Signs You Were Born In The Midwest

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[@Ms1112223334567]

How about when the tornado warning goes off and you're like "ugh, shut up"

[@jxred1844]

In Ohio it's a little different than that

[@mariaweirick8213]

+TheSmellyTomato yeah lol

[@hannahlael3445]

YES.

[@DIGIULIOEMM]

I do that everytime one goes off 😂😂

[@majapechanach5982]

Wednesday at 2:00 :)

[@bruhkent6895]

something people who arent Mid-Westerners wont understand : test tornado warnings at the beginning of each month

[@theamazingkendall2357]

Adrienne so true

[@zachconant7031]

Adrienne we do it every week in Kansas. however my Kansas culture is nothing like in this video

[@becca9748]

It's even worse in college dorms. 😵

[@jonahbaumann04]

Adrienne Where I live they test it every Monday at 1:15pm.

[@torusuetsugu2353]

in Oklahoma city we have one ever Saturday at noon

[@justaboredcellist9009]

I can't believe you forgot the two most important phrases of the Midwest *bumps into someone* "Ope I'm sorry!" *trying to pass other people* "Here, lemme just sneak right past ya.."

[@ethanconnolly1955]

Just a bored cellist I’m from Michigan and those are so accurate

[@realkayswan]

I'm from Minnesota and these are too real for me

[@autumnnova2105]

Oh my gosh yessss

[@sweetener5200]

You got that from tiktok and soo accurate im from mn

[@nickstirn5146]

You're so right!! Always makes me laugh!

[@avamelodyy8381]

you know your from the midwest when you get an email saying it’s gonna be a snow day for your school and you get so excited and make plans even through the weather is crazy

[@krishnadoraisamy2042]

Can relate. I'm from International Falls MN, and we're obsessed with making mini snow hotels, even though I'm way too old for that.

[@ethanbrown4656]

Wait, only we do that?

[@avamelodyy8381]

EthanBrown ya bc the snow gets really intense in the midwest

[@nina6293]

ikr, we had a snow day for two days and for one of the days our power went out

[@suraya_]

@@Daisika that is me and my school has had 5 or 6 snow days so far this year

[@alyssafincher5521]

Something else about Midwesterners if there’s a tornado you go on your front porch to watch instead of “taking shelter”

[@d1rtyp3n1s3]

Alyssa Fincher so true

[@BooksandCaffeine]

Whaaaaaaaat? No. People lose limbs, being out during those things. If a tornado comes, one gets underground and away from windows, if possible.

[@d1rtyp3n1s3]

Joseph Dunphy believe me we do that a lot, tornados are nothing to us

[@jaxmader7309]

Once there was a tornado while I was in a Goodwill without a basement and tons of people went by the doors or outside to take pics of the tornado that was like a mile away. So yeah... I've experienced it.

[@isabellafracassi7579]

exactly

[@sabbs_]

You know you live in the Midwest when a tornado siren goes off and literally no one even acknowledges it. 😂

[@RaikageTay]

Or when the siren is going off while its raining and thundering but you just keep doing what youre doing and enjoy the weather.

[@BillRalens]

every Saturday at noon.

[@leviottman7335]

Sara . . . Just a false alarm

[@themichigander4924]

Sara . . . Well I think it's a little different on the east side of the Midwest atleast in Michigan

[@legalskinnyp2430]

Sara . . . Yup

[@shane4219]

It's not called a expressway or a freeway, it's called a highway, even if it isn't elevated.

[@alfredosalinas1300]

I call any big road a highway and I'm from the midwest

[@rilorobinson7685]

Ok but now we're doing it MY WAY!!!! 😎

[@tripleq7888]

Umm no I'm pretty sure it's a motorway since you know the language is ENGLISH not american lol

[@esabelcri]

nah it’s the highway

[@susiemelirosa7182]

S h a n e exactly it will always be a highway. I’m from Oklahoma

[@peterwynne9683]

Signs you grew up in the Midwest: 1. You grew up in the Midwest

[@armorman3005]

Yo relatable

[@savedsinner0345]

Whoa! I'm mindblown!

[@justanenby9088]

You ain't wrong on that one.

[@claire7559]

Why did that make me laugh so freaking hard.

[@recordcollector0665]

Every 60 seconds in the Midwest, a minute passes

[@bradmurray1736]

The Midwest is the most underappreciated culinary region of the United States

[@jacobpieters4500]

Damn right. We Michiganders make the best fudge in the whole country

[@krishnadoraisamy2042]

@@jacobpieters4500 We Minnesotans have the best Lutefisk.

[@galaxyviolet1248]

We Iowans have the best.... corn? Yeah, we don’t have much 😂😂😂

[@krishnadoraisamy2042]

@@galaxyviolet1248 Don't worry. You have the Des Moines Register.

[@lexiklusmann6142]

cheese curds from wisconsin are really good.

[@bananabuttersomethin]

"Ope, I'm just gonna SNEAK right past ya and grab the ranch."

[@nickrubien7365]

bananabuttersomethin the most midwestern sentence in history

[@ttortilla]

I feel attacked on the ranch thing and everything except the pop it is soda

[@denaenaeee]

Yep eveytime I bump into someone “ope! So sorry”

[@zolox4814]

You better give me the ranch

[@NChapaWI9436]

Peak Midwestern

[@Kit438]

You know you’re from the Midwest when you say “sorry” for slightly bumping into someone

[@youtubechannel-uz9sh]

But I say sorry but the state I was born I'm pretty sure was in the north east of the u.s.

