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Mnemosyne posted:I've run into a shocking amount of people who are native to Orange County who have never even been to LA. I'm not a fan of LA myself, but it's like right there, and there's sometimes cool stuff up there that I want to do or see, and it's it only a 45 minute drive from where I am (45 minutes on a good traffic day, 3 hours in rush hour traffic). Yet somehow I've met many adults who were born in Orange county who have literally never made the drive to the 2nd largest city the US, which is only about an hour away from them. It boggles my mind.
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Mnemosyne posted:I moved to southern California (Orange county) a little less than 3 years ago. I'm originally from Baltimore. I haven't managed to get up north of LA yet, so I can't speak for northern California, but there are two things that strike me as different about people in southern California as compared to anywhere else I've been. Very true. quote:I've run into a shocking amount of people who are native to Orange County who have never even been to LA. I'm not a fan of LA myself, but it's like right there, and there's sometimes cool stuff up there that I want to do or see, and it's it only a 45 minute drive from where I am (45 minutes on a good traffic day, 3 hours in rush hour traffic). Yet somehow I've met many adults who were born in Orange county who have literally never made the drive to the 2nd largest city the US, which is only about an hour away from them. It boggles my mind. Yeah that's true. I haven't been to LA much outside of a handfull of times to various campuses (UCLA, etc) in the area. For me it's the "LA is always there why bother going this weekend" attitude. It can take 4+ hours to get from/to LA in certain cases. 45 minutes is  Watch Falling Down. I would kill for 45 minutes sometimes. quote:2) They treat their good friends weirdly. Where I'm from, you're really polite to people you don't know, or people you don't really like. When someone becomes a good friend, you tease them and make jokes about them. The closer the friendship, the more outrageous and rude you can get with the jokes, because if you're really close friends, it's clear that you don't really mean it. Out here, they don't do that. They don't even make the gentlest of teasing jokes to their friends. And times when Californians have witnessed me or my friends interacting with our East Coast friends, they look at us like we've suddenly grown three heads. I have not had this experience. I bust balls/get balls busted all the time. Men and women friends. I have noticed some East Coast non-gay men playing real physical grab-rear end before. Maybe it was repressed sexuality with those guys but the point is the distance which people are comfortable with each other is shorter for East coast people than it is for the West coasters. Don't believe me? Go to the Getty Center. The travertine marble is cut into blocks that are the interpersonal distance people on the West coast feel comfortable with. Go to the Getty anyway. Great view. Beautiful place. Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Sep 4, 2016 |
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Sep 4, 2016 06:45
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Al Cowens posted:There's a really bizarre OC/LA rivalry ("orange curtain") that just confounds me. Also an OC/San Diego rivalry based on zip codes which I just don't understand. I have only seen this from San Diego dwellers though. Like guys telling girls "oh he's from the 714 you can't date him." Maybe it's a desperation thing.
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Sep 4, 2016 06:47
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Al Cowens posted:There's a really bizarre OC/LA rivalry ("orange curtain") that just confounds me. What's confounding? Orange county is full of rich white conservative assholes.
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Sep 4, 2016 06:47
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:What's confounding? Orange county is full of rich white conservative assholes. Uncle Wemus posted:california is only socially liberal at best they are still conservative as gently caress in a lot of ways
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Sep 4, 2016 06:52
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Helical Nightmares posted:Maybe it was repressed sexuality with those guys probably not. It's actually almost certainly the opposite thing, where they are comfortable. Perhaps you have your own issues that you're projecting?
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Sep 4, 2016 06:55
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:Orange county is full of rich white conservative assholes. This is pretty much what all my LA friends say, but where I am the vast majority is Asian. Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese mostly, but some Japanese too. I think the middle easterners probably outnumber the white folks here too. There are lots of days when I spend an hour at the park and I'm the only white person there. They are all rich though. Ludicrously rich. But there's no black people. The recent-immigrant Asian majority is generally pretty cool, because it means that I'm surrounded by amazing, authentic asian food of all kinds. I'm kind of starting to hate the recent-immigrant Chinese though, mostly because they all loving smoke like chimneys and I hate having to deal with their smoke. They also spit on the ground a lot, which is gross.
