#flyover country

[wordgoods]

"The heartland"

The heartland is a cultural region of the United States that includes the 20 states in the middle of the country. It's associated with mainstream or traditional values, such as economic self-sufficiency.

There is no consensus regarding the geographical boundaries of America's heartland. However, the American Midwest is the most commonly cited area as being the nation's heartland. The term may also refer to the Rust Belt, Flyover Country, and/or parts of the South.

#the heartland #heartland #midwest #america #american values #geography #the midwest #rust belt #flyover country

[wellconstructedsentences]

I'm a tightrope Walker in a circus tent in a prairie town in 1911 . . . Unbeknownst to me my wife, has fallen In love with the tiger tamer.

Flyover Country by Austin Smith

#flyover country #austin smith #poetry

[circleandsquarecomic]

Circle Cares About the Common People

#news #politics #current events #comic #train derailment #air travel #department of transportation #buttigieg finds himself in the spotlight for better or worse #buttigieg #flyover country

[slowjamastan]

oh im from europe and was kinda hoping seattle was one of those states like ohio where it’s kinda lame to live there, my anon hate attempt failed :(

nice try europoor, let me impart upon thee some of my superior homeschool american education

seattle is a city, not a state: its in washington, the state not the city. do not come here looking for the capitol of the usa, we are as far away as you can get

things we have: the same climate as london. legal weed advertized on every billboard. twin peaks the tv show, i think...greys anatomy for sure, and twilight ofc twilight was big for us. nintendo hq of america is nearby. one million of the most insufferable liberal tech bros you will ever meet surround me. ummm. that one volcano that went off in the 80s. lots of forest. mountains on every side. oh and we had the CHAZ independence zone fiasco downtown that was USSSSSSSS BABYYYYY 💚🌲💙

#mail #post #lame? yeah but not bcz we're flyover country it sucks here for other reasons (crime) (drugs) (too much rain)

[disillusionedgroupie]

Dean's Party Mania - Terra Haute, IN

#misc #personal #very suicide blonde coded i think? #midwest #mostly abandoned buildings is a staple of flyover country #maybe only feels coded because dean is in the name?

[keirametzbrassknuckles]

Job prospects rn are very much "inside you are two wolves"

#inside you are two wolves: one has a Lifestyle and flies to all the fairs and knows all the people and makes all the money #and the other one has no lifestyle and no money and lives in flyover country but is actually making a positive impact in the world #birkin bag vs my immortal soul? descisions decisions

[thislittlekumquat]

Posts like this make me feel violent. Are you just mad because your depression era grandmothers weren't creative enough to make things out of nothing to feed huge families with such an enduring culture of family gatherings that we all think fondly of these hyper specific foods into the 21st century, whereas your sad coastal elitist families all hate each other? Have you looked at the ingredients list of a fucking smoothie at whole foods. Or a salad at sweetgreen. Sincerely fuck people who continue to shit on foods they've never even tried. Cry harder about how marshmallows aren't a major food group at your holiday dinners. Must be sad. Cry harder about how poor people with lots of mouths to feed should not feel shamed for making weird fun things out of a box of jello mix, a bag of marshmallows, and a can of fruit. Do you know how cheap these foods are? THESE ALSO ARE ACTUALLY GOOD REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CLASS. I would eat all of these except the one with red hots, but only bc I hate red hots.

#seriously I've fucking had it with people #the same people who make these posts are the same people who write off flyover country as all rednecks with no hope of growth or change #are these foods like #the peak of culture #fucking of course not #but honestly some of yall have never had a jello salad and it fucking shows #and i know im gonna get people who are like lol this is just white culture who cares #but keep it tf out of my inbox because this is a symptom of a larger problem in american coastal culture #fucking CHRIST

[aimlessglee]

If you were wondering if Tulsa is the capital of Oklahoma: it is not.

#leverage #leverage: redemption #leverage spoilers #Leverage redemotion spoilers #This is embarrassing i'm embarrassed for you #Also lollllllll at the idea of even an oklahoma dem being impressed by someone working for obama #Tell me you use flyover states as a quirky backdrop etc etc #Do you know anything about the non-coastal parts of the country y'all

[vren-diagram]

America feels culturally close to Brazil. Maybe if Brazil had a west coast we'd be culturally closer.

#lacks the flyover country je ne sais quoi a second coast provides

[strangelikenormal]

Very proud of my home state standing and voting for women’s rights!

#john brown #fuck your flyover country #my body my choice

[lesbienyu]

"crazy redneck hollers about city slickers" rant probably but I don't think a lot of americans in progressive cities realize that we live in a hyper-religious country outside of those weird red backwater boondocks type places electing some republican ass hat. like they don't really follow that thought beyond "ugh, ignorant flyover states."

like dude. people live here and it's ass. it's not your fiscally conservative coworker who's cool about weed and maybe gay people but hates welfare (although he sucks, imo) running around up here. I talk about it and it seems wild to some, but I get treated like I'm nuts for thinking it's weird up here.

