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Arkansas! The Delaware of the South. Nobody ever thinks about it but this little state has had some surprising impacts on the history of the United States! -Arkansas, like Kansas and Missouri, was settled in the early 1800s. All three territories-cum-states had the opportunity to be admitted to the Union as free states, but thanks to smart politics by men such as Henry Clay, they were all admitted as slave states! -When schools nationwide were forced to desegregate in 1957, the Little Rock school district decided that they would implement this by sending a total of nine black students to the central high school. They were abused physically and verbally by the white students in the school and white adults outside. The school district decided to resolve the issue by shutting down all schools for a year! -Bill Clinton is from Arkansas.
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Mar 16, 2020 20:24
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Kansas is pronounced can zas Arkansas is pronounced are can saw explain.
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Mar 16, 2020 20:32
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big nipples big life posted:Kansas is pronounced can zas Cans rear end Arkan sauce That’s how I’m sayin it gently caress everyone else. 
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Mar 16, 2020 20:37
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I've never been to USA. Is it any good?
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Mar 16, 2020 20:47
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serious norman posted:I've never been to USA. Is it any good? parts of it are very good. not the parts in the OP though.
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Mar 16, 2020 20:49
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Arkansas City, KS is pronounced "Are-can-zas". Craziness.
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Mar 16, 2020 20:52
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Arkansas has a tourism industry based around a diamond mine. And if you look at a dirt poor shithole like Arkansas and think, "Hmmm, there must be diamonds there!" then you're just the right kind of idiot to vacation in Arkansas.
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Mar 16, 2020 20:55
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If Arkansas were a European country, I think it would be. . . Romania. Who'se with me
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Mar 16, 2020 20:56
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Arkansas is actually pretty cool and interesting if you’re into geology and nature. Amazing caves to go tour, fossils and crystals to find (and diamonds), and really pretty state parks in general. Just steer clear of all the hellish white flight suburban sprawl.
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Mar 16, 2020 21:17
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I went to Fayetteville once. I liked it. Very pretty.
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Mar 16, 2020 21:19
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Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. This company would grow through two mechanisms. It could sell cheap, low quality products by using cheap, unregulated labor overseas, cutting under local businesses. This same cheap labor put American manufacturing out of business, forcing the newly underemployed postindustrial population to find the cheapest goods they possibly could- at Walmart! Walmart is now the largest company by revenue in the world.
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Mar 16, 2020 21:24
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Arkansas the Natural
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Mar 16, 2020 22:02
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Cans rear end ark and saw and cans rear end here. also arkansas sucks
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Mar 16, 2020 22:03
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Charles Portis is one of my favorite American writers and he was from Arkansas. altho i dont think any of his books take place there except for True Grit and even that is mostly Oklahoma
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Mar 16, 2020 22:05
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PTSDeedly Do posted:Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. This company would grow through two mechanisms. It could sell cheap, low quality products by using cheap, unregulated labor overseas, cutting under local businesses. This same cheap labor put American manufacturing out of business, forcing the newly underemployed postindustrial population to find the cheapest goods they possibly could- at Walmart! Walmart is now the largest company by revenue in the world. Rogers is next to Fayetteville. While I was there, I went to the first Walmart. I had never been to one before. Then my friend took me to what, at the time, was the biggest Walmart. It was pretty big. There was a display of 12 packs of coke and diet coke. It spelled out Go Razorbacks or something similar. It was very long.
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Mar 16, 2020 22:16
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It's better than Alabama.
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Mar 16, 2020 22:25
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I agree. The one thing I didn't much like about Arkansas was how white it was. 99% of the people I saw were white. It was just a strange experience after growing up in a very culturally diverse city.
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Mar 16, 2020 22:33
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Comedy genius Mike Huckabee was governor there once.
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Mar 16, 2020 22:36
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I pronounce it as ARE cans rear end, and I fight anyone who says I'm wrong.
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Mar 16, 2020 22:38
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serious norman posted:I've never been to USA. Is it any good? no
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Mar 16, 2020 22:39
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Well this is where my kinfolks is from. Jonesboro sucks rear end, the eastern part of the state is insanely boring. I got an aunt that lives up in the Ozarks though, and it's beautiful up there. Lots of places to hike, rivers to kayak in, caves to explore, etc. That said, last time I went to visit I saw a man with ol' Dixie tattooed on both shoulders and across his back. In short, nuke the state imo
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Mar 16, 2020 22:49
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Op, no politix in gbs. Thanks
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Mar 16, 2020 23:02
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serious norman posted:I've never been to USA. Is it any good? None of the landlocked states are worth visiting. At least half of the coastal ones aren't either.
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Mar 16, 2020 23:04
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I dropped a street view randomly into arkansas and found this: pretty cool state, OP
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Mar 16, 2020 23:09
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Need to increase our patreon contributions so Lowtax can replace the SA office windows.
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Mar 16, 2020 23:18
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PTSDeedly Do posted:-When schools nationwide were forced to desegregate in 1957, the Little Rock school district decided that they would implement this by sending a total of nine black students to the central high school. They were abused physically and verbally by the white students in the school and white adults outside. The school district decided to resolve the issue by shutting down all schools for a year! This only became an issue because it was manufactured as an issue. The mayor of Little rock called up the National guard like " Holy poo poo man, you gotta send protection, shits gonna get so bad" and they were all " wtf? We haven't heard a single thing". Also, dude bussed in people from all over to "protest"., and create drama. So, the whole thing is less on Arkansas, and more on one racist rear end in a top hat.
