British Guy Reacting to What Every State in the US is Best and Worst At

[@lavluka6210]

You can watch my reaction to random fact about every US state here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6vRfoGHlrdoqJI

[@Hex_Altruism]

There a video somewhere that is the accents of all 50 states. If you love this kind of video, I highly recommend checking that one out.

[@faiththomas1749]

Most Californians live in high income homes , we have the worst air pollution , the most earthquakes ( coz we live on the coast ( San Andreas fault )

[@asherroth3327]

React to the US state flags.

[@faiththomas1749]

Luka : the state of Georgia is known for the fruit peaches even having a street named after it ( peachtree street )

[@brandonrasmussen6692]

Minnesota:we have the worst winters -60f *Alaska: "am I a joke to you...-80f

[@adriangonzalez3yearsago927]

I think Americans just like seeing what people think of their own state

[@erikgilson1687]

Well yeah

[@logantrashh7781]

FACTS BRO YOU CAUGHT ME🤣🤣

[@stigs1504]

The only reason im subscribed honestly xD

[@SeanShimamoto]

I think most human beings like to see what people think of where they live.

[@owengarymongroo6486]

I'm totally not here for that 🏃🏾‍♀️

[@Beeontree]

UK “Maths” and “Sport “ US “Math” and “Sports”

[@aster2157]

I’m not sure why that’s funny to me but it is lol

[@tundraanderson9068]

Meth and SSSSPPPPPOOOOORRRTTTTTSSSSS That's some parents out there

[@ibstar1233]

We say pe

[@jodyrichards4762]

US was once part of the UK so not really surprising.

[@midgetydeath]

To be fair, Europe really only has the one sport and no one in America wants to think about more than one math if they can help it.

[@haruh.1443]

Him: Looks at Arizona’s temperature Also Him: “I’m jealous.” Me drowning in sweat: “No. No you’re not.”

[@annie1875]

But its a dry heat 😉

[@haruh.1443]

@@annie1875 👁👄👁

[@spaghettitacosrainsupreme4735]

exactly

[@lunermist4039]

Meanwhile Minnesotans shrug at the mention of their winter and laugh at the south that shuts down from 1 inch of snowfall

[@haruh.1443]

@@lunermist4039 America just be built different.

[@vincentvirga2106]

The high average income in Alaska is from OIL.

[@pinking5555]

As well as the cost of living is almost higher as well because you need to ship groceries via plane, boat, or with non-perishables via truck

[@rafetizer]

They also get a dividend check from oil profits, amounting to 1600 bucks a year. (variable)

[@SilverFang2789]

@@rafetizer I wish we were getting that much. Thanks to politics, we're lucky to get even $1000 a year.

[@daemeonx]

@@rafetizer unfortunately the dividend is being capped by the state at right around 1k.

[@danor6812]

@@SilverFang2789 I was going to say it's only about 1000 at most.

[@madelinevance8954]

The fact that Utah has the highest church attendance doesn’t really surprise anyone.

[@HankyDank]

I thought it was gonna say something about the teen pregnancy rate or the teen suicide rate being the highest in the country...

[@magdelanax2122]

😂

[@djd723]

@@HankyDank or most closeted gays.

[@savvyrfuzz1368]

I'm moving to Utah. I'm around around too many Satan Worshippers. I Need more Church Folk🤧💕💕

[@NickKzig]

Not only would I say it's unsurprising, but having grown up in a high control cult myself, I would argue against it being a good thing about the state lol Edited for clarity

[@dragowago7903]

I live on one of those little islands in Alaska 🙋🏻‍♀️!

[@poopooleakeiki]

I was born on one of them and lived on another for a while. Born in wrangell and still have family there and lived in hoonah

[@richardscaggs5936]

That's " Sounds About Right ," getting it ?

[@vay6814]

I live in Juneau

[@lotusyareeinfinity5072]

Awesome!♥️

[@zapper354]

Well, there’s no escaping now

[@2134steven]

A problem most Europeans have...underestimating the size and diversity of the USA, you all have the tendency to think of us as simply another country, on par with Germany or France or Italy, instead of understanding that the USA is, in essence a union of 50 semi-autonomous states, it is similar in size, population and structure to the entire European Union, each state in the USA has it's own diverse culture, foods, accent, laws, traditions and geography, it's not just one country, it is a constitutional republic made up of 50 independent, democratic states. In fact our federal government is supposed to have very limited powers, limited to national defense, foreign trade and representation abroad, here at home the states have almost as much independence from each other as separate countries do, they merely have to make sure their laws do not violate the US constitution, which itself cannot be changed without a majority of both houses of congress, the US president and a majority of the governors of the individual states.

[@samieltheinfamous]

As someone who's lived in a number of said states (Wyoming, Utah, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, California), it can indeed feel like traveling to a different country when crossing state borders. Edit: Forgot to mention my birth state, Oklahoma.

[@randomperson6988]

Yep

[@jansmith3613]

Wonderful observation and explanation of how the USA was designed to function. The conversation/debate over the power of the federal government vs the independence of each state is, (or was), one of the fundamental reasons for different political parties and how they each approach solving problems.

[@invisigoth510]

In college, we had a German exchange student who couldn’t understand why his roommate wouldn’t let him use his car for the weekend to drive from the east coast to the west coast. He refused to believe that it would take about 4 days of almost nonstop driving for him to get to the west coast

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@invisigoth510 wow how stupid is he? ~ greetings a German.

[@wildbronco038]

Alaska's economy is mostly fishing and oil, so that probably accounts for their higher average income.

[@jckdnls9292]

And higher cost of living. mangoes are $ 13 /lb

[@plzfixwolves955]

@@jckdnls9292 I'd imagine that their location is part of the reason why the cost of living would be higher. Same for Hawaii.

[@superdud42]

@@plzfixwolves955 yep and weather, for parts of northern Alaska there are months in the winter where they can’t supplies shipped in due to ice

[@SilverFang2789]

It does. If you're not in the game, you're most likely not making much money tho.

[@Ashole024]

Where my grandma lives a gallon of milk is 8$ and has is over 5$ a gallon.

[@blackblack9317]

“How do you determine Delaware’s the most boring state?” I guess you’ve never been to Delaware

[@richardscaggs5936]

Well I never been to Delaware either so it sounds like it pretty boring to me too ! I'm from Arkansas ! I'm just joking about the Delaware 😆😂🤣❤️ ! I never been out Eastern States only been western States .

