DOES YOUR FLAG FAIL? Grey Grades The State Flags!
Added 2023-04-02 21:05:00 +0000 UTCThank you, Bonnie Bees, for making this video possible.
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Comments
AAA for Arizona!
Patrick and Rachel
2024-07-16 18:40:10 +0000 UTCSo I sent this video along with an email to whatever “contact us” email I could find for PA explaining how our flag is kinda bogus, and I’d like to think that had a hand in this: https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-flag-change-proposal/44235133
Nathan Kelly
2023-06-21 02:02:30 +0000 UTCLiterally came to patreon today to unsub. Had been a patron since 2015! For the record, we watched Grey's version first and then the reaction video later. So no lost revenue from us! Also it wasn't even a basic "reaction" video, he was literally Comparing Grey's to his own video with the exact same topic! Bananas!
Jenna Major
2023-05-19 11:18:42 +0000 UTCA state has never been so perfectly encapsulated by a single sentence. Well, except for Ohio and "it's shit".
Matt Belanger
2023-05-05 02:27:00 +0000 UTCI wonder is the NRA choose Virginia as its home when they saw the flag.
Jay Monroe (Fusion)
2023-04-22 12:11:19 +0000 UTC"Be kind to each other. We're all fighting hidden battles." - paraphrase from Some Bishop a while back...
BlindSow
2023-04-18 23:50:12 +0000 UTCGrey I want to be on your side here and for the most part I am but the main thing I can agree with with the people who are mad at you is that you didn't just ask Chris to take down the videos. It feels a little targeted with the timing and the YouTube comments stuff. I would hope it is a coincidence but it may not be. I do think that in this case you are in the right legally but I feel that the action you took was extreme and you both could have handled it better.
glowingcobra
2023-04-18 18:19:28 +0000 UTCI think a week was enough time. Did not see any posts - I'm out.
Archa4
2023-04-18 13:30:49 +0000 UTCExcellent job. Keep up the good work.
Sean Munson
2023-04-17 13:47:28 +0000 UTCHi Grey! On youtube, I'm 'Curly G Cradle Rock' This family name has been passed down for YEARS. Literally, like almost 2 years now. It doesn't help that the one bird who can speak english historically hated Sandlr for some reason. Now that that's done, a quick question, if I may. What in the ding dang heckin' frigg (oh skuuuse me there, miss(pardon my language) is going on with these goobers in the comments? Hard to imagine what you would even be capable of doing in terms of would make people comment in such an Emo manner.
Mark Branson
2023-04-15 10:48:26 +0000 UTCBtw i love this video heaps (even though i'm from australia)
Chess_Piece2002
2023-04-12 14:43:37 +0000 UTCMy youtube username is Georgia Dixon
Chess_Piece2002
2023-04-12 14:42:57 +0000 UTCi thought you need to dm grey that info? no?
Bear
2023-04-12 03:55:19 +0000 UTCI do believe my Arizona flag should have been S-tier, but otherwise, this is a new family favorite video! My daughter also suggested you make a video ranking logos like this. 🙂
Liz Kasper
2023-04-12 03:16:49 +0000 UTCMy username is Ellie K!
Liz Kasper
2023-04-12 03:16:44 +0000 UTCyoutube username is punkfruit https://www.youtube.com/@fruitpunk
punkfruit
2023-04-12 00:56:54 +0000 UTCI agree, I haven't pulled my support as a Bonnie bee yet because I'm waiting on whether or not Grey will say something about this. As VTH said in his most recent update video, the ball is in Grey's court. We will see if he does take this to the court system. If he does, and doesn't at least give us his side of the story then I'll take my membership from Grey and give it to VTH. I too was a supporter for years but this situation is maddening
Derek Chapman
2023-04-11 22:36:58 +0000 UTCAgreed. I don’t want to leap to the conclusion that CGP Grey, a creator I’ve followed since… Death to Pennies as featured on Albino Blacksheep, would do something like this for no reason than petty spite. We don’t have (afaik) his side of the story, if there is one, only a few anti-reactor posts on Twitter. We’ve had one side of the story, and that’s all. But this looks bad. Exceedingly terrible, in fact. If Grey is doing this, or letting this be done in his name, because… he doesn’t like videos reacting to his videos? Abusing YouTube’s execrable copyright system like this to make an example out of a particularly visible creator? … Not only can I not in good conscience support someone who does something like that, I can only regret the years I’ve spent supporting him. For all the content and knowledge and entertainment I’ve enjoyed, I feel I owe him at least a chance to defend or explain himself. But if there isn’t a good explanation, if there is no justification for what’s happened, if the only conclusion is that Grey is the sort of person who would do this … ? There are myriad wonderful content creators out there who haven’t taken the radioactive chainsaw of YouTube copyright system abuse to smaller creators for no justified reason.
