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Yep, fucking love seeing maskless folks climbing out of cars with idaho plates when we take my mom to chemo.
“Siri, show me the backwards-ass states where I will never live.” >

Are these what you might call "shithole" states? >

I live in Louisiana… confirmed shithole state… if it wasn’t for Mississippi we’d be dead last in everything else besides the things we’re already dead last in… >

Thank God for Mississippi! >

That might be the first time anyone has ever uttered that sentence. >

Heh, that sentence has a Wikipedia entry >

Ouch:
"Thank God for Mississippi" is an adage used in the United States, particularly in the South, that is generally used when discussing rankings of U.S. states. Since the U.S. state of Mississippi commonly ranks at or near the bottom of such rankings, residents of other states also ranking near the bottom may say, "Thank God for Mississippi," since the presence of that state in 50th place spares them the shame of being ranked last. >

Overlay a poverty index and take me to flavortown >

Maternal and infant mortality rates as well! There seems to be a correlation, the more “pro-life” a state is, the higher infant and maternal mortality rates are. >

Throw in cannabis legalization. Hell throw in “Little Russia” and see what states show up. Amazing how much influence they have over congress. 🤢 >

It's almost like our government has been co-opted and we've already been defeated we just don't know it yet. >

The parasite states. >

Thirteen of them. Idaho, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Montana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama >

When will women start to leave these states? >

It's going to be a brain drain, and it's going to be horrific for those states specifically in the fields of nursing and teaching. >

Doesn’t matter.   Those states are closing hospitals and restricting education already >

Idaho already sends a lot of its patients into Washington for care anyway, in true red-state fashion they can't take care of themselves.