I have no idea why but for some reason, and only in NS, I found the majority of the people arrogant and stuck up. Well here’s what I think the breakdown is:
Guys in general are very careless.. full of hate and all look the same, like douche bag with the flipped collar. Funny thing, I don’t think i’ve seen anyone do that in any of my travels, not even in toronto.
Guys, when you drop someone’s drink, buy them another one and don’t accuse them of BEING IN YOUR WAY you moron, specially when that drink was on a table!!!!
Girls, when a guy thinks you’re pretty, don’t say I KNOW, the proper response is Awwww Thanks, I appreciate the complement. You don’t have to sleep with the fucking guy. A thank you goes a long way. Believe me I SEE RESUMES DAILY, one of them could be yours.
NS by far is the worst dressed province. People are so judgmental and stuck up it’s beyond comprehension.
I Love the black leather couches everywhere, there are other colors for fucks sake.
Just because you attended school doesn’t make you educated or intelligent, if you can’t fend for yourself and you don’t have social skill and public relations, you’re NOT educated. Anyone can memorize what’s in a text book and regurgitate it.
And for some reason, there are way too many single mothers without baby daddies, it’s like the guy just fucked and ditched.
have some fucking self respect. I’m not talking about the divorced mothers, believe me you can tell the difference in their appearance.
Please, if you’re less than 18 years old, you should be arrested for dressing up like a porn star, I think I saw more porn stars on the waterfront than buskers!!!
And for some reason, people in this messed up City don’t think Peter Kelly is responsible for this whole harbour fiasco, Well what the fuck is he responsible for then? Why the fuck are we voting a mayor if the mayor doesn’t do anything?
Personally, I’d cut off NS and let it float in the ocean aimlessly, they’re giving Canada a bad name.
NO I am FROM HERE. Wish I wasn’t!!!!
Oh by the way, to people living in digby, You know the fox will eat your chickens regardless, not because of the wind turbines that AREN’T there yet!!!! God you people are so backwards!!!!
Also, what fucking city closes all public places before the sun goes down? For God’s sake leave the public gardens open till 10, you have security and police all over the city that do the so called beat walk or something like that where they patrol streets on foot.. well walk around or inside public gardens for a change!!!!
God you people are fucking idiots!
—Adios
This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2009.
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I stay for the weather.
You sound miserable. Hope your day improves.
I love it here, mainly because the people are awesome. I’m told the kinder, the happier, the more balanced a person is, the more a person see the good in others.
Well, for someone who’s critizing a whole province for being judgemental / stuck up / rude / etc, you sure do embody all of these characteristics rather nicely.
Nice burn jennier! And OP, judging an entire group of people based on the actions of a few is called prejudice. Not a very enlightened attitude coming from someone who’s posturing as being intelligent.
sounds racist to me!!!!
Ordering women how to respond to a compliment is always a sure sign of a fucking charmer.
My favourite part: “NS by far is the worst dressed province. People are so judgmental and stuck up it’s beyond comprehension.”
My 87-yr-old grandmother is less feeble than that statement.
You know OP, if you left I probably would be a lot happier. I don’t know any guys that look like a “douche bag with a flipped collar.” Also, any girl that I’ve ever met that’s says “I know” when a guy compliments her, says it with a laugh because she’s flirting that way. It doesn’t mean she’ll sleep with him.
And sure, there are lots of single moms out there, but complaining about them isn’t going to make their kids disappear. And yes, kids dress like skanks, but they’ll probably grow out of it. I certainly wouldn’t dress like britney spears these days, but it was “cool” when I was 16.
The thing is, if you want to complain about this stuff, you need to take some responsibility to fix it. Learn to laugh about some of the ridiculousness of Nova Scotia, and for christ’s sake, lighten up. You’ll feel a lot better about the world.
There are only two things that embarrass me about Nova Scotia – guys with baseball caps, faded t-shirts and jeans with the arse end somewhere around the back of the knees. The other thing is our capital city and its fucking incompetent Mumbly Joe as mayor – Barrington Street is a fucking greasy disgrace – what tourist in their right mind would be impressed by the squalor on Halifax’s main drag? If I were off a cruise ship, I’d be scuttling back to my cabin as far as my pins could take me.
TTFN
Mumbly Joe?
Seriously?
Way to be a total ass.
Thank you, thank you very much – TTFN has left the building (cue exit music).
Sound like ‘The Grass is Greener on the other side syndrom’. So go see the rest of the country and see what you think then….It’s all the same shit, different pile that’s all.