[@macaylacayton2915]

I'm from North Carolina and I find North Carolina state pretty boring myself.

[@homelessperson5455]

I'm from Delaware, and...*sigh*...you're right... :(

[@evanfreund5651]

Yeah it’s pretty boring, it has beaches right next to better ones in Maryland, a popular retirement place, a city that had one of the highest murder rates, and some farms.

[@hudsonpetrie1301]

How about Indiana? Since when did something important happen in Indiana?

[@HistoryNerd808]

Channel you might be interested in is Lost in the Pond. It's a guy who grew up in Britain but lives here in the States now. He does a lot of videos comparing the UK and US in everything from the weather(such as the states with more rain than Britain) to pronunciation of words to the size of national parks and the size of the states compared to the UK. Also, does some US-centric videos like the coldest states and the longest bridges in the US.

[@mrsjokerstout]

Omg I love him! He is brilliant!

[@CountvonStaffordofVirginia1607]

Shaun from Scotland is another good one too.

[@annie1875]

He's too funny. Shaun from Scotland is too

[@susanharrah3462]

I watch both of them also

[@allyshoup4402]

i would say there's a huge gap between rich and poor in California and they're cost of living is insanely high.

[@october1634]

This is definitely accurate

[@naththoau]

@@october1634 Ever watch Californian on SNL that would be accurate. LOL

[@ChinchillaQueen]

Everyone living in Commifornia is screwed right now. Glad I escaped when I did. Florida is awesome

[@user-pm2zv9fs5r]

its always the "rich cities". they got the homeless ppl and the "project" government houses

[@Wintercourse]

@@ChinchillaQueen Sad thing is they come to other states and bring their unrealistic values and ideas and pollute the states they come to never learning the lessons of the failures of California. They just know it sucks so they leave but they don't realize they are the reason it sucked. (Not saying you, but Arizona used to be great, now it's trash for example.)

[@Wintercourse]

Arkansas: Him: "It's my dog." Her: "It's my dog!" Them: "We'll settle this in court." Dog: "As long as I get food I don't care."

[@haileefinkle6439]

I was thinking about that as well - since most people have dogs and a lot of people have divorces - I was thinking how many court cases people would have to go to 😭

[@christophermoore7707]

I'm from Arkansas. Don't own a dog . On my first marriage (27 years).

[@Cifer77]

West Virginia: "You'll find the most equal state in terms of education level and income by race" The word "equal" makes this seem like a plus, but we're pretty damn low in terms of education level and income in general. Hence the obesity, lack of college degrees, and opioid overdoses. So basically, there is no racial disparity in our suffering lol

[@Cubs-Fan.10]

This is the most honest, non- judgemental thing I've seen in a long time. Basically saying race, sex, and religion etc shouldn't be categorized for statistics, everyone sucks equally lol I love it.

[@willsofer3679]

@@Cubs-Fan.10 I think they're basically saying that when the bar is low, it's hard to point to much disparity if everyone is getting shit thrown at them. Not that it shouldn't be paid attention to. But I agree, I like the deadpan honesty without being overly condescending.

[@nightbane727]

As a West Virginian you are all correct lol

[@aureanasmith5051]

It's so low that you can't distinguish it 😂😂

[@FallingGalaxy]

I also think people don't consider that lack of education doesn't always equal 'this person doesn't understand basic health so they end up obese'. It's more often,"This person lacks decent income enough to live healthy and healthy foods are expensive so they only have access to the intentionally saturated by food companies (approved by the greedy blind FDA) with sugar (Which acts upon the brain as heroin does) and when the lowest, cheapest, least healthy foods toss severe addictive qualities at people and is offered up cheap, where you could buy enough for the family at the same cost as a couple of fruits, then yeah, this is going to be a problem. They're killing Americans with heart disease slowly, due to greed. It's pretty obvious this won't be addressed any time soon. Sure maybe the great-great grandkids of the billionaires will say,'Wow, that was terrible of them, welp, oh well we're sorry.' and put a stop to it when they have money rolling in from other areas that makes them no longer care to poison Americans, but by then anyone who is actually responsible will have been long dead. Frustrating how reality works.

[@HalkerVeil]

What makes it worse is Alaska has the highest violence against women, and the least amount of women live there. And they still beat every other state in that statistic.

[@remains10]

that's why the stats are so high just do the math if alaska had 2 women and another state has 10 women if 1 women was beaten in each state which would have the higher stats

[@HalkerVeil]

@@remains10 Depends how the stats are looked at. If it's per person and not percentage that's one thing. If someone is using percentages it's sophism.

[@scottcantdance804]

Part of that has to do with the high native population. Native populations in the US have higher rates of violence against women.

[@mischiefmanaged444]

I think the man to woman ratio has something to do with it.

[@timtimber5271]

Your missing “rate of”

[@Snakerats4fun]

Me: waiting anxiously to see what they're going to say about my state Them: ..... and weirdly has the worst invasive snail problem Me:😐

[@GeeklingNo1]

Do... do you have a snail problem?

[@xlacix3091]

Yea we actually wanna know if this is facts ......😶👁👁

[@ee1234-c6p]

Haha, same. I have lived in Washington my entire life and I had no idea we had a snail problem.

[@sierrabrady4344]

For real lived here my whole life and snails aren’t a huge problem here I feel like 🤣

[@Snakerats4fun]

@@GeeklingNo1 I had never heard of an invasive snail problem at all until I watched this video.

[@BlackoutArtz]

Arkansas: “MARTHA, GET RID OF THE DOG OR WE’RE GETTING A DIVORCE!”

[@richardscaggs5936]

I never gotten married to my mom's dogs before ? So I don't think I'll start planning on getting married to my dogs 😅😌 ,I have a girlfriend and I really love to married her instead of a animal.

[@stro5570]

You think the Pennsylvania Deer thing is a joke. Literally every time you drive outside of major cities you’re almost guaranteed to see a deer. It’s scary cuz you don’t always see them

[@SupraJulie]

I have seen deer inside cities too. They come up the rivers, get lost, and wander the streets. I wouldn't be surprised if it is also the state where you are most likely to get in a car accident with a horse.

