What Does Every U.S State Flag Mean? REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!! 

“Yellow and black doesn’t do anything for me” Says the bloke wearing a yellow and black hat 😂

I love how he said the Maryland flag looks like something a knight would wear while jousting... Guess what the official state sport of Maryland is lol

The top right star on the Alaska state flag actually symbolizes the North Star which helped explorers identify where true north is in the night sky. And if you find the Big Dipper in the sky the North Star is pretty close to where it is on the flag. I grew up in Alaska for 24 years and never once heard it explained as symbolizing Alaska’s future.

As someone from New Mexico I'm quite proud of our state flag. I think it's very unique and cool looking. We may not be perfect but New Mexico has style, whether it be license plates, state flags, etc.

Just as a heads up, last year, Mississippi changed their flag so the Confederate-inspired one is no longer. Now, it's a flag with a magnolia on it.

8:20 LMAOOOO yeah... I live in Georgia and everytime I look up, we have a new flag.... like bruh... “wait, where did that flag come from”

great video guys by the way missisipi changed its flag recently.

Oklahoma got left out completely. Didn’t even make the list of shame.

Interesting that he gave a "wow" when seeing Maryland's flag. It is eye grabbing for sure. Having lived in Maryland for a bit, I can say...I don't know about other states, but I know that Marylanders love the shit out of their flag. They put it on practically every article of clothing and everywhere they can.

Each US state also has a state flower, and state bird as well. Maryland’s state flower seems a little weird in today’s times as it is called the “Black Eyed Susan” lol

Damn.... I guess they just completely forgot about Oklahoma😂

Strangely enough, you mentioned that the Maryland state flag looks like something you would have on a shield and carry into battle. Maryland's state sport is jousting.

It's funny hearing your take on how antiquated flags are anyway and whether some "nimby" on a committee is making a fuss over them, but over here, you see the state flag everywhere.

6:37 The Colorado Avalanche in the NHL has used that as a logo before.

I'm pretty disappointed with the description of the Texas flag, so I can only assume that this video did the same injustice to the rest of the state's flags. It sounds like they didn't do much research, just rushed to video production. The Texas flag represents much more than what they described. The Star, the Lone Star represents the one state that at one time was it's own republic. The red and white stripes were intentionally placed with the red stripe on the bottom to represent the blood on the ground that was spilled to defend Texas.

What about Oklahoma they completely skipped over Oklahoma

The most popular flags are Colorado, California, and Texas. I see a lot of clothing companies rocking these flags.

Whooooaaa???? Where's Oklahoma at?... I hope this dude steps on a lego for leaving the Sooner State out lol 🤣

Oregon should not be on the list of shame because although it has the state seal on the front, it is unique in being the only two sided flag. It has a beaver on the back :)

Can't wait for the Mississippi flag part... ....ugh video is a little old.

Love how this dude just dismisses 22 states because of his own aversion to a flag's originality. Eff you bro!

Maryland with the best flag... just saying🤷🏾‍♂️😂

In Texas we also have a pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag

Hispanic/Latin people have a lot of pride for their heritage in the states. It’s very common to see Porto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, Colombian etc flags hanging from the rear view mirror in the states.

It always makes me angry that this doofus left out the Oklahoma flag.

My entire family is from Tennessee. My dad used to say the stars on our flag stood for "East, West, and South. Cuz there ain't no NORTH in Tennessee!"

As an Arizonan, honestly my favorite flags are our own and those of all but one of our neighbors- California’s, Nevada’s, Colorado’s, and New Mexico’s flags are among my favorites as well (Sorry Utah, you have a boring flag)

Note to Mike: the state sport of Maryland is jousting. Yes, each state has a state sport. Why? Don't know.

Dave isn't concerned with flags, only with his (lonely) flagpole.

This dude gatekeeping on flags is really weird. Many of the blue flags are covered in words and symbols that actually have long history behind them (most of them are older states). So this video is more a top 50 fashion list than history.

Maryland flag is the best. I love my state flag so mucu

This video missed a couple states - like Kansas and Oklahoma. Kansas belongs in the “list of shame” (but it wasn’t there), but Oklahoma’s is actually very cool

14:13 funny you say that..jousting is the official state sport of Maryland lol

To be fair, my home state of Oregon has a beaver on the other side, not just the seal on one side. Still boring, but it is something different then the rest of the hall of shame. The pledge of allegiance in the US, you can choose to participate or not, I doubt you have the same option in North Korea. Baaaaaad Comparison.

So he complained that Arkansas had to put the name of the state on the flag.... And then complained about states not putting the name. Speaking for the NY flag is this really a bad thing to have on the flag? Allegorical figures of Liberty (left) and Justice (right) support the shield and an American eagle spreads its wings above on a world globe. Liberty's left foot treads on a crown, a symbol of freedom from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and holds a staff topped with a Phrygian Cap, a symbol of freedom and the pursuit of liberty. Justice is blindfolded and holds a sword in one hand and a scale in the other, symbolizing impartiality and fairness. The center shield displays a masted ship and a sloop on the Hudson River (symbols of inland and foreign commerce) bordered by a grassy shore and a mountain range with the sun rising behind it. Flying a flag for your country is racist? Wha? Why? It's OK to be patriotic when it's suitable to some. But if it bothers some people when they don't want to see it, there's a problem?

