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bless your heart if you think that's true

@@chairwood bless your heart if you think it's not.

How often does an adult get a genuine bless your heart tho? Really.

@@nyarlathotep616 Quite often if they're going through a tough time, mourning the loss of a loved one, made it through some struggles, need some encouragement along with a nice hug from a grandma or aunty... it's used in many different contexts and has been for many, many years with both adults and children.

I'm from Memphis but a lot of my folks are from Mississippi. The times I've had to go to Mississippi it's never been that friendly.

@@K1ngHardaway I'm from Ohio so maybe it's more noticeable to us.

@@smw4628 You wouldn't happen to be white, would you?

@@K1ngHardaway I'm white but I was treated the same by black and white people. Always a smile.

Glad you had a pleasant experience visiting the state.

Totally agree! I hate this new meaning. We should outright reject it and continue using it in its original form!

It's original meaning is turned backward through sarcasm

You are going to gain weight

@@danacarter2343 calories in, calories out. They would need to go hiking and sight seeing to keep the weight off. People don't move around enough.

@@a-a-rondavis9438 That's not true. Have you even paid attention to college football or high school? Louisiana football players even in high school, have rigid schedules. And they look like they are grown men. Mixer of culture and genetics.

@@a-a-rondavis9438 For myself, I still play sports and eating is a must. Because not eating makes me fat. I do not count calories but pay attention to carbs consumption. I just lift weights to burn faster. So I get the idea of calories, but who's going hiking after eating heavy cajun food.....nawwww you are going to sleep

Welcome to Kentucky: Home of BBQ and Cholesterol 🤣

The "Barnyard" flea market in Greer, SC (Barnyard flea markets are awesome, btw) couldn't allow animal sales. You could buy a crate though, and they would throw in a free puppy of your choosing. That loophole finally got shut though.

I think that's a loophole they made up. But good for them. Land of the free.

I live in that area of TN. If I ever wanted moonshine though we usually don't buy it from a store or distillery. It's always been for me from people who make it themselves. My dad will get some sometimes that are a variety of flavors, usually just with natural fruits inside like cherries or something. Still plenty of moonshiners.

I used to live in Kentucky and there was many dry counties there.... Bourbon County was dry.... Christian County was wet😂

You should Not have asked for "Moonshine" Ask for a mason jar of "Apple Pie" It would have saved some time and trouble.

Isn't that how most non melanated people show off America? One certain group of people

Yes. My family in black and much of our line has been in Alabama since the 1820s. That’s when we were forced to migrate from Virginia because the slave owners moved their plantation. the land in Virginia went to crap from over farming tobacco. Several of my ancestors fought for the Union in the Civil War for US Colored Infantry.

I'm from Maine and the first time I visited the South I was 18 and went to North Carolina. I was not prepared for the different amounts of barbecue in the regional differences and to be quite frank a lot of other differences. I honestly didn't think I would get a culture shock because I was born and raised in the US. But when you lived in the most northern New England state your entire life and only have visited New England states, it was a completely different experience. I saw a billboard for Bojangles and I had no idea what in the heck it was 😂😂 (billboards are illegal in my state so that was a whole other thing I had to get used to) but the food was amazing. Most of the people I met gave me that southern hospitality I was thinking of. But yeah, I was not prepared for the regional differences that I experienced and the communities within the communities. It was definitely eye-opening.

@@anndeecosita3586 Glad your ancestors survived. We hated killing our best property.

I left a review at a restaurant in Nashville, that claimed a Cajun chef, and recommended he get back to his roots. It was the most god awful crap I've ever had in my life AND it was pricey!

True I moved to the Midwest and all the alleged Cajun restaurants are trash.

Do people ever mistake you for Karen?

@@andrew348 Her post isn't Karen like.

Man I love southern food but I don't want to die when I'm 55 so I get it as a treat and if I do get it you can bet I'm going to an authentic restaurant lmao.

Texas is like a nice Southern boy who leaves home for adventure and settles down with a beautiful Mexican girl. They spend their days cooking meals from both of their grandma's cookbooks.