[@_maddy]

Maura N or “ope!”

[@MidwestDankAlumni]

No, that's just being polite

[@MidwestDankAlumni]

@@thebestspencer9353 how stoned were you?

[@bread2351]

Or a wall

[@Elaini.Young24]

That scene between OHIO State and Michigan is completely accurate.

[@jeaniegirl8709]

So true. I live in TN now and have to explain the fake smile and amount of self control I have to use when someone walks into our store with *ichigan gear on and I have to interact with them, lol.

[@rowanarcher6789]

Ohio is the superior state

[@dryb0nesz]

GO BLUE

[@gracelouise8418]

@@dryb0nesz GO BLUE!!~

[@Elaini.Young24]

@@gracelouise8418 O-H-I-O BABY!!

[@endless_galaxies3653]

I feel like the Ohio vs Michigan part is one of the most accurate parts of this video tbh

[@endless_galaxies3653]

Also the "pop" and the going out in the "cold" in a tank top

[@conceptice4607]

Fandom_Toxins Going out in the cold with short sleeve shirts isn't just the Midwest, it's the entire northern tier of the US.

[@kierce4030]

Soooooooooo true

[@endless_galaxies3653]

IceyHD Lmao I didn't know I've only ever lived in the same state for my whole life

[@neverwithoutnalani]

Fandom_Toxins yes it is go blue I'm from Michigan

[@hadleyabbas1708]

they forgot about the thing where you bump into someone and go "ope! sorry!" or the "I'm just gonna sneeeeeeak right past ya"

[@amiwrit3295]

Hadley Abbas OMG. I always say that when I bump into someone.

[@PaintTTG]

Hadley Abbas lol I always ope and I think im a freak because I don't says oops

[@annacarter7621]

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

[@--LYRICS-lg3yw]

so true and i don’t mean to say it either 😂

[@vernonhutchinson7873]

Haaa! "Ope! Sorry," is so true!

[@wadew.1869]

Ok I was waiting for the rain thing Like how you can smell when it’s gonna rain. Can’t everybody smell the rain?

[@hannahd8165]

Wade W. Us Midwestern People We can sense the wether. lol

[@alexis3915]

Yessss and then I ask my friend and she think's I'm crazy😂

[@lizzie4962]

I thought that was normal

[@bexxa4837]

I can also smell snow coming.

[@larrydaniels6532]

You can only smell midwest rain, doesn't work in FLA.

[@keerthikrishna3405]

you know you're from the midwest because u clicked this video (edit): or you're just curious about the culture ahahaha :)

[@nickstirn5146]

Keerthi Krishna haha you’re so right!! I love everything in this video because it’s all true 🤣🔥

[@saph004]

Nah mate I'm british

[@thesameboyyouvealwaysknown904]

Sorry I'm Japanese

[@namjoonsoldmyjamsfor3dolla119]

@@saph004 same m8

[@bradleymeyer9775]

Keerthi Krishna Yeah, I live in the Chicago Land Area, I lived in Illinois my whole life. And I love ranch.

[@Ashley.nowicki30]

There was not a single “ope” in this video and I am offended 😂😂 but everything is completely accurate.

[@typ0id]

"Ope let me sneak past ya and grab the ranch." 😂😂😂

[@reese0744]

BAHA I CACKLED AT THIS

[@gretchenortner]

YES

[@JustCooper]

Omg I say it sometimes without even noticing! 😂

[@stinkywizzleteats420]

@@JustCooper Do you think "Ope, I shouldn't have said ope out loud"?

[@MB-tz8hb]

The forgot saying that you’ll go do something “real quick”

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

That's a midwestern thing!?

[@MelonMan]

yeah i really thought everybody did this

[@taylorbritt499]

I didn't know that was a Midwestern thing lol

[@k8ishere]

"Ope, I'm just gonna sneak past ya real quick." Other person, "Oh no! You're fine!"

[@taylorbritt499]

@@k8ishere every time I go to the store this happens at least once

[@katie-oy7wn]

The oversharing is so true! I didn’t even realize I did that until I saw this! The lake thing is true too!

[@gregkosinski2303]

i think the oversharing is more southern, but talk about the weather is very midwestern.

[@JeffDeWitt]

Which makes sense as they don't have any oceans in the Midwest.... although the Great Lakes do a pretty good job of imitating them!

[@comingoutofhibernation2122]

"The lake thing is true too!" But, of course! There is shade at the lake.

[@skf2658]

Maybe it's not oversharing. Everyone else just undershares. :)

[@comingoutofhibernation2122]

@@skf2658 Do you find that people do that? :)

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

Ope Walking tacos Puppy chow Ranch And saying sorry someone telling you you apologize too much... then apologizing for apologizing too often

[@abigailjohnson4798]

purplecatlover1825 randompizza I have apologized for saying sorry too much then said sorry for saying sorry and then just hitting myself and saying sorry again.

[@romankotas448]

Oh I’m sorry about that

[@jamesrenold259]

purplecatlover1825 randompizza you were not given permission to post my personal information online

[@demongaming6647]

You forgot wearing shorts in 40-degree weather

[@Roody_Patootie]

purplecatlover1825 randompizza well I'm not a mid Westerner but I love mAh ranch to it's the best

[@lunargabrielle]

As a Midwesterner (Illinois), I have to say, puppy chow, is literally like the best food out there.

[@sophiaaiello144]

Gabrielle [cutiecreeper66] so true! I'm also from Chicago and the best pop out there is greenriver, Wisconsin best is mars cheese castle, and Michigans best doughnuts is wesco! ( Coloma and watervilte peeps know what I mean!)

