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So I went to the County Fair and lost all hope in humanity
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:09 pm
I truly hate the fair, but I have 2 small kids who like the animals and kiddie rides so I suck it up.
My county is fairly rural, so it was an awesome opportunity to see hundreds of super trashy wypipo with bad tats, fat women in sweat pants, and your basic dregs of society. The guy who I stood behind in the ticket line had on an old basketball jersey (Gasol), skinny jeans, and black suede shoes
There were also an unusually large number of trashy old granies with mixed grand babies in tow.
I would put the terrible human : decent human ratio at around 4:1.
Also, few of the ride operators speak English.
It makes me sad to think about what our country is becoming.
Compared to a fair pic from 1950s:
My county is fairly rural, so it was an awesome opportunity to see hundreds of super trashy wypipo with bad tats, fat women in sweat pants, and your basic dregs of society. The guy who I stood behind in the ticket line had on an old basketball jersey (Gasol), skinny jeans, and black suede shoes
There were also an unusually large number of trashy old granies with mixed grand babies in tow.
I would put the terrible human : decent human ratio at around 4:1.
Also, few of the ride operators speak English.
It makes me sad to think about what our country is becoming.
Compared to a fair pic from 1950s:
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Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:10 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Also, few of the ride operators speak English.
Dey terk er jerbs!
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:13 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I blame it all on the funnel cakes
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:13 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Also, few of the ride operators speak English.
The operator that runs the midway at our fair uses eastern European college students. Some are not very fluent, but all are clean cut and courteous. Not your typical carnies. I'm embarassed at what they must say when they go back home.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:14 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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Also, few of the ride operators speak English
I always wondered about the quality control of those rides. Carnies smoking weed and building a Tilt-a-whirl. I wonder how many extra nuts and bolts they have left over at the end of constructing those things and just say to hell with it and throw them in the trash.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:14 pm to Eli Goldfinger
4:1 is a pretty light ratio. Obviously you’ve never been to the Thibodaux Fireman’s Fair.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:14 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I miss the good old days when poor people could only afford to go to town once a month.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:19 pm to Jim Rockford
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The operator that runs the midway at our fair uses eastern European college students. Some are not very fluent, but all are clean cut and courteous. Not your typical carnies. I'm embarassed at what they must say when they go back home.
Eastern Europe is filled with white trash like you wouldn't believe. The ones who make it over here to work at the fair are for the most part the educated ones.
They probably go home and say "Yep, Americans are pretty much just like us."
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:24 pm to Eli Goldfinger
The folks at fairs in the 50s were probably trashy by the standards of that time as well.
I worked a bumper car ride on a lot of weekends when I went to lsu. 300 bucks for the weekend and 400 if I stayed on Sunday and help pick up the rides. It was a smaller fair that mostly did churches and such. Still a lot of trash
I worked a bumper car ride on a lot of weekends when I went to lsu. 300 bucks for the weekend and 400 if I stayed on Sunday and help pick up the rides. It was a smaller fair that mostly did churches and such. Still a lot of trash
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:27 pm to Yellerhammer5
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I miss the good old days when poor people could only afford to go to town once a month.
I miss the gooder older days when poor people were used as furniture
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:31 pm to Yellerhammer5
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I miss the good old days when poor people could only afford to go to town once a month.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:35 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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I always wondered about the quality control of those rides
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:39 pm to Eli Goldfinger
But those sausages with peppers and onions 
Wooooooo doggie
Wooooooo doggie
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:41 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Weird, being at the fair strengthens my faith in humanity and in Americans.. It's not what you see on CNN.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:47 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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County Fair
The gathering of the Trump Voters.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:53 pm to Eli Goldfinger
You should come on down and check out the Washington Parish Free Fair to do some true people watching, and regardless of what some posters think everyone and I mean every is represented not just a Trump voter.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 5:57 pm to gizmothepug
I heard the whirly dirly is about as safe as one can get, except for that one part.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 6:22 pm to Eli Goldfinger
County Fairs, the only place you'll find Walmartians outside, eating of course.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 6:31 pm to Eli Goldfinger
county fair, no mention of foods at the fair
RA this shite thread
RA this shite thread
Posted on 9/9/18 at 6:35 pm to SeeeeK
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