Redneck 101...How to be 100% Redneck!
85Redneck....Born or made?
I was born in the southeastern USA. Does that make me automatically "redneck"? Not necessarily. Well...maybe it's best to start with the question "Who is a redneck"? Or maybe "What does redneck mean"? I am no language expert ,so I could not explain the technical aspects of that title. But I guess I could tell you what I understand a real "redneck" to actually be...and why he and she are the way they are. That comedian Jeff Foxworthy got his start by telling us that we "might be a redneck if"...and followed it with things like "you mow the yard and find a car"....etc...etc. But what are some real signs that....yes...it could be....you might be a REDNECK!!!
1. Do you live in the Southern USA?
While this is not always a primary factor in redneckedness...it can significantly increase the chances of you actually being a member of "Redneck Nation"!
2. Do you live in a manufactured home?
Many refer to rednecks as "trailerpark trash" or some other epithet. While all redneck peoples do not live in what is correctly called a "mobile home"....a vast majority do seem to prefer manufactured homes to call their abode.
3. Do you watch CMT or GAC or similar networks on TV often daily?
These cable networks seem to appeal to most redneck men and women. They feature Country music videos (a redneck favorite) and various shows aimed at the Hillbilly set!
4. Men : Do you sport stylish facial hair and affect a longer hairstyle? Ladies : Do you have an affinty for tube tops and "Daisy Duke" shorts? Do you have tattoos? Are you fond of camoflage clothing? What about logo t-shirts?
5. Do you find yourself shopping most often at Wal-Mart? Sam Walton's superstores are a virtual "redneck" haven....drawing the members of "redneck nation" in droves on Friday and Saturday nights! Is your wardrobe labelled "Puritan" or "Faded Glory" or "Basic Edition" any of the other Wal-Mart labels?
6. Are you a NASCAR fan? Further...are you obsessed with the Earnhardts?
7. Are you a fan of the following TV programs:
Just actually "knowing" what these shows were about increases your redneck quotient!!
Redneck Political Commentary
A typical redneck male watching TV!
Typical "Redneck" Musical tastes!
What do most redneck people listen to? What kinds of audio entertainments delight them after a hard days work? After a easy day's layin' around? While workin'? While bein' no account? Well...let us see...shall we?
1. Rednecks like funny songs
Anything (well almost) by the great Ray Stevens.
Anything by Rodney Carington ( he appeals to men mostly).
Anything that makes fun of rednecks in a warm manner.
2. Rednecks like extremely patriotic songs
"God Bless The USA" by Lee Greenwood
"America" by The Charlie Daniels Band
"A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.
3. Rednecks adore Southern Rock!
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Allman Brothers
4. Rednecks like Classic Rock!
Led Zeppelin
Eagles
Anything by Ted Nugent
Anything by ZZ Top
Foghat....especially their hit from the 70's "Slow Ride"!
5. Rednecks like their Country Music!
Classic Country from artists like Waylon, Conway Twitty, Willie...and Hank Sr and Jr!
Hot new country from artists like Brooks and Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, Jake Owen, Trace Adkins, Carrie Underwood...and the like!
Typical Redneck "Go-Getter" (Man waitin' fer his wife to get off work.)
What Do Rednecks Like To Eat?
Come across a gathering of local redneck peoples and you are liable to find any numbers of foods ...both home cooked and store bought...and then there is "eatin' out"!
1. Redneck "Home Cookin'":
Most of the cooking done in typical redneck families is done by the woman of the house.....some redneck men cook...but very few would brag about it! Some of the favorite redneck home cooked foods would include things like fried okra, fried squash,fried green tomaters, fried potaters....almost anything fried!! Redneck peoples are big on what is called by those well versed in redneck lore as "Beans and Cornbread"! That would be a dish consisting of a heaping helping of beans...usually slow cooked pinto beans....accompanied by a serving of bread made from corn meal that has been baked in the home's oven! It is a delight to the tastebuds of any redneck man who has "werked hard all day and is tarred"!
2. "Store Bought" redneck food favorites :
Redneck peoples also enjoy a number of food items that are bought in the store and require little or no cooking. Some of these things would include ice cream sandwiches ....pork rinds....corn nuts....microwaveable sausage and biscuits...microwaveable bacon....Campbell's Soup (usually Chicken Noodle)..etc.
3. "Eatin' Out" with the rednecks!
Usually, once a week, following "payday"....the redneck family will pile into the truck and head over to "eat out"!! Where do they go? What do they like? Well...they like a number of food types and popular restaraunts.
* Redneck Restaraunts :
Have you been to any of these?
Cracker Barrell?
Po' Folks? (This is now defunct...was once popular in the southeastern USA)
Waffle House? (This is a genuine redneck hangout....you WILL find rednecks here)
Huddle House? (This is another,inferior,version of Waffle House)
Stuckey's?
Logan's Roadhouse?
Western Sizzlin? (This is a prime example of a major redneck food place...the "all you can eat" buffet!)
Shoney's? (another "all you can eat")
Ci-Ci's Pizza Buffet?
