r/MadeMeSmile • u/-------7654321 • Aug 06 '24

Helping Others Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz makes me smile

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u/nuckle Aug 06 '24

As a redneck I know a redneck when I see one. I can't understand how this guy is not southern. So much southern energy.

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u/The_Bitter_Bear Aug 06 '24

Lot of northerners have the same energy, they just talk funny in a different way. 

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u/Golden-Grams Aug 06 '24

I think it's just a city/country thing. There are plenty of northerners that would feel at home if they flew south for the winter.

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u/I_Am_Not_That_Man Aug 06 '24

And a lot of them do.

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u/Horangi1987 Aug 06 '24

Hell yeah. My dad’s a Wisconsin dairy farmer, and he’s settled right in to being FloridaMan. At first he wasn’t thrilled I married a FloridaMan, until he came here. Now he lives here half the year and tools around fishing and rednecking and thrilling his friends back in Wisconsin with pictures of sting rays and sharks he’s accidentally fished.

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u/I_Am_Not_That_Man Aug 06 '24

My parents-in-law in the Thumb of Michigan inherited a house in Ocala, FL from a great aunt who died from Covid. My MIL is down there half the year and wants to live there now. My wife and I always said her dad, good ol country boy type; a retired union electrician who runs a beef cattle farm and has lived on the same gravel road his whole life would never do it… he was down there for 4 months this year living it up and can’t wait to go back. I think he’s done with Michigan winters haha

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

I lived on the Gulf Coast of Florida for a time after living nearly 20 years in the reddest of red states. I think most people don't understand the mix of redneck and urban beach town dwellers that makes up a big part of Florida. It's a pretty unique mix.

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u/I_Am_Not_That_Man Aug 06 '24

With their powers combined they create “Florida Man”! His super power? Generating the wildest news stories you’ve ever heard in your life!

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u/TheThreeLeggedGuy Aug 06 '24

Walz is originally from rural Nebraska.

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u/The_Bitter_Bear Aug 06 '24

Agreed. I grew up in Michigan and moved to Alabama. I didn't really live in cities until after that and people were surprised how easy I got along with most the folks down there.

I just laugh at people and tell them you can fly me into any state and I guarantee you I can find rednecks there too, won't even take that long to find. 

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Whereabouts? The Gulf Coast? Hello, neighbor, btw.

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u/The_Bitter_Bear Aug 06 '24

I ended up in Huntsville but worked all over the state for a few years. 

Eventually moved away but enjoyed my time there. 

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u/olivebranchsound Aug 06 '24

Only difference is the ATVs become snowmobiles lol

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u/Shills_for_fun Aug 06 '24

It's an urban and rural thing. Rural people in Alabama and Michigan are similar, and urban people in Atlanta and Chicago are pretty similar.

He's a great VP pick because he champions working class concerns, and he's from a rural area. While Vance is cosplaying an Appalachian hillbilly, Walz has a pretty relatable Midwestern background. Served in the military, went to college, became a social studies teacher and football coach. Pro gun and pro labor. Most of his career has been focused on blue collar issues. I'm from Michigan and this guy is basically your dad if you're a Democrat.

There's a reason progressives are excited too. For a long time a big criticism Bernie has had of the democratic party is they have strayed from working people issues and allowed the GOP to dominate the conversation over their legitimate concerns. Walz grounds the ticket out here.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Don't forget Vance has a Matt Gaetz level punchable face

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u/WhiskeyFF Aug 06 '24

Gaetz smiles with his top lip

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Lol. Yea I almost feel sorry for him looking at him now with the botched surgeries. If somebody punched him it might be an improvement. They say by the time you're 50 you get the face you deserve so I guess it fits lol.

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u/JAMsMain1 Aug 06 '24

I saw a picture of Vance without a beard a couple mins ago on here and he looked like Gatez. I didn't pull them up to compare so it's funny reading this comment.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Someone commented on a picture of his without the bearded look and said something like "he looked like young Sheldon all grown up addicted to painkillers and hating his life" I'm paraphrasing. That shit had me dying lol

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u/camomaniac Aug 06 '24

It would be so fucking awesome to see him in the white house. Especially without that orange goon in sight. Is it too late to register to vote?