[@kayleen1400]

Gabrielle [cutiecreeper66] aye I'm from Illinois too

[@ryanjankelowitz9710]

Gabrielle [cutiecreeper66] Chicago is my place to be 😄

[@theeavarie]

PUPPY CHOW IS THE BEST

[@yotsubafanfan]

Gabrielle [cutiecreeper66] Best snack ever! We make it every Christmas!

[@lordroyalnightmare]

You forgot the part where we refer to distance using travel time. "How far do you live from here?" "About 20 minutes." "Ok, but how many miles?" "How the heck should I know?"

[@mdr11]

Like miles means nothing to me, I have idea how much time that is lol. I didn’t realize this was a midwestern thing though.

[@ashtongarcia6894]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ayelmao1231]

Everybody does that

[@jennaostroff6742]

That’s every state.

[@eatmyshorts2024]

This not a thing?

[@taylor-si7zh]

You know you’re from the Midwest when you freak out about your state’s name in a TV show or Movie

[@sprixie5897]

no one appreciates the midwest. we are like, the culinary masters of savory.

[@CortexNewsService]

Unless you're in Chicago. Then you get really tired of it.

[@wendy_doll]

Haha you're funny

[@mariowalker9048]

That's how most southerners feel. Midwestern states are pretty represented in reality competition shows since most Americans live in the midwest

[@MrKane-vx6qu]

One of the reasons I love How I Met your Mother

[@dusid2421]

Something I love about the midwest is that we are so used to seeing stretches of corn for about 40 miles so we can hold our bladder or hunger until the next stopping point *IT'S REALLY USEFUL ONCE YOU ARE OLDER-*

[@kierstinott1741]

Those poor souls have had never had puppy chow.

[@Missmary852]

Kierstin Sliger I haven't.

[@darthtuna66]

CaptainMary I'm so sorry 🙁

[@Imbatmn57]

Jamesame i love puppy chow and scotcheroos

[@diamondbrineyoutube6692]

chow yeeees

[@vii4709]

Kierstin Sliger WHAT THE HECK IS PUPPY CHOW SOMEBODY EXPLAIN

[@yorkiegirl7032]

Um... Why aren't bonfires on this list?

[@nickstirn5146]

Ya I kept waiting for bonfires!!

[@mads8172]

omg everytime I've hung out with my friends this summer we had a bonfire going

[@dello8895]

Halestorm Slytherin Bonfires are a midwestern thing? I thought they were world wide.

[@madstep1515]

Yeah! And camping

[@bexxa4837]

We don't have house parties at my schiil. We have bonfires

[@historyarmyproductions]

**50° out** Calafornians: "Oh my god, its Freezing!" Minnesotans: "Summer already?"

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon8171]

I’m Minnesotan and I can confirm that’s how summer starts

[@historyarmyproductions]

@@thebestspencer9353 Lol

[@hugenerd97]

Lmao, I’m not from Minnesota, but 50° is when you see people outside without jackets when windshield isn’t bad here

[@historyarmyproductions]

@@hugenerd97 Here we could wear a long sleeve and jeans tops in that no problem.

[@hugenerd97]

@@historyarmyproductions, lmao, yeah, I’ve gone out in a short-sleeved t-shirt and leggings in 40° weather😂

[@stephanietetenhardesty984]

Disappointed - not one mention of "tennis shoes", which is SUUUUPER Midwestern. Also, and I don't know if this is just me, but I've noticed that the most common informal farewell in my area of the Midwest is "Have a good one!"

[@regular_max9190]

Signs you're from the Midwest: you're from either from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Or Wisconsin.

[@foolishwizard4541]

Yep. Honestly as somebody who has always lived in ohio I've never seen a person like this.

[@tonyloatman8492]

Or buffalo

[@fernandosalas8518]

regular_max Chicago

[@regular_max9190]

Chicago is Illinois 🙄

[@foolishwizard4541]

+Fernando Salas Chicago isn't a state dude.

[@captainmysterymeat]

I've always thought all of these were such a normal thing, never realised some of these things are weird in other states😂

[@Crewsayed]

I'm from Iowa and I have lived in Georgia for a couple years and I found this stuff out the hard way. Lol

[@nanidistler347]

SAME, like, Frischs, Larosas, graeters, Skyline, and GOTTA LOVE PIDIDDLE

[@yammers7496]

Sophia Bergey I live in California and was born there and I do everything in this but Pop and expressway

[@rebekahwilles6267]

yeah me 2😂

[@ashtongarcia6894]

Like using pop instead of soda

[@jerkasaurus2682]

The clothing/weather one is so accurate. I once saw my neighbor shoveling two feet of snow in shorts and sandals....

[@evan.l8327]

How else are you supposed to do it

[@sarahberkner]

Sandals surprises me, but you do work up a sweat shoveling.

[@peteryeeterson5766]

You always wear lighter clothes to shovel because you get sweaty

[@Skye0]

You missed our world famous “ope”

[@avanicole6700]

Tornado siren goes off *checks what day it is then caries on with what I'm doinr*

[@voltage7468]

Ava Nicole omg that is so true! Mine are Wednesdays at 2:00

[@avanicole6700]

Voltage746 One time when there was actually a tornado I thought it was fine. I thought it was just anther test siren. After a while I checked what day it was and was like "oh, I should probably go to my basement"

[@LifeisWeirdTv]

Ava Nicole Saturday and Sunday at noon

[@mynameisblue6964]

Ava Nicole I live out in the country I went down to the basement to check and make sure we had flashlights and went back upstairs to stare at a tornado. I looked on Facebook and it was just filled with facebook live videos and everyone was out on there lawn videoing it

[@katycampman7012]

Mine is Wednesday at noon

[@conquistadorito]

“The expressway. I mean the freeway.” You mean the highway.

