Reflections on Jamaica. What's wrong with us?

[JR]

Originally posted by Raven@Feb 23 2005, 07:41 PM


I live in Seattle now....and I kind of miss my East coast blunt....direct....in ya face kind of people...the overly polite, stoicism I find here is kind of alienating..and I am constantly walking around saying, 'don't mind me..it's a cultural thing'.....folks here will ask you how you are as they step over your bleeding body....

i live in Kirkland. I gottta say i agree that people in the NW are VERY passive and obsessively polite. we can meet sometime and I can be very rude and demeaning if you wish.

[VooMan]

Originally posted by Dravyk@Feb 23 2005, 10:05 PM

Having lived there as well for five years, I found NYC rudeness to be a myth. I knew the guys at the stores, the deli, the local pizza join, the movie theater. Talked to people on the street (no, not the bums!). Different feel in Chelsea or the Village (day or night) then say in the Financial District or in MidTown.

Yeah, what he said.

When I used to walk into Bay Ridge Pizza I was a celebrity. No, really... Frankie behind the counter would start yelling as soon as I came in the door.

Aaaandrewwwww Aaaandrewwwww! Hey, everybody! Andrew's here!

Then the rest of the guys would come out of the kitchen and start doing it too. hahaha People who were eating would look at eachother like "who is this guy? Should we know who he is?"

Best pizza I ever had...

[Raven]

I never had a problem in New York....or Washington, DC....Baltimore was a little hinky...but it was Baltimore....

The delis in New York and Philly are amazingly loud and friendly...boisterous and just awesome....they flirt with old ladies and make their day...everyone is a dollface or a honey......they tell off coloured jokes...

JR...you're on... let's meet. We can trade those one liner wise cracks....

I've always been the type to talk to strangers...and we'll amuse ourselves in check out lines and make jokes....I get the strangest looks...my G'D, I've spoken aloud.....such reticence....too damned polite..and it's not even polite. I'm trying to think of the word...
Flat....that's it...flat affect...

[JR]

Originally posted by Raven@Feb 23 2005, 07:59 PM


JR...you're on... let's meet. We can trade those one liner wise cracks....

I've always been the type to talk to strangers...and we'll amuse ourselves in check out lines and make jokes....I get the strangest looks...my G'D, I've spoken aloud.....such reticence....too damned polite..and it's not even polite. I'm trying to think of the word...
Flat....that's it...flat affect...

sounds like fun. you can call/sms me at 425-273-0975

i must warn you. i make fun of everyone and i think its most funny when no one understands the joke.... but I never turn down a chance to go to the U District and Capital Hill to make fun of everyone around me for no real good reason at all.

[Vick]

Originally posted by Raven@Feb 23 2005, 10:59 PM
Baltimore was a little hinky...but it was Baltimore....

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hinky

Main Entry: hinky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nervous or suspicious; acting suspiciously
Example: The teenagers were acting hinky.
Etymology: alteration of hincty
Usage: hinkier, hinkiest

Or did you mean Kinky?

Actually Baltimore is full of Baltimorons
Lot of blue collar from last century, many nedwrecks (rednecks)
and somewhat inner city urban in places

[Peaches]

I thought the Baltimorons were very nice

I was with a rude guy from NJ whenever I was in NYC so that might have had something to do with it. Just a lot of people stared at me like I was crazy if I talked to them. They could be right though..... :P

[Raven]

Well, Peaches, New Jersey is kind of a strange place...some are apologists because they don't live in New York or Philly....it's just Jersey, the nuclear waste garbage dump of the east coast....

Then there are those whose superiority springs forth from the inferiority they're trying to make up for by virtue of living in Jersey..it's a little schizy...

I'm just kidding...

There's crap wherever we go...and gems where we can find 'em.

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by Raven@Feb 23 2005, 10:41 PM
I live in Seattle now....and I kind of miss my East coast blunt....direct....in ya face kind of people...the overly polite, stoicism I find here is kind of alienating..and I am constantly walking around saying, 'don't mind me..it's a cultural thing'.....folks here will ask you how you are as they step over your bleeding body....

J'know whot dis reminds me uv?

Ever see the movie "My Blue Heaven"? If not, see it!

Steve Martin is a "Yo" from Brooklyn, da Mafia. Get's sent tuh Cal-ee-for-nee-uh in the witness protection program. Everywhere he goes, clean housing developments, no litter, everyone says "Hello" and "Have a nice day" ... after a while Martin's character just starts replying "Fuck you".

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by Raven@Feb 24 2005, 01:58 AM
Well, Peaches, New Jersey is kind of a strange place...some are apologists because they don't live in New York or Philly....it's just Jersey, the nuclear waste garbage dump of the east coast....

Then there are those whose superiority springs forth from the inferiority they're trying to make up for by virtue of living in Jersey..it's a little schizy...

It all depends. As you know, Raven, they are actually two totally different worlds. Dares Noit Joisey and den dares Sout Joisey.

South Jersey is the suburbs of Philly, people live in various townships and boroughs; there's lots of tall trees, and they go "down the shore".

North Jersey is the suburbs of New York, people live off highway exit numbers; there's lots of big rocks, and they "head for the beach".

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Steffie@Feb 23 2005, 10:29 AM
I remember your name now,, I remember your name now woo hoo

ah-ha! What's up, Steffie?!

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by kath@Feb 23 2005, 05:19 PM
Fortunately they are involved in local clubs/groups on a regular basis - and do have a few friends in-state that they talk to on the phone and visit on weekends - so they have "real" friends and not just "virtual" ones.

Kath, interesting you brought that up. Here is the amazon.com description of Bowling Alone

"Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone, which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."

Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how social structures -- whether they be PTA, church, or political parties -- have disintegrated. Until the publication of this groundbreaking work, no one had so deftly diagnosed the harm that these broken bonds have wreaked on our physical and civic health, nor had anyone exalted their fundamental power in creating a society that is happy, healthy, and safe."

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Dravyk@Feb 24 2005, 04:17 AM
It all depends. As you know, Raven, they are actually two totally different worlds. Dares Noit Joisey and den dares Sout Joisey.

South Jersey is the suburbs of Philly, people live in various townships and boroughs; there's lots of tall trees, and they go "down the shore".

North Jersey is the suburbs of New York, people live off highway exit numbers; there's lots of big rocks, and they "head for the beach".

I've only been to Princeton. I think that's in its own category.

[HEQmedia]

Hello Colin and board,

Long time no read.

I do like the header graphic and new look here, I'm sure it isn't new, but it is to me.

Anyway, about praying and "Allah" references in general, we feel obligated here at HEQmedia to direct attention to this piece:

http://www.heqmedia.com/Sonatria130.html

Thank you in advance,
G.d

[punkerbarbie]

Originally posted by grimm@Feb 22 2005, 09:51 AM
reading this thread brings one thought to mind..



"Marijuana is one helluva drug"

:P

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by HEQmedia@Feb 24 2005, 05:26 PM
Hello Colin and board,

Long time no read.

I do like the header graphic and new look here, I'm sure it isn't new, but it is to me.

Anyway, about praying and "Allah" references in general, we feel obligated here at HEQmedia to direct attention to this piece:

http://www.heqmedia.com/Sonatria130.html

Thank you in advance,
G.d

Ahhhh. The Muslim Dr. Seuss. You know, of course, that it pales in comparison to the original.

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by punkerbarbie+Feb 24 2005, 07:06 PM-->