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Sep 4, 2016 07:24
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Mnemosyne posted:I'm kind of starting to hate the [...] Chinese though, mostly because they all loving smoke like chimneys and I hate [...] smoke. They also spit on the ground a lot, which [...]ross. gently caress you it's their culture t 
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Sep 4, 2016 07:28
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Mnemosyne posted:2) They treat their good friends weirdly. Where I'm from, you're really polite to people you don't know, or people you don't really like. When someone becomes a good friend, you tease them and make jokes about them. The closer the friendship, the more outrageous and rude you can get with the jokes, because if you're really close friends, it's clear that you don't really mean it. Out here, they don't do that. They don't even make the gentlest of teasing jokes to their friends. And times when Californians have witnessed me or my friends interacting with our East Coast friends, they look at us like we've suddenly grown three heads. WHat reality is this?
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Sep 4, 2016 07:37
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If you don't like California, don't go there lol If you're here and don't like it leave if you're going to stay then learn some Spanish. The chillest people I know are second-third gen mexican folks, though they they tend to have the same love of lovely beer their parents had. You won't really need Spanish to communicate with them but it'll help with their older relatives and just general people during your day. I work with a couple Okies and when we have to communicate with a Spanish-only person they drag me out like I'm some kinda loving wizard instead of a guy who took two semesters in high school and kept practicing. I probably sound like a retard baby when I speak spanish but it's good enough for people to understand me and me to understand them, and most of them are happy as gently caress that I'm making the effort instead of just saying stuff slow and loud in English. Norteņo spanish is going to loving kill me, though, they talk so drat fast.
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Sep 4, 2016 07:37
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Mnemosyne posted:The recent-immigrant Asian majority is generally pretty cool, because it means that I'm surrounded by amazing, authentic asian food of all kinds. I'm kind of starting to hate the recent-immigrant Chinese though, mostly because they all loving smoke like chimneys and I hate having to deal with their smoke. They also spit on the ground a lot, which is gross.
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Sep 4, 2016 07:37
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We need to vote out the american birth requirement to be president and vote in Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Sep 4, 2016 07:40
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amend 4 arnold
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Sep 4, 2016 07:43
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:What's confounding? Orange county is full of rich white conservative assholes. This is the constant misconception. Rich, conservative and rear end in a top hat I'm not going to debate. Mnemosyne posted:This is pretty much what all my LA friends say, but where I am the vast majority is Asian. Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese mostly, but some Japanese too. I think the middle easterners probably outnumber the white folks here too. There are lots of days when I spend an hour at the park and I'm the only white person there. They are all rich though. Ludicrously rich. This is correct. Also Filipinos, Pacific Islanders and the rare Hawaiian. A lot of the Vietnamese immigrants were and are currently sponsored by existing Vietnamese families in Southern California. Chain businesses like 85 degrees, Lee's Sandwiches, and 99 Ranch illustrate the maturing economic power of the So Cal asian community. Vietnamese are growing politically in power as well by securing seats in a local and state government. Persians/Iranians congregate in Irvine, Armenians in Glendale, HIspanics in Santa Ana, etc. LA/SoCal is significantly more ethnically diverse than most people believe. Also a sprinkling of Palestinian, Egyptian, Syrian, UAE and Saudi Arabian in Irvine. Jewish population in Manhattan Beach and sprinkled around Laguna Nigel/Newport Beach? The Korean/Vietnamese/Chinese/Japanese racism is interesting to watch. From the sidelines. Mnemosyne posted:But there's no black people.  Truth. Grand Prize Winner posted:If you don't like California, don't go there lol  too true.
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Sep 4, 2016 08:35
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Helical Nightmares posted:The Korean/Vietnamese/Chinese/Japanese racism is interesting to watch. From the sidelines.
