🇺🇸 DOES YOUR FLAG FAIL? Grey Grades State Flags!

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  • @CGPGrey
    @CGPGrey  ปีที่แล้ว +1705

    🐝 BONUS VIDEO! 🐝 The US Territories stop by to get their flags graded: th-cam.com/video/wyF_k4pPr0s/w-d-xo.html

    • @kimberlylewistyner2070
      @kimberlylewistyner2070 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Can you do canda flags provinces and cities flags

    • @kimberlylewistyner2070
      @kimberlylewistyner2070 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      I really like canda

    • @johaomikaelmaringagne6179
      @johaomikaelmaringagne6179 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yeah about that. I just paid a membership but I still can't see your video for Canada's flag rating... Like is there something els I need to do?

  • @erok0809
    @erok0809 ปีที่แล้ว +19530

    How have you managed to actually make me care about these state girl stick figures? I felt sad when they got admonished, even if their designs deserved it

    • @EducatedNation2
      @EducatedNation2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +326

      Me too!!! I just wanted to hug them.

  • @JessSimpson1313
    @JessSimpson1313 ปีที่แล้ว +22429

    As a New Mexican I am glad to hear our flag is appreciated as it seems every one here is mandated to either tattoo themselves with it, or have it as a bumper sticker.

    • @bozimmerman
      @bozimmerman ปีที่แล้ว +540

      It is a great flag. I'm a native Texan, but I have a T-Shirt with yalls flag on it. Good stuff.

    • @zetexztt
      @zetexztt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

      It's literally my favorite official flag in the world

  • @FiveTacos
    @FiveTacos ปีที่แล้ว +6604

    The little details put in each state's attitude NEVER get old. Every still has so much delightful personality in it. Also love the backdrop as a classroom. S-Tier work.

  • @webbowser8834
    @webbowser8834 ปีที่แล้ว +9771

    As a Marylander, that outfit you designed for our girl is just *mwah* glorious. I love it so much.

    • @alexray230
      @alexray230 ปีที่แล้ว +491

      I'm fairly certain I could recreate that outfit IRL if I tried. I've definitely seen a Maryland flag top hat and tie before

  • @TheMan83554
    @TheMan83554 ปีที่แล้ว +19600

    I kind of want Grey to do an "after-school group" of the Canadian provincial flags, the State's cousins meeting up and not wanting to be left out of the fun.

    • @KlaxontheImpailr
      @KlaxontheImpailr ปีที่แล้ว +498

      Or the counties of Liberia. 😂

    • @TheLordOfNothing
      @TheLordOfNothing ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@KlaxontheImpailr Oh dear god no!

    • @glasdonjm
      @glasdonjm ปีที่แล้ว +109

      If he'd been a little earlier with this video, the Liberian state flags all getting S tier would have made for a fun April Fools follow-up.

    • @myislander
      @myislander ปีที่แล้ว +96

      And the us territories!

    • @JohnCanadian
      @JohnCanadian ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Yes yes, that would be wonderful! I know Ontario (my home province) would probably be graded in the F tier. Hoping we get a new flag someday.

  • @AndresVillacresisDretheGreat
    @AndresVillacresisDretheGreat ปีที่แล้ว +34942

    I'm glad you S tiered our new Utah flag! Our redesign has been a long time coming.

    • @chrisv2107
      @chrisv2107 ปีที่แล้ว +1682

      It is a wonderful new design

    • @icantbeyoursuperman
      @icantbeyoursuperman ปีที่แล้ว +800

      It is a wonderful new design, but is it flying now? What I'm reading online is that it isn't official until next year. I hope it is flying now.

    • @AndresVillacresisDretheGreat
      @AndresVillacresisDretheGreat ปีที่แล้ว +1246

      @@icantbeyoursuperman Can confirm that government buildings are flying now, the capitol flew it on the day it became our new flag.

    • @jebeda
      @jebeda ปีที่แล้ว +497

      It is a great flag, which I had not heard of before. Congrats!

    • @bettsdn
      @bettsdn ปีที่แล้ว +461

      Utah understood the assignment.

  • @TheLordOfNothing
    @TheLordOfNothing ปีที่แล้ว +14947

    Grey's gonna go New Mexico and Maryland for S tier.

