• vortic@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I lived in Texas for two years. The number of times I had the following conversation was staggering:

    Texas is the best place in the world!

    Oh? Where else have you been?

    I ain’t been anywhere else… Why would I go anywhere else? Texas is the best place in the world!

    Sometimes there was legitimate confusion on their face. Sometimes it was delivered deadpan. Sotimes it was more of a challenge or threat. It was always flabbergasting…