FUCK California

[Rafiq]

because it's an insufferable shit hole.






that's all

[khad]

This made my day.

[ed miliband]

my idea of california has been shaped by g-funk, gta: san andreas, the novels of john fante and charles bukowski, and the films of john cassavetes. seems like a pretty cool place to me.

[Manic Impressive]

But I thought California knew how to party?
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[Comrade Samuel]

California sounds like a terrifying place, the fires will take your homes, the earthquakes will take the ground you stand on and the time traveling robots from the future who have infiltrated your governments will take your life when the time is right.

Oh and hippies, there's always the god damn hippies.

[Magón]

The politics are pretty sickening when it comes to talking with most people, but at least where I live, if I'm bored I can just drive over to the nice sunny beach. :D

[Prometeo liberado]

Cali is extremely terrifying. None of you should even get as close as Las Vegas. Smog is a legally traded commodity and unless you make $100,000 a year you are not allowed to use the sidewalks. There is a waiting list to go to the beach and cosmetic surgery is mandated. Please stay away. Please.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

because it's an insufferable shit hole.






that's all

If you hate it, it is probably full of liberals...

[Igor]

Don't know much about California overall but I've always wanted to visit San Fran, seems like a chill city.

[Agent Ducky]

.... I live here and it's pretty alright. Especially the Channel Islands. That shit is fucking beautiful.

[Bronco]

That advert with Beckham and Schwarzenegger tells me different

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

The only thing I know about California, is that there are a million shitty songs written about t.

[Luc]

says the guy from Detroit...:confused:

[Prometeo liberado]

.... I live here and it's pretty alright. Especially the Channel Islands. That shit is fucking beautiful.
Precisely what I was trying to avoid. Thanks Ducky. A wonderfull and diverse land, destroyed by an influx of miserable little Rafiqs will be all of your making. Thanks.

[Rafiq]

says the guy from Detroit...:confused:

Detroit is great. We don't have as much scum here, and the weather is nice. It has a more proletarian character too, and all the reactionaries cower in fear, unless you're with them in private (excluding the Islamic estabilishment in Dearborn, who are scum). People here don't dress their pets, we have few hippies, no harsh sun, the Detroit river shits on the salty piss west coast pacific, etc. Etc.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

California is a pretty mixed bag, we have basically everything from deserts to snow-capped mountains, vast swaths of ghettos and suburbs, one of the largest economies in the world, etc. I never see pets dressed up where I live...Where are you, Rodeo Drive?

[Jimmie Higgins]

California's already fuct


down in Santa Rosa over the bay
across the grapevine to L.A.
we've got desert, we've got trees
we've got the hills of Beverly
let's burn the hills of Beverly!!

walk with your credit card in the air!!
swing your nachos just like you just don't care!!
this is the slow sick sucking part of me
this is the slow sick sucking part of me
and when i suck in kisses, it's ours...

up to the top of the shasta gulch
and to the bottom of the tahoe lakes
manmade deltas and concrete rivers
the south takes what the north delivers
you film hack, i don't use your...fade...

lost in the foothills of my pride
Trocadero, say good night
to the LAST PSYCHEDELIC BAND
FROM Sacto, northern cal.
FROM Sacto northern cal.

take it; neighbor; cuz you're my neighbor;
and i need favors; you're my neighbor;
you've done me favors; cuz i'm your neighbor;
i'm not your neighbor, you bakersfield trash.
traaaaaash! traaaaaash!!!

UJhSESlpsIM

[Prometeo liberado]

Detroit is great
Does this need any rebuttal?:crying:

[Rusty Shackleford]

Don't know much about California overall but I've always wanted to visit San Fran, seems like a chill city.


so chill. on any given day you can see cops harassing brown or homeless people. Driving is terrible with impatient assholes at every turn. (especially when making a left)


but on the bright side.


Mission st. is awesome. food EVERYWHERE. and the graffiti is excellent.