[@remains10]

@Atheist Biologist your actually wrong there we are 50/50 we have extremly flat lands but always a shit ton of mountains going around all of the land we have a lot of the biggest mountain ranges here but WV is defintly worse with the roads For sure

[@narnia1233]

Personally I really don’t like the main highway that goes through Pennsylvania. It is the worst for construction and you guys get that lake effect snow too, it’s a terrible combination. I live in Ohio and only drive through Pennsylvania when going to visit my friend in West Virginia or going to a gaming convention in Boston. But every time I’ve traveled through Pennsylvania the highway was the worst there. While I don’t particularly like tolls but I will say the main highway in West Virginia is actually pretty nice, I thought. It’s mountainous, yes, but the roads are well kept and that helps.

[@SupraJulie]

@@narnia1233 Our roads are horrible. We only really have one toll road in Pennsylvania which is the PA turnpike. All the rest of the roads are interstates which belong to the federal government and we don't get money to fix them. The main issue is we have a ton of traffic and we don't have the infrastructure to support it. Everyone in the NE needs to go through Pennsylvania to get anywhere else in the NE because New Jersey's roads are all toll roads just about. It also doesn't help that our roads get absolutely destroyed in winter either. Then you think about Philadelphia, our biggest city, which only really has one road that you can enter it from the west and two from the east due to hills and the rivers. At least our drivers are nicer than New Jersey.

[@zotaninoron3548]

@Atheist Biologist I'm not sure where you get that. The Appalachian Mountain range pass right through the middle of Pennsylvania and even the eastern end of Pennsylvania is extremely hilly.

[@colleenwillard7502]

Arkansas: Highest dog owner rate and highest divorce rate. . . Me: theres no way those arent related

[@shaneandrews7177]

He is so generous. He likes every single video that he reacts to

[@Dutchvande1899]

Pennsylvania: Pro: History State Con: Deer jumping in your back yard and you have 3 dogs with an instinct to hunt lol

[@Dutchvande1899]

@Lane Vostad Well we have a very big pool and the deer went in the cold pool and once the cop got to the house it was injured and pretty much my neighbor was a hunter and he shot it

[@Dutchvande1899]

@Lane Vostad It was a young male because it was growing stubs but the deer was to injured and the cop told my neighbor that he could but it out

[@Dutchvande1899]

@Lane Vostad We had a buck in our back yard last year but we had it go through the gate thank god but this time the deer was young so it didn't stood a chance

[@derekhumes7361]

I live in pa too and we had a massive buck run threw our yard in the middle of town and a friend of mine hit a deer at 1am and too a pic with it like it was a trophy we would have probably gut it the rest of the way and taken it home but it was too badly hurt it would have been a waste of time lofl pa life is wild

[@masonlester1759]

In PA we have so many dead dear on the road

[@Marshimized]

when he said he couldn't find anything on Oregon, i'm pretty sure they have the highest depression rate because they get so much cloud coverage every year but i could be thinking of washington

[@MsNanceePants]

WA = #1 in clouds (thanks, rain!) and depression MI = #2 in clouds (thanks, snow!) and depression

[@nacmegfeegle2310]

I'm from Western Oregon, love our clouds. I get exhausted when there is too much sun. Which happens if we go to the central or Eastern parts. Most of Oregon is dry and hot.

[@Marshimized]

@@nacmegfeegle2310 damn that's actually interesting. i couldn't imagine cloud cover being the norm so much that it's preferred over sunshine, just seeing the blue sky does so much for my mood

[@mngirl8865]

Narrator: Minnesota has the most severe winters in the country. Me, a Minnesotan: Sounds about right.

[@Suileron]

Thats why we spend all our money on recreational stuff haha

[@wowiezzowiebowie]

Growing up in Minnesota really made me think that those winter storms were completely normal. I just thought every place where it snowed was like that-

[@Jomo667alt]

Michigan is the same lol

[@maraswanson7135]

Yup and it's so funny going somewhere else and seeing people with jackets on and scarves while shivering when it's 40 degrees out. Like we're still going to school in - 20 degrees and y'all cant handle it when it's still above freezing?

[@metaempiricist]

Narrator: Minnesota has the most severe winters in the country. Me: Is Alaskan winter a joke to you?

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

The island chain off the coast of Alaska is called the Aleutian Islands. A little more than 8,000 people live there. Most of the islands belong to the U.S., but a few belong to Russia.

[@rotariangames4439]

@@chrismyers236 cool

[@davidjohnhamm]

shadow moses incident happened here

[@IceMetalPunk]

"I can see Russia from my house!"

[@christopherpetty3320]

the islands near the bering strait are the diomede islands. we own half and russia owns half.

[@faiththomas1749]

AL LEU TEE ANN ( am I pronouncing it right I’ve never been so I don’t know )

[@TheBossManBoss319]

As someone who lives in Indiana it’s EXTREMELY true. There’s a small residential area outside my old high school and almost that entire residential area has an active meth lab, but god damn our high school was pretty good at basketball.

[@drewmagill4810]

I can relate

[@justinkeating918]

Dude is not phased whatsoever that his light just mysteriously switched off

[@Wintercourse]

Not much of a mystery. xD

[@jonhelmstadter2870]

Ya think the bulb might have burned out?

[@thomasrocker7408]

Oklahoma is the home of the largest casino in the world not just the United States.

[@epiccookie9889]

And the largest tornado in the world.

[@jdanon203]

Weird I thought that was Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun.

[@Blake-qk5yx]

@Therese Davis it is cool that in all of the world oklahoma is the place with the largest casino. like it makes sense bc Indian reservations but its fucking oklahoma. so yeah its pretty noteworthy

[@woogusboogus9947]

@Therese Davis Yes bc it's the only thing we have other than tornadoes and walmart😭

[@trossk]

Ohhh. New vacation destonation

[@TheJabbate1]

Welcome to Florida, where being flat is somehow considered an accomplishment.

[@M-I-LK]

We will saw off Florida and let it sink into the ocean.

[@tonyravioli1982]

@@M-I-LK nah california. they have such stupid laws that make no sense. they tried to ban leafblowera. i say we speed up there floating off to the ocean

[@richardscaggs5936]

😂 lol yes ! Like a flat tire is a good thing ?