I cannot say "oh god," or "jesus christ" in front of many people up here and it can be hard to tell who will be weird about it. I get asked what church I go to/went to growing up (I didn't, and it can get a side-eye when I say so). people will let you know if you need to be "saved" or if you're sinning. I don't want children, by any means, for many reasons, but the response is always "you'll change your mind." I remember, as a teenager, my friends parents often felt uncomfortable that my family wasn't christian and a few wouldn't let us hang outside of school.

it's more extreme in other parts of the country, and less in others, but there's this current of christian fundamentalism underlying all of american society. and people act as though it couldn't impact them because they were raised in a relatively secular community (there are no truly secular communities in the united states imo but that's a tangent), or that they have thought about religion and rejected it without realizing how seriously our culture is based in it. it reminds me of people who say "advertising never works on me, I'm too smart to be tricked into buying a product." everyone loves to say that about themselves, that they're smarter and different but that's the point. you think you're so smart that you can never be slipped an idea subconsciously, so you're easier to fool for false immunity.

religious fundamentalism is very much still a thing here, even in progressive cities (which is another post tbh, lotta tangents here ig). but I think people who haven't been to these really heavily, explicitly religious parts of the US either think it's Brian, the fiscally conservative coworker, or some weird horror movie cult shit when it's neither. and both of those imaginings of rural conservative communities are thought-terminating. either it's just like these liberal cities but people are politely conservative, they're the same as us, or they're so different and stupid that it's not to be taken seriously. it's neither.

[wilwheaton]

In recent days I’ve seen every major paper write a version of the How Did This Tragic Train Derailment Become a New Culture War story. I didn’t need to ask myself whether any of them gave the actual answer, which I think most of us know. How is it that a train derailment caused by a major GOP-donating corporation, in a state run by a Republican governor, caused at least in part by regulations rolled back by Republican President Donald Trump … well, how exactly is that a story about Democrats not caring about people in “flyover country”? The Republican crackpot investigations complex is even now prepping to hold hearings about it. The reality of the situation is that big corporations like Norfolk Southern spend millions in Washington for lax regulation and our railroad infrastructure is woefully aged and deficient — and not just for freight rail. Virtually every upgrade to the country’s railroad infrastructure and the quality of its rail stock pays dividends either in safety or efficiency. Republicans are simultaneously calling out corporations for not caring about ordinary Americans while carrying their anti-regulatory water on Capitol Hill. Democrats should run a freight train right through that contradiction. Only good things can come of it. Democrats should pound on the fact at every opportunity that the Trump White House not only rolled back those regulations but Trump literally bragged about doing so on Twitte

Bring it The F**K on ….

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

01/18/2024 Crew Recap

TLDR; Summary: #HoistTheAds and Astroglide OFMD both happening tomorrow 1/19/24; UK Fans We Need Your Help!; New Hashtags/Petition Link; David Jenkins/RhysDarby/TaikaWaititi Troll us with Hidden Stuff; More Articles; Petition Status, News That Gives Us Hope for S3, and Rhys Darby in Shorts.

Note: Please feel free to let me know if I missed something important, if I'm incorrect, if the formatting pisses you off, or whatever, I take constructive feedback <3 thx lovelies.

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==Things You Don't Want To Miss Tomorrow 1/19/2024 and 1/20/2024==

EDIT: HOIST THE ADS: This might be starting at 12 EST - https://www.tumblr.com/renewasacrew/739916790295052288/join-us-in-just-over-10-minutes-at-midnight-est?source=share

#HoistTheAds is finally coming to NYC and LA tomorrow. There will be Flyovers, Billboards, etc. As of right now it looks like its just happening every few minutes on the billboard for the next day.

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==Astroglide Watch-A-Long at 1/19/2024 1 PM PST ==

To clarify exactly how it works, basically what they're doing is asking you to stream on the service of your choice starting at Season 1 Episode 1, and Astroglide (and Squishables might be joining) will be tweeting reactions as they go.

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=UK Fans! We need your help! @lamentus1 was kind enough to give us updates on the efforts going on over the UK!=

UK specific OFMD fans in groups on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook are trying to come together to push for the BBC to air OFMD Season 2 in the UK since they haven’t done so yet!

So many UK fans can’t actually watch the second season *legally* based off a tumblr poll that @lamentus1 did recently, and a third of fans who voted can’t even watch OFMD because it’s not on in their country!

