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#52 Old 5th Sep 2009 at 1:28 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Cyberian_Trooper
I would have to agree with you there. I just hate the big city because it's so noisy and more crime. Pushy people knocking you over the head with their brief cases. I got smacked in the face by a guys brief case and he stopped said he was sorry and I thought maybe he only did that because he was afraid I would sue him. Not that I would.

When I went back home and it's not a huge city this women bumped into me and apologized and said she was sorry. I almost cried too because it felt so good to be home. I just hate the horrible winters there but then again the humidity where I am now knocks me out.

I am considering thinking about moving too because frankly I am fed up with it all because I don't really know any one any more. The people act more like cock roaches who scurry along and they mite come out once in a while to say hello. (I meant it metaphorically speaking in action and people aren't cockroaches.)

Smaller towns can be either friendly or not. People can be rude and snarly in some small towns mainly because I think they mite be unhappy because that's the impression I have gotten when ever I have been to some places. I think smaller cities are better because things are closer for you then in big cities.


The adjustment seems to be a hard thing for my family and people I went to school with, though. Race may play a factor in it, but I'm not going for that right now — I covered it briefly. Some didn't want to leave because of food (we live in a diverse Chinese and Vietnamese suburb of LA that rivals San Francisco and our actual business district downtown). Others thought they would miss the weather (unlike all the other major world cities, LA is always 75°F to 100°F all year round, and it tanks to maybe 50°F for like, three days around Christmas). Still others found that their desired jobs could only be found in Los Angeles. Then we have the ones still in school — native kids who worked their way up into the system and ones who moved here for educational purposes.

There is traffic, pollution, and endless commercialism upon rude faces, but it's just the same way that you all grew up with less population: we somehow got so used to it, we don't even think or feel anything of it anymore. We do cuss at traffic or whatever, but no one actually gets up and leaves. I powerfully suspect a part of it could be something like how they hate what they have, but they're too afraid to or simply unwilling to get up and change.

Of course, it's not exactly "one fits all": my neighbor, an LA resident since 1969, found herself back in Missouri (or was it Mississippi?) with her husband and two children in 2002. She hasn't been back since. Also, I had a few school friends who moved to rural New York, Colorado, Oklahoma, Washington, and even mountains of California.
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#54 Old 5th Sep 2009 at 1:55 AM
Quote: Originally posted by 1ove
Wow, you're very precise. It doesn't mean they call you "this" or "that" straight out... just, well, both sides have offensive terms for each other that don't matter anyway, because they both believe what they do.


Nah. I know what you mean...lol. I'm just being a dork.

Quote: Originally posted by 1ove
LMAO, like Old Town in TS1.


Yes! XD Aw, I miss Sims 1.

Quote: Originally posted by 1ove
You still said you liked your town, though. Even though it's not as bad as those... "Trader Joe's!" and my ma's fam's types. Understandable.


Meh. It's a love/hate relationship. It's where I was born and where a decent sized chunk of my family still lives. I like the fact that we're decent sized (for a small town) but still only have one high school. Homecoming was really a city-wide event, and I always thought that was kinda cool.

I'm ready to go back to my college town, though. I moved back to get married and take a couple of cheap gen-eds while I was at it. I'm bored with it again and have no idea how some of my friends from high school can stand staying here. Not so much because of the town itself, but because I get bored being in one place for too long.

@ Cyberian

Yep. That's the video. I love SNL. XD

I don't hate the big city, really. I'm pretty adaptable. I would like to live in the suburbs someday so I can have both.

Cait

"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ‘God is crying’. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ‘Probably because of something you did’."
- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
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#55 Old 5th Sep 2009 at 2:12 AM
Quote: Originally posted by girlgeek19
Nah. I know what you mean...lol. I'm just being a dork.



Yes! XD Aw, I miss Sims 1.



Meh. It's a love/hate relationship. It's where I was born and where a decent sized chunk of my family still lives. I like the fact that we're decent sized (for a small town) but still only have one high school. Homecoming was really a city-wide event, and I always thought that was kinda cool.

I'm ready to go back to my college town, though. I moved back to get married and take a couple of cheap gen-eds while I was at it. I'm bored with it again and have no idea how some of my friends from high school can stand staying here. Not so much because of the town itself, but because I get bored being in one place for too long.

@ Cyberian

Yep. That's the video. I love SNL. XD

I don't hate the big city, really. I'm pretty adaptable. I would like to live in the suburbs someday so I can have both.


