The Cult of Minnesota
Are you from Minnesota? Do you know someone who is? If so, then I'm sure that person will not waste a second to remind you that the Coen Brothers are from Minnesota. Juno? Minnesota through and through. One of the hostesses for the E! after-party coverage couldn't stop mentioning that she's from Minnesota. Speaking of after-parties, Prince is hosting one...care to guess where he's from? Minnesota. I've never met more people so proud of ice, icy roads, Best Buy, 3M, and Target.
Anyway, despite their origin, I couldn't be happier that the Coen Brothers did so well. And I find myself really liking Clooney. He had an amazing sense of humor in the interviews and afterwards he shook hands with EVERYONE (cops, valets, fans) as he made his way to his car (Lexus hybrid).
Anyway, despite their origin, I couldn't be happier that the Coen Brothers did so well. And I find myself really liking Clooney. He had an amazing sense of humor in the interviews and afterwards he shook hands with EVERYONE (cops, valets, fans) as he made his way to his car (Lexus hybrid).
posted by Armen Adzhemyan at 11:02 PM
18 Comments:
Armen, you forgot Valleyfair, the Mall of America, the Metrodome, the Great Halloween Blizzard of 1991, all those lakes - there really are over 10,000 - and our dominance in the 2008 Oscars. Okay, you didn't really forget the last one...
Most of the lakes are just the collective tears of people that, unlike the Coen brothers, could not make it out of Minnesota into the real world.
yeah, it must be just awful to be from state with one of the best health care and educational systems in the country, with lots of amazing job opportunities, where you don't wake up under a layer of smog every morning, and where you can actually buy a three bedroom house for around 200k.
good thing we have you california boys to set us all straight... i'll give you five bucks if you can even locate 10 states other than CA, NY, FL, and TX on a map...
Make it $500 and I'll locate all 50.
Especially the ones around the Arctic Circle.
Is 6:37 the same guy who said I couldn't put NYC, Boston, DC, and Philly in order along the I-95 corridor?? I totally DOMINATED that test of 3rd grade geography.
This California boy graduated from a Utah high school. I am well versed in square states, as well as ones with a chomp out of them because Wisconsin won the war.
one more thing:
"with lots of amazing job opportunities"
Nice.
EW, nope, that was me, and I'm not a guy. Not that you were trying to put them in order in that comment, but for those wondering and following along at home, it's Boston, NYC, Philly, DC. Baltimore is in b/w Philly and DC for those looking for extra credit.
I also must have gone to a whack elementary school because we didn't have to put the 50 states on a blank map until fifth grade. We also had to put all the state capitals on too....I totally mixed up Sacramento and Tallahassee.
what's wrong with writing "lots"? your face is lots, mcwho. so is your mom.
oh, and your mom's face.
California has better waves and weather. Minnesota has better everything else. I've lived both places - take your pick of what's important to you. (Me? WAVES, damn..)
Don't forget that Soda isn't a word to us. It's called "pop".
I found this post be google searching "minnesota is a cult". Why did I search that? Because I grew up there, and yes I got a great public school education, and yes when I go back there are some real cool things about it. But that whole "Minnesota nice" thing, well yes to some degree. But there are also a bunch of knucklehead dumb-a**es that live there as well. It really is kind of like a big effing click. Seriously, if you grew up there but got out, you go back and people are so obviously all the same on so many levels (as in like sheep). Of course that goes the same for other places as well. Such is life.
And yes, I know I spelled clique wrong.
i recently moved back to mn from az and i find the people very strange all my friend are just ignoring me like i left a family i to must of been apart of the states cult and for jobs you cant get a good job without knowing somone with my expeirence i to now believe this state is a cult
lol. its like a big clique? maybe its that we have less VANITY! that girl you talked to was probably from a place we call uptown. they are so far up their asses its worse than san francisco. that dude that said he had lived in both states is absolutely right. if you dont like fall colors, and snow.. but i think mn is better because we all have; less facebook friends, edgier places to smoke pot, less hybrid cars, less smug people who eat organic natural fruit, more money, more jobs, all 4 seasons, more activeness, less traffic, less pollution (by far) on and on..
i know this is a 3 year old late post..i just cant stand to see my MN washed up by some yuppies :)
I can't help but to be disturbed by the absolute rude and utterly immature comments posted by most of these people from MN. I currently live here and by far .... we only have jobs for those who can fake very well and eat under dogs. This is for sure true. I feel that many people are very insecure when they feel it is extremely necessary to think of ones state as superior. That within itself and by it's nature shows the ignorance from this state. I am highly disappointed and feel shame for the degrading sense of character that is coming from this so called "state of opportunity". Furthermore, it is necessary to point out that the people of Minnesota lack vitamin D and experience the same symptoms as those suffering from "cabin fever" in Alaska. Many claim the state to be a Women's state. How can anyone call a state with such loose government policies handing out welfare as if it was a piece of mail of high priority a "Women's state". One must be of intelect and in complete submission to the truth of ones self to honestly look at the systems as nothing more than comparative to a Sharia Law keeping women subordinate and completely dependent on the constant perverse men as well as poverty through the welfare system. Think critically is taught in the Minnesota institutions but yet I have not witnessed a person of high academia or within its communities do so as honestly and genuinely as I have done so now. So go ahead take my name call around and let everyone know so once again less opportunities can come to me. Besides....this is what is the culture and the ways of Minnesota!
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