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  • ignorant

    Sept. 4, 2009 12:24 p.m. ignorant SuperDork

    I don't know the validity of any of this, but its atleast fun if you take it at face value..

    http://www.wired.com/culture/education/magazine/17-09/st_sinmaps

    Like.. I live in CT.. We're greedy?.. No E36 M3?

    (edit: sad too)....

  • poopshovel

    Sept. 4, 2009 1:02 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

    No surprise that America's whang is solidly in the red, I suppose.

  • slantvaliant

    Sept. 4, 2009 1:10 p.m. slantvaliant HalfDork

    The definitions they use are way off base, so there's not much validity.

    Someone just got paid to play with numbers and a map.

  • Tim Baxter

    Sept. 4, 2009 1:10 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Seven deadly sins and Kansas City can't score for even one of them. It's like watching the Chiefs play.

  • ignorant

    Sept. 4, 2009 1:15 p.m. ignorant SuperDork

    slantvaliant wrote:

    The definitions they use are way off base, so there's not much validity.

    Someone just got paid to play with numbers and a map.

    I knew this was going to happen. Somebodies got a case of the monday's.....

  • Mental

    Sept. 4, 2009 1:26 p.m. Mental SuperDork

    West Texas is the captial of gluttony?!?

    I don't think so...

  • wbjones

    Sept. 4, 2009 7:33 p.m. wbjones Reader

    WNC can't get any respect for any thing....... just outside of the red in all the categories except for fast food joints...

  • aussiesmg

    Sept. 4, 2009 7:36 p.m. aussiesmg Dork

    sorta wondering how Oz fared, apparently Ohio is full of saints, wanna say that out loud in Cincinatti

  • Volksroddin

    Sept. 4, 2009 8:05 p.m. Volksroddin Dork

    aussiesmg wrote:

    apparently Ohio is full of saints,

    Umm yeay theres some thin about that.........there are 4 strip club with in 10 minutes of my place

  • mad_machine

    Sept. 4, 2009 11:10 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    Everything by Sloth and Guttony... sounds like South Jersey to me

  • slantvaliant

    Sept. 4, 2009 11:20 p.m. slantvaliant HalfDork

    Mental wrote:

    West Texas is the captial of gluttony?!?

    I don't think so...

    Probably all those small towns with Dairy Queens as the only restaurant. They serve some pretty good full meals if you like chicken fried steak, but get counted as fast food. So, one restaurant, few people, per capita ... off the chart.

  • ignorant

    Sept. 5, 2009 5:12 a.m. ignorant SuperDork

    aussiesmg wrote:

    apparently Ohio is full of saints,

    see now thats funny...

  • Jensenman

    Sept. 5, 2009 6:28 a.m. Jensenman SuperDork

    Yeah, we're heavy on the lust down here in the South.

  • EricM

    Sept. 5, 2009 8:27 a.m. EricM HalfDork

    Just looks like a bunch of population density maps to me.

  • cxhb

    Sept. 5, 2009 8:39 a.m. cxhb Reader

    ignorant wrote:

    aussiesmg wrote:

    apparently Ohio is full of saints,

    see now thats funny...

    yes, it is funny. after noticing that i can definitely say its lost all validity lol.

    Its a pretty cool idea to do that though, even if i believe its a little off.

  • cxhb

    Sept. 5, 2009 8:51 a.m. cxhb Reader

    You know, now that i think about it. There are a TON of bible banging folk around here. All of them claim this and that and are very... hmm... we'll say, "righteous".

    I have been talked down to about religion before, I dont know if its because I'm kind of a relaxed Catholic (Ha ha, what catholic isnt?) and im not on my soapbox 24/7 or what but... It does get old. Especially when most of those who have talked down to me and act very "righteous", are about as contradictory as can be.

    And by no means am i against organized religion, this is just something I've noticed more and more lately.

    Anyone else notice this?

  • pete240z

    Sept. 5, 2009 9:04 a.m. pete240z Dork

    it is interesting that the Bible belt ranks high on all the sin maps...LOL.

    I too think someone slapped some maps and numbers together.

  • mtn

    Sept. 5, 2009 9:23 a.m. mtn SuperDork

    EricM wrote:

    Just looks like a bunch of population density maps to me.

    +1

  • mel_horn

    Sept. 6, 2009 8:12 a.m. mel_horn Dork

    Central PA: Greed and Sloth !!!

    Gotta love it.

  • Sept. 6, 2009 9:59 a.m. ncjay Reader

    This backs up everything I think. I moved to Charlotte, NC from CT many years ago. People are just whacked out of their friggin minds around here. There are many nice, friendly people, but an abnormal amount of crazy idiots as well.

  • confuZion3

    Sept. 7, 2009 6:31 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork

    mel_horn wrote:

    Central PA: Greed and Sloth !!!

    Gotta love it.

    Yup! Same up here in NYC! It's the only place that I can think of that probably has health clubs where members have enough money to PAY somebody to run on a treadmill for them.

    And wow, Florida. You guys suck. Or rule. I'm not really sure. You're on all but two maps and nobody is on those two.

 
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