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"this"

again, don't think you understand how that works

8/9/2013 7:46:13 AM

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"So, I live in Germany now, in this tiny town called Münster."

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"feel free to move"

Sounds like he already did champs.

Münster is pretty sweet. I had a professor/colleague who spent a lot of time there working and teaching at the university. He does a lot of research on transportation, specifically bicycles. More trips in Münster are taken by bikes than cars, which is kind of mind blowing.

8/9/2013 10:30:37 AM

I'm willing to bet he didn't move to Germany by choice

8/9/2013 10:44:15 AM

why do you say that?

8/9/2013 11:41:49 AM

I'd much rather live in Germany than NC, minus their crap weather.

I don't speak the language, which could pose some problems, but at least the people in the food service industry would also recognize how shitty NC's politics are.

8/9/2013 1:04:44 PM

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"again, don't think you understand how that works"

explain that

[Edited on August 9, 2013 at 2:04 PM. Reason : .]

8/9/2013 2:00:58 PM

you can't just move to another country. they won't let you in without the proper skillset, connections, or money. or you could join the french foreign legion.

i mean you could move to somalia probably, but no one is saying the US is worse than somalia

8/9/2013 2:23:46 PM

^

8/9/2013 2:27:04 PM

what happened to your wife and kid? they move with you?

8/9/2013 2:33:24 PM

I'm glad I mourned this political stuff in advance. Every other person I meet is "ashamed" to live in North Carolina now; I'm tempted to shed the last of my social skills and just blurt out Kenny Powers quotes.

8/9/2013 4:04:13 PM

haven't you heard? being ashamed to live in NC is incredibly popular these days. i say join the impending exodus and GTFO, that way you can be smug/proud that you left. it'll make a great story at a cocktail party or when youre in line at a German ice cream parlor.

8/9/2013 4:07:53 PM

I'm ashamed of the actions of a bunch of assholes that I didn't vote for passing a bunch of laws that I have no control over. Seems legit, right?

8/9/2013 4:18:48 PM

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"I'm ashamed of the actions of a bunch of assholes that I didn't vote for passing a bunch of laws that I have no control over. Seems legit, right?"

my liberal friends are returning to NC

its called blowback

8/9/2013 4:21:07 PM

love it or leave it

8/9/2013 4:22:17 PM

or participate in democracy

8/9/2013 4:22:58 PM

why would i be ashamed to live in nc? not my fault we're run by nearly-retarded people

or that we're among the dumbest and fattest states

[Edited on August 9, 2013 at 4:24 PM. Reason : ..]

8/9/2013 4:23:14 PM

I'm not ashamed of nc in the slightest

I am ashamed of how divided our nation has become under Obama on so many bases

8/9/2013 4:52:59 PM

THANKS OBAMA FOR MAKING ME ASHAMED!

8/9/2013 4:53:39 PM

Well, I finally had some Bojangles' supremes today. They were delicious.

So...suck it, Germany.

8/9/2013 4:59:42 PM

"We used to live in the United States but now we live in Texas"

Part of a conversion I heard my 10 yr old son having with a friend. I had to laugh!!

8/9/2013 5:07:18 PM

Most people in North Carolina are pleased with GOP. Watching the news and reading a college message board is a poor representation. Being like Texas is a good thing, way better than being like California and a lot of the northeast.

8/9/2013 8:39:03 PM

Did my fellow North Carolinians feel this shameful about living in North Carolina like 10 or 15 years ago when we were a lot more backwards than we are now?

8/9/2013 8:40:41 PM

^ i did

well, more like i just hated it here.

[Edited on August 9, 2013 at 8:44 PM. Reason : ]

8/9/2013 8:43:41 PM

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" Being like Texas is a good thing, way better than being like California and a lot of the northeast."

LOL!

8/9/2013 9:00:10 PM

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"Most people in North Carolina are pleased with GOP. Watching the news and reading a college message board is a poor representation. Being like Texas is a good thing, way better than being like California and a lot of the northeast."

i honestly can't tell if this is parody or serious

8/9/2013 9:02:36 PM

Either way, it's hilarious!

8/9/2013 9:11:38 PM

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"college message board"

Implying that anyone on TWW is actually in college. Going back to school when you're 35 doesn't count, btw.

8/9/2013 9:19:33 PM

I mean, I'd rather live in Austin than Compton or Camden

8/9/2013 9:20:03 PM

^^When he said "college message board", I think he meant "a message board where most of the posters went to college"

...and I'd rather live in West, Texas than Bhopal, India

8/9/2013 9:59:28 PM

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"Most people in North Carolina are pleased with GOP"

I'm assuming you aren't trolling so,...excluding the Civil Rights Movement, when was the last time NC had ongoing political protests?

8/9/2013 10:05:17 PM

I'd rather live in Raleigh than Dallas

8/9/2013 10:08:41 PM

I love Raleigh, but I could get used to Wilmington or Asheville pretty easy.

8/9/2013 10:12:56 PM

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"Most people in North Carolina are pleased with GOP. "

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/07/abortion-bill-hurting-nc-republicans.html#more

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"-55% of voters are unhappy with the legislation that resulted in 70,000 North Carolinians losing their unemployment benefits earlier this month to only 29% who are supportive of it. There's strong opposition to this development by both independents (32/55) and Democrats (10/78). -76% of voters think that companies engaged in fracking in North Carolina should have to disclose all the chemicals they inject into the ground with only 13% opposed. Republicans in the State Senate have been trying to exempt them from having to do so. There's a strong bipartisan consensus (81/13 among independents, 80/9 among Democrats, 68/18 among Republicans) that disclosure should be required. -Voters think the ongoing Republican focus on Sharia Law is misplaced energy- just 17% think it's a pressing issue state government should address to 46% who think it is not with 37% not having an opinion either way, quite possibly an indication that they don't even know what it is. Even among Republicans only 23% think combating Sharia Law is an important priority. All of this could come back to bite Republicans in next year's election. The GOP has an overall 35% approval rating for how it's running state government with 55% of voters disapproving. Democrats now lead the generic legislative ballot 51/42, the largest lead we've ever found for them since we started tracking this statistic. Voters are so unhappy with the legislature that the protesters are coming out more popular. 47% have a favorable opinion of the folks who have been getting arrested protesting the General Assembly's actions to 40% with an unfavorable opinion and by a 47/41 margin voters say they have a higher opinion of the protestors than they do of the General Assembly. Those numbers may be a reflection of the sentiment North Carolinians hold by a 46/36 margin that the General Assembly is causing North Carolina 'national embarrassment.'"

And my guess would be in the last three weeks those numbers have dipped even more.

8/9/2013 10:20:21 PM

clearly their polling methodology is WRONG

8/9/2013 10:27:22 PM

This looks like a job for, "Unskewed Polls" ....

[Edited on August 9, 2013 at 10:42 PM. Reason : *~<]Bo]=]

8/9/2013 10:40:54 PM

lol @ polling website. Did Elon University or Mad Magazine have any 'shoot from the hip' information to offer as well?

8/9/2013 11:04:39 PM

I like this guy's style

8/9/2013 11:11:43 PM

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"I'm willing to bet he didn't move to Germany by choice "

I only applied for jobs in Europe. I got an offer in England and one in Germany, and I took the one in Germany. It was very much my choice to get off of the continent.

8/10/2013 5:14:31 AM

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"excluding the Civil Rights Movement, when was the last time NC had ongoing political protests?"

2011-2012 occupy wall street

8/10/2013 7:49:44 AM