[@maxies4090]

Zach Thompson The term in NE is high way

[@aldogallegos3209]

Zach Thompson are you from the south too?

[@lincolndeboer6830]

everyone says highway

[@ethanbrooks1148]

Zach Thompson nah it is expressway

[@kjerstiniverson5366]

I say highway, sometimes freeway, but never expressway and I'm from Minnesota

[@shane4219]

I remember when I was in elementary school, it was a wednesday of the first month and all of the kids were playing on the playground. There was this girl from California, and she had been told there was tornadoes in Minnesota, and when the siren when off she went crazy, you think someone would have told her but everyone just let her panic.

[@yungstanky]

I live in the Mid-West and one time our town was said on Good Morning America and my mom was like Ohhmaguddd

[@bexxa4837]

When you're from a small Midwestern town, it feels nice to be acknowledged. A town about 30 mins away got mentioned in a book i read and i was excited. I think tue author lives in my town because she is from southeast Missouri (my area) and there is a girl at my school with the same very uncommon last name.

[@maxies4090]

relatable first time my city was mentioned in a book I was shocked

[@Beadacut_]

I was exchange student in Wisconsin last year and I'm coming back summer this year. I know everything will be okay. I'm foreigner so it's more exciting for me when I watch and read about cities in Midwest. :">

[@maijohnson2805]

OMFG I DIDNT REALIZE RANCH WAS ONLY A MIDWRST THING NO WONDER EVERYONE GIVES ME WEIRD LOOKS

[@wolfgirl659.8]

Its a New York thing to, at least in the area I live

[@Roguephilsopher]

I never liked ranch.

[@joohyungf]

fr tho

[@gabipedrazzani6092]

It's also a southern thing

[@jokitten6902]

I'm from Kansas and I enjoy ranch with everything, is that not normal? my life is a lie.

[@valentinekill]

"Summer?? Do you mean fifty degrees out???? Finally, we shall see the sun at last."

[@richterman3962]

That's wenter lol

[@riverr9881]

@@richterman3962 🤦

[@lexrae4255]

Damon Richter r/whoosh

[@flameguy7806]

Today in Nebraska, it will be 90. Tomorrow, it will be 60.

[@bexxa4837]

96° tomorrow tho.

[@kaileem3048]

not one ‘ope’ was said in this video. i am upset

[@zellafae]

Same. Saying ope is a very midwestern thing.

[@leahsvlogs8482]

Puppy chow is literally the best thing in the entire world

[@cassandhollyfilangie2443]

Halloween in the Midwest = long sleeve shirts, pants, etc. No fun costumes for us.

[@Hannah-yu5fb]

Cass and Holly Filangie it was snowing one year on Halloween for me 😪

[@cassandhollyfilangie2443]

Hannah same

[@neverwithoutnalani]

Cass and Holly Filangie yes

[@chocolatier5651]

THATS SO TRUE. AT LEAST IT DIDNT SNOW OR RAIN THIS YEAR IN MY TOWN. BUT I HAD ALL MY RAINGEAR ON FOR NOTHING.

[@tessabouska6836]

Cass and Holly Filangie .that must stink for you guys but a least your not sweating in 80 degree weather in December in Texas. but it's better than any where else

[@courtneyconrad5627]

the ranch thing is too true

[@brettv2672]

HAHAHA ikr

[@christafabel4741]

I love ranch!!!

[@hysten7299]

Yass

[@damariscarlson7808]

yes to true

[@madisonjeanfr]

yes

[@cameronwright1808]

When you bump into someone and say “Ope”

[@pootloop7877]

You know you’re from the Midwest when you attack someone that doesn’t support your sport team 🤦‍♂️

[@michaelc2551]

Or you been knew bout the MO&KS rivalry

[@nickniehaus1763]

That's called being a sports fan

[@rodneyadams6698]

Actually that's a southern thing!

[@evan.l8327]

Michigan and ohio

[@nobody-hp6ik]

Signs you were born in the Midwest: *you were born in the Midwest*

[@xenbri1271]

None of that applied to me and I'm from ohio

[@ssaks2008]

Carl Wheezer cool. I'm from Ohio too. Where in Ohio are you from?

[@lauren7564]

who knew

[@ceciliacarney6117]

sammey2 Ohioan for l i f e!

[@emmyd8839]

Carl Wheezer I'm from Ohio too Columbus,Ohio

[@RosinGoblin]

Puppy chow is life

[@karissa6560]

cant agree more

[@morganelise8831]

It's soooooo good!!

[@sophia5967]

blue cheese could not agree more

[@tradssalesone6334]

I dont get it.🤔

[@tradssalesone6334]

Yall eat dog food ?

[@donnieaidibi105]

The Midwest is like Hufflepuff, they both don’t get enough attention:(

[@totallycrazystudios1801]

EXACTLY

[@CortexNewsService]

As a Midwesterner and a Hufflepuff, I feel this so hard.

