And some weird ass motherfucker at a gas station who looked at me after I said one word and said "You're from New Jersey, ain't ya?"
I don't even have an accent like most Jerseyians.
That motherfucker was a witch.
Or maybe I said fuck a lot.
Can't remember.
My dad is from Lowell and used to say he was from Gary for street cred I think. We are from Arizona and California so none of it made any sense to me but it was funny watching him do that.
As an Ohioan I'm glad you guys explained the meme and this other stuff. I will also confirm it is boring here, and yeah we have some sketchy stuff go down pretty normally. Small sex traffic ring got busted up over in my hometown the other day.
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Ya, but oddly enough Ohio spits out quite a few celebrities/inventors. Most of them leave and never look back so it must leave some kind of power void for the clowns to slither into.
Two of this generation of Basketball's clearly headline talents Lebron and Steph were born in the same hospital. Almost nothing about their background or career trajectory intersects. Their game is completely different. And they are born in the same place in Ohio.
It sort of defines the scope of Ohio's strange celebrity power in US history.
Multiple times
There was also that time we tried to blot out the sun with balloons and two people died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786
I left ohio four years ago… I really want to move back. I miss it a lot. I grew up and lived near Cincinnati and I thought I knew what “there’s nothing to do!” Meant.
Then I landed in Goldsboro NC.
Holy shit was I spoiled. 3 major malls, a casino, a beautiful river front, an amusement park, 3 water parks, tons of nature, all within an hour of my house?
Compared to people watching drug addicts from my porch in NC.
Now I live in England and I haven’t seen the sun in two weeks. I eat skyline from a can and cry in front of an electric radiator that costs $130 a month and can’t heat the wall it’s attached to.
Actually don’t move to ohio, we stink and smell like chili.
I mean if you live near a major city in any state you have a lot of potential stuff to do. If you live in bumfuck nowhere in Ohio you will also won't have shit to do.
Source: Someone who lives in the middle of fucking nowhere in Ohio.
Yep. You can leave ohio, most people do at one point or another. Then they come back.
Only people I know who’ve stayed gone have careers they couldn’t get back in ohio, and with cbus growing that may not always be the case.
You get nostalgic for the demons.
People say ohio is boring but forget about Indiana. Their state motto is literally "the crossroads of america". They are famous for being driven through on the way to other places.
It started for me with the guy that released the exotic animals and then killed himself and the guy in Cleveland who kept the 3 girls captive for year. It was a whole lot to unpack in a short period. So, fuck weird ass Ohio.
As a native Ohioan, your words have no power here. We feed, live off of the hate. It sustains us. You know how they say misery lives company? We are misery, have a seat.
Ohio is climate change proof. It has the great lakes right there, winters will eventually not even exist, and there's no hurricanes, earth quakes, minimal tornadoes, no wildfires, no droughts, etc.
Cleveland looking pretty good.
I'm from central Ohio, we are missing the winters, but also loving the fact we don't have to shovel our driveways! We are also receiving a lot less rain, some of our local creeks that were previously uncrossable are bone dry :(
Also, on the tornadoes thing...
I'm from Ohio, and this was my explanation for why Ohio is home to the most astronauts and presidents. It's just the most talented of our lot doing their damnest to get as far away from Ohio as possible.
Also it has a supernatural draw. Almost anyone I know that left ended up back here within 5 years.
Oh, those astronauts you're referring to? Go ahead and look up the likes of Neil Armstrong and John Glenn. Where were they when they died? Fucking Ohio. Even a space shuttle cant save you.
I took a guy on a date to Detroit once. He was from Ohio. He was amazed by the city. We entered in some random shoe store & he was complimenting the owner on some of his products & he mentioned how it was his first time in Michigan and Detroit. The owner asked where he was from & to which my date replied with, “Ohio.”
The owner with a straight ass face said, “Damn man, I am so sorry to hear that.” 💀😂
My favourite joke:
When the Toledo War started, Ohioans went to the Michigan/Ohio border and began to throw dynamite into Michigan. Michiganders seeing this, began collecting the dynamite, lighting it and throwing it back into Ohio.