Oregon, though a shameful state seal flag, is also the only double-sided one, with a golden beaver on the back.

A more interesting US vid would've been General Knowledge's How Each US State Got It's Name. A lot of French, Spanish, and native history there.

I grew up in Oklahoma (which should have been listed in this video's list of shame, but apparently got left out) and when I was 21, I married a Canadian and we lived near Toronto for the first two years we were married. It was the first time I had lived so far from my family. I adjusted fairly well, but sometimes I would get homesick. My husband would tell me that I needed to get out for a while, and he would drive us into Toronto, where we would drive by the U.S. Consulate, so I could see the American flag flying. Sometimes I had him drive around the block a couple of times before I was ready to go back to our apartment. But, by just seeing the American flag I was much happier.

Maryland flag has the most unique design in my humble, biased opinion

Mississippi changed its flag again last year. for a few weeks it didnt even have a flag, officially.

I'd like to see an alligator on a flag.

I don't know if it's like this in other states but in Texas you see the Texas flags EVERYWHERE

19:56. That symbol is also the New Mexico State official tattoo.. I’d say 60% of people from NM that have tattoos have the zia tatted on them

Confederate flag is a beautiful flag, shame that the meaning of the flag got lost, or changed to be racist.

Patriotism is not evil. It demonstrates love of home and pride in one’s culture. FYI: the US is a republic. Therefore each state has its own identity and culture.

As an Ohioan, I like the Ohio flag more than the US flag because none of the stars on the Ohio flag represent Michigan.

Growing up in Maryland, about 7 or 8 yrs. old, when we had to draw the state flag, it gave us all a headache.

Hmm.. no mention of Oklahoma's flag.

Well Jousting is Maryland's state sport haha I don't realpy care for my state but I do like the flag's aesthetics better than most

Set all the negative stuff aside and go purely off of aesthetics, the confederate flag is one good looking design.

Yeah! Maryland Represent!!! ❤️💛🖤

Kansas was left out. 🤷‍♂️ It wasn't even on the list of shame. 🤔

1.5K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍. Thanks for the funny informative, digital video recording! 🎬😎👍✌️🖖 Notes: Hey, I didn't see, Oklahoma, on that list of 22, and he didn't cover it seperately! Or did he? 🤔. (My eyes may have been shut then.) If you managed to view every episode of the former, "CBS" sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory", then you know that the fictional character, "Doctor Sheldon Cooper", has his own Web series, "Fun with Flags". So I've heard some of the flag facts before now. He too, is dismissive of flags that just use a seal. The city flag for, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, used to be such a flag. It matched the doors of the white police cars. I don't know when it happened, but the design was relatively recently redesigned, to be more than that. 🤔 Oklahoma's state flag, is odd! How so? The words are backwards on one side, that's why! They aren't double-sided to be normal looking both ways. Most are sheer enough to see through them on sunny days. Sigh. 😕

Maryland has the best flag!!!!

Guys, each state has a legislature, a governor, it's own Supreme court, its own laws, its own seal, and its own flag. The only equivalent might be Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland although I'm not sure how their laws differ from those enforced in England. The distinctiveness of each state's government is just impossible for most Brits to comprehend.

In America people of all nationalities fly the flag. We are a country of immigrants. It is not just white people who fly the flag. I have never flown a flag on my house but lots of my neighbors of various races, religions etc. do. It's the confederate flag that has that rep.

I slowly went through the video a few times and I don’t think he mentioned Oklahoma at all it wasn’t on the list of shame either. It’s got a Native American Buffalo skin shield with seven eagle feathers hanging from it. Sky blue background. I think it’s quite nice.

So you're telling me in the UK it's looked as racist and right wing to fly a flag or to be proud of where you come from? What kinda shit is that? I mean it isn't even about the flag to me, it's more of just being proud to be where I'm from.

What's this guy got against state seals? They are way more interesting than the flags. There's an actual state background story behind each seal rather than what the stupid stripes, stars and whatnot on the vague-art flags are supposed to represent which is usually the same idea in every case. Some look cool as designs, but the story behind the design isn't that interesting as the ginger bloke conveyed.

Shame left out Oklahoma!

As an American I could not place probably half these flags with the state they go with

The Confederate Flag is not raciest . A lot of people today like to complain about some stupid stuff.

The guy skipped Oklahoma’s state flag😂

c'mon man. he skips over the seals? the seals have all kinds of symbolism in them.