Michael Negranol
2023-04-11 22:16:15 +0000 UTCThe story with copyright striking VTH does not sit right with me... I will wait for few days for response, but if there is no change - sorry, I'm dropping my patreon sub...
Archa4
2023-04-11 16:06:41 +0000 UTCI reckon that's what first grabbed me into the world of CGP.
Leigh Monk
2023-04-11 05:36:09 +0000 UTCI understand the frustration of CGP Grey to reaction videos in general. I've seen plenty that add absolutely nothing to the original content, but VTH is definitely not one of those channels. I chose to think that CGP Grey may have just imposed the strikes without having watched or realised what VTH's reaction videos are truly like. If you read this, CGP Grey, could you please undo what you've done. Thanks from Australia.
Leigh Monk
2023-04-11 05:35:37 +0000 UTCShame on you Grey. Shame on you.
Anthony Moraglia
2023-04-11 01:30:37 +0000 UTCIt's your content, yes, but you had many other options before going for the nuclear one. VTH did not steal from you, and Chris reacted to your videos because mutual fans asked him. You don't want to share? Fine, but we your supporters were rather surprised by your knee-to-the-face reaction.
Elthon Maria
2023-04-10 22:57:11 +0000 UTCuncool
punkfruit
2023-04-10 22:19:33 +0000 UTCGrey you have been one of my favorite YouTube creators since Bizarre borders. I'm just looking for an explanation about the strikes against VTH. What's up?
Tyler W Printz
2023-04-10 18:22:06 +0000 UTCBusy bonny bee reporting in. JD-nt8ui on YouTube
J D
2023-04-10 17:59:45 +0000 UTCSeriously, Grey? Two strikes in a row against VTH? Considering pulling my support and unsubscribing
Anthony Beardslee
2023-04-10 16:41:18 +0000 UTCYes, where is this coming from? I get it reaction videos are the scourge of YouTube but VTH does it different. He adds quite a bit of info and adds his perspective as a historian as well. The first CPR strike on the flag bit I get, but doing the second one moments after he appealed? Yeah that is a bit petty.
Derek Chapman
2023-04-10 15:18:57 +0000 UTCA second copyright strike against VTH?! Why are you going after a highschool history teacher? He’s one of the best internet historians on YT and practically a national treasure. Have you always been this petty or is this a new development?
Jessica hawkins
2023-04-10 15:07:23 +0000 UTCThis whole time as a Virginian I was like "Oh lord, we KILLED a mother freaker on our sh(t!!".
Skibbityboo
2023-04-09 04:36:17 +0000 UTCMy YT name is 星空 or limao (whichever I used)
星空
2023-04-08 03:23:07 +0000 UTCI think the California Flag is actually pretty great cause its still identifiable in the blurred background of a zoom call. That's important these days.
Alec
2023-04-07 20:56:17 +0000 UTCWhat's the best flag in the world?
Eric Chung
2023-04-07 04:48:55 +0000 UTCMaryland thanks you for recognizing a great design when you see one.
andrew boylan
2023-04-07 03:31:52 +0000 UTCWow! Texas.
War Toilet
2023-04-07 00:11:06 +0000 UTCAs a lifelong Virginian, I laughed out loud and spewed soda all over my laptop at your comments on our 'scandalous' flag. Oddly, I don't entirely disagree, tho. :) But I live in Texas now, and I have to completely agree in all respects with your assessment of our flag, as well. I have never seen a state so completely obsessed with their own flag. Although, since we DID get a 'Superior' on our grade, do you BLAME us?? LOL And lastly, as a few other people have already commented, the personalities of your adorable state girls is adorable. How do you make us feel sorry for some of these little animated girls? Well done, Grey! A new favorite video!
