25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (May 30, 2025)

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
May 30, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

Midwesterners love calling something a salad that isn't a salad. But to be fair to us, the definition of salad is pretty loose here. It's basically anything that is served cold in a bowl during a Memorial Day barbecue. Bonus points if it has mayonnaise or marshmallow fluff. Minus points if it has lettuce in it. It's because we get creative over in this region. Sometimes we lack stuff to do so we have to innovate in other ways. 

We may not have the flashing lights of the coasts but what we do have is a lot of time to chop up Snickers and come up with ways to transform them. And that's an equally important cultural contribution as anything that has ever come out of Los Angeles. You can't eat Hollywood with a plastic fork on a paper plate nestled on your knees. But you can do that with Aunt Carol's potato salad. 

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  • Because we're so creative, that also makes us great meme makers. I'd venture a guess that most of the world's greatest meme artists are from the Midwest. Do I have any evidence to back this up? No. But I just have a gut feeling. Maybe it's based on the memes from this list right here…

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    VS MIDWEST OPE Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ EVERYON @midwestern_ope Growing up in the Midwest is understanding that there is a 50/50 chance you are opening leftovers instead of butter Bill Real Taste Real Ingredients SHEDD'S SPREAD & COUNTRY CROCK NO Artificial Flavers NO Artificial Preservatives Trans Fat Og Per Serving Country Fresh Taste ORIGINAL "SEE NUTRITION INFORMATION FOR FAT AND SATURATED FAT CONTENT NET WT 150Z (425g) 40% VEGETABLE OIL SPREAD 67819168
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  • 02
    The Midwest Food Pyramid Sweet Corn Puppy Chow Scotcheroos Doritos FROMAGE ПАСНО CHEESE Cheese Curds Buffalo Chicken Dip Walking Tacos
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  • 03
    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBOD Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Midwest nice is putting your paper plate upside down in the trash at the BBQ so you don't offend whoever made the stuff you didn't eat
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    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBOD Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope Hardest jobs in the universe: 1. Brain surgeon 2. Aerospace engineer 3. Teaching someone how to play Euchre
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  • 05
    It's officially Memorial Day when this bad boy gets fired up! STIHL @wi.yaknow STIHL
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    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY VS Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Is Indiana the best state in the Midwest? 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2025-2026 Johns Creek, GA #1 in Best Places to Live 7.0 Overall Score Population: 78,937 Average Commute: 26 minutes Median Home Value: $528,234 Median Monthly Rent: $1,672 Median Household Income: $163,653 Carmel, IN #2 in Best Places to Live 7.0 Overall Score Population: 105,606 Average Commute: 22 minutes Median Home Value: $448,943 Median Monthly R
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  • 07
    Wisconsinites walking into the beer cave at the liquor store @wi.yaknow
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  • 08
    When someone says they prefer ocean beaches to Great Lakes beaches
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    *the server listing all the soups and salads* Me knowing I only care about the fish fry: @wi.yaknow
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  • 10
    Kyla Russell @KylaBRussell "Midwestern nice" only goes so far... HP PLAYOFF PARKING Pacers Fans 20.00 Knicks Fans 100.00 www.ipco.services 25 E South Street
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    MIDWEST OPE Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope VS. EVERYBODY There are 4x more cows than humans in South Dakota The U.S. States That Have More Cows Than People #27 #19 #6 #3 #17 #7 #4 #1 #42 #12 #18 A #30 #28 #23 #14 Highest #2 #32 #40 #9 #31 #33 #37 #34 #5 Lowest #10 #24 #29 #11 #16 #26 #8 #13 #22 #15 #44 #25 #20 #21 #36 #39 #41 VT #18 NH #45 MA #48 RI - #49 CT - #46 NJ - #50 #38 DE - #47 MD - #43
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  • 12
    When you pick on me, this is who you are being mean to @Iithosphere. 17h Weiner dog wearing armor at the Michigan Renaissance Festival (2002) WATER
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    Never forget what Ohio took from us Know Your Know Your Meme @knowyourmeme. 1h Meme On this day nine years ago, Harambe was fatally shot at the Cincinnati Zoo.
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  • 14
    MIDWEST OPE. EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope POV: There's literally nothing to do in the Midwest so we watch race cars drive around for 500 miles >GANBRIDGE
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  • 15
    In the US of A we have the right to bear arms. In Norwalk Michigan they have a right to Bear Lake erport 22 ortage Lake Onekama Bear Lake Bear Lake Norwalk
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    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope The perfect day in the Midwest doesn't exis- 86° Sunny H:88° L:61° 7.0 SHORTIES SMIRNOFF ICE RED WHITE &BERRY SMIRNOFF ICE Pink
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    pure Pure Memeigan❤ memeigan Sleeping Bear's overlook platform still there W ...
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  • 18
    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Vs. Wish we could crossbreed mosquitoes and lightning bugs. Then we could at least see them coming
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  • 19
    The only sensible investment rn is massive parlays involving the Detroit Tigers Freak the fl out and panic sell everything. Put it all in Tigers parlays. -Warren Buffett
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    MIDWEST OPE. Midwest vs. Everybody @midwestern_ope VS. EVERYBODY I'm this old family Video Schuran's CREAM & DE SOFNANS Schwan
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  • 21
    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Protests intensify in the Midwest as road closures and detours expand across the region END ROAD WORK END ROAD WORK END ROAD ROAD WORK WORK
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  • 22
    MIDWEST OPE Midwest vs. Everybody EVERY @midwestern_ope This view right here is why I love living in the Midwest
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  • 23
    Parkour! GRAND RAPIDS POLICE
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    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Every Midwesterner ate at least one of these salads this weekend
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  • 25
    MIDWEST OPE. vs. EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Areas shaded in blue do not have road construction Minnesota Iowa Rainy Wisconsin Illinois uri Lake Superior Superior GREAT LAKES Upland L. Michigan Wabash Michigan Lake Huron Ohio Indiana Ottawa L. Erie Niagara Falls Allegh Penns
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  • 26
    MIDWEST OPE Midwest vs. Everybody EVERYBON @midwestern_ope POV: you enter a Midwest town of 600 people @shavay
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  • 27
    MIDWEST OPE EVERYBODY Midwest vs. Everybody ❤ @midwestern_ope Not all heroes wear capes FORT WAYNE, IN FOX NEWS 1:53 CT ELDERLY COUPLE VISITS 644 OUT OF 645 CRACKER BARRELS AMERICA'S NEWS HQ
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