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Speak midwestern
No Yeah = Yes
Yeah no = No
Yeah no for sure = Definitely
Yeah no yeah = I’m sorry unfortunately, the answer is yes
No yeah no = oh yeah nothing to worry about
Welp: exclamation before it’s time to go or “I guess that’s how it goes”
Ope: shorthand apology
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Nobody appreciates a 50 degree day in March more than people that live in the Midwest. People start acting totally different
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being a midwesterner is:
- knowing "the other day" could mean yesterday or 1992
- entering a house through the garage instead of the front door
- saying “all good no worries” when it is not all good and there are plenty of worries
Plastic bag full of plastic bags
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When asked where you're from:
*Names the biggest city you live by bc it's not worth explaining where you're actually from*
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When a Midwesterner says “the other day” it could mean 3 days ago or 2003
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Midwest Christmas
Expectation Reality
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“The snow is gone it’ll be nice to drive again!”
Midwest roads:
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If you look hard enough you can smell this picture twitter.com/midwestern_ope…
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An Midwestern Baptism twitter.com/DannyDutch/sta…
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Learn Midwestern Before the Holidays
No Yeah = Yes
Yeah no = No
Yeah no for sure = Definitely
Yeah no yeah = I’m sorry, but unfortunately, the answer is yes
No yeah no = oh no, you’ve got nothing to worry about
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Things in Midwestern homes that just make sense
1. Beer fridge
2. Junk drawer
3. Lawn chairs in the garage
4. Plastic bag full of plastic bags
5. Storage on top of the fridge
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How seasons work in the Midwest:
Jan - Bitterly Cold
Feb - Still Cold
Mar - Potholes
Apr - Cold Rain
May - Storms
Jun - Mosquitoes
Jul - Walk out and sweat instantly
Aug - Surface of the sun
Sep - Tiny Black Bugs
Oct - Bonfires
Nov - Winter Preview
Dec - Cold, with decorations
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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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Speak Midwestern 101
No yeah = yes
Yeah no = no
Yeah no for sure = definitely yes 100%
Yeah no yeah = unfortunately the answer is yes
No yeah no = oh no, you’ve got nothing to worry about
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things that DON’T make you ugly
- acne
- being over/under weight
- scars
- stretch marks
- body hair
- thinning hair/loss
- psoriasis/eczema/rashes
- fat rolls
- amputations
- physical abnormalities
things that DO make you ugly
- calling “walking tacos” ~taco in a bag~
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Tornado warnings in the Midwest be like
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Midwesterners when someone asks if you want more buffalo chicken dip
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Most of America at stoplights 🚦:
green - go
yellow - prepare to stop
red - stop
Midwesterners:
green - go
yellow - go faster
red - make sure there ain’t no
police around then go
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Driving in the Midwest 😂
(credit: charlie berens)
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Ope. What is it ope?
It’s an apology of life.
a symbol of connection.
It’s human nature... our sixth sense.
a form of identity, a proud midwesterner
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I just took a DNA test
Turns out
Im 100%
Ranch dressing
Representing and defending THE #1 region || insta: midwestvseverybody