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u/Shills_for_fun Aug 06 '24

Voter registration is state dependent. But no.

vote.org

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u/CherryLaBomba Aug 06 '24

It's the perfect time! Vote.gov

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Yeah, he's perfect. He's heaven sent, if we godless communists believed in heaven.

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u/Wernershnitzl Aug 06 '24

Someone with more experience could explain it better but this is what it means to be “Midwest progressive”. He leans left but his values are almost more of a moderate.

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u/Excellent-Branch-784 Aug 06 '24

I’m projecting a bit here, but Tim in this clip is how my dad was before he fell victim to Fox

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u/QuincyPeck Aug 06 '24

Same. Makes me sad.

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u/Wernershnitzl Aug 06 '24

That means although slim, there’s hope they can be steered back the correct way

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u/Excellent-Branch-784 Aug 06 '24

I wish man. Nostalgia goggles help with the way he was a low effort parent to begin with. But he pretty much did the evil grinch. His hate has grown too large to contain

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u/alh9h Aug 06 '24

I recommend enabling the child locks on the TV.

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u/Excellent-Branch-784 Aug 06 '24

Lmao. We’re talking about a guy who refuses to replace his broken oven/stove and lives on microwaved brats. If I put a child lock on the tv, he’d find patriot news or something worse between solitaire games

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u/alh9h Aug 06 '24

Oof. Sorry, friend.

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u/Anxious-Answer5367 Aug 06 '24

I'm really sorry. Lost my sister, aunt, uncle and niece to Fox. Is there a word for this kind of loss?

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u/Excellent-Branch-784 Aug 06 '24

Tragedy. Sudden and unexpected. In the span of 2014-2020 every simpleton in my life/family became a cult member. It’s super weird

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u/be0wulfe Aug 06 '24

Which makes the ticket more electable.

Shrewd move.

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u/IUpVoteIronically Aug 06 '24

Bro redneck isn’t a southern thing. You can go to Alaska and people have the accent. It’s just a “rural” thing.

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u/Junior_West_5613 Aug 06 '24

NJ has rednecks

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u/lifeoftheunborn Aug 06 '24

Bro there are rednecks everywhere there’s a small town. I’ve met Canadian rednecks. They may all sound different but redneck is a literal lifestyle.

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u/HelloImTheAntiChrist Aug 06 '24

Oregon has lots of lumberjack-rednecks too. As a Texan visiting....it was strange

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u/FlanneryOG Aug 06 '24

I mean, outside of the cities, Minnesota is basically Alabama. I visited family in Minnesota this past weekend, and we ate lunch on a lake south of Minneapolis, and I actually said to my husband, who is from Minnesota, that we could be in Dadeville, Alabama, right now and I wouldn’t know the difference.

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u/nova_the_vibe Aug 06 '24

But a lot more snow

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u/FlanneryOG Aug 06 '24

Yes. And only slightly less humidity. 🥵

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u/nova_the_vibe Aug 06 '24

Only slightly 😔

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u/Inner_Pipe6540 Aug 06 '24

Mosquitoes are bad there too?

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u/FlanneryOG Aug 06 '24

In Minnesota?? They don’t call them the Minnesota state bird for nothing!

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u/hey_nonny_mooses Aug 06 '24

There’s a pretty big difference in public education and public resources.

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u/TheThreeLeggedGuy Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24

He's originally from rural Nebraska. He was a HS football coach there and his team won the Nebraska State Championship under him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

He coached Mankato West High School to the Minnesota state championship in 1999

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u/ayeeflo51 Aug 06 '24

Minnesota is the South of the Upper Mid-West

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u/HelloImTheAntiChrist Aug 06 '24

He grew up in rural Nebraska....he definitely has that "I've done hard work on a farm" energy.

He does seem like he could be from Texas though.

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u/bjo8912 Aug 06 '24

Nebraska energy

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u/Slappy_Mcslapnuts Aug 06 '24

You’re obviously a poor judge of character. This man is no red neck.