Shout out to Drew's Argentinian grandfather. All these years and he still give Drew funding
@Radu93Z2 жыл бұрын
He has to do something with all that Natzi gold. Plus I bet he feels bad that Drew's father left.
@M1nistersBlackVeil2 жыл бұрын
Same with Drew’s Arabic sugar daddy
@oscarspokes90452 жыл бұрын
guys what about luxembourg lover
@oscarspokes90452 жыл бұрын
its a shame pappy druwu couldent make it this time
@M1nistersBlackVeil2 жыл бұрын
@@oscarspokes9045 you ain’t wrong
@oskarhjort32302 жыл бұрын
This tells me a lot about the central african bush war, and the everlasting damage it caused.
@crazyraptor29072 жыл бұрын
C.A.B in C.A.R
@elijahwood40562 жыл бұрын
Ok and kid
@VitalVision_122 жыл бұрын
Aka the Car War
@faroreislandballk69332 жыл бұрын
~35
@FIFA-DAVID Жыл бұрын
Who asked 😎
@disillusionedrightest73132 жыл бұрын
I'm 100% serious when I say last time I (a resident of Massachusetts) was in New Hampshire and Maine I drove recklessly on purpose just to keep the tradition alive.
@hypersnake79042 жыл бұрын
My fellow masshole
@pumpkin3.14152 жыл бұрын
This is why we hate yall
@paullim84912 жыл бұрын
@@hypersnake7904 Confirmed
@slayerfan2 Жыл бұрын
Yeah you can keep that in Portland too. We don't need it up here in the Penobscot Valley. I was in a car and a Mass driver was in the lane to go straight but it turned left instead almost hitting us. True story lol
@Jetcar3000 Жыл бұрын
i live in Massachusetts and don’t know what you mean
@hugovanelsen86292 жыл бұрын
0:53 Drew pronouncing ave as avenue is probably the most American thing ever
@Darkwolf_10172 жыл бұрын
Well how else do you say it?
@matthewp61872 жыл бұрын
@@Darkwolf_1017 ah-vey
@notlucas68592 жыл бұрын
@@matthewp6187 whats the point of the "nue" then?? then again, whats the point of the k in knife?? why is english such a dumb language??? why is colonel pronounced KURNEL???????????????????
@mightyx54412 жыл бұрын
@@notlucas6859 its called Silent letter like damn lol You speak English it's not dumb its a language not a person
@bryceflynn90802 жыл бұрын
@@mightyx5441 it's a language made by 1 million humans and can't be fully learned because it's all over the world and said differently
@spacemann14252 жыл бұрын
I'm glad Americans are mature enough to take jokes about their states. If you do that in India, people get triggered very quickly.
@zozzledwolf46532 жыл бұрын
The only state that can't handle jokes is California if you say anything they break down
@bottleoscotch87952 жыл бұрын
@@zozzledwolf4653 as a Californian that can take a joke, I feel compelled to say. We are the portal to hell, fire and demons we got em' both!!!
@ProfTricky31682 жыл бұрын
Only American can insult American
@bloxracer36272 жыл бұрын
@@zozzledwolf4653 ya sure about that? Ive seen new new Yorkers cry when they get joked about
@bruhz_0892 жыл бұрын
@@bloxracer3627 they're not Americans they're new yorkers
@bobthebuilder89192 жыл бұрын
5:11 I agree as a Virginian they have been working on the same road in Northern Virginia for at least 10 years
@Bombslugger2 жыл бұрын
USA: "Straight Line" Britain and Canada: "Straight Line"
@aauwhatitdo15822 жыл бұрын
Nice oversimplified quote
@animox12462 жыл бұрын
Nothing better than ending the day with Drew
@gengarzilla16852 жыл бұрын
How about ending the life with Drew?
@chaosXP3RT2 жыл бұрын
6:08 This event is a reference to "Bleeding Kansas" when American settlers rushed to the Kansas Territory to determine if it was gonna be a Slave State or Free State. The fighting lasted for like 7 years. Abolitionists and slave-owners would take turns killing each other and burning down each others towns. Good times
@DaGreenCat_2 жыл бұрын
I cracked laughing to every meme especially the one at 1:14.
@andrewkosel98332 жыл бұрын
I had a grandmother who was exactly like this
@j0hncarp2 жыл бұрын
"British people cant take a joke" They're just not used to how dark british humor can get. Compared to american humor that is.
