These Tweets Hilariously Capture Our Love-Hate Relationship With Our Homelands

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We all do it. When we go back home to our Latin American countries, we complain about the weather, the infrastructure, and the general state of things. It’s our right as Latinos, to jokingly–or not–bash our roots; we do it out of love for the lands that birthed our cultures. However, when other people try to come for our homelands, that’s when we all have a problem. The “Me In My Country” Twitter meme does a perfect job of capturing that unique feeling of pride and defensiveness for our roots.
Basically, a tweet will be split into two parts: first, what someone would say while in their homeland, followed by the embrace of culture and history that happens when they’re away from home. From Mexico all the way down to Argentina–and can’t forget the Caribbean–Latinos have taken to the meme in full force, going back-and-forth between hating the muggy weather and loving the food found on every street corner in their countries.
Nicaragua
Me in Nicaragua: fuck this dry ass place
Me anywhere else: let me bathe in cacao. Where are the nacatamales? I saw baho on the Ruth’s chris menu. la chayo is a fashion idol. Soy puro pinolero is my shower song. la purisima should b celebrated everywhere https://t.co/TwQ56NVEFg
— khaleesi (@jessrueda06) November 29, 2017
Panama
Me in Panama: This country is so fucking hot. There is always traffic everywhere. Drinks are too expensive
Me anywhere else: Bro Panama is like the dubai of America. The Panama canal is so cool. We even have a private island and a lot of skyscraper https://t.co/9xetJjGzcl
— Pedro Alejandro (@PedroDiaz17) November 29, 2017
Colombia
Me in Colombia: it’s nice here but I’m too adjusted to life in the U.S
Me everywhere else: Colombia contains 10% of the planets biodiversity, Carlos Vives is my uncle, Colombian coffee > any other coffee, gringolandia doesn’t compare to my country, I’m moving back home one day https://t.co/jJmcAhL6gL
— mateo (@MateoSalas_) November 29, 2017
Venezuela
Me in Venezuela: que peo no se encuentra comida, hay huecos en todos lados maduro hdp
Me anywhere else: coño vale marico pana Venezuela tiene playa nieve desierto tenemos todas las coronas del miss universo. Mi papá es una cachapa y mi mamá una arepa https://t.co/KePTaVqUsg
— vane (@nekatitty) November 27, 2017
Peru
me in Perú: UGH, the system sucks, the trends are synonyms of ugly taste, I feel like I'm gonna get robbed every time I go out, why do men catcall you 24/7
me anywhere else: MACHU PICCU RAINBOW MOUNTAINS EVERYWHERE IS PRETTY THE FOOD IS GREAT THO I DON'T LIKE IT EVERYONE IS NICE https://t.co/nRq5qbmaTk
— vero 🪐 (@arcaneghost_) November 29, 2017
Brazil
Me in Brazil: jfc nothing works here I hate this fucking place
Me anywhere else: my country is the fucking BEST, Gisele Bündchen and Neymar are my best friends, I bleed caipirinha, every morning I ride my jaguar to work and every night we have huge orgies until we pass out https://t.co/g3ktqbqMdt
— Elle All Along (@DSMSIX) November 27, 2017
Argentina
Me in Argentina: This country can´t be saved, we´re a disgrace…
Me anywhere else: the Pope is Argentine, Messi is Argentine, Ginobili is Argentine, the Queen of Netherlands is Argentine, I´m the queen of dulce de leche, the only bbq is the "Argentine bbq", let´s tango. https://t.co/gIRVgtZnKS
— La Colox 🦩 (@soyluluuu) November 29, 2017
Puerto Rico
Me in PR: It's fucking hot all year long, I gotta go 10 in a 50 because there's potholes everywhere, all my neighbors are iguanas.
Me anywhere else: YO SOY BORICUA PA QUE TU LO SEPAS, PUÑETA, PUERTO RICO SE LEVANTA, LOS COLORES DE MI TIERRA, COQUI COQUI COQUI https://t.co/tlqvdmZUTJ
— G (@g_rar2) November 27, 2017
Dominican Republic
https://twitter.com/YaritzaSMendez/status/935885856644190208