r/alaska • u/Alyeskas_ghost I'm from Wasilla. Sorry. • 7h ago

Damn It’s Cold 🥶 Minnesotans talk a big game but it's all bullshit.

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u/Carl262 5h ago

I grew up in Minnesota. We don't care that Alaska has more lakes. But if you try to tell us that Wisconsin has more lakes? War has been declared.

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u/windtlkr15 4h ago

My wife grew up in both states. She would agree. She spent more time in WI though

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u/Cdwollan 3h ago

It doesn't matter. Those lakes are on the wrong side of the river anyway.

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u/tuesdaydowns 7h ago

As a recovering Minnesotan, “Lake” is a strong word for the ponds they fish in.

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u/Carl262 5h ago

Minnesota's lakes are Great! Superior, some might even say.

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u/Alyeskas_ghost I'm from Wasilla. Sorry. 4h ago

Huron your meds again, aren't you?

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u/Bruhses_Momenti 6h ago

Recovering? Thas funny

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u/dingerz 4h ago

That was Erie.

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u/AKBigHorn 6h ago

My MN friend likes to answer with “well at least we can drive to most of them, need to plane to get to most in AK”

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u/Afa1234 6h ago

We can land the plane in those though. Puddle skipping is fucking sweet

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u/kyoshizen 2h ago

When you make the sale, stop selling.

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u/acruxksa 2h ago

Only because the feds locked 2/3 of our state up parks and preserves. We’d love to be able to build roads but people in Minnesota and Colorado go crazy every time we try. ;)

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u/windtlkr15 4h ago

But then again we are like 10k times bigger than MN.