A family member was complaining about an arbitrary rule that resulted in an inconvenience because we happen to live on the losing side of a state line- everything we need generally lies on the other side, and because that is a different state, some things are off-limits to us and we have to go miles out of our way to something "in state". In this case it was a dog rescue group that wouldn't take in a starving dog that was rescued because "we don't take them from out of state".
My family member was griping that it was all "because of that imaginary line".
I agree. The thing is, she's perfectly fine with other imaginary lines. Why does the imaginary line between "Texas" and "New Mexico" on a map bother her, while the imaginary lines between "The USA" and "Mexico" or "Canada" are fine with her? (I'm kidding- I doubt she cares about the imaginary line that says where Canada begins.)
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