Diane Given
2023-04-06 23:55:30 +0000 UTCLol, I want a country flags tier list now. Future CCPGrey sequel video?
Tim
2023-04-06 18:45:45 +0000 UTCPitch for the Delaware flag: blue field, fifty white stars, top leftmost star is yellow. Simple, American, shows that you're the first. Bam
Adam Wagner
2023-04-06 17:21:26 +0000 UTCI wonder how many country flags would get F grade. It would be more fair to compare flags of states of other countries: This one is from my home town in Slovakia Europe: https://www.banovce.sk/portals_pictures/i_000528/i_528058.gif (not that I ever saw it anywhere lol)
Fyrgon
2023-04-06 15:41:37 +0000 UTCBUT! The Alabama flag is just the St. Patrick's saltire! THIS IS MADNESS.
Colin Sueyres
2023-04-05 17:39:19 +0000 UTCNow I physically need Grey to make the same video with all the country flags. I loved this and I'm not even American.
Stefano Mini
2023-04-05 10:24:18 +0000 UTCYT name: Cha Cha -or- @Samoowoo Hexagons are the Bestagons🛑!
Samuel Chavez
2023-04-05 04:27:17 +0000 UTCAs a resident of Arizona I feel our flag deserved S tier. :)
Eamon OHuallachain
2023-04-04 23:41:19 +0000 UTCYoutube name: Joshua Norden Coment: Approve me... if you dare!
Joshua Norden
2023-04-04 23:30:55 +0000 UTCOh, Nebraska. I must fx my home state's slag. Uh, flag.
Maggie Osterberg
2023-04-04 19:57:21 +0000 UTCYouTube name: Timmytimmy YouTube comment: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP if this helps to search in order to be approved" YouTube video: An Experiment With YouTube Comments…
Tim Lampers
2023-04-04 19:14:25 +0000 UTCThe 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.
Resonovance
2023-04-04 18:22:26 +0000 UTC@brystmar on YT: "So much potential was squandered, yet we seem proud of the results anyway. Is there a more fitting analogy for America?" Thanks guys!
Thomas Berg
2023-04-04 16:06:04 +0000 UTCThat is a waaaay better flag!
Janel Christensen
2023-04-04 05:42:53 +0000 UTC@Janel Christensen I'm leaving a comment, but it's a reply to @Andres Villacres if that helps you out at all. Love your work!
Janel Christensen
2023-04-04 05:38:28 +0000 UTCJust a bumbling Bonnie Bee! Bypassing the baby bots. Thank you for all of the amazing content that you give the world!
Ross Begg
2023-04-04 01:58:07 +0000 UTCThis, together with Roman Mars' TED Talk on city flags, should be required viewing for any and all local governments. You can do so much better! A decent flag might seem trivial, but it's as good a place to start as any!
Ben Green
2023-04-04 00:02:55 +0000 UTCThere was a redesign for the Minnesota flag but the state legislature doesn't want to adopt it. We use it as an unofficial flag that you can see flying at Minnesota United football matches. Check it out at https://newmnflag.org/designs/northstar
Michelle Jirak
2023-04-03 22:50:26 +0000 UTCCommenting!
Kathleen Dang
2023-04-03 22:43:55 +0000 UTCI came up with a redesign for the Pennsylvania flag, but nobody pays any attention to me. It's a keystone in the middle with three stripes: green for the forests, blue for the rivers, and black for the coal mines.
Shawn Ravenfire
2023-04-03 22:28:37 +0000 UTCI feel like Texas even though they don't need to redesign would, if they caught wind of such a plan, make their design terrible just so they would be told to redesign it so they could then shout at people that they do what they want.
Micah Gale
2023-04-03 22:17:31 +0000 UTCYou keep ragging on California and it's never not funny
Nicolas Demers
2023-04-03 22:17:14 +0000 UTCUtah's beehive is for "industry". Really? From my understanding Utah and the beehive is very heavily tied to the Mormons settling there, and symbolized them deciding it was the "land of milk and honey". Visiting Utah it was always cringey seeing it on their highway signs and other government emblems. The original redesign flag got a lot of flack IIRC because it had the date that Mormons settled there, as if there was no one living there before they came and settled in Mexican territory.