Chuck E. Cheese? ( a popular children and parents pizza place...this is the subject of a hilarious song by the performer Tim Wilson!)
Enjoying WAFFLE HOUSE (Welcome to Redneck Nation!)
One Comedian (Tim Hawkins) on "CRACKER BARRELL"
WAL-MART (AKA "WallyWorld") Rodney Carrington
Let Us REE-Veew!
Okay.....Lets consider what we have larned bout' us rednecks!
1. What this world needs....according to Mr. Charlie Daniels....is a few more rednecks! (Charlie is another Redneck favorite) Yew might wanna think bout' that come November...when y'all go out thar and vote!
2. Get the curtainclimbers and the porchmonkeys and the rugrats and git in that thar vehicle and take a trip over to the local Wal-Mart....after your meal at Waffle House!
3.Crank up some Hank.....or Charlie....or Gretchen....and play that thar music LOUD and PROUD!!
4. Men! - Git started on that Ballcap collection! Beer logos and confederate flags and dumb sayings work jus' fine!
5. Women! - Head over to the tanning bed and burn yourself into a crisp!
Keep all these things in mind and remember to watch CMT religiously and yew might make a good redneck someday Grasshopper!
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I am a Yankee living in redneck country now...loved your hub!
Great checklist :) I loved the photos of people doing regular things but they are still rednecks! And of course the Skynyrd hat in your profile photo!
i love most of these "eat out" places they got on there i LOVE waffle house
you might be a redneck if you mow your grass backward another words put your riding mower in reverse and then mow your grass.
you might be a redneck if you go bahualen with your friends on friday and saturday nights and put the car in reverse and then drive in the mud.
I live in Pennsylvania. I had to pass agriculture to graduate high school, and can still to this day milk a cow, pig, goat or sheep....with or without the milker. I listen to mostly country music and can recall at least one episode for each tv show you listed. We eat some fried foods, I do most of the cooking but my husband does the grilling...If it can be shot, I can clean it and cook it! We always have beer in our fridge but not always in our hands. Our town all but shuts down completely during hunting season (mainly white tail deer hunting). Fighting is one thing you didn't mention, because most rednecks like to fight. I'll hold my own against anyone when I have to! And in the words of the famous Gretchen Wilson: I can't drink champagne, I'd rather drink beer. I've been known to stand barefoot in my own front yard (and other peoples too) with a baby on my hip. I keep my christmas lights up on my front porch all year long. I don't need name brand things for my man to want me. So, even after reading all of this and now finding out that I am going on to school for accounting, have just as much Motzart, Bach, and Rossini in my music collection as Gretchen, Hank and Willie. Also keeping in mind that I can go to "upscale" places to hold a conversation on the imperialized meaning of a painting or know what fork is for what....Am I still a redneck? lmao
I never thought i was a redneck but apparently i am..i live in tennessee in a mobile home (trailer as most around here call it) I watch cmt every day..i love fried food greens and beans and cornbread..and i love some skynard CCR and black sabbath...beer and grilling is my is my favorite pastime..haha..proud to be a redneck
I don't know how accurate this is...down here in the south most of the rednecks are actually the good looking people, so I always assumed the media stereotypes of rednecks referred to the northern rednecks...and most southerners dont have facial hair.
A redneck would never use the word "Soda" it is pronounced "Coke". If you ask for a Coke in the South it is always followed by "what kind"- the answer is clearly Dr. Pepper
Hahahaha AMEN to the Dr. Pepper!
I'm considered a redneck around my area just cuz i hunt and wear camo alot. some stuff you got there is just wrong. But alot of the stuff is right on the money!
You forgot about Ramen Noodles, "family buffets", swimming pools with frogs and crickets, air conditioner hanging in the window, old washing machine in the yard, too many dogs, pregnant 15 year old daughter, and bullet holes in the stop sign down the street!
This is Great! Fits me to a tee. By the way, if you send your kids chasing after the ice cream truck with a food stamp card, you might be a redneck!
Hi Vicseay,
i'm from germany, but I know what Redneck means.
A redneck is a person who works on a field all day, like a farmer. They working in the sun all day what means that their necks are sunburned most the time. (Or is it sun burned? I don't know^^ my english sucks)Got it? The have "Red Necks"! Most of the crops came from the sunny south at the time thise title was born and a farmer stereotype is that they are not the smartest people. Another Stereotype is that they are simple minded and stuff. I hope I don't insult you or something^^I just recite the cliches.
i am a redneck living in the uk get me back to ALABAMA
Bless your hearts.
You are a Redneck if you fix everything with WD-40, Duct tape, and a craftsman wrench and drive a Chevy or GM vehicle!
You're a redneck if you live in Alberta, Canada and drink Molson Pilsner while 4x4ing in the mountains and listening to Dwight Yoakam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSC2dfBsn8 This is how you become a redneck!
