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		Once again, Hawaii is named the happiest state in the union. Which makes sense considering there are tropical beaches everywhere, the weather is never too cold, and you can get leied everyday (mnn.com)		150
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Sybarite

2011-08-22 03:45:26 PM

North Dakota is number 2? Those twelve people must be nuts.

nekom

2011-08-22 03:48:28 PM

Sybarite: North Dakota is number 2? Those twelve people must be nuts.

followed by Alaska. Really? I wouldn't live in ANY of those three states. Hawaii would be a nice place to visit, but what do you do when you live there? Where do you take a weekend road trip to? Nuts to that, I likes me some mainland.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier

2011-08-22 03:48:51 PM

Check out the bottom states. Note the cross-over between high political derper populations and unhappiness.

Missouri: 65.1
Alabama: 65.1
Indiana: 64.9
Arkansas: 64.9
Oklahoma: 64.8
Tennessee: 64.7
Louisiana: 64.6
Ohio: 64.4
Mississippi: 63.6
Kentucky: 63.0
West Virginia: 62.4

RexTalionis

2011-08-22 03:49:02 PM

Sybarite: North Dakota is number 2? Those twelve people must be nuts.

Never been to North Dakota, but I always wanted to visit. More so than Hawaii, anyway. I don't like warm temperatures and I'm not a big fan of sunny weather.

nekom

2011-08-22 03:52:25 PM

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Check out the bottom states. Note the cross-over between high political derper populations and unhappiness.

Missouri: 65.1
Alabama: 65.1
Indiana: 64.9
Arkansas: 64.9
Oklahoma: 64.8
Tennessee: 64.7
Louisiana: 64.6
Ohio: 64.4
Mississippi: 63.6
Kentucky: 63.0
West Virginia: 62.4

Interesting correlation. Perhaps having a black president is making some of these people there unhappy?

Mantour

2011-08-22 04:00:14 PM

Happy, even in this economy? It looks as if if you were born there, people would think you were from another country, imagine that!

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier

2011-08-22 04:02:12 PM

nekom: Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Check out the bottom states. Note the cross-over between high political derper populations and unhappiness.

Interesting correlation. Perhaps having a black president is making some of these people there unhappy?

I'm more willing to assume the underlying variable is education. Poorly educated individuals are going to get poorer jobs, make worse choices, and be more angry about life than an educated person. As a result, the fear mongers get better responses catering to the uneducated by assuring them that it's not their fault. Once the populace is good and tranquil, start making enemies and vague accusations. This leads to derp and unhappiness.

I notice that hyper-evangelical religious devotion correlates with the chart as well.

Sgygus

2011-08-22 04:07:20 PM

Ah, Hawaii. Just breathing the air in Hawaii is a wonderful experience.

/seriously

veedeevadeevoodee

2011-08-22 04:17:33 PM

Sgygus:

Ah, Hawaii. Just breathing the air in Hawaii is a wonderful experience.

farm1.static.flickr.com

Just don't try to live there ... you'll get your haole ass beat on a regular basis.

/ US southern state racism ain't got NOTHIN' on Hawaiian racism

RexTalionis

2011-08-22 04:20:14 PM

veedeevadeevoodee: Just don't try to live there ... you'll get your haole ass beat on a regular basis.

/ US southern state racism ain't got NOTHIN' on Hawaiian racism

What's haole?

calbert

2011-08-22 04:24:25 PM

Kill Haole Day (new window)

"In some of Hawaiʻi's schools, the last day of school before summer is reputedly known as Kill Haole Day. On Kill Haole Day, school children harass and sometimes assault white children. The origins of the day are unknown, but the tradition dates back to the 1950s."

well fark you then Hawaii

Shostie

2011-08-22 04:25:34 PM

RexTalionis: veedeevadeevoodee: Just don't try to live there ... you'll get your haole ass beat on a regular basis.

/ US southern state racism ain't got NOTHIN' on Hawaiian racism

What's haole?

Foreigner, apparently.

SpikeStrip

2011-08-22 04:36:04 PM

Shostie: RexTalionis: veedeevadeevoodee: Just don't try to live there ... you'll get your haole ass beat on a regular basis.

/ US southern state racism ain't got NOTHIN' on Hawaiian racism

What's haole?

Foreigner, apparently.

watcho problem, issei?

Aarontology

2011-08-22 04:38:27 PM

there are tropical beaches everywhere, the weather is never too cold,

I think I'm the only person in the world for whom that isn't a selling point.

