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"content": "\u003cp>Larry Ellison, the man who co-founded Oracle (the second-largest software company in the world, one whose name you may notice on a handful of local stadiums, boat races, and such) is arguably the closest thing the Bay Area has to a Rockefeller. In May, Forbes listed him as the third wealthiest human in America and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2015/03/02/forbes-billionaires-full-list-of-the-500-richest-people-in-the-world-2015/\" target=\"_blank\">fifth-wealthiest human in the world\u003c/a>, with an estimated net worth of $54.3 billion to his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does he do with all that money? Well, he's given some of it to Harvard, donated to hospitals, and helped fund the Israel Defense Forces. He also owns several airplanes, including multiple military aircraft, and a handful of the world's largest yachts. He's been called the world's most avid \u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203499704576625341289900796?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970203499704576625341289900796.html\" target=\"_blank\">trophy-home buyer\u003c/a> (we tried counting how many houses he actually has for the purposes of this post, but quickly grew tired and gave up. It's more than 40. One is a villa in Japan).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we didn't know about Ellison until this week: Like Dr. Evil, Freddie Mercury, and Taylor Swift before him, the Bay Area's resident plutocrat is \u003cem>really\u003c/em> into cats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewdalton/welcome-to-larry-ellisons-cat-island#.seAGW5jAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Buzzfeed\u003c/a>, SF writer Andrew Dalton paid a visit to Lana'i, Hawaii's sixth-largest island, 97 percent of which Ellison purchased in 2012. (He doesn't own the airstrip, the public school, and a handful of fields.) What he does own is some 425 feral cats, all residents of the Lana'i Animal Rescue Center, which exists on 3.5 acres of Ellison-managed land. Though the ranch was founded in 2008, before Ellison bought the island, the facility now receives veterinary and accounting support from the Peninsula Humane Society in Burlingame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewdalton/welcome-to-larry-ellisons-cat-island#.jkZBdA30e\" target=\"_blank\">The whole piece is well worth a read\u003c/a> -- the pictures alone are amazing -- but our favorite part is that the unabashedly ostentatious Ellison has no desire to acknowledge his feline-philia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Although he has yet to visit the sanctuary himself, Ellison’s relationship with his own cats was remarkable enough to deserve two mentions in his 1997 biography \u003ci>The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison\u003c/i> (subtitle: “God Doesn’t Think He’s Larry Ellison”). Ellison’s biographer, journalist Mike Wilson, relays a story told to him by Ellison’s first wife, Adda Quinn. When Ellison’s cat Yitzhak died, Quinn said, he “took off two weeks in mourning. He was nonfunctional.” In another anecdote, Ellison tells Wilson he once returned home to find out his cat Clio died while he was out of town on business. Ellison had the cat’s body exhumed so she could be buried under her favorite tree. When BuzzFeed News reached out to Ellison for comment about his feelings towards felines, especially those on Lana’i, an Oracle rep declined to comment.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What gives, Larry? If you somehow don't think it's macho to come out as cat person, you're sorely mistaken -- even the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/fashion/05cats.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> says it's okay now\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All in all, it just seems uncharacteristic for a guy who doesn't seem embarrassed about \u003cdel>constantly and blatantly overcompensating for something\u003c/del> owning a boat so big he \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2007/07/26/ellisons-new-yacht/\" target=\"_blank\">can't dock it anywhere\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Larry Ellison, the man who co-founded Oracle (the second-largest software company in the world, one whose name you may notice on a handful of local stadiums, boat races, and such) is arguably the closest thing the Bay Area has to a Rockefeller. In May, Forbes listed him as the third wealthiest human in America and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2015/03/02/forbes-billionaires-full-list-of-the-500-richest-people-in-the-world-2015/\" target=\"_blank\">fifth-wealthiest human in the world\u003c/a>, with an estimated net worth of $54.3 billion to his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does he do with all that money? Well, he's given some of it to Harvard, donated to hospitals, and helped fund the Israel Defense Forces. He also owns several airplanes, including multiple military aircraft, and a handful of the world's largest yachts. He's been called the world's most avid \u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203499704576625341289900796?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970203499704576625341289900796.html\" target=\"_blank\">trophy-home buyer\u003c/a> (we tried counting how many houses he actually has for the purposes of this post, but quickly grew tired and gave up. It's more than 40. One is a villa in Japan).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we didn't know about Ellison until this week: Like Dr. Evil, Freddie Mercury, and Taylor Swift before him, the Bay Area's resident plutocrat is \u003cem>really\u003c/em> into cats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewdalton/welcome-to-larry-ellisons-cat-island#.seAGW5jAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Buzzfeed\u003c/a>, SF writer Andrew Dalton paid a visit to Lana'i, Hawaii's sixth-largest island, 97 percent of which Ellison purchased in 2012. (He doesn't own the airstrip, the public school, and a handful of fields.) What he does own is some 425 feral cats, all residents of the Lana'i Animal Rescue Center, which exists on 3.5 acres of Ellison-managed land. Though the ranch was founded in 2008, before Ellison bought the island, the facility now receives veterinary and accounting support from the Peninsula Humane Society in Burlingame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewdalton/welcome-to-larry-ellisons-cat-island#.jkZBdA30e\" target=\"_blank\">The whole piece is well worth a read\u003c/a> -- the pictures alone are amazing -- but our favorite part is that the unabashedly ostentatious Ellison has no desire to acknowledge his feline-philia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Although he has yet to visit the sanctuary himself, Ellison’s relationship with his own cats was remarkable enough to deserve two mentions in his 1997 biography \u003ci>The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison\u003c/i> (subtitle: “God Doesn’t Think He’s Larry Ellison”). Ellison’s biographer, journalist Mike Wilson, relays a story told to him by Ellison’s first wife, Adda Quinn. When Ellison’s cat Yitzhak died, Quinn said, he “took off two weeks in mourning. He was nonfunctional.” In another anecdote, Ellison tells Wilson he once returned home to find out his cat Clio died while he was out of town on business. Ellison had the cat’s body exhumed so she could be buried under her favorite tree. When BuzzFeed News reached out to Ellison for comment about his feelings towards felines, especially those on Lana’i, an Oracle rep declined to comment.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What gives, Larry? If you somehow don't think it's macho to come out as cat person, you're sorely mistaken -- even the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/fashion/05cats.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> says it's okay now\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"BhAAbxXzAHpmHvUMSf8p4Sg1wksgVCwV\"]Anyone who follows this blog knows that I am a huge proponent of emojis. I was psyched when they finally announced \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/02/23/apple-introduces-new-diverse-emojis/\" target=\"_blank\">more diverse characters\u003c/a>. And I wasn't surprised by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/08/10/the-death-of-lol-new-study-reports-the-acronyms-decline-and-whats-taking-its-place/\" target=\"_blank\">the study that reports\u003c/a> e-laughing with an emoji has become more wide-spread than using LOL. So of course I'm excited about \u003ca href=\"http://swiftkey.com/en/united-states-emoji/#\" target=\"_blank\">this map by SwiftKey\u003c/a>, which shows which emoji each state uses more than any other state. Let's take a look at what they found, shall we?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have to start with California for obvious reasons. I bet it's the rainbow! No, the heart-eye cat! Or the smiling sun or the chick hatching!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, no, it's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17690\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi.png\" alt=\"taxi\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people I know use Lyft and Uber these days. Maybe Californians are using the traditional yellow cab emoji as a nostalgic nod to a simpler time? Please leave guesses in the comments because I don't get this at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What about the other states? Glad you asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alabama:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17687\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w.png\" alt=\"x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic.cpfcl4fT1w\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn't realize people from Alabama were concerned about the ivory trade. Or maybe they're just still torn up about Dumbo's mom being locked up and \u003ca href=\"http://www.etonline.com/news/2015/06/24159404/GIF_disney_pixar_tears_dumbo.gif\" target=\"_blank\">cradling him through the bars\u003c/a>? Oh, damn, I just realized\u003cem> I'm\u003c/em> still torn up about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alaska:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17688\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387.png\" alt=\"387\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, this makes no sense, but the caterpillar is cute enough that one doesn't really need a logical reason to use it. Maybe Alaskans believe in what the caterpillar represents? You can be a small-town mayor and morph into a candidate for Vice President! The sky's the limit so fly, butterfly, fly!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arizona:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic.zJX6lGA04u (1)\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arkansas: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks.png\" alt=\"315-fireworks\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, two possibilities: either it's a shout-out to the Star of Bethlehem (people in Arkansas are pretty religious, right?) or Katy Perry's \"Firework\" is still the state's song of the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Colorado: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17692\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book.png\" alt=\"open-book\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This emoji's popularity is either based in being pretentious, promoting literacy, letting your friends know that you'd rather read than go out with them or a way of saying \"Damn, you just got \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Read\" target=\"_blank\">read\u003c/a>!\" I'm hoping it's the latter, although literacy is cool too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Connecticut:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17693\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala.png\" alt=\"koala\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're cute and chill. We should all use this emoji more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Delaware: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17695\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football.png\" alt=\"american-football\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did you know footballs aren't actually made out of pig skin and never were? Can you tell I have nothing else to say about this sport?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Florida: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17703\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet.png\" alt=\"trumpet\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would have guessed a palm tree or a gator, but okay. Famed trumpet player Fats Navarro (what a name!) was born in Key West and went on to pioneer the bebop style of jazz in the 1940s. Maybe that's it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Georgia: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17704\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239.png\" alt=\"0239\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Georgia is either full of witches, werewolves, astrophysicists or fans of the era when McDonalds' mascot was \u003ca href=\"http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/ronaldmcdonald/images/f/ff/BigMac_Tonite.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150610214137\" target=\"_blank\">a dude with a crescent moon face\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hawaii: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17741\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer.png\" alt=\"surfer\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nailed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Idaho: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17742\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower.png\" alt=\"261-sunflower\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I looked up whether Idaho is the state with the highest sunflower production. It's \u003ca href=\"http://www.statista.com/statistics/190452/leading-us-states-for-total-sunflower-production/\" target=\"_blank\">not even in the top 9\u003c/a> so I guess people in Idaho just think sunflowers are pretty?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Illinois: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17743\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic.4vUUjjFClq\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in Illinois like the smell of gas? (No judgment; I do too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Indiana: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17744\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game.png\" alt=\"video-game\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else is there to do in Indiana but play video games? I guess driving by the house the Jacksons used to live in is another option, but that would probably get boring after a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Iowa: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17745\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize.png\" alt=\"ear-of-maize\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iowa\u003cem> does\u003c/em> produce the most corn in the nation. Way to show Idaho how it's done!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kansas: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17746\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328.jpg\" alt=\"0328\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in Kansas probably take a lot of photos of wide open spaces, while listening to \"Wide Open Spaces\" by the Dixie Chicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kentucky: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17747\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic.V4uH1q8VSH\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently, Kentucky takes barbering pretty seriously. They have \u003ca href=\"http://barbering.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">an independent agency of the state government\u003c/a> called the Kentucky Board of Barbering, whose mission is \"to protect the health and safety of the public or to protect the public against misrepresentation, deceit, or fraud in the practice or teaching of Barbering.\" Carry on with your weird selves, Kentucky, carry on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Louisiana: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17748\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull.png\" alt=\"88-skull\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh. That's too dark/real to joke about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maine: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17749\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano.png\" alt=\"volcano\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did you know that Maine once was home to some of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth? Now you do!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maryland: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17750\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans.png\" alt=\"159-jeans\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sigh. I'm from Maryland and this is so disappointing. It couldn't have been a nod to the Orioles or crabs or Utz chips or Old Bay or \u003cem>The Wire\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Serial\u003c/em>? This lack of creativity is why I moved away!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Massachusetts: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic.lpyOG6_8Q9\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland could learn something from its alliterative neighbor to the north. Why use a boring emoji of a pair of pants when you could use the sassy \"Hey, world! I'm here!\" baby chick?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michigan: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry.png\" alt=\"strawberry\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California and Florida produce the most strawberries so I'm not sure why people in Michigan are using this emoji so much. Probably cause they're freaking delicious and make every picnic better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Minnesota: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach.png\" alt=\"peach\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously a lot of texting about butts and Nicki Minaj's \"Anaconda\" music video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mississippi:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat.jpg\" alt=\"red-100-emoji-snapchat\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in Mississippi must be Drake fans, going from 0 to 100 real quick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Missouri: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17756\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic.mphFeJOeaC\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Missouri is smack dab in the middle of the Heartland. And there's nothing more American than baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Montana: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic.hFFRkwpXyn\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montana seems like a low key place and hobbies doesn't get more low key than fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nebraska:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17758\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic.dcApz-TkNx\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aww! Snails don't get enough love or credit. They're actually very cute and defy gravity on the daily. Nebraska gets it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nevada: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17759\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400.jpeg\" alt=\"lgJCmtjW_400x400\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-32x32.jpeg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-64x64.jpeg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-96x96.jpeg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-128x128.jpeg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much sexting! What happens in Vegas stays...in the cloud, which is then mined and used to call out your affinity for the eggplant emoji in an online map report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Hampshire: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17760\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind.png\" alt=\"leaf-fluttering-in-wind\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A quaint emoji for a quaint state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Jersey: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17761\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves.png\" alt=\"speaker-with-three-sound-waves\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So fitting! Loud honking on the Turnpike, loud opinions everywhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Mexico: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17762\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353.png\" alt=\"0353\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in New Mexico either love the dramatic arts or they think all their friends are two faced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17763\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic.0-lBizaXj5\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*cue Alicia Keys singing \"New Yoooooooork\"*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Carolina: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17764\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927.jpg\" alt=\"7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927.jpg 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a mouse in my kitchen!\" or \"I'm so glad Fievel found his family after that super scary trans-Atlantic commute!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Dakota: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17765\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic.JGvJdsIcWh\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prom dress shopping? Almost as bad as Maryland's most-used emoji. Step up your emoji game!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ohio: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17766\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream.png\" alt=\"ice-cream\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that biscotto plunging into the scoop of ice cream is any indication, people from Ohio are feeling fancy (maybe because they usually decide the outcomes of presidential elections?). Also, they obviously get a kick out of flaunting their lactose tolerance to those less fortunate in the dairy department (me).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oklahoma: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17767\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost.png\" alt=\"320-ghost\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, the idea of living in Oklahoma \u003cem>is\u003c/em> pretty scary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oregon: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17768\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot.png\" alt=\"six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judaism must be big in Oregon. That, or ninja stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pennsylvania: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic.XOgYXAW7-t\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like with Michigan and their love of the strawberry emoji, this isn't because the state produces a lot of cherries, but because they're just that delicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rhode Island: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17770\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM\" width=\"100\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM.png 487w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM-400x288.