    • @CGPGrey
      @CGPGrey  ปีที่แล้ว +5559

      You don't know me!

  • @qwertyuoip1234
    @qwertyuoip1234 ปีที่แล้ว +23609

    I've waited for this moment for nine years

    • @CGPGrey
      @CGPGrey  ปีที่แล้ว +7312

      I didn't expect it would take that long. I hope it lived up to the hype for you.

    • @lolledopke
      @lolledopke ปีที่แล้ว +629

      @@CGPGrey I'm glad the Roman Mars TED talk is sufficiently old that you felt comfortable making this video

    • @swiftkillerrr
      @swiftkillerrr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      @@CGPGrey pls do same vid but with county flags

  • @onedeadsaint
    @onedeadsaint ปีที่แล้ว +5382

    just wanted you to know that you've spiked google trends traffic for "virginia flag"

    • @CGPGrey
      @CGPGrey  ปีที่แล้ว +2041

      Delightful. Thank you for telling me this.

    • @deegee424
      @deegee424 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      🤣

  • @landscaping8815
    @landscaping8815 ปีที่แล้ว +3215

    Alabama - 11:23
    Alaska - 5:35
    Arizona - 15:50
    Arkansas - 11:42
    California - 2:28
    Colorado - 10:40
    Connecticut - 5:13
    Delaware - 8:21
    Florida - 17:35
    Georgia - 17:02
    Hawaii - 13:48
    Idaho - 9:31
    Illinois - 10:18
    Indiana - 9:59
    Iowa - 9:35
    Kansas - 1:45
    Kentucky - 7:41
    Louisiana - 12:42
    Maine - 4:28
    Maryland - 12:30
    Massachusetts - 7:36
    Michigan - 5:26
    Minnesota - 11:01
    Mississippi - 3:47
    Missouri - 6:40
    Montana - 1:45
    Nebraska - 4:20
    Nevada - 11:56
    New Hampshire - 5:01
    New Jersey - 15:43
    New Mexico - 4:39
    New York - 16:06
    North Carolina - 15:14
    North Dakota - 3:09
    Ohio - 8:09
    Oklahoma - 14:17
    Oregon - 1:45
    Pennsylvania - 7:47
    Rhode Island - 7:20
    South Carolina - 14:47
    South Dakota - 3:09
    Tennessee - 12:58
    Texas - 17:16
    Utah - 17:52
    Vermont - 4:24
    Virginia - 7:55
    Washington - 13:20
    West Virginia - 11:37
    Wisconsin - 1:45
    Wyoming - 8:33
    Fun Fact: The most common way Grey would introduce a state is with the exclamation "Ah"
    Edit: Now that I've posted this and can click through quickly, I'm wrong. Most common way is the name followed by a short pause.

    • @FSMMicronesia
      @FSMMicronesia 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

      Bruh you are a lifesaver

  • @derekheld1427
    @derekheld1427 ปีที่แล้ว +5037

    Wow, I didn’t realize how many state flags were blue

  • @littlecousin5630
    @littlecousin5630 ปีที่แล้ว +6424

    California’s reaction to others’ flags and to your criticism of hers mirrored my own as a Californian.

  • @gnarled128
    @gnarled128 ปีที่แล้ว +5508

    Hearing Grey’s stern teacher voice when he said “I’ll take that, thank you!” is something I didn’t know I needed, but I’m glad I got

  • @Xatzimi
    @Xatzimi ปีที่แล้ว +5679

    There have been more Grey videos in the last month than are usually in a year. Should I be worried?

    • @CGPGrey
      @CGPGrey  ปีที่แล้ว +4209

      YEAR OF WORK

    • @fanq_
      @fanq_ ปีที่แล้ว +396

      not usually, just last year, but I do expect it'll be a while before we get a new one now

  • @JG-bp6sn
    @JG-bp6sn ปีที่แล้ว +526

    You did Colorado DIRTY. You failed them for having the audacity to put a stylized C on their flag and then gave North Carolina a passing grade despite having a NON-stylized "NC" on theirs? Shame on you.