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Sep 4, 2016 08:36
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i can tell you why there's a rivalry lol the OC is full of rich loving idiots and everyone hates them
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Sep 4, 2016 09:16
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Taima posted:You have serious problems and should seek help. "Look bro, I just said that what white separatists want would be the loving best, I didn't say it was 'feasible' just that it's objectively correct and good. I agree with white seperatists in principle, not practice." - guy who doesn't want the last word
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Sep 4, 2016 09:18
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CA succession = white seperatism lol
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Sep 4, 2016 09:19
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Moridin920 posted:i can tell you why there's a rivalry lol gonna dick slap you slav :p
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Sep 4, 2016 09:19
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Sep 4, 2016 09:22
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last time i was in huntington beach some fuckboy jogging by wearing nothing but shoes/socks and some teeny blue shorties stopped and looked at me and said 'WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT' I assumed he wasn't talking to me bc I wasn't loving looking at him so I turned around and no one was there. Then he said 'YEAH THAT'S RIGHT THIS IS MY BEACH' and I gaped at him for a moment and then he started jogging again gently caress the OC
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Sep 4, 2016 09:28
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There's no rivalry between LA and the OC. LA is the second biggest city in this great nation and is a world class city. The OC has has what? The Balboa bay club and the most toll roads west of the new Jersey turnpike. I literally never heard of this supposed rivalry until this thread lol.
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Sep 4, 2016 09:38
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i wouldn't say it's a rivalry as much as just gently caress the OC
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Sep 4, 2016 09:39
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I guess it's something clueless transplants made up for some insane reason.
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Sep 4, 2016 09:39
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Moridin920 posted:last time i was in huntington beach some fuckboy jogging by wearing nothing but shoes/socks and some teeny blue shorties stopped and looked at me and said 'WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT' :iamafag:
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Sep 4, 2016 09:40
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Helical Nightmares posted::iamafag:
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Sep 4, 2016 09:40
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Moridin920 posted:last time i was in huntington beach some fuckboy jogging by wearing nothing but shoes/socks and some teeny blue shorties stopped and looked at me and said 'WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT'
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Sep 4, 2016 09:46
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sacramento is good and cool and cheaper than the bay area still by a little
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Sep 4, 2016 10:06
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Grand Prize Winner posted:If you don't like California, don't go there lol if this were enough then threads like this one probably wouldn't happen
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Sep 4, 2016 10:13
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Moridin920 posted:CA succession = white seperatism No, he wants to leave off the southern part of California and roll up Oregon and Washington. Cascadia Now!
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Sep 4, 2016 10:24
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Sep 4, 2016 17:32
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the great deceiver posted:sacramento is good and cool and cheaper than the bay area still by a little EDIT: I have reconsidered and Sac is ok but still kind of bad Taima fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Sep 4, 2016 |
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Sep 4, 2016 17:54
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Ork of Fiction posted:"Look bro, I just said that what white separatists want would be the loving best, I didn't say it was 'feasible' just that it's objectively correct and good. I agree with white seperatists in principle, not practice." - guy who doesn't want the last word Keep going, really going places w/ this one Mr. Crazy Person, you're the crazy homeless person talking to a lamp post and playing with poo at the four way stop and you don't even know it
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Sep 4, 2016 17:54
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New q: is the average californian liberal as insanely eager to find racism in every little thing as that previous post suggets?
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Sep 4, 2016 17:57
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You don't have to be very eager to find racism in every little thing
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Sep 4, 2016 17:57
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The Sphinxster posted:You don't have to be very eager to find racism in every little thing Likely story from the racist police.
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Sep 4, 2016 18:00
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:Likely story from the racist police. How did you know?!
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Sep 4, 2016 18:01
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The best Californian was from Tennessee, we miss you Huell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctg-C9kG6W0
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Sep 4, 2016 18:24
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Dogmeat posted:The best Californian was from Tennessee, we miss you Huell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l99Ek4YtTuw "your dog is eating an avocado! I've never seen a dog eat avocados before! That dog ate EVERY SPECK of that avocado!" "You want to see how to make a dog happy? Now that's an avocado eating dog!" "It's been a great day- our avocado adventure - actually we saw a dog EAT AN AVOCADO Today. The grove we were just visiting - the dogs eat avocados and they have the healthiest and shiniest looking coat!!!"
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