[@Smoke---]

Try being the best at growing wheat

[@chelseariffic]

@@tonyravioli1982 Leafblowers are so pointless and you said they "tried" to pass it. What laws are so stupid?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

When it comes to taxes, NY doesn't have the highest income tax rate (that's California). But it DOES have the highest tax burden. It's an expensive state to live in. Which is one of the reasons why many New Yorkers are moving to Texas and Florida

[@adriangonzalez3yearsago927]

And the governor doesn’t know what he is doing

[@bombasticgamin8447]

And yet they vote for the same policies that made that tax burden in the first place.

[@shake4259]

Hi Avery

[@fadenih2305]

Big cities need taxes, that's how they keep the best public transportation, pretty great education, and lots of public places like libraries and stuff.

[@XxTW0F4C3DxX]

That’s why you guys keep coming to New Jersey to shop! When I lived in North Jersey, I was literally half a mile down the road from NY, and I kept seeing you New Yorkers come down to our town to do shopping and then go back home lmao

[@akdummy129]

I live in PA and I can in fact say that Deer are always running across the street ... When I first got the fingerprint home button iPhone I was showing my mom and she hit a deer whilst I was showing her

[@katet-g6820]

I'm from Pennsylvania, and I can absolutely confirm that if you are driving outside a city at night, checking the sides of the road for deer requires your full, constant attention. I have already had two incidents in the past week where I would have likely hit a deer if I wasn't being extremely attentive

[@kateburcroff5209]

I'm from Michigan and I had to stop for deer 3 times on my way home from work last night.

[@ShadowSkyX]

They'll ghost your ass in Georgia, especially during mating season. Sunset is the worst time

[@LisaCupcake]

Trivia: Michigan also has more lighthouses than any other state.

[@junjunjamore7735]

"Rhode Island has the worst worst roads." It's the smallest State, how many roads are there?

[@sb16feet]

I live in Rhode island and most of the roads are full of potholes and cracks. A few years ago they stated to fix some roads but they just end up breaking again (:

[@madjeepernh6834]

Massachusetts has to be second for bad roads. I pucker up every time I cross the border.🤣

[@Ilostmyschmungus]

There's a couple roads there

[@richardscaggs5936]

Ahh 1 road ?

[@WellBeSerious12]

Road I-land.

[@KarmasAB123]

"Nebraska has the highest rate of carbon monoxide poisoning." It was fine until California air-mailed their smog to us.

[@richardscaggs5936]

😷 coughing ack ack cough would you please close the door California ?

[@beabug1232]

I like how my states worse is snail problems. I'll take that over the most meth labs 🤣

[@buttertoast1146]

Them Hoosiers can ball though

[@beabug1232]

I've never eaten a snail before, but since they are a nuecence then maybe we should start eating them. Make them kabobs 🤣

[@beabug1232]

I'm probably gonna sound dumb, but what is a hoosier?

[@SomeoneTookMyOldName]

But what about deers?

[@sophseid]

Lmao yeah I was waiting to hear what Washington's was gonna be, then burst out laughing

[@oliviabigley3378]

Narrator: “Colorado has the most motorcycle accidents” Me, a Coloradan: “Yea, sound about right”

[@oliviabigley3378]

We’re so bad when it’s anything driving related, especially since I was able to pass the driving test at 13 points out of 20.

[@tigerlillystar6143]

Yeah my husband decided to leave his motorcycle with his dad when we decided to move back because he didn't want to die lol

[@rose_z9241]

At least were not so obese, I’ll take it😌

[@kaitiemarie9572]

This is definitely because we don't have a law to force people to wear helmets. I have seen guys riding around in flip flops and shorts.

[@oliviabigley3378]

@@kaitiemarie9572 truuue

[@druid_zephyrus]

Wow, Oregon. Being the worst at having "The Worst" in any category... pathetic

[@gemoftheocean]

They are best at arrogance.

[@nunyabusiness6450]

They're wise and instead are mediocre at everything lol

[@nunyabusiness6450]

@Jess Apache oh I thought that was Alaska, the more you know ✨

[@connordean]

@@nunyabusiness6450 This is a fact. ; )

[@raindrop2417]

@Jess Apache I thought it was Alaska and Wyoming too, because of the low population density but I may be wrong.

[@kennandunn7533]

Alaska has the highest average salary because they need to incentivize people to actually live there, especially the further north you go.

[@tootz1950]

The cost of living is sky high. Even higher than in Hawaii which also has to have consumer goods shipped. $7.00for a gallon of milk...high wages are a necessity, not a luxury.

[@hannahstahl1857]

Indiana resident here.... that is 100% accurate.

[@ronmorris2443]

Indeed. Sad to say it but we are the meth capitol of the world.

[@ronmorris2443]

Not just the country

[@lollypop2414]

Truth. Indiana: basketball and meth. That sums our state up.

[@Gloverdramatic]

Gotta love our beautiful mess

[@sunnyatwood]

Sadly very true. My family moved here right before meth blew up across the state. Orange County (Paoli more specifically) isn't the nice quite town it used be.

[@steffsylverstone804]

Florida under water huh? I remember when that was the prediction for the early 2000's. Still waiting for it. 😆 Enjoyed it man

[@ZaveAres]

Funniest part of the video 🤣

[@andreja9425]

If/when the ice caps melt it will flood. If we can stop climate change, florida gets to remain. Right now we’re on trajectory for Florida flooding within 30-50 years if we don’t change anything

[@KonglomeratYT]

I've been hearing the same about NYC since I was born over 2 decades ago. Meanwhile the ocean levels around us have been receding for a good near-century non-stop. Our shoreline has expanded every year resultingly.

[@Flaccid_Child1]

@@KonglomeratYT. You measured your coastline? That's amazing! Did you document and record your findings or did you just assume your coastline is shrinking?

[@coroixiwa]

"1/6 probability of hitting a deer while driving." As someone who has lived in Pennsylvania all my life, can confirm this is true, and you don't even need to technically be driving for a deer to slam into your car. I like to call them the Pennsylvania Lemmings, because our deer, for some reason, love to jump of cliffs in groups, dive into traffic, go 1v1 with semitrucks, and more. Got photos from a cousin of my mother's who was driving home on a quiet road when a buck came out of nowhere. It hit with such force that it decapitated itself. I've seen the photos, still have them actually since some friends of mine didn't believe me that a deer could do that much damage to a vehicle. Been to Kansas too, and there's literally nothing out there really. My Sweetheart's family and their self are from Ohio and they really do have a massive issue with allergies.