The current plans are:

Email two key people at the BBC:

Sue Deeks (Brought OFMD to the UK) --- [email protected] Charlotte Moore (Chief Content Officer ) --- [email protected] Email Prompt: if you need an example:

Send Tweets regarding wanting Season 2 to Air on BBC on twitter (same hashtags from @renewasacrew I believe but it that's incorrect please let me know!):

BBC2 IPlayer

The ongoing twitter thread for this is here

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====New Articles ====

BBC fans fight to save cancelled show, with petition reaching 58,000 signatures

'Our Flag Means Death': Fans Rally to Save Cancelled Show'

Our Flag Means Death: Fans campaign to save queer pirate comedy

---Articles in Dutch---

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=Cast and Crew Seen in the Wild=

**START OF DISCLAIMER: This whole thread on Djenkins and Taika's mother in law is fan theory at this point, read into it as you will, but think of it like tabloid news**

The most exciting and I think ... brain candy worthy today was Rhys and David posting a BTS picture of Rhys in the colonial hat/outfit. It sparked some interesting ideas on the status of season 3.

I have to say, hats off to the folks over on twitter @fowlfiend for making this connection

Earlier today, Chaos Dad, David Jenkins posted the following picture of Rhys that Rhys shared on his Instagram with a song attached to it called "I'm a Man" by Jobriath.

Now, all well and good right? Rallying cry to all the crew! BUT Twitter folks think there's a deeper meaning and I'm inclined to agree.

How fucking cool is that? Thank you to @lamentus1 for pointing out also that Chaos Dad's post had the "three finger" I love you which is yet another 3 today.

Add to that, Taika's Instagram's been pretty quiet lately, and he happened to post a picture today of his mother-in-law @veraora on IG for her birthday, which just happens to have... 3 pigeons in it. Once again, thanks @lamentus1 for bringing this to our attention. ---also please wish VeraOra Happy birthday!

Now, could all of this be just coincidence? Sure, but where's the fun in that? Seems like we're going on a treasure hunt.

**END OF DISCLAIMER: This whole thread on Djenkins and Taika's mother in law is fan theory at this point, read into it as you will, but think of it like tabloid news**

===Other Chaos Dad Posts on Twitter===

=Hashtag Updates / How you can help=

@renewasacrew Has done some cool stuff and made saveofmd.com direct to the petition site. This should help with being able to share more easily. Full thread here on tumblr

Today's Goals and Hashtags Per @renewasacrew

#ArentYouGLAAD #SaveOFMD #TheNumbersWereThere

=Petition Status Updates=

Petition hit 60K all!!!! GREAT JOB! Just in time for Time Square tomorrow!!

I didn't see a drastic change on a lot of the fundraisers so I'm not adding those today--- I think we've had a big day as it was with the stuff around David posting without posting about season 3.

So I thought I'd end with some more info from our lovely @TheCozyPirate on twitter, the lovely person who exposed the information about how s3 was already in preproduction. They seem to have more insight in a lot of this.

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=So if your question is, is it making a difference? Why doesn't dad just come out and say it? Here's some insight:=

And this next one helps me to feel like we're still heading in the right direction. "If there were nothing viable, he would be able to say that. He would never, never let this go on if hopeless". I think is pretty uplifting.

Lastly, I think you all should be damn proud of yourselves with these calls, as a former Customer Support Person, I appreciate you all so damn much for keeping it kind and polite! Stede would be proud!

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Finally-- one last thing, since today's theme on tumblr is trolls getting all up in our faces, just remember you do not have to engage with them if you don't want to. If you want to have kind discussions, and you feel up for it, go for it, but don't feel obligated to defend the community.

We all know we care, we all know we're doing a great fucking job at taking care of each other, helping awesome causes, and still having fun while doing it. You don't have to prove to anyone that you are allowed to enjoy your pirate show that means something to you and spend a few bucks to support it.

Don't let people who are struggling with their own trouble take your light. Enjoy things, have fun. You deserve it.

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On a lighter note to end on: I have a serious question for all of you.

Who gave this man the right to wear these fucking shorts? Good god.

#ofmd #our flag means death #our flag means us #our flag means gay #renew as a crew #arentyouglaad #save ofmd #save our flag means death #stede bonnet #rhys darby #david jenkins #chaos dad #daddy jenkins #proud pirate daddy #saveofmd #taika waititi #Sorry this is earlier than planned #I gotta finish taxes tonight #so if something exciting happens in the next 4 hrs feel free to update! #ofmd daily recap

[oldgayjew]

It should be painfully obvious by now that We The People are on our own out here in flyover country since the Nazicrats are blatantly Anti-American and the Republicans are as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle ... both sides have chosen to help themselves to whatever they can get away with and don't bother to hide their criminal activities ...

America will fall ... People will suffer ... No one is coming to help ...

May we all prepare both materially and spiritually for the coming Hell Storm and never forget that, in the end, everyone will have to answer for what they've done with their lives ...

