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[podling]

So really, why is the, "You live in NJ, what exit?" thing supposed to be funny??? I don't get it at all.

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[podling]

People elsewhere generally do seem to use it in a kind of negative-yet-humorous way. Which is why it confuses me.

When it's between natives, it's not weird, but it's also not funny, it's just a statement of fact. Like, "Oh, I live over by that rock." "Do you really? I lived by that rock for years!!!" Sort of like if someone knows Worcester, they ask which part, and when I say Grafton Hill, no one thinks that's weird! heh.