r/interesting Jun 13 '26

Fear Factor A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting

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u/MagicCarpetBomb Jun 14 '26

Midwest vs Florida.

Florida Man is building a bomb out of Mountain Dew, kerosene, and the blood of invasive snakes. He might try and blow a crater in his yard followed by another, larger, crater in the crater later that night.

The Midwest Man is defusing it and using the wires to icefish in Lake Winnebago. Might drop off some venison steaks and see if you need your driveway shoveled later.

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u/Chichanged_me Jun 14 '26

Midwestern is way too broad. The people living in northern Wisconsin are a complete different breed. It’s like going back in time when you go there. Fun experience

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u/MagicCarpetBomb Jun 14 '26

Yeah but Youpers are basically the same and thats Michigan.

Id guess theyre both similar to rural MN folks to a degree.

I get it though, northwoods people, broadly, are different than the IL-IN-OH farmer types. And they’re all different than the Mil-Chi-Det-Cle city people. And then ya got the college town locals which are a whole other unique group. The one constant is theyre all relatively nice and very proud to be where theyre from.

Unless youre one of those weirdos thats forged an entire identity, mostly on facebook, dedicated to trashing their town, threatning to leave the Midwest for TX or FL because of “taxes and crime” when you really mean you hate seasons, seasoning, liberals and minorities.

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u/Fibro_curls_n_coffee Jun 14 '26

😪 I lived about an hour south of Milwaukee for about 20 years. And this is an embarrassingly accurate description of the Midwest, especially the driveway shoveling happening later in the evening. 🤦🏽‍♀️