[@rutontuton]

I was hit by a deer driving through Penn.

[@coroixiwa]

@@rutontuton You can't escape them here, they're like vehicle-seeking missiles.

[@remains10]

@@coroixiwa true deers are everywhere here my pap already decapitated 2 deers just from riding his harley they love to jump down the mountains onto the roads I live up in the mountains and have to stop to not hit deers everday and at least see a dead deer from getting hit every other week

[@narnia1233]

I recently visited a friend in West Virginia and on my way back home to Ohio the car in front of me swerved very suddenly and I did too but it wasn’t enough. There was a deer carcass in the middle of the main highway. I’m not sure at the time if I was in West Virginia or was in Pennsylvania by then, but yeah. Dang deer. We have a lot of deer in Ohio too, but it’s not so bad that 1/7 people hit one.

[@DizzyChi21]

Honestly you could react to anything you want to and I'll be here to watch! 🤗 I love watching your videos mainly for your personality and laugh haha it's always a good time man.

[@KarmasAB123]

"Oregon is the only state I couldn't find anything they were the worst in." How about the mess that is Portland?

[@SWAGGER573]

you mean that one square block?

[@bobbyrayvictory6905]

@@SWAGGER573 no. Portland itself is a shithole now. Tent neighborhoods, human crap all over the streets (even though the city put portapottys all over to give them somewhere to.legally drop a deuce) and the crime is skyrocketing. Its a shame. It used to be a very beautiful city. In ten years it'll just be another detroit or flint

[@SWAGGER573]

@@bobbyrayvictory6905 sounds like every other city in America. And portland would have to have the worst economic collapse ever to end up like detroit.

[@henryhaines3681]

@@bobbyrayvictory6905 Have you ever been to Portland? Lmao. The only places that tent 'villages' are at are in low-income areas, and singular tents aren't that bad most of the time. No, there is not human poop in the streets. I can 100% guarantee that. Sadly, yes crime is skyrocketing. Beautiful city nonetheless, especially in suburban areas like Lake Oswego

[@theclockworksolution8521]

Eh, Portland is a bit overhated. I’ve lived my whole life in East Portland (technically the poor part), but most of the stuff that sucks is specific to downtown, like the homeless, riots, etc. out in the suburbs it’s still mostly fine, although there is definitely more gentrification going on than when I was little. The natural scenery is still gorgeous, and most of the metro area is just typical suburb life.

[@saranonimus9211]

Without googling, I'd guess that the deal with Alaska is lots of jobs in oil.

[@melvinwren]

wait a minute with out googling? hold up.

[@newgrl]

Also, there's the Alaska Permanent Fund, in which every resident gets a check for anywhere from $1000-$2000 or so every year. The APF was designed to be an investment where at least 25% of the oil money flowing through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline would be put into a dedicated fund for future generations, who would no longer have oil as a resource.

[@Jamie-jg6yt]

@@newgrl not true can be anything from nothing to whatever.

[@newgrl]

@@Jamie-jg6yt Really? News to me. I thought all Alaskans got the payout? What would disqualify you?

[@Jamie-jg6yt]

@@newgrl you have to live here for a calendar year, otherwise it's a no go, but I mean everybody gets the same, but the amount can be anything from $0 to however high. the last few years it's been about $1000 but the least it has been was like $332. The most was $2069 and at the time we had a budget so sarah palin gave everybody an extra $1200

[@HeelBJC]

Michigander here. The "state government with the least integrity" part could not hit any harder right now!

[@biggiec8933]

Tell me about it! It's ridiculous.

[@alexthompson8977]

I find it interesting that having more white people is seen as a bad thing

[@biggiec8933]

@@alexthompson8977 Hmm, now that you say that it might be because of Detroit's influence, seeing as Detroit has a large black population.

[@lynn2574]

Part of why Alaska generally has higher salaries is due to cost of living. It simply costs more to get items up there. As for those islands.... I heard a story of one island that was essentially cut off during the pandemic. One man with a boat/barge got a crew together and got a barge full of supplies and food for their whole town. Each one-way boat trip took like 9 hours!

[@zacknicley8150]

It’s a scientific fact that snails love beer. They’re all coming down from Canada through Washington to get at Oregon’s breweries. Look it up.

[@mcneca1]

Not surprised about Ohio. So many of us have a hard time during allergy season here.

[@wolf6462]

@mcneca1 facts

[@adriangonzalez3yearsago927]

Same here in Georgia with all of this freaking pollen

[@gregcourtney7717]

I mean we get pollen/ allergen alerts on the local news around Columbus anyway, though that may be a national thing.

[@adriangonzalez3yearsago927]

@@gregcourtney7717 I think a lot of places get pollen but the amount is annoying. Some stuff is bright yellow and you can’t even see the surface

[@gregcourtney7717]

@@adriangonzalez3yearsago927 I mean local news reporting pollen levels to warn those with allergies as something that might be national.

[@garrettshore]

(@min 5:23) "L.E.E.D" buildings are internationally certified. stands for "Leadership in Energy & Envrionmental Design." Here in USA there have been in place since the obama years an array of tax incentives to put up energy efficient buildings or convert old buildings to be more sustainable and green friendly. they are given ratings similarly to credit cards in USA. "Silver, Gold & Platinum" instead of a numeric label or grade. The empire state building here in NYC spent $550 million to become LEED certified gold in 2010. this will save them somtehting like 9 million in energy costs over the next 30 years but the tax write off was enormous and created lots of jobs in the growing eco market.

[@karalindstrom7729]

"Virginia has the lowest overall asthma rate....having the highest toxic pollution rate"... O.o ..... so the asthmatic people moved away or died before they could have kids!?!

[@IceMetalPunk]

You know, that's a fairly plausible hypothesis!

[@ItsABriMoment]

Asthmatic Virginian here ✋🏾 lol. I think a lot of our pollution is ground and water based, so that’s probably the missing variable. Everyone I know has asthma though 😬 so maybe there’s something to it all.

[@GeeklingNo1]

As an asthmatic North Carolinian currently at school in Virginia can confirm would not live there.

[@GeeklingNo1]

@@ItsABriMoment I’m going to college in Lynchburg and the water is terrible!

[@theelf-ishlass7207]

As a Pennsylvanian I can attest to the deer fact. Literally everybody hits deer here, many of us more then once. There are always dead deer on the side of the road, especially in the fall.

