A co-worker just stopped by my office to ask a technical question about her Ebay account.

Me: Sorry, I don't really know much about Ebay.
Her: But you're from California!

I struggle to see the logic here. It must be my faulty perception of reality. Or else New Yorkers think we Californians are all granola-crunching techno-wizards with dot-com billions and houses made of Redwood timber.

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