How do you treat stupid people?

[Arrian]

It generally doesn't have much bearing on whether or not I *like* a person. I have a friend who is... well... not the smartest person out there. She's really nice, though. It's occasionally painful, 'cause I like her, but mostly it just doesn't matter.

Stupidity can irritate me, but I try to remember that sometimes I act stupidly too. I've done a bunch of stupid things. So, while I do have a general reaction of distain for blatant stupidity, I try to put it in perspective. And I generally treat people with respect, unless they've convinced me they don't deserve it.

-Arrian

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Az
are newfies one of that rare breed of groups of people you are allowed to be bigotted against?

Pretty much. It's the West Virginia of Canada.

-Arrian

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Everybody should listen to Jimmy; ever since his move he's been getting a lot of experience in dealing with the terminally stupid...

Newfie baymen are no more or less stupid than your average Ontarian hoser.

[Az]

It's ****ing lame

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by Arrian


Pretty much. It's the West Virginia of Canada.

-Arrian

Not even the same ballpark. St. John's is a booming, cosmopolitan city. Sure its small, but its growing.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Arrian


Pretty much. It's the West Virginia of Canada.

-Arrian

Not exactly. Newfies aren't really known for their inbreeding. It's more like the entire southern US up to the Texas-New Mexico border.

[Arrian]

I was joking, of course. I've actually never been to Newfoundland. I have family connections (very tenuous connections), though, and I've heard some stories. The people telling the stories, of course, live in Toronto or the USA now.

-Arrian

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Kontiki


Not exactly. Newfies aren't really known for their inbreeding. It's more like the entire southern US up to the Texas-New Mexico border.

I thought of that immediately, actually. As I hit "submit" I thought "should I change it to Mississippi or something?"

-Arrian

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by Kontiki


Newfies aren't really known for their inbreeding.

Actually, thats one thing they are known for. 500 years of relative isolation will do that.

It's more like the entire southern US up to the Texas-New Mexico border.

Not quite. The Southern US is a whole hell of a lot more developed than this place, for one thing. St. John's is pretty good, but the rest of the place... my god.

I don't mean it in a judgmental way, its just a fact. We're a remote place. Its getting better though.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Az
It's ****ing lame

Stop being silly.

I don't actually think Newfs are dumb and neither does anybody else. The Newfie joke is a time-honoured tradition in Canada.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Stop being silly.

I don't actually think Newfs are dumb and neither does anybody else. The Newfie joke is a time-honoured tradition in Canada.

I know that, and I wasn't offended.

But honestly, Newfie jokes from Canadians are just "blonde" jokes replaced with the word "Newfie". Newfoundland "newfie" jokes, on the other hand, are hillarious. No one makes fun of themselves better than Newfoundlanders.

[KrazyHorse]

I'm not saying you were. I think Az thinks that this stuff is actually mean-spirited...

[JimmyCracksCorn]

And for those who don't know, Newfoundland is beautiful. The street I live on looks alot like this:



I love this place... so far.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I'm not saying you were. I think Az thinks that this stuff is actually mean-spirited...

Well, lets be honest. Alot of it isn't necessarily mean spirited, but its pretty condescending. We're actually seeing a backlash here against the mainland and more a move towards independence (though not necessarily in the Quebec sense).... and I'm sure this province constantly being the butt of every joke in the country isn't helping that any.

[KrazyHorse]

Please. Toronto, Quebec, BC and the Prairies all take their lumps too. Ontario outside the GTA and the North are pretty much the only ones that get off light...