It's Union flag or Union jack. Before 1600, ‘jack’ was used to describe a small flag flown from the mast mounted at the end of the bowsprit. By 1674, this flag was described formally as ‘His Majesty’s Jack’ and in common usage - officially acknowledged - as the Union Jack. During the eighteenth century, the short mast on the bowsprit disappeared, to be replaced by staysails on the stays between bowsprit and foremast. In 1902 an Admiralty Circular announced that either name could be used officially. And in 1908 the UK Parliament approved this verdict, stating that ‘the Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag’.

Its funny to think a flag so infamous in Arizona I've seen everyday of my life hasn't been seen at all by most people

The California flag is so popular that they sell it on t shirts in other countries.

14:15 funny enough, that's actually Maryland's offical sport.

Fun fact Marylands state sport is Jousting so you guys weren't wrong about it looking like that

The Texas flag is the only flag that has the privilege of flying at the same level of the US flag. Every other flag flies under.

I'm from NY and I love our flag just because of its simplicity, but I gotta admit that Maryland has the most badass looking flag. Too bad the whole western half of that state smells like someone lit their taint hairs on fire. 😂

There is nothing wrong with a person showing love and respect for their country and all the good it stands for by flying your flag! I say to all our "cousins" across the pond.....fly your union flag with honor and to heck what others think about it! You are the one who knows the meaning of why you are flying it and you should not have to answer to anyone as to that reason.....but should they care enough about you to ASK you, you could answer with conviction and pride!

Yeah people like getting mad about flags and being racist. It's dumb, they just want to assert dominance over people (unless it's the Nazi flag, then feel free to yell at them). Everything is racist

This guy doesn't get the history of the states who have a seal.

The Colorado avalanche have that... a hockey team

You guys gotta react to some king of the hill 🤣

If you played Fallout New Vegas you see that California Republic flag everywhere ;)

So he just skips over the other state flags. What a joke.

You don’t HAVE to stand up and pledge allegiance. They do it in the morning and you can sit and not participate.

The Colorado Rockies of the NHL used the Colorado flag and colors as part of their primary logo. The team moved to New Jersey and became the New Jersey Devils. Years later, the Quebec Nordiques were moved to Colorado and became the Avalanche (but retained the blue and red colors of the Nordiques).

The strange thing about the confederate types of flags is that eventually it became the “Rebel” flag in general for places even far up in Canada. It was even what some might regard as a “liberal” symbol up until the 00’s.

Texas and Chile have different flags.

Anyone else from texas?

The problem with our flag in Georgia is that we had what was a Confederate flag in popular culture to what was historically the CSA flag, as if that were somehow any better. It’s only historical ignorance that lets us get away with it. (Cities have flags as well and, spoiler alert, Chicago has the best flag.)

I'm American, I'm flying my flag, IDGAF!

Oregon's flag is two sided

As a Canadian, this is a shameless and an easy laugh video. America is a great place. Are you going to beat up on our provincial flags next?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Maryland is the only state that regularly incorporates the flag into its' professional sports jersey (Ravens, Orioles, Blast). Even some colleges include the flag into its jerseys.

I'll have 'Cody' know that Oregon's state seal means something. It proclaims us as proudly Union and references Oregon being the ending point for Lewis and Clark. I'm disappointed in you Cody smh.

They keep comparing states to their counties but each state has their own counties too. Texas has more counties than the whole UK. Each state is more comparable to the countries that make up the UK or countries that make up the EU.

Narrator forgot to mention Texas was its own country for a while hence the low star.

For months after the 9/11 attacks, I couldn't see an American flag without getting emotional. Given that I live in Texas (we fly both national and state flags more than any other state) that happened pretty much everywhere I went.

Thanks for loving our Texas flag!! We love our state!

I'm glad to hear you blokes like my Wyoming flag! I like it too. I'm not sure but the buffalo (bison) might outnumber the humans in Wyoming, but that's the way we like it! :)

Florida has the best flag in the world.

In the states there’s a bit of controversy over the U.S. flag and whether to show respect to it and salute it but not for flying it really at least not in Oklahoma where I’m from. There’s controversy over the confederate flag which the southerners love but a lot of people consider racist and the blue lives matter flag which is in support of the police vs the Black Lives Matter flags and then flags and banners supporting Trump and Biden of course. I’ve never seen controversy with the state flags. I’m from the states and I did not know them. I barely know what Oklahoma’s looks like.

In the US, every state has a state mammal, reptile, flower, wild flower, tree, fish, insect, bird, drink (Alabama is the only one with a spirit for its state drink), etc.

The Arizona flag does look a little like the old Yugoslav flag, with that Big Яed Staя

A flag is homage to what Heraldry used to stand for

So strange to hear 3 British men say many people in their home country think its bad to fly their nations flag. It has to be the immigrants as Great Britain has the most iconic flag in the world. Spain, France and Portugal all did the colonial thing and are their residents hesitant to fly the flag? Not sure. As i have said before we cannot judge a country by todays standards for what was done 200-300 years ago. That was how civil society was done in accordance with their local laws of their era.