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

@@CortexNewsService as an air breather, it hits me harder

[@chae1557]

The Midwest sucks. That’s why we don’t get enough attention

[@stevenplyler6306]

I am an American Harry Potter fan and I am developing my own American version of Harry Potter titled Mary Arianna Smith The Girl Who Lived and I want my version of the Illvermorny School to be as accurate as possible to actual North American cultures and to do much better than Rowling did ! There are way too many Etc Etc’s to cover in a simple comment here but will say that my version of Illvermorny and MACUSA has no Statute Of Secrecy and Magical and Non Magical People are friends but not enemies for the most part and yes you can definitely tell what Magical People from the 5 different Regions of the United States are from they are more different from each than the Non Magic People from the 5 Regions of the United States are from ! And for some trivia Midwestern Witches of European descent often have Red hair, Fair skin tones and Attractive freckles and a very very pretty accent and way of talking and Do Not have hardly any dreams about engaging in The Dark Arts too much and it is the same way with there Midwestern Wizard of European descent counterparts too ! And finally most GOOD Slytherin’s and Pure Bloods come from North America it’s just those European ones that are the Voldemort and Bellatrix types ! Mary Smith is part Slytherin and part Hufflepuff but my version of Illvermorny has no Houses at all ! Let me know what you think about this !

[@justaguy798]

you forgot that us people from the Midwest love going out and watching for a tornado before taking cover at the last moment lol

[@comingoutofhibernation2122]

Really, no.

[@veggiestravv]

I CAN RELATE TO THE RANCH ONE ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL

[@tobigirl2151]

YoshiRawr123 Till i was ten, I thought it was the only dressing there was. Then I learned about french dressing. I still put ranch on everything though.

[@zendaddy621]

YoshiRawr123 I personally find ranch dressing vile; even on my Buffalo wings, I insist on having honey mustard because I hate both ranch and blue cheese...

[@sigrid7740]

RANCH WOTH PIZZA IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD. And I'm not even mid-western.

[@ilovetheshaytards1]

OMG YES

[@mar7268]

Yass I am from the Midwest and I can only relate to the ranch one

[@john2975]

Seems like everyone in the comments is from Michigan and Im over here like yey Illinois

[@adrianmartinez8291]

Chicago all day!

[@supersaiyangodsupersaiyanm7886]

+John Isakson chi-town legend!

[@anniec8551]

same!! chi-town for life!

[@knaida9883]

+John Isakson Same as well! Though I live in the North-Central portion of the state.

[@mayaphipps5195]

Indiana

[@pewdiepieli8476]

When there is a tornado you just keep sitting and talking

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

You walk into someone at california Me:ope sorry Them:ope sorry 😶 😶 Me:iowa Them: Wisconsin Hypothetical situation

[@armorman3005]

Nice

[@nickstirn5146]

Haha it happened to me in Florida!

[@abigailjohnson4798]

purplecatlover1825 randompizza Where in Iowa? I’m on the Mississippi 45 mins from IA City.

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

@@abigailjohnson4798 suburb of desmoines

[@SweetDreams-eq3ro]

Germantown Wisconsin and Waverly iowa

[@RolandDorr]

They forgot that when we see dangerous animals we go and pet them

[@nanidistler347]

Roland Dorr TRUE

[@addysonolsen9703]

for some reason my friend decided to try and pet a squirrel and got bit..

[@kaileem3048]

when i was eight i thought a wolf or coyote or something of the sort was near my car and we were getting ready to leave but i was walking up to it to see what it was and maybe pet it...

[@Kangaru13]

Hey little wolverine Wolverine: *screech* No no it’s ok I’m a fan of the university of Michigan your cool with me Wolverine:....ok

[@ethan9841]

Yes and we pet tornadoes aswell.

[@Gh0st_0110_]

Wait the rest of the country doesn't have puppy chow??!?! You're missing out.

[@bryanwhite8160]

Amp1 Buddy you mean dog food

[@sundog_01]

They were until it got commercialized which is even worse because there's no love put into that

[@amyargentar6382]

Omg I know Chex decided to make muddy buddies and it’s a disgrace. You have to have it homemade! My friends at college ask me to make it all the time

[@angelbabyy1043]

I live in Michigan but what's puppy chow???

[@shanmarie4122]

I... I can't... how... why?? Is that even possible????? Melt some chocolate and mix it with peanut butter, thoroughly coat some chex mix with it, cover it in powdered sugar. You're welcome.

[@chespinz]

Wisconsin weather b like: Sunday: sunny Monday: sunny Tuesday:sunny Wednesday: 30 in of snow Thursday: more snow Friday: even more snow Saturday: cold

[@susiemelirosa7182]

Athena that is not as bad as Oklahoma’s weather we are bipolar as hell

[@chespinz]

@@susiemelirosa7182 True

[@S_u_n_Flower_]

Minnesota weather be like Sunday: sunny Monday: tornado Tuesday: sunny Wednesday: snow Thursday: -12 degrees Friday: slush Saturday:sunny

[@bluyhwa]

Athena Ohio is legit Sunday: windy 50 degrees Monday: partly cloudy 65 degrees Tuesday: snow 40 degrees Wednesday: sunny 70 degrees Thursday: thunderstorms 55 degrees Friday: rain 45 degrees Saturday: sunny/windy 70 degrees Some weeks it’s worse... this is what my weather app says sometimes (not completely accurate)

[@lillypotter931]

minnesota's is even worse

[@alexis2025]

Puppy chow, lemonade shakeups, and horseshoes are very popular in central Illinois. My friends and I smell like the lake and bug spray in the summer 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dawsonwest7789]

Ascension if this isn’t the truest thing I’ve ever heard in my life idk what is. Plus asking friends to go hangout but just getting in a car and driving around because central Illinois is just fields.