Micah Gale
2023-04-03 22:05:29 +0000 UTCI love this video! My family lives on a sailboat and we are a member of a Marina. Most marinas have their own flags called Burgees. Almost every Burgee I have seen is very simple and bold. You really should look into them for a possible video. Also, I'm a bit disappointed that this latest creation didn't once mention the absolutely S-Tier flag of PIRATES! My whole family just loved your Pirate videos....Branding!! I commented on YT as Mike Burgess btw.
Michael and Lucy Burgess
2023-04-03 20:50:10 +0000 UTCLeaving a comment!
jmchazelle
2023-04-03 20:45:43 +0000 UTCqrzups Johnson: Leaving a comment as instructed for this vid!!
Johnson
2023-04-03 19:46:27 +0000 UTCthis is the video i needed, even though i'm not from USA (from Croatia btw - hello there btw no. 2), the blue flags annoy me greatly.
Ivan Piljan
2023-04-03 18:53:03 +0000 UTCI do agree NM is S tier, now we need a video like this but for all 197 countries
Spencer Kaup
2023-04-03 18:17:35 +0000 UTCThey put the name on it historically, so... And most of the blue flags were developed in the civil war. So it was different at the time.
Crissa Kentavr
2023-04-03 17:35:57 +0000 UTCNo, it does not.
James
2023-04-03 16:29:19 +0000 UTCGreat idea to sort out bot comments! Glad to support to help you all make this happen!
Nick
2023-04-03 16:16:05 +0000 UTCGrey, you are all wrong - California’s flag breaking the rules but somehow still being iconic bumps it up out of the fail grade!
TwoInVenice
2023-04-03 15:11:56 +0000 UTCA message being sent shortly with the username for verification.
Travis Keltner
2023-04-03 15:02:40 +0000 UTCHow do i comment on YouTube? how will you know who I am?
Aaron
2023-04-03 14:59:17 +0000 UTCHi CGP. My YouTube name is ErGuille. I left a comment on the flags video to the tube of “bees and bestagons. Great!” Or words to that effect.
Guillermo
2023-04-03 14:57:28 +0000 UTCLeaving a comment :) @IanPavlik
Ian Pavlik
2023-04-03 13:47:26 +0000 UTCIt’s so great to be able to love and mercilessly mock your own flag.
Scott Rohrbach
2023-04-03 12:20:32 +0000 UTCBut MD is, far and away, the most distinctive of the bunch. You’ll know who we are on the high seas, that’s for sure.
Scott Rohrbach
2023-04-03 12:19:03 +0000 UTCIt certainly is recognizable from a distance.
Scott Rohrbach
2023-04-03 12:15:16 +0000 UTCCheck out Roman Mars' TED talk on vexillology. He dives into flag design
Andres Rodriguez
2023-04-03 11:35:27 +0000 UTCI used to watch Ace of Cakes all the time, they're in Baltimore. The number of Maryland flag cakes they made!! I love how loved that flag is!
Rebecca Pfennigwerth
2023-04-03 10:54:46 +0000 UTCThat'
Rebecca Pfennigwerth
2023-04-03 10:53:50 +0000 UTCAs an Australian, the Maryland flag is the only one I would have been able to recognise before this video. A well deserved S tier.
Rebecca Pfennigwerth
2023-04-03 10:53:15 +0000 UTCLeaving a comment as instructed for this vid!!
Gunnar Tveten
2023-04-03 10:49:57 +0000 UTCMy youtube name is pretty easy to remember since it's so similar to my name here. felman87. Yes, essentially the first 3 letters of first and last but the r gets turned into an n and 87 because, well, birth years are popular numbers to attach at the end of one's online identity (or, at least, used to be back in the days.)
