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I comment a lot on stories having to do with state governments and legislation or regions of the country. It got me wondering how many people I'm accidentally disparaging when I don't mean everyone in said state or region is terrible. So… Please be as specific or obtuse as your privacy filter requires. I'll start:

I'm in the Bay Area, specifically Oakland. Despite Bay Area hate from some posters, I think it's great. How about you?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Methdesto, CA

Oakland makes this city look like Carmel by the Sea. 🀣

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I live in Urbana, Illinois. In couple of days. I'll be going on a mission to Moon to help the USAA with the set up of one their bases, Clavius Base.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Also what's your date of birth and mother's maiden name?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Man, the closest I ever give to my location is in the south, in the Appalachians. Nobody needs to know more than that online, and fuck anyone that doesn't like it lol.

Every state here has dumb shit going on all the time. Political stupidity, economic stupidity, environmental stupidity, you name it, there's something stupid going on in any given subject matter in most states. You find one that's great at one thing, they'll be horrible in another. Mind you, I'm talking the people; the land itself is incapable of stupidity, what with being mostly dirt and plants.

Anyway. If you're worried about disparaging people in a given state, just do what I do (and just did). Blame the idiots in California for a given issue, but don't specify who you think the idiots are. Nobody objects to those other people that are idiots being disparaged. Why would they? Those other people are morons.

That's not even a joke. I mean, it's meant to be vaguely humorous, but it's legit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Currently in Oakland too! Wish more bay area folk would find their way here so I can stop relying on the subredditπŸ™ƒ

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

In a house.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Texas.

It's okay. I don't blame people for hating our legislature, just try to remember that not all Texans are shitty people.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Oregon here.

Have a lot of friends in the bay area and have visited Oakland a few times. Lovely place. Fuck the haters!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Washington State

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Colorado here, north of Denver

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Given the time you posted this, you’re going to get biased replies

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

~~Inevitable.~~ πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Literally asking US Lemmies, I somehow missed that.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A couple hours north of you in the central valley. Hi neighbour.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

new mexico!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A suburb north of Denver.

You are going to find a metric fuck-ton of political diversity in Colorado. While it somewhat follows a fairly standard pattern of cities being blue and the countryside being red, it gets much more complicated than that here. (The elevation and mass quantities of craft beer does strange things to a human after a time.)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Santa Cruz, CA. Hi neighbor!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hi neighbor. I’m in Temecula.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

There are dozens of us!!!1

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