25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (January 24, 2025)

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Jan 24, 2025 9:00 AM EST

Midwesterners are a different breed. We have men who will wear shorts in 15-degree weather. We have moms who will call anything a "salad" even if it looks literally nothing like any salad you've ever seen before. We have dads who will get so angry that the only words that can come out of their mouths are "Listen here, pal." We're eccentric in our own way, and we love that about ourselves. That's why whenever a Midwesterner leaves the region and runs into another Midwesterner, you immediately become friends. You know you have a shared lingo of "ope," "scuse me," and that you both know what -20 degrees windchill feels like. It will change a person. 

That kind of lifestyle creates the friendliest people with the highest tolerances for cold the world has known (okay maybe not the world, but definitely this country). We're beasts in our own way, even if we look harmless and smiling. 

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  • So if you're lucky enough to count yourself among these numbers, the people who know what Casimir Pulaski Day is and aren't afraid to celebrate it, then these memes are for you. And you'll need them this winter as you bundle up and try to think warm thoughts. 

  • 01

    And I'll keep waiting

    Me, waiting for the temps to go back above single digits BQ
    via pure_memeigan
  • 02

    Try showing that to a Brit... they'll explode

    MIDWEST OPE. Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope EVERYBO The European mind cannot comprehend this Dingle Londonderry Derry 70' NORTHERN IRELAND Aberdeen SCOTLAND North Sea St Andrews Edinburgh Glasgow United Newcastle Kingdom upon Tyne Durham Galway O Ireland Limerick Kilkenny sle of Man Dundalk Drogheda Great Britain Dublin O ° Manchester о O Liverpool Sheffield Birmingham Groningen Norwich ° Tralee Co Waterford Amsterdam Cambridge Killarney Cork 0 WALES ENGLAND Oxford Bi Bristol Cardiff Lond
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 03

    Maslow was right

    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Need Self-fulfillment needs A Midwest Dive Bar Psychological needs Basic needs
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 04

    If you're cold, they're cold

    LESSONS FROM WISCONSIN When the temperatures are negative, bring your garage beers inside. @wi.yaknow
    via wi.yaknow
  • 05

    Ah... Playa Michigan

    Near Acapulco Mexico, in the state of Guerrero, is Playa Michigan (Michigan Beach if you don't hablar español). Allegedly named because it reminded vacationers of the state of Michigan.
    via pure_memeigan
  • 06
    MIDWEST OPE S. EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope In the Midwest, you don't say "I'm going now." You slap your knees and say "Welp!" which means "I should've left two hours ago but was too polite to interrupt you”
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 07
    MIDWEST OPE Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope VS EVERYBODY Only midwesterners know what's wrong with this image
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 08
    Midwest vs. Everybody EVERYBOD@midwestern_ope MIDWEST OPE vs. A beautiful unwritten rule in the Midwest is when the speed limit says 65 and everybody says "if we all go 80 they can't pull us over”
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 09
    MIDWEST OPE.. EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope I don't care how cold it gets the fan stays on at night
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 10
    When she asks if I want to take cute couples pics in the snow... BELL'S I offer her a nice tall can of NOBERON AMERICAN WHEAT ALE
    via pure_memeigan
  • 11
    If you're cold, they're cold, bring them inside
    via pure_memeigan
  • 12
    MIDWEST OPE vs. EVERYBO Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope It's officially "why do I live here" season The Midwest -14° Extreme cold warning 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM -11° -8° -4° 0° 3º 5°
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 13
    MIDWEST OPE. Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ EVERYONE @midwestern_ope There is a cave in Missouri that currently stores 1.4B pounds of cheese. I don't know what the Midwest is planning but it's something big.
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 14
    Oh you're from the Midwest? No, I'm from the Midwest. CHEESE 5 MILES AHEAD on RIGHT ATTRACTIONS-EXIT 6 Blain's FARM & FLEET F DOLLAR GENERAL DOLLAR GENEF
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 15
    MIDWEST OPE Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ EVERY@midwestern_ope Is there anything more beautiful than the Menards light aisle? Short answer: No 409"
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 16
    In Michigan it is against the law to shovel, blow, or plow driveway snow into roadways. It is dangerous for bikers!
    via pure_memeigan
  • 17
    JEN MACK @BigMack 4 Follow This is how kids in the Midwest look when they're out trick or treating Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria · 17h Bills DT Jordan Phillips is wearing a winter coat under his jersey OCBS NFL AFC DIVISIONAL MELN 97 98
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 18
    the cheesler how is this not like. illegal Domino's WE ACCEPT ALL COMPETITOR'S COUPONS ... · 11h
    via pure_memeigan
  • 19
    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope The Midwest today The Midwest in like a few hours
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 20
    Annexation of the Upper Peninsula It's time to take back what's rightfully ours BAYFIELD DOUGLAS KEWEENAW KWEENAW ONTONAGON BARAGA GOGEDIC MARQUETTE FON " IRON ALGER SCHOOLORWT ASHLAND BURNETT WASHBURN SAWYER DICKINSON DELTA RLORENCE" PRICE ONBOA FOREST MINOMNE FOLK BARON MARNETTE 2 LUCE CHIFFEWA MACKINAC LINCOLN な LANGLADE TAYLOR 2 CHFFEWA CROOK DUNN VINOMINE OCONTO 29 MARATHON PIFCE BAUCLARE CLARK PERN DOOR SHAWANO BUITALO FORTAGE WAUPACA HONAUSE WOOD OUTAGAME BROWN ACKSON TRAMPOLINI MANITOWCE
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 21
    Everyone, please give the vapes a break for a min
    via pure_memeigan
  • 22
    MIDWEST OPE vs. Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ EVERYON @midwestern_ope Mother Nature: you cannot have -36° wind chills Tuesday and then 35° on Wednesday, that's a 71 degree difference in 24 hours Midwest: hold my corn
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 23
    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope The 5 uses of 'Ope' 1. You're in the way- "ope, sorry" 2. Suddenly called upon- "ope, okay” 3. It makes sense now- "ope, got it" 4. Late for something- "ope, let's go” 5. Finding something- "ope, here it is”
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 24
    MIDWEST OPE. Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ EVERY @midwestern_ope Is everything okay in Wisconsin? CADAMS PEACE ON EARTH AND WISCONSIN IF POSSIBLE
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 25
    Growing up in Wisconsin... School was never cancelled because it was too cold. Guess we were tougher back then... @wi.yaknow
    via wi.yaknow
  • 26
    Just another Friday in Wisconsin Get in loser! We're getting Fish fries & Old Fashioneds @wi.yaknow
    via wi.yaknow

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