THE PALMETTO STATE HAS AN “AUTOCOMPLETE” PROBLEM
“Why is South Carolina so …”
Can you finish that sentence? If not, your computer, tablet or smart phone can … you just may not like answer.
In addition to its many other problems (low incomes, record low labor participation, crappy government-run schools, corrupt politicians, etc.), it turns out South Carolina also has an autocomplete problem.
In other words when people go to web browsers, search engines, data query tools, etc., and type in “Why is South Carolina so …” they get several less-than-flattering adjectives by way of responses. And since this autocomplete function is based on what users all across the country are typing into their computers, tablets and smart phones … well … you see the problem.
At the request of one of our longtime readers/ frequent contributors, we decided to give this theory a try.
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104 comments
Why are Yankees so damn rude?
I prefer the fact that Yankees are rude to my face. Many Southerners feign good manners but are utterly diabolical in their under-the-table behavior.
It all goes back to that ‘blessed her heart’ – how true it is. The ultimate words of the south – are the most rude & painful.
Sorry I called you ‘ugly’. We women get our hormones out of wack sometimes.
I apologize.
I appreciate that! But if I rock that feminist image – I mean… I could see ugly making sense ;)
it is always “bless your heart”
as for “ultimate words of the South – are the most rude @ painful”
I would disagree
My top five are:
New York – fuck off
New Jersey – fuck you
Philadelphia – you fuck
Massachusetts – go fuck yourself
New Mexico – Gringo quieres follar mi hermana
Of course I can’t find it now – however; I remember once seeing a survey done that the 5 top states (and I apologize, as a “ex”(?) Marylander – I only paid attention to Maryland)… I digress. The 5 top curse word using states – Maryland was #2 or 3- and top 5 friendly – Maryland also ranked.. Wha!? And perhaps you’re right. And LOL @NewMexico.
I have found southerners to be delightful people that most often are not only engaging and honest but also would you the shirt off their back if you needed one.
A ‘yankee’ would give you the shirt BUT charge you for it!
If you people can’t appreciate the beauty and culture of the Carolina’s, I feel sorry for you. How can so many of you live in Charleston,MB or the Low Country and be such miserable,bitching nags and hags?
“How can so many of you live in Charleston,MB or the Low Country and be such miserable,bitching nags and hags?”
Self awareness can be a premium at times.
Absolutely.
As a semi-southner (I’m a born & bred West-By God Virginian by birth & upbringing) I was treated more rudely by a bitchy old woman working at Belks at the Westgate Mall in Spartanburg than I have EVER been treated in New York City,LA, Paris, France, Leeds, England, Taigu, Korea,Tel Aviv, Sigonella,Sicily, Seattle Wa or anywhere else in the world.that Uncle Sugar sent me to (well maybe Fayetteville come to think of it – but that is still the “friendly” South)
Let alone most locals of Grrrrr, SC
I’ve encountered more ignorant self-centered assholes in South Carolina than I have in any other part of the country – that’s for sure
“Smiling Faces” my ass……………
But what is part of that 70’s Motown song: “Smiling faces- sometimes pretend to be your friend”—-rings pretty true come to think of it!!!!!
Why should we care what “those people” think?
It’s quite sad that the underlying issue is racism.
Homophobia, obsession with the civil war, love of all things military, and disdain for Jews and “yankees” also come to mind.
Blair it must be sad to be so damn ugly and a bigot to boot!
Get a life and get that ‘chip’ off your shoulder that the state controlled schools/university provided you!
Life is good-try living it without being a angry,feminist bitch that sees evil in everyone that disagree with your perverted world-view!
ha. Ha. HA. SERIOUSLY? Wow; I never thought I would get called a feminist. Or angry. Or anything of the sort. That’s a first – thanks! I can cross that off my conservative-to-the-core checklist!
Missy, a true conservative does NOT blame racism as the reason they apparently live a failed,angry and bitter life.
Cross that off your RINO-TO-THE CORE checklist! :-)
Rino? Nonsense. I should have not used the word “issue” – but rather querie; as it was the common one to show up. I personally haven’t experienced that as an ISSUE – however, I’m white privileged and to busy hating on men of any race as a feminist. (eye roll)
How does being ‘white’ = ‘privileged’? Please explain.
