The United States of Shame

[Eschaton]

http://www.policymic.com/articles/64665/what-is-the-most-screwed-up-thing-about-your-state-check-this-chart

For all the U-S-A, U-S-A rah rah that goes around, the United States can be a shameful place.

The below map lays out some of the statistically worst things about each state. It covers everything from health to crime to travel to drug use. Some states don't have it so bad (Ohio, the "nerdiest") but others really kind of suck (Mississippi has the highest rate of obesity at 35.3% of total population ... and ranks poorly in the most number of categories. These include highest rate of child poverty at 31.9%, highest rate of infant mortality at 10.3% lowest median household income at $35,078, highest teen birth rate at 71.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 and highest overall rate of STDs. Phew.)

It's not 100% science proof ... some of the metrics are taken from purely qualitative rankings (i.e. North Dakota).

It's supposed to be a bit tongue-in-cheek, but some of the stats will really shock you.

statistics herp a

[Positive Touch]

*fires up the outrage-o-tron*

[Shadow Mod]

New Mexico seems like the worst disregarding some of the rape and violence heavy states.

"Anti-social" shit lol. So like every outing just sucks.

[Shadow Mod]

Quick google search and it seems they happen in the south, pretty frequently and are pretty devastating.

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[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Sounds like most of the states aren't that bad if that is the worst they can come up with.

[Joe Molotov]

Does worst at "porn usage" imply they look at the least porn or the most?

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Note: I already know the answer.

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[nudemacusers]

is missouri the best at posting old shit?

[D3RANG3D]

Beastiality is Washington's the fuck

[nudemacusers]

is missouri the best at posting old shit?

Article is three days old

must be a missouri-based website

[nudemacusers]

Beastiality is Washington's the fuck

iirc, this was based off of 2011 or 2010 stats on the number of animal fucks in the state for that year. It was only a few. Plus, you know, we are the home of Mr Hands (rip)

[D3RANG3D]

Beastiality is Washington's the fuck

iirc, this was based off of 2011 or 2010 stats on the number of animal fucks in the state for that year. It was only a few. Plus, you know, we are the home of Mr Hands (rip)

Goddamnit Mr. Hands.

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And we didn't have a bestiality law in Washington until after he died.

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[Phoenix Dark]

Identity theft, huh

[nudemacusers]

Yep, and as a person who follows the letter of the law 100%, I complied immediately and stopped fucking animals on that day.

[D3RANG3D]

Yep, and as a person who follows the letter of the law 100%, I complied immediately and stopped fucking animals on that day.

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When something becomes illegal you are supposed to do it more.

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[brawndolicious]

The only weird one is Louisiana having the drips. It's probably not because of promiscuous gay people because Maryland has the highest AIDS rate, so is it a black culture thing against using condoms?

How does south dakota run the rape game

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didnt think there was anyone to rape there

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The fracking boom causes a lot of men to move there for jobs and maybe having a lot of young men with no community connections in one area raises the risk of rape?

[nudemacusers]

That would be North Dakota moreso than South Dakota, and yes, reported sexual assaults did increase in the part of North Dakota I was living in after the oil/construction boom.

Yep, and as a person who follows the letter of the law 100%, I complied immediately and stopped fucking animals on that day.

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When something becomes illegal you are supposed to do it more.

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Good sir I am no criminal.

[Vizzys]

i assure you alaska is in fact the best at suicide

[pilonv1]

Beastiality is Washington's the fuck

prole being outed as a brony isn't so surprising anymore

[patrickula]

Motorcycle deaths 

[hampster]

AIDS huh

Better close that grindr account

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Beastiality is Washington's the fuck

prole being outed as a brony isn't so surprising anymore

Prole told a story once on The Borecast where some guy was fucking his sheep.  The response after bringing this to some guy's attention was something to the effect of "He does weird shit like that all the time."

[Human Snorenado]

Things I have issue with:

Maine as the dumbest state.  Really?  Not sure I'm buying that.

PA for arson.  That's only true because there's nothing left to burn in Michigan, brehs.

[tiesto]

Ohio nerdiest state? That doesn't sound bad at all!
Definitely true that the commute here sucks. Glad my new job is much closer (25-30 min as opposed to an hour commute).

[Tasty]

CT's bad at breast cancer? Really? Huh.

Also I totally believe that MA has the worst drivers, and I don't even drive.

[Trent Dole]

Yeah Massholes can't drive. Surprised there's worse places for arson though. Like every other day on the news something in Springfield is on fire.

[huckleberry]

AHH!! Nothing like a little cancer.


 

[tiesto]

CT's bad at breast cancer? Really? Huh.

Also I totally believe that MA has the worst drivers, and I don't even drive.

Yeah, there's a lot of breast cancer cases on the island as well. God knows what kinda shit they are dumping in the Sound

[Stoney Mason]

Maine as the dumbest state.  Really?  Not sure I'm buying that.

Especially when you have states like Mississippi and West Virginia.

[ToxicAdam]

The 'nerdiest state' for Ohio was a headscratcher.  Google tells me it's because Ohio has a higher percentage of it's population that uses the library than anyone else. I think that makes us cheap and broke, not nerdy.

[Joe Molotov]

The 'nerdiest state' for Ohio was a headscratcher.  Google tells me it's because Ohio has a higher percentage of it's population that uses the library than anyone else. I think that makes us cheap and broke, not nerdy.

"Most hobos masturbating in a library" wouldn't fit in the space they had.