One Area Makes South Dakotans "Special": We're Idiots About Bad Weather
As I have attempted to wage a counter-offensive against South Dakotans' unhealthy need for validation that they are better than and more special than the rest of America, I will admit that we are "special" in one important way. We are idiots about bad weather like today.
Myself included.
Today, I braved six inches of snow, freezing rain, a slick Interstate, snowplows, and morons speeding down the road above at or above the posted speed limit just so I could have lunch with a friend. Who also braved the same conditions.
When I lived in Houston, freezing rain would depopulate the freeways and roads. No one drove. Period. Except me, of course, the South Dakotan.
We South Dakotans will idiotically venture forth into nearly any kind of weather. But winter is when our sheer idiocy shines. Winter storm warnings from KELOLAND's Jay Trobec? Who cares! I'm going bowling. Blizzard warning from Scot Mundt? Screw it. I'm going to my aunt's 80th birthday party in Cresbard.
Never mind that the roads are full of other idiots who have spun out, gone into the ditch, or kissed guardrails.
We're South Dakotans! And as we know, God protects infants, idiots, and South Dakotans who drive when sane people stay home.
(Cross-posted to the Home Edition of SD Watch and SDW @ KELOLAND.com.)
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Todd Epp
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Here here! We are indeed special in this department.
What scares me the most are the idiots in the 4WD trucks with the lift kits who drive around in this weather like it's dry, thinking they're bullet proof. They can do that all day long when they're on the road by themselves, but I'm not getting out there with them.
Bob Ellis has that right. Apparently getting into a 4x4 vehicle of anykind almost immediately causes and IQ drop of about 50 points for some nitwits. Then if they also put their lights on, you can whack off another 10 points. For some that doesn't leave much.
These yo-yos apparently assume because they can accelerate their 4x4 faster than 2 wheel drive vehicles, they can also stop faster and assume they can drive as if the highway was not a sheet of glass.
Perhaps to Bob's horror I suspect, there ought to be a special driver license test for people in 4x4 pickups and SUVs that lets them get an elementary lesson in physics.
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"As I have attempted to wage a counter-offensive against South Dakotans' unhealthy need for validation that they are better than and more special than the rest of America."
So I'll say it yet again. You spend all sorts of time attempting to disprove this need - yet you are the only place where I have ever heard this supposed need asserted. It's like you set up a strawman then strike it down. What is with this?
leave a little earlier so you dont have to rush.Also be on time not EPP time.
I too was one of those morons who decided it'd be a good idea to venture out for a bit yesterday morning. After all, who doesn't like fishtailing on their way to the grocery store at 8:30 in the morning? I was cautious, though (I'm still a little paranoid after getting into an accident during my first Dakota winter), and couldn't help chuckling at those in the large trucks and SUVs whizzing past me like it was a sunny day.