No. The underlying issue isn’t racism any more than the cost of Valtrex is an underlying issue of herpes. It’s a symptom, not the disease. The issue is a cycle of disenfranchisement that generates a whole list of self-fulfilling prophecies.
I’m not sure if I should care about what Google proposes as a completion to my queries but I’ve discovered that if I enter “why does New York suck ass?”, I get about a billion answers
Just a billion? Damn, Google’s generous!
Why is South Carolina so,…diverse. We are a state of extremes like no other. Tea-party right and flaming left. Honorable and corrupt, rich and poor, educated and bigoted, cultured and crude. mountains and seacoast, rebelious and peace-loving, bull-headed and accepting. We are the opposite of conformist. Love it or hate it, our culture includes a diversity of extremes like not other.
Not bad for a socialist-HOWEVER you just defined the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
What a great country we live in. We will survive the Obama regime and once again be proud.
Are you a complete idiot? Actually, don’t answer that. Who started two wars, a massive domestic spying operation and destroyed the U.S. and world economies?
I give…Hitler,Stalin or Obama?
The correct answer is George W. Bush.
Uh, yeah, Bush had a little help with that Skippy. The current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania avenue has doubled down on old George’s efforts taking us from nine trillion in debt to seventeen trillion while allowing Syria to explode, the Ukraine to implode, Iraq to fall back into chaos. Meanwhile China continues to exert dominance in the Pacific despite our shift to that theater.
Senator Obama voted against funding the Iraq war – twice.
And could have ended all of them at any time in the last six years. Remember, the drawdown in Iraq was well underway when President Obama took office.
The drawdown was to save Bush the disgrace of having his successor do it – by the time he reversed his “cut and run” dogma, he was well aware that whoever succeeded him would end the war based on lies.
Whatever, the draw down planning was well underway long before the election, Obama was a “who is he” candidate at that point and McCain would have continued to press the war.
October 16, 2008? Obama was much more than “who is he”.
Some folks will never, ever give President Obama any respect. From the get-go he has been disrespected over and over and over again – in a way that I have never seen a POTUS disrespected in my lifetime. Some folks are proud that Joe Wilson disrespected the President of the United States giving the State of the Union speech – that ought to pretty much tell you all you need to know.
Anwar Sadat was a ‘closet’ Christian. Obama is a ‘closet’ muslim that supports the muslim brotherhood and radical groups like CAIR.
pResident Obama has been treated much better than George W.Bush.
Obamacare made it impossible for middle America to ignore Obama’s background and lies.They no longer trust him. Just that simple.
You are clueless again.
Once again, as I was a participant in the planning and execution of the draw down in Iraq, i know far more about it than you ever will.
You are clueless.
Good Republican comeback Corporal.But,then again , you’re not a Republican ,right?
Off point, DF. The question was “Who started two wars, a massive domestic spying operation and destroyed the U.S. and world economies?” Sorry this went beyond your reading comprehension.
Just read the news: Joe Wilson, Newt’s win, Sanford, DeMint, Banning books, Confederate flag, Voter ID, Haley, ….geez, I could go on for days….
Of course you are going to get negative results when you use “so”.
Why does SC have: greater GDP growth, more people moving in than out, cheapest gas, greater employment growth, higher business friendly environment.
BINGO! I don’t want to ruin your reputation by agreeing with you however that was an outstanding post!
ha! go try it without the ‘so’ and see what you get. love it.
sorry – without the ‘why is’ just south carolina is
And the worst schools, fifth-most-corrupt state government, operation lost trust, lowest wage rate, highest infant mortality rate, highest single-parent family rate, highest death rate by diabetes and heart disease. And the people moving in — those are mostly retirees taking advantage of the cheap gas and labor.
Those DAMN retirees that are moving to SC and creating jobs!
How dare they! :-)
Who are they?Name them.Where do they live?People want to apply to these “jobs creators” for jobs!
Its a great day in SC!!!
Wow, “Lost Trust”?
No where near the highest infant mortality rate and the rate has been in decline for years.
Nowhere near the bottom in wages either, $42k makes us 40th +_
Demographics explains much of it, even though it’s not politically correct to say so.
Sssssshhhhhh! They already think we’re all racists. If we could do something about the Democrat controlled “Corridor of Shame” we’d jump to the middle of the pack.