[@bugbysanders9651]

I live in Northern Illinois, it only takes like 40 minutes to get to Wisconsin. Puppy chow and lemonade shakeups are popular here too. Horseshoes are more popular in the country parts of Northern Illinois.

[@evan.l8327]

I live in western Indiana and at my fair there are lemon shakeups like in every other stand.

[@recordcollector0665]

@@bugbysanders9651 I live in the far northeastern part of IL (about 10 min south of WI’s state line) and I see puppy chow being served at every party I go to

[@michaelbrantley5941]

What is puppy chow? There’s no way you’re talking about actual puppy chow 😂

[@Lexim1699]

I have lived in Wisconsin my whole 16 years and I have no clue what any of this is, besides the puppy chow.

[@kaxedy6474]

IggyGoneCrazy Best BF4 Content

[@mattb7076]

Lexi1699 Same here, 16 years of my 16 years in Wisconsin, and didn't really get much of this.

[@LiquidThunder2121]

Puppy chow as in chex mix dipped in chocolate and mix it with powder sugar and peanut butter sometimes.

[@amandaotoole7788]

LiquidThunder2121 in other words, Heaven

[@GoodBoyShep]

***** Its chex mix with a penutbutter chocolate covering dipped in powdered sugar. ITS HEAVEN

[@avanicole6700]

I live in Ohio. We had a canned food drive in school. Yeah, no one cared to bring anything in, so they made it an Ohio State vs Michigan canned food drive. Bring in canned food, and write an M or an O on it. So much food got brought in.

[@thatoneannoyingsoprano8066]

That's the most Midwestern thing I've ever read lol

[@paygemiller3189]

Ava Nicole Yeah! I live in Ohio too!

[@armstrongtics2733]

That is brilliant!

[@toastbread2263]

Props to whoever had that idea.

[@themichigander4924]

Ava Nicole Ive worked food drives in Michigan and honestly never had a problem with people not bringing any food in

[@sprixie5897]

lawn chair in the garage. watch the tornados, apologize too often, " Lemme just sneak right by ya. "

[@touxiong519]

Lol you forgot about time, I was from Wisconsin and there I noticed that if we say 5 o'clock we meet, by 4:45 we are there. Moving to California, the time is completely different. If they say 5 o'clock we meet that means by 5:30 they maybe on their way lol.

[@michellejohnson254]

"Can i have a side of ranch!"...LITERALLY ME AT EVERY RESTERAUNT!😂😂

[@hannahv2908]

SAME

[@eddeliecoronado560]

LITERALLY SHANE DAWSON AT EVERY RESTAURANT!😂😂

[@michellejohnson254]

Eddelie Coronado OMG QUEEN!💗😂

[@isabellamokaya6585]

My brother is obsessed with eating ranch, mostly when we go out to eat.

[@egg8446]

michelle johnson YES

[@Swoost]

"I will take that thank you" if im gonna eat puppy chow i need like a gallon drum of it

[@mynameisblue6964]

Swoost yes

[@reedia3955]

Swoost I NEED LIKE 10 GALLONS OF IT AND 100 OF THOSE GIANT BOTTLE THJNGS

[@tegansnapp8697]

Swoost ikr I'm from Utah and we eat puppy chow, but we call it muddy buddies

[@karissalauer2888]

How many Midwesterns understand the tragedy that no other states have cheese curds?

[@quintas66]

They're sold at Schnuck's in St. Louis, but you have to drive up to Wisco to get the real squeaky ones.

[@labj143]

That is sad to me. Even more than finding out Cousin's Subs is only a midwest chain.

[@kalxco]

Do other places in the US not have puppy chow??

[@jeaniegirl8709]

They do, but apparently Non-Midwesteners actually only feed it to puppies.

[@JeffDeWitt]

Yes, but not like you mean it, in the rest of the world it's food for puppies.

[@maxies4090]

they'd better

[@emilysheleski2066]

Needed to be added = - can you come here once real quick? - where’s the bubbler? - when it’s thirty degrees out and you still wear shorts - holding the door open for someone who is far away - going up north - having an unwritten honor code (like leaving your stuff at a restaurant table) - tailgating

[@devonm44]

what the hell are the first two? lmao

[@Elle-ho3yg]

WHERES THE BUBBLER WILL NEVER BE ASKED BY ANYONE ELSE 😂😂

[@susaintit8025]

Space Pickle where the hell do they say “Wheres the bubbler?” at ive never heard that

[@Elle-ho3yg]

Ykitsniya wisconsinites 😂😂

[@suckmypuck91]

Space Pickle I literally don’t own a pair of shorts in Chicago.

[@audreydavey690]

Ok Illinois people who can relate? Telling people your from Chicago when really your from a suburb right BY the Chicago area but you don’t feel like people asking where that is so you just say Chicago

[@amyargentar6382]

When you’re actually from Chicago and hear this from suburbanites all the damn time and it hurts your soul as a Chicagoan:(

[@1bam159]

I think most people that live in a suburb of a big city say that for the same reason you do. I live in a suburb of Cleveland but when people ask I just say Cleveland

[@1bam159]

so if you lived in a suburb you would rather talk about where exactly the city or town you live in is located instead of having an actual conversation with that person?

[@sophasleeper7949]

I do that all the time

[@kyliebloomquist1733]

AudreyElizabeth yes so so so true😂

[@HighGear7445]

How about the phrase go ahead. Say your helping someone hitch up there boat. and you say GO AHEAD and back up. Another one is I'm taking off, as in I'm leaving now.

[@quintas66]

"Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and stop so I can sign off on that because we're taking off on Sunday."