@shinobix49252 жыл бұрын
"British people can't take a joke" he says in response to a joke he can't take
@loganmarriott5142 жыл бұрын
@@shinobix4925he isn't British
@shinobix49252 жыл бұрын
@@loganmarriott514 that's the joke
@loganmarriott5142 жыл бұрын
@@shinobix4925 oh I see, what Americans find funny is beyond me, but everyone has a different sense of humour so it's all good 👍
@shinobix49252 жыл бұрын
@@loganmarriott514 you don't seem to understand, I'm not American
@gam3zilla6312 жыл бұрын
The snow one definitely applies to Michigan, Wisconsin, And Northern Ohio too
@theraccoonasaur32822 жыл бұрын
Virgin california thieves: *steals money* Chad Ohio thieves: *casually steals 58 foot bridge*
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
Bruh have you heard of Chadifornia?
@Wildcat_Shenanigans2 жыл бұрын
5:57 Gnats are pest, love bugs are annoying af, mosquitoes make me afraid of getting malaria, but hey the crickets and lightnin bugs are nice at night.
@vedj65152 жыл бұрын
my day now feels incomplete without watching your video
@Treyonthehunt2 жыл бұрын
As someone from Fort Worth, any mention is greatly appreciated!
@silver-ag44372 жыл бұрын
There were several threads asking what was the worst state that Americans visited, and it was pretty much unanimously Mississippi in almost all of them somehow.
@r3alityrjectna4522 жыл бұрын
I mean, when you put pp in the name, you’re literally asking for it.
@thememehead2 жыл бұрын
@@r3alityrjectna452 except they didn't
@notlucas68592 жыл бұрын
@@thememehead mississippi is spelled with "pp" just this guy made a typo
@thememehead2 жыл бұрын
@@notlucas6859 ok
@Kylora21122 жыл бұрын
Maine: we get Catagory 2-3 hurricanes WITH snow at the same time (Nor'easters) and it just makes for a slightly slower commute.
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting hurricanes.
@goldenandesite2 жыл бұрын
1:28 The last time Utah has had a snow day was in 2017. Before you say it, yes we have had snow every year since 2017. We just don’t do snow days.
@goldenandesite2 жыл бұрын
4:10 Utah is both of these.
@SilverState992 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in Nevada, we have one snow day when the winter storm hits, then we are back to normal because most the snow has melted by the afternoon
@coyote_78792 жыл бұрын
Depressed 15 year old girl: I’m in a bad state rn The entire population of Wyoming:
@exi_m70742 жыл бұрын
Texas isn’t that bad, then again I live there and it DID have that multi-day long snow of actual hell during last spring, but that was just a one time thing.
@matthewgarrison-perkins53772 жыл бұрын
Texas, where walking towards a Chuck E Cheese with a birthday cake is immediate grounds for a gun murder. Or was it that he had a tan tint to his skin...could be either. OH, AND f%^# TEXAS....
@elanortriestoart64472 жыл бұрын
(Minnesota snow joke) MIN: Yo Mich, what bout you? MI: ...there's an alternative to snow? TEX: You ok buddy? It don't sound like you're talkin sense. MI: ...hot apple cider is where we get our thermal energy. MIN: ... TEX: ... MI: You wan' some? MIN: ... MIN: Sure!
@dontoverthink47662 жыл бұрын
as a Michigander I approve this joke XD
@elanortriestoart64472 жыл бұрын
@@dontoverthink4766 MICHIGANG
@cheeseninja11152 жыл бұрын
I was kind of disappointed in that snow infestructure joke, Michigan IS lake effect lmao
@nrbmemes24142 жыл бұрын
As a michigander I can confirm. Our apple orchards are open 365 days 24/7 with apple cider.
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
as a Michigander, this joke is the best one ive heard!
@EpicnessYeet2 жыл бұрын
I like how in 6:06 my country's flag "Croatia" is randomly shown on the Missouri side 🤣
@petardrmac1322 жыл бұрын
Missouri is famously the Croatian state of USA.
@xanderking38862 жыл бұрын
1:37 meanwhile in the uk our country shuts down after 1 centimetre (~1 inch) of snow. Lol. Edit: I meant that 1cm ~0.5 inches lol
@ICantThinkOfANameeeee2 жыл бұрын
1 centimeter doesn't equal 1 inch. Idk how much is it, because I don't know how the imperial system works.