Phffft! Democrat controlled in SC? LOL
Almost every incumbent in elective office along the corridor, including the congressman from the 6th district that represents those good folks, is a democrat. They continue to elect local leaders who don’t lead them anywhere but to the status quo.
Thank you for your service but you do not have a clue . . . Republicans at the state level control funding for education – not elected leaders at the local level. No surprise that much of the corridor is predominantly black and poor. You can post on here a zillion times that it is the Democrats that are at fault but it won’t make it true. You post with such authority on here but know nothing of what you post.
I have a far better clue as to how finding for education in this state doesn’t work than you do my friend. Here’s just one example of the issues at hand, https://www.fitsnews.com/2013/09/05/sled-sitting-on-major-public-education-scandal/ The board is elected by the community and the board hires the superintendent. The portion of funding that comes from the State has been controlled by democrats for all but the last 15 or so years. The lawyer that has represented the corridor for many years is nothing but a shill for big gubamint control and more money. Money isn’t the issue.
Watch the documentary “Corridor of Shame” . . .
Seen it, I’m in the corridor’s schools frequently. Nothing is as simple as a documentary makes it out to be.
SC is just plain sucky. Moved away a year ago and couldn’t be happier. You can’t truly appreciate how backwards SC is, socially and politically, until you leave for awhile. People ask me if SC is as bad as they hear on the news and I have to say ‘mostly’. Of course, there are some incredible people living there, but anyone with any sense ends up moving on to better places. The only people who are truly happy in SC are the uneducated, the bigoted and the conservative/Christian types. And they are more than welcome to have SC (plus the rest of the country enjoys the laughs)
And yet here we find you, trolling a website that deals with South Carolina related issues…
Notice how carefully he/she is NOT to mention where he/she moved to. Of course he/she will now respond that he/she lives in the greatest place on earth and is a community pillar.
Well, yeah. It’s entertaining to read about SC from far away. Shit gets more ridiculous very year. Sorry, you’re stuck there or *gasp* actually like living there.
I love it here, I’ve lived all over the U.S. and the world, wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else. Sorry you hate it and glad you’re gone, bless your heart.
Thanks, Col. Keep SC retarded for me.
The per capita retard ratio went down when you left.
Ha, impossible. The per capita idiot bigot ratio went up, however.
u sound really happy
Good point. OK, I’m outta here.
“I love it here, I’ve lived all over the U.S. and the world, wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else.”
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Much the same here. I think South Carolinians are, in the type specimen, among the most naturally and genuinely friendly anyone could find, and generally helpful and honest to boot. People here smile at each other.
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But when we pass to the state on an organizational level, well then we pass to other reasons.
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Mencken, when asked in the early 1920s when he was at his prime why did he not move to Europe as did so many other gifted Americans (e.g., Hemmingway) he answered at length (see part in link below) but with a summary regarding the inexpensive non-stop never-ending sideshow provided by American culture, quoted here:
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“Here in this Eden of clowns, with the highest rewards of clowning theoretically open to every poor boy — here in the very citadel of democracy we found and cherish a clown dynasty!” — A show unmatched at any price!
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http://www.monadnock.net/mencken/american.html
You get the good with the bad. I’ll take our “too small for a republic, too large for an asylum” little state with all her faults over anywhere else. An I satisfied with our educational mediocrity – hell no, and Monday I’ll go back to doing something about it. Am I satisfied with our financial position – hell no and I’ll be working for the candidates I think have the best solutions. Am I satisfied with our crooked politicians – hell no, but I’ll take our stupid crooks over the smart ones any day.
Hell, I stay here for Gamecocks football/baseball and mustard-based BBQ.
Of course there’s the Gamecocks, BBQ, Mr Friendly’s, 82 Queen, Shem’s Creek, North Myrtle, Table Rock, Georgetown, Lake Jocassee, the Chatooga, Darlington, the five minute TSA lines at CAE, Little River, Pawleys (the island and the hamburger joint), Beaufort…
Everyone of those coastal South Carolina environs pale compared to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and throw in Beaufort (the REAL one in North Carolina = BO-Fort)
South Carolina BBQ ain’t nothing to brag about. I’ve had better BBQ in Madison Wisconsin believe it or not (let alone in North Carolina) REAL BBQ does NOT require drowning it in mustard based sauce.
Shem’s Creek???? – Give me a fucking break = overpriced and overrated “local” seafood shipped in daily from Vietnam!!!!!. Mount Pleasant used to be nice but is totally “pimped out” now.