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't think I've ever used or received this emoji. We can't get an avocado emoji, but we have this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Carolina: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17771\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor.png\" alt=\"anchor\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's go sailing!\" or \"Let's get an anchor tattoo!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tennessee: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17772\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse.png\" alt=\"horse\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kentucky Derby envy!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Texas: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17773\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266.png\" alt=\"0266\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas is 10th in grape production so it's probably just people complaining about buying grapes with seeds when they meant to get the seedless ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Utah:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17774\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic.kk-2_I64ev\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woah, I'm kind of hypnotized by the swirl of this lollipop. It's like one of those optical illusions where you stare at a bunch of weird patterns and dots for a long time until you see Jesus' face. Are people in Utah using this spiral to get non-believers to come to Jesus and join the Mormon church??\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vermont:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17778\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698.png\" alt=\"0698\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, I've never been able to figure out what this is supposed to be. A tiara? Vats of liquid gold being poured out? Vermont, explain yourselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Virginia: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face.png\" alt=\"frog-face\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like snails, I think frogs are underrated. They can snatch things out of thin air with their tongues. They used to be tadpoles. And they offer their bodies for dissection in order to get sensitive kids like me out of science class for a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Washington: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17784\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic.vTnft2qQY3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lots of \"Hey. Did you accidentally take my headphones?\" texts. They say they didn't, but you know they did!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>West Virginia: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17785\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic.qqPUvDbebC\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A more autumnal New Hampshire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wisconsin:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17786\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church.png\" alt=\"church\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nice stained glass detailing, emoji artists! I guess people in Wisconsin love the lord a lot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wyoming: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17788\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face.png\" alt=\"193-wolf-face\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are a man's best friend, which is a good thing because there are no other people to befriend in Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's all the 50 states! \u003ca href=\"http://swiftkey.com/en/united-states-emoji/#\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full report\u003c/a>, which goes even deeper into emoji usage, like which emojis a particular state uses \u003cem>less\u003c/em> than others and which state uses the poop emoji most (I know you were wondering).\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>Anyone who follows this blog knows that I am a huge proponent of emojis. I was psyched when they finally announced \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/02/23/apple-introduces-new-diverse-emojis/\" target=\"_blank\">more diverse characters\u003c/a>. And I wasn't surprised by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/08/10/the-death-of-lol-new-study-reports-the-acronyms-decline-and-whats-taking-its-place/\" target=\"_blank\">the study that reports\u003c/a> e-laughing with an emoji has become more wide-spread than using LOL. So of course I'm excited about \u003ca href=\"http://swiftkey.com/en/united-states-emoji/#\" target=\"_blank\">this map by SwiftKey\u003c/a>, which shows which emoji each state uses more than any other state. Let's take a look at what they found, shall we?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have to start with California for obvious reasons. I bet it's the rainbow! No, the heart-eye cat! Or the smiling sun or the chick hatching!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, no, it's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17690\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi.png\" alt=\"taxi\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/taxi-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people I know use Lyft and Uber these days. Maybe Californians are using the traditional yellow cab emoji as a nostalgic nod to a simpler time? Please leave guesses in the comments because I don't get this at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What about the other states? Glad you asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alabama:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17687\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w.png\" alt=\"x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic.cpfcl4fT1w\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/x1f418.png.pagespeed.ic_.cpfcl4fT1w-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn't realize people from Alabama were concerned about the ivory trade. Or maybe they're just still torn up about Dumbo's mom being locked up and \u003ca href=\"http://www.etonline.com/news/2015/06/24159404/GIF_disney_pixar_tears_dumbo.gif\" target=\"_blank\">cradling him through the bars\u003c/a>? Oh, damn, I just realized\u003cem> I'm\u003c/em> still torn up about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alaska:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17688\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387.png\" alt=\"387\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/387-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, this makes no sense, but the caterpillar is cute enough that one doesn't really need a logical reason to use it. Maybe Alaskans believe in what the caterpillar represents? You can be a small-town mayor and morph into a candidate for Vice President! The sky's the limit so fly, butterfly, fly!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arizona:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic.zJX6lGA04u (1)\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x269-cactus.png.pagespeed.ic_.zJX6lGA04u-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arkansas: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks.png\" alt=\"315-fireworks\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/315-fireworks-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, two possibilities: either it's a shout-out to the Star of Bethlehem (people in Arkansas are pretty religious, right?) or Katy Perry's \"Firework\" is still the state's song of the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Colorado: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17692\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book.png\" alt=\"open-book\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/open-book-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This emoji's popularity is either based in being pretentious, promoting literacy, letting your friends know that you'd rather read than go out with them or a way of saying \"Damn, you just got \u003ca href=\"http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Read\" target=\"_blank\">read\u003c/a>!\" I'm hoping it's the latter, although literacy is cool too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Connecticut:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17693\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala.png\" alt=\"koala\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/koala-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're cute and chill. We should all use this emoji more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Delaware: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17695\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football.png\" alt=\"american-football\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/american-football-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did you know footballs aren't actually made out of pig skin and never were? Can you tell I have nothing else to say about this sport?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Florida: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17703\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet.png\" alt=\"trumpet\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/trumpet-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would have guessed a palm tree or a gator, but okay. Famed trumpet player Fats Navarro (what a name!) was born in Key West and went on to pioneer the bebop style of jazz in the 1940s. Maybe that's it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Georgia: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17704\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239.png\" alt=\"0239\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0239-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Georgia is either full of witches, werewolves, astrophysicists or fans of the era when McDonalds' mascot was \u003ca href=\"http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/ronaldmcdonald/images/f/ff/BigMac_Tonite.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150610214137\" target=\"_blank\">a dude with a crescent moon face\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hawaii: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17741\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer.png\" alt=\"surfer\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/surfer-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nailed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Idaho: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17742\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower.png\" alt=\"261-sunflower\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/261-sunflower-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I looked up whether Idaho is the state with the highest sunflower production. It's \u003ca href=\"http://www.statista.com/statistics/190452/leading-us-states-for-total-sunflower-production/\" target=\"_blank\">not even in the top 9\u003c/a> so I guess people in Idaho just think sunflowers are pretty?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Illinois: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17743\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic.4vUUjjFClq\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfuel-pump.png.pagespeed.ic_.4vUUjjFClq-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in Illinois like the smell of gas? (No judgment; I do too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Indiana: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17744\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game.png\" alt=\"video-game\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/video-game-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else is there to do in Indiana but play video games? I guess driving by the house the Jacksons used to live in is another option, but that would probably get boring after a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Iowa: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17745\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize.png\" alt=\"ear-of-maize\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ear-of-maize-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iowa\u003cem> does\u003c/em> produce the most corn in the nation. Way to show Idaho how it's done!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kansas: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17746\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328.jpg\" alt=\"0328\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0328-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in Kansas probably take a lot of photos of wide open spaces, while listening to \"Wide Open Spaces\" by the Dixie Chicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kentucky: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17747\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic.V4uH1q8VSH\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbarber-pole.png.pagespeed.ic_.V4uH1q8VSH-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently, Kentucky takes barbering pretty seriously. They have \u003ca href=\"http://barbering.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">an independent agency of the state government\u003c/a> called the Kentucky Board of Barbering, whose mission is \"to protect the health and safety of the public or to protect the public against misrepresentation, deceit, or fraud in the practice or teaching of Barbering.\" Carry on with your weird selves, Kentucky, carry on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Louisiana: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17748\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull.png\" alt=\"88-skull\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/88-skull-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh. That's too dark/real to joke about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maine: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17749\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano.png\" alt=\"volcano\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/volcano-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did you know that Maine once was home to some of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth? Now you do!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maryland: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17750\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans.png\" alt=\"159-jeans\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/159-jeans-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sigh. I'm from Maryland and this is so disappointing. It couldn't have been a nod to the Orioles or crabs or Utz chips or Old Bay or \u003cem>The Wire\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Serial\u003c/em>? This lack of creativity is why I moved away!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Massachusetts: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic.lpyOG6_8Q9\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x216-hatching-chick.png.pagespeed.ic_.lpyOG6_8Q9-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland could learn something from its alliterative neighbor to the north. Why use a boring emoji of a pair of pants when you could use the sassy \"Hey, world! I'm here!\" baby chick?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michigan: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry.png\" alt=\"strawberry\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/strawberry-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California and Florida produce the most strawberries so I'm not sure why people in Michigan are using this emoji so much. Probably cause they're freaking delicious and make every picnic better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Minnesota: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach.png\" alt=\"peach\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/peach-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously a lot of texting about butts and Nicki Minaj's \"Anaconda\" music video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mississippi:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat.jpg\" alt=\"red-100-emoji-snapchat\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/red-100-emoji-snapchat-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in Mississippi must be Drake fans, going from 0 to 100 real quick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Missouri: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17756\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic.mphFeJOeaC\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xbaseball.png.pagespeed.ic_.mphFeJOeaC-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Missouri is smack dab in the middle of the Heartland. And there's nothing more American than baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Montana: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic.hFFRkwpXyn\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xfishing-pole-and-fish.png.pagespeed.ic_.hFFRkwpXyn-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montana seems like a low key place and hobbies doesn't get more low key than fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nebraska:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17758\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic.dcApz-TkNx\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x224-snail.png.pagespeed.ic_.dcApz-TkNx-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aww! Snails don't get enough love or credit. They're actually very cute and defy gravity on the daily. Nebraska gets it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nevada: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17759\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400.jpeg\" alt=\"lgJCmtjW_400x400\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-32x32.jpeg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-64x64.jpeg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-96x96.jpeg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-128x128.jpeg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/lgJCmtjW_400x400-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much sexting! What happens in Vegas stays...in the cloud, which is then mined and used to call out your affinity for the eggplant emoji in an online map report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Hampshire: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17760\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind.png\" alt=\"leaf-fluttering-in-wind\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/leaf-fluttering-in-wind-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A quaint emoji for a quaint state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Jersey: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17761\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves.png\" alt=\"speaker-with-three-sound-waves\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/speaker-with-three-sound-waves-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So fitting! Loud honking on the Turnpike, loud opinions everywhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Mexico: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17762\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353.png\" alt=\"0353\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0353-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in New Mexico either love the dramatic arts or they think all their friends are two faced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17763\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic.0-lBizaXj5\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xstatue-of-liberty.png.pagespeed.ic_.0-lBizaXj5-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*cue Alicia Keys singing \"New Yoooooooork\"*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Carolina: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17764\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927.jpg\" alt=\"7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927.jpg 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/7db0bd87e0d8d715bc7eb9cc31c79927-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a mouse in my kitchen!\" or \"I'm so glad Fievel found his family after that super scary trans-Atlantic commute!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Dakota: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17765\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic.JGvJdsIcWh\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x157-dress.png.pagespeed.ic_.JGvJdsIcWh-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prom dress shopping? Almost as bad as Maryland's most-used emoji. Step up your emoji game!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ohio: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17766\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream.png\" alt=\"ice-cream\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/ice-cream-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that biscotto plunging into the scoop of ice cream is any indication, people from Ohio are feeling fancy (maybe because they usually decide the outcomes of presidential elections?). Also, they obviously get a kick out of flaunting their lactose tolerance to those less fortunate in the dairy department (me).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oklahoma: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17767\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost.png\" alt=\"320-ghost\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/320-ghost-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, the idea of living in Oklahoma \u003cem>is\u003c/em> pretty scary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oregon: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17768\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot.png\" alt=\"six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/six-pointed-star-with-middle-dot-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judaism must be big in Oregon. That, or ninja stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pennsylvania: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic.XOgYXAW7-t\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xcherries.png.pagespeed.ic_.XOgYXAW7-t-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like with Michigan and their love of the strawberry emoji, this isn't because the state produces a lot of cherries, but because they're just that delicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rhode Island: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17770\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM\" width=\"100\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM.png 487w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-04-06-at-1.44.58-PM-400x288.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't think I've ever used or received this emoji. We can't get an avocado emoji, but we have this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Carolina: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17771\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor.png\" alt=\"anchor\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/anchor-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's go sailing!