25 Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (March 15, 2024)

Ah, corn. The staple crop of the Midwest. It’s not uncommon to see fields and fields of it while driving through the middle of the country. Isn’t there even a name for the kind of madness that overtakes you when you’ve been staring at cornfields for too long? Corn hypnosis? Or am I making that …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (March 8, 2024)

Every region of the country has a certain ethos. The East Coast screams Kennedy vibes, American Revolution history, and crab cakes. The South of course is dripping with sweet tea, country music, and state-specific barbecue sauce. The southwest gives turquoise jewelry, desert landscapes, and artsy aunts. And the West Coast is all about avocado toast, …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (March 1, 2024)

Nobody understands the Midwest quite like Sufjan Stevens. Not only was he born in Detroit, but he created two incredible concept albums about two gems of the Midwest, Illinois and Michigan. His original intention was to make an album for each of the 50 states, but after hitting two of the most important ones, he …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (February 23, 2024)

You say «flyover states,» I say home. Sure, we’re a little landlocked, flat, and culturally dry sometimes, but have you ever seen Lake Michigan? Or the Indiana Dunes? Or Touchdown Jesus at Notre Dame? It’s one of the eight wonders of the world in the Midwest. I think one of the reasons I appreciate the …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (February 16, 2024)

America is full of paradoxes and hypocrisies, and one of them is the term «Midwest.» It’s a term we bandy about often, and it conjures the same thing for most people: a collection of states full of corn fields, cheese, and people with an aw-shucks attitude. But is the Midwest actually in the mid-west? Based …
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25 Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (February 9, 2024)

In my part of the world, we’re squarely in the phase of Midwest seasons brilliantly dubbed by one of these memes as «Fool’s Spring.» Yeah, the sun might be shining and the sleet might have cleared, but it’s still February, guys. If my decades of Midwest winters have taught me anything, it’s to expect the …
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25 Midwest Memes That Battle the Cold With Casseroles (February 2, 2024)

Home sweet home, where tornadoes soar and the people hide their seasonally-induced misery with folksy charm and copious amounts of cheese. The Midwest is the heartland of America. Some people may call us «flyover states» but those people are just misguided coastal elites who can’t appreciate a well-fried cheese curd. Midwest culture may seem bland …
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Funny Memes and Tweets For & By People From the Midwest

When I was younger, it was pretty common to make fun of all the midwesterners who would move to New York City. The running joke was that every «transplant» was from Ohio and that they were, well, lame as hell. As I became a mature adult, I realized that there’s nothing wrong with chasing one’s …
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Funny Memes and Tweets For and By People From the Midwest

When I was younger, it was pretty common to make fun of all the midwesterners who would move to New York City. The running joke was that every «transplant» was from Ohio and that they were, well, lame as hell. As I became a mature adult, I realized that there’s nothing wrong with chasing one’s …
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Midwest Memes For Real Midwesterners

When I was in college in Ohio, so many people wore shirts to football games that read «Ohio Against The World.» At the time, I thought it was pretty funny because I didn’t think it was that dramatic. Is the world really that at odds with Ohio? Now that I’m no longer living in the …
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