Anonymous wrote:People here are jealous because this woman has a hobby she cares deeply about without an ironic detachment. It's liberating. Maybe people here have the hobby without ironic detachment. Fly over country is your country, bitter snobs. Don't hate her because she lives somewhere with cleaner air, cheaper prices, and better schools.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Anonymous wrote:I don't like how she says "cahr-mul" instead of "car-a-mel."

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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.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with 7:05. This is pathetic. Not funny, just seriously pathetic.

Sad that she
felt this way
made the video
posted it online,

and sad that people are making fun of her.

Not humanity at its finest.

Is this clip real? Or is it meant to be ironic? can't tell. If real, God help us all.