\" or \"Let's get an anchor tattoo!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tennessee: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17772\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse.png\" alt=\"horse\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/horse-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kentucky Derby envy!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Texas: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17773\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266.png\" alt=\"0266\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0266-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas is 10th in grape production so it's probably just people complaining about buying grapes with seeds when they meant to get the seedless ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Utah:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17774\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic.kk-2_I64ev\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xlollipop.png.pagespeed.ic_.kk-2_I64ev-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woah, I'm kind of hypnotized by the swirl of this lollipop. It's like one of those optical illusions where you stare at a bunch of weird patterns and dots for a long time until you see Jesus' face. Are people in Utah using this spiral to get non-believers to come to Jesus and join the Mormon church??\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vermont:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17778\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698.png\" alt=\"0698\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/0698-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, I've never been able to figure out what this is supposed to be. A tiara? Vats of liquid gold being poured out? Vermont, explain yourselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Virginia: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face.png\" alt=\"frog-face\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/frog-face-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like snails, I think frogs are underrated. They can snatch things out of thin air with their tongues. They used to be tadpoles. And they offer their bodies for dissection in order to get sensitive kids like me out of science class for a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Washington: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17784\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3.jpg\" alt=\"160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic.vTnft2qQY3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160xheadphone.png.pagespeed.ic_.vTnft2qQY3-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lots of \"Hey. Did you accidentally take my headphones?\" texts. They say they didn't, but you know they did!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>West Virginia: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17785\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC.jpg\" alt=\"160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic.qqPUvDbebC\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/160x160x265-fallen-leaf.png.pagespeed.ic_.qqPUvDbebC-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A more autumnal New Hampshire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wisconsin:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-17786\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church.png\" alt=\"church\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church.png 256w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/church-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nice stained glass detailing, emoji artists! I guess people in Wisconsin love the lord a lot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wyoming: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17788\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face.png\" alt=\"193-wolf-face\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/193-wolf-face-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are a man's best friend, which is a good thing because there are no other people to befriend in Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Burning Man blogger John Curley reports that the strange bugs that unleashed waves of uncool angst among Burners old and new are \"all but gone.\" Read Curley's report here: \"\u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/bugs-what-bugs/\" target=\"_blank\">Bugs? What bugs?\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, Thursday, Aug. 20:\u003c/strong> At first, one almost feels sympathy for The Greater Worldwide Burning Man Community -- not its real name -- about to descend on northwestern Nevada's Black Rock Desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because the site of the fiery annual festival of freedom, free expression, freewheeling inventiveness and free-floating dust is infested with six-legged invaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Curley, a former San Francisco Chronicle sports and news editor -- now independent photographer and Burning Man blogger -- gave \u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/a-second-generation-and-yeah-those-bugs/\">the lowdown on the invasion\u003c/a> on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You may have seen the bug rumors on the internet,\" Curley wrote.\"We are here to tell you that they are all true. ... The bugs are real. They’re everywhere. They bite. They crawl all over you. They get up and in you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gosh. That sounds uncomfortable. Imagine 60,000 or 70,000 people driving out to a remote desert for \u003cem>that\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And maybe that's why the Burning Man blog published another post on Thursday -- this one not attributed to Curley -- headlined \"\u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/environment/bugs-on-the-playa-dont-believe-the-buzz/\" target=\"_blank\">Bugs on the Playa -- Don't Believe the Buzz\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The post calls the bugs \"an interesting new challenge\" and urged the hordes expected at the event, which formally opens Aug. 30, not to start hyperventilating about the presence of a few million hungry insects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These bugs are more of a mild nuisance than a full-blown infestation that should cause any major concern,\" the post said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gizmodo published a piece Thursday that makes \u003ca href=\"http://gizmodo.com/weve-identified-those-bugs-infesting-burning-man-and-1725287661\" target=\"_blank\">a convincing attempt\u003c/a> to identify the bugs. The experts cited by the site say there are at least two and perhaps more species involves -- large green stink bugs (family \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae\" target=\"_blank\">Pentatomidae\u003c/a>) and some much smaller critters called seed bugs (genus \u003ca href=\"http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/arthropoda/nysius.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nysius\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest Burning Man post on the Six-Legged Apocalypse calls on participants to remember the event's \u003ca href=\"http://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/\" target=\"_blank\">principle \u003c/a> of Radical Self-Reliance: \"Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I said at the outset, one almost feels sympathy for those at the mercy of the seed bug's probing proboscis. Then you encounter what might be called Radical Self-Righteousness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You need look no further than the comments responding to Curley's original bug post to see that not everyone in the Greater Burning Man Enlightenment Sphere is on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One \u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/a-second-generation-and-yeah-those-bugs/#comment-1239737\" target=\"_blank\">commenter complained\u003c/a>, perhaps more than a bit plaintively, that the reported Bug-nado might ruin a trip she has made a big sacrifice for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I am not a rich girl, I went broke to come to the festival and be at the whim of the desert… But being that I have paralyzing, allergic reactions to bugs I am disheartened to know that the money I’ve spent to burn will now be spent hardly being able to move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hope BM does something to get rid of these bugs, because it’s going to be a very painful trip for me. I will still find my way through, however, without complaint. I can’t afford to have thrown my last $1200 down the drain.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>You might imagine all the empathy that comment provoked in the Enlightenment Sphere. \u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/a-second-generation-and-yeah-those-bugs/#comment-1239798\" target=\"_blank\">For instance\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The origin of the event isn’t to pander to peoples sensitivities. Read the first timers guide please to help reassess your perspective. As a physician with allergy specialization having paralyzing disability from insect stings is unheard of. If you used your last $1200 to come to a non-life sustaining event, I’m more concerned about your safety overall moving forward in the universe. We are guests on the playa, it’s not for us to destroy nature for our comfort....\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>One other commenter \u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/a-second-generation-and-yeah-those-bugs/#comment-1239700\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out\u003c/a> that people who are worried about bugs should relax, bring lots of \u003ca href=\"http://www2.epa.gov/insect-repellents/deet\" target=\"_blank\">DEET\u003c/a>, and remember that Black Rock Desert is toxic by nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You are breathing respirable glass and uranium dust,\" the commenter said. \"DEET’s like a rubber band wound next to a shotgun hole.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No -- that and the 27,000-some vehicles out at the end of what amounts to a dead-end road -- not my idea of a party. But as others have pointed out, those desert bugs ought to be welcome as part of Burning Man's philosophy of Radical Inclusion.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gosh. That sounds uncomfortable. Imagine 60,000 or 70,000 people driving out to a remote desert for \u003cem>that\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And maybe that's why the Burning Man blog published another post on Thursday -- this one not attributed to Curley -- headlined \"\u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/environment/bugs-on-the-playa-dont-believe-the-buzz/\" target=\"_blank\">Bugs on the Playa -- Don't Believe the Buzz\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The post calls the bugs \"an interesting new challenge\" and urged the hordes expected at the event, which formally opens Aug. 30, not to start hyperventilating about the presence of a few million hungry insects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These bugs are more of a mild nuisance than a full-blown infestation that should cause any major concern,\" the post said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gizmodo published a piece Thursday that makes \u003ca href=\"http://gizmodo.com/weve-identified-those-bugs-infesting-burning-man-and-1725287661\" target=\"_blank\">a convincing attempt\u003c/a> to identify the bugs. The experts cited by the site say there are at least two and perhaps more species involves -- large green stink bugs (family \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae\" target=\"_blank\">Pentatomidae\u003c/a>) and some much smaller critters called seed bugs (genus \u003ca href=\"http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/arthropoda/nysius.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nysius\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest Burning Man post on the Six-Legged Apocalypse calls on participants to remember the event's \u003ca href=\"http://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/\" target=\"_blank\">principle \u003c/a> of Radical Self-Reliance: \"Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I said at the outset, one almost feels sympathy for those at the mercy of the seed bug's probing proboscis. Then you encounter what might be called Radical Self-Righteousness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You need look no further than the comments responding to Curley's original bug post to see that not everyone in the Greater Burning Man Enlightenment Sphere is on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One \u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/a-second-generation-and-yeah-those-bugs/#comment-1239737\" target=\"_blank\">commenter complained\u003c/a>, perhaps more than a bit plaintively, that the reported Bug-nado might ruin a trip she has made a big sacrifice for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I am not a rich girl, I went broke to come to the festival and be at the whim of the desert… But being that I have paralyzing, allergic reactions to bugs I am disheartened to know that the money I’ve spent to burn will now be spent hardly being able to move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hope BM does something to get rid of these bugs, because it’s going to be a very painful trip for me. I will still find my way through, however, without complaint. I can’t afford to have thrown my last $1200 down the drain.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>You might imagine all the empathy that comment provoked in the Enlightenment Sphere. \u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/a-second-generation-and-yeah-those-bugs/#comment-1239798\" target=\"_blank\">For instance\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The origin of the event isn’t to pander to peoples sensitivities. Read the first timers guide please to help reassess your perspective. As a physician with allergy specialization having paralyzing disability from insect stings is unheard of. If you used your last $1200 to come to a non-life sustaining event, I’m more concerned about your safety overall moving forward in the universe. We are guests on the playa, it’s not for us to destroy nature for our comfort....\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>One other commenter \u003ca href=\"http://blog.burningman.com/2015/08/building-brc/a-second-generation-and-yeah-those-bugs/#comment-1239700\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out\u003c/a> that people who are worried about bugs should relax, bring lots of \u003ca href=\"http://www2.epa.gov/insect-repellents/deet\" target=\"_blank\">DEET\u003c/a>, and remember that Black Rock Desert is toxic by nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You are breathing respirable glass and uranium dust,\" the commenter said. \"DEET’s like a rubber band wound next to a shotgun hole.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No -- that and the 27,000-some vehicles out at the end of what amounts to a dead-end road -- not my idea of a party. But as others have pointed out, those desert bugs ought to be welcome as part of Burning Man's philosophy of Radical Inclusion.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"vAbYhEz2zNrpSPyjgcQcKVJYY8r0Rk3Q\"]In the world of interesting-but-creepy news, Will Brooker, a professor of cultural studies at England’s Kingston University \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/british-professor-is-ch-ch-changing-into-david-bowie_55d4d64be4b0ab468d9f7fb6\" target=\"_blank\">recently announced\u003c/a> that he is spending the year dressing and acting like David Bowie for his research. For each stage of Bowie’s music career -- starting from his first garage groups in the late ‘60s all the way through to present day -- Brooker has been wearing recreations of Bowie’s wild and constantly changing wardrobe, following an approximation of Bowie's diet (red peppers and milk) and even moving to areas around England that Bowie lived in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeCMr_x06ts\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a little hard to believe that such an experiment exists or is needed, but he’s been commissioned to write an account of his research, so that means somebody wants to know. Then again, who wouldn’t want to know what it’s like to be the guy that created Ziggy Stardust?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no debate: Bowie is one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century. So great that, in 1997, he sold “Bowie bonds” to those who wanted to profit from his music. (When he went public with his publishing royalties that year, he made $50 million.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also married to the model Iman, continues to make great music and doesn’t need to talk to the press to sell his albums. But it hasn’t always been easy for Bowie; there have been quite a few moments in his life that he probably doesn’t wish on his worst enemies. Here are some of them that Prof. Brooker should consider before taking on a task as mammoth as living as Bowie:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. He was punched in the face so hard his eyes are mismatched\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-17711 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-closeupCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-closeupCROP.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-closeupCROP-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Bowie smiles as he meets fans and signs copies of his new album \"Heathen\" at HMV Oxford Street September 9, 2002 in London, England. \u003ccite>(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve seen photos of David Bowie, you've probably noticed one of his most striking features: he appears to have differently colored eyes. He was not born this way. When he was 14, he was in a fight with his friend George Underwood over a girl and Underwood was so mad at Bowie (then David Jones) he punched him in the face, right in his left eye. Underwood sliced Bowie's peeper, possibly with a ring he was wearing, and Bowie's injury was so bad that doctors thought he would be blind in that eye. After being hospitalized for four months and undergoing a series of operations, Bowie’s eyesight was saved but his pupil is permanently dilated and he has depth perception issues. As for Underwood, he's still friends with Bowie and even designed the covers of Bowie's earliest albums.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. Admitting he was gay hurt his career so much he denied it just a few years later\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-17701 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-800x580.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-400x290.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-1440x1044.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-1920x1393.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-1180x856.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-960x696.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musician David Bowie and supermodel Iman attend the DKMS' 5th Annual Gala: Linked Against Leukemia honoring Rihanna & Michael Clinton hosted by Katharina Harf at Cipriani Wall Street on April 28, 2011 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for DKMS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1972, while being interviewed for an article in \u003cem>Melody Maker\u003c/em>, Bowie admitted to the reporter that he was gay. He was just starting to dress as “Ziggy Stardust” and the revelation -- “I’m gay and always have been, even when I was David Jones” -- brought him a lot of media attention. Laws banning homosexuality in England had been reformed just five years before and Bowie’s coming out was socially equivalent to Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the news helped him reach star status in England, when he toured the United States for the \u003cem>Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust\u003c/em>, he played to several half-filled theaters. Americans had gotten word of Bowie’s revelation and, except for a bunch of cool music lovers on the coasts, didn’t want to have anything to do with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1976, Bowie was still standing by his declaration that he was “bisexual” and that it was \"the best thing that ever happened\" to him (around this time he had a relationship with Mick Jagger, according to ex-wife Angie Bowie). But by 1983, Bowie was hoping to take the U.S. by storm with his album \u003ci>Let's Dance\u003c/i> and started backtracking on his claims. In an interview with \u003ci>Rolling Stone\u003c/i> that same year, he stated that publicly declaring his bisexuality was \"the biggest mistake [he] ever made\" and that he \"was always a closet heterosexual.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 2002 interview with \u003ci>Blender\u003c/i>, he was asked whether or not his coming out was still his biggest mistake. \"I don't think it was a mistake in Europe, but it was a lot tougher in America,\" later adding \"I felt that bisexuality became my headline over here for so long. America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. He did a scary amount of cocaine\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2yLbxW4k-w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the mid '70s, Bowie had a new persona: The Thin White Duke. It was an apt description of his look at that time, since he wore a lot of regal, immaculately tailored suits and was emaciated from his extreme cocaine habit (watch the video above for lots of fidgeting and sniffing). Bowie was in the studio around the clock, cranking out hit after hit — he wrote \"Fame\" in 45 minutes during this time — \u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2014/11/15/mountains-of-cocaine-played-a-crucial-role-in-bowies-success/\" target=\"_blank\">and booger sugar fueled a lot of those longer sessions\u003c/a>. He also did a lot of crazy stuff that someone with a drug problem would do, the best example being the time he, with \u003ca href=\"http://dangerousminds.net/comments/mysterious_white_witch_who_exorcised_david_bowie\" target=\"_blank\">help from a white witch\u003c/a>, tried exorcising his pool of demons while high on blow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He moved to Switzerland in 1976, where he supposedly dumped his habit and concentrated on other pursuits like painting. He would later tell producer Nile Rodgers that he doesn't remember entire years of his life during his drug days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Side note: Brooker has said that for his research, he won't be doing the heavy amount of cocaine that Bowie did. Not only is it unhealthy, but he also couldn't afford such a habit on an academic's salary, according to the \u003cem>Guardian\u003c/em>. Instead he drank an entire six-pack of energy drinks. “It made me very jumpy,” he said.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. A newspaper circulated a picture that made him look like a Nazi\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17724 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/NME.jpeg\" alt=\"NME\" width=\"569\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/NME.jpeg 569w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/NME-400x562.