Darlington??? That hot flat-assed shit-hole??? Just up the road from Florence (the false teeth capital of South Carolina)??? Yep, that’s the place for me fer sure!!!!!
Pip-squeek Cesar’s Head & Jocassee pale to North Carolina’s Pisgah Forest or the Cascades of Washington state.
There ain’t nothing in South Carolina that you can’t find in better environs in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia(what ain’t stripped mined I admit) let alone California or Florida or the rocky coast line of Maine or St. John’s Newfoundland (with about 99.9% less trash littering the roadsides I might add…)
Gamecocks??? If that is what floats your boat, help yourself.
I could give a rats ass about either the Tigers or Chickens. I don’t lose a second of sleep over either one (or any college team for that matter).
Gotta admit I agree with one thing though that “too big/too small’ saying rings truer with each passing day!!!!!
You ain’t the only one who has lived all over this blessed United States and the world.
I consider myself an American first, a Hillbilly second and work and live in the Carolinas (for the time being) because that is where I make good money taking care of polluted fuck-ups here in South Carolina because no one here can do the job as good as my company can.
Uncle Sugar is shitting me a check each month for my 25 years of service above and beyond what i make on the outside but I sure as hell ain’t retiring here.
I ain’t saying where I’m going to retire but is sure as hell won’t be here in South Carolina. The older I get the more I hate humidity so I’m leaning to a less humid environment.
it is an OK state but it sure as hell ain’t the center of the universe. There are good people in every state in the union but from what I’ve encountered, this state has more than its fair share of know-it all assholes.
Must be some inferiority complex due to lack of natural resources and having to whore itself out the best way it can since the 1900’s when the mills moved into the Upstate and there was nothing between the Upstate and Charleston but a big void (still is as far as I’m concerned).
Since the late 1970’s when the mills started to close the pimping of South Carolina has only increased.
California is the capital of the “know it all asshole”. I concur on the humidity issue though, I’ll be headed to the NW corner of the state in 8-9 years. Where did you get the idea that we have no natural resources? We have an abundancendance of gold, time, sand, granites
I know all about that “mine” in the middle of the state. I’m just hope I’m not retired when that thing goes tits up and I make a bundle in cleaning up the environmental mess that it will leave when the investors pull out and leave South Carolina holding the bag like you know they will.
I’m not talking about agriculture(although I do know that SC is only behind California in the production of peaches and Upstate peaches are just the BEST – the strawberries in GSP are pretty sour this year however),
I’m talking about carbon-based shit that REALLY brings in the cash.
You know Oil,natural gas,even coal???
I can guarantee you that if there was coal under Glassy Mountain that world class golf course would have been stripped mined just like the rape that has happened in West Virginia,Kentucky and southwest Virginia since the 1960’s
My folks were in Charleston (my departed Dad became a construction worker after he got his “20” in the union mines) during Hugo and experienced that famous “Southern Charm” at $20/bag of ice.
3 weeks later My wife and I were in San Francisco at an engineering conference when the earthquake hit and not one person fucked us over as much a a dime. We are survivors of that earthquake and I will never forget the good will of the people of San Francisco. I’ll take them over Charleston any day.
I’m not a city boy but IF I could I would live in San Francisco or somewhere else in northern California or Monterey I would. Depending on how this gold mining thing around Sumter “pans” out, maybe I can after all!!!!!
Don’t think coming to the Upstate will relieve the humidity. It is not as bad as the Low Country/Columbia but as I posted, it is too humid for my liking here. Especially since I hit my late 50’s. It gets worse every year to me. Even up here.
You know how it is, the older you get, the “old home place” pull gets stronger and with climate change, the winters ‘back home” are nowhere as near as bad as they used to be and housing is cheaper than here. But then again, Arizona,Utah,Idaho or Nevada ain’t bad places to retire either if avoiding humidity is what you are looking for.
<60 miles from a military base would be a plus too and there are a shitload in Arizona.
Dear Happy, we’re happy you left SC
Thank you. Me too :-)
We haven’t missed you a bit.
I’ve also travelled much of the country and have lived for stints in NY and England. I call SC “home” for a reason. But maybe I’m not hip or cool enough to realize just how “plain sucky” it is.
