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Germany might the closest regional equivalent (Archer refers to it as the Alabama of Europe).
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well in the end each country has these things for certain places , i myself was born and raised in the part that fellow countrymen consider the rural farming area hahaha so yeah i know
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Quick cultural note that probably no one will be interested in: I first bumped into the term "Okie" reading John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath."
The novel was set in the Great Depression so the term has been around for quite a long time, it seems.
I'm European too, btw.
The novel was set in the Great Depression so the term has been around for quite a long time, it seems.
I'm European too, btw.
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I successfully got all the way through school without having to read any Steinbeck or Shakespeare. What a relief!
But I know what okies are.
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No Shakespeare for me, luckily I had a pretty cool younger Enlish Lit teacher and we studied (then) modern rock song lyrics. I didn't luck out on Steinbeck the second year of English Lit though.I successfully got all the way through school without having to read any Steinbeck or Shakespeare. What a relief!
But I know what okies are.
Yes, it has. I didn't know it was originally a pejorative until I transferred to Bakersfield, California. The local paper put out a special edition chronicling what Bakersfield was like during the height of the migration of Oklahomans to California escaping the dustbowl. They weren't welcomed with open arms. I remember one photo from the downtown movie theater had a sign posted stating that "N-words and Okies had to sit in the balcony".
I worked there for eight years and made many friends. Almost everyone one of them were native Californians but had distant relatives from one side of the family or both that were from Oklahoma. One of our favorite weekend activities was to go the 1/8-mile dirt track to watch motorcycle and stockcar races. The nickname for the track was the "Okie Bowl".
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I've spent some time in Oklahoma and a lot more time in SoCal. I'm not one to stereotype... but, I'd sooner share a foxhole with an Okie than any surfer boy I ever met; though some o' da bois outta Compton and Englewood ain't bad if you can get 'em outta da hood. Jus' Sayin'Yes, it has. I didn't know it was originally a pejorative until I transferred to Bakersfield, California. The local paper put out a special edition chronicling what Bakersfield was like during the height of the migration of Oklahomans to California escaping the dustbowl. They weren't welcomed with open arms. I remember one photo from the downtown movie theater had a sign posted stating that "N-words and Okies had to sit in the balcony".
I worked there for eight years and made many friends. Almost everyone one of them were native Californians but had distant relatives from one side of the family or both that were from Oklahoma. One of our favorite weekend activities was to go the 1/8-mile dirt track to watch motorcycle and stockcar races. The nickname for the track was the "Okie Bowl".
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I must be an exception here then, because I read Steinbeck at an age I really shouldn't have, because... yeah just because... I swear the book started it... not my fault. I credit GoW has the reason I'm a leftist. It is still one of the best books I've read and re-read a few times.
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Well... I guess we can't all be right.
'ave a cuppa on me, m8.You might want to give them a shot. Classic literature gets a lot better when a) you’re an adult with more life experience, and b) you aren’t being forced into it for school.I successfully got all the way through school without having to read any Steinbeck or Shakespeare. What a relief!
I'm working on it every day, but it's the holidays and family commitments determine how much. Plus, bringing the first chapter to an end, makes for complicated scenes. Both in rendering and writing the script. In addition to ending Chapter One, I'm also setting the stage for Chapter Two. I wasn't happy with the flow of the episode based on the sequence of events that must happen to end Chapter One. I'm shifting things around and moving one major event to Chapter Two. I want the player to come away with the feeling of reaching a logical closure to the first phase of the story.
That's a long-winded explanation/excuse to say, I hate to be a Grinch, but there's a better chance of World peace...
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Just work at your own pace, celebrate the holidays with your family!I'm working on it every day, but it's the holidays and family commitments determine how much. Plus, bringing the first chapter to an end, makes for complicated scenes. Both in rendering and writing the script. In addition to ending Chapter One, I'm also setting the stage for Chapter Two. I wasn't happy with the flow of the episode based on the sequence of events that must happen to end Chapter One. I'm shifting things around and moving one major event to Chapter Two. I want the player to come away with the feeling of reaching a logical closure to the first phase of the story.