I could imagine. I never went to school dances, but if you were to do that to my town, we'd have literally 15,000+ Chinese kids running around. Our local high school has 4,000 kids, and everyone has 2,000+.
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#56 Old 5th Sep 2009 at 2:25 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Cyberian_Trooper
Smaller towns can be either friendly or not. People can be rude and snarly in some small towns mainly because I think they mite be unhappy because that's the impression I have gotten when ever I have been to some places. I think smaller cities are better because things are closer for you then in big cities.
Small towns can be very insular. I'd say it's almost the opposite type of problem that big cities have. Instead of just being another warm body, in small towns, it seems like everybody knows your business. One of the most hilarious flame wars I've seen in my life happened in the comments section of an opinion column of the county's online newspaper. In the interest of protecting my anonymity (small town, remember?), I won't link to it here. Let's just say the original opinion was a woman complaining about the extended time in one of the high school's schedule, saying that neither of her children need it. Then, one of her son's former middle school teachers, who had resigned and accused this woman of trying to ruin her career and reputation. Oh, and did I mention there was also a bit of anti-intellectualism and this county vs. nearby suburban county involved? Thus, giant flame war that only got ended because the editor locked that particular section. Unfortunately, I didn't even get a chance to jump in. My status as a twice-exceptional student (special needs and gifted) would have made it even more fun for me to participate. Small town drama is fun, even more so than online drama.

Then again, in the case of aforementioned flame war, it probably helps that I've never met any of those people and am not likely to make contact with them. I never went to middle school in this county, the writer's son is a class below me, and I'm in a program that her son's not likely to join.
Test Subject
#58 Old 5th Sep 2009 at 8:34 AM
Come on kids, time to kill deers...OOOOOOO I CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM MY HOUSE
Test Subject
#59 Old 5th Sep 2009 at 10:24 PM
Quote: Originally posted by DrMrSims
Come on kids, time to kill deers...OOOOOOO I CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM MY HOUSE


Wow. Good job on beating that dead horse and on your clichéd impression of the Palins. And anyway, neither Wasilla nor Juneau is anywhere near Russia.
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#60 Old 6th Sep 2009 at 9:50 PM
Quote: Originally posted by SuperScarlett
Wow. Good job on beating that dead horse and on your clichéd impression of the Palins. And anyway, neither Wasilla nor Juneau is anywhere near Russia.


I would of never guessed this, either, but it is indeed true.

http://www.slate.com/id/2200155/

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In her Sept. 11 interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin had this to say about Russia: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska." Is that true?

Yes. Russia and Alaska are divided by the Bering Strait, which is about 55 miles at its narrowest point. In the middle of the Bering Strait are two small, sparsely populated islands: Big Diomede, which sits in Russian territory, and Little Diomede, which is part of the United States. At their closest, these two islands are a little less than two and a half miles apart, which means that, on a clear day, you can definitely see one from the other. (To see the view of Big Diomede from Little Diomede, check out this webcam.) The Diomede Islands are often blanketed by persistent fog, which makes visibility difficult. On a clear day, though, a person standing at sea level can see a little less than three miles across the ocean. You can see farther if you go higher—at the highest altitude on Little Diomede (919 feet), you can see for about 37 miles. (Between mid-December and mid-June, when the water between the two islands freezes, an intrepid explorer can just walk from one to the other.)
Test Subject
#61 Old 7th Sep 2009 at 4:25 AM
Quote: Originally posted by 1ove
I would of never guessed this, either, but it is indeed true.



I don't think her house is in Little Diomede. My point was that, from where she has lived, you cannot see Russia. Juneau is closer to Washington state than Russia, and Wasilla is way far inland. My point was to refute the misquote used to poke fun at Sarah Palin. She never said "I can see Russia from my house!"; that was what Tina Fey said while performing as her on SNL.
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#62 Old 7th Sep 2009 at 3:12 PM
Quote: Originally posted by SuperScarlett
I don't think her house is in Little Diomede. My point was that, from where she has lived, you cannot see Russia. Juneau is closer to Washington state than Russia, and Wasilla is way far inland. My point was to refute the misquote used to poke fun at Sarah Palin. She never said "I can see Russia from my house!"; that was what Tina Fey said while performing as her on SNL.


It was satire. The only people who really attributed that exact quote to her were people who hadn't been paying attention to the election anyway.

Cait

"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ‘God is crying’. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ‘Probably because of something you did’."
- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
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#63 Old 8th Sep 2009 at 3:18 AM
Quote: Originally posted by girlgeek19
It was satire. The only people who really attributed that exact quote to her were people who hadn't been paying attention to the election anyway.


Yeah, I know. I'm kind of guessing that the SNL joke went to their audience, and that when it trickled down to people who were pro-Obama but didn't watch SNL, they didn't quite catch that it was a joke and attributed it to Mrs. Palin.
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#64 Old 8th Sep 2009 at 4:59 AM
And lets not forget what a good sport palin was about tina fey's impersonation, appearing in an episode last season...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Obama on ABC's This Week, discussing Obamacare
What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore
umm...Isn't having other people carry your medical burden exactly what national health care is?
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#65 Old 8th Sep 2009 at 6:52 AM
Quote: Originally posted by davious
And lets not forget what a good sport palin was about tina fey's impersonation, appearing in an episode last season...


They were both good sports - McCain and Palin both. And funny. I remember McCain being especially funny.