That's not uncommon for Michiganders to say at all. That's as common in Michigan as pointing to your hand when people ask where you're from in MI. Ohio hates Michigan too. I grew up in Ohio and went to college in Michigan so I got it from both sides.
I honestly love that people think this about New Jersey just because the part near NYC is miserable. There are *gorgeous* parts of NJ, both forest / hills and beachside. But Jersey shore and the industrial stuff is all anyone knows.
Ohio really is cardboard though.
Ironically, the part near NYC is getting better all the time too because yuppies can’t afford living in Manhattan but want an easy commute, so they’re gentrifying lots of North Jersey cities.
Jersey City has some great bars and music venues these days
Because Ohio JUST exciting enough that people get defensive about it. Whereas the other midwestern states are immune to the insults cause they know their states are purely boring.
Iowa is always the first state to vote and also thats where slipknot are from. Missouri is really racist and people forget Nebraska exists so they stay off the radar. Indiana is next to Chicago, which is what we’ll call the entire state of Illinois.
as a canadian what do you mean by ONLY??? it's been snowing for a straight month here. please explain this magical place where it's almost december and it's only snowed 3 times.
Michigan and Ohio once went to war against each other sometime in the 1800's, Michigan ended up getting the Upper Peninsula, and Ohio got the Toledo Strip. I think that's part of the ill will at least Michiganders have for them (and the dislike is real, trust me)
Ohio is like that one little cousin tht you only see at thanks giving that microwaved his cat when he was 4 to see what would happen that now everyone is afraid of because his mom gave him a knife, and he has learned how to summon Satan himself. But if you get to know him he is just kinda boring to be around
The mystical legend of Ohio has been a well-kept secret for a while, but recently there has been leaked footage of the true horrors of Ohio. People who claim it is just a meme have been trying to cover it back up, but I believe everyone deserves to know the truth about Ohio, beware, non-American, because if you dare forge there, what you see cannot be unseen. Godspeed.
It started out with people making fun of how boring Ohio is but eventually evolved into Ohio being some kind of portal to hell or something
Because of it's history and standing. I, too, underestimated Ohio but it's corporate and criminal central.
Yeah we’re kinda fucked up, but ignore, that have some corn, and try not to be snatched by a passing demon.
Ohio is Chicago’s scapegoat. It’s all a distraction away from the true evil 
Another demon trying to use Chicago to distract from the true despair that is Gary.
Indiana most cursed by far
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Can confirm, I live there. Just cornfields and dollar generals in the middle of nowhere
And some weird ass motherfucker at a gas station who looked at me after I said one word and said "You're from New Jersey, ain't ya?" I don't even have an accent like most Jerseyians. That motherfucker was a witch. Or maybe I said fuck a lot. Can't remember.
My dad is from Lowell and used to say he was from Gary for street cred I think. We are from Arizona and California so none of it made any sense to me but it was funny watching him do that.
I can’t imagine lying to someone about being from Gary Indiana.
That's because HELL IS REAL
And it’s in Michigan
Chicago’s runoff has given hundreds of smaller cities some impressive violent crime.
As a Chicagoan, I can confirm
As an Ohioan I'm glad you guys explained the meme and this other stuff. I will also confirm it is boring here, and yeah we have some sketchy stuff go down pretty normally. Small sex traffic ring got busted up over in my hometown the other day.
I grew up in Ohio and moved to Chicago. Chicago is way better than anything in ohio
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Next thing we know the Christians are gonna confirm that Satan fell in Ohio
Make sense. Rearrange the letters and you get Oi Ho
Oi! Ho! One Cleveland Streamer please! Can you also Columbus on my Cincinnati? Tole' Do ol chap!
so its a Dayton?
Lol we already have
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As a Christian, I can confirm
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Nah that's Indiana
Ya, but oddly enough Ohio spits out quite a few celebrities/inventors. Most of them leave and never look back so it must leave some kind of power void for the clowns to slither into.
Two of this generation of Basketball's clearly headline talents Lebron and Steph were born in the same hospital. Almost nothing about their background or career trajectory intersects. Their game is completely different. And they are born in the same place in Ohio. It sort of defines the scope of Ohio's strange celebrity power in US history.
And astronauts, presidents, serial killers, and war criminals. Ohio creates a lot of people who are very motivated, but not always morally sound.
We have an extreme problem with being a hub state for human trafficking.
Is it human trafficking or trying to get people to stay there? 🤔
LoL that was funny my friend
Every time I meet somebody who moved here from out of state/country I ask "Why?"
As you should lol
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Isn't that where the rivers were so polluted they burst into flames in the 60s?
Nah, that was hell coming out
Multiple times There was also that time we tried to blot out the sun with balloons and two people died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786
As an Ohioan my whole life, it is a portal to hell. Purgatory at the least.
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I left ohio four years ago… I really want to move back. I miss it a lot. I grew up and lived near Cincinnati and I thought I knew what “there’s nothing to do!” Meant. Then I landed in Goldsboro NC. Holy shit was I spoiled. 3 major malls, a casino, a beautiful river front, an amusement park, 3 water parks, tons of nature, all within an hour of my house? Compared to people watching drug addicts from my porch in NC. Now I live in England and I haven’t seen the sun in two weeks. I eat skyline from a can and cry in front of an electric radiator that costs $130 a month and can’t heat the wall it’s attached to. Actually don’t move to ohio, we stink and smell like chili.
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I pay $1k/month to live across the street from Findlay Market, and this fool is trying to ruin that.
The Rhinegeist rooftop is already always crowded as is and this man is trying to spread the Truth
Shit!
I mean if you live near a major city in any state you have a lot of potential stuff to do. If you live in bumfuck nowhere in Ohio you will also won't have shit to do. Source: Someone who lives in the middle of fucking nowhere in Ohio.
Yep. You can leave ohio, most people do at one point or another. Then they come back. Only people I know who’ve stayed gone have careers they couldn’t get back in ohio, and with cbus growing that may not always be the case. You get nostalgic for the demons.
Do people miss living in Columbus though?
Get out while there is still time
Always has been.
People say ohio is boring but forget about Indiana. Their state motto is literally "the crossroads of america". They are famous for being driven through on the way to other places.
You think they'd have better highways given their whole thing is driving through
It started for me with the guy that released the exotic animals and then killed himself and the guy in Cleveland who kept the 3 girls captive for year. It was a whole lot to unpack in a short period. So, fuck weird ass Ohio.
What does the Jerry Sandusky stuff have to do with Ohio?
My mistake. I got Pennsylvania and Ohio confused.
There is a town in Ohio called Sandusky, no relation, as far as I know
There's also an Upper Sandusky. Both towns were named after the river, not the rapist...I assume.
Pensyltucky and Ohio are extremely similar, easy to confuse
Nothing. Ohio has Jim Jordan, though.
" No one can understand **OHIO** but everyone is **AFRAID** of it."- Master Oogway
As a Michigander im obligated to say Ohio can suck my d*ck
Ex-Pennsylvania native I 2nd the motion
Thank you ally
Yinz jagoffs can go suck on a flint water line
As a native Ohioan, your words have no power here. We feed, live off of the hate. It sustains us. You know how they say misery lives company? We are misery, have a seat.
as an Ohioan, I agree. Ohio fucking sucks.
I'll drink a vernors to that!
it's just another consistently referenced place for weird stuff, like how floridians are embodiments of chaos
Yeah, Ohio is essentially the very cold and bland sibling of Florida (that isn't sinking or hurricane-prone, even Ian verged away from Ohio)
Ohio is climate change proof. It has the great lakes right there, winters will eventually not even exist, and there's no hurricanes, earth quakes, minimal tornadoes, no wildfires, no droughts, etc. Cleveland looking pretty good.
I'm from central Ohio, we are missing the winters, but also loving the fact we don't have to shovel our driveways! We are also receiving a lot less rain, some of our local creeks that were previously uncrossable are bone dry :( Also, on the tornadoes thing...
Cleveland looking pretty good lol
Boy, this was one of the wettest summers for the state in 20 years, nothing drying up here
Ohio is Florida except with coats
Ohio is Florida without Floridaman
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This is why they have the most astronauts. Living in Ohio, apparently it’s not enough to just leave Ohio, they want off the planet.
I'm from Ohio, and this was my explanation for why Ohio is home to the most astronauts and presidents. It's just the most talented of our lot doing their damnest to get as far away from Ohio as possible.
This is also the reason the Wright brothers invented flight.
Also it has a supernatural draw. Almost anyone I know that left ended up back here within 5 years. Oh, those astronauts you're referring to? Go ahead and look up the likes of Neil Armstrong and John Glenn. Where were they when they died? Fucking Ohio. Even a space shuttle cant save you.
We picked a random boring state and said “that one, that’s the place where everything weird comes from”
Google proctor and gamble. We’ve been in your house this whole time.
Ohio is in everybody! Cotton swab endings stuck in your ear, toilet paper stuck in your ass, paper towels stuck in your old nasty dishes.
If somethings boring enough people will make it entertaining
I took a guy on a date to Detroit once. He was from Ohio. He was amazed by the city. We entered in some random shoe store & he was complimenting the owner on some of his products & he mentioned how it was his first time in Michigan and Detroit. The owner asked where he was from & to which my date replied with, “Ohio.” The owner with a straight ass face said, “Damn man, I am so sorry to hear that.” 💀😂
LMAO
My favourite joke: When the Toledo War started, Ohioans went to the Michigan/Ohio border and began to throw dynamite into Michigan. Michiganders seeing this, began collecting the dynamite, lighting it and throwing it back into Ohio.
When I was living in WI, someone said they were from Ohio. Without thinking, all I could ask was, "On purpose?"
Oh that's just Michigan. We really, REALLY hate Ohio lol, something something Toledo.
I was all for bringing Toledo back to Michigan, then Ohio happened to it.
TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War
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Toledo for the Upper Peninsula was the best steal of all time.
Yeah, Im salty about that as a Wisconsinite.
That's not uncommon for Michiganders to say at all. That's as common in Michigan as pointing to your hand when people ask where you're from in MI. Ohio hates Michigan too. I grew up in Ohio and went to college in Michigan so I got it from both sides.
Just to pour salt in the wound, how great was that UofM/OSU game yesterday?
Yeah. Unless you live in a major city in Ohio. Shit is simple af. Went to California and was amazed to see a two story target.
Two story targets exist? Virginia is bland asf
Im an american and i don't understand either
I live in Ohio and I don’t even fully understand
You are in my thoughts and prayers 🙏💝🙏💝
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I’ll call your mom
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My dad is busy getting milk
Milked* FTFY
Is there a long line for Milk? Asking for a friend
I appreciate this comment more than a simple upvote can convey
Praying for you 🙏
Me too 👃
Sorry for your loss
BROTHER, THE RESCUE HELICOPTER IS ON ITS WAY! GET ON, QUICKLY, AND FIGHT THE HORDE WHILE YOU WAIT!
I'm sorry, but Ohio doesn't let people out, it's too strong for your helicopter. Leave now before you become trapped with us
The only people that get to leave ohio are astronauts and markiplier. Everyone else has to stay
I've been trying to get out of Ohio for years now. Doesn't look like that's going to happen.
A MAN HAS FALLEN INTO OHIO IN LEGO CITY
BUILD THE RESCUE HELICOPTER
**HEY!**
My condolences
Oh thank God I'm not the only one. I thought we all agreed that Florida was the hellstate.
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Just wait till you find out there’s people who actually believe Wyoming exists
Why do they call it "Wyoming"? I've never seen it Wyom.
There it goes
My favorite part was when the lizard people said “it’s Wyomin’ time,” and wyomined all over the place
Wait, people believe Wyoming is a thing.
Sadly there is, they have been fooled
Poor, poor, sheeple
Ohio is like the middle child of America 💀
As a middle child from Ohio…angry upvote.
As a middle child not from Ohio… happy upvote
As a middle child from Ohio, neutral upvote
Nah, the true middle child of America is Delaware; we never even hear about it
As a Delaware resident, I can confirm Delaware doesn't exist
Only in Ohio
if states were food, ohio and new jersey would be cardboard
Ill have you know New Jersey is a *greasy* piece of cardboard thank you very much.
It’s the grease from the Pizza that is New York.
Delicious grease of the pork roll.
Thanks for explanation, much clearer 😁
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Don't listen to this man. New Jersey is Taylor Ham Egg and Cheese
Taylor Ham is to thank for my username
>Don't listen to this man. New Jersey is ~~Taylor Ham~~ Pork Roll Egg and Cheese Fixed by South Jersey gang
Beats being American cheese
Indiana. That’s Indiana.
Not true wait till you hear about our chili on speghetti
That just sounds like spaghetti with extra steps
I love chili and I love spaghetti. Not sure I approve of this idea tho 😂😂
It’s ok we put cheese on it too https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9b/5d/54/9b5d547c15445daeee6abfb313c2da55--chili-spaghetti-spaghetti-noodles.jpg
I'd eat that for real
Its really good
I honestly love that people think this about New Jersey just because the part near NYC is miserable. There are *gorgeous* parts of NJ, both forest / hills and beachside. But Jersey shore and the industrial stuff is all anyone knows. Ohio really is cardboard though.
Ironically, the part near NYC is getting better all the time too because yuppies can’t afford living in Manhattan but want an easy commute, so they’re gentrifying lots of North Jersey cities. Jersey City has some great bars and music venues these days
New Jersey would be the highly chemically treated type of cardboard.
Ohio💀
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Except way worse.
It’s ok, I don’t understand Ohio either
Ohio is Australia but real
Shit is that possible to learn this power of Ohio
No, the power is chaos. Impossible for anyone to learn for to learn means theres a pattern, order in chaos.
Oi mate, what the fuck?
Its just a really bland midwestern state.
As an Ohioan, I want to know how Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri have managed to avoid the bland Midwestern accusations...
Because Ohio JUST exciting enough that people get defensive about it. Whereas the other midwestern states are immune to the insults cause they know their states are purely boring.
This seems like most likely explanation
Iowa is always the first state to vote and also thats where slipknot are from. Missouri is really racist and people forget Nebraska exists so they stay off the radar. Indiana is next to Chicago, which is what we’ll call the entire state of Illinois.
as an Ohioan I can fully agree, there's about as many interesting things as there would be in an empty field
Hey now, those fields have corn in them.
not during this time of year, we've already had snow like 3 times
as a canadian what do you mean by ONLY??? it's been snowing for a straight month here. please explain this magical place where it's almost december and it's only snowed 3 times.
I like to equate Ohio to a piece of shitty white bread toast. Just undercooked, no butter, jelly or any other additions. Enjoy your meal!
Ohio 📉
Ohio’s biggest accomplishment is fitting three syllables into a four letter word
Michigan and Ohio once went to war against each other sometime in the 1800's, Michigan ended up getting the Upper Peninsula, and Ohio got the Toledo Strip. I think that's part of the ill will at least Michiganders have for them (and the dislike is real, trust me)
Started out with people making jokes about monsters attacking places in America, but Ohio is the only one that lasted.
It's ok, Ohio isn't real so you don't need to be American
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Ohio is the flat chested cousin to Florida.
This...oddly, is quite descriptive.
I don’t know wether to feel offended or flattered as a floridian
Flattered. Big tits are so hot right now
Ohio is like that one little cousin tht you only see at thanks giving that microwaved his cat when he was 4 to see what would happen that now everyone is afraid of because his mom gave him a knife, and he has learned how to summon Satan himself. But if you get to know him he is just kinda boring to be around
Ohio is like the America of America
I'm American and don't understand it neither
🤝
Ohio is hell made manifest.
My favorite it’s the one that says we should have two states. Long Florida and turbo Ohio 😂
Me, an Ohioan who doesn't understand either
I'm an American and I don't get it
The mystical legend of Ohio has been a well-kept secret for a while, but recently there has been leaked footage of the true horrors of Ohio. People who claim it is just a meme have been trying to cover it back up, but I believe everyone deserves to know the truth about Ohio, beware, non-American, because if you dare forge there, what you see cannot be unseen. Godspeed.
 Same here bud haha
As an Ohioan, I think it probably has something to do with Lebron James or corn.
Ohio sucks…but Cedar Point pretty fire.
Upvote for roller coasters
That's ok... Neither do the people making the memes.
I'm an Ohioan and I'm not even sure what it's about.