  • @ElectricFortune
    @ElectricFortune ปีที่แล้ว +3433

    This video is how I found out about Utah's flag redesign, and its existence gives me hope for the rest of the subpar state flags. As Roman Mars said in his Vexillology TED Talk, "In every bad flag, there is a good flag trying to get out", and Utah nails the essence of its original design in a sleek, stylized update. Bravo to you, Utah, and I hope the rest of the states may one day follow suit.

  • @EirynKatherine
    @EirynKatherine ปีที่แล้ว +3544

    I'll admit, I had no idea what the Minnesotan flag looked like going into this video and I can't disagree with Grey's assessment. Apparently there've been several unsuccessful attempts to get it changed in recent years, so we Minnesotan's still have hope of one day getting a passing grade.

    • @SkylerKehren
      @SkylerKehren ปีที่แล้ว +157

      I knew it was going to get dunked going in and ouch, still hurts.

    • @trevorh122
      @trevorh122 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I like the new one way better!

  • @Regg-X
    @Regg-X ปีที่แล้ว +3862

    I feel like the North Carolina flag with not one, but two, dates and letters on it got a LOT of pardon here. Should be in the F Tiers for the same reason as Florida.

    • @ArnolddeLeon
      @ArnolddeLeon ปีที่แล้ว +787

      I think Grey succumbed to sentimentality

    • @thomaslane1547
      @thomaslane1547 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      True, but at least it's only got initials rather than the whole name.

  • @waywardmind
    @waywardmind ปีที่แล้ว +7414

    As a Canadian, I'm proud as hell that Grey holds it up as the standard. (pun intended)

  • @lxix_lxix
    @lxix_lxix ปีที่แล้ว +1200

    As a Marylander, i am so glad to know that Grey also thinks our flag is so ugly that it circles back around to being great.

  • @SylentVoidkeeper
    @SylentVoidkeeper 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1164

    Minnesotan here. Our state was so embarrassed by our clear failure to flag properly that we're changing our state flag by the end of the year.
    Thank you for pointing out our devistating failure

    • @Reeeeeeeeeena89
      @Reeeeeeeeeena89 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      I was just coming here to say they're gonna need a redo :)

    • @Reeeeeeeeeena89
      @Reeeeeeeeeena89 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually he did one already
      th-cam.com/video/8nFfMlYDync/w-d-xo.html

  • @readhoffman6578
    @readhoffman6578 ปีที่แล้ว +597

    Maryland being a stack overflow error lol

  • @davidalade2288
    @davidalade2288 ปีที่แล้ว +1059

    As someone who was born in D.C. and grew up in Maryland, I feel very proud of the flags in my area. The Maryland flag breaks pretty much every flag rule but that somehow makes it better.

  • @monicap8561
    @monicap8561 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    For c tier, I can and do wear the Colorado flag design on a shirt which is more than can be said for most of these GOOD GOD WUT

  • @a.z.p.
    @a.z.p. ปีที่แล้ว +3183

    I'd love to see a redesign of WA. Keep the green, stylize a pine tree, maybe some visual acknowledgement that half the state is desert. We have volcanoes! Do something with that. Orcas. Otters. Rattlesnakes. Someone please get to work on this.

    • @josiethompson5739
      @josiethompson5739 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      An orca as the centerpiece of the Washington state flag would be dope af. Especially if it was in the Salish art style - easily an s-tier flag

    • @Sunnybrook1
      @Sunnybrook1 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      This got me thinking what had already been done for it, and the first result was from FlagsForGood, lots of pretty green hills (a bit reminiscent of our evergreen trees) with a dark blue sky and five white 6-pointed stars.
      From the site - "The Design: Since DC took the Washington family crest, I decided to take the flag of George Washington's military HQ and use that as a base. Then, with a little help from Tiktok, I decided to incorporate a light to dark green gradient that can be found so much in the nature around Washington. The five stars, representing the five active volcanoes in Washington, make a subtle "W" in the sky and the mountains mirror their shape."

    • @MatthewCSnow
      @MatthewCSnow ปีที่แล้ว +51

      The most identifiable but probably not a good idea, I can think is have Mt. Saint Helens with it's crater top on the flag

    • @karlkewbz
      @karlkewbz ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Maybe to represent the desert they could divide the flag in half with one side keeping the green and the other being yellow, I'm not sure on what to divide it with though.

