Midwesterners are silly geese. It’s just the rules. We love goofing around, goofing off, and goofing all through the town. We’re basically a region full of dad jokers. Because Midwestern dads are the most stereotypical dads. Think of a dad in your mind. Maybe he has a mustache. Maybe he has a bit of a …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (October 3, 2025)

Midwestern is an umbrella term, carrying under it all manner of different kinds of ways of being. One of these ways of being is niceness. If something is nice, odds are it’s a little bit Midwestern, even if it’s not literally. It’s kind of the opposite of the rule that champagne can only be called …
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Midwesterners are usually good people. This isn’t to say that all Midwesterners are good people or that all good people are Midwestern, but the two do go hand in hand. Maybe it’s because there isn’t a whole lot to do in the Midwest. Sure, we have cultural activities, but we’re used to making our own …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (August 1, 2025)

Midwestern summer is in full swing. We’re scratching ourselves silly after all of those pesky mosquito bites. We’re grilling up brats for our friends and serving them with a smile. We’re taking trips to the Dunes to roll down them really fast. We’re dipping our toes into Lake Michigan because no matter how hot it …
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Dairy is one of the prides of the Midwest. It’s one of our biggest exports, and it’s one of our most beloved categories of food. It would be so hard to be lactose-intolerant as a Midwesterner. What would you do at any of the summer barbecues? You could really only eat the brats and the …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (July 18, 2025)

It’s peak Midwestern time. We’ve blown off our (unnecessary) fingers with fireworks, we’re nursing a hangover that will come and go all summer, and we’re saying, «It’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity.» It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. We’re being everything that makes us us, falling into …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (July 11, 2025)

Happy Fourth of July, Midwesterners. This is one day of the year when we really lock in as a culture. Because it combines some of the things that we are best at. We love throwing any type of processed meat on the grill. We love asking everybody how they would like their burger and then …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (July 4, 2025)

It’s peak season to be a Midwesterner. The weather is finally on our side (well, sort of… between the heat waves), day drinking is in full swing, and we’re barbecuing all of our meals. If it can fit on the grill it goes on the grill. I don’t care that it’s your side salad, it’s …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (June 27, 2025)

Midwesterners have a reputation for being nice, but it doesn’t always mean that we are. We know how to be passive-aggressive with the best of them. We will «Sure, Jan» our way into the pearly gates. Just because we want to appear nice doesn’t mean that we always are. We will give you a scoop …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (June 20, 2025)

One of the great things about living in the Midwest is getting to say you’re from the Midwest when you go abroad. I find that it almost always endears you to whoever you’re talking to. It shows that you’re a little bit humble. It shows that you probably had a simple upbringing. It shows that …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (June 13, 2025)