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a weird one to explain and, in hindsight, he was kind of asking for it. During his Thin White Duke days, Bowie said in an interview that \"Britain could benefit from a fascist leader.\" He was later caught at the Russian/Poland border with Nazi propaganda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With rumors of his love for fascism stoked in the media, the New Musical Express then took a photo of Bowie at London's Victoria Station waving farewell to fans from a Mercedes before jumping on a train. The paper ran the photo with the headline \"Heil And Farewell\" and accused him of giving a Nazi salute. Bowie always denied the claim and there are pictures of him in that moment where \u003ca href=\"http://flashbak.com/1976-david-bowies-nazi-salute-and-eric-claptons-wogs-created-rock-against-racism-5645/\" target=\"_blank\">he looks like he's waving\u003c/a>. Bowie later admitted that he was out of his mind when he made those comments about fascism.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. A concertgoer threw a lollipop at his bad eye\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17726 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail\" width=\"478\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail.jpg 478w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Norway, a lollipop is referred to as \"love on a stick.\" Someone tried to pass on the love to Bowie during a festival in Oslo a few years ago and instead it smacked him right in the eye, causing him to stop playing. After he recovered, he was in a huff and demanded to know who did it, but no one came forward. Once he regained his composure, he told the crowd he was going to punish the culprit by playing an extra-long set. He played 27 songs over two hours in what Norwegian media would \u003ca href=\"http://www.today.com/id/5269717/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/david-bowie-hit-eye-lollipop-concert/#.VdWbSVNViko\" target=\"_blank\">call one of his best concerts ever\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>6. His Bowie Bonds are one step above junk status\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-17700 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-400x265.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-1440x956.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-1920x1274.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-1180x783.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-960x637.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lou Reed (L) and David Bowie (R) attend the opening of Lou Reed NY photography exhibit at the Gallery at Hermes on January 19, 2006 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Photo by Andrew H. 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The artist didn't adjust his business model when file-sharing on the Internet became a thing so, when people realized they didn't need to pay for his albums in order to obtain them, the profits on his 25 albums took a massive hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since there's no such thing as sympathy in the stock market, it wasn't too long before the credit rating was downgraded, with a spokesperson for Moody's saying, \"The downgrade was prompted by lower than expected revenues generated by the assets due to weakness in sales for recorded music.\" But, by that time, Bowie had already gotten what he wanted: not only did the initial offering make Bowie one of the richest musicians in the world, he was able to use his money to buy back all the rights to his music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that I think about it, it's probably not that bad to be Bowie. But it ain't easy, either! Good luck, Professor Brooker!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>In the world of interesting-but-creepy news, Will Brooker, a professor of cultural studies at England’s Kingston University \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/british-professor-is-ch-ch-changing-into-david-bowie_55d4d64be4b0ab468d9f7fb6\" target=\"_blank\">recently announced\u003c/a> that he is spending the year dressing and acting like David Bowie for his research. For each stage of Bowie’s music career -- starting from his first garage groups in the late ‘60s all the way through to present day -- Brooker has been wearing recreations of Bowie’s wild and constantly changing wardrobe, following an approximation of Bowie's diet (red peppers and milk) and even moving to areas around England that Bowie lived in.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/EeCMr_x06ts'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/EeCMr_x06ts'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s a little hard to believe that such an experiment exists or is needed, but he’s been commissioned to write an account of his research, so that means somebody wants to know. Then again, who wouldn’t want to know what it’s like to be the guy that created Ziggy Stardust?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no debate: Bowie is one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century. So great that, in 1997, he sold “Bowie bonds” to those who wanted to profit from his music. (When he went public with his publishing royalties that year, he made $50 million.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also married to the model Iman, continues to make great music and doesn’t need to talk to the press to sell his albums. But it hasn’t always been easy for Bowie; there have been quite a few moments in his life that he probably doesn’t wish on his worst enemies. Here are some of them that Prof. Brooker should consider before taking on a task as mammoth as living as Bowie:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. He was punched in the face so hard his eyes are mismatched\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-17711 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-closeupCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-closeupCROP.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-closeupCROP-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Bowie smiles as he meets fans and signs copies of his new album \"Heathen\" at HMV Oxford Street September 9, 2002 in London, England. \u003ccite>(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve seen photos of David Bowie, you've probably noticed one of his most striking features: he appears to have differently colored eyes. He was not born this way. When he was 14, he was in a fight with his friend George Underwood over a girl and Underwood was so mad at Bowie (then David Jones) he punched him in the face, right in his left eye. Underwood sliced Bowie's peeper, possibly with a ring he was wearing, and Bowie's injury was so bad that doctors thought he would be blind in that eye. After being hospitalized for four months and undergoing a series of operations, Bowie’s eyesight was saved but his pupil is permanently dilated and he has depth perception issues. As for Underwood, he's still friends with Bowie and even designed the covers of Bowie's earliest albums.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. Admitting he was gay hurt his career so much he denied it just a few years later\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-17701 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-800x580.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-400x290.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-1440x1044.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-1920x1393.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-1180x856.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/David-Bowie-Imam-960x696.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musician David Bowie and supermodel Iman attend the DKMS' 5th Annual Gala: Linked Against Leukemia honoring Rihanna & Michael Clinton hosted by Katharina Harf at Cipriani Wall Street on April 28, 2011 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for DKMS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1972, while being interviewed for an article in \u003cem>Melody Maker\u003c/em>, Bowie admitted to the reporter that he was gay. He was just starting to dress as “Ziggy Stardust” and the revelation -- “I’m gay and always have been, even when I was David Jones” -- brought him a lot of media attention. Laws banning homosexuality in England had been reformed just five years before and Bowie’s coming out was socially equivalent to Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the news helped him reach star status in England, when he toured the United States for the \u003cem>Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust\u003c/em>, he played to several half-filled theaters. Americans had gotten word of Bowie’s revelation and, except for a bunch of cool music lovers on the coasts, didn’t want to have anything to do with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1976, Bowie was still standing by his declaration that he was “bisexual” and that it was \"the best thing that ever happened\" to him (around this time he had a relationship with Mick Jagger, according to ex-wife Angie Bowie). But by 1983, Bowie was hoping to take the U.S. by storm with his album \u003ci>Let's Dance\u003c/i> and started backtracking on his claims. In an interview with \u003ci>Rolling Stone\u003c/i> that same year, he stated that publicly declaring his bisexuality was \"the biggest mistake [he] ever made\" and that he \"was always a closet heterosexual.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 2002 interview with \u003ci>Blender\u003c/i>, he was asked whether or not his coming out was still his biggest mistake. \"I don't think it was a mistake in Europe, but it was a lot tougher in America,\" later adding \"I felt that bisexuality became my headline over here for so long. America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. He did a scary amount of cocaine\u003c/h3>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/k2yLbxW4k-w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/k2yLbxW4k-w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In the mid '70s, Bowie had a new persona: The Thin White Duke. It was an apt description of his look at that time, since he wore a lot of regal, immaculately tailored suits and was emaciated from his extreme cocaine habit (watch the video above for lots of fidgeting and sniffing). Bowie was in the studio around the clock, cranking out hit after hit — he wrote \"Fame\" in 45 minutes during this time — \u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2014/11/15/mountains-of-cocaine-played-a-crucial-role-in-bowies-success/\" target=\"_blank\">and booger sugar fueled a lot of those longer sessions\u003c/a>. He also did a lot of crazy stuff that someone with a drug problem would do, the best example being the time he, with \u003ca href=\"http://dangerousminds.net/comments/mysterious_white_witch_who_exorcised_david_bowie\" target=\"_blank\">help from a white witch\u003c/a>, tried exorcising his pool of demons while high on blow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He moved to Switzerland in 1976, where he supposedly dumped his habit and concentrated on other pursuits like painting. He would later tell producer Nile Rodgers that he doesn't remember entire years of his life during his drug days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Side note: Brooker has said that for his research, he won't be doing the heavy amount of cocaine that Bowie did. Not only is it unhealthy, but he also couldn't afford such a habit on an academic's salary, according to the \u003cem>Guardian\u003c/em>. Instead he drank an entire six-pack of energy drinks. “It made me very jumpy,” he said.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. A newspaper circulated a picture that made him look like a Nazi\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17724 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/NME.jpeg\" alt=\"NME\" width=\"569\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/NME.jpeg 569w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/NME-400x562.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a weird one to explain and, in hindsight, he was kind of asking for it. During his Thin White Duke days, Bowie said in an interview that \"Britain could benefit from a fascist leader.\" He was later caught at the Russian/Poland border with Nazi propaganda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With rumors of his love for fascism stoked in the media, the New Musical Express then took a photo of Bowie at London's Victoria Station waving farewell to fans from a Mercedes before jumping on a train. The paper ran the photo with the headline \"Heil And Farewell\" and accused him of giving a Nazi salute. Bowie always denied the claim and there are pictures of him in that moment where \u003ca href=\"http://flashbak.com/1976-david-bowies-nazi-salute-and-eric-claptons-wogs-created-rock-against-racism-5645/\" target=\"_blank\">he looks like he's waving\u003c/a>. Bowie later admitted that he was out of his mind when he made those comments about fascism.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. A concertgoer threw a lollipop at his bad eye\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17726 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail\" width=\"478\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail.jpg 478w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/david-bowie-lollipop-eye-320.thumbnail-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Norway, a lollipop is referred to as \"love on a stick.\" Someone tried to pass on the love to Bowie during a festival in Oslo a few years ago and instead it smacked him right in the eye, causing him to stop playing. After he recovered, he was in a huff and demanded to know who did it, but no one came forward. Once he regained his composure, he told the crowd he was going to punish the culprit by playing an extra-long set. He played 27 songs over two hours in what Norwegian media would \u003ca href=\"http://www.today.com/id/5269717/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/david-bowie-hit-eye-lollipop-concert/#.VdWbSVNViko\" target=\"_blank\">call one of his best concerts ever\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>6. His Bowie Bonds are one step above junk status\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-17700 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-400x265.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-1440x956.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-1920x1274.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-1180x783.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/DAvid-Bowie-Lou-Reed-960x637.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lou Reed (L) and David Bowie (R) attend the opening of Lou Reed NY photography exhibit at the Gallery at Hermes on January 19, 2006 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember those \"Bowie Bonds\" I told you about earlier? By 2004, their credit rating was downgraded to just \u003ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1457666/Bowie-man-whose-bonds-fell-to-earth.html\" target=\"_blank\">above junk status\u003c/a>. The artist didn't adjust his business model when file-sharing on the Internet became a thing so, when people realized they didn't need to pay for his albums in order to obtain them, the profits on his 25 albums took a massive hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since there's no such thing as sympathy in the stock market, it wasn't too long before the credit rating was downgraded, with a spokesperson for Moody's saying, \"The downgrade was prompted by lower than expected revenues generated by the assets due to weakness in sales for recorded music.\" But, by that time, Bowie had already gotten what he wanted: not only did the initial offering make Bowie one of the richest musicians in the world, he was able to use his money to buy back all the rights to his music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Long associated with the Bay Area, the word ‘hella’ has gained widespread use. But how was the word born? Ventura Albor asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How is it that “hella” became synonymous with the Bay?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ventura’s question was inspired by his college days at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178097\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178097\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a 'Hella Kitty' shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a ‘Hella Kitty’ shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“L.A. folks would [home] in on it right away and be like, ‘Oh you’re from the Bay Area?’ ” he says. “I never really thought of it, I just thought everyone said hella.” \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hella: A Linguistic Boundary\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents and Californians believe that hella — and its G-rated equivalent “hecka” — are Bay Area slang. The words, which mean “very” or “a lot of,” can be used multiple ways. You can say “I’m hella stoked” or “There were hella people at that party last night,” or even, “I was doing it for hella days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Bucholtz, a linguist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, conducted a study in which people indicated their perceptions of how people talk in certain areas of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>A Guide to Bay Area Slang\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hella\u003c/strong> – very, really, extremely; many, a lot; in an extraordinary or impressive manner.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“That jacket’s hella dope!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hyphy\u003c/strong> – hyper, excited\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“I’m from the Bay where we hyphy and go dumb. From the soil where them rappers be getting their lingo from.” – E-40\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Off the chain\u003c/strong> – super fun, exciting, great\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“This party tonight’s gonna be off the chain!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Fa sheezy/fo shizzle\u003c/strong> – for sure\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Saturday is off the heezy fo’sheezy.” – Jermaine Dupri\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Janky\u003c/strong> – poor quality, inferior, weird\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Ugh, this umbrella is hella janky.”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Baller\u003c/strong> (n)/\u003cstrong>ballin’\u003c/strong> (v) – a ball player, or someone who’s winning “the game” (of life).\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Wanna be a baller, shot caller, 20-inch blades on the impala” – Lil’ Troy\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Hella was the most frequently cited word, and 78.4 percent of the people who mentioned it in the study said it was Northern California slang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For Southern Californians in particular, hella represents a crucial shibboleth separating the two major regions of the state,” says Bucholtz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Southern California transplant Bree DeRobbio, now living in San Jose. She remembers the first time she heard someone say hella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My reaction was ‘Oh my God, they really do say it.’ And I was amazed at all the different applications the word has,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Dictionary Says WHAT?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are at least two origin stories for hella: One places it in Toronto (yes, Canada) and the other in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on Oakland later, but first — Toronto? I mean, really?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hella made its first appearance in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002, and the dictionary says the word was first used in a 1987 article in the Toronto Star:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The horse went hella whoopin’ down the trail, trailing 50 feet or more of the best Berkley Trilene Monofilament line.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Sidenote: That part about the best Berkley Trilene Monofilament line refers to a type of fishing line — no relation to Berkeley, Calif.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, hella is identified as Northern American slang that was probably shortened from “helluva” or “hellacious.” But English-language historian Michael Adams says hella’s grammatical usage doesn’t quite align with what the Oxford English Dictionary says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really skeptical of that etymology that hella comes from helluva because we don’t use hella grammatically in the same way that we would use helluva,” Adams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Adams means is you can’t get “hella cute” from “helluva cute,” or say, “My dad’s a hella cook,” even though you could say, “My dad’s a helluva cook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also has an explanation for why hella didn’t come from hellacious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10649553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10649553\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Someone turned Fell Street in San Francisco into Hella Street. (kyle rw/Flickr)\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-1440x958.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Someone turned Fell Street in San Francisco into Hella Street. (kyle rw/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The suffix from hellacious is ‘—acious,’ like tenacious, and if you’re going to break a word, you’re usually going to break a word where there’s a boundary between its parts,” Adams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to this theory, the natural break for hellacious would make it “hell-aysh,” not hella.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>From Oakland Teens to the Rest of the World\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley linguist Geoff Nunberg traces hella back a few more years, to Oakland, from two early citations in a 1987 \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=k-NIAQAAMAAJ&q=Second+Class+Finish:+The+Effects+of+Rituals+and+Routines+of+a+Working-class+High+School,+Volume+2&dq=Second+Class+Finish:+The+Effects+of+Rituals+and+Routines+of+a+Working-class+High+School,+Volume+2&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMI6OGT39u2xwIVUFaICh3jbQDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissertation\u003c/a> of a Berkeley student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10650083\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10650083 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1440x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Some in Oakland have embraced the word. Mayor Libby Schaaf often used it while campaigning, saying 'I hella love Oakland' and 'It is hella time for leadership in Oakland.'\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some in Oakland have embraced the word. Mayor Libby Schaaf often used it while campaigning, saying ‘I hella love Oakland’ and ‘It is hella time for leadership in Oakland.’ \u003ccite>(cplbasilisk/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Hella emerged somewhere in Northern California around the late 1970s, and although it spread to other places, it’s still associated with this region,” says Nunberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, slang spreads from black English to white English and not in the other direction, which is why Nunberg says he suspects it started in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phrases like “cool” and “tell it like it is” are good examples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ‘Cool’ was adopted by white hipsters and beatniks in the early ‘50s before spreading to teen slang. ‘Tell it like it is’ was used by black writers in the early ’60s and quickly became part of general white English,” he says.[aside tag='bay-curious' label='Looking for More Bay Curious?']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lines up with what multimedia producer Sean Kennedy, an Oakland native, recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He remembers saying hella with the kids on his Pop Warner football team and at King Estates Junior High School in the late ’70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Very rarely in the African-American or black community do we pick up other people’s language and use them,” he says. “It’s usually the language we create and other people use them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that time, hip-hop and street culture gained widespread popularity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was used in a manner of explaining, ‘That looked hella good— that looked good’—something that was clean, or somebody acting crazy, ‘You’re hella crazy,’ ” Kennedy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area Punks Debate Hella Vs. Hell Of\u003c/h3>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>“Hell of Dumb” by the Mr. T. Experience\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"369\" height=\"277\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-R_TW_ZqHw4\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In early years, Bay Area youth debated whether the slang word was hella or actually “hell of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Berkeley, the debate could get quite heated, says punk rocker Frank Portman. In 1997, he wrote a song called “Hell of Dumb,” poking fun at the issue with his band the Mr. T. Experience. He thinks the hella vs. hell of debate goes back to 1983.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was always very clear that it was hell of. It was not hella and if anyone ever said hella, which sometimes people did, they would always correct you with the attitude of a school marm correcting your grammar,” Portman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hella Now\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since those early days, widespread use of hell of, hellacious and helluva has dwindled — leaving hella to stand alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>Cartman uses hella in South Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7pohEb7DUac\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Hella got a national audience in the South Park episode “Spookyfish,” from the second season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cartman taunts Stan and Kyle by singing, “You guys are hella stupid, you guys are hella lame, you guys are hella dumb hella, hella, hella.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word may be one of Northern California’s most notorious cultural exports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re welcome, world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got a question you want to see the Bay Curious team take on? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit it!\u003c/a> Be sure to subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipi2mc5aqfen4nr2daayiziiyuy\">Google Play\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\">NPR One\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Long associated with the Bay Area, the word ‘hella’ has gained widespread use. But how was the word born? Ventura Albor asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How is it that “hella” became synonymous with the Bay?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ventura’s question was inspired by his college days at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11178097\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11178097\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a 'Hella Kitty' shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS21661_161026_HellaShirt_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC Berkeley student poses for photos wearing a ‘Hella Kitty’ shirt from Pure 510, a local custom t-shirt business in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“L.A. folks would [home] in on it right away and be like, ‘Oh you’re from the Bay Area?’ ” he says. “I never really thought of it, I just thought everyone said hella.” \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hella: A Linguistic Boundary\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents and Californians believe that hella — and its G-rated equivalent “hecka” — are Bay Area slang. The words, which mean “very” or “a lot of,” can be used multiple ways. You can say “I’m hella stoked” or “There were hella people at that party last night,” or even, “I was doing it for hella days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Bucholtz, a linguist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, conducted a study in which people indicated their perceptions of how people talk in certain areas of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>A Guide to Bay Area Slang\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hella\u003c/strong> – very, really, extremely; many, a lot; in an extraordinary or impressive manner.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“That jacket’s hella dope!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hyphy\u003c/strong> – hyper, excited\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“I’m from the Bay where we hyphy and go dumb. From the soil where them rappers be getting their lingo from.” – E-40\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Off the chain\u003c/strong> – super fun, exciting, great\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“This party tonight’s gonna be off the chain!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Fa sheezy/fo shizzle\u003c/strong> – for sure\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Saturday is off the heezy fo’sheezy.” – Jermaine Dupri\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Janky\u003c/strong> – poor quality, inferior, weird\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Ugh, this umbrella is hella janky.”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Baller\u003c/strong> (n)/\u003cstrong>ballin’\u003c/strong> (v) – a ball player, or someone who’s winning “the game” (of life).\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>“Wanna be a baller, shot caller, 20-inch blades on the impala” – Lil’ Troy\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Hella was the most frequently cited word, and 78.4 percent of the people who mentioned it in the study said it was Northern California slang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For Southern Californians in particular, hella represents a crucial shibboleth separating the two major regions of the state,” says Bucholtz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Southern California transplant Bree DeRobbio, now living in San Jose. She remembers the first time she heard someone say hella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My reaction was ‘Oh my God, they really do say it.’ And I was amazed at all the different applications the word has,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Dictionary Says WHAT?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are at least two origin stories for hella: One places it in Toronto (yes, Canada) and the other in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More on Oakland later, but first — Toronto? I mean, really?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hella made its first appearance in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002, and the dictionary says the word was first used in a 1987 article in the Toronto Star:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The horse went hella whoopin’ down the trail, trailing 50 feet or more of the best Berkley Trilene Monofilament line.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Sidenote: That part about the best Berkley Trilene Monofilament line refers to a type of fishing line — no relation to Berkeley, Calif.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, hella is identified as Northern American slang that was probably shortened from “helluva” or “hellacious.” But English-language historian Michael Adams says hella’s grammatical usage doesn’t quite align with what the Oxford English Dictionary says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really skeptical of that etymology that hella comes from helluva because we don’t use hella grammatically in the same way that we would use helluva,” Adams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Adams means is you can’t get “hella cute” from “helluva cute,” or say, “My dad’s a hella cook,” even though you could say, “My dad’s a helluva cook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also has an explanation for why hella didn’t come from hellacious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10649553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10649553\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Someone turned Fell Street in San Francisco into Hella Street. (kyle rw/Flickr)\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-1440x958.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16365_223475127_786d4ee142_o-qut-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Someone turned Fell Street in San Francisco into Hella Street. (kyle rw/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The suffix from hellacious is ‘—acious,’ like tenacious, and if you’re going to break a word, you’re usually going to break a word where there’s a boundary between its parts,” Adams says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to this theory, the natural break for hellacious would make it “hell-aysh,” not hella.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>From Oakland Teens to the Rest of the World\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley linguist Geoff Nunberg traces hella back a few more years, to Oakland, from two early citations in a 1987 \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=k-NIAQAAMAAJ&q=Second+Class+Finish:+The+Effects+of+Rituals+and+Routines+of+a+Working-class+High+School,+Volume+2&dq=Second+Class+Finish:+The+Effects+of+Rituals+and+Routines+of+a+Working-class+High+School,+Volume+2&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMI6OGT39u2xwIVUFaICh3jbQDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissertation\u003c/a> of a Berkeley student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10650083\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10650083 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1440x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Some in Oakland have embraced the word. Mayor Libby Schaaf often used it while campaigning, saying 'I hella love Oakland' and 'It is hella time for leadership in Oakland.'\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16362_6312711130_5e7518b922_o-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some in Oakland have embraced the word. Mayor Libby Schaaf often used it while campaigning, saying ‘I hella love Oakland’ and ‘It is hella time for leadership in Oakland.’ \u003ccite>(cplbasilisk/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Hella emerged somewhere in Northern California around the late 1970s, and although it spread to other places, it’s still associated with this region,” says Nunberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, slang spreads from black English to white English and not in the other direction, which is why Nunberg says he suspects it started in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phrases like “cool” and “tell it like it is” are good examples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ‘Cool’ was adopted by white hipsters and beatniks in the early ‘50s before spreading to teen slang. ‘Tell it like it is’ was used by black writers in the early ’60s and quickly became part of general white English,” he says.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>“Can I say the n-word even in rap songs? I really like Wiz Khalifa”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it racist to name our dog ‘homeboy’? He’s black if that matters”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Is the film \u003cem>Rocky\u003c/em> really considered racist by black people (even with Apollo winning against Balboa)?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the types of questions that \u003ca href=\"http://socialwayne.com/about/\">Wayne Sutton\u003c/a> attempts to answer with his new app, \u003ca href=\"http://askablackperson.com/\">Anonymously Ask A Black Person\u003c/a> (#AABP). Though the title sounds like satire gone wrong, the SMS-based app is actually an earnest attempt to give people a chance to ask real questions to real black people in an open and non-judgmental manner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I chose the name because the name is true. Ask a black person because I’m black,” Sutton says with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspired by the success of apps like \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-nerd-2015-4\">Nerd\u003c/a> (users can text a question and receive a response from a Stanford student) and \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/23/magic-is-a-startup-that-promises-to-bring-you-anything-if-youre-willing-to-pay-for-it/\">Magic\u003c/a> (people can send a text and have anything\u003cem> \u003c/em>delivered), the serial entrepreneur challenged himself to create his own version where people can text a question and receive a quick response. Using the API platform Twilio to build the program, Sutton embarked on a one-man hackathon over Memorial Day weekend that ended with the launch of #AABP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, this is about empowering people, educating people, and breaking down barriers of race.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17679\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/wayne-sutton-headshot-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-17679 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/wayne-sutton-headshot-2-400x500.jpg\" alt=\"wayne-sutton-headshot-2\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/wayne-sutton-headshot-2-400x500.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/wayne-sutton-headshot-2.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Sutton\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A self-proclaimed nerd, Sutton represents an incongruous mix of archetypes that aren’t normally associated with a startup founder. He’s from the South, he’s not a graduate of a Harvard/Stanford/MIT-type school and he’s black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton knows he stands out from the usual tech crowd. \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">“I’m one of that one percent and I’ve been in tech almost my whole life,” he says, referring to a 2011 article that reported only \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital-demographics-87-percent-vc-backed-founders-white-asian-teams-raise-largest-funding/\">one percent\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> of startup founders are black (versus the 87% that are white). \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">This realization spurred Sutton to move to Silicon Valley and co-found \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http://www.newmeaccelerator.com/\">NewME Accelerator\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, one of the few tech incubators catering to underrepresented minorities. He eventually moved on to other startups, including \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http://buildup.vc/about/\">BuildUp\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, an organization that helps minority entrepreneurs get their start.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in the bubble of Silicon Valley, where the myth of meritocracy reigns supreme, the release of diversity numbers by some of the largest tech companies show that there is still much that needs to be done. Women make up \u003ca href=\"http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-state-of-women-in-technology-15-data-points-you-should-know/\">less than\u003c/a> 30% of the tech workforce, while Blacks and Latinos make up \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/29/most-google-employees-are-white-men-where-are-allthewomen/\">around 9%\u003c/a> of employees combined—on a good day.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"At the end of the day, this is about empowering people, educating people, and breaking down barriers of race.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>For Sutton, tackling the issue of diversity in tech is critical for companies not just because it’s the “right” thing to do but for the “future of the product.” His goal is to foster an environment that supports minorities that want to use technology to change the world. “How can we create more successful tech entrepreneurs that look like [me]?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>#AABP is just one of many projects Sutton has worked on, making him a kind of veteran that is used to the unpredictability of the fickle startup world. Yet, after creating #AABP and sharing it on the popular site \u003ca href=\"http://www.producthunt.com/\">Product Hunt\u003c/a>, he was surprised by the reaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s been criticism for the app’s use of anonymity on the part of users and responders, questioning who’s really behind the app (Sutton asserts his entire 10-person team is black). Critics have also said that a black person “in tech is not an accurate voice” to answer questions about black people and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton is quick to point out that he never claims to be \u003cem>the\u003c/em> voice of black people, just\u003cem> a\u003c/em> voice. Though he acknowledges his upbringing and profession color his opinion, his stance is “Who [can] disqualify me from answering that question because I’m black and I’m in tech?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, so many commenters assumed the app was a bad joke that Product Hunt removed the #AABP \u003ca href=\"https://www.producthunt.com/posts/ask-a-black-person\">post\u003c/a> from the front page with this note:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">“[W]e \u003cem>avoid censoring product submissions unless they're a direct attack or extremely offensive to any one person or group of people...[We interpret] this product as a joke, without malicious intent; however, we're seeing enough reports that this has been removed from the front page…\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, Sutton had stayed anonymous and briefly considered closing #AABP down due to the negative backlash. However, encouraged by positive feedback from friends and followers, he came forward as the creator of the app and used his \u003ca href=\"http://socialwayne.com/\">blog\u003c/a> to explain what he was trying to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“I felt like [African-Americans were] not always portrayed in a positive, intellectual way [in the media],” Sutton says in response to what motivated him to make this app. He is fearful of how negative representations affect society's idea of black people, how stereotypes left unchecked become a warped version of the truth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Look no further than \u003cspan class=\"s2\">CNN\u003c/span> to see how implicit racial biases become explicit when covering hot button issues like police shootings. In July, \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/07/30/ohio-police-shooting-victim/30872955/\" target=\"_blank\">the news channel juxtaposed\u003c/a> a smiling image of the white cop indicted for murder with a police mugshot of the black victim. This is the kind of thing that Sutton says “hinders trust,\" making it harder for people that wouldn't normally interact on a deep level to come together and have \"positive or intellectual conversations around race that [are] educational and informative.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Over the past year, news cycles have been dominated with stories of racially charged crimes, particularly those of unarmed black men killed at the hands of police and everyday citizens. While this narrative is sadly nothing new, the response of frustrated citizens has challenged the nation to reconsider how we think and talk about race.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even coffee behemoth Starbucks tried its hand at starting a dialogue with #RaceForward, but their heavy-handed approach left a \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/starbucks-baristas-race-together-campaign-never-found-its-course/2015/03/22/90b2c854-d0d4-11e4-8fce-3941fc548f1c_story.html\">bitter taste\u003c/a>, leaving many unsure of how to start a productive conversation around something so important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this is where Sutton steps in, hoping his app will be the tool people can use to start talking \u003cem>and \u003c/em>listening. Currently, people can read submitted questions on the website through the startup’s Twitter feed or Facebook page. 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He’s from the South, he’s not a graduate of a Harvard/Stanford/MIT-type school and he’s black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton knows he stands out from the usual tech crowd. \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">“I’m one of that one percent and I’ve been in tech almost my whole life,” he says, referring to a 2011 article that reported only \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital-demographics-87-percent-vc-backed-founders-white-asian-teams-raise-largest-funding/\">one percent\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> of startup founders are black (versus the 87% that are white). \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">This realization spurred Sutton to move to Silicon Valley and co-found \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http://www.newmeaccelerator.com/\">NewME Accelerator\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, one of the few tech incubators catering to underrepresented minorities. He eventually moved on to other startups, including \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http://buildup.vc/about/\">BuildUp\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, an organization that helps minority entrepreneurs get their start.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in the bubble of Silicon Valley, where the myth of meritocracy reigns supreme, the release of diversity numbers by some of the largest tech companies show that there is still much that needs to be done. Women make up \u003ca href=\"http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-state-of-women-in-technology-15-data-points-you-should-know/\">less than\u003c/a> 30% of the tech workforce, while Blacks and Latinos make up \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/29/most-google-employees-are-white-men-where-are-allthewomen/\">around 9%\u003c/a> of employees combined—on a good day.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"At the end of the day, this is about empowering people, educating people, and breaking down barriers of race.