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jwinslow;1928167; said:
So your definition of hicks are people who don't live life the way you think they should?

p.s. It's good to know folks didn't put Jordan or Payton on a pedestal, or got hung up on Cutler's health.

I think Payton was put on a pedestal because of the man he was off the field. Most Chicagoans--and the media--loved Jordan the athlete but were quite aware that he was a total asshole in real life and had no particular desire to shake his hand or buy his trinkets.

Chicago is a great sports town. With its mix of passion for pro and college, the best in American in my opinion. Being a great sports town does not mean that these guys are treated like Gods when they walk around town. The fact that Chicago media and fans can be brutal towards their own (ask Mr. Cutler) speaks to that. Hell, Domers absolutely HATE The Tribune for not being in love with the program.
 
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BUCKYLE;1928182; said:
Suck it, lake rat!

It's not pizza, though. Shitting on a bun doesn't make it a hamburger.
There are more explicit words one could use, but it is incredible (as are the lines to wait for it). And no, Pizzeria Uno does not make deep dish pizza.

It doesn't get better than having a pound of cheese oozing out of the bottom layer.
 
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NateG;1928192; said:
Yeah a Jordan brand of trinkets would never go over. So tell Nike to leave us alone.

Jordan the "image" outside of Chicago is not the same as how Jordan "the man" is viewed in the city. There are still sports radio guys who refer to his first retirement as his "gambling suspension."

Somebody in San Francisco--or Peking--buying Air Jordans does not disprove my point. It just proves the power of Nike's and Weiden+Kennedy's marketing to transform such an utterly unlikeable human being (trust me; he won a "meanest man in Chicago poll in Chicago Magazine) into a global icon.
 
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just to compare... urban dictionary's definitions of hill jack...

1)inbred, backwoods, mullet wearin, coors light drinkin, govt cheese eatin, chat room trolling, c.o.p.s. watchin, 4x4_dually_quad cab_with the calvin sticker drivin, old_couch_on_the_porch sittin, bowlin alley hangin, cow shit flingin, grade repeatin, gots me a double wide, waste of human space/space of human waste.

2)people that argue over which tastes better, budweiser or coors? or which truck is the best, ford, chevy or dodge?


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1.
From the southern region of the Midwest (see Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania and the better part of West Virginia). Hilljacks have a penchant for sleeveless t-shirts, Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet and low-end regional beer. Family gatherings come in the form of cookouts and all of them culminate in drunken brawls and multiple arrests. Young hilljack chicks are usually very attractive but undergo a metamorphosis sometime after they have their third kid before the age of twenty.
The creeper driving by you in the old van with the twisted roof rack and the smell of weed and urine billowing from the passenger side window that is halfway down, crooked and off it's track. The van also sports a confederate flag plate holder and an uncovered snow tire on the back.

2.
A poor, lower-class, white trash person who believes he/she is better or of a higher class than a hillbilly. Tends to make fun of hillbillies or hicks believing that he /she is not one.
3. a slightly educated cousin to the hillbilly found in small towns off the beaten path of modern society or outside a 75 mile radius of a major retail mall.
examples are limitless because of the United States failure to recognize and correct the problems with education and poverty.
 
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Most Chicagoans--and the media--loved Jordan the athlete but were quite aware that he was a total asshole in real life and had no particular desire to shake his hand or buy his trinkets.
I lived an hour from Chicago and spent plenty of time there during his final three-peat. The bolded part is quite false.

Most people knew Jordan was a jerk on and off the court but swooned at his greatness. There may have been some in Chicago who were turned off by that, but there were still droves and droves of adoring fans.

Many fans knew that Pryor was a headcase when he got here. That didn't stop the adoration for most.
Chicago is a great sports town. With its mix of passion for pro and college, the best in American in my opinion.
Because it's a blend of many other colleges, which is why this comparison doesn't work. It's like praising the diversity of sports viewpoints in Atlanta.
Being a great sports town does not mean that these guys are treated like Gods when they walk around town. The fact that Chicago media and fans can be brutal towards their own (ask Mr. Cutler) speaks to that.
Actually, the vitriol towards Mr. Cutler speaks precisely to their obsession with sports. It's just your flavor of obsession, and so it isn't "hickish" in your mind.

OSU booed their class-act backup QB off the field during a scrimmage, sent hate letters to many players, and spend most seasons cursing Jim Tressel for his playcalling.

Sure there are differences, but both towns are obsessed with sports in ways that other towns would find crazy and wasteful.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;1928197; said:
Jordan the "image" outside of Chicago is not the same as how Jordan "the man" is viewed in the city. There are still sports radio guys who refer to his first retirement as his "gambling suspension."

Somebody in San Francisco--or Peking--buying Air Jordans does not disprove my point. It just proves the power of Nike's and Weiden+Kennedy's marketing to transform such an utterly unlikeable human being (trust me; he won a "meanest man in Chicago poll in Chicago Magazine) into a global icon.

The "meanest man in Chicago" could've had his dick sucked by half the DUDES in the United Center on a given night during the six 'ship runs. :lol:

Wait..you're telling me local radio said shit to inflame?!! I don't care if they get the death penalty now.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;1928197; said:
There are still sports radio guys [in Chicago] who refer to [Jordan's] first retirement as his "gambling suspension.
And there are sports radio guys in Columbus who have plenty of disparaging things to say about OSU football personnel. In neither case does that say anything meaningful about the typical in-city attitude toward local sports "heroes".
 
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