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20 Times Midwestern Twitter Understood Me Better Than Anyone

The midwest is more than a region, it’s a lifestyle.

From politely asking to “just squeeze by” in a crowd, to basing our weather assumptions on how the air smells, the middle of America is a unique place to live. There are some things that can only be explained as “we’ve always done it that way.”

Midwest is the best, and here are 20 tweets that prove we really get each other.


1. I can still hear it.

Tweet joking this vintage GE digital clock radio is in every Midwestern home
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

2. Midwestern dads have the “best” jokes.

Tweet joking about dads reacting to a mattress spotted on the highway
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

3. I may or may not be eating off of it right now.

Tweet showing a gold floral vintage plate, joking every Midwestern home has it
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

4. Your car doesn’t deserve the kind of treatment it gets in Ohio.

Tweet joking about apologizing to your car after hitting a hard pothole
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

5. Are we this predictable? Yes. We are.

Tweet listing phrases Midwesterners love to say at restaurants
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

6. This is my family.

Tweet joking Midwesterners call a 13-hour drive too short to bother flying
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

7. No worries, all the way.

Tweet asking whether Midwesterners say "you're fine" or "no worries" after a sorry
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

8. This is so true. I feel personally attacked.

Tweet listing the eight drawn-out layers of a Midwestern goodbye
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

9. Shout out to the CCHS Theatre Department. Cast dinners at Applebees were the event of the season.

Tweet joking Applebee's was the hangout spot for Midwest high schoolers
Twitter: @rachelskur

10. Is a spoon considered a weapon? It certainly can be.

Tweet joking Midwesterners playing spoons risk injury and a police visit
Twitter: @lordofoverstock

11. I may or may not have just used some. Winters are rough here, y’all.

Hand holding a bottle of Corn Huskers Lotion, joking it's a Midwest hall closet staple
Twitter: @mlgreer89

12. That’s basically warm enough for flip flops, right?

Tweet joking Midwesterners skip a coat once winter hits 35 degrees
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

13. Bonus points if there are none.

Tweet joking Midwest town size is measured by its number of stop lights
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

14. We were just talking about this, wait for it, the other day.

Tweet joking "the other day" could mean yesterday or six years ago
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

15. Where else would we put those corn-on-the-cob holder things and batteries?

midwest tweets junk drawer
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

16. I’ll fight to the death.

Tweet joking Midwesterners defend ranch dressing fiercely
Twitter: @midwestern_ope

17. Don’t ever expect us to tell you how many miles away something is.

Tweet listing Midwestern folk units of distance and driving-time measurement
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

18. So true. Fancy moms have a quilted bag for the Kroger bags.

Tweet joking about moms keeping a grocery bag full of grocery bags
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

19. You never know what you may see.

Tweet joking "wanna go drive around?" quoting a hometown-in-four-words prompt
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

20. The most accurate way to predict the weather.

Tweet joking Midwesterners can smell a blizzard coming two days out
Twitter: @midwest_thebest

Chelsea Wiley

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Chelsea Wiley

Chelsea Wiley, first of her name, Queen of the Seven Andals... wait. That's not right. Joking aside, Chelsea is a writer and photographer born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. She is an avid reader and a lover of animals.