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>For Sutton, tackling the issue of diversity in tech is critical for companies not just because it’s the “right” thing to do but for the “future of the product.” His goal is to foster an environment that supports minorities that want to use technology to change the world. “How can we create more successful tech entrepreneurs that look like [me]?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>#AABP is just one of many projects Sutton has worked on, making him a kind of veteran that is used to the unpredictability of the fickle startup world. Yet, after creating #AABP and sharing it on the popular site \u003ca href=\"http://www.producthunt.com/\">Product Hunt\u003c/a>, he was surprised by the reaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s been criticism for the app’s use of anonymity on the part of users and responders, questioning who’s really behind the app (Sutton asserts his entire 10-person team is black). Critics have also said that a black person “in tech is not an accurate voice” to answer questions about black people and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutton is quick to point out that he never claims to be \u003cem>the\u003c/em> voice of black people, just\u003cem> a\u003c/em> voice. 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"content": "\u003cp>Cars swerving back and forth, swinging side to side; the sound of tires screeching against concrete; the smell of burnt rubber. All of this makes up the sensory signature of events known as sideshows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sideshows have a \u003ca href=\"http://kron4.com/2015/06/26/oakland-police-warn-of-illegal-sideshows-this-summer/\" target=\"_blank\">bad reputation \u003c/a>as illegal, dangerous and occasionally violent street car shows, where gunshots may ring out and people could die. But for those who grew up in the early days, sideshows were not so much dangerous as they were innovative. They created a space for self-expression and originality that bubbled up on the streets of Deep East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s in the soil,” says \u003ca href=\"http://joehackman.com/2010/08/interview-sean-kennedy-good-news-podcast/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Kennedy\u003c/a>, a multimedia producer and local hip-hop historian. “For some reason the air here in East Oakland breeds that type of creativity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/BpjIy3rvfX4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sideshow Beginnings \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy says it goes back to the early 1980s, when the music of the Sugar Hill Gang made it out here to the West Coast. “It seems like it started when hip-hop first got out here,” Kennedy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet Kennedy at the entrance to the Foods Co. in Foothill Square, so deep into East Oakland it is almost San Leandro. Kennedy says this is where it all began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a carnival that used to exist right here in Foothill Square, because there was a skating rink right here,” he says, pointing to what is now a Ross Dress for Less. “All the people would come down here to the skating rink and the carnival.” They would would bring their best cars and just cruise, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/ljUnyv5XUA8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy says that what many people think of as a sideshow these days, all doughnuts and destruction, was not the way it began. Back then, he says, “no one did doughnuts or spun their cars.” It was just peacocking, showing off the cars that were the pride and joy of many -- mostly male -- residents. “That,” Kennedy says, “was the original sideshow of East Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People had cruised around in their souped up Chevys before, but it was as if the introduction of the new music taught the cars to dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Kennedy's description, you can almost imagine the whole scene: Men slowly circling the parking lot in lovingly modified cars painted colors like cherry red or apple green. On the sidelines women watched, wearing tight skirts and showing off skin. The sideshow was a social event, a party in a parking lot, and showing off your car had a familiar goal: to woo women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219807957&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The Sideshow as Cultural Marketplace\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sideshows spread, Kennedy says, they became a sort of cultural marketplace where people repped parties, hawked homemade fashion lines and shared the latest in music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yakpusua Zazaboi \u003ca href=\"http://www.sydewayz.com/index.htm#\" target=\"_blank\">documented sideshows\u003c/a> across East Oakland for his documentary series \"Sidewayz.\" When a proposal to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Sideshow-spectator-law-expected-to-pass-2622930.php\" target=\"_blank\">make it illegal to attend sideshows\u003c/a> went before the Oakland City Council in 2005, Sidewayz videos were singled out in the \u003ca href=\"http://thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/05-oakland.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">law's language\u003c/a>: “These videos portray the city in a negative light, encourage the proliferation of the activity and allow the promoters to popularize and profit from sideshows.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Council-votes-for-sideshow-crackdown-2655825.php\" target=\"_blank\">The law\u003c/a>, championed by then-Mayor Jerry Brown, passed in modified form, allowing those who watched the sideshows from the sidelines to be fined and even arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the sideshow, according to Zazaboi, was a thriving place, part craft fair, part improv performance, and always a place to catch the cultural zeitgeist. The sideshows, he said, were not just part of Oakland's unique hyphy culture, they formed the space in which hyphy was born. (Some of you might ask, \"What's hyphy?\" In fact, the Oxford English Dictionary recently added an entry, suggesting the word dates back to 2002 and giving the following definitions: \"1. Extremely rowdy, excited, or energetic. 2. A style of uptempo hip-hop music and frenetic dancing.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would come out and you would really understand what is popular in Oakland,” Zazaboi says. A key part of that was the music. “I think for about three or four years straight, we used to hear this song by a group called 3X Krazy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just a baseline and it was so popular and would sound so good on really nice audio systems, it was almost like a sideshow theme,\" Zazaboi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptou06aABg4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked to name his pick for the theme of the sideshows, Sean Kennedy says there is really only one: Richie Rich’s sideshow song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87Z1Z-40ao\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that's a classic,” Kennedy says. “When it comes to explaining the sideshow, in the early days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hear the whole sideshow in Richie Rich’s deep and sonorous voice. “In Oakland, California,\" he raps, \"every Saturday night brothers be riding, straight-laced zeniths, drop-tops, buckets, high performance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music might have been the lifeblood of the sideshow, but according to Kennedy, the heart pumping that blood was the neighborhood's deep-rooted car culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car Culture and the Sideshow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10647512\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10647512\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-400x399.png\" alt='\"A-1ing it.\"(@a1springservice/Instagram)' width=\"400\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-400x399.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-75x75.png 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM.png 603w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"A-1ing it.\"(@a1springservice/Instagram)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ruben Flores greets a customer whose car he’s just modified at A1 Spring Service, a mechanic on the corner of MacArthur Boulevard and 98th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was -- and still is -- the go-to place to bring your car for modifications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flores, who went to Castlemont, the neighborhood high school, got the job straight out of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The owner of the shop, he was losing a man, a mechanic, so he came down to the high school to ask about the auto shop program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flores was hired on the spot, and he has been here ever since. Now he owns the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first day of work became the longest day of work, 38 years later,” Flores says, laughing as he shakes his head. Those years have given Flores a passenger seat to car culture in Deep East Oakland. He confirms what Sean Kennedy told me-- that in the beginning, it wasn’t about souping up cars to go fast. “It was going lower,” Flores says. “Low and slow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Low and slow, Flores said, was a way to show off the beauty of your car. Flores said his shop became known for fixing up cars in a signature style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What A1 means, in the car culture,” Flores said, “is the stance is higher in the front and lower in the back. So they have that pointing --towards-the-moon type of look.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yakpasua Zazaboi said everyone knew about A1. “That was the place to go,” he said. “People would say, I have my car sitting A1, it was because of the name of the shop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the sideshows began to change and evolve with time; they went from low and slow to fast and loose, with drivers performing tricks with increasing levels of difficulty and danger. The Oakland Police Department began to take notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi says sideshows veered from “a nice slow cruising type of an event to a much faster speed, away-from-the-cops type of an event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sideshows Run Into the Law\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone has a story about when and how things got out of hand. Zazaboi says it was when guys with cheap cars started doing doughnuts to get attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Kennedy says it was when the new built-for-speed Mustangs came on the market in the 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe it was the death of a young girl, in a police chase during a sideshow in the mid-'90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the exact moment, the crackdown by Oakland police and the city came quickly. New laws were introduced that let the city impound any car involved in a sideshow. Then came the 2005 ordinance, which allowed police to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Council-votes-for-sideshow-crackdown-2655825.php\" target=\"_blank\">permanently confiscate\u003c/a> any car directly involved in a sideshow. According to Zazaboi, that made it personal, because the cars were not just painted pieces of metal to the men who drove them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their car is an extension of their ego,” Zazaboi says of sideshow participants. “You take away their car, you kill their ego, and that is exactly what they did out here in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Kennedy says that response complicated the already tense relationship between police and the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Does that create an animosity to the police?\" Kennedy asks. \"It becomes a war at that point. And then it becomes a situation where the rebellion is, 'We're going to have sideshows anyway.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Kennedy and Zazaboi say that while local politicians criminalized the sideshow, local media demonized it, with story after story of violent, out-of-control youth taking over the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfuzDz9XCxc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy admits that bad stuff did go down, and there was by necessity a kind of nomadic, extra-legal element to the sideshows. People brought guns and sold drugs; sometimes fights broke out. And yes, young men acted stupid. But he says all that was just as likely to happen at a Raiders game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said despite all that, the sideshow did not breed criminal behavior. The bad behavior, he says, would have been on display with or without the sideshows. Kennedy believes the sideshows were targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not about a car show,\" he says. \"At that point, it's about arresting black youth in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the sideshow made it easy to paint East Oakland youth into an already-made stereotype: \"Young black kids who don’t have anything to do with their lives, out there playing around in these cars, carrying guns and selling drugs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Celebrating the Sideshow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What was lost in that narrative, Kennedy says, was the ingenuity of the sideshow: the mechanical skills it took to work on the cars, the driving skills it took to get them moving and dancing, the coordination to plan what are in essence the Bay Area's first pop-up events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy acknowledges his perspective has changed with age. Now that he has a few years on him, he is a little more weary of making cars spin like whirling dervishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As much as I love sideshows,\" he says, \"it’s a dangerous culture when it comes to spinning around a half-a-ton vehicle with no barriers and people standing there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is why Kennedy, among others, supported a push to legalize sideshows that gained some ground in the late 2000s. The suggestion was to bring sideshows out of the shadows and turn them into neighborhood street parties. They could even make money, proponents argued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But opponents, like Councilman Larry Reid, who represents Deep East Oakland, countered that it was folly for the city to sanction an illegal activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reid says the sideshows slowed down for a bit, but in the last year they've once again become a regular weekend event. He said they take over the street every weekend from Friday to Sunday, around 106th and MacArthur. That is right by Foothill Square, where more than three decades ago, according to Sean Kennedy, sideshows began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is just crazy what the residents along the MacArthur corridor have to endure,\" Reid said. In the past few weeks, right here, there have been incidents, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Suspect-rams-CHP-officer-after-Oakland-sideshow-6447489.php\" target=\"_blank\">this past weekend\u003c/a> when a sideshow participant rammed into a California Highway Patrol car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you ask Yakpusau Zazaboi, he will say what is happening now is not even a real sideshow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I break it down like this now,\" Zazaboi says. \"This is how you know it's a sideshow. If there are clean cars and women out there, you might have a sideshow. If it's a bunch of buckets and a whole bunch of dudes clowning around looking at each other -- you do not have sideshow.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The definition of just what makes a sideshow is constantly in flux. Every generation has its own version, just like every sideshow has people who say it is either a criminal act or a space for the creation of culture. Maybe, just maybe, there is a little bit of both, hanging out at the sideshow.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy says it goes back to the early 1980s, when the music of the Sugar Hill Gang made it out here to the West Coast. “It seems like it started when hip-hop first got out here,” Kennedy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet Kennedy at the entrance to the Foods Co. in Foothill Square, so deep into East Oakland it is almost San Leandro. Kennedy says this is where it all began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a carnival that used to exist right here in Foothill Square, because there was a skating rink right here,” he says, pointing to what is now a Ross Dress for Less. “All the people would come down here to the skating rink and the carnival.” They would would bring their best cars and just cruise, he says.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ljUnyv5XUA8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ljUnyv5XUA8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Kennedy says that what many people think of as a sideshow these days, all doughnuts and destruction, was not the way it began. Back then, he says, “no one did doughnuts or spun their cars.” It was just peacocking, showing off the cars that were the pride and joy of many -- mostly male -- residents. “That,” Kennedy says, “was the original sideshow of East Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People had cruised around in their souped up Chevys before, but it was as if the introduction of the new music taught the cars to dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Kennedy's description, you can almost imagine the whole scene: Men slowly circling the parking lot in lovingly modified cars painted colors like cherry red or apple green. On the sidelines women watched, wearing tight skirts and showing off skin. The sideshow was a social event, a party in a parking lot, and showing off your car had a familiar goal: to woo women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219807957&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The Sideshow as Cultural Marketplace\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sideshows spread, Kennedy says, they became a sort of cultural marketplace where people repped parties, hawked homemade fashion lines and shared the latest in music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yakpusua Zazaboi \u003ca href=\"http://www.sydewayz.com/index.htm#\" target=\"_blank\">documented sideshows\u003c/a> across East Oakland for his documentary series \"Sidewayz.\" When a proposal to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Sideshow-spectator-law-expected-to-pass-2622930.php\" target=\"_blank\">make it illegal to attend sideshows\u003c/a> went before the Oakland City Council in 2005, Sidewayz videos were singled out in the \u003ca href=\"http://thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/05-oakland.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">law's language\u003c/a>: “These videos portray the city in a negative light, encourage the proliferation of the activity and allow the promoters to popularize and profit from sideshows.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Council-votes-for-sideshow-crackdown-2655825.php\" target=\"_blank\">The law\u003c/a>, championed by then-Mayor Jerry Brown, passed in modified form, allowing those who watched the sideshows from the sidelines to be fined and even arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the sideshow, according to Zazaboi, was a thriving place, part craft fair, part improv performance, and always a place to catch the cultural zeitgeist. The sideshows, he said, were not just part of Oakland's unique hyphy culture, they formed the space in which hyphy was born. (Some of you might ask, \"What's hyphy?\" In fact, the Oxford English Dictionary recently added an entry, suggesting the word dates back to 2002 and giving the following definitions: \"1. Extremely rowdy, excited, or energetic. 2. A style of uptempo hip-hop music and frenetic dancing.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would come out and you would really understand what is popular in Oakland,” Zazaboi says. A key part of that was the music. “I think for about three or four years straight, we used to hear this song by a group called 3X Krazy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just a baseline and it was so popular and would sound so good on really nice audio systems, it was almost like a sideshow theme,\" Zazaboi says.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ptou06aABg4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ptou06aABg4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>When asked to name his pick for the theme of the sideshows, Sean Kennedy says there is really only one: Richie Rich’s sideshow song.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/l87Z1Z-40ao'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/l87Z1Z-40ao'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“Now that's a classic,” Kennedy says. “When it comes to explaining the sideshow, in the early days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hear the whole sideshow in Richie Rich’s deep and sonorous voice. “In Oakland, California,\" he raps, \"every Saturday night brothers be riding, straight-laced zeniths, drop-tops, buckets, high performance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music might have been the lifeblood of the sideshow, but according to Kennedy, the heart pumping that blood was the neighborhood's deep-rooted car culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car Culture and the Sideshow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10647512\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10647512\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-400x399.png\" alt='\"A-1ing it.\"(@a1springservice/Instagram)' width=\"400\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-400x399.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM-75x75.png 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-17-at-6.10.41-PM.png 603w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"A-1ing it.\"(@a1springservice/Instagram)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ruben Flores greets a customer whose car he’s just modified at A1 Spring Service, a mechanic on the corner of MacArthur Boulevard and 98th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was -- and still is -- the go-to place to bring your car for modifications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flores, who went to Castlemont, the neighborhood high school, got the job straight out of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The owner of the shop, he was losing a man, a mechanic, so he came down to the high school to ask about the auto shop program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flores was hired on the spot, and he has been here ever since. Now he owns the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first day of work became the longest day of work, 38 years later,” Flores says, laughing as he shakes his head. Those years have given Flores a passenger seat to car culture in Deep East Oakland. He confirms what Sean Kennedy told me-- that in the beginning, it wasn’t about souping up cars to go fast. “It was going lower,” Flores says. “Low and slow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Low and slow, Flores said, was a way to show off the beauty of your car. Flores said his shop became known for fixing up cars in a signature style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What A1 means, in the car culture,” Flores said, “is the stance is higher in the front and lower in the back. So they have that pointing --towards-the-moon type of look.