    • @CatherineLu
      @CatherineLu ปีที่แล้ว +71

      The thing that stuck out to me most when I first moved here was that the state route signs all have the shape of Washington’s head on them. The flag would be so much better just changing out his face for that same silhouette.

  • @ender-gaming
    @ender-gaming ปีที่แล้ว +1881

    My state only passed by a technicality but I still feel better than most the others. However, I think CGP gave North Carolina a higher score than it deserves, that N and C are basically writing our name and there are two dates on it which is quite against the spirit of the rules. I think FA.

  • @RTopes
    @RTopes ปีที่แล้ว +2726

    The Republic of Chicago would kindly like to request a major city flags grading. That state flag doesn't fly us.

    • @andrewmasin5787
      @andrewmasin5787 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Don't forget NYC. Better than NYS anyway.

    • @jamesgartrell4462
      @jamesgartrell4462 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I love that they used Chicago's flag in Wakanda Forever, so recognizable!

    • @prede89
      @prede89 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@andrewmasin5787it’s only barely better because it had the Dutch colors in it but it’s a SOB

    • @smmar194
      @smmar194 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Phoenix I reckon will do AZ proud

  • @alexray230
    @alexray230 ปีที่แล้ว +2798

    If you hadn't put Maryland in S tier, you would have pissed off 6.165 million people

  • @LuisRomero-sx6kw
    @LuisRomero-sx6kw ปีที่แล้ว +628

    I love angry little California at 3:10 lmaooo
    Also I've been using the term "the Maryland flag of -blank-" for so long, I legitimately forgot where that came from

    • @frankwu4747
      @frankwu4747 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You're thinking of Hello Internet, and Grey and Brady's take about the "Maryland Point"

  • @mystbs6612
    @mystbs6612 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    unironically the presentation and characterization of the states as school girls, being grouchy at F’s, excitedly running the halls, etc…. makes this so rewatchable

  • @dojomaster5481
    @dojomaster5481 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    You did Colorado dirty. The flag breaks almost all vexilogical rules, yet still looks good. That should be an s tier just due to how well it works while breaking all the rules. (From a biased Colorado native)

    • @prede89
      @prede89 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I think most people like the Colorado flag. Grey was a little too picky in this haha

  • @danielsanchez4881
    @danielsanchez4881 ปีที่แล้ว +744

    This is my new favorite Grey video of all time. The humor level is outstanding and nonstop. I love all of the personality that the state girls have and I absolutely lost it at Maryland.

  • @IgthornOfDrekmore
    @IgthornOfDrekmore ปีที่แล้ว +572

    I know you hate Purple (the most magnificent of colors I have you know!), but in this case I'm with you. Either own the purple on a flag whole cloth or don't bother at all. :D

  • @XadackaPhotography
    @XadackaPhotography ปีที่แล้ว +301

    I waited for Maryland and I wasn’t disappointed

  • @mesieurt2
    @mesieurt2 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    I love the emotions on the state cartoons. The SHAME depicted by some of them is priceless 😂

  • @algaesachel8551
    @algaesachel8551 ปีที่แล้ว +905

    As a Michigander and someone who loves vexillology I hate that my state has a worse flag than Ohio

  • @Redsox4444443
    @Redsox4444443 ปีที่แล้ว +863

    It was coming one day! And that day has arrived!!! I’m ready for Kansas to do poorly because our flag is against all that Grey stands for!

    • @Redsox4444443
      @Redsox4444443 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      And yep, double F. Yep.

  • @CGPGrey
    @CGPGrey  ปีที่แล้ว +13286

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      @ArnolddeLeon ปีที่แล้ว +68

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  • @xdjrockstar
    @xdjrockstar ปีที่แล้ว +801

    I never thought we would actually get a flag video from Grey. Never have I been so happy to be wrong because this was a fun watch! Plus, as a New Jerseyan, it's fun to dunk on New York for a change.

    • @prede89
      @prede89 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That was amazing

  • @CatherineLu
    @CatherineLu ปีที่แล้ว +351

    Some of these stick figures just have such cute outfits and personality. Like, Ohio looks so good!