@Jly5312 жыл бұрын
Can we all agree that this man always make us days
@Perririri2 жыл бұрын
@Codger Gunslinger Andrew Gunslinger 😂
@voidistrash50402 жыл бұрын
@Codger Gunslinger he was born in Alabama …
@TheLGNDRY-go9hu2 жыл бұрын
3:17 wait 7 December?? 80th anniversary since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
@TheAutisticKiwi2 жыл бұрын
Drew in 1:00 missed the most obvious new Vegas reference ever
@bloxracer36272 жыл бұрын
"We won't go down quietly, the legion can count on that"
@TheAutisticKiwi2 жыл бұрын
@@bloxracer3627 lol a fellow legionarie I see
@lavaleopard29612 жыл бұрын
Maryland person here- we have not seen snow in a s, but we were not as bad as Texas was when it snowed there (It has been snowing a lot, now I literally cannot see the grass, ever.)
@lavaleopard29612 жыл бұрын
“Few years” for some reason my iPad did not like me typing “few year”
@emmettnelson72602 жыл бұрын
As a resident of New York State, I would like all New Yorkers to leave my state.
@jackofdiamonds43512 жыл бұрын
As a Minnesotan, are roads are in a perpetual state of disrepair. We have an ice cream flavor named after it here in Minneapolis.
@GAndreC2 жыл бұрын
So is that were rockyroad came from?
@jackofdiamonds43512 жыл бұрын
@@GAndreC nope. We’ve got an ice cream chain up here that sells “Nicollet Avenue Pothole.”
@vAseline90062 жыл бұрын
Oh man yea have you been to Michigan
@Oilerator_2 жыл бұрын
I wonder when Drew will learn that you don't put that much emphasis on the T in Alberta
@Liggliluff2 жыл бұрын
(9:20) Those appear because: 🇺🇸 United States of America 🌎 The Americas 🏈 American football 💵 American dollar banknote 💸 American dollar with wings 🇦🇸 American Samoa ☕ Espresso Americano
@historicalrat60552 жыл бұрын
7:06 As a Michigander, I’d only change one thing, that being to change Wisconsin to a new category called “Weird Cheese Bros”. Idk, just feels like it has to be specified 😂
@nrbmemes24142 жыл бұрын
Yeah I would as well.
@youraveragenoob30732 жыл бұрын
rlly not all of us are cheese over here i like snow not cheese that much
@rjscool15022 жыл бұрын
Cheese is good and all, but I hate that's the only way we are reqonized
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
@@rjscool1502 you're our best bud tho!
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
YESSS I NEED THAT! BEST BUDS FRRR AND IM A MICHIGANDER TOO!!
@origamigamer89902 жыл бұрын
As a Nevadan, you can also enjoy *BURNING TO A CRISP* in summer. Or, just get acclimatized to it and enjoy it. Also, enjoy Mount Charleston!
@spiffy70192 жыл бұрын
As a Chicagoan, I can confirm that bar fight was an average Tuesday over here, but at least we’re not as bad as Indianapolis
@thekittycat31262 жыл бұрын
In Michigan we don't even have the plows out at 3 inches.
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
bruh fr 3in is nothing
@heresyhunter41002 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a New Jersey joke to start the video
@pengiunanimatorguy2 жыл бұрын
0:00 this video just got started and I’m already offended
@Nootellajar222 жыл бұрын
Y E S
@RayneHerring2 жыл бұрын
3:35 as a Kentuckian, this would be torture.
@Egginthechat7 Жыл бұрын
I’m also Kentuckian I have to agree
@theshowmeguy71422 жыл бұрын
Wow I live 10 minutes from Osceola and never knew about the massacre. Tells you how important it was
@kaybrooks8332 жыл бұрын
I’m loving these Chicago memes‼️
@Perririri2 жыл бұрын
Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?
@TF2Scout..2 жыл бұрын
@@Perririri New Yorkers: Pizza time
@mihaelaclaudiap..22 жыл бұрын
i am taking a moment now to appreciate your geniality, Drew! xx
@Infrared012 жыл бұрын
This meme video showed Michigan more attention than an entire year of national news... And as a Yooper, I'm honored.
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
YOOO WASSUP YOOPER!! Love from the LP!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤ also heres some chocolate!!! 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
@theemperor27192 жыл бұрын
Michigan and Alaska has had some of the worst snow storms
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
Alaska and Wis are our best buds :)
@no_george2 жыл бұрын
Good job drew you showed those centralists who’s boss
@gunk34072 жыл бұрын
6:40 the part of dallas where i live, there's so much crime happening
@newturquoisechannel26652 жыл бұрын
9:01 Who ever made this meme you really hurt my feelings because I am Australian
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
hai australian, plz dont hurt with spooder
@dudedude68922 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in Northern Virginia that highway clip was the most accurate meme.
@Qrani2 жыл бұрын
You read that map about what Michiganders think of other states incorrectly, Wyoming was blue, same as bodies of water, not purple.