Fel Martins
2023-04-03 09:54:27 +0000 UTCIt's so adorable!
enchantedsleeper
2023-04-03 09:46:48 +0000 UTCI don't think this is a way for Grey to try and Get More Money. It may even hurt his visibility on YouTube due to fewer comments but it'll make the comments section more manageable. He thinks it's worth the risk, evidently.
enchantedsleeper
2023-04-03 09:46:22 +0000 UTCyoutube name: "Ewanb10". comment: "im not in a financially stable situation grey but you cant stop me!!!!!" left under you comment with instructions (:
Ewanb10
2023-04-03 08:28:55 +0000 UTCCommented sirsamthethird
Sam Brown
2023-04-03 08:22:25 +0000 UTCIt's years old so the Washington Post website doesn't show the images, but Alexandra Petri's article on state flags is something I return to for laughs at least once a year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/06/23/every-state-flag-is-wrong-and-here-is-why/
Michael M
2023-04-03 08:20:04 +0000 UTCGuess I should change my middle name from "Missouri" to "Utah"
Selina McMahon
2023-04-03 07:00:44 +0000 UTCCommented on this video, too. @lth7198, LTH
Lars Huluk
2023-04-03 06:56:25 +0000 UTCHonesty, as an Ohioan i campletely agree with your judgment of the flags, especially ours (and also especially michigans, GO BUCKEYES)
GIHazard
2023-04-03 06:50:42 +0000 UTCI do not see the button above. :'( EDIT: Oh! Like DMs? That seems like a mess.
Joseph Catrambone
2023-04-03 06:45:40 +0000 UTCYouTube name: Willy Gil (@ylliwgil) Comment: “Now grade all the flags of the countries in the world 😃”
Willy Gil
2023-04-03 05:54:47 +0000 UTCI can;t unsee scared bear
Casey S
2023-04-03 05:46:44 +0000 UTCThought Maryland was going to be number one, but that Utah redesign, arrow straight to Grey
DankFlamage
2023-04-03 05:27:27 +0000 UTCNow grade all the flags of the countries in the world 😃
Willy Gil
2023-04-03 05:22:27 +0000 UTCName on Youtube: LinaTheOne - GubbiGap Comment: "I hope it's okay to only pay for one month to do this and then leave it because I don't have extra money to toss around on stuff like that :/" left under your comment with instructions
Lina Al-Jarallah
2023-04-03 05:12:41 +0000 UTCName: Joseph Catrambone (Username @JosephCatrambone) Comment: "As a Californian (Illinois ex-pat), I have to admit I'm sad about the grade, fair though it may be. The point of education is improvement, but there will always be that sting of doing your best and failing because you didn't pay enough attention to the directions."
Joseph Catrambone
2023-04-03 05:01:28 +0000 UTCRecently moved to Oregon. Very disappointed by our flag
Evan Fenner
2023-04-03 04:51:12 +0000 UTCI'm so happy to finally get an official flag video!!!!!! It's never going to touch the original discussion from HI, but it was SO well done. Congratulations and great work!!!!!!!!!
Andrew Smith
2023-04-03 04:46:36 +0000 UTC*Proud Marylander enters the chat*
Moshe Milstein
2023-04-03 04:19:13 +0000 UTCAgreed! Every time I see that design it makes me smile.
Mirage the Fennec
2023-04-03 04:14:25 +0000 UTCFolks, I'm pretty sure your comment access requests are supposed to be messages (button up above), not comments on this post.
Mirage the Fennec
2023-04-03 04:12:51 +0000 UTCHighly entertaining! I love it❣️
Trevin Beattie
2023-04-03 04:07:18 +0000 UTCName: Tevean Jones User: @ItsActuallyTJ_
Tevean Jones
2023-04-03 03:52:41 +0000 UTCName: Beware the Lily of the Valley. My comment was "Alabama's flag is based on the Confederate flag and doesn't even do much to hide that fact. For that alone, I feel it deserves an FF, lol. And yes, I have the misfortune to live in Alabama."
Fluffymiyster
2023-04-03 03:42:01 +0000 UTCName: Darion Boyd. Predicting this will be added to "The Greytest Hits" playlist soon.
Darion Boyd
2023-04-03 03:38:39 +0000 UTCAs a Californian who moved to Maryland I WANT TO PROTEST THIS MIGHTLY. California's flag is awesome. Wrong wrong wrong. AND HOW DARE YOU HONOR THE MONSTROSITY OF MARYLAND WITH S.
