So by now everyone has seen the wonderously hillarious Daily Show segment about "Real America".
Where the following mathematical formula was presented:
[(population)x($ cup of coffee) + (# of art house theaters)x(# of MLK named streets) / [(# of IDs required for Sudaffed)x(# of trucker hat wearers - # of truckers)x(1/{# of churches - # of bars})] = X
If X < 10 you live in "Real American"
If X > 10 you live in Soddom & Gommorah
If X = 10 you live in Limbo
Let's delve a little deeper and see how my hometown stacks up below the fold...
Firstly, I think (having experimented) the formula is a bit off. The [1/(churches-bars)] results in such a small decimal number it really throws off the formula.
I am suggesting the following correction:
[(population)x($ cup of coffee) + (# of art house theaters)x(# of MLK named streets) / [(# of IDs required for Sudaffed)x(# of trucker hat wearers - # of truckers)x(# of churches/# of bars)] = X
Then for my hometown ... Jacksonville, FL:
(799,875)x(2.75) + (1)x(2) / (1)x(38394-15030)x(1859/476) = 24.10
population - from 2007 estimate
$ cup of coffee - avg of starbucks and dunkin donuts
# of art house theaters - San Marco Theater
# of MLK streets - from Mapquest
# of trucker hat wearers - 10% of male population (est @ 48%)
# of truckers - from 2007 Bureau of Labor Statistics
# of churches/bars - from yellow pages
I also suspect there is a need to see more numbers from other cities/towns and figure out a new <or> number as 10 seems to be too low. Because I live here and Jacksonville is definitely ass backwards enough to be considered "real america".
Please feel free to discuss, flame, or add your own cities formulas/numbers to the comments below.