Not the gov't's job to build up wealth or a career for people. Poverty mindset runs deep and generationally in the South.

@@a-a-rondavis9438 Not everyone is given the same advantages in life and it isn’t just the South that suffers.

@@a-a-rondavis9438 Have you been to the housing projects in the North East? How about skid row in LA? Poverty is everywhere my man. I'd much rather be living poor in the beautiful expanse of the Appalachian mountains than some cramped, piss hole, big block government housing project.

​@@a-a-rondavis9438A lot of city people mistake minimalism for poverty.

Yessir

What does that mean?

@@tb5124 It means you better be fake nice to people, and a christian fundamentalist.

@@tb5124 it means don’t be like Sullen

@@sullen2420 trust me, born and raised in South Oklahoma my entire 23 years so far, and there are plenty of non-Christians or fake Christians here. It's still plenty socially acceptable to be a non-Christian. I can't believe people still have this perception that the South has monopolized religious identity, specifically Christianity or some weird form of it, and non-beleievers aren't welcome. Christianity will always be a minority because of the depravity of man.

In all fairness I've lived in Texas and Virginia most of my life and I'm always told by Yankees that I don't have a southern dialect.

@@smashbrandiscootch719 oh bless your heart.

But you're not wrong about this guy hahaha

@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 You didn't even use that correctly smh

@@smashbrandiscootch719 when it comes to great steaks, I just raised the stakes.

It's more considered the "southwest" by most. Deserts, western movie locations, etc. The very SE corner could be considered "the south".

@@NotSoFast71 "By most," but not by most of Texans. Texas was one of the original seven states (along with South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana) to secede from the union.

@@pmbbmp I've lived in the south for over 40yrs You?

It's not Deep South. I live in Austin but I'm from Georgia. Texas is Diet South.

@@pmbbmp Yes they do. 😂

Texas is like a nice Southern boy who leaves home for adventure and settles down with a beautiful Mexican girl. They spend their days cooking meals from both of their grandma's cookbooks.

You pay more in other ways.

@@FSSNZ Like in what ways?

Yeah says the people who get locked up for having potato peelers on their person. Brits can be so coddled by their government

Yep. Most people who support gun control live in cities. They should come on out here to Talladega National Forest and we'll see how safe they feel, lol. Calling the police for help in a dangerous situation does little to no good because you're looking at a 30 minute (and I'm being generous) response time. Gotta stay strapped in these sticks.

@@BamaXander Ironically those cities have the highest gun crimes.

You're so precious!

@@BamaXandernow a days calling the police in a big city does no good either. Better to just own a gun

According to Europeans all Americans are Yankees

​@@DrVVVinK Same word, different concept.

You don't want to take the subway or L train or whatever TF to work in the morning and be accosted by a homeless guy or someone trying to rob you.

@@borisbalkan707 I have been met with a few homeless people, sure, but I was never robbed when riding the L. You people who aren't familiar with urban public transportation sound equally as idiotic as urbanites who criticize anything not urban.

The confederate flag should be burned and desecrated wherever it's still flying.

I say "you're so precious" ( go xxxx yourself ) before I say "well bless your heart" It's all good..

Conversely if you ever want to talk to someone and feel conversational they will listen. Goes both ways.

😂 Time moves more slowly in the South.

People who don't like the South or are critical of it ("the South is racist") also speak in cliches.

I've stumbled upon a few RU-vid channels by Alabamians (?). One was Hannah (rural central Alabama), another lived in the suburbs in northern Alabama, and another lwas raised in a coastal Alabama suburb. Each had a different Alabama accent with a certain level of twang though Hannah's was the strongest.

That used to be true across the board but not anymore. I mean, as a proud southerner there's no way in heck I'd use the flag to display that now. I do not want to be associated with such ignorance and hate that's on display today. I say let them have the flag and let it be a true marker of the character of the person with it. Its been bastardized forever.

