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Thu Oct-11-07 07:56 PM
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Poll question: Check in if you are stupid for where you live |
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Edited on Thu Oct-11-07 08:01 PM by RGBolen
A few different threads have had posts declaring how stupid people are for where they live and how such people should be deprived of services and/or the ability to purchase insurance. Of course the posters making the claim are always way too smart to live in such a stupid place. I guess since so many of us are stupid we can at least declare our stupidity together.
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Thu Oct-11-07 07:58 PM
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1. I would live in a dessert, but I fear getting fat. n/t |
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Thu Oct-11-07 07:59 PM
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:40 PM
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22. I hear Creme Brulee is nice this time of year |
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:00 PM
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3. I'm stupid, I live near Freeper-types. |
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:00 PM
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4. "There is no safety in the cosmos." - Alan Watts |
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:00 PM
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5. Well, I live in New York City! |
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Edited on Thu Oct-11-07 08:00 PM by Bicoastal
Aside from some heavy rain and snow in the winter, and awful humidity in the summer, no natural disasters to speak of. Nothing bad EVER happens here!
...oh, wait...
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:02 PM
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7. I had only been thinking of natural disasters but I've seen people say others |
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are stupid for living there too.
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:12 PM
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12. I loved living in NYC and take offense that this should be one of the choices. eom |
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:14 PM
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15. I didn't make the choics. They're from the people who have said people are stupid for living there |
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Edited on Thu Oct-11-07 08:38 PM by RGBolen
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Thu Oct-11-07 09:52 PM
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25. I have been here at DU for close to 4 years now and I have never heard a New Yorker |
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Edited on Thu Oct-11-07 10:33 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm
say that NYC was a stupid place to live. I have only heard positive things. Do you have any links?
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Thu Oct-11-07 10:42 PM
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27. It's people that live somewhere else that say the person living in NYC or on a coast is stupid |
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and they are smart for not living in said place.
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Fri Oct-12-07 01:56 AM
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31. But the poll is asking about "for where you live". You made the poll up, not me. |
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Edited on Fri Oct-12-07 01:57 AM by OmmmSweetOmmm
Your poll answer. I'm stupid, I live in NYC
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Fri Oct-12-07 07:31 AM
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36. Yes, it's sarcastic in that we are agreeing with them as to how stupid we are for where we live |
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Fri Oct-12-07 08:07 AM
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Fri Oct-12-07 03:00 AM
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33. I, for one, don't like NYC at all |
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Many NYC people have this nauseating attitude that NYC is the center of the country, if not the universe. America consists of 300 million people; NYC is just a fraction of that. In fact, the first time Hillary offended me was after 9/11 when she said, "New York IS America." No, Hillary...New York is PART of America. Those of us who donated time, money, and necessities to the victims of 9/11...WE are America. We're the America that rises to the occasion when people are in need, whether they're in New York or New Orleans.
Personally, I think it is stupid to live among skyscrapers that block one's view of the sky, to live among rude people and heavy traffic, and so on. The majority of us don't live there and don't want to live there. We like smaller cities, or suburbia, or small towns. Less than 3% of America's population lives in NYC.
Of course, there is that 3% willing to put up with living in NYC, and more power to them. I'm just saying, there are a lot more people in this country who don't want to live in NYC, and I'm among them. So it's pointless to be offended by the poll, when (statistically speaking) 97% of America apparently thinks it would be stupid to live in NYC, when they're obviously happy where they're currently living. :)
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Fri Oct-12-07 05:41 AM
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34. The poll question was for people who live there. eom |
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:06 PM
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11. There's a fault line in Manhattan. |
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Seriously. I just can't remember exactly where. Do you remember that earthquake tremor we had a few years ago?
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:01 PM
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6. The only thing dangerous close to me is Bob Jones "University." |
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But BJU is more scary than dangerous. Otherwise (and other than the R/W political environment), I absolutely love Greenville, SC! In fact, the cocky R/W in control here is duller than the Texas R/W, and the small coterie of us lefties is sharper, out of necessity.
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:02 PM
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:12 PM
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13. Moved to the San Andreas fault from the New Madrid fault |
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At lease we're built for it here and have fewer tornadoes, icestorms, hailstorms, blizzards, floods...
( I wasn't directly on the New Madrid, but close enough and now I'm in Free WiFi View)
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Thu Oct-11-07 09:54 PM
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26. SA fault AND tsunami zone. n/t |
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:04 PM
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9. I'm about 35 miles from an active volcano and surrounded by forest. |
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Call me "Stupid but happy".
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:04 PM
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10. I live under the sea in a pineapple. |
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:16 PM
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16. I live in a great place |
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My town is so liberal that Republicans don't even bother to run for office. We don't have earthquakes, raging wildfires, hurricanes, killer tornadoes, tsunamis, nor'easters, tropical storms, blinding blizzards, or choking drought. We have four seasons (somewhat adjusted thanks to global climate change), lots of fresh water, trees, and decent rainfall. Nobody lives less than 100 miles away from a Great Lake. Aside from the state's major industry suffering because of trade imbalances, this is a pretty darn good place to live.
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:18 PM
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17. Maybe, just maybe one day those of us that are stupid might could be as smart as you |
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Edited on Thu Oct-11-07 08:19 PM by RGBolen
Who am I kidding, I'm sure you'll let us know that we could never ever in our wildest dreams be 1/10th as smart as you.
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:23 PM
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20. You asked, I answered... |
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I've actually never actually said someone was stupid for where he/she chose to live. But I love where I live and will talk it up whenever possible.
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:41 PM
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And tornadoes are rare and over-rated here. Michigan forever! Lots of fresh water, and the border is 40 minutes away to Canada, and the right wingers are more like 4 hours away in Grand Rapids....in the island paradise that is Ann Arbor...
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:20 PM
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18. If Theocratic Totalitarianism comes via martial law, I'm stupider than all of the above |
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I live in red state Tennessee in the buckle of the bible belt.
If that happens, "libruls" will be the new jews
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:21 PM
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to Florida's gulf coast 2 months ago. I must be really stupid because in western PA(where I used to live) a RW radio host informed me all the time how it is stupid for people to live on the coast. Also how he's tired of paying insurance premiums for these stupid people. Oh, and how it should be mandatory for people to live 90 miles from the coast. Oh, and how New Orleans should be bulldozed over. (It was wonderful to have him as the only talk radio in the area-freakin moron-Dan Rivers on 570 WKBN out of youngstown, oh if anyone is interested in listening to his bs-www.570wkbn.com for live stream) I haven't run across this on DU, I thought it was a repub thing.
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Thu Oct-11-07 08:39 PM
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21. I'm stupid because I live near Cleveland |
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and everyone just KNOWS what a terrible, horrible, awful, never-wanna-go-there place Cleveland is! :scared: :sarcasm:
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Thu Oct-11-07 11:11 PM
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28. I guess I'm stupid for living 45 minutes from New Orleans. |
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But, I like it here and I'm not going anywhere.
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Fri Oct-12-07 01:40 AM
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29. The place I'm at is crawling with faults |
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so I guess that means that I and the other 30 million residents of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area are really nuts :crazy:
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Fri Oct-12-07 01:53 AM
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30. You left out volcanos |
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--so I had to check fault zones.
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Fri Oct-12-07 01:57 AM
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32. I'd rather drown wearing a pink tutu while pawtyin' at da Mardi Gras |
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Fri Oct-12-07 05:52 AM
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35. I live in Texas, so I don't even have to tell you I'm stupid. |
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Just kidding. Texas is full of awesome people.
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