That's a long-winded explanation/excuse to say, I hate to be a Grinch, but there's a better chance of World peace...
We'll still be here when you get back
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It's always a bit amazing to me when people admit they are happy in ignorance. Learning should be something people strive for everyday and not just while in school. You are 100% correct classics get way better when you are an adult an can apply critical thinking to stories and life.
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I'm probs better read than you, just not that stuff. I read for enjoyment, not to punish myself. A lot of SF mostly. Back in my school days I could burn through paperbacks in under a minute per page. I can go as far back as Mark Twain with no issues, but those two are barely even English. Might as well read Chaucer (which I have).
So I got your "ignorance" hanging. Exactly which relevant life skills did you learn from Shakespeare? Is it a crime now to know what I like?
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I never called you out, quoted you or even referenced your name. You can choose to read or not to read whatever you like.
A good number of people in my opinion choose to be ignorant and choose to avoid critical thinking. I see it I responded to his comment about it, not to you personally. Yes I have read Mark Twain, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Homer, I read to learn and apply critical thinking.
I hope you didn't take it personally as I didn't call you out.
A good number of people in my opinion choose to be ignorant and choose to avoid critical thinking. I see it I responded to his comment about it, not to you personally. Yes I have read Mark Twain, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Homer, I read to learn and apply critical thinking.
I hope you didn't take it personally as I didn't call you out.
I rarely agree with but can peacefully co-exist with classic liberals. (Many in my family) The shame is, there doesn't seem to be many left these days.
Leftist Okie trivia, American folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. He went to California during the dustbowl. He later wrote the folk classic "This land is your land." which became the anthem of the American Socialist movement in the forties.
Elizabeth Warren is from Oklahoma as well.
Her leaving Oklahoma and moving to Massachusetts raised the I.Q. in both states...
So, we're not all meat eating, knuckle dragging right wingers in Oklahoma...
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Me being a leftie, doesn't mean liberal, or even socialist. If I would bother defining it (I really don't) it would be more along the Communist. Although, I don't really go to deep into it. I define myself, even politically, has Humanist, as in Humanity first.I rarely agree with but can peacefully co-exist with classic liberals. (Many in my family) The shame is, there doesn't seem to be many left these days.
Leftist Okie trivia, American folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. He went to California during the dustbowl. He later wrote the folk classic "This land is your land." which became the anthem of the American Socialist movement in the forties.
Elizabeth Warren is from Oklahoma as well.
Her leaving Oklahoma and moving to Massachusetts raised the I.Q. in both states...
So, we're not all meat eating, knuckle dragging right wingers in Oklahoma...
I know that that isn't really an option in US politics, so, I don't align with any of your major line politic parties. But, since I'm not a US citizen, and would probably be denied entry if I even tried, it's really not an issue.
Also, I've never set foot on US. All I know about it is the exported culture that I grew up with. That is in regard to your assumption that I was commenting on Oklahoma (I think this is the first time I type that word, ever) I don't know anything about it, wouldn't be able to find it in a map or recognize anything of it in a picture.
Don't worry, I have no opinion over that state and any of it's people, no stereotypes even. In case anyone wonders, I'm Portuguese, born in a former colony (one of the last ones to gain Independence). I was a war refugee. I was hated for being born white in a black country, both in the black country and on the white one, I was destitute, surviving by charity, I was raised in a country amidst a Independence war that turned into a Civil War.
Don't bother with my political views, I have absolutely no interest in discussing it, imposing it or even attempt to force them on anyone, from anywhere.
Peace
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That tends to go the other direction, now, with a similar perspective. I'm sure you've seen the map for Californian's leaving the state that puts the names of Texas cities on an Oklahoma map? We're just trying to share the wealth.
Sadly, she made a pass through Texas and went to my university on her way. Makes me shudder at the thought.Elizabeth Warren is from Oklahoma as well.
Her leaving Oklahoma and moving to Massachusetts raised the I.Q. in both states...
Not all - just the better ones.So, we're not all meat eating, knuckle dragging right wingers in Oklahoma...
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If not for human nature, communism in its pure form would be a good thing. Sadly, humans suck, so something based on freedom and individual rights works best in my mind. But that's that - moving on.