Hillbillies, guns, beer and an HDTV

[Demon_Hunter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzbIt37FVo

[HosMan]

LMAO

If they would have had youtube when I was in school...well,I would still be in school.

funny

[Absentia]

I dig how everyone how's driving gets out of the car with a beer in their hand.
Looks just like a camping trip in northern Michigan to be honest lol.

[dullsilver_mike]

How nice that the traditional cultures of rural America can blend so nicely with modern technology like facebook and HDTV.









I hate where I live.

[karrot-x]

That is the dumbest Redskin fan evar!

[LiquidMidnight]

Well, it looks like there was a small mound of dirt behind the TV, so I give props for having a backstop.

[liberal guilt]

Only in America, where we're rich enough to destroy a high definition television just because a football team lost.

[/liberal guilt]

[karrot-x]

Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight

Well, it looks like there was a small mound of dirt behind the TV, so I give props for having a backstop.

[liberal guilt]

Only in America, where we're rich enough to destroy a high definition television just because a football team lost.

[/liberal guilt]

Let's not lie here, they're not just a football team they're a TERRIBLE football team.

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by karrot-x

Let's not lie here, they're not just a football team they're a TERRIBLE football team.

LOL I'm not a football fan, so some of the almost religious and cult-like behavior that surrounds the sport just seems loony to me. There could probably be a journal of social psychology dedicated solely to studies on football fan behavior, so I guess shooting up a television is pretty mild stuff compared to other reactions I've witnessed over a game.

[mike_v_s]

People lose $1000's of dollars betting on games every day. He just lost his in a creative way.

Mike

[karrot-x]

Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight

LOL I'm not a football fan, so some of the almost religious and cult-like behavior that surrounds the sport just seems loony to me. There could probably be a journal of social psychology dedicated solely to studies on football fan behavior, so I guess shooting up a television is pretty mild stuff compared to other reactions I've witnessed over a game.

If you think that is looney you need to see "real" football fans. The ones down under and over the pond. They have no problem setting someone on fire for going against their team (Turkey's Fenerbahçe vs. Galatasaray).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJa5hd8kiRI

[burk48237]

Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight

Well, it looks like there was a small mound of dirt behind the TV, so I give props for having a backstop.

[liberal guilt]

Only in America, where we're rich enough to destroy a high definition television just because a football team lost.

[/liberal guilt]

As opposed to civilized Europe where they just have soccer riots.

I think the interesting thing about this video is how wealthy they are. I suspect that they make far more money then about 70% of the posters here. They were driving new vehicles. The House certainly didn't look like a shed or have appliances on the front porch, a 70's sedan on blocks on the side of the house, or a meth lab in back. I didn't see any mullets either. So evidently they are smart enough to AFFORD to be able to destroy a big screen TV, in other words they are intelligent enough to earn real livings.

I've use to see this phenomenon a lot years ago around the Detroit area. In our case we had auto workers who made good money (over 100k a year) after being brought up in modest middle class families . While they made Macallen 18 money, their taste were decidedly Bud light. To me this cuts both ways, while many love to rag on the down home tastes of these guys, I appreciate the lack of pretentiousness. I didn't see any Armani in the video, I suspect they don't shop at Barneys. In other words they have money but they're not worried about impressing others with it. I suspect we all could learn from that value (including myself).

[GregC]

I posted this in the NFL thread on Wednesday. Even Gard didn't comment!

[DigMe]

Originally Posted by burk48237

I think the interesting thing about this video is how wealthy they are. I suspect that they make far more money then about 70% of the posters here. They were driving new vehicles. The House certainly didn't look like a shed or have appliances on the front porch, a 70's sedan on blocks on the side of the house, or a meth lab in back. I didn't see any mullets either. So evidently they are smart enough to AFFORD to be able to destroy a big screen TV, in other words they are intelligent enough to earn real livings.

Either that or they are up to their eyeballs in debt like much of the rest of America who live beyond their means.

bc

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by burk48237

I think the interesting thing about this video is how wealthy they are. I suspect that they make far more money then about 70% of the posters here. They were driving new vehicles. The House certainly didn't look like a shed or have appliances on the front porch, a 70's sedan on blocks on the side of the house, or a meth lab in back. I didn't see any mullets either. So evidently they are smart enough to AFFORD to be able to destroy a big screen TV, in other words they are intelligent enough to earn real livings.

...or this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_(finance)

I grew up very modestly. All of my neighbors had bigger houses than my parents and drove newer vehicles. I thought that they must have had a lot more money than my parents. When I got older and learned more about the world, I realized that they didn't necessarily have more money; they were just willing to go in debt, sometimes foolishly.

But hey, maybe they're CEOs of their own companies. It really doesn't matter to me. My comment was just more of a joke. I found it kind of ironic. Someone living on the street might think its excessively and morally wrong for me to drop over a grand on a new bass or choose Ruby Tuesday's over eating at McDonald's. If they want to trash a TV, have at it.

I do respect the lack of pretentiousness, though. I hate pretentiousness.

Edit: DigMe made my first point in this post.

[dullsilver_mike]

Originally Posted by burk48237

while many love to rag on the down home tastes of these guys, I appreciate the lack of pretentiousness. I didn't see any Armani in the video, I suspect they don't shop at Barneys. In other words they have money but they're not worried about impressing others with it. I suspect we all could learn from that value (including myself).

Unless it's all an act put on because of the popularity of red neckism.

I live in a section of the American Mid-West where people generally speak like US newscasters (granted with slightly flatter vowel sounds), there's not naturally any southern drawl or heavy use of rural colloquialisms. Lo and behold! Larry the cable guy, a Nebraska native arrives on the scene with a made up "red neck" accent. I now constantly hear this accent every where I go from folks of all ages. Where did it come from? Not from a lack of pretentiousness. Same thing with confederate flags and million other little pieces of culture that that have no authentic relationship to the pre-existing society here.

Nothing wrong with having fun with a trend, but I do get tired of folks insisting that it's somehow connected to the geography or culture of my home area. It simply isn't.

Those giant red-neck style trucks and guns are just a different way of spending excessive amounts of money solely for showing off.

[rr5025]

I wanted the Saints to win, but after seeing these fools I hope someone very ****** destorys them.

[BongoBoyLA]

Originally Posted by karrot-x

That is the dumbest Redskin fan evar!

Oh, you know he did it just so he could make an excuse to the wife for one of these:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Bravia_W.html

[burk48237]

Originally Posted by DigMe

Either that or they are up to their eyeballs in debt like much of the rest of America who live beyond their means.

bc

Possible, but I suspect if they are really buried in debt and upside down on their mortgage, they wouldn't destroy the most important investment an American makes, more important then their kids college fund. The big screen TV.

For the record I don't have one.

[A-Step-Towards]

i thought this was going to be about nascar

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by burk48237

Possible, but I suspect if they are really buried in debt and upside down on their mortgage, they wouldn't destroy the most important investment an American makes, more important then their kids college fund. The big screen TV.

Touche'