Dawn Earp
2023-04-03 03:35:25 +0000 UTCthere ARE some interesting alternative flags. I think a flag with the big-o-bear and maybe some gold mountains to represent the gold rush. but....no....sadly
DasBigUn
2023-04-03 03:30:53 +0000 UTCS tier video
Adam Wishneusky
2023-04-03 03:28:26 +0000 UTCCA a happy bear? A dolphin? There's so many options. If a state flag doesn't look good on a hat...it shouldn't be a flag.
NoahLaniCrowe
2023-04-03 03:20:01 +0000 UTCI am from CA...I am angry and sad cause it is simple.....but the DAMN NAME.... *le sigh*
DasBigUn
2023-04-03 03:10:53 +0000 UTCMichael Moore here from the Maryland club! :-D
Michael Moore
2023-04-03 02:56:19 +0000 UTCColorado got C? Booo. Is there a spreadsheet I can download?
John Riecke
2023-04-03 02:52:26 +0000 UTCVerification Display Name: briap Username: briannap125
bronrg
2023-04-03 02:44:50 +0000 UTCC'mon. Arizona's flag is clearly S tier!
Mario Nigrovic
2023-04-03 02:44:15 +0000 UTCUtahns are the bestagons ❤️
Allison Day
2023-04-03 01:45:06 +0000 UTCA lot of flags of the Northern States are seals upon Union Blue. This is because they were based upon the unit flags carried by regiments during the civil war.
Eli
2023-04-03 01:27:04 +0000 UTCVerification for @elis1080 - My comment “I paid $3 towards your Patreon to say this. Paywalling the comment section beneath your videos is a step too far, even for the CGP Grey channel. I was already put off by the Paywalling of streams and chat privileges. It’s not right to make money out of people’s desire to be part of a community of learners. I’m aware that YouTube channels need to find other revenue streams outside of Adsense, but this aggressive monetary leveraging of your fandom can’t be the best way.” Linus Tech Tips recently put out a video demonstrating a new API strategy for dealing with scam bots in the comments. It’s a game of whack-a-mole but you have to keep trying.
Eli
2023-04-03 01:25:39 +0000 UTCExcellent video, Grey! Love me some flag videos and this was a perfect thing to see on my Sunday shift start!
Kareem Gouda
2023-04-03 01:06:29 +0000 UTCVerification for - handle ewanwild and my comment is - As a lover of flags, I really enjoyed this video! As a kid I wanted to learn how to draw all the state flags, but all those seals are needlessly difficult. NM, TX, AL, AK, CO, and now UT are the few that let kids learn. Good luck with defeating the bots!
Rebecca Slaughter
2023-04-03 00:58:53 +0000 UTCI loved the video Grey! Vexillology is a passion of mine, so I loved seeing one of my favorite YouTubers cover it :)
GeneralJustinian
2023-04-03 00:55:17 +0000 UTCHello (I'm @Momotaroization)
Jérôme Beaulieu
2023-04-03 00:51:04 +0000 UTCCommenting for verification
Brian
2023-04-03 00:35:21 +0000 UTCAs a New Mexican I came here to see my state rightfully recognized as the best flag, I was not disappointed
Sage Griffin
2023-04-03 00:31:36 +0000 UTCsorry I realized I put this on the wrong patreon post I guess? It's supposed to be here: Youtube Name: Sonia Deepak (@soniadeepak339) Comment: "Lol Ohio and her cape."
Sonia Deepak
2023-04-03 00:30:48 +0000 UTCThis is amazing (and I say that as a Wisconite)
Karolyne DeBriyn
2023-04-03 00:24:24 +0000 UTCDidn't know you moved back to the US! And to my also adopted Raleigh-Durham-Cary-Apex-Garner-Knightdale-Chapel Hill!
Dan Isaacs
2023-04-03 00:22:47 +0000 UTCQuite an enjoyable video, thanks for putting in the effort .
Orion Dye
2023-04-03 00:22:26 +0000 UTCMaine used to (at the turn of the 20th century) have the most beautiful flag. A white-ish background with a simple green pine tree plus a star in the upper left hand corner. Definitely would have scored higher. Why, Maine, why?
Craig Brickey
2023-04-03 00:12:40 +0000 UTCGrey Industries, you all have outdone yourself with this video. Production quality is top-notch! Enough to encourage me to join the Brigade, after soooo many years of mooching.
