1. Shading people, but in a socially acceptable way
*hears someone say something dumb*
My brain:
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Me sarcastically:
“Bless your heart”
KeeleyNicole_11 / Via twitter.com
2. Combining as many words as you can into one
PicturesFoIder / Via twitter.com
3. Teaching autocorrect how to talk
Southern culture is me typing tall on my phone and having it autocorrect to y’all automatically
mollyshaddix / Via twitter.com
4. Not being able to turn off good manners
Southern culture is when the girl working at Subway and I bonded over how we went to middle school together but then she called me ma’am while ringing me up..
mehtam10 / Via twitter.com
5. And insisting other people have good manners too
Southern culture is hearing someone in any direction mumble “You’re welcome, Your Highness” and knowing that somebody failed to say “thank you” when the door was held open for them, which will be talked about for the next two weeks.
Phunky_Brewster / Via twitter.com
6. Playing this guessing game
hqtrench / Via twitter.com
7. Pronouncing things a little differ’ntly
Southern culture is me not knowing about the extra A in caramel until 6th grade because everyone says carmel
CarsonVoelker / Via twitter.com
8. Hanging out at Walmart while avoiding people you know
Southern culture is avoiding people you know at Walmart
daltonyork01 / Via twitter.com
9. Beating the Baptists to lunch on Sundays
My parents are literally planning when they’re going to Cracker Barrel tomorrow so they can beat the church crowd. This is southern culture.
blake_kitterman / Via twitter.com
10. Not knowing how to drive in the snow
SorryImTexan / Via twitter.com
11. Stanning Dolly Parton
A definitive ranking of the best voices in country music:
15. There’s
14. No
13. Way
12. You
11. Can
10. Rank
9. All
8. The
7. Amazing
6. Voices
5. Found
4. In
3. Country
2. Music
1. Dolly Parton
southernthing / Via twitter.com
12. Sweating constantly from May to October
Summer in the south is your car not cooling down until you’re at your destination
brennan_vaughn / Via twitter.com
13. Then freezing from October to May
annamesser24 / Via twitter.com
14. Having your own vocabulary — and knowing the secret meaning of words
In the South they have different words for things. For example, “commode” means “toilet.” And “isn’t that nice?” means “that’s awful.”
CaptainObvious / Via twitter.com
15. Hearing “Amazing Grace” like allllll the time
When i was a kid i thought amazing grace was the national anthem.
brennakassis / Via twitter.com
16. Taking forever and a day to say bye
Taking 30 minutes to say goodbye to anybody.
charlienshep / Via twitter.com
17. Basically barging into your friends’ houses
Southern culture is walking into someone’s house and saying “knock knock” without even knocking
ashtentm / Via twitter.com
18. Learning the true meaning of patience
Southern culture is getting stuck behind a tractor on the first day of school
shelby__bennett / Via twitter.com
And finally, this
svesmedia / Via twitter.com
Via BuzzFeed, Preview photo credit: PicturesFoIder / Twitter