[@derekhumes7361]

Are you really Pennsylvanian till you've taken home and processed a deer you hit?

[@theelf-ishlass7207]

@@derekhumes7361 for real though 😂😂😂

[@hollowhoagie6441]

@@derekhumes7361 I thought it was illegal to eat a deer you hit by car here?

[@derekhumes7361]

I've had officers and wardens give me permission before if they ain't messed up too bad its worth it hell its fresh lol and if you all live in pa you know deer meat is crack for Pennsylvanians lofl

[@hollowhoagie6441]

@@derekhumes7361 you haven't lived in PA until you find out that during hunting season all your meals that were supposed to have beef just have deer meat instead I wouldn't say it's crack but I know lots of people who get enough deer meat for the winter and then never hit the farmers market or Wally world for beef 'till the spring.

[@tatianaperkins6875]

Yes, to answer your question about the lower left islands in Alaska called the Aleutian Islands. I’m born and raised in SE Alaska. The other islands (lower right islands). Alaska is huge. I’ve lived here most my life and only been to parts of it! Love your videos. Thank you.

[@jaguarthecat9566]

The reason North Dakota has such a high drinking rate is because there’s nothing else to do in North Dakota (A joke one of my teachers from North Dakota says, often.)

[@IceMetalPunk]

They could try turning that drinking problem into a fucking problem... spread the love...

[@toppingclover7561]

That and working the oil fields when it is -40 with a ground blizzard.

[@User_32]

Alaska has so much oil that it literally pays residents $2,000 a year just for living there.

[@Jamie-jg6yt]

not true, the amount depends on many things.

[@User_32]

@@Jamie-jg6yt “With the Alaska Permanent Fund, the state’s oil royalties are divided up evenly among citizens and paid out via an annual dividend to anyone living in Alaska - even kids. In 2015, the amount was $2,072 a person, or $8,288 for a family of four.”- Forbes. Try again dummy

[@Jamie-jg6yt]

@@User_32 dude I live here, I didnt' get $2,072 this year. I got $998. So you try again, you are 100% incorrect. here are the payouts for the last few years en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund#Annual_individual_payout

[@User_32]

@@Jamie-jg6yt damn y’all we’re gonna get $3,060 this year and your state legislature stole it. Does that piss you off?

[@Jamie-jg6yt]

@@User_32 100%, nobody is happy with it. the worst thing is that they paid it out in July, which we generally get it in october.

[@LobsterMack]

I LOVE how he literally just watched and listened. Like, you can tell he’s never seen the videos before. It’s genuine, haha. As a native Texan, I’m super into it 😂

[@TheGravityShifter]

I can say that the PA thing is true about Deer. In the 11 years I lived there, there are so many deer. They are either dead or in your backyard.

[@lukasruden1644]

For anyone that doesn’t know..... Oregon has the worst human trafficking problem in America (they encounter 3-5 cases per week). On top of that, any drug offense (ie: heroin, meth, cocaine, etc.) is punishable by a maximum of a $100 fine. No jail time. And now police can go to any house on thanksgiving to see how many people are there. (The max is 6 total from at most 2 households). Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

[@snuffydog8153]

Beat me to it. Oregon is the worst.

[@jonahcolligan3285]

yeah i hate this place #recallkatebrown

[@alistairt7544]

This is shocking! I wonder why tbh

[@emileemorgan]

And our homeless populations are out of control ☹️

[@snuffydog8153]

@@emileemorgan Oregon is doing it to themselves.

[@colorado_haze]

I enjoy your reaction videos. Keep doing you. Have a blessed day coming from Colorado in the USA

[@Burton1973]

I loved hearing about Montana having the least social media and the best education. lol ty

[@cyberboy5red]

My state, Massachusetts, has the best education.

[@maddie7205]

Honestly I've always thought that the best way to see the diversity of America's geography is to take a look at all the animals we have. So really any video on that I think would be really fun to see you react to, especially since our animal diversity is way different from Europe. The trouble is finding a video to watch on this topic soooo... rip I guess

[@willsofer3679]

Especially in comparison to the United Kingdom. Due to the massive deforestation and overhunting over centuries, there's very little left in terms of diversity in animal life. Or much animal life at all. The sole exception being bird species, which are currently thriving due to the protections they've put in place. Britain used to have a lot of animal life, but not so much anymore. In terms of mammals, they have some deer, but most of the species that used to live there are gone. And besides that, they have hedgehogs, rats, rabbits, and mice. And that's about it. The lakes and rivers in Britain used to be teeming with fish, and now many actually have none, whatsoever. The only predatory mammal still there is the fox, which escaped the fate of the wolves in Britain due to its small size.

[@samieltheinfamous]

@@willsofer3679 While here in the States, we still have several large predator species that can and will eat people, lol.

[@illibrium4590]

If you decide to take a trip to Florida, know that one of the highest points is located in one of the most beautiful parks in the state. Bok Tower gardens sits on top of Iron Mountain (not really a mountain) and at the summit there is a beautiful marble tower with a Carillion bell set that plays recitals through the day. It's a really cool attraction, but it is always overshadowed by theme parks and beaches.

[@AutumnRainneMusic]

when you're from Oregon and you were waiting for what they would say about your state and they got nothin

[@pillarofdawn]

Oregon is low key one of the best states to live in if you can deal with the rain.

[@funnelingspace9268]

I would've said Portland is a clown fest that doesn't stop but yeah other than that cannon beach and thors well are pretty cool

[@HeyFuta]

@@funnelingspace9268 I live in Eugene and it’s just a bigger Eugene

[@mayflowerpdx5706]

In Oregon, we don’t tan. We rust

[@nathanpitek3177]

As a Wisconsinite, I hate that they gave the alcoholism to North Dakota. We have 7 of America’s top 10 drunkest cities, we are the true kings of the bottle

[@chaosXP3RT]

@Therese Davis Hell yeah! We're the college party capital! Wisconsin is beer, cheese and sports!

[@colettebezio1913]

Yeah, I was quite surprised when other states got #1 in alcoholism, obesity and drunk drivers, because I was under the impression we had those sewed up.

[@nathanpitek3177]

@@colettebezio1913 we need the extra fat for -40 degree winters, keeps us warm

[@deviouslee1183]

That's because he said that north dakota had a drinking problem... In Wisconsin we see no problem.

