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"one time in west virginia while i was watching him do his usual frolicking in the grass behind the wal-mart, i accidentally fell asleep for 45 minutes on a bench - and when i woke up i thought he'd be gone for good but he was sitting patiently by the tree right next to me"
"Every time I share a little anecdote about my MAN, these damn grad students refer to him as 'your partner' for WHAT? We live in WEST VIRGINIA!"
"I'm traveling across America and this state is amazing. 90% is rolling hills covered in autumn colored trees. Luckily I got a flat tire and had to wait a couple hours at a Walmart auto center. The view was so beautiful I stood outside the whole time and stared in the opposite direction of the Walmar"
"West Virginia Governor "Big Jim" Justice and his beloved English Bulldog, Baby Dog"
"There's literally no such thing as a hot adult guy in places like these. Smoke shows that I went to high school with like nine out of 10's are dating fat ugly neck beards because there's literally no other options. these are not your standard basement ninjas, these are good old boys that wear crimpe"
"I'm currently adapting the Goiânia Accident from Brazil into a screenplay with similar themes to The Pearl and No Country, but it's set in West Virginia because no one wants to watch Brazilians, obviously"
"the government is probably trying to create the perfect zoomer subject for the public. and then she's gonna manufacture consent for when they bomb poor whites in west virginia or whatever."
"I've heard more optimism in impoverished regions within Tennessee and West Virginia than I have from middle class, regular holiday-ing folks here in the country."
"Justice ran twice as a democrat for governor and won. On his third round during the Trump era, he flipped and became a Republican. He sold off his coal mines to a Russian coal company and was able to buy back those mines for cheap when coal prices dropped, netting a million in profit. After he bough"
"Just 30 seconds of cell phone footage of an alien creeping through a corn field. Get a top notch costume designer to come up with a fresh alien design. Maybe even throw in a ship. The video could even be set in West Virginia to help their pathetic economy with tourism money."
"Really, it's something I've not seen brought up, likely because all modern politics is allergic to long term thinking, but if all dentists leave the UK, or tech workers leave Europe, or community-college kids leave West Virginia, all to move to 1 of 3 Cities on the planet, what the fuck happens afte"
"Living in West Virginia my entire life, I know the whole state and its history like the back of my hand. I know the names, and am familiar with the general character, geography, economy of almost every town in the state >1000 people. I could name many of the neighborhoods in towns I've never lived."
"I got close to this big Black bear in West Virginia. I didn't say anything to him but he still ran away."
"Kentucky and West Virginia could have had a sister-state, a homeland to return to and be greeted by the familiar brogue of our brethren"