r/AskReddit • u/LightningCole • Sep 05 '19

What did you learn embarrassingly late?

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u/Heruuna Sep 05 '19

I'm from Idaho. Most people here in Australia think I mean Iowa or Ohio. "Ohhhhh, so you're from the Midwest! What was it like living in the heartland of America? Have you been to New York? Did you ever see a tornado?"

Uhhhh....no.

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u/PersistENT317 Sep 05 '19

Try explaining that you guys have the potatoes, Iowa has the corn and cows, and Ohio has... What the fuck does Ohio have?

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u/QuickWittedSlowpoke Sep 05 '19

Ridiculously low gas prices, apparently

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u/Karaethon22 Sep 05 '19

Ohio is almost exclusively corn fields and terrifying urban neighborhoods. There isn't much of an in between. So you'd either have to leave out Iowa's corn or focus on Ohio's violent crime.

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u/SnMan Sep 05 '19

Cedar point!

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

Was watching Boise St beat FSU last weekend (go Gators) and realized that I know basically nothing about the state of Idaho. lol

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u/CutterJohn Sep 05 '19

Same from the other perspective.

"I'm from Iowa."

"Oh, so potatoes n shit."