It depends and the problem is people don’t know a person’s intentions when they see the flag. I wouldn’t say I’m offended by it but if I had a new neighbor put one up I would feel uncomfortable. Some of the people who fly the Confederate flag are racists in that they do believe themselves superior to minorities even if they are cordial. I used to be a reporter and covered a rally David Duke spoke at to support theConfederate flag. Some of the attendees helped me a black woman with my camera equipment then turned around a minute later and cheered as Duke made a bunch of hateful racist comments. Then when he finished they asked me again if I needed help. The irony 😂 Personally I see that flag as anti-American.

@@anndeecosita3586 That's wild! Did you ask them what was up with it all?

I'm a Yankee and I don't have much of an issue with the Confederate flag. Many who do complain about it most likely didn't in the past until the past six years. It's in the same vain when people see Andrew Jackson on the American 20 dollar bill and get upset, or they see a Columbus or Washington statue and think it's offensive.

​@@tm2bee "no way in heck I'd use the flag to display that now. I do not want to be associated with such ignorance and hate that's on display today. " Can you give a timeline and examples? Your post is exceptionally vague.

I’ve heard west Memphis called the butt ho e of the county,and Memphis is high crime,so yeah I’m sure it’s not all good 😜

Everything has bad and memphis doesn’t make up the whole south lmao

I refuse to eat a Philly if it doesn't have green peppers, provolone, onions and mushrooms. I don't give a s*** if it's not authentic.

@@JoshuaC0rbit same. When i make MY cheesesteaks i do peppers and onions and whatever the hell kinda cheese i feel like using.

I had an authentic one and was kinda disappointed. Not that special imo

philly cheese steaks are very good but highly overrated, I think the ones that use green peppers tend to be better because of more flavor and it has something healthy on it lmao.

Refugees from the CW settled in Texas. It is indeed a Southern State.

I moved to Charlotte in 2005. They asked me if I was comfortable working with gay people as they had one that worked there. They did prayers and stuff before all the big company meetings. It was weird.

Nick's in Beverly!

Ay, North Shore! I was shocked that it isnt available elsewhere.

Texas is like a nice Southern boy who moved away from home for adventure and found a beautiful Mexican girl to settle down with. They spend their days making food from both of their grandma's cookbooks.

It's got the same vibes as "Oh, honey..."

It's also a sympathetic phrase. A toddler hurts himself and his grandmother with hug him and whisper Bless Your Heart to make him feel at ease.

*East* Texas is part of the historical South. North and West Texas, while heavily influenced by the South, have much more of the Southwest mixed in.

This. There's a poster here saying that even though he had a great time visiting The South on several occasions he still thought it was a racist place, and only attributes the "Southern hospitality" he experienced because he was white. That type of thinking is rather rampart in, ironically, people who think they're smart and open minded. There could be a poll on various American regions measuring how racist a region is where, hypothetically, if The South came up as the lowest or second lowest region within the poll people like him would still say "they're nice but .... "

Everyone? lmao Charleston was alright but I've seen much better elsewhere I actually thought Charleston was kind boring and gray when I went there.

@@kevinprzy4539 The comparison was to Savannah. Did you go to Savannah and find it better? Regardless, 'everyone" is just a figure of speech. Obviously!

@@GodLovesComics Yes, Savannah was much better than Charleston imo, there was more things to do and it just looked better

I love St. Augustine. We took field trips there when I was in high school.

It depends on what part of Florida. Upper Florida To panhandle down to Marion County. Marion has lots of farms and 3 55+ older communities (not the villages, these are homes no trailers).

Everyone agrees Florida is its own thing, including people who live there.

The only thing southern about Florida is its placement on a map

Ppl really think slavery didn’t happen over here

How do you feel that your husband married her?

Texas is like a nice Southern boy who leaves home for adventure and settles down with a beautiful Mexican girl. They spend their days cooking meals from both of their grandma's cookbooks.

Having lived in New York, Southern California, and Georgia, I would rather drive in LA. People come over from Alabama just to kill us. Seriously, they can't drive, so they come to Atlanta and just cause mayhem. You know it's going to suck in New York and LA, but they don't have Alabama drivers in the mix. Therein lies the difference.

@@chrismorgan9153 LA is the worst other than Boston. Compared to LA drivers in 'bama are expert level.