Midwest Nice

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[@KatieRaeRae]

It was a rude awakening when I found out that the rest of the country isn't this way lol.

[@nancylindsay4255]

Oh, shit.; it's not? Then I'm definitely not leaving home.

[@theqcmunk]

Nancy Lindsay it’s not, and it’s sad. My mom’s family is like this and sometimes I get weirded out by how deeply kind my aunts and uncles are. Why are they so NICE??? One time, my mom told my uncle I didn’t have a kitchen table so he drove 9 hours to give me a table that he didn’t want anymore and then took me out for dinner. When I tell this to people in Boston, they ask if my family just thinks I’m incompetent.

[@idk9276]

Same Lol

[@offroaddemon1991]

Yea the worlds shit ill stay in my small town in the country i dont need peoples attitudes

[@elizabethanne8729]

As a New Englander all of this video makes me laugh but cringe to think there are towns like this. Good neighbors don’t talk to each other. 😂 We all look at the ground or our phones and walk around each other. Nice, isolated, considered rude by the rest of the country 😭🤣😂

[@lainfaltin2566]

Looking up at the sky and saying “Oh, it’s about to rain good,” is the most Midwest thing in the world

[@fiveninegarage]

Lain Faltin it would be ope it’s about to rain good

[@lainfaltin2566]

Demo 7241 “Looks like it’s comin’ in from da Nort’”

[@rmbassett58]

"Oh its about to rain good"

[@mahballslmao]

Don’t even need to look up I can just smell it

[@zakprom7850]

*rains* wow, we really needed that

[@MedeaGrey]

The gardening bits were embarrassingly accurate. Only thing missing was randomly leaving vegetables on each other's porches because you 'grew too much'.

[@lukematney7062]

People box them up and bring them to work and those of us who aren't from the midwest always look at them like "someone... forgot their vegetables..."

[@NinjaSushi2]

Hahaha my dad does that.

[@cayleehamilton934]

one time my family drove my friend home from a xc meet and his family gave us like two pounds of potatoes because they had so many extras. fast forward a month and he gave a teacher one of his huge sweet potatoes and she made a sweet potato butter thing and about 30 of us were able to eat it. legit one sweet potato

[@paintedcrow]

What, you don't ring the doorbell and have a half hour conversation about the vegetables, the weather, the neighborhood dogs, someone's quilting project, and the casserole you made last night?

[@happyteesandart5740]

Our 1st week in our new house in Ohio, the neighbor offered us all his tomatoes on his plants, 😂

[@BiggestRedditor]

I also love how in the Midwest honking in traffic isn’t something people do casually. Usually when people honk it’s for good reason. It’s uncommon enough that you actually care when people honk at you in traffic and everyone will look to see if it’s something they did.

[@NightmareFuelsYou]

Yeah we mostly just use the horn to remind people it's time to put the cell phone down

[@derp195]

I grew up in a small Midwest town, and honking your horn is fighting words. It took a long time to get used to how people use their horns for everything, and sometimes even nothing in the city.

[@humansizedbirdnest9435]

For real, my horn in my car doesn’t even work and I’ve never needed it

[@jamesnealii8370]

Drivers in the Midwest sound like kind helpful people, from what you describe, we don’t have that out here in California, why too many jerks on the road willing to cut you off for no reason just because they’re in a big hurry, even here in the central coast were I live especially on weekends.

[@derp195]

@@jamesnealii8370 I live in Chicago, and couldn't believe how skilled and orderly Los Angeles drivers were. They actually make room for you if you put your turn signal on. Here, if you indicate you're changing lanes, people will speed up to close the gap.

[@andys4971]

I’m 16 and I live in the Midwest, I am physically unable to pass someone walking, biking or driving without doin the little hand wave thing

[@undead4456]

Honestly, same.

[@heylookjoey]

facts.

[@zach7482]

And popping in a lil ope

[@swagcandy2576]

Don't come to the Chicago area then

[@danabowring]

I'm 17 and from St Paul, exaaaactly.

[@wesleyslaughterhouse]

This isn’t Comedy, it’s a documentary

[@Earthling108]

Wesley Slaughter lol dude 😂😂😂

[@ziyuwang5182]

!? Never thought would c u here Wesley lol. Americans are really nice. I will give you that.

[@jaymesigler6402]

@@ziyuwang5182 😂😂😂😂 Nope

[@elizabethCorkins83]

Lol

[@elizabethCorkins83]

I am from Minnesota but I am not like that lol

[@Sphere723]

Has anyone else started to hold the door open for someone but it's below zero so you close it 80% to not let the cold in, and then open it again once they get close enough.

[@iamabearofficial7904]

Lmao I think i did that.

[@jasonu3741]

I thought only Canadians did that, learn something new everyday. Godbless and stay safe right!

[@morningrosie3684]

I've done this

[@t.h.8475]

Of course that's how it's done.

[@kevn8905]

🤣🤣

[@michiganprobateanswers3456]

I immigrated from the UK 25 years ago to a small town in Michigan. I have never met such kind, genuine people in my life. You cannot walk a block without at least three conversations about the weather, how handsome your Labrador is or how the kids are doing. We even say hello and start conversations with people in elevators.

[@t.h.8475]

Hoosier here, sounds like home.

[@Will-is3od]

Its crazy to think about depending on where you live ppl will act differently. It sounds really nice but maybe I’m so used to strangers not making conversation It would be weird for me

[@k3nfr0st39]

And say hi to your mom and dad for me why dontcha

[@hazelcornell4311]

@Schoolboy Jr. The Flint/Detroit area turned into an urban dystopia, and then to a wasteland. Long ago, before... there was a time when it was like this, too. I wish I'd seen more of it before it fell to shit. Born too late, I suppose.