Now, as for california. Its not that special. Its hot as hell, bright as hell, and it hardly ever rains.

[∞]

my idea of california has been shaped by g-funk, gta: san andreas, the novels of john fante and charles bukowski, and the films of john cassavetes. seems like a pretty cool place to me.

Yes.


because it's an insufferable shit hole.






that's all

Why don't you go fuck yourself with a tire?

[cynicles]

California is pretty terribad and yet like a diamond in the pile of shit so arrises Oakland, that magical city that I can't help but love. But the rest is shit.

[Sam_b]

Asiyu-wnYOo

[A Revolutionary Tool]

California is pretty terribad and yet like a diamond in the pile of shit so arrises Oakland, that magical city that I can't help but love. But the rest is shit.
The best post of the day. If you actually lived here in California you'd realize how funny that statement is. And out of nowhere a diamond in the rough, a glowing city at the top of the hill, Oakland arises. Funny thing is most people I know from Oakland/The East Bay in general just want to get the fuck out :laugh:

[cynicles]

The best post of the day. If you actually lived here in California you'd realize how funny that statement is. And out of nowhere a diamond in the rough, a glowing city at the top of the hill, Oakland arises. Funny thing is most people I know from Oakland/The East Bay in general just want to get the fuck out :laugh:

That statement was meant to go both ways, like I do sexually, I love it for the millitant radicalism, but realize its still a shithole.


...I've got it, we turn all of America into a shithole and we'll be on our way to socialism.

[Manic Impressive]

...I've got it, we turn all of America into a shithole and we'll be on our way to socialism.
All of America is already a shit hole any more shiterization would just be blatant reformism. In fact Shittines has now reached a stage of decadent shittyness where by the working class are now spontaneously compelled to flush the shit through learned and ongoing waste disposal warfare.

[Igor]

Now, as for california. Its not that special. Its hot as hell, bright as hell, and it hardly ever rains.

i'm from northern europe so that's really enough for me to like a place a lot

[Jimmie Higgins]

i'm from northern europe so that's really enough for me to like a place a lotSeriously, I was in Chicago in the winter and when I saw homeless people I was like: Shit get yourself a bus ticket to Santa Monica, it's sunny and warm in January and the NAZI gangs don't hang out at the beach anymore.

The LA year-round 72 degree F temps do get oddly depressing like constant overcast though - I think it just makes days feel repetative. I like the Bay Area: 3 seasons per-day 1/2 the year and all of them mild.

[Igor]

Seriously, I was in Chicago in the winter and saw homeless people and was like: Shit get yourself a bus ticket to Santa Monica, it's sunny and warm in January and the fascist don't hang out at the beach anymore in LA.

i'm looking out of the window right now, everything is grey, it's drizzling and it's like 15c

fuck

[citizen of industry]

it hardly ever rains.

That did it for me. Definitely a fucking shithole.

[Obs]

That did it for me. Definitely a fucking shithole.
If you bad-mouth Paracas one more god damn time.

[Delenda Carthago]

Detroit is great. We don't have as much scum here, and the weather is nice. It has a more proletarian character too, and all the reactionaries cower in fear, unless you're with them in private (excluding the Islamic estabilishment in Dearborn, who are scum). People here don't dress their pets, we have few hippies, no harsh sun, the Detroit river shits on the salty piss west coast pacific, etc. Etc.
Can you still find houses for 20$?

[The Douche]

Seriously, I was in Chicago in the winter and when I saw homeless people I was like: Shit get yourself a bus ticket to Santa Monica, it's sunny and warm in January and the NAZI gangs don't hang out at the beach anymore.

The LA year-round 72 degree F temps do get oddly depressing like constant overcast though - I think it just makes days feel repetative. I like the Bay Area: 3 seasons per-day 1/2 the year and all of them mild.

The weather fucked me up while I was in Oakland. When I arrived I was wearing a flannel, as soon as I got in the car I had to ditch it, then I got a sunburn that afternoon in the backyard, and when we went out everybody had a light jacket, which I didn't understand, cause it was warm, I walked out the bar and it was down to the 50s or 60s with a breeze and i felt dumb for not bringing a coat.