  • @StarlightNightflame
    @StarlightNightflame ปีที่แล้ว +534

    Poor Nevada never got assigned a grade audibly, but for those who did not spot it on the graphics later in the video (like myself, having to scan for it: 12:34) it ended up lost among the other blue flags as an FC.
    For some actual flag commentary, why does the so-called "garden state" not have the color green feature more prominently in its flag?
    I got some serious Japanese rising sun flag vibes from Arizona's flag, but it certainly works.
    As for Iowa... not sure how that is "much 'murica", it just looks like the French flag with a seal on it. Sure, eagle seal, but still.
    And finally, absolutely agreed that Minnesota should have been some variation on the Scandinavian country flags.

    • @ReneSchickbauer
      @ReneSchickbauer ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Nevada could do a really bad-ass move and put the symbol of a mushroom cloud on the flag. Sort of a cross between "help, we are the most nuked place in the world" and "Don't get any fancy ideas with the water rights, California. We have bigger bombs diplomacy."

  • @alexanderlemieux7492
    @alexanderlemieux7492 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    As a citizen of Maine, I am required to tell you about the original Maine flag (1901 - 1909) and how it is better than our current one.

    • @prede89
      @prede89 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      That is a wicked cool flag

    • @thomaslane1547
      @thomaslane1547 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I wonder what folks in 1909 were thinking, to drop the simple tree and star?

  • @TheQarnage
    @TheQarnage ปีที่แล้ว +664

    What an animation on the Utah flag, that was so hopeful

  • @Regendur
    @Regendur ปีที่แล้ว +887

    I love the new Utah flag, as a native Utahn. It's so much more distinguishable from the previous design.

  • @olivianava5422
    @olivianava5422 ปีที่แล้ว +625

    As a californian, I am personally slighted by this video.

    • @CoffeeVector
      @CoffeeVector ปีที่แล้ว +96

      I can't help but feel my buttons pushed. What do I write on which ballet when?!

    • @bozimmerman
      @bozimmerman หลายเดือนก่อน

      The bright side: That little star in the upper left of your flag is a tribute to the Republic of Texas, and OUR flag did well, so you can take some solace in that.

  • @JonathanSundy
    @JonathanSundy ปีที่แล้ว +653

    I look forward to Maryland getting S tier.

    • @JonathanSundy
      @JonathanSundy ปีที่แล้ว +194

      Just watched. Fuck yeah!

  • @Zedbie
    @Zedbie ปีที่แล้ว +296

    It's been a long night and I am still irate at South Carolina's ranking in relation to North Carolina (what with NC's blatant writing and copying Texas's homework and what not).

  • @senorkenyon3306
    @senorkenyon3306 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    As an Arizonan, I am a copper queen now.

  • @BlueRedGooGoo
    @BlueRedGooGoo ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Really feeling the love for Wyoming. The flag we print on everything is just the bison, but I also remember this conversation by heart so it was as expected.

  • @SupahSpongeCake16
    @SupahSpongeCake16 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I loved all the little details the states' stick figures had but my favorite was Florida's alligator. It was so cute! 😍

  • @alliekay26
    @alliekay26 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    YEAH MARYLAND

  • @holymoloney
    @holymoloney ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Fantastic.
    The vexillogical video finally came out.
    Liberian counties next.

  • @Hemigoblin
    @Hemigoblin ปีที่แล้ว +84

    4:48 Fun fact: The music playing here is “Morning Mood”, from Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite. It seems like an odd fit for a desert state, though Grey matches it up with some astute flag praise to make it fit well.
    You might recognize the song as the one that often plays behind pastoral pictures of flowers opening and fauna frolicking in a forest. HOWEVER, in the play that this piece was composed for, the scene it’s written for is a sunrise in a desert. So it is being used here it here exactly as intended.