[@lolo-rh2mo]

I love that you say “we.” Never a stranger, or an outsider, they’ll welcome you and make you part of the family/community.

[@makuamatata2650]

I feel misrepresented. He wasn’t even wearing socks with his sandals.

[@cabin_fever]

Look for me in my socks and moccasins this winter

[@Boost3d318]

Phew thought it was just me

[@dv7222]

What’s wrong with wearing socks with sandals? Seems normal to me. 🧦

[@ashmarie5049]

Makua Matata I didn’t even realize it was a midwestern thing until my aunt who grew up in Alabama pointed out how tacky it was for me to wear socks and sandals but like, everyone wears that here?

[@fs127]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4a3lIB4rKx7na8 There you go.

[@52flyingbicycles]

The Midwest is a combination of Southern hospitality and Canadian politeness.

[@curtisc8386]

Also known as "perfection"

[@HaydenX]

Imagine if it was Southern "politeness"? "Oh, you're doin' your best, bless your heart..." Georgia in particular...I can't think of any other place which produces such polite "fuck you"s.

[@hedgewaters9302]

Don’t forget that nice hint of passive aggressive behavior...

[@bluemoon8851]

Except chicago

[@suleskos.2743]

That is the best explanation I've ever heard!

[@PeterATomich]

We also say "have a good one" when parting ways. Sometimes we say "it's about that time" to initiate the departing.

[@rjdaire38]

"Well *checks imaginary watch* its bout that time. But hey we should get together. When are you available?" .... conversation continues another 20 minutes

[@piglice4585]

@@rjdaire38 man I'm from California now living here in Ohio and I feel like such an asshole. I just want to be like, "No, we are LEAVING. GOODBYE. NO MORE CHIT CHAT." to these poor nice old Midwestern in-laws of mine.

[@saulgoodman2630]

Don't forget the "well, I suppose" when it's time to go😏

[@amandanash2497]

“Alright, well...”

[@drewbreezy5854]

So true

[@siddhantbhat6048]

I'm an Indian student studying here in Purdue University, West Lafayette and this is so true. I have experienced this myself. If u ever stay back here in the US, it'll def be in the Midwest. They are polite, smart, and really give you this family feeling, the way we do in india. Hope the rest of the US can strive to be a little more like the Midwest.

[@arcosin3861]

Boiler up!

[@siddhantbhat6048]

@@arcosin3861 are you in Purdue too?

[@Shipx7]

We hope to have ye.

[@remixtbh]

As someone from Indiana and the midwest in general, it warms my heart

[@jenadoerr3939]

Boiler Up!!

[@SinksYourBoat]

As a southerner, I really enjoy these videos. I feel like midwesterners are our nervous, Catholic cousins.

[@t17389z]

More like nervous, Lutheran cousins

[@nancylindsay4255]

Ya, and atheists and agnostics, too. It's a way of life, not of religion, don'tyaknow?

[@thcounselor]

Whatcha talkin bout der hey? We're Baptist!

[@FlynntheBookseller]

More like drunk people of German and Polish descent.

[@sheaquinn2352]

Hhaha well put

[@miranda1113]

I cannot physically stop myself from saying "ope" EVERY time I bump into someone, drop something, or make any kind of small mistake.

[@kellypyle2603]

Yep I've probably said it about 20 times today.

[@victorsvidss]

You're definitely not alone 🗿😂

[@DevinAK49]

I didn't know I did it until the internet told me. Now I'm conscious of it and it's weird.

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

Miranda W I say oof or oop.

[@JaysonBurke]

Yessss

[@bayemfootman2746]

The mind numbing small talk, the obligatory niceness, the offering of backyard garden vegetables, the church bar crawl? Yes, that’s what the Midwest is all about

[@scansin77]

I actually enjoy the small talk. You get to know people better that way. I never feel like I have to be nice, you just treat people the same way you want to be treated. Growing veggies is so much cheaper & more enjoyable. In Oshkosh, we have MANY pub crawls, but not usually associated with the church. Church picnics with heavy drinking? Abso-freakin-lootly. You betcha

[@ellenmarch3095]

@@scansin77 Lol, I love how judgy people just don't get it. Texan haters are the same way. ❤️

[@kitty_gaming6920]

so true

[@1992jamo]

@@scansin77 What if you don't want to be pestered by neighbours?

[@adamsporrer8823]

@@1992jamo move to Arizona. Nobody talks to their neighbors. Lived in my house for 12 years and just talked to one of my next door neighbors for the second time two days ago when she found out we were moving… to Minnesota. Lol

[@dianaverano7878]

Wow Midwest people are so nice. I am foreigner. If ever I want to visit USA someday, I want to visit midwest to see kind people.

[@keaton4449]

“It’s what gets me out of purgatory” funniest shit ever

[@junkersintutus4282]

Loved that line!!!

[@onmymommyweballin9136]

read it just as you said it

[@HJima]

tru tho lol

[@yeahokbuddy2510]

its how us midwestern folks keep sane.... not much to do round these parts but drink

[@kmeadows]

... I - I mean I like helping people.

[@Zorkii]

Forgot "It wouldn't be that cold out if it wasn't for this wind."

[@annacope1718]

It's not that hot just humid

[@hdxplor]

I literally said that yesterday lmao 😂

[@margaretliston8950]

LMAO I say that all the time. Never realized how dopey it sounds

[@kittymeowski]

Guilty

[@ata5855]

Nailed it!

