Submitted by lubelle12 t3_104voh7 in newhampshire
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nustyruts t1_j37etfe wrote
MeFirstaChusetts
chain_me_up t1_j37g05v wrote
Maybe it's because I've only lived in NH for two years and come from MA, but I've never once had an urge to do anything like this lmao. Who the fuck cares what state they're from?
lubelle12 OP t1_j37gumf wrote
Seriously? Because if you’ve lived in Southern NH for a very long time, you’re used to the massive influx of MA plates EVERYWHERE. It’s become a joke that you hear “Masshole” in your head when you see a MA plate.
chain_me_up t1_j37hh2a wrote
I understand the joke, I just don't think it's that amusing and find it weird how many NH people are like...vehemently against any non-NH people being in the state.
lubelle12 OP t1_j37husv wrote
I can’t speak for anyone but myself. I’m not against anyone moving here, from any State. It’s just a word association and everyone knows it’s 99% related to driving habits, not a personal attack. I know MA people who call themselves Massholes. 🤷🏼♀️
Fuzzy-Scar3055 t1_j37iz0e wrote
Fascinating…
Queasy_Turnover t1_j37kxrp wrote
Imaginary lines are serious business on this sub.
RelativeMotion1 t1_j37lqxz wrote
Every state sub in New England does this to some extent.
The MA and Boston subs shit on CT and RI drivers, with occasional commentary on trucks with NH plates. The ME sub shits on every vehicle with a plate that isn’t ME.
chain_me_up t1_j37moxe wrote
I think anyone from any state who does this is weird lol
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RelativeMotion1 t1_j37pwyq wrote
If they’re completely serious about it, I agree. I think a lot of it is tongue-in-cheek, though. It also existed as a cultural thing long before online commentary platforms; I remember being a kid 30 years ago and hearing my parents make comments about “Massholes” driving.
combatbydesign t1_j37qvkg wrote
Those people also walk into a Dunkin Donuts, daily, and order a "great one" with extra extra, then make fun of Starbucks size names.
combatbydesign t1_j37r8q6 wrote
For real, though: Connecticut can't drive.
Like, collectively as a state they just can't do it.
Driving through Connecticut is an abysmal experience.
[deleted] t1_j37ryi6 wrote
My family and I moved to New England from Missouri. We lived in MA while the kids grew up. Then we tried to prep for retirement by moving to FL. (Worst decision evah!!). We moved back to NH and have been here about 17 years but still have family in MA. I really prefer NH. Less stress. Cheaper. Closer to nature. Just a better quality of life.
hedoeswhathewants t1_j37xdqt wrote
This is one of the weirdest things about this sub. I lived there a couple years (and I'm not from MA) and I never heard a single person complaining about Mass or Mass residents, but people on here are fucking obsessed with talking shit about Mass. To be honest it comes across as an inferiority complex.
last1stding t1_j381cuy wrote
When I see a Mass plate must be up here to take advantage of no sales tax.
12jpm87 t1_j383e1z wrote
Calling your(not the OP) kid little assholes for the whole world to see is something. But ok.
shenanighenz t1_j383gdq wrote
It’s not that deep bro.
kaylablaze30 t1_j383tg6 wrote
Yeah I don’t understand this part of the new englander culture lol
chain_me_up t1_j3844w7 wrote
I don't mean to imply it's a major issue, I just find it super strange because we're all American citizens and I've never thought about another person negatively because of what state they come from.
shenanighenz t1_j384ga6 wrote
I think if anything actually bothers me about it is when people do care so much. I’m a born Masshole, grew up in Nh and now live in Maine. No New England population Is as different from eachother as these stereotypes act. Maybe it’s because I spent a year in living in North Carolina and that gave me culture shock but anytime I see New Englanders bicker it feels like siblings poking at eachother
ProlapsedMasshole t1_j3861p3 wrote
> I know MA people who call themselves Massholes.
👋
Liquid_G t1_j3887xl wrote
yeah super classy parents... right up there with "baby up in this bitch stickers"
shenanighenz t1_j389qb7 wrote
Just think of it as ribbing your sibling. We get on each others nerves. Tease eachother. But at the end of the day we’d be there if something went wrong. (Like after the last big storm it was MA linemen that restored my power) You can drive yourself crazy over the jokes but in the end that’s all it is.
Liberatedhusky t1_j38ac48 wrote
The Massholes thing isn't even that bad when you consider what I've heard people from CT called.