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yakpasua Zazaboi said everyone knew about A1. “That was the place to go,” he said. “People would say, I have my car sitting A1, it was because of the name of the shop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the sideshows began to change and evolve with time; they went from low and slow to fast and loose, with drivers performing tricks with increasing levels of difficulty and danger. The Oakland Police Department began to take notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zazaboi says sideshows veered from “a nice slow cruising type of an event to a much faster speed, away-from-the-cops type of an event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sideshows Run Into the Law\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone has a story about when and how things got out of hand. Zazaboi says it was when guys with cheap cars started doing doughnuts to get attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Kennedy says it was when the new built-for-speed Mustangs came on the market in the 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe it was the death of a young girl, in a police chase during a sideshow in the mid-'90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the exact moment, the crackdown by Oakland police and the city came quickly. New laws were introduced that let the city impound any car involved in a sideshow. Then came the 2005 ordinance, which allowed police to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Council-votes-for-sideshow-crackdown-2655825.php\" target=\"_blank\">permanently confiscate\u003c/a> any car directly involved in a sideshow. According to Zazaboi, that made it personal, because the cars were not just painted pieces of metal to the men who drove them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their car is an extension of their ego,” Zazaboi says of sideshow participants. “You take away their car, you kill their ego, and that is exactly what they did out here in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Kennedy says that response complicated the already tense relationship between police and the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Does that create an animosity to the police?\" Kennedy asks. \"It becomes a war at that point. And then it becomes a situation where the rebellion is, 'We're going to have sideshows anyway.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Kennedy and Zazaboi say that while local politicians criminalized the sideshow, local media demonized it, with story after story of violent, out-of-control youth taking over the streets.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/FfuzDz9XCxc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FfuzDz9XCxc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Kennedy admits that bad stuff did go down, and there was by necessity a kind of nomadic, extra-legal element to the sideshows. People brought guns and sold drugs; sometimes fights broke out. And yes, young men acted stupid. But he says all that was just as likely to happen at a Raiders game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy said despite all that, the sideshow did not breed criminal behavior. The bad behavior, he says, would have been on display with or without the sideshows. Kennedy believes the sideshows were targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not about a car show,\" he says. \"At that point, it's about arresting black youth in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the sideshow made it easy to paint East Oakland youth into an already-made stereotype: \"Young black kids who don’t have anything to do with their lives, out there playing around in these cars, carrying guns and selling drugs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Celebrating the Sideshow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What was lost in that narrative, Kennedy says, was the ingenuity of the sideshow: the mechanical skills it took to work on the cars, the driving skills it took to get them moving and dancing, the coordination to plan what are in essence the Bay Area's first pop-up events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy acknowledges his perspective has changed with age. Now that he has a few years on him, he is a little more weary of making cars spin like whirling dervishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As much as I love sideshows,\" he says, \"it’s a dangerous culture when it comes to spinning around a half-a-ton vehicle with no barriers and people standing there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is why Kennedy, among others, supported a push to legalize sideshows that gained some ground in the late 2000s. The suggestion was to bring sideshows out of the shadows and turn them into neighborhood street parties. They could even make money, proponents argued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But opponents, like Councilman Larry Reid, who represents Deep East Oakland, countered that it was folly for the city to sanction an illegal activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reid says the sideshows slowed down for a bit, but in the last year they've once again become a regular weekend event. He said they take over the street every weekend from Friday to Sunday, around 106th and MacArthur. That is right by Foothill Square, where more than three decades ago, according to Sean Kennedy, sideshows began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is just crazy what the residents along the MacArthur corridor have to endure,\" Reid said. In the past few weeks, right here, there have been incidents, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Suspect-rams-CHP-officer-after-Oakland-sideshow-6447489.php\" target=\"_blank\">this past weekend\u003c/a> when a sideshow participant rammed into a California Highway Patrol car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you ask Yakpusau Zazaboi, he will say what is happening now is not even a real sideshow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I break it down like this now,\" Zazaboi says. \"This is how you know it's a sideshow. If there are clean cars and women out there, you might have a sideshow. If it's a bunch of buckets and a whole bunch of dudes clowning around looking at each other -- you do not have sideshow.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"RWlDM83svXEDNS1XrTUX4WSLhqhoz7Yx\"]Over the weekend, Taylor Swift played sold-out shows to a total of 100,000 people at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. You should have been there! But in case you weren't, here's a play-by-play of what it was like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6pm:\u003c/strong> The second obstacle standing between you and Taylor presents itself (the first being the exorbitant price of the ticket). You must park on an uneven, spongy golf course and then locate golf-cart-riding attendants to procure a plastic bag for your belongings (only clutches and approved NFL bags are allowed inside the stadium). Girls in stilettos also face the added challenge of getting their heels stuck in the ground over and over again, while trekking a mile or so to the stadium entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:30p:\u003c/strong> The walk turns out to be kind of meditative: a giddy, buzzing procession of mostly teens and their moms. There are also a few dads in the mix. Most of them look uneasy. You smile at them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:45p:\u003c/strong> Security is a cinch because all your stuff is in a clear plastic bag that's already ripping at the handle. You are handed a cool bracelet that will light up with the beats of Taylor's music. You are told not to pull the tab until Taylor says so. You wouldn't dream of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7p:\u003c/strong> Shawn Mendes takes the stage. He has nice teeth and a Justin Bieber vibe about him. The youths seem to know his music. Or maybe they just like his face? You and your friend discuss his age and whether he is Taylor's type. You decide on 20 and that he's not Taylor's type anymore now that she's dating a man. After the show, you look Mendes up and find out he's actually 17. You feel very, very old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:10p:\u003c/strong> There are no lines for booze because most people here were born after 1995. You cruise up to the table and ask for some wine. They're all out. No one is sure how this is possible. You consider trying a malt liquor Long Island Iced Tea, but remember that nothing good comes out of having a Long Island Icea Tea and think better of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:15p:\u003c/strong> Your friend wants a shirt to commemorate this moment in time. \"Will you be embarrassed to wear it in two years?\" you ask. \"No way.\" Your friend settles on the tasteful ringer tee with the \u003cem>1989\u003c/em> album cover on it. It looks dope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:20p:\u003c/strong> You spot what appears to be a fan-made knit blanket with Taylor's face on it. You want it really badly...until you realize they're for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:30p:\u003c/strong> You're astounded by the Swifties' imagination, when it comes to concert costumes. Two girls, dressed in scrubs, hold signs with lyrics from \"Out of the Woods\" on them: \"Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? 20 stitches in the hospital room.\" A girl in black lace holds one half of a lyric (\"I'm a nightmare...\"), while her friend, dressed like an angel, completes the line (\"...dressed like a daydream\"). But the award for commitment goes to these guys who dressed up like ballerinas from the \"Shake It Off\" video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17649 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_7765\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376.jpeg 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376-400x533.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:45p:\u003c/strong> You hear there is wine on another level. You head past people posing with cardboard cutouts of Taylor and her cats to the boozy area. This is where many of the dads are, drinking beer and having a good time. You commend them before grabbing some wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8p:\u003c/strong> Vance Joy takes the stage. He has an accent. You are bored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:05p: \u003c/strong>A mother grabs you and asks, \"Where did you get that wine?\" She seems desperate. You tell her exactly where to get it and wish her luck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10p:\u003c/strong> You find your seat, which is close, but not close enough. You're sitting between an excited girl named Missy and a glum older woman. Missy was at the show last night and has all the details. She is wearing two light-up bracelets, one from last night and the fresh one. You and your friend talk to her about who you hope the special guest is (Selena Gomez or Nicki Minaj) and about how many cats her sister has and about who each of you thinks Rory Gilmore should have ended up with (Jess, obviously). The glum woman gazes off into the sky, thinking about her bills, her ex, her deadlines or when she thinks she's going to die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:30p:\u003c/strong> Videos of Taylor Swift hanging out with fans at her mom's house play on the big screens. Everyone gets really psyched. Homemade signs pop up everywhere. One reads \"R.I.P. Me #Dead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:40p:\u003c/strong> The lights go off and the stage becomes a representation of NYC as \"Welcome to New York\" starts up. You mention that this is one of her worst songs and discuss how odd Taylor being the face of New York is, considering that she seems to have just found out about the city. You and your friend take turns pretending to be awestruck Taylor. \"Have you ever been to Times Square? It's amazing!!!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:43p:\u003c/strong> Taylor looks really happy and shocked that you are all there. It feels like watching a Disney Channel musical on lots of Red Bull.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:45p:\u003c/strong> Taylor greets the audience. You and your friend hope she refers to the crowd as the Bay Area instead of Santa Clara. She disappoints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:46p:\u003c/strong> Taylor theatrically says, \"Oh, and there's one more thing you should probably know about me. I was born...in 1989!\" The second-hand embarrassment is thick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:47p:\u003c/strong> \"New Romantics\" comes on. It's a song that's only on the deluxe album so some are confused. You wonder whether her label strategically placed a single-worthy song on the deluxe to ensure that some would have to buy the album twice. You decide that yes, they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:52p:\u003c/strong> \"Blank Space\" plays and everyone knows the words. Taylor does her best insane ex-girlfriend impression surrounded by dudes in bowler hats. It's cute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:57p:\u003c/strong> Taylor does a heavy metal-ish take on \"I Knew You Were Trouble.\" You and your friend are surprised at how sexual the performance is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:02p:\u003c/strong> Time for a ballad. All the bracelets light up for a wave-your-lighters-in-the-air effect. Everyone Instagrams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:06p:\u003c/strong> Taylor is changing and leaves us with video footage of her friends (Lena Dunham, Selena Gomez, Cara Delevingne, among others) talking about how much eating is involved when hanging out with Taylor. You hope the next outfit is worth listening to this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:10p:\u003c/strong> It is! Taylor is wearing a pink dress that lights up!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:15p:\u003c/strong> Taylor gives a sermon on friendship and why people who wait four hours to text you back are the scum of the earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:20p:\u003c/strong> Taylor is about to announce her special guest. She says they could have been anywhere in the world, but they chose to be here so feel thankful! The surprise is....drumroll....Little Mix. Womp. They are a girl group that came out of \u003cem>X Factor UK\u003c/em>. One of them almost married Zayn Malik from One Direction. They're fun, but they're no Nicki Minaj.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:28p:\u003c/strong> Time for another motivational speech. This time, even though it's obviously rehearsed, it hits a nerve. She says, \"You are not your mistakes. You are not damaged goods. You are not the opinion of someone who doesn't know you. You are wiser because you went through something terrible. You are the person who survived a bunch of rainstorms and kept walking.\" Your friend quietly weeps, as does the girl who shot the video below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0y55EaBPRY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:33p:\u003c/strong> Taylor's runway goes airborne for a rendition of \"Love Story.\" Taylor explains that it's about Romeo and Juliet, the first Ross and Rachel, and that she didn't like their tragic ending so she had them end up together forever and ever. Yay for unrealistic depictions of love!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:34p:\u003c/strong> Fireworks outside of the stadium interrupt her acoustic song. Taylor pauses to say that she doesn't know what they're for but that she's into it. You all watch the sky turn colors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:41p:\u003c/strong> Time for another surprise! Nicki, are you here after all?! Nope. But Julia Roberts and Joan Baez are. A collective WTF sweeps the stadium. Julia Roberts does not want to dance. Joan Baez is down though. Taylor beckons them down the runway and they take turns awkwardly shimmying. They hand a single rose back and forth. Nothing makes sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:49p:\u003c/strong> Taylor's talented backup singers get a more prominent stage presence during \"This Love.\" You make a mental note to watch \u003cem>Twenty Feet from Stardom\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:57p:\u003c/strong> \"Bad Blood\" comes on and you alternate between singing along and wishing Taylor had never said it was about Katy Perry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:58p: \u003c/strong>Formerly glum neighbor is now feeling herself, fist pumping and wooping it up. You knew she had it in her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:04p:\u003c/strong> Taylor busts out an electric guitar for a dark, moody rendition of \"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.\" It is easily the best moment of the night. You and your friend agree that it's a perfect pop song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:13p:\u003c/strong> Taylor comes out in a sparkly outfit that makes you think of that \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAGMtkxd5rM\" target=\"_blank\">one epic Britney Spears VMAs performance\u003c/a>. She mashes up \"Enchanted\" and \"Wildest Dreams.\" You start to feel super emo. You let the feels come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQPx5HI3sh4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:19p:\u003c/strong> A video about Taylor's cats plays (watch it above). They are named after her favorite TV characters, Meredith Grey and Olivia Benson. Meredith scratches and bites Taylor. Olivia remains chill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:26p:\u003c/strong> More fireworks! Spinning airborne runway! All the dancers! All the confetti and glitter! 50,000 people spasm and lose their you-know-what to \"Shake It Off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:34p:\u003c/strong> Taylor takes a bow and waves and you wave back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:35p:\u003c/strong> You are out of breath, waiting for an encore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:38p:\u003c/strong> There is no encore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:39-11p:\u003c/strong> You and your friend consult on Instagram options. Both of you are happy with your choices. Instagram validates the evening with likes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12:30p:\u003c/strong> You recap the evening at the only Domino's still open within a 30 mile radius. Everything is great. Nothing hurts.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:10p:\u003c/strong> There are no lines for booze because most people here were born after 1995. You cruise up to the table and ask for some wine. They're all out. No one is sure how this is possible. You consider trying a malt liquor Long Island Iced Tea, but remember that nothing good comes out of having a Long Island Icea Tea and think better of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:15p:\u003c/strong> Your friend wants a shirt to commemorate this moment in time. \"Will you be embarrassed to wear it in two years?\" you ask. \"No way.\" Your friend settles on the tasteful ringer tee with the \u003cem>1989\u003c/em> album cover on it. It looks dope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:20p:\u003c/strong> You spot what appears to be a fan-made knit blanket with Taylor's face on it. You want it really badly...until you realize they're for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:30p:\u003c/strong> You're astounded by the Swifties' imagination, when it comes to concert costumes. Two girls, dressed in scrubs, hold signs with lyrics from \"Out of the Woods\" on them: \"Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? 20 stitches in the hospital room.\" A girl in black lace holds one half of a lyric (\"I'm a nightmare...\"), while her friend, dressed like an angel, completes the line (\"...dressed like a daydream\"). But the award for commitment goes to these guys who dressed up like ballerinas from the \"Shake It Off\" video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17649 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_7765\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376.jpeg 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/IMG_7765-e1439843844376-400x533.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:45p:\u003c/strong> You hear there is wine on another level. You head past people posing with cardboard cutouts of Taylor and her cats to the boozy area. This is where many of the dads are, drinking beer and having a good time. You commend them before grabbing some wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8p:\u003c/strong> Vance Joy takes the stage. He has an accent. You are bored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:05p: \u003c/strong>A mother grabs you and asks, \"Where did you get that wine?\" She seems desperate. You tell her exactly where to get it and wish her luck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10p:\u003c/strong> You find your seat, which is close, but not close enough. You're sitting between an excited girl named Missy and a glum older woman. Missy was at the show last night and has all the details. She is wearing two light-up bracelets, one from last night and the fresh one. You and your friend talk to her about who you hope the special guest is (Selena Gomez or Nicki Minaj) and about how many cats her sister has and about who each of you thinks Rory Gilmore should have ended up with (Jess, obviously). The glum woman gazes off into the sky, thinking about her bills, her ex, her deadlines or when she thinks she's going to die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:30p:\u003c/strong> Videos of Taylor Swift hanging out with fans at her mom's house play on the big screens. Everyone gets really psyched. Homemade signs pop up everywhere. One reads \"R.I.P. Me #Dead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:40p:\u003c/strong> The lights go off and the stage becomes a representation of NYC as \"Welcome to New York\" starts up. You mention that this is one of her worst songs and discuss how odd Taylor being the face of New York is, considering that she seems to have just found out about the city. You and your friend take turns pretending to be awestruck Taylor. \"Have you ever been to Times Square? It's amazing!!!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:43p:\u003c/strong> Taylor looks really happy and shocked that you are all there. It feels like watching a Disney Channel musical on lots of Red Bull.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:45p:\u003c/strong> Taylor greets the audience. You and your friend hope she refers to the crowd as the Bay Area instead of Santa Clara. She disappoints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:46p:\u003c/strong> Taylor theatrically says, \"Oh, and there's one more thing you should probably know about me. I was born...in 1989!\" The second-hand embarrassment is thick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:47p:\u003c/strong> \"New Romantics\" comes on. It's a song that's only on the deluxe album so some are confused. You wonder whether her label strategically placed a single-worthy song on the deluxe to ensure that some would have to buy the album twice. You decide that yes, they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:52p:\u003c/strong> \"Blank Space\" plays and everyone knows the words. Taylor does her best insane ex-girlfriend impression surrounded by dudes in bowler hats. It's cute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:57p:\u003c/strong> Taylor does a heavy metal-ish take on \"I Knew You Were Trouble.\" You and your friend are surprised at how sexual the performance is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:02p:\u003c/strong> Time for a ballad. All the bracelets light up for a wave-your-lighters-in-the-air effect. Everyone Instagrams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:06p:\u003c/strong> Taylor is changing and leaves us with video footage of her friends (Lena Dunham, Selena Gomez, Cara Delevingne, among others) talking about how much eating is involved when hanging out with Taylor. You hope the next outfit is worth listening to this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:10p:\u003c/strong> It is! 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You are the person who survived a bunch of rainstorms and kept walking.\" Your friend quietly weeps, as does the girl who shot the video below:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/S0y55EaBPRY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/S0y55EaBPRY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:33p:\u003c/strong> Taylor's runway goes airborne for a rendition of \"Love Story.\" Taylor explains that it's about Romeo and Juliet, the first Ross and Rachel, and that she didn't like their tragic ending so she had them end up together forever and ever. Yay for unrealistic depictions of love!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:34p:\u003c/strong> Fireworks outside of the stadium interrupt her acoustic song. Taylor pauses to say that she doesn't know what they're for but that she's into it. You all watch the sky turn colors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:41p:\u003c/strong> Time for another surprise! Nicki, are you here after all?! Nope. But Julia Roberts and Joan Baez are. A collective WTF sweeps the stadium. Julia Roberts does not want to dance. Joan Baez is down though. Taylor beckons them down the runway and they take turns awkwardly shimmying. They hand a single rose back and forth. 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"content": "\u003cp>Los Angeles has a rich culinary history, due to the waves of immigrants who settled in Southern California and brought their food traditions with them. The restaurants they opened can tell us a lot about how people use food to shape their own identities of community, culture and class. A new book and exhibit of old LA restaurant menus reveals how the city has evolved, through food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219661319\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Library Foundation of Los Angeles is presenting the exhibit, called “\u003ca href=\"http://toliveanddinela.com/\">To Live and Dine in L.A.: Menus and the Making of the Modern City\u003c/a>,” in the Getty Gallery at the Los Angeles Central Library until Nov. 13. There’s also a new coffee table book of the same name. It’s written by \u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/faculty/communication-journalism/josh-kun\">Josh Kun\u003c/a>, an associate professor at the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So much of what we try to do in the book is use restaurants as a way to think about the kind of layered histories of Los Angeles,\" Kun says, \"what’s been built over constantly, whose stories have been erased to build new stories on top of those, how every single space that we enter bears the traces of all the spaces that came before it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10643254\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED.jpg\" alt=\"Menu cover from the Golden Pagoda restaurant.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"3015\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED-400x628.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED-800x1256.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED-1440x2261.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED-1180x1853.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16358_GoldenPagoda_MenuFront-LDLApg159-qut-1_RESIZED-960x1508.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Menu cover from the Golden Pagoda restaurant. \u003ccite>(The Library Foundation of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10643259 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED.jpg\" alt=\"RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED-400x315.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED-800x630.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED-1440x1134.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED-1180x929.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16356_GoldenPagoda_MenuInteriorAutographs-LDLA-qut_RESIZED-960x756.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autographs fill the Golden Pagoda menu. \u003ccite>(The Library Foundation of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evan Kleiman, a chef and the host of KCRW’s weekly radio show \u003ca href=\"http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/good-food\">Good Food\u003c/a>, remembers one such restaurant from her childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was called \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matchbook-Cover-Casa-De-Ibarra-Los-Angeles-CA-Mexican-Food/400970592084?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29981%26meid%3D0c126acd1eb4490aa684a12653694f2a%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D121690843142\">Casa de Ibarra\u003c/a>,\" she recalls. \"And it was the place where I learned how to tuck my leftover food into a flour tortilla and roll it up. One of the waiters there taught me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it’s a hipster taqueria called \u003ca href=\"http://www.diablotaco.com/\">Diablo Urban Taco Fabricator\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And before that, when I was a teenager, it was a place called Temple of the Rainbow, where I learned how to make carrot smoothies and bake bread that weighed 20 pounds per loaf,” Kleiman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photos from the library’s archives of old LA restaurants line the walls of the exhibit. The photos include fancy French restaurants and taco trucks, and such establishments as Forbidden Palace Chinese Food, Daddy Grants Old Time Pit Barbecue, and Don the Beachcomber’s tiki bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The menus are a feast for the eyes. There are about 50 of them housed in glass display cases, and about 200 in the book. They have old-timey letterpress fonts, vintage illustrations, and list offerings like avocado filled with fresh seafood and Thousand Island dressing. They were pulled from the LA Public Library’s collection of 12,000 menus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Menus tell a story of a city,\" says John Szabo, the city librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library. \"And to know LA, you need to know food in LA, and you need to know about dining in LA, and that’s one of the things that our menu collection does.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the outset, Kun reached out to chefs to collaborate on the project, including \u003ca href=\"http://kogibbq.com/\">Kogi\u003c/a> founder Roy Choi. The exhibit includes video screens playing interviews with some of those chefs, including Bricia Lopez of Guelaguetza, and Cynthia Hawkins, owner of Hawkins House of Burgers in Watts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not that many places you can eat really good quality food in Watts. I’m just being honest with you,” Hawkins \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/130594078\">says in the video\u003c/a>. “Maybe a good restaurant would come here, but it’s really sad to say that there’s not that many places in Watts that people can eat really good, quality food, and that’s so sad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s one of the themes of the project: food inequality. Los Angeles County has more people who lack access to healthy food than \u003ca href=\"http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha/reports/LAHealthBrief2011/FoodInsecurity/Food_Insecurity_2015Fs.pdf\">any other county\u003c/a> in the U.S. And as rising rent prices push immigrant families out of some neighborhoods, Kun says new restaurants mark those changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a restaurant can open up in a working class neighborhood with $25 appetizers and survive, what does that mean?\" Kun asks. \"It sends a message that, like, hey, it’s OK, come on in, water’s warm, and opens the floodgates in a lot of ways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Grand Central Market in downtown LA. It’s a food court where \u003ca href=\"http://www.laweekly.com/restaurants/at-grand-central-market-a-new-wave-of-vendors-is-changing-up-an-la-mainstay-5016013\">a lot of upscale places\u003c/a> are opening up, including a juice bar, an oyster bar and a fancy cheese shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, I don’t really like to call it gentrified because I don’t think that’s what it is. It’s not coming to a neighborhood that didn’t have this kind of history,” says Micah Wexler, owner of Wexler’s Deli. “Downtown was at one time a very vibrant, celebrated place, and we’re trying to bring it back to that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10643427\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1.jpg\" alt=\"Menu cover from the Brown Derby restaurant.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-400x522.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-800x1043.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-1440x1878.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-1180x1539.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-960x1252.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Menu cover from the Brown Derby restaurant. \u003ccite>(The Library Foundation of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10643429\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED.jpg\" alt=\"A Brown Derby menu from September 1953.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-400x256.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-800x513.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-1440x923.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-1180x756.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-960x615.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Brown Derby menu from September 1953. \u003ccite>(The Library Foundation of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the book, Kun invited chefs to “remix” old menus and give them a modern spin. Wexler chose the menu for a 1931 banquet to honor Albert Einstein at the Ambassador Hotel, featuring an item called “Chicken Saute Ambassador.” Wexler had to research how such a dish would have been prepared. Turns out, it was served in a white wine cream sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the exhibit there’s also a pile of blank menus on which visitors can describe their version of Los Angeles in a meal. Kun says he knew that given the scope of this project, it would be impossible to represent every story in the history of food in LA. These crowd-sourced menus are his effort to let people of all backgrounds leave their own mark on this story. And it shows that the food of LA continues to evolve, just like the city itself.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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A new book and exhibit of old LA restaurant menus reveals how the city has evolved, through food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219661319&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219661319'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Library Foundation of Los Angeles is presenting the exhibit, called “\u003ca href=\"http://toliveanddinela.com/\">To Live and Dine in L.A.: Menus and the Making of the Modern City\u003c/a>,” in the Getty Gallery at the Los Angeles Central Library until Nov. 13. There’s also a new coffee table book of the same name. 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They were pulled from the LA Public Library’s collection of 12,000 menus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Menus tell a story of a city,\" says John Szabo, the city librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library. \"And to know LA, you need to know food in LA, and you need to know about dining in LA, and that’s one of the things that our menu collection does.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the outset, Kun reached out to chefs to collaborate on the project, including \u003ca href=\"http://kogibbq.com/\">Kogi\u003c/a> founder Roy Choi. The exhibit includes video screens playing interviews with some of those chefs, including Bricia Lopez of Guelaguetza, and Cynthia Hawkins, owner of Hawkins House of Burgers in Watts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not that many places you can eat really good quality food in Watts. 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Los Angeles County has more people who lack access to healthy food than \u003ca href=\"http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha/reports/LAHealthBrief2011/FoodInsecurity/Food_Insecurity_2015Fs.pdf\">any other county\u003c/a> in the U.S. And as rising rent prices push immigrant families out of some neighborhoods, Kun says new restaurants mark those changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a restaurant can open up in a working class neighborhood with $25 appetizers and survive, what does that mean?\" Kun asks. \"It sends a message that, like, hey, it’s OK, come on in, water’s warm, and opens the floodgates in a lot of ways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Grand Central Market in downtown LA. It’s a food court where \u003ca href=\"http://www.laweekly.com/restaurants/at-grand-central-market-a-new-wave-of-vendors-is-changing-up-an-la-mainstay-5016013\">a lot of upscale places\u003c/a> are opening up, including a juice bar, an oyster bar and a fancy cheese shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, I don’t really like to call it gentrified because I don’t think that’s what it is. It’s not coming to a neighborhood that didn’t have this kind of history,” says Micah Wexler, owner of Wexler’s Deli. “Downtown was at one time a very vibrant, celebrated place, and we’re trying to bring it back to that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10643427\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1.jpg\" alt=\"Menu cover from the Brown Derby restaurant.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-400x522.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-800x1043.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-1440x1878.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-1180x1539.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16359_BrownDerby_LuncheonMenu-LDLApg068-qut_RESIZED1-960x1252.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Menu cover from the Brown Derby restaurant. \u003ccite>(The Library Foundation of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10643429\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED.jpg\" alt=\"A Brown Derby menu from September 1953.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-400x256.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-800x513.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-1440x923.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-1180x756.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS16360_BrownDerby_17Sep1953-LDLApg021-qut_RESIZED-960x615.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Brown Derby menu from September 1953. \u003ccite>(The Library Foundation of Los Angeles)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the book, Kun invited chefs to “remix” old menus and give them a modern spin. 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"content": "\u003cp>In case you were in deep denial about \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> coming to an end after its upcoming sixth and final season, the press photo above should bring it home for you. The sun is literally setting on Downton! And this isn't the only sneak peek into what's in store. Carnival Film & Television Ltd also released a handful of other new photos. Let's overanalyze them!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before we move on from the cast photo, can we pour one out for the people not pictured? Branson and baby Sybbie are in America. So is Rose and her new Jewish husband, presumably. And, as always, R.I.P. Sybil and Isis, the dog (*cue Elton John's \"Candle in the Wind\"*).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17623\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greatest of them all? \u003cem>You, duh\u003c/em>, the mirror likely replies. The Dowager \u003cem>is\u003c/em> this show. Everyone else is just decoration. She's obviously practicing her angles here or thinking about that flirty Russian or maybe this is the Mirror of Erised from \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em> (you know, the one that shows one's truest desires). She sees herself because what more could she want than to continue being her bad ass self?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17624\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Edith smiles through the pain for another year, while secretly plotting to torch the Abbey with everyone in it. Mary also is secretly plotting to do the same thing. Meanwhile, Cora smiles, thinking about getting a divorce and going to find that artsy London dude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17625\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ladies Night 1927! This friendship is a precursor to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQwdzKm7hk\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Kim's opus \"Ladies Night.\"\u003c/a> Women supporting each other and talking about their dreams instead of men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17626\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lord Grantham's storyline this year will be what it always is: Waaaahhh, having a trust fund is hard, I feel oppressed and grumpy! Next!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17627\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Look at this I-don't-need-a-man-or-his-bratty-sons-to-be-happy empowerment! Every time Beyonce sings \"All the women who independent, throw your hands up at me,\" she's thinking of Isobel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17628\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lock this saccharine duo up please. Or have them move away to a cute cottage. I don't care, just get them away from me. Sorry, Anna, you are who you hang out with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-carter.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17629\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-carter.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-carter.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-carter.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-carter.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now here's a couple I can get behind! They're finally dating! What can we expect? Cute scented love notes, excessive hand holding and long ambles through the countryside, to be sure. But maybe also a hot tub scene? Just putting it out into the universe. I have a dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-barrow.w529.h352.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17630\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-barrow.w529.h352.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-barrow.w529.h352.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-barrow.w529.h352.2x-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-barrow.w529.h352.2x.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maybe they are using their experience at Downton to play footmen in a Hollywood movie. They're famous and rich and live in LA now! No more toiling! Thomas can find other gays to hang out with! And Molesley can find non-shoe-polish hair dye! Everyone wins. The end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In case you were in deep denial about \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> coming to an end after its upcoming sixth and final season, the press photo above should bring it home for you. The sun is literally setting on Downton! And this isn't the only sneak peek into what's in store. Carnival Film & Television Ltd also released a handful of other new photos. Let's overanalyze them!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before we move on from the cast photo, can we pour one out for the people not pictured? Branson and baby Sybbie are in America. So is Rose and her new Jewish husband, presumably. And, as always, R.I.P. Sybil and Isis, the dog (*cue Elton John's \"Candle in the Wind\"*).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17623\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-violet.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greatest of them all? \u003cem>You, duh\u003c/em>, the mirror likely replies. The Dowager \u003cem>is\u003c/em> this show. Everyone else is just decoration. She's obviously practicing her angles here or thinking about that flirty Russian or maybe this is the Mirror of Erised from \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em> (you know, the one that shows one's truest desires). She sees herself because what more could she want than to continue being her bad ass self?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17624\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-edith.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Edith smiles through the pain for another year, while secretly plotting to torch the Abbey with everyone in it. Mary also is secretly plotting to do the same thing. Meanwhile, Cora smiles, thinking about getting a divorce and going to find that artsy London dude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17625\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-hughes.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ladies Night 1927! This friendship is a precursor to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQwdzKm7hk\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Kim's opus \"Ladies Night.\"\u003c/a> Women supporting each other and talking about their dreams instead of men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17626\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-robert.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lord Grantham's storyline this year will be what it always is: Waaaahhh, having a trust fund is hard, I feel oppressed and grumpy! Next!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17627\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-isobel.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Look at this I-don't-need-a-man-or-his-bratty-sons-to-be-happy empowerment! Every time Beyonce sings \"All the women who independent, throw your hands up at me,\" she's thinking of Isobel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-17628\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/13-downton-annabates.w1847.h1231.2x.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Carnival Film & Television Ltd\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lock this saccharine duo up please. Or have them move away to a cute cottage. I don't care, just get them away from me. 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