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by larsiusprime on Thursday September 28, 2017 @12:27PM
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Norwegian who lives in Texas here. Can confirm -- in Norway this term is ancient and has its origins in fascination with "Wild west", "cowboys and indians" and all that rather than some fixation with e.g. George W. Bush.
Exact use of the term could have certainly evolved over time, of course.
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by sol_remmy on Thursday September 28, 2017 @12:03PM
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Actually Texas has cheap, well-funded state schools. It is financially a well-managed state.
Maybe you should switch to saying "That's Illinois" or "That's Chicago", they're the dysfunctional state now.
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by KirinDave on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:31PM
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It also is the #1 force fighting against basic biology education in the US, the #1 safe harbor for patent trolls, and a state that is single handedly leading the charge on making inexpensive women's health clinics literally illegal.
So no. The fact that Texas can fund state schools of reasonable quality with the spoils of these actions does not dismiss the fact that it's one of the most frustrating states in the union from the perspective of modern education and industry.
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by vidarh on Thursday September 28, 2017 @12:12PM
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We're more likely to start referring to them as Texas than change the term.
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by brewdad on Thursday September 28, 2017 @12:56PM
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Perhaps a more modern take might be Florida Man.
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by hyperbolerules on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:11PM
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you can’t argue logically with leftist insult attempts. norwegians very much believe themselves to be better than you and will sneer at you after affronting you with silly outdated stereotypes. it’s adorable
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by vidarh on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:46PM
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What's adorable is that you think it has anything to do with left/right politics, especially given that it was pointed out that it was down to Western movies, not about present day Texas, and that it's use implies an insult.
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by s73ver_ on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:00PM
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In some aspects. In others, such as public health, it is not.
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by where-group-by on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:33PM
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The figure of speech is used sometimes in Poland and I do believe the origins are related to the popularity of Wild West movies in the past.
Currently when used it rather stands out as an oddity though, not something commonly used.
According to this article [1] in Washington Post, the first occurrence of Texas as "crazy" in Norwegian dates to 1957. Makes me wonder if it's used this way in other European countries too, and whether or not the etymology is independent.
It's worth noting that unlike the term "Amerikanske tilstander" ("American conditions") in politics (as shorthand for implying your opponent is pushing for whichever stereotypically bad thing about American politics fits best in the specific policy area), the use of "Texas" refers to wild west movies, and so is about 19th century lawlessness, not modern Texas (though there certainly is still a stereotype of Texas as being at least, well, somewhat Texas)
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/2...