Chevy is a GM
Im a redneck
I live in south Mississippi. In a very small town. I am a redneck, because I like riding four wheelers, live in a mobile home, drive a truck, and dip snuff. I am proud to be a redneck and wouldn't have it any other way, but I am also very well educated and intelligent. I am also open minded. Just look at Tim Cook. New CEO of Apple, Inc. He took over after Steve Jobs' passing. That is probably one of the greatest acheivements ever made by anyone. He is from a small town about 70 miles from my home. His dad worked at the shipyard. Being a redneck doesn't mean you're stupid.
True, but being a redneck means you dont have the balls to be different. There seems to be only a couple of variations on the Southern redneck. But common threads are so numerous: dipping, mudding, hunting, not shaving, some stupid hat turned sideways, trailers, trucks, Roll Tide!, shitty looking boots with red crap all over them, lack of hygiene, poor grammar, fear of different things, laziness, shamelessness, love of NASCAR, wearing jammies out in public, and that stupid ubiquitous camo clothing.
I'm a redneck. I LOVE Dukes of Hazzard, Johnny Cash, and pork skins. No, I don't live in a trailer park,but a few of my friends do.I live in a large brick house.(yes, there ARE houses in the south, northeners!) I may eat at Huddle House sometimes,but you can usually find me at an asian restaraunt.I don't hunt(h8 killin' animals, especially adorable white-tailed deer) I have horses, dogs,cats, and ponies,but no chickens,hogs,or cows.We don't all drink Bud Light, either. I love classsical music and ke$ha,not just country. I can't shoot a gun, and most men don't have facial hair, although some do,but not large shaggy unkempt beards. I aspire to perform in Carnegie Hall one day,not to "own a yard full o' kids and a double-wide, as most"outsiders" probably believe. And yes, I know there are some typos,but gimme a break. I'm only 12.
Rednecks are rediculous, most don't understand that ecology and sustainability are things their great grand folks use to do. To make fun of someone because they are educated or because they understand getting 50 miles per gal is financially good proves how silly they are. Amazingly a portion of rednecks claim to be Christians, if you look up the meaning of both words, it's clear the two do not go together. "redneck" is little more than a marketing scam to take advantage of the few country folks that have spending money left on Monday. The truth is redneck has never been nor will ever be something to be proud of. On judgment day God will not pat you on the back an say "you were a good and faithful redneck".
I do have to admit some of the jokes are funny especially when they laugh at themselves.
LOVE 'bein a redneck y'all
I want to be a redneck. i am a privately educated posh englishman working as a management consultant in the uk. i want to have my teeth knocked out, i want a shotgun and a pick up and learn how to play the banjo whilst hopping on one leg
hey y'all i am a redneck and i ant going to change that
im redneck and i like that way but the bad part is im black and i get made fun of but i aint changin who i am.... i love the south!!!!!!
I go to school at Texas A&M. I dip in class, curse alot, use racially insensitive language, wear country clothes, listen to country music, obsess over what gun I am getting next, and drive a Ford 4x4. I am a redneck. I was raised with a good education, my IQ is above the commonly considered genius level, and am studying nuclear engineering. Not all rednecks are stupid... Although sometimes it is fun to act like it :)
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some of the ignorance amazes me I am 16 and never seen so much negativity towar rednecks but god will forgive them for their judgement can't fault them hey just don't understand
LOOKING FOR REDNECKS - CASTING FOR NATIONAL TV SHOW CALLED REDNECK RENOVATIONS WHICH WILL AIR ON DIY NETWORK.
We are looking for folks who pride themselves on being a true redneck and we mean this in the kindest, most affectionate way! We are searching for dynamic homeowners who aren't afraid to show their true personalities on National TV!
If you've got an interesting renovation project and a distinct approach to home improvement, we want you to the be the STAR of our new series!
For consideration email casting@sierraproductions1.com with your name and age, picture and detailed description of the project, along with pictures of the house both outside and inside.
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Im not trying to start fights over the internet, but some of y'all need to grow the hell up. Some comments on here aimed towards us rednecks are rude as fuck. What are you gainin from sayin that crap? More self worth?
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in my town i am called a redneck with just a group of my friends all the rednecks in my town know eachother and i am from the north in newyork and yes we can still be country up here i drive a chevy truck and a lifted jeep that i work on in my driveway with my friends and a few beers yes we do drink a lot and get loud and some people hate us and we love to party in the woods and go mudding on atv's and jeeps i do crazy things that most people wont do and dont only listen to country music and i hate nascar and not all our girlfriends are rednecks too sometimes different girls like country boys
Im a redneck living in ct god help me
I just realised I un a redwenck
dont forget pride, arrogance, ignorant insecure small minded republican voting conformist.
Sally's Trove 4 years ago
Fantastic hub!
My brother-in-law had a thing about culture kits...like if you have a truck and a rifle rack in the back window, you are probably a redneck. But then if you have a tweed jacket and a little beard and glasses, you're probably either a nerd or a professor.
We all have our culture kits.
My heart is with jammin with girls and guys over cray fish and stock car races, and cleaning the cow do out of the barn. Just the simple things that make life worth living. Do with what you got.
LOVED the videos. Deliverance, dueling banjos. Shades of the 70s. The dark side. There's blackness in the hollers, but there's light there too.
Keep the hubs coming. I am your fan.