I also described Oakland as "like Baltimore, but it smells like weed instead of diapers and death".

[NoOneIsIllegal]

California is overrated.

[Luc]

i'm looking out of the window right now, everything is grey, it's drizzling and it's like 15c

fuck

my god that sounds heavenly, i cant go no where without gettin bugs in the face or a sun burn!

and im in South Ontario!

i would rather die than go to Cali

[cynicles]

my god that sounds heavenly, i cant go no where without gettin bugs in the face or a sun burn!

and im in South Ontario!

i would rather die than go to Cali
Ugh I know, we got a few nice days of rain and some cooling at night but now it getting hot again.

[Agent Ducky]

I don't get it though. People who don't live here saying Cali is a shitty place to live make no fucking sense. Even people who do really only know the area that they've lived in is shitty. California is one of the biggest states out there with a ton of different areas.
I could understand someone saying "Orange County sucks." "Living in New Hampshire sucks." And people who complain about the weather in some areas of CA strike me as kinda spoiled. We have some of the mildest temperatures in the country yet they still find something to whine about.

[Igor]

Cali weather seems pretty much ideal to me. Personal tastes and all, but my mind's just boggled by people complaining about the weather being too warm and sunny. California isn't exactly tropical or anything, it could be a lot more hot and humid and that I'd understand. Come enjoy some of this Northern European grey shit if it rocks your boat I guess but don't expect me to ever understand you.

[Luc]

Cali weather seems pretty much ideal to me. Personal tastes and all, but my mind's just boggled by people complaining about the weather being too warm and sunny. California isn't exactly tropical or anything, it could be a lot more hot and humid and that I'd understand. Come enjoy some of this Northern European grey shit if it rocks your boat I guess but don't expect me to ever understand you.

i hope to one day :tt1: that or Nunavut/Greenland


Ugh I know, we got a few nice days of rain and some cooling at night but now it getting hot again.

and some years it barely snows in the winter :crying:

[Rafiq]

I don't get it though. People who don't live here saying Cali is a shitty place to live make no fucking sense. Even people who do really only know the area that they've lived in is shitty. California is one of the biggest states out there with a ton of different areas.
I could understand someone saying "Orange County sucks." "Living in New Hampshire sucks." And people who complain about the weather in some areas of CA strike me as kinda spoiled. We have some of the mildest temperatures in the country yet they still find something to whine about.

True but when people refer to Cali they generally mean South of San Fransisco

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[Ostrinski]

Man Northern Europe sounds like an ideal place for me personally. I love cold or chilly weather, just gets me feeling good. On top of that I met some Norwegians and Swedes while in Spain and they were nice as hell. I wanna go.

[MustCrushCapitalism]

New York is infinitely superior to every other state.

The US is just the northeast and west cost. Everything in between is just a massive plain of nothingness.

[Die Neue Zeit]

because it's an insufferable shit hole.

that's all

Shame on you, comrade. Shame for your regionalist bias!

:D


True but when people refer to Cali they generally mean South of San Francisco

In that case, pardon my overreaction. ;)

[maskerade]

Man Northern Europe sounds like an ideal place for me personally. I love cold or chilly weather, just gets me feeling good. On top of that I met some Norwegians and Swedes while in Spain and they were nice as hell. I wanna go.

Be careful what you wish for. Cuts in public spending = breakdown of public transportation during the winter; walking around in -20 degrees Celsius sucks. and in my personal opinion, a 150 USD taxi to the unemployment office is a bit steep.

Scandinavians (read: swedes) are also much friendlier when outside of their home. In Sweden there is such social pressure to be nondescript and conformist that people become straight up rude just to avoid standing out, and usually save up their ability to be chill for trips overseas. I've been told off by grumpy swedes because I was talking with my friend on a bus. this has happened three times. Also if you are a friendly person, Swedes will be extremely confused by you - you're not meant to talk to strangers or say 'hello' to people. and don't you even dare look people in the eye when walking on the street, they will think you're dangerous, and if you look different from the average swede, people will notice and cops will detain you for bullshit reasons and force you to take a drug test.

