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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

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A live person?! Who the FUCK do you think I'm talking to now?

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I'm still watching videos. She goes through all of her empty candles and melts each month. This chick needs a job at Yankee!

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Anonymous wrote:You all are horrible. Don't you have something better to do?

Nope. And it's really not horrible. The BBB video has 500,000 views. This woman wants people to be watching her and talking about her.

Yes. I am sure she does, but not with the contempt and pomposity that I am seeing here. It just isn't necessary--a bunch of over-priviledged, pompous, harpies with nothing better to do than pretend than they are better than someone else who is less cultured. It sucks.

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Updates!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p4oPazUmEPE

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

It is "a" Midwestern accent. It's just not the primary Midwestern accent. Most of the Midwest has the Midlands accent. That's an Upper Midwestern accent. Chicago has its own accent, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Pure comedy gold, people! I'm not sure what I love most -- the flat accent, the gum chewing, the inexplicable obsession with scented candles, or the air quotes. Or, when she takes a sniff of the Peach Bellini candle lid to calm herself down. LOL. However, I really wish she would've somehow managed to work "pop" into the rant a few times!

As funny (and true to life) as a lot this is, I have to come to the defense of my fellow Midwesterners!! Obviously, not everyone in the Midwest acts or sounds like the person on this video. And they are hands down the nicest people anywhere in the country[i].

No, they really are not. I've lived both on the East Coast and in the Midwest, and I personally think this is often said, but not really borne out in personal experience.

Not PP, but I grew up in the Midwest. I think it really depends on where you are in the Midwest v. East Coast. I think most Midwesterners are always more polite than most East Coasters, but not always "nicer." They can be stand-offish and provincial and in their own world. If you move to a lot of Midwestern cities from elsewhere, you will have a hard time making friends.[i][b] Minneapolis, especially, is a place that is socially cold. On the other hand, Chicago gets a big influx of new blood and is both polite and warm.

Most East Coasters strike me as less polite, but warmer and more social and less reserved. A New Yorker is perfectly happy to talk to you and give you an opinion. They might be really blunt about it, but it's meant with honest intentions. Folks in Boston and Philadelphia struck me the same way.

Yes, this has been exactly my experience. See part above where I have bolded. [b] If I was not from the Midwest, they didn't really quite know what to do with me, and so, ignored me. And chose to hang out with other Midwestern people.

This is true even if you move cities within the Midwest.

I have found this even in Chicago. Once there ("the capital of the Midwest," as I like to call it), Wisconsin people love to meet other Wisconsin people, Michigan people love to meet other Michigan people, Ohio people love to meet other Ohio people. "You went to Northern Eastern Southern Western Illinois State? Wow, so did I! And so did Katie, and Sarah, and Melissa, and Jen!! Oh, you? You are from Virginia? Where is that? Did you grow up on a cotton plantation? Ha ha, I am hilarious [everyone from the Midwest, none of whom have been to VA, laugh] Oh, Jen! I wanted to tell you a funny story about someone from our hometown! Bye, VA person!"

Not the PPs, but how is that different from any other area of the country? I have heard those same conversations in California, Boston, you name it. Don't most people like it when they meet others who went to their same school, or are from the same area? I don't see why you think this is specific to the Midwest.

The difference is that in many places in the Midwest, people are hostile to making new friends. If you haven't known them forever, you aren't going to make friends with them. They've lived in the same place forever. They have hung out with the same people forever. They are not social with people who are new to the area. They aren't really friendly people. If you move to a mid-size city like Indianapolis or Minneapolis of St. Louis, you will have a hell of a time meeting people or making connections because they are so hostile to outsiders.

I kind of wonder what sort of attitude you brought to the table, whether it was intentional or not. I am from Minnesota originally, and have lots of friends still there (including Minneapolis), and they're not particularly snobbish or exclusive (and in the case of several very close friends, they're maybe too warm initially). They're like most everyone else: sometimes looking for new friends, sometimes preoccupied with other things.

Nah. It wasn't just me. In fact, while I was there, the Star-Tribune ran a lengthy article about how hard it is for out of state people to move to the Twin Cities, because the Twin Cities is so stand-offish. It was met with huge amounts of outrage from their readers.

You can claim "Minnesota Nice" all you want, but "God's Frozen People" is more like it.

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I just don't understand. Someone wasted 11 minutes over 3 wick candles?

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She has hundreds of candle reviews

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Anonymous wrote:Wasted 11 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Please tell me she's not real.

I know, Im suddenly embarrassed to be American.

I don't think I can watch this thing in its entirety.

It's hilarious how at the beginning she says 'Turn your CAMERAS off'. Cameras!

That's just one of the highlights--you should watch the whole thing to where she yelling " I'm up here dealing with fucking bitches!". It's comedy gold.

I want to know how many times she says "Oshkosh." I still just can't get over the accent. I'm from the south and know no Midwesterners so it's just so jarring to me.

And southern accents are repulsive to us Midwesterners. All of this country's problems can be traced to the south.

I didn't say repulsive. I said jarring... Because I never hear real Midwest accents like that. Nice work disproving that old saying that all Midwesterners are nice!

And nice work keeping up the stereotype of the passive aggressive southerner!

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FFS! Bath and Body Works raised the price.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcxzfmzvaos

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Nah. It wasn't just me. In fact, while I was there, the Star-Tribune ran a lengthy article about how hard it is for out of state people to move to the Twin Cities, because the Twin Cities is so stand-offish. It was met with huge amounts of outrage from their readers.

You can claim "Minnesota Nice" all you want, but "God's Frozen People" is more like it.

I am from Minneapolis I can see totally see how it's hard for outsiders to break in. Adults are literally still friends with people they went to elementary school with. People generally don't move away from the area. If they do, most of them move back within a few years. For most people, their entire family still lives in the area. I'm talking about both sides. Which is another reason why outsiders find it hard to break in -- people tend to spend a lot of time with their extended families because they are all in the area. So people have less time to welcome outsiders into their circle. They don't have time for the social contacts they have.

But, like anything, this is a generalization. It really depends on what part of the city you live in, where you work, if you have kids, etc. There are ways to meet people anywhere in the country. Join a running club, through your kids' events, etc.

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Stupid thread/ youtube video. Whats funny about it?

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Anonymous wrote:Updates!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p4oPazUmEPE

Wait - did she say she gets paid for doing candle reviews? How does one get that job? What is the interview process like? What were the other candidates like?

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Anonymous wrote:Updates!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p4oPazUmEPE

Wait - did she say she gets paid for doing candle reviews? How does one get that job? What is the interview process like? What were the other candidates like?

Yeah, she said she gets paid by YouTube every time somebody watches one of her videos. So, give yourselves a hand DCUMers! We've helped this girl earn a lot of money today!