  • @jeffsynn
    @jeffsynn ปีที่แล้ว +58

    1:43 Kansas/Montana/Wisconsin/Oregon
    2:28 California
    3:09 North Dakota/South Dakota
    3:46 Mississippi
    4:20 Nebraska
    4:24 Vermont
    4:28 Maine
    4:36 New Mexico
    5:00 New Hampshire
    5:13 Connecticut
    5:25 Michigan
    5:32 Alaska
    6:40 Missouri
    7:18 Rhode Island
    7:31 Massachusetts/Kentucky/Pennsylvania/Virginia
    8:09 Ohio
    8:21 Delaware
    8:34 Wyoming
    9:26 Idaho/Iowa/Indiana/Illinois
    10:39 Colorado
    11:01 Minnesota
    11:21 Alabama
    11:37 West Virginia
    11:42 Arkansas
    11:56 Nevada
    12:30 Maryland
    12:42 Louisiana
    12:58 Tennessee
    13:20 Washington
    13:49 Hawaii
    14:17 Oklahoma
    14:47 South Carolina/North Carolina
    15:42 New Jersey
    15:50 Arizona
    16:06 New York
    17:02 Georgia
    17:16 Texas
    17:35 Florida
    17:52 Utah

  • @BulletproofNerd72
    @BulletproofNerd72 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    I loved this so much! The continued development of the "America State Girls" is so well done.
    I had to pause the video and take a screenshot when Flordia showed up with her pet alligator.

  • @ActivelyMike
    @ActivelyMike ปีที่แล้ว +605

    I bet Mississippi is pumped it got a makeover in time for this! 😂

  • @marcussaintly-ox8ue
    @marcussaintly-ox8ue ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Bonnie bees united!! Now I must move to Utah.

    • @CGPGrey
      @CGPGrey  ปีที่แล้ว +156

      I know the feeling. It's the kind of flag that makes you want to switch states.

    • @marcussaintly-ox8ue
      @marcussaintly-ox8ue ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@CGPGrey *me checking Zillow listings right now*

  • @matthewdepaula9833
    @matthewdepaula9833 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Thank you for giving Texas the “S” Tier we deserve 🤠⭐️ (I also love the little “Guess that Pokémon” nod 😂) - great video and fun to watch!

  • @sarahbybee8546
    @sarahbybee8546 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    So happy for the Arizona flag. Love the copper star!!

  • @jordanbowes5707
    @jordanbowes5707 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    You had my students laughing so loud that I had to keep pausing the video

  • @Eclectic-Sheep
    @Eclectic-Sheep 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    I just adore the little girl states. They are so cute

  • @879PC
    @879PC ปีที่แล้ว +201

    I renewed my membership because I desperately had to comment! The baby Bison and Gator! The outro with all the little states referencing each other. Ohio and Maryland just being so unique. Animators! You've outdone yourselves!

  • @Jeffertoya
    @Jeffertoya ปีที่แล้ว +327

    Thanks! Right now in Utah, there is a big fight about the flag change.
    People weren’t paying attention for the past three or four years while it worked its way through the process and now they’re upset.
    But I think you really hit the nail on the head about these flag designs. And many of these states with poor designs could take another page from Utah‘s book…
    Utah is not actually replacing its old flag. It just has a second official flag now that doesn’t suck add an official Flag for like ceremonial crap that does suck

  • @CarlosZ34NSM
    @CarlosZ34NSM ปีที่แล้ว +594

    Grey was right about Texans having a lot of state pride and we really do deserve the S tier rank! Awesome video I really enjoyed it!

  • @jj003333
    @jj003333 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    South Carolina did not deserve D tier.. harsh

  • @MatthewCSnow
    @MatthewCSnow ปีที่แล้ว +753

    "Wear it with pride Maryland"
    How dare you imply that we don't already have pride in the best flag of the Union?

  • @heremattwas2902
    @heremattwas2902 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I was hoping he wouldn't get to Minnesota... oh no

  • @TheDantepizza
    @TheDantepizza ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This video is fantastic. I have wanted to sign up for your Patreon for a long time, but I was a student and I was really touched when you told me to focus on school. As someone who grew up lower income, it was a surprise when I wanted to give you money, then you said that and it made me want to cry. Thankfully, I finished law school last August and am now a Lawyer and can afford to pay back! Right now I am a Bonnie Bee (because housing in Seattle is expensive), but you make education fun and I love it. Thank you!

  • @vgzwymux8569
    @vgzwymux8569 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    I did not know Utah was redesigning their state flag and I have to say I really like the new look.
    Also the end scenes of all the state girls lining up for the bus evoked a strange nostalgia for elementary school shenanigans.