RexTalionis

2011-08-22 04:40:49 PM

Aarontology: there are tropical beaches everywhere, the weather is never too cold,

I think I'm the only person in the world for whom that isn't a selling point.

Naw, me neither. As I said earlier, I'd rather visit North Dakota. I've spent most of my life living in essentially on the beach, and I think I've only been on the sand less than 5 times in my life (the 4th time being the last time I got a sunburn, about 20 years ago).

studebaker hoch

2011-08-22 04:41:36 PM

The only Hawaiians who attack white people are the stupid ones.

As anywhere else on Earth, it doesn't take much imagination to find ways to avoid the stupid people. Stay out of the poor neighborhoods and you'll be fine.

/95% of Hawaiians are mixed blood anyway.

bighasbeen

2011-08-22 04:47:42 PM

calbert: Kill Haole Day (new window)

"In some of Hawaiʻi's schools, the last day of school before summer is reputedly known as Kill Haole Day. On Kill Haole Day, school children harass and sometimes assault white children. The origins of the day are unknown, but the tradition dates back to the 1950s."

well fark you then Hawaii

The first sentence has the phrase "reputedly known as". That doesn't exactly scream widespread cultural phenomenon to me.

Aarontology

2011-08-22 04:48:32 PM

RexTalionis: Naw, me neither. As I said earlier, I'd rather visit North Dakota. I've spent most of my life living in essentially on the beach, and I think I've only been on the sand less than 5 times in my life (the 4th time being the last time I got a sunburn, about 20 years ago).

For me it's a mountainous forest like in upper New England, the Rockies, or the Pacific Northwest that really appeals to me.

calbert

2011-08-22 04:55:06 PM

bighasbeen: calbert: Kill Haole Day (new window)

"In some of Hawaiʻi's schools, the last day of school before summer is reputedly known as Kill Haole Day. On Kill Haole Day, school children harass and sometimes assault white children. The origins of the day are unknown, but the tradition dates back to the 1950s."

well fark you then Hawaii

The first sentence has the phrase "reputedly known as". That doesn't exactly scream widespread cultural phenomenon to me.

yeah I know, and the rest of the article indicates that it was probably more media sensationalizing then an actual tradition... but it sounds scary, and I'm against it

SHARK ATTACK!!!
DEATH PANELS!!!
BLACK PEOPLE!!!

bighasbeen

2011-08-22 05:00:12 PM

calbert: bighasbeen: calbert: Kill Haole Day (new window)

"In some of Hawaiʻi's schools, the last day of school before summer is reputedly known as Kill Haole Day. On Kill Haole Day, school children harass and sometimes assault white children. The origins of the day are unknown, but the tradition dates back to the 1950s."

well fark you then Hawaii

The first sentence has the phrase "reputedly known as". That doesn't exactly scream widespread cultural phenomenon to me.

yeah I know, and the rest of the article indicates that it was probably more media sensationalizing then an actual tradition... but it sounds scary, and I'm against it

SHARK ATTACK!!!
DEATH PANELS!!!
BLACK PEOPLE!!!

WILL IT EVER BE SAFE TO BE WHITE AGAIN?

RexTalionis

2011-08-22 05:00:27 PM

Aarontology: RexTalionis: Naw, me neither. As I said earlier, I'd rather visit North Dakota. I've spent most of my life living in essentially on the beach, and I think I've only been on the sand less than 5 times in my life (the 4th time being the last time I got a sunburn, about 20 years ago).

For me it's a mountainous forest like in upper New England, the Rockies, or the Pacific Northwest that really appeals to me.

I'm not a big fan of being in nature. I'm usually quite happy being in a windowless room so long as I have a computer, the temperature is around 55F and relatively low humidity.

nekom

2011-08-22 05:01:33 PM

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I'm more willing to assume the underlying variable is education. Poorly educated individuals are going to get poorer jobs, make worse choices, and be more angry about life than an educated person. As a result, the fear mongers get better responses catering to the uneducated by assuring them that it's not their fault. Once the populace is good and tranquil, start making enemies and vague accusations. This leads to derp and unhappiness.

I notice that hyper-evangelical religious devotion correlates with the chart as well.

You're probably right, if I were flipping burgers or living in a trailer park I'd be pretty bitter about things too. Well, at least bitter about different kinds of things than I'm currently bitter about anyway. Still though, I'll bet that set has a pretty large intersection with racists as well. Especially given that `It's not your fault' means `It's somebody else's fault!' to them, and that somebody else is the blacks, Mexicans, whatever scary minority they perceive as having taken their jeorb.

