Comment on Thank you, Boston

agent_nycto@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Lydia_K@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bostonites will give you the shirt of their back but will brate you the entire time for being so fucking stupid that now I gotta give you my shirt you fucking idiot, don’t you think at all?

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  • tym@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you forgot the “, kid?” or “, bub?” at the end, but otherwise accurate.

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• MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a very accurate description of the Northeast. People will help you dig your car out of the snow while passively aggressively exhaling very loudly to emphasize how much of a pain it is. But then they’ll just walk away not even expecting a thank you.

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  • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Canadian here, I’ve absolutely helped push multiple bozos cars out of snowbanks, silently cursing them the entire time for being such idiot bad drivers.

    When they thank me at the end I always say “it’s no problem”

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    • Leather@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m shocked you don’t apologize to them for their bad driving.

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      • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sorry

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    • Sc00ter@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thats cause you’re canadian

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      • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Seems likely

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  • red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like my kind of people.

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• ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You know, as someone that’s live on both coasts for extended periods of time, that’s exactly right. I’ve never been able to explain it but that’s spot on. Thanks!!

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which option do you prefer?

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    • M137@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Between kind and polite I’d always choose kind. Actually helping is much better than sugar coating every interaction with nothing to back that up. Empty politeness is just disgusting IMO, either help and it’s your choice to be nice about it or not. But if you’re gonna pretend to be all friendly and nice and then not ever go beyond that you can go fuck yourself.

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    • ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, deep down the east coast. But I live in the Salish Sea now and I’m not moving back to Maryland anytime soon, so I make do. It’s beautiful out here and I’m a hermit, it’s not so bad haha.

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think it’s far more north south than east west. The PNW is definitely kind, though they’re neither nice nor mean, more just uncomfortable you’re talking to them. Meanwhile the southeast gives California a run for their money in polite cruelty.

  People are aware that without a culture built around it places like Alaska with 22+ hours of light/dark a day can make people a little crazy, but I think the inverse also can cause problems without a culture built around it. Winter is good for you even if it sucks

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• bluespin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The US south often fits the west coast definition here as well

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• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I dunno, I found people on the West Coast would go out of their way to accommodate my wife when she was unable to walk.

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  • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah people here are scared of making friends with their neighbors for some reason, but as a disabled person people look out for me.

    Californians are angry in traffic.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh in traffic all that new England kindness goes away rapidly. If you impede them without needing help well they won’t ram you or wave a gun, so it’s better than Midwestern drivers, but they will honk their hearts out and cut you off

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      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s def aggro driving but usually not stupid or insane. I never saw someone wildly cut across 3 highway lanes to make an exit til I moved to the midwest

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As a Californian, I can confirm half the drivers here get their habits from playing too much GTA V.

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      • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Good thing VI is coming soon, hope the habits are updated

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• tym@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  facts. give me impolite kindness 100% of the time.

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• TheseusNow@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No wonder I feel at home in the east coast, but here I am in Texas where people will gladly vote against their best interrest.

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• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  2pac/biggie in a nutshell.

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• SippyCup@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nah my sister’s a cunt but she makes friends everywhere she goes.

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