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The temperature be dropping from 50 to 20 like it saw a state trooper
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Goodnight to everyone except people that call pop “soda”
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Hardest jobs in the universe:
1. Brain surgeon
2. Aerospace engineer
3. Teaching someone to play euchre
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Pothole season in the Midwest be like:
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If living in the Midwest in March has taught you anything it should be that if today is nice prepare for winter tomorrow
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Shorts and hoodie weather time of the year. If you see a Midwesterner smiling and enjoying themselves, leave them be. This is a spiritual time for us.
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People you can’t trust:
1. Those who sleep with their socks on
2. Those who enter through the front door of a midwesterner’s home, you must use the garage
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Midwestern folk units of measurement:
Next door= 1-2 miles
Right up the road= 5-10 miles
Up North= 15-100 miles
A couple miles= 10-20 miles
Not too far= 20-50 minutes
A little ways= over an hour
A pretty good drive= 2 hours +
Drive down there= literally any direction
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that feeling of seeing your school name come across the screen is an all time high
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seasons of the Midwest
Jan - Bitterly Cold
Feb - Still Cold
Mar - Potholes
Apr - Ope its snowing again
May - Storms
Jun - Mosquitoes
Jul - Walk out & sweat instantly
Aug - Surface of the sun
Sep - Tiny Black Bugs
Oct - Bonfires
Nov - Winter Preview
Dec - Cold with decorations
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how to tell if a Midwesterner is fighting for their life 101:
“all good don’t worry about it” *there are plenty of worries*
"Livin' the dream!" *this is a desperate cry for help*
“hanging in there” they are literally hanging on by the smallest strand of thread in existence*
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Midwesterners can’t help themselves but say the following at restaurants:
- (when the line is getting long behind them) “"we got here just in time!"
- (when getting the check) “Alright, what’s the damage?”
- (coming out of the bathroom) “You ready to rock and roll?”
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Coolest lightning show caught on camera (probably)
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8 layers to a Midwest goodbye:
- slaps hand on knees warning
- a "we've gotta go" statement
- hugs
- walking to the doorway
- one more conversation in the doorway
- more hugs
- talking while everyone's piling in the doorway
- placing hand on doorknob
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Midwest culture is saying “it feels so nice out” when the temperature is in the mid 30’s