Anonymous
08/19/2025 13:54
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:Not to beat a dead horse, but what's so complicated about saying - I'm from VA, right outside of DC.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But you live in a whole different state, not a different city. I don’t get what’s so hard about saying - I’m from Maryland. Or - I’m from Virginia.Anonymous wrote:I live 8 miles outside the city and when I travel to other parts of the world and someone asks where I’m from, I say “DC”. Because in every other city in the country, that’s the way it is and I won’t cater to DC weirdness about it .
Because if you say that you're from Virginia, it could be Roanoke or a suburb of that. Then you have to spend extra time explaining that you are at the complete opposite end of that, both geographically and politically. it's easier to say "DC" and then if someone is familiar with the area then tell them Arlington or Alexandria or whatever. That is really not that hard to understand.
It's a whole sentence rather than a quick response, obviously. Nothing complicated about it. I'm sure people do both.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 13:34
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Calling the DC area "DMV."
It would be a sin to sneer at calling it the DMV.
You must be a transplant.
WTF are you talking? "DMV "surfaced in the last 5 years. Before that, it was where you registered your car. Dc id DC. I'm born and bred Fairfax and no local would ever use that term. Unless they were black.
We have lived here for nearly 30 years and we are not black and prefer DMV. It is more accurate since we are in different parts of this TriState metropolis regularly .
I have noticed our teen and her generation prefer DMV to signify where they live.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 13:33
Subject: Re:What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
I had a child with special needs.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 12:43
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Not to beat a dead horse, but what's so complicated about saying - I'm from VA, right outside of DC.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But you live in a whole different state, not a different city. I don’t get what’s so hard about saying - I’m from Maryland. Or - I’m from Virginia.Anonymous wrote:I live 8 miles outside the city and when I travel to other parts of the world and someone asks where I’m from, I say “DC”. Because in every other city in the country, that’s the way it is and I won’t cater to DC weirdness about it .
Because if you say that you're from Virginia, it could be Roanoke or a suburb of that. Then you have to spend extra time explaining that you are at the complete opposite end of that, both geographically and politically. it's easier to say "DC" and then if someone is familiar with the area then tell them Arlington or Alexandria or whatever. That is really not that hard to understand.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 12:37
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:I deeply dislike the Air and Space Museum. And the Zoo. Ive lived 2-3 metro stops away from the zoo for 30 years, raised kids, and Ive been to the zoo like 5 times in 30 years.
I don’t give a sht about seeing pandas
+1
Anonymous
08/19/2025 12:27
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
My son hasn’t ever done team sports except for 1 or 2 tries in very early elementary school. He is now 14 and at a sporty private high school.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 12:13
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:I voted for Trump. Twice. And I live in Del Ray.
Really? I guess your neighbors don't know since you would be run out.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 12:07
Subject: Re:What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
I don't get upset with Trump and his shenanigans. 
I love the destruction of MAGA voters through his policies. Do I get impacted by his policies? Duh, yes! Do I think that USA will never recover? Yup. BUT, I can probably hold on for some more years. Diminished but still standing - whereas MAGA is having the existential crisis of their own making. LOVE IT.
I love the destruction of MAGA voters through his policies. Do I get impacted by his policies? Duh, yes! Do I think that USA will never recover? Yup. BUT, I can probably hold on for some more years. Diminished but still standing - whereas MAGA is having the existential crisis of their own making. LOVE IT.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 11:56
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Calling the DC area "DMV."
It would be a sin to sneer at calling it the DMV.
You must be a transplant.
WTF are you talking? "DMV "surfaced in the last 5 years. Before that, it was where you registered your car. Dc id DC. I'm born and bred Fairfax and no local would ever use that term. Unless they were black.
Uhm. I'm black and my kids are the 4th gen to be born in DC. I never heard that phrase until DCUM.
I didn't say there weren't blacks that don't use "DC". I know there are. My entire billing department is filled with 50 yo women from Anacostia.
I'm saying that most people that use "DMV" are black. They just aren't older locals.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 11:54
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:I went there once. It was so boring. Felt like a ghost town.Anonymous wrote:I hate the boring run down trashy Outer Banks. What a dump of a vacation apot.
Most of it is a National Seashore, dumbass. There isn't supposed to be... anything... but ..it.
Thankfully idiots like you stay in OC
Anonymous
08/19/2025 11:54
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm the person quoted. I'm just having an internet conversation; this is not a "hill to die on" for me. So let's say you live in Idhao. If you're visiting Brussels and someone asks you where you live, what do you say?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But you live in a whole different state, not a different city. I don’t get what’s so hard about saying - I’m from Maryland. Or - I’m from Virginia.Anonymous wrote:I live 8 miles outside the city and when I travel to other parts of the world and someone asks where I’m from, I say “DC”. Because in every other city in the country, that’s the way it is and I won’t cater to DC weirdness about it .
This is so flipping stupid. Do you think Maryland or Virginia actually means anything to someone in Brussels or Ouagadougou or Saigon?
No, but Washington DC does. I’m a native and this is a stupid *ss hill to die on.
That's not a great example because Idaho is a rural state. A more analogous example would be telling the person you meet in Brussels that you live in LA even though you actually live in Anaheim.
Not really, since people are more likely to also know Anaheim due to Disney. It's like living in Dominguez Hills or Carson and saying LA since nobody is likely to know whether Carson is 4 miles outside of LA or 4 miles outside of Eureka.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 11:49
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Calling the DC area "DMV."
It would be a sin to sneer at calling it the DMV.
You must be a transplant.
WTF are you talking? "DMV "surfaced in the last 5 years. Before that, it was where you registered your car. Dc id DC. I'm born and bred Fairfax and no local would ever use that term. Unless they were black.
Uhm. I'm black and my kids are the 4th gen to be born in DC. I never heard that phrase until DCUM.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 11:48
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:But you live in a whole different state, not a different city. I don’t get what’s so hard about saying - I’m from Maryland. Or - I’m from Virginia.Anonymous wrote:I live 8 miles outside the city and when I travel to other parts of the world and someone asks where I’m from, I say “DC”. Because in every other city in the country, that’s the way it is and I won’t cater to DC weirdness about it .
Because if you say that you're from Virginia, it could be Roanoke or a suburb of that. Then you have to spend extra time explaining that you are at the complete opposite end of that, both geographically and politically. it's easier to say "DC" and then if someone is familiar with the area then tell them Arlington or Alexandria or whatever. That is really not that hard to understand.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 11:47
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Calling the DC area "DMV."
It would be a sin to sneer at calling it the DMV.
You must be a transplant.
WTF are you talking? "DMV "surfaced in the last 5 years. Before that, it was where you registered your car. Dc id DC. I'm born and bred Fairfax and no local would ever use that term. Unless they were black.
Anonymous
08/19/2025 11:46
Subject: What is your DMV specific “sin” that would get you a scarlet letter?
I sleep with married women. Their marriage is in the can and they just want a ONS. 🤷♂️