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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
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#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

You can tell they’re not from New York because they circled part of New Jersey.

Otherwise I’d say it might be from a New Yorker telling people to stick to the tourist areas.

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bamboo lemmy.blahaj.zone bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#3 · Quote Reply

No airports for you

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kboos1 lemmy.world kboos1@lemmy.world
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#4 · Quote Reply

I actually don't know why. Can someone fill me in?

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SkybreakerEngineer lemmy.world SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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#5 · Quote Reply

You can tell they’re not from New York because they circled part of New Jersey. Otherwise I’d say it might be from a New Yorker telling people to stick to the tourist areas.

Really, everyone should stay away from all of New Jersey. Not because of anything racial, but because it's New Jersey

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comador lemmy.world comador@lemmy.world
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#6 · Quote Reply

Really, everyone should stay away from all of New Jersey. Not because of anything racial, but because it's New Jersey

Jay and Silent Bob have entered the room ...

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
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#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

I actually don't know why. Can someone fill me in?

Because they're in New York, but not Manhattan.

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(des)mosthenes lemmy.world desmosthenes@lemmy.world
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#8 · Quote Reply

Really, everyone should stay away from all of New Jersey. Not because of anything racial, but because it's New Jersey

real New Yorkers live in NJ, work in NYC

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JasonDJ lemmy.zip JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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#9 · Quote Reply

Really, everyone should stay away from all of New Jersey. Not because of anything racial, but because it's New Jersey

Everything is legal in New Jersey.

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shweddy lemmy.world shweddy@lemmy.world
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#10 · Quote Reply

If you go to the Bronx a common morning greeting is YOU GOOD?! Say it loud and look them up and down a bunch. They'll know youre from there

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shweddy lemmy.world shweddy@lemmy.world
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#11 · (edited) Quote Reply

I actually don't know why. Can someone fill me in?

Theyre being racist. Lower Manhattan and Williamsburg to coneyisland have been gentrified. There are still hold outs in china town selling cheap dumplings and wonton soup. And dupes for cheap

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dhork lemmy.world dhork@lemmy.world
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#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

Everything is legal in New Jersey.

Except pumping your own gas, and left turns

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
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#13 · Quote Reply

Better yet, avoid the entire country.

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Dookieman12 piefed.social Dookieman12@piefed.social
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#14 · Quote Reply

Oh, I know why...

There's not much to see in the red areas. All the tourist spots everyone wants to visit while on vacation are outside them.

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plateee piefed.social plateee@piefed.social
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#15 · Quote Reply

Really, everyone should stay away from all of New Jersey. Not because of anything racial, but because it's New Jersey

It's the armpit of America!

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Sundray lemmus.org sundray@lemmus.org
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real New Yorkers live in NJ, work in NYC

That's quitter talk!

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AwesomeLowlander sh.itjust.works AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
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real New Yorkers live in NJ, work in NYC

Pro tip: If you want a fight say this in any bar in the four boroughs.

Staten Island doesn’t count because it’s basically New Jersey.

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Kenny2999 lemmy.world Kenny2999@lemmy.world
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#19 · Quote Reply

Went to Newark once and a couple nice old ladies exiting a beautiful local church told me to get the fuck out.

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VitoRobles lemmy.today VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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#20 · Quote Reply

I love when maga-pilled tell people to avoid major parts of the country.

Why?

  1. They're sensitive snowflakes who get butthurt if they see a LGBTQIA person
  2. Nobody wants them there anyways.
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Alexstarfire lemmy.world Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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#21 · Quote Reply

It's the armpit of America!

If the armpit worries you, you should avoid Florida as well.

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CultLeader4Hire lemmy.world CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world
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#22 · Quote Reply

I love when maga-pilled tell people to avoid major parts of the country. Why? They're sensitive snowflakes who get butthurt if they see a LGBTQIA person Nobody wants them there anyways.

You could see a black person in Brooklyn!!

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Leviathan fedinsfw.app Leviathan@fedinsfw.app
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Last time I visited New York I stayed in New Jersey, in the red area, was a 20 minute bus ride from the port authority without traffic. Had Chinese food one night from the red area, is still the best American-Chinese food I ever had.

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_stranger_ lemmy.world _stranger_@lemmy.world
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#24 · Quote Reply

lawnguyland

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trolololol lemmy.world trolololol@lemmy.world
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#25 · Quote Reply

If the armpit worries you, you should avoid Florida as well.

Is that the crotch?

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SatyrSack quokk.au SatyrSack@quokk.au
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#26 · Quote Reply

Is that the crotch?

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(des)mosthenes lemmy.world desmosthenes@lemmy.world
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#27 · Quote Reply

That's quitter talk!

lololololol facts

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SeventySeven sh.itjust.works SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works
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#28 · Quote Reply

Better yet, avoid the entire country.

