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stitch626 wrote:None taken, it is a common mistake.

Are you from Hawaii? It seems to be, as far as I can tell, the only state where the religion is really really common.

Actually, there are a fair number in many of the more urban areas of central and northern New Jersey.

Yeah they're definitely everywhere, I think proportionately though a really eyebrow raising number are from Hawaii, or Hawaii as a state has a much higher percentage overall. That's usual though, a lot of things catch on in Hawaii that don't on the mainland, and vice-versa. Isolated cultures in a lot of ways (us and them).

When I was out there, I was surprised by the high percentage of Mormons. I had no idea that there was a BYU campus, or the huge Temple on Oahu. Oh, and I was also surprised by the number of people who offered unsolicited to sell me pot, with no regard for the fact that I might be either a cop or a tight-ass.

Mikey wrote:When I was out there, I was surprised by the high percentage of Mormons. I had no idea that there was a BYU campus, or the huge Temple on Oahu. Oh, and I was also surprised by the number of people who offered unsolicited to sell me pot, with no regard for the fact that I might be either a cop or a tight-ass.

Yeah in the 1800's and early 1900's tons of missionaries flocked to Hawaii, including ones from every little "culty", non-mainstream religious sect you can think of. I think in the mainland U.S. what happened was that these religions tended to get "drowned out" or "watered down" amidst the much bigger, more populous mainstream religious. In Hawaii though, if you have 1 Catholic and 1 Protestant and 1 Mormon and 1 Jehova's Witness missionary setting up church, in a population that largely didn't start off with any predisposed Christian background, then you're going to wind up with a very different religious demographic than the mainland.

Wow, yo should be a Certified Public ANTHROPOLOGIST instead!

Mikey wrote:Wow, yo should be a Certified Public ANTHROPOLOGIST instead!

My field of study was Soc., History & Ethnic Studies actually. I didn't take any college level math whatsoever except for a statistics course.

Are you from Hawaii? It seems to be, as far as I can tell, the only state where the religion is really really common.

Actually, I don't live in Hawaii (wouldn't mind it though). Live in New York. And you can find Jehovah's Witnesses almost everywhere (minus Antarctica and some countries in the Middle East). One of the greatest Witness to other people ratio is on the island of St. Helena. I think the ratio there is 1 to 5, but don't quote me on that.
Most places are at 1 to 500, some even one to 1000.

Duskofdead wrote:

Mikey wrote:Wow, yo should be a Certified Public ANTHROPOLOGIST instead!

My field of study was Soc., History & Ethnic Studies actually. I didn't take any college level math whatsoever except for a statistics course.

Lucky you (maybe).
I've taken 3 yrs of Calculus. It is work. (IMO)

stitch626 wrote:

Duskofdead wrote:

Mikey wrote:Wow, yo should be a Certified Public ANTHROPOLOGIST instead!

My field of study was Soc., History & Ethnic Studies actually. I didn't take any college level math whatsoever except for a statistics course.

Lucky you (maybe).
I've taken 3 yrs of Calculus. It is work. (IMO)

It's just a matter of degree. To some people math is much easier than it is for me, and barely had to work at it. Others struggle. But also, you do your homework and take your tests and you are basically done. It's a tradeoff, in my field you do research and study and read incessantly, take tests, do homework, and have 30 page paper assignments or projects due for each class. I almost want to scan my syllabi when people imply social sciences are like the "cush, slide through college" fields.

Psych major for a time, with a heaping helping of anthropology, developmental psychobiology, etc.; also a physics major (briefly) with courses up to and including (this wass the actual title of the course, emphasis added) "Calculus V for MATH AND PHYSICS MAJORS ONLY."

I liked the field work much more.

I studied forestry science for a year at uni but decided it wasnt for me so left and studied to become a Jeweller.

Tricky business. Are you a watchmaker, or do you just do ornamental jewelry?

Teaos wrote:I studied forestry science for a year at uni but decided it wasnt for me so left and studied to become a Jeweller.

Family jewels or the mineral kind?

Tricky business. Are you a watchmaker, or do you just do ornamental jewelry?

Hand crafted jewellery. I hate the crappy mass produced stuff you see in big retailers.

Family jewels or the mineral kind?

Well I do take special care of my jewels