  • @mikegibson2279
    @mikegibson2279 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Overall, this was one of my favorite Grey videos in years. HOWEVER, the take on South Carolina's flag was just plain blasphemous. The flag incorporates the state's revolutionary war history in all three elements. The color was the color of the SC state militia uniforms at the beginning of the revolution. The crescent moon was the insignia worn on their caps. These two elements were the basis of the "Moultrie Flag," designed by Colonel William Moultrie and flown over Fort Sullivan during the Revolutionary War battle of Sullivan's Island, in which a hastily constructed, partially finished fort made of palmetto logs and sand, commanded by Moultrie, held off a British invasion fleet, sparing Charleston from British occupation for the first four years of the Revolution. The Moultrie Flag, with the obvious addition of the palmetto tree (weak to hold the ignorance of others against SC) later became the South Carolina state flag, and has remained mostly unchanged since its incorporation. In addition to its historical nature and its simplicity, the flag is heavily recognizable, and, like the Union Jack, is very popular - it widely visible flying across the state, and you'll find it on stickers, t-shirts, and all other manner of merchandise. And unlike other southern states, at least SC's flag doesn't reference the confederacy! Sure, the blue isn't original, so I understand keeping the flag out of the top tier, but this flag deserves at least a B ranking.

  • @Relkond
    @Relkond ปีที่แล้ว +574

    Many of these were probably designed without the input of a graphic designer. we’re lucky there weren’t more stick-men on the flags.

  • @plixypl0x
    @plixypl0x 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    New Mexico: remote beyond compare.
    Also, a flag beyond compare.

  • @ActivelyMike
    @ActivelyMike ปีที่แล้ว +306

    Brilliant, hilarious, and informative! Also anything with flags in an auto donate in my book 😁

  • @startrek2365
    @startrek2365 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    As someone from Wyoming who has VERY deep roots in Colorado I want to 100% agree about the Wyoming flag and say I feel the Colorado flag should be a B as there is a lot of symbolism behind it. Also, Colorado put the C on their flag because at the time they adopted it there were several other states that looked like that were going to do something with the same Blue White Blue patten so they were worried it would look like the rest of the flags. Simular to the everything is blue problem.

  • @ryansauchuk7290
    @ryansauchuk7290 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    If California had a two-headed bear instant S-Tier

  • @mrwalronda
    @mrwalronda ปีที่แล้ว +219

    New Mexico's flag is my favourite, easy, creative and absolutely stunning

  • @suprafraction
    @suprafraction ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I really like Floridas pet Alligator.

  • @NightHound1337
    @NightHound1337 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Very enjoyable! We had an American visit once. He was most surprised of how we consistently rock the worlds oldest flag at every celebratory occasion. I never thought about that until then.

  • @CapriSjonnie
    @CapriSjonnie ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I'm not an American but I still really enjoyed this video. Mostly because of this fun format of the classroom. Well done 🎯... S tier!

  • @wild_lee_coyote
    @wild_lee_coyote ปีที่แล้ว +249

    State flags have more seals than Sea World, and they are not as cute. The problem with Alabama is is just a copy of the St Patrick Cross of Ireland. Out of all of them I do think New Mexicos is the best. It’s simple, unique, and easy to recreate and bold with its colors.

  • @cobaltblue42
    @cobaltblue42 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Consider a simplified cross section of Washington State (looking north): a deep blue ocean and tannish grey sandy beach, a dark evergreen forest broken by the deep blue fjords of the Puget Sound (ignore the urbanization for now), a black and white glaciered stratovolcano (Mount Tahoma preferably) rising above smaller but still impressive mountains (the Cascade Range), a broad blue river (the Columbia) and black basalt scablands amongst golden tan fields (representing both native sage brush prairie and the immense and productive farmlands of eastern Washington).
    Also consider the native cultural symbols such as totem poles, and Coast Salish Art of Orca's, Salmon and Thunderbirds. Then of course you have agricultural products of the state; from the salmon, shellfish, and cranberries of Western Washington, to the apples, wheat, and cherries of Eastern Washington (obviously not all inclusive). Not to mention industry and tech, from Boing airplanes to Microsoft and Amazon web services (for better or worse).
    Definitely not saying you should put all of that in a flag (shudders at the overcrowded mess that would become), but Washinton State has so many identifiable things to choose from it's a crime that we're stuck with a seal of a President that had absolutely nothing to do with our founding or is even representative of our region other than sharing a name.
    And yes, as much as I love it, while the Cascadia Doug Flag is very nice, it's Douglas fir tree can be mistaken for a California redwood, and further, the Cascadia flag represents the entire Cascadia bioregion, an area spanning from southeast Alaska to northern California, it would be a bit presumptuous (and lazy) of Washington State to claim that flag all for itself.
    Anywho, to any vexillographer's out there... feel free to develop some better flags for Washington State (no George Washington please, thanks), just please make sure you follow Grey's rules. : )

