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[–] 55 points 1 year ago (3 children)

NJ used to be the fake ID of choice back in the day

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah you could easily get them made on a machine at the boardwalk

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Not to be reductionist, but as a fellow NJ alum, my assumption was entirely that everyone conjures the image in their head of the factories and general urban decay you encounter as soon as you cross the Delaware memorial. You're then accosted by the east coast autobahn terrordome that is the NJT until you gtfo.

    I get it, but it was unironically named the Garden State because it was once apart of the bread basket of the first 13, and it's honestly quite verdant and pleasant throughout.

    Again though, I get it.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    I can say that I'm guilty of this and was pleasantly surprised when I visited for a few days during a work trip some years ago.

    That said, I did fly into Newark so y'all still had some explaining to do. Yes I know about the remodel, but it wasn't done when I was there so that doesn't count 😛

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's a great place to be from.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "from" being the operative word.

    Bruce Springsteen's breakout hit was about getting out of Jersey ASAP.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I know youre joking, but so others know - Springsteen's breakout hit was Born to Run. Its about escaping the pressures if life. About going for a long drive away from the factories (blue collar family), getting away from it all on the road.

    He still lives in NJ, he's a proponent of LGBTQ rights, believes strongly in the dignity of work (before anyone misconstrues this, this means that all jobs should be respected equally), he donates his time and his money on a local, state, and regional level in campaigns to address hunger, resources for low income families, antipoverty grants through his own foundation, etc. He's also been this way since the 1980s so not new either.

    Edit: Just to note, my uncle is a massive Springsteen fan, so I have heard about him basically from childhood on up.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (17 children)
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    The obvious question is Taylor ham or pork roll?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Pork roll. I will die on this hill.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I admire the commitment. We can meet at a Wawa and find a nearby hill where we can battle this out

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Sure, that way I can get a pork roll, egg, and cheese Sizzli to fuel me before I go Trenton on your ass

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The true strange part is why this was in Kentucky

    /joking

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Ain’t nothing but a heartache.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    For someone not in the US: what kind of shop is that, and why is it banning people from NJ?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    My guess would be some sort of government service or charity whose funding is state related but is close to a border with another state.

    They can probably serve out of state people but are not set up for it.

    That, or New Jersey still has laughable IDs that are essentially laminated paper. The US is weirdly stuck in the past that way. Only recently have their IDs started to resemble ones from 30 years ago in Canada.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Admittedly, as the best state in America, there is very little reason for us to leave. But we do still like to travel, just like the folks in the lesser states. We shouldn't be deified like this.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's actually the key, this was posted in a NJ hotel. (it's old Reddit but i was there when the bombs dropped)

    They're worried about locals renting a room to defile trying to keep stuff out of their house.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Really we have to ask what a wookie was doing on Endor?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    For a second I thought that was OJ lol

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    As a proud New Jerseyan, I offer a hearty fuck you to whoever made this lameass sign.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Fled New Jersey when I was 2 (months) and have only been back to visit relatives a couple times.

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