bbq is good
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 28 April 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
connecticut is the worst state u guys
― lag∞n, Friday, April 27, 2012 10:10 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
f u man ct is pretty awesome
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
haha sry but i h8 conn
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
what we do
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i mean is there anything specifically wrong with CT or is it a vague 'new england sucks in general, let's pick on one state with no obvious saving grace' thing
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
Tough call -- there are more places in FL than TX that would tempt me into venturing into the state. But Texas' temptation (Austin/Lockhart) is stronger.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know if it's a hipster cliche or something but I'd like to visit Marfa.
― raw feel vegan (silby), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
i lived most of my life p close to conn so its not just a vague distaste, its hard to put into words cause theres just something abt it
1 theres no there there2 wasps, i think the worst wasps, worse than mass wasps, w/their boats3 southern connecticut 1% land4 its biggest citys primary industry is... insurance
idk its poopy, i got depressed riding through there on the train the other day
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
i remember as a kid always being told not to speed when in connecticut (a place one only ever drove through, so useful advice). implication that CT was always ready to fuck with u. plus taco mayor.
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://image1.masterfile.com/em_w/02/63/87/619-02638718w.jpg
― buzza, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
what I find interesting are the like, trashy not-rich wasp, it's like the ct version of jersey trash
― iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
you forgot joe liebermann, but yeah even living in the northeast pt of the state for the last 5 years i understand those vibes. both statewide and nationally (liebermann excepted) our politics aren't terrible tho
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
i would go so far as to claim that texas is one of the better states for eating, Austin, Houston, Port Arthur, Del Rio, the Hill Country the Valley, Corpus, Galveston, even Dallas and Lubbock all have distinct food to offer. and you can dig up great records still in texas
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno that all sounds like generic lol new england stuff to me -- is there some way that vermont or new hampshire is way better or exzempt from the same kind of ire?
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
― iatee, Friday, April 27, 2012 11:11 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lots of jersey ppl go to school here so the distinction sometimes is nonexistent
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
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― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
paging max xp
wow i really forgot how to spell exempt for a sec there
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
vermont and new hampshire are not huge suburbs for nyc financial industry
― iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/1-in-7-cars-in-Greenwich-a-BMW-or-Mercedes-3340419.php
― iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, April 27, 2012 11:15 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
vt n nh r p diff than ct, none of the things on my list apply to them particularly, ct is like only half new england culturally really and even then there are a lot of differences w/in that
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
ct has a vaguely disapproving vibe
― Lamp, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
fair enough -- i genuinely don't know that area well and am being mostly curious and only somewhat facetious and difficult here (xpost)
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
it's just a huge foresty rich person suburb w/ some boats
― iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
― Lamp, Friday, April 27, 2012 11:22 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well that is p generally new englandy
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
partly i just think it's hilarious when these areas are carved up into tiny little states that people pretend are more culturally distinct from each other than they really are -- i mean i lived in delaware for years and i can go on and on about what the delaware vibe is but when you get down to it it could really easily be a shitty coastal part of pennsyvlvania or maryland
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
vt is legit beautiful ime although nh is kinda w/e it still has a more authentic new england backwoods charm. i grew up in a really lovely part of ct but its unrelentingly square and ersatz colonial
― Lamp, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
you could make an argument for the southern ne states being somewhat indistinguishable and the northern ones too but theres a p strong rural/urban divide between the two groups that makes them quite different
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
no way, all the southern states are a bit larger and have more obvious landmarks and cultural identities that distinguish them from each other
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
if u see boston u know ur in massachusetts
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
obviously, i didn't say ALL new england states
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
im actually not clear on what youre saying tbh
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah neither am i, i misspelled exempt for fucks sake, i should quit while i'm ahead
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah theres some v real demographic differences btw at least like western/southern ct and vt/nh its just denser and more suburbanized and richer, more tied to nyc, more ahistorical.
like i can kinda see jhos points in that lots of ct is sorta indistinguishable from any rich whites and assimilated jews colony anywhere, vt and nh are a lot more rooted in new england
― Lamp, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
what part of ct, lamp?
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
CT just got rid of the death penalty, so no way could it be on the list of worst anything.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 28 April 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
that's not true it's the worst at having the death penalty
― pizza pizza and cult jam (crüt), Saturday, 28 April 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, just in time not to execute those fucks who burned those teenage girls to death in a home-invasion robbery? Way to fucking go CT.
― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
am I the only ILXer who still lives in Florida?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
btw the majority of Cubans are Republicans because of a mistaken belief that the GOP strings them along less than Dems (while the older ones still complain about The Kennedy Betrayal). But Cubans could give a shit about abortion (most are pro-choice) and gay rights.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 11:44 (twelve years ago) link
― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:30 AM (5 hours ago)
your reactionary rage may live on - the law applies only prospectively, unfortunately. those two aren't gonna be executed either way tho
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
I had a nightmare involving me living in Orlando. Sean "The Heartbreak Kid" was in it.
― EDB, Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
Florida has the Magic Kingdom and lots of beaches and cute manatees, but 95% of the people who live there are basically human shit
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
not sure I'd count Walt Disney World as part of Florida tbh; it's a sovereign country.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred, Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo lives in Florida.
― ljubljana, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:42 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
how many have been killed by "stand your ground" laws so far?
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
Bookmark Execute Ban Permalink
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
think bojax lives near orlando
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
no jaymc
vt is legit beautiful ime
― Lamp
― omar little, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
• Alabama has more freshwater biodiversity than any other state.
• Bear Bryant was born in Arkansas.
About as good as I'm going to get this morning complementing Alabama.
― pplains, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 14:19 (six years ago) link
I have a shitload of nice stuff to say about very specific aspects of small parts of Alabama - I was born and raised there, duh - but I mean, no, Alabama is bad. It's the worst. It's a tight race with Mississippi sometimes but really, Alabama.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
I wouldn't call it the worst state. It definitely has fewer cowbells than Mississippi, for example.
Pointing out that Tennessee should annex North Alabama made me think of this turn-of-the-century arena football team, based in Huntsville.
https://image.ibb.co/hpdXok/Tennessee_Valley_Vipers.png
― pplains, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link