[@goudagirl6095]

After living in "hospitable" Texas for 30+ years, I was bowled over at how WONDERFUL everyone is here in Wisconsin! I'm from here so WOW, I missed that niceness! Why can't the rest of the country be like this???

[@ciaranfraser3194]

Bout to move to Wisconsin for work, as a Canadian this definitely makes me feel better about the move. Cheers to y;all in the Midwest!

[@karenskowronski4506]

Welcome my friend

[@nankleffman2174]

Best wishes. You’ll find people in the Midwest to be polite and kind; much like what I saw in Canada.

[@Cheynayful]

So it's been a year since you posted this. How's Wisconsin working out for ya? :)

[@ciaranfraser3194]

@@Cheynayful Howdy! Thanks for asking. :) Wisconsin is AWESOME. There's lots of nature, rent is cheap (at least compared to a lot of other states I've lived in,) and the people are swell. Less snow than I was expecting, too, which is nice. If there's one 'con' it would be the lack of decent international food, though there are more great pubs than you can swing a cat at. I like it here a lot and will probably settle here if I remain in the US long term. Hope you have a good one!

[@lynntaylor9681]

@@ciaranfraser3194 As a Wisconsinite I'm glad you like it here. Yeah there isn't much good international food but the chains are fun. I don't know where in Wisconsin you are but Topper's Pizza is a great pizza chain. They have unusual pizza toppings as well which is fun. Also there's so many fast food joints here that have great frozen custard. Also Culver's is wonderful if you're okay with hamburgers. Plus Culver's has other stuff like chicken strips and fish sandwiches.

[@breezybearwaters]

people are always like “why do you let yourself be taken advantage of” but to me it’s just being nice. i was born this way y’all

[@taterater1052]

It's the same in Russia, people in the country are really kind, the people in the city are psychopaths

[@xXRealXx]

If you help people by not expecting anything in return then you're trully nice.

[@taterater1052]

@@xXRealXx The thing is that you still want something in return, but you reprogram yourself to where just making someone happy you make yourself happy If you couldn't make yourself feel good from doing anything you wouldn't do it probably

[@joedefraties3304]

Yall

[@selomonkebede191]

I don't think anyone is born this way. I was born in Africa and came here as a baby and I physically can't not be nice. It gotta be the water or maybe the land itself.

[@jessicafrisbie2079]

Some say he’s still at the four-way, letting other people go first

[@heyokaempath5802]

That made me LOL

[@prestonberg9604]

Speaking of 4 way

[@heyokaempath5802]

@@prestonberg9604 We've got 3, 4 and 5 Ways in Cincinnati! 😃

[@caracho7191]

What do 4 midwest people like that do at a 4 way stop? Are they waiting forever?

[@15minoflame]

THat is so annoying to me letting people go first

[@lufsolitaire5351]

You’re making me a special kind of homesick and I’m not even from the Midwest. Wouldn’t mind living there if people genuinely are that nice and down to earth.

[@kristenkaz3080]

We ARE!! This is us to a “T”. And I’m proud of it!

[@jamienelson3470]

Our neighbors for the past five years were from the Midwest. Best neighbors we've ever had! No joke. Sad they moved.

[@SuperLLAMA56]

"i know i cant help the weather, but it doesnt mean im not sorry about it."

[@benny_lemon5123]

I'm Canadian and I felt this statement on a *cellular level* . My southerly brethren lol

[@chrisrunsthis]

i’m in MN and here we say sorry to mean “i’m sorry you feel that way” or “i’m sorry that’s happened to you” not just “Sorry that I did that”

[@music79075]

@ForgottenOnes same

[@Dubngrub]

@The Coward Liberius How right you are and I love it. People are even pretty nice in most parts of the cities. I very much enjoy that I actually care about my fellow people and want everyone to be well. Makes social interactions so much more pleasant.

[@cindyknudson2715]

@@chrisrunsthis exactly 🙂 from Wisconsin

[@Imasquid-yp4ic]

Who else says “op sorry” or just me

[@godot9407]

Me too

[@joeessig3550]

Ope, sorry bout that

[@everythinggrowsyaheard]

Always add the unconscious "Oop"

[@BlaxicanBeautyTV333]

Same 😂🤦

[@Leecop-et8mb]

I'm Texan and I say this

[@sebcooper5666]

Honestly I'm British and live in London and your videos are slowly convincing me to move to the Midwest to find a lovely husband. Go Packers!

[@scansin77]

Go Pack Go!

[@rocketamadeus3730]

What's up? I'm single. I'm from Illinois though, so technically I'm a bastard.

[@sebcooper5666]

@@rocketamadeus3730 let's get married

[@johnbraun1607]

You Betcha

[@kitty_gaming6920]

GO PACKERS

[@michellecollins4671]

Just moved to Illinois from New York. Bought a couch on Facebook marketplace and they offered to deliver it in their pickup truck even though we lived 25 minutes away! I’m still blown away and I thought back on this video and laughed. #midwestnice

[@iamtheliquor8379]

You know your from the Midwest when you hold the door for someone who is 30 feet behind you.

[@zaraboon8500]

I AM THE LIQUOR or the entire grade after recess

[@jasonc3522]

We do that in the South too, and just like up there it's seasonal, we don't let the cool air out in the summer and when I lived in Minnesota they didn't let the warm air out in the winter.

[@TheMadisonHang]

then you have enough reason to bitch them out for not hurrying up

[@barackobama651]

I've never been so offended by something so true

[@cofkavos]

I'm from Arizona and I do this...

[@longfang_1764]

everytime someone wants to enter a door, i have the overwhelming impulse to keep holding it

[@CharlieBerens]

elevators too!