[@ashybear365]

I live in Arizona,and sometimes it gets over 120F in summer. We put up the hot summers to get the nice winters...

[@GizmoRob176]

The best thing the narrator said of my state, is that we watch the most internet porn.

[@crazygoldenllama8900]

Right. I think they forgot the pro for Mississippi because it sounded like all cons to me

[@Kurvan]

@@crazygoldenllama8900 Yeah, that's the point; it's Mississippi

[@crazygoldenllama8900]

@@Kurvan what is that supposed to mean

[@lenaelisabeth]

@@crazygoldenllama8900 it means Mississippi sucks 😎

[@user-nc3bj8rf9p]

Yeah they literally couldn't think of one good thing about us 🤣🤣

[@AzazelTheFallen]

"Well damn I'm sorry focusing on feeding people has made me boring and ugly"- Kansas Being from Kansas it's sad but true at least they didn't mention the bloody Wizard of Oz.

[@joshmorris4485]

Bro i was watching this on my Xbox one and I saw your old school xbox 360 console and decided to subscribe. Keep up the reacts.

[@jasonmoore7223]

If I lived in Mississippi I’d feel personally attacked

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Did he even say that MS did anything the best?

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@johnperic6860 there ya go....did he even say that in the video?

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@johnperic6860 😒 Yeah...someone said he missed a lot of things in other states too. I was born in and lived till 30 in KY. He said we have the longest cave system in the world...which is true....but ask anyone in the world and they would say KY was known for horses and bourbon and KFC🤠

[@blankb.2277]

@@deborahdanhauer8525 I think the porn statistic was supposed to be Mississippi’s ‘best’ stat

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@blankb.2277 Oh wow! Surely not! Lol😊

[@emilyorrell4098]

The highway you saw for Georgia is called “Spaghetti Junction”

[@celestiaastraethi]

I love your reactions! Your reactions are great and I really appreciate you don't pause the videos constantly.

[@remains10]

Living in Pa every member of my family has hit a deer at least 5 times in their life and i've witnessed people hitting deer so many times I've lost count

[@Turnip397]

I just remeber going down the road and a freaking deer actually just sleeping on road lol

[@mournblade1066]

@@Turnip397 They're probably dead, not sleeping.

[@Turnip397]

@@mournblade1066 No, it was sleeping, cause it got up when we drove by

[@mournblade1066]

@@Turnip397 Really? Wow, I've never seen that before.

[@annabobanaasmr8411]

Should do the 2 minute one, where it's just jokes about each state

[@karl4998]

2:06 this video is kinda old but I'm from Southeast Alaska and people do live on the left islands. I live on one of the lower right islands but I know people from western alaska, I only know some Aleuts of the Aleutians and some Yupik people from those north-western islands and Central Alaska

[@karl4998]

From what I know the areas aren't that populated. Mostly small towns and villages

[@littelbro14]

Yooo let's go, Oregon and Washington. There are worse things to be bad at than invasive snails. Come visit the PNW sometime, Luka. It's beautiful here.

[@randomperson6433]

Oregon has the most craft breweries but also the most beer snobs who will tell you that your taste is crap lol.

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

@@randomperson6433 Compared to the other states, not that bad.

[@surielparra4102]

Cant believe the beautiful natural scenery you guys have in Oregon and Washington 🤯

[@originalname9999]

Yup, come for a visit then go the fuck back home.

[@jumbokrab3804]

Yeah, I live in Arizona and there's Just something special about being able to just relax during the middle of winter without a jacket

[@sallyintucson]

Without any white stuff to shovel.

[@jaimereynolds258]

LOL I love our heat 🌵

[@sallyintucson]

@@jaimereynolds258 Winter? Absolutely. Summer? This year was hell and I’ve been here since “74!

[@jaimereynolds258]

@@sallyintucson I've been in Phoenix for 38 years so far, and the summers are my favorite time. I can't stand when it starts to get chilly. It just makes my body hurt and gives me the grumps lol

[@HPhantomN]

I live in South Carolina, and when I was in high school, the first day was them showing us the plan for a nuclear plant meltdown or disaster. Fun times.

[@sc1338]

I love nuclear power. SC is a powerhouse bby lol

[@LaCosaNostra007]

Just recently found your channel I’m from America and actually from Georgia

[@axsdeny]

I live in Pennsylvania and can confirm the thing about hitting deer. I hit one literally the first time I drove by myself after getting my driver's license. They're everywhere.

[@aspiringfrog9322]

The tornadoes may sound really bad but in Oklahoma we will literally sit on the front porch to watch the storm. Usually the tornadoes aren’t worse than EF-2 but anything worse only a few people stay outside.

[@cassieberringer7427]

"Ohio is America's most affordable state to live in." WooHoo! Boom! And that's why I only had to pay $450 per month to rent a very decent one bedroom apartment. Go Ohio! Allergeries, eh, I'll live.

[@missgogirl2010]

Wow. Here in Boston you gotta pay over $2000 for a one bed apartment 🙄

[@cassieberringer7427]

@@missgogirl2010 Ouch. I've heard some of those big cities can get pricey. You could definitely rent a whole house here for 2K.

[@welcometotheshow5247]

Ohio

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

In some part of the SF Bay Area a one bedroom apartment costs 3000 a month or more!

[@breezymountaineventsjourna4626]

@@cassieberringer7427 wow! In KS we had a 3 bedroom house for $850 a month.

[@avalonw8117]

I love how none of these videos mention that Minnesota has the largest shopping mall in the US (mall of America), lol. random fun fact: Minnesota has no sales tax on clothing.

[@supergeeky7529]

Wait, other states tax clothing?! O_o

[@Morphoidism]

@@supergeeky7529 Almost everything in the US has sales tax.

[@vax6575]

Luka, just landed on your channel today, subscribed immediately keep up the good work. Also, quality of life means the equation of income over cost. So North Dakota having the highest quality of life, means that the amount that a person makes per year, vs their cost to live per year is higher than the other states on average

[@DarthFurie]

"Georgia has the highest-quality roads in America" *laughs in native Georgian* 😂😭 Come see the roads at Spaghetti Junction, y'all

[@aroacelegenddairy]

Spaghetti Junction? May I ask what that is?