[@hugenerd97]

Wait, other people don’t say “go ahead?”

[@cadaverous6]

First Tuesday of the month: Tornado siren goes off Me: eh

[@sophialynn469]

Indiana's like the middle child always stuck in between the older and younger siblings fighting. *cough* Ohio and Michigan *cough*

[@Kangaru13]

Go Blue

[@Lanie-green-23]

Go red

[@audraymix1504]

Hahah I love this I live in Ohio buys I’m Michigan fan

[@taylorbritt499]

YES I've grown up in Indiana and I always get so excited when we're mentioned literally anywhere bc we're always left out 😂

[@ejsims143]

Taylor Britt Indiana gets mentioned waaaaaaay more than Michigan 😂😂😂

[@kanedietz2347]

“ope! sorry!”

[@achristinaportillo3548]

Never heard ope! In Nebraska, Iowa, or misery

[@ItzSlappest]

@@achristinaportillo3548 we say it all the time in my neck of the woods. Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota

[@peregriner5018]

Pretty much everyone I know says ope! And I live in Nebraska

[@shooky7426]

@@peregriner5018 same, what part?

[@samshipley2431]

where's the ranch at tho

[@johnricken5024]

As a person living in Michigan for my whole life this is very accurate

[@gracelouise8418]

Agreed~

[@bigperky2301]

We the great lakes

[@travisplayz7108]

as a person who is from Ohio, this also accurate

[@breyerlover17]

You know you grew up in the Midwest when you hear a Tornado Siren and you go outside to look around. I once had a friend from California that stayed in Ohio for a little while and she got so spooked when she heard the Tornado siren. She literally was trying to duck and cover as I kept walking. lol

[@abbeylawson6495]

We are the hufflepuff of America

[@Tyronestreasures]

True!!

[@Linguineo]

Yes most definitely

[@TotallyNotTavros]

Yup

[@threerandomshoes5425]

😂😂 sooo truue

[@demonstorms9225]

Yep and in Nebraska we definitely are I mean our tourist thing is " honestly it's not for everyone "

[@haleylee9334]

When no one else knows the godly taste of custard.

[@kenzierae6390]

Haley Lee TRUUUUUUUE

[@juansanchez-xs5df]

U know about culvers?

[@haleylee9334]

***** Um hell yea I do!

[@k4nkrelatz]

PREACH

[@JackDaniels-pj3sg]

Missourians love custard

[@chicago4tw438]

When the tornado siren goes off and you sit on the porch to watch...

[@Dndragon55]

Lives in Lincoln "Tornado siren goes off runs for phone for video"

[@sabbs_]

WAIT WAIT WAIT... you're saying SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EATEN PUPPY CHOW???

[@graced4296]

hi thats meeeee

[@alayjahbellamy8492]

Sara . . . puppy chow the dog food?!?!?

[@ThatWeirdo04]

Puppy chow is chex cereal with chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar

[@joelfremling2526]

Love the stuff, ima go make some...

[@neverwithoutnalani]

Lindsey Corliss no, it's Chex, Nutella, and Powdered Sugar

[@rachelhuber798]

In Wisconsin after the winter and its 40 degrees outside im wearing shorts and a t shirt but if it's summer and it's 70 I'm fricking shivering

[@nicole-6062]

Lmao it was so weird when i went to Florida from WI, people were wearing winter jackets in like 60 degree weather. I was in like shorts and a t shirt XD

[@MegaBallPowerBall]

Taylor Biersack I went to College in upstate ny and used to wear shorts and a t shirt in 40 degrees. Now I’ve been in Florida for 4 months and when it hit 70 I put on a long sleeve shirt and considered rushing to the mall to get a full winter jacket.

[@daramadson8626]

Rachel Huber me too!

[@yeah3771]

So true

[@cummywummiez]

Rachel Huber that’s called being a woman

[@aaronklein3005]

1:25 I live in Oklahoma and ANYTIME i go out to maryland to visit my extended family it’s so weird how no one seems to want to chat at stores or on the street or anything

[@JC839]

Does anyone else in the Midwest think we don’t have accents at all? I always think of our accent as the most vanilla sounding accent of all.

[@decoderhacker4062]

Yeah I agree. After moving from Michigan to Arizona, I tried seeing if I could find a change in my accent, but I still sound the same.

[@sarahberkner]

Yes we have accents, literally everyone has an accent. It differs a little based on the state or how far north you are, and some are stronger than others. I've heard the Kansas accent is the closest to a standard American accent, maybe that's what you're referring to.

[@emmanoonoo4896]

You forgot "ope!"

[@abbywatson1459]

I do the "ope!" thing so much and I can't stop! It's getting slightly annoying now...lol

[@maxredacted9813]

You bump into someone and you’re just like “oope, sorry”

[@abbywatson1459]

Yeah, I do that to people, but sometimes it's just like I drop something or run into a table or whatever and go "Ope!" lol

[@kitbracadabra]

IM NOT THE OBLY ONE I THOUGHT I WAS NEUROTIC

[@h_tom10]

everyone does that? why though lol

[@lilacaes]

I've never called bean bags "corn holes". Am i a bad midwestern?

[@angeldejesusjimenezvillanu7744]

Jennifer Saltzman haha same

[@bobjenkins643]

Jennifer Saltzman same

[@DotComedians]

Jennifer Saltzman the actual game is called cornhole haha not the bean bags

[@angeldejesusjimenezvillanu7744]

DotComedians lol i never called it that *shrug*

[@liladilbaitis944]

Yes.