[@nancylindsay4255]

Well, duh, yeah. Doesn't everyone? Wait, uh, no, maybe not. What's wrong with people?

[@YangTheGoddess]

True

[@caseymo7416]

Same with doors and elevators! I always feel so guilty if someone just misses it! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

[@caseyhyland3581]

I laughed so much at this one, it's so true

[@puffdaddy4537]

Traveling between LA and Indiana every month is an experience. Cause in LA if you hold the door for someone, they look at you like you’ve pissed in their vegan cornflakes - but in Indiana if you don’t hold the door for someone, you can sense the balance being disturbed. You must adjust accordingly

[@tavialew3224]

I live in LA and I don’t mind people opening up the door for me I say thank you. And I was born and raised in LA Not all Californians are rude.

[@yippyskippy3359]

Dear Gawd, this makes me miss my Midwest peoples. 😪💗 And I'm convinced now more than ever that I just need a Midwestern Man in my life. 💗 Nothing can compare. 💗

[@mnemonichotpocket]

Michigan here. Can confirm. We the best.

[@katie8881]

Apologizing is instinct. I say “sorry” when I bump into inanimate objects.

[@bashaoeiii1097]

ope sorry*

[@suleskos.2743]

My mom and I have been out of Ohio for 45 yrs now and she is STILL like that lol

[@mrshauncory]

I try to tell my Google home thanks after it gives me my answer. Things get awkward.

[@Flabbergasted-yl4hv]

I say sorry sometimes instead of other things like if I'm about to say awww I sometimes just go sorry

[@junkie_cosmonaut9622]

My old boss wasn't from the Midwest and was confused and angry

[@Bacca-rat09]

No dislikes. Must be a lot of Midwesterners on here.

[@CharlieBerens]

they're too nice to dislike

[@squid2s824]

Lol yes

[@BeltFedSelfDefense]

@@CharlieBerens I would dislike your video if you told me you prefer Florida to Michigan. Don't need any gators up here none.

[@johnlewis8934]

Matthew Murdock Missouri

[@aerinn0404]

I’m a lifelong Midwesterner and I have never met people that are that nice.

[@avatarhealing5272]

I think I must’ve been kidnapped as a child from the Midwest and raised in Australia. Y’all are my kind of people! 💛

[@margaretleboeuf6765]

It's true! I'm from the South, and most of the friends I've made in CA have parents from the Midwest! People here are not used to the friendliness and were suspicious, like it can't be genuine! We are NICE, and FRIENDLY, talk to everyone... The world NEEDS US!!!

[@Petey5]

Another one is "it's really coming down out there" whenever it's raining

[@KonservenFurz]

Also during the winter, "Stay warm!"

[@sylvcj]

"I love to help, it's what gets me out of purgatory."

[@CharlieBerens]

that's a fact

[@RGMRT]

Im non-American and recently discovering everything about Midwest and it's overwhelmingly heartwarming in a weird way. This video reminds me back when i was just a kid and everyone is just being nice.

[@rocketamadeus3730]

It's innocence. You miss innocence. Sadly it's not really all Leave it to Beaver in the midwest.

[@augenmaugen]

I love this. It’s a better world when everyone thinks of others almost as much as they think of themselves.

[@-._._._-_._._.-]

A couple years ago, I was getting into the backseat of my dad's car. He shut the door on my fingers, and I just said "Hey dad, could you open your door, you closed it on my fingers"

[@CharlieBerens]

too good!

[@grandmabetty5078]

Similar thing happened to me except I closed the door on my own hand after my mom had already locked the car so I calmly said "hey mom could you unlock the car quick, I accidentaly closed the door on my hand"

[@daveh2612]

Oh geez hey dad when you have a minute my fingers are crushed in your door now yet.

[@karimecolettadominguez]

I smashed a few fingers in a music stand once, and I calmly asked one of my buddies nearby if he could open it up and lift it so I could get my fingers out... I took a whole 10 seconds to explain it to him... And I apologized for the inconvenience afterwards xD

[@DaveSimkus]

Sorry to bother you but...

[@Monkeyz727Awzome]

These kinds of people are the backbone of our society

[@demonikreaper6139]

No but actually. Midwest farming and industry is nuts.

[@thomasnichols7481]

The guy reverses from the stop sign to not threaten the guy walking across the street. What a class act lol!

[@HappyDaze4200]

"what are your guises plan today?" is what I say to my family a lot.

[@lindickison3055]

Guyses??? (Guys)

[@scansin77]

"YOUSE GUYS WANNA GO TO THE FLEET FARM?" "WHERE YOUSE GUISES WATCHING THE PACKERS GAME?" Oh you betcha. Yah.

[@loripytlik7845]

I feel like people that aren’t from the Midwest think this is over exaggeration

[@HealingMelodies]

My Korean wife never believed me when I told her that there were other people like me all over the Midwest...And then we made our first trip there together. She loved it! :) And she learned that I wasn't lying, lol.

[@nosferat-ew]

Healing Melodies that’s awesome! glad she loved it ☺️

[@witcherjohn3440]

I’m from the uk and moved to Wisconsin and well you’re not wrong der bud

[@nicoleemenhiser8028]

It literally is not. This is me. This is my mom. This is everyone I know.

[@HatedJared]

@@HealingMelodies My wife is Korean as well, and she moved from San Francisco to Grand Rapids, Michigan with me (my hometown) a year ago. She now understands my mannerisms.

[@TheSouthVaBoy]

"I'd love to help. It's what gets me out of purgatory... I mean it's what makes me happy."