[@zena8226]

Some roads in Stone mountain literally have no lines separating the lanes... so how can I maintain my lane? Its so easy to crash 😶

[@abigailcater1599]

right!?! also I-20, I-75, and even I-285. And don't even get me started on some backroads in small towns with an ungodly amount of potholes smh

[@nikkihammond8389]

😂🤣😂🤣 yesss!!!! I drive it everyday

[@bradjones7491]

@@aroacelegenddairy it's a section of roads in Atlanta that overlap one another there are probably 20 roads all overlapping, it's name is representative of what it looks like, just google it if you really wanna know how insane it is.

[@jankyredstoner]

4:42 did that street light pole just move to the right?

[@katybeth8289]

This video is very interesting, however Ohio's worst is very misleading. As someone with allergies and who has looked up the rankings for worst cities to live in with allergies all top ten are in Oregon.

[@randomperson6433]

Yay for our rain that plants and molds love lol...

[@kaiannanthi7820]

@@randomperson6433 Try the clouds of peanut dust in Southeast Alabama. Mixed with inch-thick pine pollen and the hot, heavy humidity over the summers that last for 8-9 months every year.

[@randomperson6433]

Kaiannanthi I’m really ok not trying that 😬.

[@kaiannanthi7820]

@@randomperson6433 lol

[@rainie7829]

Arizona - 192 clear days. "Oh I'm jealous" Right, it just let's us burn and boil faster. I would kill for some rain lol.

[@aymarafan7669]

Funny how your lights went out at around 5:21 ish when it sounded like he said LED 🤣🤣

[@leem6757]

As a Wyomingite i very rarely see anyone else from Wyoming outside of the state

[@bkace2198]

Fr. Also hi fellow Wyomingite

[@demderpyllamasi6470]

Lee M I also from Wyoming I a Casper man

[@leem6757]

@@demderpyllamasi6470 oh cool I’m from pine bluffs

[@2mexpesos]

honestly Wyoming sounds like a pretty good place to live 😃 greetings from NorCal 💕

[@Tornnnado]

That’s like me with Vermont

[@dannyphantom3686]

I went to preschool in NC. Shitted my self during nap time 😭

[@kristaladcock7194]

Binge watching your videos lol. I'm just as obsessed with Scotland as you are with the USA so I get it

[@eleventhprimarch5303]

Nobody talks about how in August, the roads in Arizona can get hot enough to sear meat.

[@oliviah4731]

Me: Washington is gonna be Bikes and Snails I swear to god. Also me: called it.

[@absolutezero6423]

i rarely see snails and occasionally bicyclists. Those would not have been my first choice.

[@oliviah4731]

@@absolutezero6423 in my area there is nothing but bicyclists and snails, since I live by the sound it's quite wet in my area and theres always upwards of 20 snails on my sidewalk 😂

[@absolutezero6423]

@@oliviah4731 I live near Bremerton. Same area.

[@oliviah4731]

@@absolutezero6423 down by Olympia its ridiculous 😂

[@KaitlinJL]

I totally get what you’re trying to say in terms of the jobs in Alaska, i also believe that because of the lack of people living there and the large land mass, the jobs that people do can tend to be much more demanding or a longer drive and therefore requires better pay if you as a company want your employees to keep working correctly.

[@NebbyNebberson]

As a new Minnesotan, I look forward to my upcoming first experience of the coldest state

[@zacharymurphy4034]

Good luck!

[@SequoiaSleeps]

Eyy, I’m Oregonian. The beer capital of the world is a few hours away from my house. But honestly most of Oregon culture that I see is “a lot of trees and nature” and “why are there three weed stores in my hometown.”

[@LarixLyalliiAlpine]

Yep, I live just across the border from the twin cities of minnesota and can confirm, the winter is HARSH. To the point that a lot of buildings in St Paul and Minneapolis have skyways, so you don't have to go outside to get from building to building. There are even pop up food stands in some skyways!

[@michaelbugner7011]

Kansan here. During the summer the scenery can actually be beautiful sometimes.

[@jessicamiller3788]

Don’t you guys always have tornadoes tho ? Maybe I’m thinking of another state 😂

[@michaelbugner7011]

@@jessicamiller3788 yeah. It's not constant though. I'm 29 years old and there's only been about 5 tornados that touched down near my town since I've been alive. Never directly hit the town.

[@audreyb9994]

I'm from Missouri and I cross the Kansas border fairly often and can say it is almost an immediate difference in scenery, you guys need more trees. We share your tornado problem, I actually lived in Joplin when the 2011 EF5 multi vortex tornado happened, I lived up on a tall hill where I could see the first funnel start to form just after the Galena Kansas border, we had to walk toward the border to get signal to call my grandma in Lamar who could then call my uncle's family just a few miles from us to find out if they lived because we couldn't get to them. They survived but everything was gone except the kitchen table and the groceries on top of it which were somehow left untouched.

[@michaelbugner7011]

@@audreyb9994 that's nuts. I remember that. I actually just recently moved near kansas city. Lived and worked in Branson for awhile. That's really pretty country.

[@audreyb9994]

@@michaelbugner7011 the Branson strip is so expensive and goofy looking but reminds me of my childhood. I actually moved to the Kansas city area in I'd like to say 2014, now I'm guaranteed to see snow every year, which I only like when I don't have to work

[@joegoodmiller9890]

People who say Kansas has the ugliest scenery has never seen the sunset over the Flint Hills

[@fandomshark]

Yes. Or just...taken a walk in the prairie.

[@alyssa-hd1qg]

maybe not ugly but just boring

[@kierain9206]

@@alyssa-hd1qg Kansas and the desert is the most boring part of any trip across the country.

[@audreyb9994]

They are saying overall, there is always a few pretty places. But really though I love taking nature photos and it's a real struggle to bother pulling out my camera when I go into Kansas, y'all need more trees. -Missourian

[@valthizar]

My Dad got a job "offer" in Alaska recently in where he would basically be in charge of a maintenance crew that takes care of several very small towns in a 100 mile radius. It would be over 100k a year just because of the difficulty of getting around and actually getting work done. This down would also require it's residents to make orders for essential items months in advance to be brought in via a bush piolet.

[@charmingbeast7738]

Me: *sees thing about Oregon* “Nice, we have no worst things they could find... we have a bad state governor. She did nothing about the 2020 wildfires here UNTIL A CITY IN THE NORTH WAS SCARED, AND THE FIRES STARTED IN THE SOUTH. I need to calm down.”