Cait

"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ‘God is crying’. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ‘Probably because of something you did’."
- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
Test Subject
#66 Old 8th Sep 2009 at 11:51 PM
Quote: Originally posted by girlgeek19
They were both good sports - McCain and Palin both. And funny. I remember McCain being especially funny.


True. It's always nice to see who can take a joke when it's making fun of them. I don't think I've seen Obama do that, but maybe I haven't been looking in the right places.

davious, are you ready for the ND-Michigan game on Saturday?
Theorist
#67 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 12:01 AM
You betcha. (as said in the Tina Fey Sarah Palin impersonation way)

I am especially looking forward to afterward, with Lou Holtz trying to explain why Notre Dame will still play in the NCAA championship game after Michigan beats them.

its completely off-topic...but, GO BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Obama on ABC's This Week, discussing Obamacare
What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore
umm...Isn't having other people carry your medical burden exactly what national health care is?
Forum Resident
#68 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 12:13 AM
Quote: Originally posted by SuperScarlett
Yeah, I know. I'm kind of guessing that the SNL joke went to their audience, and that when it trickled down to people who were pro-Obama but didn't watch SNL, they didn't quite catch that it was a joke and attributed it to Mrs. Palin.


I think the better issue here is that it was a ridiculous statement and, to many people, still completely believable that she'd say such a thing.
Test Subject
#69 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 1:08 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Tempscire
I think the better issue here is that it was a ridiculous statement and, to many people, still completely believable that she'd say such a thing.


Unfortunately, that is true. I tend not to believe that anyone says anything ridiculous, even if they have a history of it, if I don't have a good account of it. Video is preferred.

Quote: Originally posted by davious
You betcha. (as said in the Tina Fey Sarah Palin impersonation way)

I am especially looking forward to afterward, with Lou Holtz trying to explain why Notre Dame will still play in the NCAA championship game after Michigan beats them.

its completely off-topic...but, GO BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Well, we'll have to wait and see, won't we? I live in South Bend, and if you can believe it, Charlie Weis' son's locker is right next to mine at school.

Go Irish!
Scholar
#70 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 3:59 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Tempscire
I think the better issue here is that it was a ridiculous statement and, to many people, still completely believable that she'd say such a thing.


I don't really think so. She wasn't as stupid as the media made her out to be. She wasn't very well informed on several issues, but she wasn't stupid enough to get something so basic wrong.
Forum Resident
#71 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 2:07 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Oaktree
I don't really think so. She wasn't as stupid as the media made her out to be. She wasn't very well informed on several issues, but she wasn't stupid enough to get something so basic wrong.


I'm not saying whether or not she is that stupid but that the perception of her is that she would say such a thing. She has said plenty of silly things (and media didn't have to try very hard to make her look dumb), and even if she doesn't have a room temperature IQ, she's still obviously not the brightest person around. It's believable in an unbelievable kind of way.
Theorist
#72 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 2:43 PM
is claiming that you can see Russia from an island in Alaska (a true statement) any sillier than Obama claiming he had visited 57 states, with one state left to go, then mentioning both Alaska and Hawaii? (not a true statement, obviously, and wouldn't that be two states left to go?)

it isn't just Sarah Palin that said "silly" things on the campaign trail. Yet, while everyone wants to harp on her, with Obama, it was a free pass, "because he was tired".

Are Palin's comments any sillier than pretty much everything that comes out of Joe Biden's mouth?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Obama on ABC's This Week, discussing Obamacare
What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore
umm...Isn't having other people carry your medical burden exactly what national health care is?
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#73 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 4:14 PM Last edited by robokitty : 9th Sep 2009 at 4:56 PM.
She's an awful woman--a willfully ignorant populist who appeals to self-righteous, spiteful people, and her tactics during the election were low, petty, and intellectually dishonest. I'm not sure who has less credibility--her, an obvious liar and Limbaugh-styled demagogue, or some butthurt teenage boy. Really, it's a close call.


So while I agree that the source itself seems Springer-ish, my schadenfraude is positively tingley.

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#74 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 4:54 PM
I am inclined to believe that the person that goes for the Palin type intelligence is as sincere as they could be. There is something in Palin that they identify with, while I am thinking that what they have in common is the dishonesty and dumb down ignorance that she seems to wear well, I am also thinking that they see it as some kind of badge of honor.

This is where you say, to each his own, and instead of demonizing her and those that follow her, we just have to come to the understanding and acceptance of them for who they are, and recognize once and for all what true ignorance really look like.

So, allow them to have their sacred pit bull with lipstick, or was that lipstick on a pig?
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#75 Old 9th Sep 2009 at 11:10 PM
I think that Palin would need to pay more attention to current events if she wanted to become a successful politician. She may not be intelligent enough to really succeed, but she is not stupid.

I admire her as a politician for her honesty. I think that she truly believes that her policy will do good for people. Most politicians worry too much about popularity, sticking to party lines, and giving favors to those who donated to their campaign. I think that Palin is more concerned about trying to improve the country. Unfortunately, I don't think that she is well-informed enough to achieve it, but I do wish that there were more politicians with her kind of motive.
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