Me trying to avoid flock cameras be like

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Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
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#29 · Quote Reply

Better advice for tourists: Avoid the USA.

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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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#30 · Quote Reply

Telling tourists? That's like screaming into the void.

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anomnom sh.itjust.works anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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#31 · Quote Reply

Pro tip: If you want a fight say this in any bar in the four boroughs. Staten Island doesn’t count because it’s basically New Jersey.

Started island is more like Florida than New Jersey.

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DecentM lemmy.blahaj.zone DecentM@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#32 · Quote Reply

I like how it goes out into the water, like "even if you're a fish!"

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BeardededSquidward lemmy.blahaj.zone BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#33 · Quote Reply

You could see a black person in Brooklyn!!

How preposterous to see a black man running around free! My word, they should immediately be put to work and if they refuse hung! That's how we did it in the olden days and we should bring those back! /s

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Wrufieotnak feddit.org Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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#34 · (edited) Quote Reply

Theyre being racist. Lower Manhattan and Williamsburg to coneyisland have been gentrified. There are still hold outs in china town selling cheap dumplings and wonton soup. And dupes for cheap

So what you're telling me is that the good, cheap food that tourists crave are in the red labeled areas? Understood!

After some thought, its New York, so cheap is probably relative.

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shweddy lemmy.world shweddy@lemmy.world
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#35 · (edited) Quote Reply

So what you're telling me is that the good, cheap food that tourists crave are in the red labeled areas? Understood! After some thought, its New York, so cheap is probably relative.

Yea. There's at least 3 night markets In Queens where you can fill up on $10. And in The heights and the Bronx you can find restaurants under the train tracks selling crazy portions for $15

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Thebeardedsinglemalt lemmy.world Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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#36 · Quote Reply

I love when maga-pilled tell people to avoid major parts of the country. Why? They're sensitive snowflakes who get butthurt if they see a LGBTQIA person Nobody wants them there anyways.

They're the same type of suburbanites who think more than 3 black people in a half-mile radius constitutes gang activity

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NotSteve_ lemmy.ca NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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#37 · Quote Reply

Maybe just fill in everything between Canada and Mexico as avoid

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ThrowawayPermanente sh.itjust.works ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works
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#38 · Quote Reply

If you go to the Bronx a common morning greeting is YOU GOOD?! Say it loud and look them up and down a bunch. They'll know youre from there

This wouldn't get me shot, would it?

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shweddy lemmy.world shweddy@lemmy.world
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#39 · Quote Reply

This wouldn't get me shot, would it?

I can't guarantee your safety

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Victor lemmy.world victorz@lemmy.world
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#40 · Quote Reply

What is the obvious reason they are referring to? I'm not from NY or America do I don't have a clue.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
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#41 · Quote Reply

Really, everyone should stay away from all of New Jersey. Not because of anything racial, but because it's New Jersey

Making fun of NJ is like "omg epic bacon" or saying "I'm so random". It's really passé and unoriginal. It's extra funny when the speaker is from, like, Mississippi or someplace that's actually bad.

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Trex lemmy.world Trex202@lemmy.world
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#42 · Quote Reply

What is the obvious reason they are referring to? I'm not from NY or America do I don't have a clue.

If he's a local: tired of seeing tourists

If he's a tourists: bigot.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
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#43 · Quote Reply

I assume this is trying to do a racism.

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godsammitdam lemmy.zip godsammitdam@lemmy.zip
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#44 · (edited) Quote Reply

How preposterous to see a black man running around free! My word, they should immediately be put to work and if they refuse hung! That's how we did it in the olden days and we should bring those back! /s
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BeardededSquidward lemmy.blahaj.zone BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#45 · Quote Reply

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MAGA just wants to be openly racist and anti-LGBT+ again.

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Polyphilic lemmy.ca Polyphilic@lemmy.ca
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#46 · Quote Reply

Just paint the entire USA red, fuck it.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
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#47 · Quote Reply

I assume this is trying to do a racism.

I took it to mean they have sub par pizzas there.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
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#48 · Quote Reply

I like how it goes out into the water, like "even if you're a fish!"

There be gay fish in them there waterrrs.

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Dozzi92 lemmy.world Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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#49 · Quote Reply

I took it to mean they have sub par pizzas there.

NJ Pizza > NY Pizza. I'll die on that hill.

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AceFuzzLord lemmy.zip AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
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#50 · Quote Reply

I love when maga-pilled tell people to avoid major parts of the country. Why? They're sensitive snowflakes who get butthurt if they see a LGBTQIA person Nobody wants them there anyways.

They're the type of people who claim the left are snowflakes but then blowup at something we probably all learned about around kindergarten age: the dreadrd pronouns.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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#51 · Quote Reply

What is the obvious reason they are referring to? I'm not from NY or America do I don't have a clue.

Hell I live in new york and I don't know what the fuck they're talking about.

it could be a litany of things.

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