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Mar 16, 2020 23:26
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Did you know that part of Memphis is actually in Arkansas? Whether or not you knew that, you’re probably not surprised to find out that it’s the lovely part of Memphis.
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Mar 17, 2020 00:29
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Squalid posted:If Arkansas were a European country, I think it would be. . . Romania. Who'se with me Oh, that could be a neat game. Thinking more Balkans. Arkansas=Albania. Maybe West Virginia can be Romania.
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Mar 17, 2020 00:36
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madeintaipei posted:Oh, that could be a neat game. Thinking more Balkans. Arkansas=Albania. Maybe West Virginia can be Romania. New York is the UK? Heavily divided and dominated by a metropole?
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Mar 17, 2020 00:45
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Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville, Bentonville, Rogers) is pretty great though. Tons of jobs, great school systems, cheap real estate, and really good amenities like museums, parks, trails, food, etc. The population skews significantly younger, more diverse , and more liberal than the rest of the state. Crystal Bridges Museums are really excellent, we have hundreds of miles of paved bike trail, and growing nightlife in all of the cities. I travel a decent bit for work and can’t really imagine living anywhere else. The cost of living is so low compared to all the perks. The rest of the state is a complete shithole of racism, drugs, murder, and aggressively religious assholes. Little Rock is a cheap redneck Detroit where you constantly feel like you are going to get jumped. Hot Springs is Boomer Austin and has swarms of loving mosquitoes. North/Northeast Arkansas still acts like its 1957 and there are white only parts of cities (or whole cities). Come to NWA and you’ll have a great time. But don’t go anywhere else. Waltzing Along posted:I agree. The one thing I didn't much like about Arkansas was how white it was. 99% of the people I saw were white. It was just a strange experience after growing up in a very culturally diverse city. Depending on where you are this is definitely a thing. As I mentioned above, North/Northeast Arkansas is the home of the Klan and many local govts act like segregation is still legal. Little Rock has very stark real estate segregation where there are many neighborhoods that are all white or all black. South Arkansas is just poor as dirt and has a lot of former farming families. Fort Smith and NWA are fairly diverse due to university, economy, and refugees during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Saltpowered fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Mar 17, 2020 |
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Mar 17, 2020 00:46
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Laslow posted:Did you know that part of Memphis is actually in Arkansas? Whether or not you knew that, you’re probably not surprised to find out that it’s the lovely part of Memphis. Memphis is the lovely part of Memphis.
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Mar 17, 2020 00:52
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PTSDeedly Do posted:New York is the UK? Heavily divided and dominated by a metropole? Spot-on. Germany has got to be Texas.
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Mar 17, 2020 01:05
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Separated by a river from a bunch of french speakers they hate doesn't seem enough a match.
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Mar 17, 2020 01:26
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Ew, let's not.
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Mar 17, 2020 03:02
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madeintaipei posted:Spot-on. Brute Hole Force posted:Separated by a river from a bunch of french speakers they hate doesn't seem enough a match. I mean it’s either Texas or California, despite the fact that California wishes it was France. Florida is Russia
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Mar 17, 2020 03:12
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i lived in northwest arkansas for a year and a half and didn't understand the hype yeah sure it was cheap and the outside stuff was really cool the first few times. Great city to spend a week or two in but I was losing my drat mind living there. all the people i met over 25 were either christian fundies with big families or burnouts/alcoholics from other parts of the state. doesn't help that the entire culture of the city is non-existent/based around college sports/fast food restaurants. can't imagine anyone who has ever lived in a real city wanting to live there even if it is "cheap". grew up in little rock and spent a lot of time there. went back to visit a friend of mine in october. sad that pizza d's is gone and white water has become what it is. oyster bar on markham also went from being good and cheap to pricier than most places where i live now. and the area around midtown gentrified, wtf. sure LR is a shithole but it's my shithole.
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Mar 17, 2020 03:18
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have you ever seen the "christ of the ozarks" state in eureka springs, AR? well, now you have!  site of many sunday school field trips. little do people know that it was built as part of a planned christian theme park by this guy, gerald l.k. smith, back in the 1950s, before he ran out of money:  who was mr. smith? a fundamentalist circuit preacher and political "activist" from the 1930s. you can figure out where this is going:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE3pFq4VeDA
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Mar 17, 2020 03:32
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Lawlicaust posted:Depending on where you are this is definitely a thing. As I mentioned above, North/Northeast Arkansas is the home of the Klan and many local govts act like segregation is still legal. Little Rock has very stark real estate segregation where there are many neighborhoods that are all white or all black. South Arkansas is just poor as dirt and has a lot of former farming families. Fort Smith and NWA are fairly diverse due to university, economy, and refugees during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
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Mar 17, 2020 03:37
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I visited Hot Springs for a weekend and did some hiking in Ouachita National Forest. I had a good time, but coming from Louisiana drat near anything is an improvement.
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I knew a girl from Arkansas and she would pee herself everytime she got drunk. I got her a job at a liquor store and she would get shitfaced all day off stolen 99 schnapps. left that fuckin' store lmao.
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