[@miawalker1246]

I thought that was hilarious

[@festivalhacksbypineapple790]

@@miawalker1246 He just snuck that one in...

[@christinamarie9123]

I felt this comment on a spiritual level 😂😂😂

[@stevenrowell156]

“....you can come over and pick’m or I can just can’m and bring dem over.”

[@emkkahn]

When my mom lived in northern Iowa in a small town with her husband, they would make sure to leave the doors unlocked "in case somebody brings us a pie or needs to borrow something"... TRUE STORY! I don't even know if they knew where the house key was...

[@Mohawk_Productions]

lol Been to the south three times It’s unbelievable the first time you experience southern hospitality. Midwest is next

[@Em-ic3vm]

I didn’t realize “stay dry” wasn’t a universal thing lmaoooo

[@rz4109]

Punk Jesus it is

[@Providence83]

Not a saying in the Pacific Northwest, can confirm. It'd be more apt to say "don't let the Sun hit you" than "stay dry."

[@dylanica3387]

@@Providence83 In the PNW it would get tiring to end every interaction with stay dry. I think that people either assume that they're supposed to stay dry or just give up trying not to get wet.

[@dannyhussain5489]

In the UK, we have "Stay safe" which has evolved into just "Safe"

[@anonymous071985]

In Kansas it's used. Along with, " Take care." Or "stay warm" or whatever the weather indicates appropriate

[@justinstrange5945]

Here in Indiana, we aren't actually born. We just emerge out of the corn saying 'ope' and holding a Miller Lite.... Ope, sorry, Bud Light.

[@mrs.johnsuh7616]

Justin Strange whyyyyyy is this not the top comment

[@1991USsoldier]

Ope, here's another Hoosier. Sorry, I'll squeeze past ya here. Didn't realize I was late. Sorry.

[@wwfchriswwf]

Hoosier fam!

[@quinw6587]

WAIT NO AH TOO REAL

[@ConairHockey]

Up in Wisconsin we’re handed the keys to a used pickup and given a life time supply of cheese with our Birth Certificates l

[@dexrich1824]

Or, 'the Midwest goodbye' 😅 by the time you say goodbye another conversation starts and it's a neverending loop

[@JohannVII]

Always plan for an additional hour before you actually have to leave. Have to leave some time for packing up leftovers to take home, too. :-)

[@mjbe]

Oh my, is that why I take so long? Spouse is in the car and I am half around the circle.

[@oliviamills2561]

The offering of a rhubarb cutting hit me right in the childhood.

[@Lauren-pg2ze]

As someone from the Midwest it’s kind of jarring going anywhere else. No one holds the door for anyone :(

[@kimifw58]

Come to the south.

[@0Abraham16]

I hold the door like a habit now.....I just do it automatically.

[@domtron8873]

@Larry Schroeder go to Los Angeles. Nobody holds the door and everyone sniffs their own farts

[@noneofyourbusiness302]

I am from the midwest. I hold the door for everyone. Men are usually either uncomfortable or very flattered since I am a woman.

[@gkjsooley]

Come to Canada

[@ImaginationFolder]

There is a 100% chance that the cornflake casserole is at every social function.

[@dabakes]

*cough* Wisconsinite here. Um, what is cornflake casserole?

[@sicilianeye]

Well, yeah...Ya need an entree to go with the jello salad!

[@ImaginationFolder]

@@dabakes The corn flakes add a very unique crunch👌 bon appetit

[@chasetonga]

Chris Baker Would that be the cheesy potatoes with corn flakes on top, ya think?

[@ImaginationFolder]

Caryn Schwengel that’s what I assumed it was! Haven’t had it in years. I suggest we all have a get together and we each provide a cornflake casserole.

[@McJohnstable]

Thanks to binging these videos, I’m reading all these comments in Midwestern accents in my mind.

[@JamesDBuzzard]

The wave though 😂😂😂😂😂 I give out waves like Oprah gives out cars. You get a wave, you get a wave, everybody gets a wave!

[@nickarmstrong477]

I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life and I'm disturbed by how accurate this is.

[@wholesome122]

You guys sound like this too.

[@DkKombo]

The guy who plays krunk is from Wisconsin too.

[@_kommandant_3055]

Wisconsin has to be one of, if not the best Midwestern state. Hello from Illinois

[@clockworkkid99]

You and me both, bud

[@chaosXP3RT]

Same! Go Pack Go!

[@nikkid2634]

I was raised by midwesterners and nobody out west in CA accepts my generosity :( Ope sorry, didn’t see ya there

[@SBeckerDTD]

Went to Cali for the first time and people get legit freaked out when you act decent. My friends from high school I was staying with kept telling me to not even bother.

[@captainjirk9564]

I'm in the South, kindness has a 75% chance of being accepted. Though I meet some people and when I try to do something nice like offer them help with carrying something or even something as small as holding a door some people just give me a weird look and decline or use the other door. When I miss out on the chance to do something like that for someone I always get this sense of absolute failure, like I just spit on their mom's grave or something

[@EmmeFen]

@@captainjirk9564 I'm from Indiana near chicago and when i went to live with my dad for bit down in Nashville i was asked repeatedly of i was Canadian not just because of my accent but because of how nice i was. It was weird

[@poodychulak]

@Lucius Sulla And this is why Californians don't believe the hype about polite Midwesterners. Y'all are sheltering some douche-canoes but refuse to acknowledge your bullshit. We all know LA is trashy; get with it or get out.

[@ashleyk8406]

Lyra H. Strings Maybe they thought you were hitting on them lol.

[@Kaws4u]

From someone from Minnesota I can confirm this is quite accurate. Especially the part where he chose to drive to Texas instead of fly, we often drove cross country and it was something.