You think they don’t have skanky teenage porn stars in Toronto, Montreal or Calgary…Fuck you’ll even find that shit in rural Saskatchawan.
Girls in Vancouver are just a clike as girls in Halifax and the guys are assholes too – so no difference there either.
The only thing this guy got right is Peter Kelly and the Harbour Solutions fiasko. That sort of politics can only happen in Nova Scotia.
Thanks for letting us all know what backwards and awful people we are. I had no idea that we were so bad. I vote that we should use this persons bitch and take it to province house to petition our leaders to make these eggregious falts illegal.
Really? take it up with the people who dont have to suffer your ego. If you are so great, what are you doing here, in the apparent sweat stain of Canada?
Vote Quimby…er…Kelly. If you were running for mayor, he’d vote for you.
“God you people are fucking idiots!”
… takes one to know one ass clown.
I’m here because I like the smell of shit in the morning.
Good riddance. Are you gone yet? Don’t hit yer bum on the door on the way out.
I second Cranky on that one, the smell just keeps ya here.
And the fact that the province sucks the money and life out of ya, you don’t feel like leaving anymore.
And now to ad to the mix, NDP.. yaaaaay, more socialism and tax hikes!
Hypocrisy… overload…can’t compute….BOOM!
I got a kick out of OB’s post as I see a lot of what he/she observed. I wonder if the OB were in Sydney at all during their visit.
Honestly, if you think Halifax has arrogant schmucks and terrible fashion/style sense, you should see Cape Breton. And yes, folks, CB people can be really full of themselves!
I think I want to take the OP out for a beer … and I won’t pop my collar yo.
Cheers
I dunno i think you’ll get a lot of that shit anywhere you go, to be honest.
However, I’ll be the first to admit that Halifax is so concerned with being a “try hard” that it’s pretentious as hell.
Whenever I’ve been in other [larger] cities I’ve honestly felt less “judged” by the general populace.
Also, it’s a HUGE myth that people in ontario are asshats and rude and all that crap. I met some of the friendliest people I know when I lived in ontario.
I LIKE TEAANGE SKANKY PORN LOOKING GIRLS, ON THE WTERFRONT YOU SAY…BE THERE 2NITE, WITH MY SKANK GOGGLES ON
if this is a female bitcher,i think i’m in love. bring it on sweetheart.
skank goggles…lol
hmmm.. wonder what kinda bee got in her bonnet?
*biting my tongue* *biting my tongue* *biting my tongue*
If the OB is female, maybe she’s jealous of the preteen/teen skanks being better looking than her.
Someone’s never been to Jersey…
this is what I saw:
blah blah blah
I look at resumes on kijiji and steal from them so I can get a better job than Wendy’s
blah blah blah
I hit on girls and they tell me to get lost
blah blah blah
i wish i could pull of a popped collar
blah BLAH blah blah
i hate my life I’m going to go get into a consensual fight and get my ass handed to me by a black leather couch.
Respond to a complement? God, I hope you aren’t the one actually reviewing the résumés with a view to hiring!
OP, you sound more arrogant and stuck up than anyone I’ve met here in my life. Stop worrying about what other people are doing, how they dress, etc, and maybe just worry about yourself. faaack.
I think I’d kill myself if my happiness was this dependent on superficial things strangers do.
Chill out spaz.
I too enjoy the skanks on the waterfront.
Adios says something about, “guys look the same… like douchebags with flipped collars”
your inane bitch aside, OB… i too was kinda wondering about all these ‘collar poppers’ i’ve been seeing around town… strutting around, collars flipped up, looking like they’re trying to channel Tom Cruise (you know, from that dumb movie he did back in the early 80s).
anyway yeah, collar poppers are definitely douchey. my eyeballs involuntarily roll around in their sockets whenever i see these frat boy douches.
no baby daddy no cry….oh oh oh OH…no baby daddy no cry…dirty stroller dirty mama…no baby daddy no cry…holy god…
how miserable you must be here since dressing like a skank has been in since Madonna got to Halifax or whatever… did you see any muffin tops…
go live somewhere else like a tropical place …ahhh.
skanks everywhere…even your grandmother is in heels and a bikkini top with her grill and nails done…
this place is suzy sheir conservative for skankiness and trust
me … you won’t fit in anywhere else with that attitude….or however YOU dress…
good luck. no baby daddy no cry…oh oh oh OH…
why you stay Here…in Halifax…no baby daddies dirty strollers….dirty mama…HOly God!
