25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (March 7, 2025)

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Mar 7, 2025 11:00 AM EST

Midwesterners love to push it when it comes to weather. The first sign of the sun, even if the temp is still in the negatives, we're unzipping our cargo pants to turn them into cargo shorts. We're calling our friends to invite them over for beers on the porch. We're going to the beach and attempting a polar bear plunge. Because we're built different. 

We're so beaten down by our punishing weather that we learn to relish the good days. It's like intermittent fasting so you can really enjoy your one meal of the day. Or eating all the cereal from the Lucky Charms so you can save the marshmallows for the end. It's a balance of pleasure and pain that is built into the Midwesterner's DNA. Try as you might, you can't tell us not to wear flip-flops the second it gets above 35. It's just part of our culture. You wouldn't try and stop Italians from eating pasta. 

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  • Another strong part of our cultural heritage is laughter. Midwesterners have the best sense of humor because you have to laugh to keep yourself warm. It's the land of dad jokes, mom jokes, kid jokes, teacher jokes, and every kind of joke in between. So let these memes be a celebration of that. 

  • 01

    Foil to "It's not the heat, it's the humidity that gets ya"

    "Money doesn't matter." -Rich people "Looks don't matter." - Attractive people "Wouldn't be so bad without the wind" Midwesterners
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 02

    Water is water

    Karen @bullscityfan23 Spring in Chicago be like: 000
    via @bullscityfan23
  • 03

    I will protect him

    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope Hold your loved ones close ST 23 WED THU 60% 0% 42 38 8 28 ALERT WEATHER ALERT SMALL DOG ALERT WEATHER FRIDAY GUSTS 40+
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 04

    Mmmmm, thunderstorm

    MIDWEST Midwest vs. Everybody OPE EVERYBODY @midwestern_ope Midwesterners can smell this picture
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 05

    So let's do it then?

    ← Post 96 PUR MEGAN Pure Memeigan seems like a dream... @purememeigan.bsky.social The British Antarctic Survey counted around 20 million breeding pairs of penguins in Antarctica. This means that there are ~40 million penguins in Antarctica. There are 11.8 million Ohioans. If all the penguins in Antarctica invaded Ohio each Ohioan would have to fight 7 penguins
    via pure_memeigan
  • 06
    E I meijers briggs Extrovert - Chit chats in middle of aisle with anyone Instacart they - pay someone else to do it S N Shoplifters - these people are the reason liquor is in locked cabinets Nosey - constantly looking at what I'm buying, take a picture it'll last longer. Thinkers - Always T bring mPerks and coupons, also J shop at Aldi's Feelers - Shop F when they need, sensitive to other shoppers, always return their carts S Judging the sh out - of you if you don't return your cart - Seagulls t
    via pure_memeigan
  • 07
    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope My body is not a temple it is a storage unit for tater tot hotdish
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 08
    MIDWEST OPE ES EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope On this day in 1966 a snow storm hit the Upper Midwest with snowfall up to 38 inches and drifts 40 feet high
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 09
    *temperature gets above 40°F* Mosquitoes: @wi.yaknow
    via wi.yaknow
  • 10
    MIDWEST OPE. EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope Laws do not exist here Ida B Wells Dr 90 94 PIASTA WEST Kennedy Expwy Wisconsin EXIT ONLY 90 94 EAST Expwy Indiana EXIT ONLY CFX Aaron's
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 11
    Midwesterners be like: Lightning Gunshots Tornado No fan
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 12
    40° in Florida 40° in the Midwest
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 13
    Happy Pączki Day to all who celebrate
    via pure_memeigan
  • 14
    kt W @KaylaTibke21 It's 40 degrees and sunny in February? Well slap my a and call me midwestern because I'm driving around with my windows down blaring country music
    via @KaylaTibke21
  • 15
    U.S. NEWS Man splits $22 million jackpot win with friend, keeping nearly 30-year-old promise Wisconsin friends Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney made a promise in 1992 to split the Powerball jackpot if one of them ever won. 18.70 DO LOTTER P WER BALL Date: 6/10/2020
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 16
    88 60° today So winter is over So winter is over right?
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 17
    MIDWEST OPE Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope VS EVERYBODY How wind is measured in the Midwest TOMORROW 12 WEATHER AUTHORITY TRASH CAN WIND METER Lid flipped open Tipped over In the neighbor's yard Down the street I've lost my trash can
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 18
    YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM CHICAGO WHEN AWEITER YOU'VE USED ONE OF THESE AS A SHORTCUT imgflip.com
    via chicago.memes
  • 19
    MIDWEST OPE. Midwest vs. Everybody EVERYBOD@midwestern_ope "I like your hat" Select the correct Midwest answer: a. Thanks I got it for _% off! b. Thank you, it was so cheap c. Thanks, my _ got it for me d. All of the above
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 20
    Watching your buddy pile in 6 Old Fashioneds, 2 fish fry meals, and then another 3 Old Fashioneds @wi.yaknow GO R
    via wi.yaknow
  • 21
    Chicagoans love escape rooms, the most notorious one is called Lower Wacker Drive. @showcasingthechi
    via @showcasingthechi
  • 22
    MIDWEST OPE. EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope Let's confuse non midwesterners
    via midwestvseverybody
  • 23
    No Side Otsego Auditorium'& Performance Center Otsego Drug Otsegoing Otsegoing Otsegone
    via pure_memeigan
  • 24
    SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT DGS 2063 INDIANA 999AAA ANDERT A34 5BC OHIO PLL707 INDIANA GVD 3648 If those drivers could read they'd be very upset
    via pure_memeigan
  • 25
    This guy at the Creed show in Tinley Park last night took "With Arms Wide Open" to a whole new level
    via chicagolandmemes
  • 26
    FACT: Chicago is about an Hour away from Chicago Addison St EXITS @chicago.memes gets it
    via allthingschicagocomedy

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