[@xander_k_]

Minnesotans are not actually nice. Most people are passive aggressive and talk shit about other people when they’re not around.

[@Kaws4u]

@@xander_k_ if we talking like the city side of Minnesota, yeah they assholes. Suburbs aight, but that was years ago

[@toddcunningham3213]

I grew up in rural Kansas. When I would take friends home with me in college or even now, city people are absolutely petrified, and then leave saying, "How is everyone so nice to each other?" Hmm

[@Mohawk_Productions]

lol born and raised in Cali. Went to Tennessee in 2020 on vacation. Went again 2 years later and let my mom go so she could see it and same thing. She was shocked at how friendly everyone was. Also shocked when for every dollar tree we passed there was a church close by.

[@whaelo1002]

Forgot about randomly stopping an old highschool/college friend in the middle of a Walmart and talking for 40 minutes for no reason

[@KarlMySuitcase]

Sounds like hell.

[@WaywardAngel13]

OH! THAT'S A CLASSIC!!!

[@barackobama651]

I hate when my dad does this but it always happens

[@jodyzongker9342]

I asked a Southern gal about this. It’s never happened to her. Idk why. But yes, it sucks when this happens.

[@paxalvarez5344]

This is my wife and her mom. Sometimes when leaving my in-laws house, my wife would have her hand on the doorknob on the way out then they would talk for an extra half hour! 🙄

[@papanurgle8393]

I didn't realize Canadians had a Southern Genus‚ fascinating.

[@brainkrieg1423]

It's because the Midwest is such a horrible shithole that it forced people to help each other out back in the day to stay alive, so now everybody owes everybody a favor.

[@nickleback3695]

@@brainkrieg1423 Midwesterners have the most class of anyone in the us.

[@dasheroo1229]

@@brainkrieg1423 holy fuck if that isnt the truest and funniest thing ive heard all year holy fuck im dying

[@markothwriter]

Cajuns have a genus in Canada.

[@cowboyxboombap]

@@brainkrieg1423 While most of the midwest is a terrible shithole, if you can find a good paying job in a coastal Lake Michigan town, it's one of the best lives to live.

[@GrahamCrannell]

1:11 - This gave me hardcore feels. My late Grampa (obv midwesterner) had a whole big patch of raspberry bushes. Good times 😊

[@dianerosiermiles8966]

This skit is just so dear and uplifting and hopeful. Also very funny! God bless the good people of the Midwest.

[@nicoleruth6680]

Damn I’m from NY and didn’t know Americans could be this nice

[@andreavisco6548]

Yeah I’m from NH so everyone here just avoids each other and prepares for snow

[@PotatoesAssistant]

He’s literally not exaggerating

[@willowt7319]

@@andreavisco6548 I moved from Manchester to Ohio. People are way nicer for sure

[@sywitz]

Same! From long island and totally polar opposites. I have a natural tendency to avoid contact with anyone I see on the street

[@_JayRamsey_]

@@andreavisco6548 I love how people leave each other alone for the most part in NH. Hate the snow though.

[@Sabs215]

"Hey take it easy there, bud" = You've done something terribly wrong

[@ErikaEmody]

Omg that’s something my dad would have said. 😂😂😂

[@scansin77]

Oh man, you ain't lying. A horrible mistake on the East Coast, you get chewed out and MF'd up & down. In Wisconsin, it's "Ope, let me help ya with that".

[@noworriesbeachbum2319]

This makes me want to visit the Midwest just to be around nice people with manners! 🙂

[@SarahS-ix5hy]

I just moved to the midwest. Originally from Alaska, but lived in the Pacific northwest for a bit. First thing I noticed here was how polite everyone was. A 5 finger wave is a lot nicer that the one finger wave folks in the Pacific northwest give you.

[@maddiegeier]

This has Gus Johnson energy. But cleaner

[@2du2]

I think Gus is from WI?

[@nomadben]

@@2du2 Yes he is

[@NESherv]

Absolutely.

[@ShoshannaEversAuthor]

We live in Idaho, and I’ve literally heard the same words “If anyone’s going to fall off a ladder, I don’t want it to be you” also come out of my husband’s mouth when talking to a neighbor 😄 After we got a snowblower for our tractor, my husband would snowblow the neighbor’s driveways because “it’s so easy for me, they shouldn’t have to do it”

[@koobea4859]

Shoshanna Evers guessing you aren’t one of the newer residents moving in to Ada County from California! They’d be like “If anyone’s going to fall off that ladder they’d better not land on my car.”

[@annamarie1942]

@@koobea4859 sounds like a californian.

[@seydabomb9859]

Same here in Utah! I have heard many people say those exact phrases in my community. I really do love where I live!

[@digitallocations1423]

@@koobea4859 😂😂😂

[@diannawright742]

You are blessed with a good man for a husband.

[@melissamoncada9175]

“She’s about to rain good” 😂🤩 Where has this man been all of my life? Super cute!

[@MsAmberKat]

Must be my midwestern habit, but whenever I walk into a place and I notice someone else is close to walking through that door. I start to panic thinking, "Do I hold the door, or do I not? I don't want to be rude, but I don't know if they're close enough.. heck it, I'll just hold the door open."

[@loreleyzambrano7856]

The part about politely letting cars go before you at the 4 way stop is so accurate 😂

[@zlcoolboy]

Its so stressful sometimes though.

[@mikjrr]

We just started getting round a bouts all over Southeast MI....the politeness DOES NOT translate well into using them!