However, both Norway and Denmark are lovely places compared to Sweden, and the people are much friendlier and jollier. if you're not Caucasian though you won't get in to Denmark, their government really doesn't like brown people. Well, maybe you'll get in, but they'll probably put you in a cage for the amusement of the danish people's party. and if you happen to fall in love with a danish woman/man the powers that be will get very angry and make it even more difficult for you to stay there.

tl;dr: california may be shit but so is the rest of the world.

[Igor]

idk even with the cuts Sweden has pretty awesome public transport system when compared to most of the world, especially if you don't live in bumfuck nowhere or some smaller random ass suburb you should be fine. taxi fees are pretty fucking ridiculous though so getting home from the bar can suck

and Stockholm underground beats the shit out of Helsinki underground btw

and you're kinda exaggerating how grumpy people here are, younger folks are usually pretty chill and I don't really chat up with angry old people anyways

[maskerade]

I suppose the infrastructure is pretty awesome, yes. but since the right-wing coalition has come in to power the prices in stockholm have more than doubled for public transportation. and the privatization has introduced this concept of 'snow on the tracks' which didn't even exist back in the day because there was more money for the system to avoid such issues. i mean, it's sweden - there will be snow on the tracks in any given year. why this is a problem for private companies is obvious to everyone on this site, but the public discourse blames bad weather rather than greed of capitalists.

and yes, i was being slightly hyperbolic. I was going to add that young people are often not like this. whether they become like that once they move in to suburbia is another question altogether though.

i'm originally Swedish, but I've only lived there for a 3 year period, and during this time period I was picked on by cops as well as my classmates because I lived in a poor area of town with lots of immigrants. i obviously can't speak for anyone else, but my experience was that Swedes really don't like difference unless it's exotic - like tourists who are there for a short period of time. even when i joined the left party's youth organisation i was grilled because I lived in an affluent municipality, even though i lived in the least affluent area of said municipality. but maybe that was the problem, people in my school were generally rich as fuck and rich fucks are almost always assholes.

[ed miliband]

berlin is better than anywhere in scandinavia, if only because alcohol is so much cheaper. public transport is good too.

[Igor]

berlin is better than anywhere in scandinavia, if only because alcohol is so much cheaper. public transport is good too.

yeah berlin is really one of the best cities in europe

[ed miliband]

there'll be a point in the next ten years when in becomes shit tho, where will be good after that? i reckon somewhere in poland or ukraine.

[Luc]

what Berlin's weather like?

[Igor]

what Berlin's weather like?

Quite mild, kinda warm summers kinda cold winters - usually not that much snow, though. Nothing special really.

[Luc]

Quite mild, kinda warm summers kinda cold winters - usually not that much snow, though. Nothing special really.

ah ty, sounds like here actually :lol:

[Jimmie Higgins]

The weather fucked me up while I was in Oakland. When I arrived I was wearing a flannel, as soon as I got in the car I had to ditch it, then I got a sunburn that afternoon in the backyard, and when we went out everybody had a light jacket, which I didn't understand, cause it was warm, I walked out the bar and it was down to the 50s or 60s with a breeze and i felt dumb for not bringing a coat.

I also described Oakland as "like Baltimore, but it smells like weed instead of diapers and death".LOL. Sometimes it smells of all three. In my neighborhood it smells of weed and discarded matresses with a light aroma of pee.

Weather: Layers dude!

John Waters spoke in Oakland a few months ago - I missed it unfortunately, but I wanted to ask him about the Oakland/Baltimore parallels and differences... I also wanted to ask him if he went to any of the Occupy camps and if he could compare and contrast them to a sort of a liberated version of Mortville.:lol: