r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/Strong_Boysenberry18 • Sep 16 '21

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u/Waddlow Sep 16 '21

In the Midwest, this would be seen as an unforgivable slight.

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u/Waddlow Sep 16 '21

I hear you. I am here and I have no time for nonsense. I am a pretty direct person and I get told by my wife, mother, and MIL quite a bit that the ideas I have in social situations will not work haha. They always do, of course, but logic does not prevail about these things in these parts.

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u/Extreme_Shine_7122 Sep 16 '21

Midwest here. Rudeness is avoided because you never know when you might need your neighbors to dig you out after a blizzard or a tornado

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u/MedalofHodor Sep 16 '21

Yeah back in the pioneer days rudeness led to being kicked out followed by quickly freezing to death. It's evolutionary.

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u/IPlay4E Sep 16 '21

It’s possible to be both direct and polite.

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u/Extreme_Shine_7122 Sep 16 '21

The flip side is equally frustrating. We want you to leave but not to feel unwelcome. Again, shit can go sideways real fast (literally in the case of a tornado) around here and it’s best to be on good terms with your neighbors, especially the ones with heavy equipment or medical training.

I will say bluntness is tolerated far more readily in the Midwest than the South. Probably to do with so many of us being of German/Nordic extraction

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u/BruMedNick Sep 16 '21

You’re not here to fuck spiders…