>!Connecticunts!<
dj_narwhal t1_j38bfq6 wrote
They need something to blame their problems on. Easier to blame the mystic other rather than blame unregulated capitalism. The biggest assholes on this sub want to build a wall on the mass border. Just mostly angry old boomers that are mad that coffee is harder to order than it used to be.
widget_fucker t1_j38c1ww wrote
Townies, brah.
shuzkaakra t1_j38nopd wrote
I saw a post today that was like 'as a european, why don't you stupid americans just strike to get better conditions'
Top response: 'Our jobs give us health care'.
The system is 100% designed to just fuck people at the bottom over and over and over.
shuzkaakra t1_j38ntk3 wrote
Yeah, I was going to say CT drivers are the worst.
combatbydesign t1_j38o7c6 wrote
It definitely has to do with the way Rt 15 is constructed, but HOLY FUCK... in no other state do drivers STOP in the middle of the highway to exit.
SauceBoyJ t1_j38tv5e wrote
Why name a state massive huge tits?
Alternative-Cry-4667 t1_j38tz0v wrote
New Hampshire is pretty much northern mass nowadays 😭
lubelle12 OP t1_j390b11 wrote
Exactly! Thank you. It’s all in good fun and if you don’t get it, you don’t get it.
Pasfilms t1_j394422 wrote
Its all of nh not just southern. I lived in Conway and I see more mass plates than nh
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Litteach t1_j39iop7 wrote
says a couple of dudes from Mass! Lol
Litteach t1_j39ka0u wrote
Funny post OP. Every state has their "hate" towards neighboring states, especially if one is rural and one is more urban. People from NH aren't legitamtely discriminatory, look at the number of "hate crimes" committed against Mass residents in NH yearly, or the number of posts on this sub (or in the news) where people say they were discrimated against solely because they were from Mass. Zero. It's cultural and funny. People who don't get it either didn't grow up here or are a part of the new "safe space" millennial culture that doesn't fit well here. Laugh massholes, it's funny!
lubelle12 OP t1_j39t58x wrote
I thought I was awarding you a clap award and instead sent you “prayers for the blessed” 🤣🤣🤣 It’s all good fun, no one here in NH means to offend the MA people. They support our businesses by shopping here tax free, so it’s all good.
The-Irish-Goodbye t1_j39u5x3 wrote
We all agree on this
JayO28 t1_j3a1dc8 wrote
I think it's just a joke, so you're proving his point?
combatbydesign t1_j3afzbg wrote
"Baby up in this bitch" is infinitely funnier than "Little assholes on board" in the "live laugh love" font, tho.
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hardsoft t1_j3alwfp wrote
Part of that is their moronic use of left hand exists.
But I think New Yorkers are even worse... It's like things just keep downhill as you head South and West.
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Vaiiki t1_j3ar28i wrote
Gestures broadly to the entire South.
koolaidfrozenpizza_ t1_j3b1oi7 wrote
I grew up in CT and have been living up here since I started college and my driving has mellowed out so much. My friends tell me I've been reformed lol. Any time I go down to visit I always see some crazy shit.
EastCoastDizzle t1_j3b50ym wrote
Yup. Can confirm CT drivers are the worsttt. I cringe everytime I see a CT plate.
Visual_Lie4906 t1_j3b5hhy wrote
I’m a west coaster living in NH and at least the massholes know how to drive. As for VT shitting on NH and vice versa, I don’t get it….I was at a NYE party in VT w new friends and they asked why the hell I live in NH! I don’t see much difference.
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combatbydesign t1_j3bb9qg wrote
I remember riding down 15 to NYC and just seeing cardboard boxes ALL over the road.
They were EVERYWHERE.
About a mile down there was a box truck that looked like it had exploded because it had clipped one of the bridges, presumably going 65.
No clue how it didn't cause a massive pileup/jam.
That was my first experience going through CT.
heeyyyyooo t1_j3bmuws wrote
Considering most of the people from southern NH are from MA, how does that make any sense?
hellsongs t1_j3bo6x0 wrote
I was married to someone from Mass when I moved to New Hampshire from California and regularly thought, “What’s the big deal?”
Well now I’m divorced and have had more Mass plates try to murder me and my kid while driving that I’ve come to learn.
You don’t think it’s a big deal because you’re from Mass. You all inherently suck so bad.
chain_me_up t1_j3bs7ar wrote
Damn you sound like a pleasant and reasonable person!
Litteach t1_j3dtji3 wrote
Funny! But a fake award is a fake award and I'll take it! Thanks!
lubelle12 OP t1_j3ebais wrote
Why did it take me 2 days to understand this? 🤦🏼♀️
spokydoky420 t1_j379qt2 wrote
My husband is from MA and often refers to it as Massive Two Shits. He really hates it there.