Posted by: Plantains
« on: November 28, 2010, 10:27:40 PM »Maybe we should address this to the University in some form of a letter?
All due respect sir. No. That isn't true. That is a stereotype. If it would be anything it would be the fact that there are just more people to interact with where I'm from. Someone brought up a topic in which I have an opinion about, and I shared that opinion.
If you think that life "on the east coast" is everyone being mad at everyone all the time, then I feel sorry for you. But unfortunately, it's not uncommon for people from this area to have that impression, and that's awfully unfortunate.
My gf of 3 years is from Hutchinson. Born and raised. She has been living back in NY for 3 months now and loves it. We didn't decide to move there because everyone was all angry all the time, or because I'm from there. We decided to move there because we both really like it. Her parents have since in fact considered retiring there.
Sigh... for the record though, we're cool coz we've met and I think ur a cool dewd. But again, a point needs to made about the world outside of the midwest.
No problem. I think it's a combination of a stereotype and a cultural influence though. And I don't think it's "people being mad all the time". It's more about a way of engaging a problem directly and not messing around than "being mad". It's us Westerners (I'm from Wa. state) that perceive it as a short fuse. So no, it's not a solid "you're from there, therefore..." but I do think it's a cultural trend.
I'm also teasing...
All due respect sir. No. That isn't true. That is a stereotype. If it would be anything it would be the fact that there are just more people to interact with where I'm from. Someone brought up a topic in which I have an opinion about, and I shared that opinion.
If you think that life "on the east coast" is everyone being mad at everyone all the time, then I feel sorry for you. But unfortunately, it's not uncommon for people from this area to have that impression, and that's awfully unfortunate.
My gf of 3 years is from Hutchinson. Born and raised. She has been living back in NY for 3 months now and loves it. We didn't decide to move there because everyone was all angry all the time, or because I'm from there. We decided to move there because we both really like it. Her parents have since in fact considered retiring there.
Sigh... for the record though, we're cool coz we've met and I think ur a cool dewd. But again, a point needs to made about the world outside of the midwest.
This is funny, because Yost is the person against whom I measure people from Minneapolis...Yeah Buffalo, NY
Ah ha. I thought it was a cultural thing. Yep, all us uber laid back people from out west just go "wow, jeez, he must be mad" when it's just the way life is out east.