The New And Improved Off Topic Thread

Beasts of the East said:
Good job guys. I'd much rather us have a reputation as great fans who are welcoming to visitors than damned Yankees who are AHs.

I want us to be every opposing team college fan's 2nd favorite team. Small kindnesses help.
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NCJohnnie said:
I don’t think Beast’s reference to Yankees had anything to do with the baseball team lol.
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That reference had nothing to do with the baseball teams but how some southerners refer to those from the North. The abbreviated version of Yankees, Yanks, is how some in England (at least in the not so distant past and some might still) refer to those of us from across the pond in the States.
 
Beasts of the East said:
Have you ever been outside of New York? To southerners we are all Yankees, with New Yorkers just about the worst of them. Nothing to do with the baseball team, silly.

Honestly though, I never really knew about all that love till I did business in the South.
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I’m actually shocked people don’t know that. The, expression “Damn Yankees”didn’t originate because of a Broadway musical about the hatred of the baseball team but originated much further back and the distrust/dislike/hatred the South had for Northerners.
 
SJU85 said:
I’m actually shocked people don’t know that. The, expression “Damn Yankees”didn’t originate because of a Broadway musical about the hatred of the baseball team but originated much further back and the distrust/dislike/hatred the South had for Northerners.
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I’m very aware. Just seemed like he was referencing fans and saying Yankees I went to the hatred between Yankee and Mets fans.
 
Spending time down south in in Texas (that's its own special place), I can say firsthand, if an unsophisticated southerner learns you are from NYC area, they automatically think you are rude, nasty, mob adjacent and that's just for starters.

I am sure our Alabama friend is not one of them however.

Let's all give him and his family the proper NYC treatment at the Garden, we NY-ers are polite, friendly and nice to counterbalance the image some of our southern brethren have of us.
 
BrookJersey Redmen said:
Spending time down south in in Texas (that's its own special place), I can say firsthand, if an unsophisticated southerner learns you are from NYC area, they automatically think you are rude, nasty, mob adjacent and that's just for starters.

I am sure our Alabama friend is not one of them however.

Let's all give him and his family the proper NYC treatment at the Garden, we NY-ers are polite, friendly and nice to counterbalance the image some of our southern brethren have of us.
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I was disappointed thatbamafan hasn’t taken the lead here and offered to be the host/ guide for Bamaguy , at least for the game day activities . I’m only being facetious , Bama . .

I don’t recall if bamafan goes to games but , if he does , maybe he can meet up with Crimson Tide fan . As Brook Jersey stated , it would be nice to show this visitor some NY Hospitality .
More accurately St John’s hospitality at games .

I do take exception to the notion that Southerners are Unsophisticated though . I have lived in S Carolina now , for 15 years and lack knowledge or smarts .


Try getting your children or grandchildren into Vanderbilt , Univ of Virginia , Duke , Wake Forest , Washington and Lee Univ, Ga Tech , Davidson , or several other elite schools .
It won’t be easy .

And , the facts are , the exodus of people from the Northeast , Midwest to Southern states is enormous .

It’s gotten so pronounced that it’s hard to find a native born Southerner in everyday life .

That statistic not withstanding , many true Southern folks are quite smart , very savvy on current events and have delightful manners and class.

I know Brook Jersey didn’t mean his comment as a slur but , nevertheless , it needed rebuttal .

I have a granddaughter who is a Nursing Student at the Univ of S Carolina in Columbia and she’s from Port Washington on Long Island and could have gone to College most anywhere but , choose SC as the best fit for her .

Anyway , that’s my opinion .
 
SLYFOXX1968 said:
I was disappointed thatbamafan hasn’t taken the lead here and offered to be the host/ guide for Bamaguy , at least for the game day activities . I’m only being facetious , Bama . .

I don’t recall if bamafan goes to games but , if he does , maybe he can meet up with Crimson Tide fan . As Brook Jersey stated , it would be nice to show this visitor some NY Hospitality .
More accurately St John’s hospitality at games .

I do take exception to the notion that Southerners are Unsophisticated though . I have lived in S Carolina now , for 15 years and lack knowledge or smarts .


Try getting your children or grandchildren into Vanderbilt , Univ of Virginia , Duke , Wake Forest , Washington and Lee Univ, Ga Tech , Davidson , or several other elite schools .
It won’t be easy .

And , the facts are , the exodus of people from the Northeast , Midwest to Southern states is enormous .

It’s gotten so pronounced that it’s hard to find a native born Southerner in everyday life .

That statistic not withstanding , many true Southern folks are quite smart , very savvy on current events and have delightful manners and class.

I know Brook Jersey didn’t mean his comment as a slur but , nevertheless , it needed rebuttal .

I have a granddaughter who is a Nursing Student at the Univ of S Carolina in Columbia and she’s from Port Washington on Long Island and could have gone to College most anywhere but , choose SC as the best fit for her .

Anyway , that’s my opinion .
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Agree I've been in NC for 14 years and when I go to K of C meetings seems like everyone is from one of NY, NJ or a midwestern state; of course that's a Catholic gathering so perhaps a little skewed. But lots of good people everywhere and that includes NY and NJ for absolute certain. I'll always be a NYer at heart regardless of where I'm living.
 
NCJohnnie said:
Agree I've been in NC for 14 years and when I go to K of C meetings seems like everyone is from one of NY, NJ or a midwestern state; of course that's a Catholic gathering so perhaps a little skewed. But lots of good people everywhere and that includes NY and NJ for absolute certain. I'll always be a NYer at heart regardless of where I'm living.
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You're correct that certain areas of the south have many northeasterners (esp ny nj and ct) who have retired or relocated there for work. Charleston, Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham and many other places have such populations among others (TN is another, a zero income tax state).

Still, among natives there is still a simmering distrust of Yankees. I did business in West Virginia, Southern Ohio, Kentucky Arkansas, Texas, and other southern states. I found that as you say there are great people everywhere but in the South as a northerner you have to earn their trust. Some of my most authentic and enduring relationships were made in the South. Great, honest people who live by faith.

So know I wasn't remotely thinking of NY Yankee hate. As a Mets fan, we have our own problems right now.

I understand if some thought i meant baseball Yankees. As northerners we have zero hostility against the south and we dont think twice. Most of us had ancestors abroad during the civil war. But in the deep south hostilities remain.
 
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