Twitter Flooded With #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Twitter isn't lacking for hot takes on the daily, but Minnesotans sometimes need an excuse to proffer real talk.
That's potentially one reason why the new hashtag #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes has been flourishing on the social network over the last few days.
The conventional wisdom is that Minnesotans are too polite to actually offer criticism of the place we live in. See also:
List of things Minnesotans love:
— nick (@pieper_nick) September 10, 2017
-Target
-Other Minnesotans
-Minnesota
-Things with Minnesota on them
Twitter user @jgfagerberg threw down the gauntlet earlier this week:
What are your #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— Jerard Fagerberg (@jgfagerberg) September 12, 2017
So many Minnesotans are taking the opportunity to spit out some of their unpopular beliefs that fly in the face of "Minnesota Nice." The results have been illuminating, infuriating and hilarious.
Here are some of the most notable examples. Feel free to add yours to the conversation. Or not, whatever works for you.
Hot Dish is mostly inedible #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— BobStinchcombe (@BobStinchcombe) September 14, 2017
Funky town > Any Prince song.#ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— Grim (@TheTenArms) September 12, 2017
Nye's is better off dead. #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— Casey DWJ (@CasinoJizzones) September 12, 2017
There's not a single restaurant in MPLS/STP that makes a decent slice of cheese pizza #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— Jerard Fagerberg (@jgfagerberg) September 12, 2017
The sidewalk poetry in St. Paul is terrible. #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— kiddy-cat (@MostlyKiddStuff) September 15, 2017
I've lived in MN my entire life, but think it sounds dumb when people call it "pop" and not "soda" #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes #MinnesoDa
— Cindy H (@silentHcindy) September 15, 2017
The cherry and the spoon is really boring. #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— Trumpald Dump (@trumpaldump) September 15, 2017
MN Nice is fake and judgy #ControversialTwinCitiesTakes
— PDTweeter (@pdtressler) September 14, 2017