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 (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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20+ Ridiculous Times Americans Acted Like They Were the Center of the Universe
Almost every country in the world has a sense of national pride. However, some display it a little more loudly than others. There is a thin line between patriotism and arrogant exceptionalism, and nowhere tramples over that more loudly and proudly than the United States. Being a world power means that everybody is more likely …
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Well-Traveled Americans Reveal Classic Americanisms That Don’t Jibe Well Outside the 50 States
American tourists can be spotted from a mile away. We’re loud, we’re carrying 1gal water bottles, and we reek of Costco memberships. Perhaps our uncouth nature is what startles locals, but with the promise of tips for every server, American tourists are tolerated in other countries (barely). However, folks from other countries think that we’re …
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Florida Memes for Floridians and Friends
Oh, Florida. Perhaps one of the best states In America. Beautiful beaches, warm weather, incredible cities, and Disneyland. The perfect location for a family vacation or a peaceful retirement. Best of all, its population consists of some of this country’s most unhinged individuals. Now, Florida gets a lot of hate. It’s become a meme to …
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Self-Centered Times Americans Acted Like They Were the Center of the Universe
Every country in the world has its share of offensive national stereotypes. The French are rude, the British are stuck up, and Americans? Let’s just say that they have a fatal case of main character syndrome. The USA has a reputation on the international stage for making everything about itself. In one way it is …
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Canada Memes For Proud Canadians
Oh, Canada! It might not be my home and patriot land, but it is glorious and free! On behalf of all Americans, I’d like to apologize to the Canadian public for what South Park has done to your people. I’ve done my research, and I’m now confident that South Park’s depiction of Canadians as beady-eyed, …
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People Share Things That are Weird in America, But Normal in the Rest of the World
The United States is a country that has to do things its own way. I remember in elementary school we had a unit on measuring temperature, and my teacher showed us a map of countries that use Celsius compared with the countries that use Fahrenheit. The only countries that used Fahrenheit at the time were …
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Americans Reveal Truths About The U.S. That The Rest Of The World Doesn’t Know
It’s no secret that the U.S. is one of the most influential countries in the world. From its immense political power to the amount of cultural exports it has managed to produce, it’s hard to find another country that hasn’t been touched by its impact in some way — especially if it’s English speaking. Despite …
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Non-American Ponders Whether The USA Is As Bad As Reddit Makes It Out To Be
Looking at the news, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the US is an all-round terrible place. There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of people suffering for one reason or another, and it doesn’t give a very good reflection of the country as a whole. It led u/Homelss_Emperor to ask fellow Redditors whether the …
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