... and may GOD have mercy on us all ...

#bjb oldgayjew #bjb oldgayjew prophecy's shout #barsefrin - the elder #bjb - barsefrin #john galt #history's ghost - screaming - again #john galt bjb #bjb #bjb - oldgayjew #oldgayjew - my blog

[clove-pinks]

Is there anything about your new location (the terrain, the local culture, the physical sites, etc) that has given you a new perspective on regional events of the War of 1812?

This a wonderful ask, thank you! I have been mulling over how to answer it all day! This ended up getting so long I put it behind a cut (I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS).

The Maumee River, as seen from Fort Meigs Historic Site.

One thing new in my life is a heightened awareness of important rivers facilitating the movement of trade, supplies, and settlement. Particularly in the Old Northwest/current Midwest of the USA: regions that I grew up perceiving as a land-locked "flyover country."

Like, to give one example, I had a vague idea that there was a city called Fort Wayne, Indiana, but I thought it was just in the middle of a cornfield for no reason(?). But actually it's at the confluence of the St. Joseph, St. Marys, and Maumee Rivers, leading to the Great Lakes! The strategically important location is why General Anthony Wayne—that guy again—built the original fortification in 1794. I am downriver of all of this, connected to many inland waterways.

I also have a keen sense of living in the Great Black Swamp, despite how dramatically the land has been transformed by deforestation and drainage. There are the terrifying drainage ditches everywhere (the locals seem less perturbed by them), and many other signs of the natural state of the terrain—the swamp is just barely at bay. My coworkers have said "Black Swamp" unprompted in our conversations; I've seen it mentioned in local Facebook groups talking about the need for back-up sump pumps. The idea that people of northwest Ohio have no sense of history and are unaware of the Great Black Swamp isn't true at all.

I look at the pools of water that form in every hollow and think of the words of Alfred Lorrain, marching to Fort Meigs:

We had frequently to pass through what was called, in the provincialism of the frontiers, "swales"—standing ponds—through which the troops and packhorses which had preceded us had made a trail of shattered ice. Those swales were often a quarter of a mile long. They were, moreover, very unequal in their soundings. In common they were not more than half-leg deep; but sometimes, at a moment when we were not expecting it, we suddenly sank down to our cartridge-boxes.

Swale is a new word in my vocabulary, and now I see them everywhere!

Culturally, I think there is a great appreciation of history here: a very positive difference from the Chicagoland area. Even if the average local is probably not deeply into it, they have a consciousness of major historical events that have shaped their region and take pride in it. It's a lot more like New England that way.

Because of my focus on the War of 1812, I notice the absence of Indigenous people and voices—absent from historical accounts and from the demographics of Perrysburg and its environs today. I can't single out Ohio as being a uniquely violent settler-colonial state when this is ALL of the United States; but it hits different when I have this much greater familiarity with who was forcibly removed from this land, and how. The same US military leaders who fought in the War of 1812 were behind the (very much related) campaign for the removal of Native Americans from newly acquired territories, including the infamous Trail of Tears.

Once again, it's probably hypocritical for me to notice this so much, when I literally grew up on Wampanoag land where King Philip's War was fought, but here I am. Suddenly aware of General Wayne's name on everything, etc.

General Wayne's spurs in the Fort Meigs Museum. Not pictured: the can of Maumee Bay Brewing Co. Fallen Timbers Ale that I am currently drinking.

I haven't had the chance to explore physical sites with historical significance beyond Fort Meigs and Fallen Timbers. I know I will get to the ruins of Fort Miamis soon, and I really want to explore a lot of wetlands in local parks and nature preserves (that will double as birdwatching excursions). I am always thinking about what this place looked like 200 years ago, and what I can see today that might still look familiar to a person from that time.

I had a great trip to the National Museum of the Great Lakes today, which is closer than I thought! Local maritime museums are also on my agenda, even if they're not specifically War of 1812-related.

#asks #shaun talks #ohio posting #i could add three or four more paragraphs to any given paragraph here #you activated my trap card

[tobiasdrake]

Star Wars anthology series where each episode takes place on a different planet and tells a short story of some locals getting wrapped up in a terrestrial conflict suited to their culture.

Star Wars has spent a lot of time developing the international politics and religion of its galaxy but most of its actual worlds are treated like the stellar equivalent of flyover country.

"Welcome to our planet, where we have a rich culture of--" Nobody gives a shit. I'm here to stab General Grievous and then fuck off and never see you useless assholes again. Out of my way.

So I think it might be nice for fleshing out the Star Wars universe if we put down the galactic scope for a bit and spent some time on Naboo-based political drama or the life of an Utapau fisherman or a Hoth research expedition studying wampa hunting patterns or making a living with Jakku salvagers.

Just. Living in the culture of a bunch of different worlds.

#star wars