spinachdip nyc: You know you live in a blue state if....

Some my own, some I am blatantly plagiarizing from BigSoccer:

You open up the paper and see people crying over the election results

Blacks can sit at the lunch counter

Your state actually has stuff the terrorists want to blow up
Your neighbor knows Saddam wasn't involved in 9/11

At the local high school, the student body marijuana club is closed and its members are suspended....because the teachers discover it is a front for a clandestine Bible study

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Children can read Catcher in the Rye without fear of paddling

You are not ashamed of your college degree

You are not ashamed of your college degree even if your football team loses

"I don't like his wife" was not one of the determining factors in your vote on Tuesday.

You've used the term "flyover country" not as a joke or a slur, but as a matter of fact. You probably used it while flying over it

You've attended a "commitment ceremony" for either a gay or straight couple

The movie phrase "now playing in select cities" means it's playing down the street from you

Your governor announces he's gay, and his approval rating rises

You're secretly hoping that the evangelicals are right and that the Rapture really does happen, since it means we'll finally be rid of them all and have the place to ourselves

"Dinner and Theater" means Charlie Trotter's and Chekov, not TGI Friday's and "Legends: Where Only the Best Celebrities Are Impersonated!"

Late night shenanigans involving beer and shotguns get your arrested

Cowboy hats are worn pretty much on Halloween only... except for that naked-guitar playing guy in NYC

Nobody ever gets "uppity"

You don't think Dale Earnhart is sitting at the right hand of God

You don't get in your car to go half a block down the street to pick up your dry cleaning

You don't need a designated driver

You know that it's rude to spread out across the sidewalk

When you get take-out Chinese, #45 tastes different from #23

You can read a book during your commute

You can read

You can go to craigslist and find pretty much anything, including furniture, roommates, that cute girl you saw on the F-train on the way to work

You don't know anyone who's been on Springer, Judge Judy or the like

Your first reaction is not "Honey, get me my shotgun"

Your community does not feel the need to construct a "World's Biggest ____ (insert farm product)" to get people to get off the interstate at your exit

Evolution vs Creation is a chapter on 19th century thought, not tonight's agenda at the local school board

When you're in an industry party and Chloe Sevigny is sitting 2 booths down from you, and you act like you don't care

You know who Chloe Sevigny is

And you care

Mullet is a fish, not a hairstyle

You don't flinch while someone passes you on the sidewalk, slapping himself as hard as he possibly can over and over

You've spent valuable time at the Genius Bar in an Apple Store

You have a sizable collection of plastic / paper bags from Whole Foods Market that you don't know what to do with, but don't want to just throw out (helpful hint: the store will take them back)

General Lee isn’t considered the greatest General and automobile ever

The "H" in "vehicle" is silent

You hit the "Scan" button on your car radio and don't keep coming back to the preacher dude

The most respected figure in your community is not the football coach

"Get the fuck out!" is an exclamation, not a command followed by a "click"

"Good ol' days" refers to the early 90s, before gentrification

“Crossfire” is a show on CNN, not an argument with your in-laws

You smirk at the phrase "fair and balanced"

Jay Leno is not funny