Or smart enough to realize how “plain sucky” it is.
No, I’m just not naive enough to think that the grass is always greener on the other side. Humans are naturally corruptable so you will find corruption just about every place you go. To pretend that it’s unique to South Carolina is very naive. You sound like a college student, by the way, who isn’t wise enough to know any better.
In what utopia do you now live, if I may ask?
It’s far from naive to take control of your life and do what it takes to improve your lot and not settle for where you’re at.
So I can assume you are a college student? Or a waiter or waitress, perhaps? Nothing wrong with that; just that you might need a little perspective.
And I can assume that you don’t want to reveal the utopia in which you currently reside because you know people can and will point out that your current residence has its downfalls too?
lol. I’m enjoying your speculation about my age and occupation (way off, by the way). I never said it’s perfect where I now reside, but compared to SC it’s damn near close. You can try and attack the messenger, but it’s undeniable that SC sits near the bottom of every category we use to measure how well the people of a state are doing; education, wages, health, government, etc. When your unofficial state motto is “Thank god for Mississippi” you know things aren’t good.
Why are you afraid to tell us where you live? Because we might point out that that place is “plain sucky” too?
And I may be off on your age, but when you describe a place in terms such as “plain sucky” you will forgive me if I assume you are fairly young.
Murrels Inlet-Beaver Bar-mommy’s basement?
Not only is in not an “undeniable fact”, it is generally wrong to assert that South Carolina is in the bottom of every category and easily demonstrable.
Forget hip or cool. I suspect it’s ignorance.
I’m in exactly the same situation….repulsed by my former home state…yet…inexplicably drawn to it like a moth to the flame. I’m 1000 times happier where I live now, but still roll up my sleeves every day and get waist deep in the poop of SC life.
The correct answer is “STUPID”
I just knew that scene in Meet the Parents in the SC rest area would catch up – now I guess it has.
Rocky – I think you were mixing up Stiller movies, it was Somethin About Mary.
Q) Why is South Carolina so . . . . fucked up?
A) Haley, Graham, Scott, Gowdy and all the other R’s . . .
You can do the same Google search with just about any other state and come up with a similarly unflattering list of autocomplete terms.
Why is FITSNews so …
… sanitized now?
… careful now?
… predictable now?
… boring now?
… sadly free of new revelations about Will and Nikki?
AND:
… not now promoting the imminent publication of Will’s blockbuster tell-all book?
“NYT Best Non-Seller”
“You won’t be able to put this book down, mostly because you can’t pick it up.”
“Why hasn’t my doorstop arrived yet?”
Can’t be ‘sanitized’ if a piece SHIT like you is contributing? Give Will a break!
slow news day Sic?
Google mobile is spot on
If you don’t like SC so much, then leave!
Really, it’s not too hard, White SC folks hate SC Black folks. What’s the problem ?
There are at least four South Carolinas, and maybe seven. The four are, in no particular order, Lowcountry, Beach, Midlands, Upstate. There are those who swear that the Santee, Catawba are separate, and divide the Lowcountry somewhere between Charleston and Beaufort (I divide it along a line where the boohag shutter colors turn from green to blue.) Some say Daufuski Island and Charleston are their own countries. Some say that about Harbor Island and Irmo. There are even people who will bet their family fortune that Anderson and Spartanburg are so different, you can grow old naming them. And, of course, there’s always Ceasar’s Head, Lone Star, Camden, and “South Charlotte.” (How many is that, now?)
Our young people, black and white, have gotten over themselves. Yes, there are still bigots, but there are bigots in every state, just as vile and stupid – and they are not long for this world. But the history of SC has always been one of tolerance, except for people with large amounts of melanin in their skin – Jews, Roman Catholics, Arabs, Mormons, East Indians, Amerinds, ALL were welcome. Now, ALL are welcome. Yes, even gays – although most people don’t want any PDA rubbed in their faces, hetero or gay. we’re not perfect, but we’re getting better every day.
We pay less, but things cost much less. And so on and so forth.
My point is this – If you want to hate my State, there are a lot of different places on which to grind your vengeance. If you love my state, then you are a most tolerant person as you have a veritable smorgasbord of cultures, dialects, and politics. And we’re getting better..
Damn! Outstanding! Thank you for this contribution tonight. You certainly made your ‘State’ proud with your thoughts tonight.
Well done!