As a long-time resident of the ‘Way Far Upper Left Coast’ who spent a summer working in ‘Way South Alabama’ back in '85, I thought the locals in Dauphin Island treated us fine - especially after they figured out we were there to work and not just some tourists. The lady at the Post Office was very nice - when we came in she’d tell us ‘Ah got some mail from home for you boys’. I thought that was pretty sweet. No regrets about S. Alabama - folks is folks.
I tell ya, my biggest problem with the SDMB is that there’s no “Like” button!
So…? Or haven’t you been home yet? Hmmmmm?
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…whatever social climbing lemur became my 4,000,000th great-grandfather…
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Hey, that’s my Grampa Leemie. Wow, I’m related to Sampiro! I should go start a short story anthology.
Actually, AFAICT, the poster you’re quoting was not suggesting that Southerners in general should be called “losers”. Just Southerners who still act hostile and resentful towards Northerners over the outcome of the Civil War.
Personally, although I have nothing against Southerners in general, I tend to heartily agree that anybody who in this day and age is still sulking over the loss of a war for the continuance of legal slavery is a loser. To put it mildly.
Personally, I have nothing against Northerners in general, but as they seem to be constantly bringing up the War of Northern Agression, when we southern gentlemen have not broached the subject (honestly, look at the posts. Every time it comes up, it was brought up by a Northerner) We have eaten our crow, good sir, but I believe I speak for all southern Gentlemen in saying that if you continue to crow regarding your victory, we shall eat you as well.
Where’s my dueling glove?!
Based on the two quotes you gave, I would say you pissed the first girl off, and that the second girl WAS in fact giving you a little good natured ribbing- as it is hard to imagine someone snarling at you that you ‘rock’ and that you have ‘good manners’.
This may be my experience only, but I am a southern girl, I know tons of southern girls, and am only about 50 miles from you, over here in Pensacola. The only time I or the vast majority of my girlfriends would call someone a Yankee is as part of a good-natured ribbing. I think it can be funny among friends, as do all of my Yankee friends. But I get that it can grate on people that their geographic origin is constantly commented upon as if it were the only feature of their personality - like tallness.
Also, maybe these girls were playing up the shtick a little bit- we are known for our pageantry around here. Or they could just be bitches. Whatever the cause, maybe reconsider where you are finding your leggy would-be friends. Perhaps in a mutual-interest type setting instead of bars, you would find girls that are less on the defensive/weary of being approached by strangers from a faraway cold snowy place. And in the meantime, please take heart that we are not all like that. I promise. 
I’ve been north, I’ve been east to the California beach
There’s only one place I know where to find you
And all you Southern girls got a way with your words and you show it
For the record, I’m a Northern transplant and I’ve yet to be treated badly in the South. I liken it to being the brother-in-law at Thanksgiving. There’s some things I’ll never understand and as long as I don’t try to pretend I’m one of the family, everything will be fine.
Amen.
The Civil War really is not a huge issue down here. Just where the fuck are all of these
because I’ve lived here all of my life and I have NEVER FOUND THEM.
I know plenty of southerners who are into cosplay, Mac v. PC snobbery, gardening, professional goat farming [really- major sub-community of them], model trains, musical theater, genealogy (myself included), Atkins dieting clubs, and above all church and of course college football. Most southerners like most everybody else have strong opinions on current political and social issues, but I swear to you on my holiest oath (something to the effect of “May I live to be a centenarian and spend every second of if it Albany, Geogia”) that I have personally known more southerners who go to sci-fi/fantasy conventions than I have who would be rude to a northerner over the Civil War.
I’m sure that some of them exist somewhere on Earth. I’m sure that somewhere on Earth there’s a rabbi named Christian Muhammad or that there’s probably somebody out there who goes into a murderous rage when Scott Baio is mentioned, such absurdities occur when you’re dealing with a pool of millions of people, but they’re not the norm. If you’re talking about people who are loud and racist and backward, the South has absolutely no monopoly on those- look at any Tea Party gathering footage anywhere in the nation, and again, I’m a fagnostic liberal, I’m not looking at this through rose colored Co-Cola bottle glasses. But the Civil War is basically a big deal at Civil War historical sites and that’s about it.
People here, as I would assume everywhere else, are really and truly more interested in their own modern day problems than they are in what they’re increasingly distant ancestors did; they’re more divided over their reactions to illegal immigrants than they are to what degree of latitude another American was born above and Barack Obama is more likely to elicit strong emotions one-way-or-the-other than Abraham Lincoln. (I dont’ even say this with complete approval; I personally am very disappointed in how little to-do is made over the Sesquicentennial here or elsewhere.)
So if they’re being rude to you in large numbers it’s really far far far more likely that it’s because you’re a total douche than because they have a framed carte de visite of Joseph Johnston on their wall (which, incidentally, I do, but I’m not rude to people because of where they were born, only their douchiness quotient).
Southern women are just like people all over the world.There are good and bad.
I am not prejudiced about much of anything.
I like most muscle cars whether they are ford,gm or chrysler.
I am from the Dallas area but I have lived in GA,Mass,RI,PA,MN and Ohio and in general I was treated well in all.
Yes there are good and bad in every state.
People usually give back what they get.If your nice they are nice back.You will find self centered jerks everywhere.
Did you know all states have rednecks.
I hate everyone until they prove me wrong.
Lotsa’ luck!
While I attended Brockport State I was somewhat surrounded by folks from an opposite expanse of NYS, “lunn-guy-lend” as they called it.
One time a particularly fuzzy-headed (to be polite) friend noticed that I actually pronounced the “r” at the end of “beer” :eek: and seemed endlessly amused by it. He mocked my supposed accent by saying “beerrrrrrr” with an indication of a question mark at the end. I found this very annoying. I countered: It’s not “beerrrrrrr” – It’s beer. You see, people from that gawd-awful place are r-phobic and will refer to some strange thing known as beahh.
At the time I was ready to be all self-righteous about it. I was very close to demanding that he recognize that he was standing on Upstate ground, and that that was what made me right and him wrong. Today I would be happy just to see people admit the relativity of it all.
I was very feisty in those days. I held my tongue because I liked the guy and probably also because I figured it was a waste of time to try to tell someone that dumb anything.
… Okay, I have to ask. Just how does a Minnesotan pronounce “boat” anyway???
BShunter is a monocolored poster. That’s Pit-worthy enough for me.
I just want to second this. Do it loudly and preferably in a bar. Bonus points for a biker bar.
Who was it said we didn’t understand sarcasm?
My suggestion would be this: if the girls attempt to flirt again, don’t be such a goddamned Yankee about it.
I think the term is monoAfrican-American now…
Wait…
Must consult…
A drunken scotsman in space says regarding this post: “It’s GREEN!”
Yea…but then you would beat me up by cowardly ganging up on me and then us Yankees would have to come down and kick yer arse…again. Sounds like too much effort.
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Sorry bout the lack of update. I never actually did go out because it was raining and a majority of bars here feature outside areas and I assumed it would be dead. In a related story we have flooding out the wazoo up here over the weekend so I left my apartment ONCE in a small break in the rain to run to redbox and get a game (they rent games? who knew?)
So no southern women for me last weekend…just me and Assassins Creed. Also not this weekend either cuz my mom is visiting and she’s a terrible wing-woman…
Southern Bitches love Moms. Esp Moms with Big Hair. Even Blue Hairs with Big Hair.
::idea!::
Hey, maybe it’s your hair!