  • @prede89
    @prede89 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    What is the ending theme song he uses? That’s so amazing

  • @randommindz6782
    @randommindz6782 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I am from California and I am laughing how much California gets picked on by the teacher.

  • @joshpearson2928
    @joshpearson2928 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    A video we've waited for for so long! Love the Maryland Point and Bestagon!

  • @sario27
    @sario27 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'm so happy Utah made the flag change, as Utahtan myself I know there are more important issues but you see it, it's a simple fix that honestly matters. I actually want to fly a Utah flag now

  • @VivBrodock
    @VivBrodock ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I love New Jersey and New York having a sister rivalry.

  • @ericfang2666
    @ericfang2666 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    This is honestly one of my favorite youtube videos ever. I actually come back to watch it from time to time just because I like it so much.

  • @warman1944
    @warman1944 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I had absolutely no idea Mississippi had changed her flag, nor that Utah was about to. And I say this as a geography nerd who is pretty knowledgeable about state flags. Thanks for the education, Grey!

  • @WanJae42
    @WanJae42 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Woot. I've lived in 3 states with either A- or S-tier flags. People should look at Japanese prefectural and city flags. Some of them are great examples of design.

  • @CallumTodd
    @CallumTodd ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I wasn’t expecting this to be so epic! That music at the end 😂

  • @myislander
    @myislander ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Also, it's clear you should retire just across the state line from Wyoming in Utah, so you can fly the Bestagon flag.

    • @myislander
      @myislander ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Or maybe right on the border, so you can fly your custom Wyoming AND the Bestagon side by side.

  • @rocbolt
    @rocbolt ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Utah knew how to butter up the prof

  • @FaffyWaffles
    @FaffyWaffles 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I like how Utah's Dress changes with the new flag

    • @PieceOCake_55
      @PieceOCake_55 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I littelary cryed when illinois got put in FF

  • @complich8
    @complich8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    As a computer scientist, I'm loving how Maryland buffer overflowed the scale.

  • @chrisdavis9165
    @chrisdavis9165 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I’ve been waiting for this video and it did not disappoint.
    Love the extra details, my favourite being Florida’s Aligator (or croc?)

  • @ribbongraph
    @ribbongraph ปีที่แล้ว +458

    The bias in choosing North Carolina over South Carolina is ridiculous by every measure you gave at the start.
    SC's flag:
    - Completely different from any of the other flags
    - Has no writing on it
    - Difficult to draw perfectly, but easy to draw a sketch of if you simplify the palmetto
    - The navy blue is a bit boring with all the other navy blue flags there
    I'd say A or B tier since it could be much snazzier and easier to draw. But it could comfortably fit on the international stage.
    NC's flag:
    - Copied from Texas (copying from a good design is the best part of it)
    - Has the initals of the state on it (breaking the writing your own name rule), not in the worst way possible but still there
    - Has other other writing
    - Banners aren't the worst to draw, but they're nontrivial
    And that's it. FA tier at best. Sorry Mr. Grey, it's just not good.
    I simply cannot accept that you can in good conscience put those two flags side by side and said "NC's flag is better than SC's".

  • @prede89
    @prede89 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What is the ending theme song? That is some great music

  • @jennttaylor
    @jennttaylor ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Hahaha we're "kind of badass" here in Virginia. I'll take it.

  • @olivianava5422
    @olivianava5422 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Florida did that thing "Hey, Alabama, can I copy the homework from you?" "Sure, but change it up a bit so it's not obvious."