[@nolamccollian3211]

“i’m going to go over by the car real quick yous guys”

[@taehuyng]

In Nebraska, we say "Ope, sorry!" Or "Sneakin' past ya"

[@maybeitsalice]

yeah we do hahaa

[@MyenaVT]

Same in Ohio

[@masha1683]

Who calls it the expressway or freeway?! It's called a highway

[@typicalquality3266]

Masha we do!

[@bridgetcoyer9202]

It’s a highway

[@masha1683]

+Typical Quality oh well I'm from Ohio and I've always called it a highway

[@111danish111]

Its called expressway here in Chicago .

[@daisy8475]

In Ireland and England it's called a moterway

[@chickennugget2611]

Honestly this is so true! Puppy chow is heavenly, ranch is always in the fridge, bean bag toss is fun unless you suck at it, and it's called pop! -MICHIGAN-

[@chickennugget2611]

*MICHIGAN*

[@lazylucario5674]

Alex Spongy got nothing against Michigan but I live in Ohio

[@mafiacat88]

Alex Spongy What else would it be called? Soda? Or is pop a specific brand in which case I just missed the point.

[@quarteracreadventures855]

Alex Spongy In the south all soda or pop is called 'coke' "Do you want a coke?... what kind? We have ginger ale, orange, root beer....."

[@chickennugget2611]

mafiacat88 Some people call pop 'soda' or 'coke'. Usually us Midwesterners call it pop but others call it different things. There's no brand actually called 'pop' btw.

[@lowellgallery629]

As someone who grew up in Michigan, moved to Florida and then spent the past 21 years in Massachusetts, I can tell you with great certainty it is almost impossible to stop angering New Englanders with a friendly "hi" or "how are you" as you walk by them, while they avert their eyes and literally fear engagement with another human being they didn't intend to engage with.

[@andrewstirling2051]

I was born in Dayton, Ohio, so I am officially licensed to judge to accuracy of this video. Yes, bean-bag toss is the regional sport (though I do not remember it being called "Cornhole"), everyone is addicted to ranch, there are no oceans, only lakes, and the Ohio State / Michigan rivalry has, according to legend, taken many lives.

[@Apple-vk3fi]

I've only ever know it as Cornhole

[@andrewheacox89]

Nice! I am from Linton, Indiana

[@mdr11]

Ooh here’s another one. *Tornado siren goes off* Everyone: Freaks out and goes crazy The sensible person™️: Guys chill it’s Wednesday

[@happymilk7433]

me: *casually dances to the serve thunderstorm warning broadcast while secretly panicking inside*

[@randomtechpriest2644]

But the test are one the first Saturday of every month

[@baguette3285]

Turtle Lord for me it’s the first Monday

[@chrise5659]

We had it Tuesday

[@HappyAva05]

Here in Michigan, it's on a Saturday, and I can never sleep in that day, lol

[@tristanmanis8633]

As a person from Indiana, I can safely say that waving to someone and saying "hi" for no reason is very accurate

[@the-deadly-pineapple3157]

Same in Michigan.

[@Sophia-pi2ty]

Yah right! I smile, wave and say hi to EVERYONE.

[@terripeterson669]

My husband gets mad at me for always doing this. We girls will talk in the public bathroom stalls too.

[@caaa825]

Anonymous Human if you ever did that in California youd get a very rude dirty look 😂

[@samuraibobafett1118]

Agreed.

[@huntrusso]

I didn’t hear one “you know” at all

[@bspcy2476]

We call “pop” because of the sound, other than that we call everything by its name

[@janiearledge8174]

This is 100% accurate. I have lived in Ohio my whole life. When we ask how you are we actually care how you are! Be honest! Lol

[@CielPhantomhivexSebastian]

Janie Arledge Cinci for life!

[@RIPANDTEAR60]

Ohio is the best all around state. Mixes of Midwest, south, and northeast.

[@RandomlyCatchy]

Ciel Phantomhive I live there too! :)

[@paynek4225]

Janie Arledge Ohio isn't the midwest lol

[@AudraMcClain]

Payne Gain um yeah it is

[@daneslord]

Ranch is practically a religion.

[@sethshannon8014]

Jared Green what about being nice

[@venus2630]

Seth this isn't Canada

[@Sophia-pi2ty]

Sameee

[@icebeariswatchingyou2327]

You know your from the mid West when 40 degrees is SUMMER!

[@virgiliohernandez6886]

I love midwesterns!!! They are the nicest Americans!!

[@MelonMan]

thanks

[@isobel249]

living in michigan, I'll go for a walk around my neighborhood and everyone who walks by gives you a smile or says hi

[@colemattia6459]

Whenever I catch someones eye I say hi...

[@jessicacellini7091]

isobel same

[@ev3226]

Lol yeah

[@sasha-hg7qh]

Is this not normal ?

[@reynap8542]

We live in completely different sides of Michigan then 😂

[@jg5001]

As a Midwesterner (Kansan), we don't say Expressway, that's east coast. We say Highway.

[@franniewalton3541]

As an easterner (Georgian) we call it the highway.

[@quentingilbert5605]

+Frances Walton highway indiana

[@kaileeconklin3451]

Ya highway (Michigan)

[@saraao3829]

Same (South Dakota)

[@jg5001]

Frances Walton I was thinking about New York lol.

[@reaganb6013]

What about the opes, tornadoes, bonfires, and corn?

[@sophialang929]

Bruh they got Ohio’s hatred for michegan down pat

[@HabitualTeapot]

Actually, we hate Ohio more :) -A Michigander