[@music79075]

I had a competition a few nights ago with an old man in a truck. We kept waving at each other to go. Smiling and nodding Eventually my friend and I went first and we were mad that we lost.

[@zlcoolboy]

@@mikjrr roundabouts are awesome once people in the area get used to them. I drive around for my job and run into them all day and I've only ran into maybe 1 or two traffic jams at any roundabout.

[@loreleyzambrano7856]

@@music79075 LOL you should have known better than to try to out-polite an elderly man in the midwest! 😂

[@anamf247]

“oh we got a guy comin’, put her in reverse” THE ACCURACY

[@nikki88tx]

I didn't realize not everyone does this until I watched this lol

[@jessicamurphy2309]

Born in MN raised in MD and live in VA....9 years of Midwest nice is in my DNA. My husband hates how nice I can be sometimes but I wouldn’t be any other way.

[@scarthewolf6213]

THE CANNING PART WHY IS THAT SO TRUEEEE

[@EllieCantWhistle]

I’m from Los Angeles, born and raised. When people are that nice here we think either they’re hitting on us or psychopaths lol

[@ladyraven3418]

Same thing in Boston!

[@aileenzhao7951]

Why aren't people nice geez it just feels nice

[@UnfinishedRiot]

People always telling me to get out of my small town, but I can't. The first crying beggar on the street is gonna take me for everything I have because I have no defense against swindlers

[@Skag_Sisyphus]

@@UnfinishedRiot the beggers on the street aren't usually swindlers, they're just homeless. The REAL swindlers are your landlords and the cops

[@flippinkatbug]

@@Skag_Sisyphus Eh. Right next to my place 3 alcoholics take turns begging for money on the same corner. They were banned from the gas stations. There were people parked at a supermarket holding up signs using there 4 kids for money when they were perfectly fine. I wouldn't give them money but when I start driving I'll probably have little gift bags with socks, tampons, and a few McDonald's Giftcards.

[@KateSynd]

"Good seein ya at the church bar crawl" was too much

[@noelkosobucki9722]

Drink for Jesus all across Wisconsin

[@fschlege2851]

Dude, that killed me too, I'll bring ya a hot dish!

[@amyayres5569]

Had a hard time finding a church with a bar crawl

[@recoveringsoul755]

people in comments saying this is how it really is there. They really have church's with Bar Crawls? If they do maybe they provide the transportations.

[@matthewshaugabayii8700]

If I had been drinking something, I woulda spit all over my phone when I heard that lol

[@Fattyfatskates]

I moved to a suburb of Minneapolis from L.A. this year. It's so weird when I've bumped into people and they apologize first, when it was totally my fault?? And I've discovered that the passive aggressive thing is for real here. Coming from a place where people are just plain aggressive, it's very weird to get used to.

[@swantonbomb9081]

As a Midwesterner. We’re not being passive aggressive with that. We really just apologize for everything

[@TheWorldWithin27]

I'm from Minnesota and this is accurate. Just last winter I was airing up my tire at a gas station and this random dude walked up and asked for a ride to the casino, I was reluctant but of course I gave him a ride. It was cold out and the guy didn't have a sweater or coat so I told him throw on the sweater I have in the back seat. We eventually get to the casino and I don't want to ask for my sweater back and he says "hey thanks for the ride and sweater" I was happy he said that so I wouldn't have to ask for it back but it sucked because I just bought that new Carhartt sweater a few days before. It wasn't too bad of an inconvenience though because the gas station near the casino has an air pump that was usable so it worked out. The guy is also apparently an aspiring hip hop artist so by the end of the ride I had a new soundcloud account and he's the only artist I follow, Haven't been back on soundcloud since.

[@TheWorldWithin27]

@@aprilmurch1054 Thanks for commenting lol, I completely forgot about this experience until now. Lol I got a good laugh out of rereading and going through the experience again in my mind.. 😂 Be well and thanks again 🙏

[@aaronmiara4907]

How is there not more people following this guy.

[@MelinWisconsin]

Aaron Miara people don’t appreciate real humor anymore. That’s ok those people can keep er movin!

[@snowmonster42]

You mean "dis guy." Although if you want to say "this guy" that works too. We can work with that.

[@matthewbell4897]

I mean he gets a ton of views on Facebook, his KZbin is like a small percentage

[@Larsholden702]

They're too busy looking at mukbang videos and jacking off to ASMR.

[@mominthemiddle871]

So true!! I grew up in the Midwest and I briefly moved to the Oregon coast. The first week I was there out walking my dog I said “hey how ya doin?” To everyone. Ppl there just stare at you in confusion. 😂

[@katieharrell3852]

Same here in CA, especially because of the masks. Still keep talking though...

[@jesustakethewheel6941]

Say Hi to everyone!

[@brindacockburn4033]

As a Southerner that was my experience in NYC

[@flagzngunz4180]

I grew up in WA and OR and moved to the Midwest a couple of years ago… huge positive culture shock when we can out here!

[@fliplife5291]

Makes me to think I’m lucky and safer in the Midwest if I’m ever lost I would never be afraid to ask a stranger for help

[@scansin77]

That stranger will take you in, feed you, give you extra clothes if it's cold, offer to drive you somewhere, even though they know they will prolly never see you again. Send ya off with..."Hey youse guys take care".

[@coreykeesler7014]

Ohio here and I cant count how many times my neighbors brought his tractor over to plow the snow from my drive and until I watched this I never realized how many times I wave in a day and going to the gas station is like a hour adventure all the people you want to talk to

[@timtimmonsmusic]

100% accurate, proud to be a Wisconsinite!