…??
Did I miss something there??
It’s modernist poetry virgomom… you wouldn’t understand.
Everywhere are black leather couches–exactly how many therapists are you seeing at this time, OP with OD?
While the OP is clearly a miserable person, they make a good point about the fashion sense of east coasters; but what do they have against black leather couches?
The thing is, the poor fashion the OP is bitching about is not an East coast thing…popped collars and porn star costumes are in every city now. Our poor fashion sense comes from most of us thing it’s dressed up if you tuck your T-shirt into your jeans.
Teenage skanks on the waterfront and I missed it, dam. I`m gonna need a pair of them skank goggles please.
Teenage skanks dressed like porn stars on the waterfront and I missed it, dam. I`m gonna need a pair of them skank goggles please.
Here is my rant for you->
People are going to be ignorant everywhere you go, yes there are the slutty dressed girls and the popped collar guys but maybe have you stopped to think maybe they places your hanging out have to do with this? i totally agree with being poorly dresses i hate the Amnercian Apparel dressed people its gross not cool! not my thing!
AS for people being dressed like that its not just here it is everywhere we learn style and what not from the MEDIA (TV,MOVIES, MOVIE STARS etc) this is where it comes from so don’t bash NS for it
i like seeing stick-thin gay men wearing slippers and sandals with their suspenders and facial hair. its so unique and fashionable1
To the OP…
If you don’t like it, move, get out of the city.
Problem solved
Wow..time for a new tag “Another Boring Halifax Bitch”.
techcafe, you better not be thinking of Risky Business
as a matter of fact, Anton, i WAS thinking of Risky Business… thank you for reminding me. although, i don’t suppose RB was any worse than Cruise’s other movies. he’s not much of an actor really, rather one dimensional for the most part. it’s like Tom Cruise is always playing ‘himself’ – in all of his movies.
but enough about Tom… what about you, Anton… still popping your collars, are we?
well isn’t it obvious?
@Anton – hah! i knew it… that’s you i see strutting down Skin Garden isn’t it, your pointy polo collars starched and erect?
Aha! I knew someone was checking me out
@Anton – ummhmm… and did it excite you?
hmmm bitter much???anyone who starts their argument citing their experiences in a bar is not worth reading.
“”Personally, I’d cut off NS and let it float in the ocean aimlessly…””
Hmmm.
This is actually a great idea, buried in a fairly bog-standard rant…
Rather than “aimlessly” though, could we not start all the fishing boats at once and point due south towards the Bahamas? I’d even settle for the latitude of, say, Bermuda.
If it saves gas money, we could even leave Cape Breton behind…they don’t like us and nothing good ever happens there anyway. Maybe switch the polarity on the wind turbines for a bit of a push, and that tidal plant could act like a giant flipper and get us well started on our way!
If the good folks from Digby were up for it, they could steer…
Bad Mr Frosty, I like your style on the coast… But keep in mind that most of the fisherman around here are pretty stupid, and unless you explicitly instruct them to keep their boats tied to the wharves, they’d all wind up in the south, with no province in tow, looking at each other, scratching their heads, and wondering what the fuck went wrong…
Bad Mr. Frosty (giggle), I am prostrating myself before you (not prostituting, Life Sucks). I find your translation into text of the working of your mind deviously entertaining :).
Frosty, that’s hilarious. Floyd, fuck off with your stupid fishermen comment. Don’t be jealous that they make more money than you with less education. Asshole
Whats so funny reading the comments is that everyone is SOOOO mad!! Do you think that you guys read a bitch that was basically telling the truth (come on, girls in this city arent ugly, they are FUGLY, and guys well..guys everywhere can be stupid, its just in halifax where they are a bit more stupid), and you guys are responding in anger because….I dont know….that tiny little voice in your tiny little Nova Scotian brains is saying “hey..this person is airing all our dirty laundry! The stuff we dont put in the tourist brochures!! And..its TRUE!!” so you get mad and try to bash the person who wrote the bitch.
Halifax will always be Halifax: the capital pseudo-sorta-not really-city-regional municipality of a backwards and pathetic province, where people think they’re cooler than NB or NF…though Im still waiting to see why!
And, actually, I find the fishermen to be among the smartest in this province! It’s the “look at me!! I live in Clayton Park and work at a desk” types that tend to be much much much MUCH more stupid. At least fishermen have a connection to nature and arent afraid to get out there and brave the elements, unlike some people I know in this city who are terrified when the thermostat goes above 25 or below 18. Grow up people!