We all know what Michigan is all about, but have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of someone from somewhere else who just met you? Exactly what do people think when they think of a person from Michigan? We’ve got some ideas.

  1. What’s the deal with Superman ice cream?

Kendra/Flickr Are you sure that’s ice cream or just rainbow sorbet?

  1. Ohio State haters.

WDPG share/Flickr Is there any other type of hate?

  1. We all work in or are related to some who works in automotive.

Ben Hosking/Flickr

  1. Great Lakes.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Flickr That’s, like, what the state’s famous for, right?

  1. That place that gets 10 cents per can when they recycle.

KRoark/Flickr Hmmm… Wonder if it’d be worth it to drive to Michigan from Indiana or Ohio to drop off all these cans.

  1. Michigan. Midwest. Polite.

Sara/Flickr I’d say it’s not so much polite as it is just not overtly rude.

  1. What’s Euchre?

David Merti/Flickr And how exactly do you pronounce it?

  1. So how big really is Michigan?

Don… The UpNorth Memories Guy… Harrison/Flickr What’s the deal with that top part way up north?

  1. Is that where the Yoopers live?

Betsy Weber/Flickr

  1. What’s with the obsession with the Mitten?

LadyDragonflyCC/Flickr OK, your state has a shape, get over it.

  1. Detroit.

Geoff Llerena/Flickr Oh, you’re from Michigan? So what’s Detroit like?

  1. What’s Vernor’s?

Tricia J/Flickr Is it a ginger ale or some sort of magical cure-all?

  1. Crazy weather.

Kamil Dziedzina/Flickr I mean, how do you even live with the insane weather?

Who knew Michiganders evoked such strong opinions? Tell us, what kind of assumptions have you come across when you’ve revealed you’re from Michigan?

Kendra/Flickr

Are you sure that’s ice cream or just rainbow sorbet?

WDPG share/Flickr

Is there any other type of hate?

Ben Hosking/Flickr

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Flickr

That’s, like, what the state’s famous for, right?

KRoark/Flickr

Hmmm… Wonder if it’d be worth it to drive to Michigan from Indiana or Ohio to drop off all these cans.

Sara/Flickr

I’d say it’s not so much polite as it is just not overtly rude.

David Merti/Flickr

And how exactly do you pronounce it?

Don… The UpNorth Memories Guy… Harrison/Flickr

What’s the deal with that top part way up north?

Betsy Weber/Flickr

LadyDragonflyCC/Flickr

OK, your state has a shape, get over it.

Geoff Llerena/Flickr

Oh, you’re from Michigan? So what’s Detroit like?

Tricia J/Flickr

Is it a ginger ale or some sort of magical cure-all?

Kamil Dziedzina/Flickr

I mean, how do you even live with the insane weather?

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