I am sorry, but these guys seem like they came straight from Central Casting for NJ/SI stereotypes. Although, I am not from the East Coast, so what do I know. These seem like broad "characters" to me, though I am sure such people must exist. #mtvjerseyshore
What is up with the media industry portraying NJ as the "guido" (for lack of a better word- maybe douchebag would be more apropos) capital of the world? It seems like ever since The Sopranos, its been this never ending train of this horrible stereotype. Take a look at Real Housewives of NJ (which I staunchly refuse to watch), the other Summer Share one-shots on MTV's True Life, and even Cake Boss.
My Irish videogame nerd self feels horribly out of place living here and looking at what the "norm" is being shown as on TV. #mtvjerseyshore
@Binya-Binya: Though all guidos are considered douches, not all douches are guidos. It's a square and rectangle sort of situation. Obvs not everyone from/in NJ is a guido/guidette, but they do exist, and it's pretty incredible to see in real life. (I went to college in NJ) I dont think you can be considered a guido unless you are from NJ or Staten Island or otherwise in close promixity to that area. Accent helps too. All the rest of the over muscled, over tanned, over gelled douches in the world are simply just plain old douches.
@unalteredone: There are plenty of guidos on Long Island as well. Brooklyn has loads of them too, Bay Ridge?
Broad Channel in Queens, total guidos. #mtvjerseyshore
Thanks MTV for reminding me why I'm glad I canceled my cable.
And double thanks to Tracie for providing me with the most awesome moments of bad tv so I don't have to pay for it. #mtvjerseyshore
It's in SEASIDE! Snooki (the girl in the promo and who posted the video above) has an update video saying they got kicked out of the Jersey Shore, they kicked us out of Seaside. #mtvjerseyshore
@Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: ha! I knew people who went there and they called the girls from the east coast who attended the school the "black pants mafia" as they wore those stretchy (kinda trashy) black club pants that were popular at the time everywhere? #mtvjerseyshore
@bluebears: The sorostitutes! (But damn if I would ever say it to their faces. Who knows what weapons they could carry in that big hair.) #mtvjerseyshore
I swear to God, I grew up in the sticks in South Jersey, spent a ton of my free time at LBI, and never saw these people. Maybe they don't go south of Island Beach State Park? #mtvjerseyshore
This isn't new, unless the "new" aspect is picking out the housemates. They had a whole show like this already, called, if I'm not mistaken, True Life: Jersey Shore or some such. But it was a full season, not a regular TL episode.
If anyone needs me, I'll be over here reading Shakespeare. #mtvjerseyshore
Funny how I've been going to the Jersey Shore for 28 years and I've never seen a preponderance of these fellows. Is reality tv perhaps -- gasp! -- exaggerating reality? #mtvjerseyshore
@BytheSea: they certainly aren't really from the jersey shore. i'm not a benny hater - you can bring money into my town in the summer all you want. but i hate when its shown that these are the people that live here. they don't (at least not from september to june). #mtvjerseyshore
@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: Why would you go to Seaside and Wildwood UNLESS you want to hang out with people like that? Wildwood has the added bonus of people who think Confederate flag gear is AWESOMES.
@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: Does Wildwood still have the mile long beach? I've been there once and decided I'd stay with a beach where you didn't need a camel to get to the water. #mtvjerseyshore
@seat_5a: Because a lot of my friends in HS did want to hang out with people like that and I was just tagging along. I still have a lot of friends that think Seaside is the place to be in the summer. #mtvjerseyshore
@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: LBI beach is shrinking somethin terrible. You have to go on the dunes at high tide or you and your smuggled wine coolers get washed out to sea.
@BytheSea: sorry - its what the locals call the tourists. stems from the trainstops. Bayonne Elizabeth Newark New York. BGH (Benny's go home) is a big mantra for locals in the summer. However I worked at a restaurant by the ocean ever summer of college so I'm quite thankful for the benny's and use the term quite affectionately. #mtvjerseyshore
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So, they're making a show with more tacky/gaudy people in it. Where the hell do they get these people? Also, "guidos?" Why would anyone want to present themselves as low-class and garish (which is what that word means with added ethnic elements, Italian to be exact)? Wasn't the word once a slur against Italians?
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It is, and I'm so Tivo'ing it. #mtvjerseyshore
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I worked in nightclubs in NYC, they come out on the weekend. #mtvjerseyshore
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It's like going back to high school for me. #mtvjerseyshore
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Broad Channel in Queens, total guidos. #mtvjerseyshore
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And double thanks to Tracie for providing me with the most awesome moments of bad tv so I don't have to pay for it. #mtvjerseyshore
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Proud Tri-Stater and Lifelong Jersey Shore Go-er #mtvjerseyshore
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@TheExperience: Ah, Wildwood, you're right. How quickly I forget. #mtvjerseyshore
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Is Wildwood a dry island? #mtvjerseyshore
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#jerseyfresh #mtvjerseyshore
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