Someone Started A Facebook Event To Steal All Of Minnesota’s Lakes And Now The States Are At War

By Callie Byrnes, September 26th 2017

https://thoughtcatalog.com/?p=794466

So much is happening in the world these days. North Korea thinks Trump is declaring war via Twitter, everyone’s pissed about NFL players protesting during the National Anthem, a weird corner of the Internet wants to fuck the creepy clown from It, and now Minnesota has started some bullshit about stealing the great lakes. What do you want from us, world?!

It all started when someone started a Facebook event called “Go to Minnesota and Steal their 11,842 Lakes”.

You KNOW that shit wasn’t about to fly in Minnesota. So, in the standard passive-aggressive Midwestern fashion, Minnesotans decided to make counter-Facebook events.

Before long, it became a Facebook Event war.

Dare I say… WWFB?

And then it just kept getting more ridiculous.

And, uh, I guess Wisconsin wanted in on the action?

Anyway, back to Minnesota.

Well, I guess you could say it’s going to be a busy October.

While the saga ends there for now, I’m sure there are going to be plenty more events popping up within the next few weeks. Just keep Kansas out of it, okay?

Callie Byrnes

Callie is a writer, editor, and publisher at Thought Catalog. Her debut book, ‘The Words We Left Behind,’ was released in January 2024.

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