second encounter. > >

Viper, you are cool..Just thought I'd tell ya that.

Scrapster
 

Ulfwald

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Yeah, I know what you mean, but, I let most of them slide because it proves that I am attempting to be a better person than they. It is amazing that one man in my office can call me a back woods redneck whose family tree never forks, but if I call him a &quot;N&quot; (edited for content, and also I absolutely dispise that word), I am a &quot;Racist White Nazi&quot;

Just P!SSES ME OFF!

I was raised by a family that judges people by theirs actions, integrity, and intestinal fortitude, not the color of the skin. That is how it should be.

Just remember this, This but one race on this planet, the Human race, which is made up of many colors, nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, and religions. We all need to work together to survive and succeed.

 

sweetrobin

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Well as for rednecks ... my father was a self proclaimed Redneck from Chatham county ... by the time he was 6 he was priming tobacco to help his family make ends meet. By the time he was 9 he was getting himself up at the crack of dawn to help get his younger sister up get them both dressed fed and off to school ... when he came home he would farm till dark then come in and do his homework by lantern light. My dad grew up poor, but with more heart and soul than anyone I have ever met. He was also very intelligent. He would give up his last dime to help someone who needed him. I know years that not only did he pay for mine and by brother's christmas presents .. but also he would buy christmas for his 6 nieces and nephew. I have a hard time with any one making fun or rednecks. Not to mention my fiance was raised in the moutains of NC so I don't really like the term Hillbilly either ...
 

AndrewR

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There is a definite class of people called rednecks. I wouldn't use the term to apply to anyone who works on a farm or who is from the South. I would use it for a closed-minded, pickup-driving (with obligatory &quot;kid peeing on Chevy emblem&quot; or &quot;kid peeing on Ford emblem&quot; right next to the NASCAR car number), slurred-speech moron who cruises the &quot;strip&quot; on weekend nights, thinks college is for losers, worships SEC football (nice dichotomy with the previous), hunts with an AK-47, throws their trailer's trash into the woods, and generally is almost completely without redeeming qualities.

There are plenty of people who might appear to fit the term &quot;redneck&quot; but who are in fact just merely &quot;country&quot;, for lack of a better term. Neither an accent nor country music define a &quot;redneck&quot;.

Put it this way, if you buy your household products based on what car your favorite NASCAR driver is in, you are almost certainly a redneck. Trust me -- there are people that do that.
 

Demon-Xanth

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Andrew: and what of people who do that with F1, CART, and/or IRL cars?

NASCAR!=redneck, many NASCAR fans are hotrodders who see them as racing with tech that they fully understand and is not hidden. Unlike other forms of racing where you'd never see the engine if they could get away with it, in NASCAR you can buy the parts, and many of the parts will work in street rods and street/strip cars.


The classic &quot;redneck&quot; is more of an attitude than a way of life.
 

classy

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Rednecks are just simply farm people. Farm folk are good people. Some of the stereo types of farm folk are true, but a lot of them aren't. I'll tell you what though they're moms will keep them boys of theirs in check.
 

ratkil

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What ever happened just saying &quot;ignorant moron&quot; to describe the type of people you are trying to describe?

**disclaimer: I apologize to any ignorant moron's I may have offended.....
 

AndrewR

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Demon: There's a big difference between being a fan of the sport (no problem with that), and being an obssessive, psychotic fan to the point of putting a number on your car to match your driver and buying laundry detergent because Tide sponsors a certain driver. That's just ridiculous. I have never seen a Grand Prix fan running around screaming the praises of Anton Senna, have you? :)

I've met plenty of people who might be characterized as rednecks who are definitely not -- that's why I tried to narrow it down. It's an overused term, just as with any label. Does it apply in some cases? Yes.

As for &quot;ignorant moron&quot;, it fits the ones I described, but it isn't specific enough. ;)
 

cxim

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I still remember the first time I saw a REDNECK !!!

I opened my eyes, took my first breath, yelled &amp; looked up. There he was... DADDY !!
 

CirekL

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Never had an encounter here in Los Angeles. But my bro. who sometimes gets sent to Tennessee on business meets workers who claim to be &quot;rednecks&quot; themselves... thing is, they don't work on a farm, they're in a manufacturing plant. So does this mean most people have lost the idea of what the term &quot;Red neck&quot; really means, hence the confusion and offensive nature of it?
 

cjchaps

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I live right outside Chicago, and we have &quot;White Trash&quot; here instead of Rednecks.... The typical &quot;White Trash&quot; family usually has these qualities:

1)The male of the family is usually of average height, but very skinny(usually weighs less than 120 pounds), usually has a little white trash beard or stubble growing, and doesn't bathe often which results in greasy hair. His usual dress consists of a wife beater t-shirt(typical hanes undershirt) with stains and/or holes, blue jeans from the 80's with ripped knees, and white worn-out high-top basketball shoes with untied laces.

2)The female of the white trash community is usually between 4'5&quot; and 5' tall, weighs in at around 160 or so odd pounds, has acne on face and back, usually is pregnant 90% of the year, and smells of cheap perfume. She will only wear spandex pants that are around 5 inches too short, a ripped/dirty pink or baby blue shirt, and usually any type of footwear that can be purchased(or stolen) at payless, Wal-Mart, or a garage sale. Females of the same clan(mother and daughter) often live in the same residence, and fight over petty matters around 90% of the time they are in contact with each other.

3)The residence of most(99%) of white trash families live in trailer parks. 'Nuff said about that.

4)An abundance of unwashed and smelly overweight but malnourished children are usually present if a while trash male and 1 or more white trash female live in or around the same trailer.

5)These white trash people are very territorial, and will defend their trailer and things considered property(like wives and geo metros) by physical violence.

6)Alcoholism which translates to drinking excessive amounts of cheap beer(The Beast or Old Style) usually is a common social practice for all levels of a white trash community.


I once had a very memorable experience witnessing a two groups of white trash families having a confrontation. I was camping with 3 buddies of mine in Turkey Run State Park, in Indiana, and we were camping near two other families. Needless to say had we known we were next to a small group of white trash people, we would have camped elsewhere. At Turkey Run State Park you can kayak and canoe around, so the two white trash families were well armed with oars. They got in a scuffle(see #5 above), and started threatening each other. One was yelling, &quot;You better shut your *ucking mouth or I'm gonna beat you with this here oar!&quot;, while he was swinging and oar from a canoe around his head. After a while they wives/girlfriends/sisters got them to settle down(I think they gave them more beer or something), so it never came to physical violence. Needless to say my buddies and I were hoping for a good oar brawl, but we never saw it. That has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. HEhehe. No offense intended if anyone falls into the above 6 categories.


 

Dameon

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<--- goes to change his shirt, shave... suddenly feeling embarassed posting from his Palm Harbor Home Spring Special DoubleWide. ;)