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11 Mar, 6 tweets, 2 min read
"Your travel pictures make America look exactly like in movies and TV shows."

Honestly, that's America, not me. It's remarkable how close this country is to its screen portrayals in every way.
LOL at this when I get those comments exclusively on pictures when I'm in the countryside or out in nature. I'm not saying all of America is Seinfeld or Fresh Prince. And in 2021, who is watching only NY/LA based American content? 🤔🤔

My point is different from this....
The public places you see in Indian stuff are usually different from reality. They are a scrubbed, cleaned (literally), sanitized, idealized portrayals of India. Reality is different.

In American content, even set it "middle America", you don't see this dichotomy.
So it's not just NY and LA. Visit Minnesota and you'll see Fargo come to life. Go to West Baltimore and it's like you've stepped onto a scene from The Wire. Even Get Out felt so real if you've traveled in the wealthy owned rural northeast and stayed in such houses. Etc etc.
"dude, fargo is in South Dakota not Minnesota"

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1. No, it's in North Dakota
2. Have you seen the movie?
I don't expect every follower to know my life history, but mutuals will understand why I'm cracking up about being told that I should drive more than 8 hours and explore the America beyond NY and LA. 🤣🤣🤣
Literally as I'm on a 10 day road trip in the countryside.

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Btw this really made me happy because it means my #FactCheckBait awareness campaign isn't just me screaming at clouds. It directly hits how their targets are counted and how they are paid.

Long way to go. Even now mutuals RTing sanghi bait. But it's a start.
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How NOT to ridicule Haggi? QT this tweet and add your ridicule. Or screenshot in ways that the handle or hashtags are visible. That's how they get paid.

How to ridicule Haggi? Crop this and say "Haggi public mein hag raha hai kya? 🤣🤣🤣"
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Oooh, I thought I recognized the mountains as the ones in my original sasuraal, the Coachella Valley. By that I don't mean I'm a huge fan of huge concerts. That's literally where Rupal lived before moving in with me. In Indio. Ah the Jalisco food. 😋😋
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"Professor Sabnis says on his twitter that he lives in new york but teaches in new jersey so he is lying on his twitter bio because no one lives in new york and works in new jersey. we can get twitter to ban him for lying."

Oh I'm loving my secret telegram access, bhakts. 🤣🤣
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Ya think?
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It's that time of the year again when sanghi twitter thinks this is going to work. 🤣🤣🤣

It's like they don't even google me. 😭😭😭😭
Today is Tuesday btw 😌
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