People in Hawaii have a lot to say about everything the rest of the U.S. gets wrong about our islands. Tiki kitch, Don Ho, pineapple pizza, coconut bras, the list is seemingly endless.
However, it's fair to say that locals therefore do a good bit of stereotyping themselves, lumping all of the country -- from Kansas to New York City to Austin -- into a single mass of thoughts and motives.
Neither seems fair. Nor particularly surprising, either. But since this parallel, this apparent hypocrisy, has come up often as a tangent to other threads, I figure we might try to tackle the idea head on.
It might be enlightening. Or it might end badly. Either way, I figure it'll at least be entertaining.
Here are some conversation starters from the aforementioned tangents:
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However, it's fair to say that locals therefore do a good bit of stereotyping themselves, lumping all of the country -- from Kansas to New York City to Austin -- into a single mass of thoughts and motives.
Neither seems fair. Nor particularly surprising, either. But since this parallel, this apparent hypocrisy, has come up often as a tangent to other threads, I figure we might try to tackle the idea head on.
It might be enlightening. Or it might end badly. Either way, I figure it'll at least be entertaining.
Here are some conversation starters from the aforementioned tangents:
Originally posted by MadAzza
Originally posted by makana_hilton
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