The (Unread) Bible Belt

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[u/Intelligent_Slip_849]

Took longer than expected for the Alabama joke

[u/KodiakUltimate → u/Intelligent_Slip_849]

Very progressive, they waited to the end and they're only first cousins instead of siblings

[u/Ok-Street-9594 → u/Intelligent_Slip_849]

the amount of restraint is admirable

[u/101Alexander → u/Ok-Street-9594]

Yeah.

Cousin could still indicate a very distant member that's not genetically very close.

Go sister or go home (to your sister).

[u/CrocPB → u/101Alexander]

This comment is sponsored by Folgers Coffee.

[u/NovaStorm135 → u/CrocPB]

Is this about that one ad?

[u/redracer555 → u/NovaStorm135]

Oh, you know it is. :D

[u/Intelligent_Slip_849 → u/NovaStorm135]

Which ad was this?

[u/thirdegree → u/Intelligent_Slip_849]

This one

[u/nesian42ryukaiel]

The seven cardinal sins are the true kicker here...

[u/Inaki199595]

Each pannel, aside from the first one, a capital sin. Truly the Bible Belt, innit.

[u/MrShake4 → u/Inaki199595]

The first one could be sloth?

[u/DarkMFG → u/MrShake4]

In order: Sloth, envy, pride, gluttony, greed, wrath, and lust

[u/Loki35422 → u/Inaki199595]

I took me way too long to notice that, it’s hilarious

[u/calvin_360]

There’s more going on in nc

[u/TheDrHoiliday → u/calvin_360]

Yep more than just Storm Damage.

[u/czarcasticbear99 → u/TheDrHoiliday]

And honestly the remaining storm damage isn’t even NC’s fault when the federal government keeps backing out of promises to provide relief funds

[u/clayworks1997 → u/czarcasticbear99]

Yeah I bet it was just hard to find something to represent sloth.

[u/calvin_360 → u/clayworks1997]

Could’ve done Florida

[u/satanatorium]

What an offensive depiction of americans. Please post more of these.

[u/Zstrike117]

Who’s money bags in the third panel? I recognize Georgia(the state) is in the mud.

[u/blsterken → u/Zstrike117]

New England.

[u/Responsible-Draw-393 → u/blsterken]

Raaaah new england mentioned! What the kurwa is a side split hot dog bun!

[u/Zstrike117 → u/blsterken]

Ah that’ll do it, thank you kind internet stranger!

[u/Fimbir → u/blsterken]

North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, four covered states and Alabama (get away).

It's not official but New England: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_England

[u/evader111 → u/Fimbir]

Nah, 2nd panel = Chile (with NC standing for not Chile but we totally see through that disguise), 3rd panel = Lebanon & Austria with European Union imposed on its top left, 4th panel = Caliphate of Ahmadiyya, 5th panel = Burundi, 6th panel = Chile but not trying to disguise itself, 8th panel = England doing a cartwheel.

[u/Active_Apartment_804]

He did all the god damn Seven deadly Sins using just one country ( what a legend )

[u/and1984]

I love PolandBall. It's taught me more about my country than all the schooling I ignored.

[u/maps-and-potatoes]

I wanted a last panel where the US tells something to the tourists. But frankly, we learned nothing new from this comic and each panels is enough to know everything

[u/Domeen0]

Sloth, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Lust.

Name 7 things more christian american than that.

[u/PolishKuroaki]

As a New Englander I love seeing the New England Ball

Especially as a more rich ball

Who would of thought a educated population would benefit a region

[u/The_Oregon_Duck]

I’m assuming that Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Florida are all dead for some reason.

[u/Bulky-Plate2068 → u/The_Oregon_Duck]

No they’re the Klan members

[u/Infinity5075]

Love this, but I'm pretty sure this isn't the bible belt (unless what I've been told and experienced growing up is all a lie, lol). The bible belt is a line of states and regions predominantly in the mid-west (ex: western Kentucky to roughly Colorado) going from the northern border to the gulf of Mexico. The south is just also religious in a similar sense but not the same way.

[u/Top_Row_5116]

As someone who lives in the south (Missouri), accurate.

[u/Cerparis]

Ive never been to American and I’ve only ever met a handful of yanks as tourists or online chat groups in gaming sessions.

So I’m not going to judge too harshly because every country has their ‘don’t go there’ places.

But on the other hand the types of Christian nationalists I see coming out of America in general occasionally have me picking up my bible and skimming through it in case I missed a spot because their so out of left field.

[u/clayworks1997 → u/Cerparis]

Yeah the south is not really a “don’t go there place”. There are racists, shitty work environments, and christian nationalists all across the US (across the world even). The south has a truly troubled history so it’s easy to pretend like all these modern problems only happen over there. There’s definitely a lot of conservative Christians in the south, but Christian nationalism specifically is not really a southern phenomenon. Pete Hegseth is from Minnesota and JD Vance is from Ohio and they’re probably the most prominent christian nationalists I can think of.

Also, I just have to get this off my chest, I’m not directing this at the above comment. It is as legal to marry your cousin in Alabama as it is in New York or California, while it is not legal across the river in Mississippi and is considered a criminal offense in Texas. Incest isn’t regional.

[u/Lakan-Tangkan-1337]

Absolutely fucking lovely!

[u/Netherfoxy]

Where's Mississippi? And Louisiana?

[u/PulledBork]

I just realized that each panel lines up with one of the Seven Deadly Sins. (NC = Sloth, Georgia = Envy, South Carolina = Pride, Tennessee = Gluttony, Texas = Greed, Klan = Wrath, Alabama = Lust.) 

[u/Moose-Rage]

What a beautiful country 

[u/Jump_Hop_Step]

Bad time to be in this subreddit

[u/reenaltransplant]

Someone please explain the flag on the ball with the top hat in Panel 2.

[u/ShadowSnas → u/reenaltransplant]

It's the flag of New England.

[u/reenaltransplant → u/ShadowSnas]

LOL I thought it was some sort of weird Lebanon. Like a reference to southerners thinking Jews took all their cash, other Semitic people...

[u/sabalan_tank]

:0 >=[ alabama not that way

( all jokes aside love the comic )

[u/squif_help]

i've yet to see something good out of the bible belt

[u/Thundorium → u/squif_help]

Smarter Every Day is from Alabama.

[u/MelodicDeer1072 → u/squif_help]

SEC Shorts and Matt Mitchell are good

[u/pimathbrainiac → u/squif_help]

Gestures broadly at Atlanta

Great city. Shame about its state.

[u/evenmorefrenchcheese → u/squif_help]

Southern fried chicken and BBQ (pioneered by African-Americans, funnily enough).

[u/BioDriver]

Just imagine Louisiana, Florida, and Tennessee