I think its more than appropriate to feel anger and frustration, right now, its practically an imperative. But I don't think that's really a fair characterization. I mean, there definitely are people who weaponized their hate with the last election, but that cannot be applied to everyone over a certain age or in a…

I'm from Ohio and I've never heard of that either? So I guess it's not north of the river either then? I guess Cincinnati has LaRosa's, but that's just a local chain. Nothing special.

New Haven pizza is great, but I've never met anyone who actually says "uh-beetz". (Although that phonetic appears everywhere here for some reason.) I know it's not "famous" like a few other places, but BAR pizza with mashed potatoes is the very best. It sounds weird, but is totally legit.

Honestly, I was glad to see that the call came from out of state— I was going to have to be disappointed in my fellow Ohioans once again. I lived in Lakewood for a few years and I miss it so much.

My mistake! As I replied elsewhere, this election has made it really difficult to tell the difference sometimes (Poe's law, etc.). This is probably made worse by being from a super red part of the midwest— the sincere beliefs of people I grew up with are just crazy and this just sounded exactly like what I've been…

Was he? Oh, sorry. This election has caused sarcasm and legit craziness to converge in a way that makes it difficult to discern the difference on basically all political posts.

If you don't understand *why* those two situations might be different, I think your critical thinking skills could use some polishing. ; )
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