Hans Cathcart
2023-04-02 23:34:59 +0000 UTCP.S. Thanks for recognizing the simultaneous disaster and majesty that is the Maryland flag.
Scott Rohrbach
2023-04-02 23:26:50 +0000 UTCBut Grey??? How, oh HOW could you have two different versions of the Union Jack??? The correct one shows up at 16:33, but at 16:36, all of the flags have the diagonal red stripes to the left of the white background instead of the red always being counterclockwise of the white?? Please tell us this was an Easter egg or an April Fool's.
Scott Rohrbach
2023-04-02 23:25:07 +0000 UTCI'd appreciative more of the positive aspects of the quality state flags. Why are New Mexico and Maryland S-Tier? Not just cause I'm from Texas and want a break down of my s-tier flag...
Dave Nothear
2023-04-02 23:24:58 +0000 UTCI feel like he could have clowned on MN harder for having French on the flag.
Jeremy Schaub
2023-04-02 23:04:12 +0000 UTCPennsylvania looks so sad, we just need to formally adopt the Keystone Flag as our state flag.
Benjamin Valimont
2023-04-02 23:03:23 +0000 UTCcommenting for comments, I get it this time, I think
uh, Mike
2023-04-02 22:48:14 +0000 UTCI came here to make this same comment. 😅
Jaziem
2023-04-02 22:45:18 +0000 UTCI'm sorry, but the pronunciation of Nevada just kills me. This is maybe the fourth time Grey has said it like this... it hurts my Nevadan heart
Olivia Omar
2023-04-02 22:33:39 +0000 UTCCommenting just for the thing =D
Olivia Nava
2023-04-02 22:26:43 +0000 UTCAs a Canadian… glad to see we’re an example of what to do ;)
Darryl Gerrow
2023-04-02 22:01:59 +0000 UTChello world
explodoboy
2023-04-02 22:00:40 +0000 UTCDo you have a link to a PDF or image of the final rankings?
Skyler Brill Sedat
2023-04-02 21:57:35 +0000 UTCI do hope you visit topics like this in the future. Would love an ongoing thing with the State classroom.
Superk
2023-04-02 21:56:52 +0000 UTCState flags are generally terrible, and we should really have a national push to redesign about 40 of them.
Matt Belanger
2023-04-02 21:53:16 +0000 UTCFun video!! Would have been a worthy episode of Sheldon's "Fun with Flags" vids...
Falcon_Neil
2023-04-02 21:51:41 +0000 UTCWhat about the territories? Puerto Rico is as good as Texas based on these criteria.
DixonLu
2023-04-02 21:40:00 +0000 UTCIt really threw me that, while the Union Jack was correctly drawn in the classroom, as soon as you jump to London, they are all mis-drawn. Not sure if this was intentional!
Hugh Macdonald
2023-04-02 21:39:56 +0000 UTCWould genuinely watch Grey rating things sassily all day. Btw, I'm interested in Louisiana's Catholic imagery with the self-wounding pelican. Unique if odd.
Sam Korn
2023-04-02 21:32:35 +0000 UTCAnd here I thought some (most) of Canada's provincial flags were bad...at least none of them have words on them.
Orange
2023-04-02 21:31:09 +0000 UTCObviously time precluded this, but would have loved to see mention of Maine's alternative flag — namely, the 1901 State Flag, which is often seen around the state because many folks prefer its clearly superior (arguably A-tier) design. The state naval ensign is also a worthy contender, if they strike off the state name from the flag, of course ;-)
jpjh
2023-04-02 21:30:01 +0000 UTCHell yeah Maryland being S-tier
Hannah K
2023-04-02 21:29:29 +0000 UTCI commented on this video instead of the Antarctica one, hope that is ok. danbert87 @danbert8
Daniel Fleck
2023-04-02 21:25:16 +0000 UTCSame. For that matter, how does Florida's flag not feature an alligator? That has to be one of the biggest missed opportunities for any state flag...
Derek H.
2023-04-02 21:23:03 +0000 UTCI don't know why, but Florida having a little gator on a leash made me laugh more than it probably should have.
Guy Gordon
2023-04-02 21:20:23 +0000 UTC