Snarfangel

2011-08-22 05:15:52 PM

I've said this before You have to wonder about a deity choosing Jerusalem over Hawaii.

/I'm just waiting for God to put his next holy city in the middle of the Sahara, the south pole, or the far side of the moon. It would keep out all the riffraff.

veedeevadeevoodee

2011-08-22 05:19:47 PM

bighasbeen:

That doesn't exactly scream widespread cultural phenomenon to me.

Know how I know you've never lived there, especially as a child ?

thomps

2011-08-22 05:50:59 PM

veedeevadeevoodee: bighasbeen:

That doesn't exactly scream widespread cultural phenomenon to me.

Know how I know you've never lived there, especially as a child ?

yeah i have friends that moved out to honolulu and the people they work with are generally reasonable to them but overtly distrustful and what we would almost certainly consider racist. they are generally miserable there, but i think that's more to do with the high cost of living and massive distance from their families.

The Stealth Hippopotamus

2011-08-22 05:57:08 PM

veedeevadeevoodee: Know how I know you've never lived there, especially as a child ?

'cause he can find his long form birth certificate?!?

sorry, had to

EvilEgg

2011-08-22 06:00:21 PM

veedeevadeevoodee: Sgygus:

Ah, Hawaii. Just breathing the air in Hawaii is a wonderful experience.

[farm1.static.flickr.com image 500x375]

Just don't try to live there ... you'll get your haole ass beat on a regular basis.

/ US southern state racism ain't got NOTHIN' on Hawaiian racism

When your economy is largely based in tourism, you really shouldn't have that kind of attitude.

Grables'Daughter

2011-08-22 06:02:02 PM

Every Day.

Two words.

RexTalionis

2011-08-22 06:03:11 PM

Grables'Daughter: Every Day.

Two words.

Which words?

thomps

2011-08-22 06:12:01 PM

RexTalionis: Grables'Daughter: Every Day.

Two words.

Which words?

i think she's saying that it's Hawai'i, not Hawaii, but she mistakenly believes that the apostrophe indicates a second word. what a dummy

bighasbeen

2011-08-22 06:14:25 PM

veedeevadeevoodee: bighasbeen:

That doesn't exactly scream widespread cultural phenomenon to me.

Know how I know you've never lived there, especially as a child ?

I'm not denying racial/cultural tensions exist, but it doesn't sound like there are white people being lynched or being haloe hauled for looking at native girls. The way the "tradition" is described makes it sound like a vast majority of the community is on board with it and that there are overwhelming numbers of documented incidents.

I'm inherently skeptical of any "Beat up a (race) kid" days that crop up, mostly because I remember hearing about one of these nearly every month I was in high school.

Walker

2011-08-22 06:14:50 PM

veedeevadeevoodee: Sgygus:

Ah, Hawaii. Just breathing the air in Hawaii is a wonderful experience.

[farm1.static.flickr.com image 500x375]

Just don't try to live there ... you'll get your haole ass beat on a regular basis.

/ US southern state racism ain't got NOTHIN' on Hawaiian racism

THIS x a billion.
If you are white you aren't welcome in Hawaii.
They'll take your tourist dollars, but don't try to live there.

RexTalionis

2011-08-22 06:16:20 PM

bighasbeen: veedeevadeevoodee: bighasbeen:

That doesn't exactly scream widespread cultural phenomenon to me.

Know how I know you've never lived there, especially as a child ?

I'm not denying racial/cultural tensions exist, but it doesn't sound like there are white people being lynched or being haloe hauled for looking at native girls. The way the "tradition" is described makes it sound like a vast majority of the community is on board with it and that there are overwhelming numbers of documented incidents.

I'm inherently skeptical of any "Beat up a (race) kid" days that crop up, mostly because I remember hearing about one of these nearly every month I was in high school.

Question, how do they treat the Asian non-Hawaiians there?

neglogon

2011-08-22 06:24:05 PM

nekom: Sybarite: North Dakota is number 2? Those twelve people must be nuts.

followed by Alaska. Really? I wouldn't live in ANY of those three states. Hawaii would be a nice place to visit, but what do you do when you live there? Where do you take a weekend road trip to? Nuts to that, I likes me some mainland.

We in the VI call it island or rock fever and it sucks! I get off the rock every chance I get cause I refuse to over-medicate myself with liquor and beer is too farking expensive here (especially on tap)

cmunic8r99

2011-08-22 06:27:38 PM

There's a lot of flyover country in that top 10.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2011-08-22 07:31:36 PM

If I ever get to Maui, you'll have to tear if from my cold dead stoned fingers.

dofus

2011-08-22 07:34:40 PM

RexTalionis: I don't like warm temperatures and I'm not a big fan of sunny weather.

