No joke here. I just think stuff like this is interesting.

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    If this doesn’t convince you, nothing will: https://i.imgur.com/nf8QKhR.png

    EXISTING does not mean popularity. Popularity, means a majority of people participate, watch, or enjoy said thing.

    Beauty Pageants are a NICHE. Most people don’t give a flying fuck about them. They are not a common pass-time of the American consumer.

    Even better – here’s a nice COMPARISON to the search term for “Grill”; a nice neutral term that should show you: https://i.imgur.com/b1dL7mv.png

    Holy fuck - It should not be this difficult to get such a simple fucking concept through your thick skull.

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      Me:

      Every county in every state has a Miss ___ County which go on to the state fair to be the Miss for the whole state.

      You:

      This shit stopped ages ago. Dunno what bumfuck state you live in that still does these, but it’s not as widespread as you purport.

      You can insult me all you like, but you were still wrong.

      But do tell me what enlightened place you live in that has no local beauty contest. I sincerely doubt where you live doesn’t have one.

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        I just picked a county in my state; Taylor, Florida - they don’t have beauty pageants. There.

        Just from a random pick, I’ve managed to find one. You claim “every county in every state”… well, there’s a state, and a county…and I didn’t even try.

        Go ahead. Dig those heels in. Get even more pedantic about previous conversation. Where are you gonna move the goalposts this time, big guy?

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          Sorry… you just complained about me picking things in the middle of nowhere and you picked a county with a population of 21,796?

          Oh hey, look at that, it still has one: https://www.facebook.com/misstaylorcounty/

          These are this year’s winners. Some of them look quite young.

          You didn’t look very hard.

          You seriously tried telling me that your amazingly enlightened state of Florida (LO fucking L) doesn’t have a lot of beauty pageants?

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            Fine then, try Dixie, FL – I don’t have access to Facebook, I quit that shit long ago. I didn’t find one for Taylor County when I searched.

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              Dude, your own example was wrong. I’m not going to go through every county you pick to see whether or not you are right this time. If you can’t admit you’re wrong, fine, but don’t keep wasting my time by not even admitting you’re wrong with your own example before moving on.

              But fine, I’ll prove you wrong twice. I’m sure you still won’t just admit you’re wrong.

              https://www.facebook.com/miss.dixie.pageant/

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                That’s fine, I’ll keep trying - because an absolute statement like “Every County in Every State has them” is just not something I can believe. I told you they weren’t popular, I’ve proven that. I told you that it stopped ages ago; I’ve proven that. But if you’re going to make me disprove your absolute statement, then I’m up for it.

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                  And now you’re just lying. This is what you said:

                  This shit stopped ages ago. Dunno what bumfuck state you live in that still does these, but it’s not as widespread as you purport.

                  You said nothing about popularity. You were wrong with both of your examples and you clearly didn’t even bother checking to find out whether or not you’d be wrong because it took me seconds of Googling to find out.

                  People who can never admit they’re wrong even when it has been shown that they are absolutely wrong are not worth my time. I can’t abhor arrogance on a Donald Trump level.

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                    Meanwhile, this is all over me pointing out that more than half of Anime features sexualization of minors. Not dress-up contests, but actual upskirt shots and shit… and you’re over here absolutely losing your mind over beauty pageants.

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                    What the hell did you think “it’s not as widespread as you purport” means? You’ve linked me pages with at most a couple hundred followers; I’ve proven that nobody follows this shit. Of COURSE there are going to be grandmas and other dipshits that still want them to go on. I’m sorry that you’ve got a problem with your self image, I know arrogance is difficult to overcome, but I’m willing to work with you on it. Nobody goes to these things. Nobody participates in this shit. You’ve been linking me shit from facebook where like 10 people organized a thing and you’re claiming it’s everywhere like wildfire. I don’t know how to get it through your head that it’s just simply not a thing in America that people care about.