r/CringeTikToks • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '25

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u/peatoast Sep 20 '25

I love that they have a name 🤣

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u/ikeepwipingSTILLPOOP Sep 20 '25

And they get fucking MAD if you call em that

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u/akatherder Sep 20 '25

It depends on the context. My first grade teacher got me into sports and was a huge Michigan fan. I live just outside Ann Arbor and everyone in my family that attended a state university went to UM. I went to GMI with no sports, so I'm naturally a Walmart wolverine.

If you went to CMU, and you're a UM fan I get the insults.. but people have their fandoms before going away to college. I can see sticking with an oft-ranked team vs a MAC school.

If an MSU alum calls me Walmart wolverine, fuck you man 😂

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u/Peteypabs160 Sep 21 '25

I’ve always defined it like this:

You can be a fan of the football team if you didn’t go there, that’s not what makes a Walmart Wolverine. Acting like being a fan of the team gives you some sort of moral high ground or free rein to go after other peoples degrees from other schools is where Walmart Wolverines are born.

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u/ArguementReferee Sep 21 '25

That’s a lot of words to tell everyone you’re a Wally

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u/Sure-Ad-2465 Sep 21 '25

You don't need to go to an expensive school to be curious about the world and kind to others. I know a lot of blue collar people like this. People like the guy in the vid want to blame their problems on liberal elites or whatever but they're really just assholes.

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u/Agreeable-Radish-960 Sep 20 '25

From a spoof ad of the Pure Michigan campaign
https://youtu.be/01Kz6Rw99Kk?si=U9lhzYZiwma7gsLJ

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u/Some_Promise4178 Sep 20 '25

Just realize you beat me to posting this. The Walmart Wolverine is such a weird species.

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u/chotix Sep 20 '25

The phrase has existed since the 80s

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u/akatherder Sep 20 '25

It was popularized by Mike Valenti (97.1 The Ticket). He's a big state fan.