Checks profile... No location given but there is "I am a lawyer..."

medius

2011-08-22 07:35:12 PM

high suicide rate though

Schmoppo

2011-08-22 07:40:07 PM

Socialized health care tends to make people pretty farking happy.

fusillade762

2011-08-22 07:41:06 PM

veedeevadeevoodee: Sgygus:

Ah, Hawaii. Just breathing the air in Hawaii is a wonderful experience.

[farm1.static.flickr.com image 500x375]

Just don't try to live there ... you'll get your haole ass beat on a regular basis.

/ US southern state racism ain't got NOTHIN' on Hawaiian racism

I had a friend who lived there for quite some time with his wife. They never had any problems like that.

OnlyM3

2011-08-22 07:41:52 PM

nekom

Interesting correlation. Perhaps having a black president is making some of these people there unhappy?

Yes because it certainly can't be a double dip recession, 19+% unemployment, continued weakening of the dollar, loss of national vision (all but closing NASA), ballooning federal government an intrusion on individual rights.

Yeah, it has to be rayyyyysism..

///sarcasm

// farking moon-bats make me laugh.

EuphoniumEuphoria

2011-08-22 07:43:44 PM

Snarfangel: I've said this before You have to wonder about a deity choosing Jerusalem over Hawaii.

/I'm just waiting for God to put his next holy city in the middle of the Sahara, the south pole, or the far side of the moon. It would keep out all the riffraff.

Shh! You'll wake Tatsuma and Bevets!

dethmagnetic

2011-08-22 07:44:19 PM

Sybarite: North Dakota is number 2? Those twelve people must be nuts.

I lived there for 5 years, split between Grand Forks (small town), Stanley (really small town), and Palermo (microscopic town). It's hell on earth. The state spends eight months of the year frozen solid, two months battling floods along the Red River, and two months fleeing man-eating mosquitos in sweltering heat and near 100% humidity. The primary (and often only) source of entertainment is getting raging drunk. Lutefisk (tasteless white fish boiled in lye) is the main local delicacy, courtesy of the hordes of Norsemen who live there.

RexTalionis: Naw, me neither. As I said earlier, I'd rather visit North Dakota. I've spent most of my life living in essentially on the beach, and I think I've only been on the sand less than 5 times in my life (the 4th time being the last time I got a sunburn, about 20 years ago).

The cold in ND isn't exactly pleasant - it's definitely not snowball fight and skiing type weather. It's basically the North American equivalent of an empty Siberian wasteland, only completely lacking in trees and hills (which means you get to deal with incessant 20-30 mph winds, coming directly to you from the North Pole). I am very used to the cold (I'm from relatively northern Canada), and I couldn't farking stand it, mostly because of those never-ending, godforsaken freezing winds.

So no, it's not a nice place to visit.

WinoRhino

2011-08-22 07:45:42 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: If I ever get to Maui, you'll have to tear if from my cold dead stoned fingers.

Lucky to have been there a bunch of times (got married out there.) Now I spend my days here in the North East screaming, "I've got to go back to the island!" like Jack from Lost.

Dear_Leader

2011-08-22 07:46:48 PM

I called a Hawaiian a Mexican
he wasn't to happy :-)

GroverCleveland

2011-08-22 07:47:18 PM

all I do is fark, I guess that's why I never get leied

medius

2011-08-22 07:48:29 PM

Dear_Leader: I called a Hawaiian a Mexican
he wasn't to happy :-)

a water mexican

cowgirl toffee

2011-08-22 07:48:44 PM

RexTalionis

2011-08-22 07:50:37 PM

dethmagnetic: The cold in ND isn't exactly pleasant - it's definitely not snowball fight and skiing type weather. It's basically the North American equivalent of an empty Siberian wasteland, only completely lacking in trees and hills (which means you get to deal with incessant 20-30 mph winds, coming directly to you from the North Pole). I am very used to the cold (I'm from relatively northern Canada), and I couldn't farking stand it, mostly because of those never-ending, godforsaken freezing winds.

So no, it's not a nice place to visit.

Well, maybe it's not pleasant, but I'd like to see that cold weather first hand some day (a quick google search says that Bismarck reached -44 degrees in 2009). That's gotta be an interesting experience.

As far as skiing and snowballs goes, I don't really like the snow, so that's fine by me.

coldones

2011-08-22 07:52:20 PM