[@RosinGoblin]

Thank you for providing us Hoosiers with fun filled summers of cheese and waterslides. We love you ❤

[@maggiej.8425]

Me too! I've never seen a more true video especially coming from a small WI town

[@TheJamam45q]

Wisconsinites all the way

[@chaosXP3RT]

Go Pack Go!

[@Mohawk_Productions]

I might have to make Wisconsin my next vacation spot

[@grettagrace5347]

This is so real to a midwesterner that I didn't even see what was funny about it 😂

[@DiggingIowawithCoinboy]

Lol same

[@jesustakethewheel6941]

@@DiggingIowawithCoinboy Same!!

[@memebits9850]

Exactly :)

[@LORD_NULL]

I love these, I feel like the Midwest has some of the kindest and most down to earth people and I feel like so often the Midwest is overlooked even though it is a huge part of our national and culture

[@dustinstewart1194]

I’m a small town Ohio native, when I went to Washington DC and found out that people there actually use their car horns and don’t hold the door for you I was actually terrified.

[@CoastalCarpentry]

If the Midwest is like this, I think these are my people.

[@raifsevrence]

It's not. Not unless you live in a really small town. This guy is either from Minnesota or Wisconsin. Once you get that far north it doesn't seem like it should still be called the midwest. The culture changes dramatically from state to state and from region to region within states themselves. You won't see this behavior from people who live in cities with 6 digit populations.

[@cadentannery4626]

@@raifsevrence nah dude ita like this everywhere. Down in Springfield missouri literally everyone is like this lol.

[@Lolieif]

Raifsevrence yeah this is def like Minnesota

[@queenlyss9276]

@@raifsevrence I dunno man, I live in Iowa (the suburbs), and literally everyone is this nice. Maybe its because I live in the older part of town, who knows.

[@midwestbd7144]

Raifsevrence he’s from Manitowoc, WI. Considering WI doesn’t have any huge cities this is pretty much how most of the state is. Passing through a majority of the Midwest I’ve felt it was all very similar all the way out to Colorado.

[@jacobmiller5103]

Hey man just wanna say that your content really fixes homesickness when I’m deployed. Thank you!

[@matt475]

Thank you for your service! Be safe!

[@Jt69pppp]

thank you for your service der bud

[@jennybeam7226]

Thank u4 your service!❤💪💙

[@ShannonHarper]

Thank you for your service!

[@NinjaSushi2]

Hooah!

[@tim8468]

The bathroom tell your Dad I says hi was the best.

[@kaylaj.9733]

Here in MN we say, "Hotdish" and not too often, "casserole" 😂 I have been told I have "thick", Minnesotan accent a number of times fand to me that is a compliment! #proudMinnesotan

[@integr8er66]

People think this is funny, but if more people were like this imagine what a great place it would be

[@TristenWheatley]

4 way stops would be a nightmare

[@integr8er66]

@@TristenWheatley ya I agree, but that part was overstated

[@Keys879]

@@TristenWheatley Thats why we're starting to put in more round abouts!

[@wellshoot]

Keys879 people literally still stop in the roundabouts to let people through, I’ve seen it twice and I’m from Minnesota...

[@H2h0e]

minus the driving people who don’t know basic driving skills screams ohio

[@hornedlobster]

Dear Midwesterners, Feel free to crash at our place, eh? - Canada PS: Sorry.

[@kriscounts3355]

Sorry to bother ya Canadians, If it isn't a burden, we love to. What kinda hotdish do ya want us to bring? Sorry for bothering ya. -Midwesterners P.S. Oh no, don'tcha worry about it, you're fine.

[@savvivixen8490]

A liiittle too on the nose, there...

[@stacylarge5636]

No worries

[@dasheroo1229]

@@kriscounts3355 i love this so much im logging onto my second account to like it.

[@taylorlaws5479]

Ok but my family is from the midwest and one of y'all came and crashed at our place and now shes my aunt lol

[@tyler6003]

I live in Minneapolis. Literally today my neighbor said I can have a bunch of his peppers he is growing dang this is too spot on! 0:51

[@joeyj6808]

Ya hey, big change moving to Seattle where NO ONE says Hiya!

[@Hunter-id2ze]

"oof this cold huh?" "Oh yeah I know it" "Uh huh, have a good one" "Hey take it easy" "You're good" " No worries" *Nervous laughter*

[@ke6757]

Hunter Johnson these are all my go-to’s 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lylyrose937]

Be good.

[@nosferat-ew]

Hunter Johnson I feel personally attacked

[@systlin2596]

Oh jeez I have had this exact conversation

[@dannyhussain5489]

That nervous laughter cracked me up

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

I move from Costa Rica to Wisconsin and kept wondering why people had the stigma of Americans being rude. It was until I went to New York that I understood how nice the Midwesterners are

[@asiyaheibhlin]

Yesterday I realized that I had asked a store clerk for assistance in finding a product in the store and I apologized for inconveniencing her, in case she had been busy with something else. 🤣😅 I am from Missouri but grew up a lot in Texas. Whole family is Missourian on both sides.

[@Mohawk_Productions]

lol Did that in Tennessee at Krogers. First time in the state and that store. I couldn’t find anything. Asked a guy that works there where the tv dinners aisle was and soft drinks. Then took a few minutes just chatting and looked at my phone. 3 minutes had passed and i apologize to him thinking great not even 24 hours here and I may just have cost someone his job. Said I didn’t wanna get him in trouble and he laughed a bit and told me. Yea management likes when we are friendly to people and talk. Being from Cali I was kinda shocked

[@ADBProductions_]

0:40 as someone who's visited every region of the US, I gotta say the Midwest has the most polite drivers by far. Espescially in small towns