1. "All bagels taste the same everywhere."

I want you to take a look at this picture, and try to tell me you've eaten a bagel that looks like that anywhere in the south. New Jersey bagels are fluffy, and THICC. Never try to tell anyone from New Jersey that your local bagel shop in Alabama is amazing. If you find that rolls with a hole in the middle are appetizing then you do you, but us New Jersians know what a real bagel looks, feels, and tastes like.

2. "Let's go get a sub."

It is not a sub, nor is it a sandwich, or worse, a hero. It is a hoagie. A deliciously hand crafted hoagie that you take to the shore and eat while drinking your spiked Arnold Palmer.

3. "Folding your pizza is weird."

There is no other way to eat a slice of Za. You have to fold it, it's human nature and can not be eaten any other way. If I see someone eating the pizza not folded, it's a huge red flag.

4. "I thought it was called Taylor Ham."

Get out of my face if you call it Taylor Ham. It's a pork roll, with egg and cheese. And if you're not from New Jersey... I am sorry this has never graced your mouth.

5. "You're from New Jersey? So you know the cast of Jersey Shore?"

No. New Jersey has a population of 8.9 Million. When anyone asks this question most of us get offended, say no, and roll our eyes. But then we remember the time we saw Deana at a restaurant in Pier Village and Mike at Palm Beach in Manalapan. Regardless, we don't know them personally so stop asking.

6. "Let's go to the beach."

Its called the SHORE, not the beach. It's more of a way of life at the Jersey Shore. Wake up, get Chegg, go to the shore.

7. "If you're from New Jersey, why don't you have an accent?"

Listen up every non-New Jersian. Just because we are from new jersey, does not mean we talk like Sammi Sweetheart. But get in our face and piss us off, the accent will unleash and you "bettah get the f*ck outtah my face and stahp."

8. "WAIT, you DON'T know how to pump your own gas?"

Why is this even a question? If we have lived our whole entire lives not having to get out and pump our own gas, how would we magically wake up one morning and understand? Everyone is just salty that we get the privilege of staying in the comfort of our car during rain storms, snow, heat advisories, while someone else pumps our gas.

9. "You're speeding."

It is common knowledge that the real speed limit is 20 MPH over whatever the speed limit is in that area. Don't tell me I'm speeding when I'm responsibly driving. And yes, the middle finger and a honk will always come from our cars when someone cuts us off.

10. "So WaWa is basically just a 7/11."

Absolutely not. WaWa is nothing like 7/11. WaWa is our holy grail, our safe haven, and there for us when we have no one. It equipped with an impeccable breakfast sandwich, superb hoagies, and outstanding coffee. Do not ever disrespect WaWa.