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
i didnt know Wyoming exists honestly lmao also the map was ALMOST accurate but yea every other state thats not our best buds are inferior to the glorious Michigan!
@Idkwhattoname9322 жыл бұрын
On the snow meme at the start Michigan should be separate because sometimes it gets even 5 ft on snow
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
even more snow lmao
@lilify814-blodreinasbabie2 жыл бұрын
5:10 this is very true, idk how it takes so long
@DustinHedrick-ng2sz Жыл бұрын
me: lives in Arizona training myself on how to be a Vietnamese farmer my parents: from Alabama and Ohio also me: wonders why there's a nuke in my basement
@rommul13892 жыл бұрын
0:09 literally saw this meme today after months watching before this video.
@M4t_P4tGT Жыл бұрын
Me, a Nevadan, casually watching Drew slander me and my entire state:
@Justaguyuguys2 жыл бұрын
DC has the highest per capita income because we overpay politicians and government beurocrats. It also helps that almost all of the poor areas "in DC" aren't really in DC, they are in MD.
@lordsnivyofnottingham29482 жыл бұрын
Which is the most perfect description of DC: be a problem for the rest of the country.
@jumper16802 жыл бұрын
6:25 I can confirm, I am from Illinois, and I see someone get shot every minute of my life.(It's a joke, but crime in Chicago is VERY HIGH, and even maybe not in Chicago as well)
@Gookwear2 жыл бұрын
0:52 now i want to see a fight between an arizonian and a californian in real life and not on the internet
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
If I am fighting then California would definitely win.
@Gookwear2 жыл бұрын
@@a-sane-person Is it a joke of self-deprecation or self-appreciation?
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
@@Gookwear A joke?
@jackdynamite23902 жыл бұрын
I just got COVID and I love watching your funny videos
@USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA2 жыл бұрын
I am in Michigan and we get like 4 feet and we don't freak out (I think it usually is.)
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
are you FROM Michigan or you moved here cause theres a difference, we get like so much fuckin snow like i cant even say it-
@USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA9 ай бұрын
@@Luna_the-Idiot fr i moved here when i was 3 and yeah it is crazy but mot this years
@JoelDashReed2 жыл бұрын
You and Kson should do a US States memes review.
@GigaPangolin2 жыл бұрын
To be fair if we got half an inch of snow in Florida, we'd have reason to freak out.
@Naar_106532 жыл бұрын
The reason a taco emoji comes up when you spell mex is not just Mexico, but also because of the Tex-Max style foods
@Dmazza992 жыл бұрын
5:27 holy crap didn’t expect an Inside Job meme
@thelabdoge44032 жыл бұрын
that fellow doge should of never dissed australia we live in the future I would watch your step
@YashRaj-zd4su2 жыл бұрын
Do more country human videos please 🥺
@toothpasteman34002 жыл бұрын
4:50 wow my mother is german american I was the first person on her side of the family born in the U.S and we even live in the midwest making more accurate (unsure about the refined language though)
@Luhbubba26102 жыл бұрын
As a British person, I don’t get the American memes. Idk if it’s a blessing or curse
@williamsmeds13682 жыл бұрын
Some of them are funny even tough i don't really know the context, but then there are a lot of angry Americans who seem to despise the European continent and make salty memes about it.
@PlayerBRUV2 жыл бұрын
@@williamsmeds1368 Its just banter lol dont get your buttocks salted
@RayFog12 жыл бұрын
@@PlayerBRUV haha yeah… I definitely don’t despise Americans to the nth degree
@zozzledwolf46532 жыл бұрын
@@williamsmeds1368 you were just like that last joke another European who can't take a joke
@hanszecrusader3792 жыл бұрын
Its a curse cause there hilariously if you know the context
@steepingsheet26842 жыл бұрын
Hey Drew do you ever get burnt out from the daily uploads?
@eatinsomtin99842 жыл бұрын
British line: Haha, no healthcare American line: Haha, bad teeth
@Nl0m2 жыл бұрын
funniest (i mean its comics) channel ever 🏁
@Vaprod122 жыл бұрын
Man my state, Virginia, actually got referenced a lot in this video
@sammymarrco22 жыл бұрын
Ikr we usually fly under being chil
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
thats a bad thing ya know that right?
@historybuff1848 Жыл бұрын
I live less than 30 minutes away from Akron didn't no anything about the bridge.
@gaming4ever9252 жыл бұрын
As an New Jersian, New Jersey isn't a bad state to live in.
@Nootellajar222 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!!
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
:/ but New Jersey is still inferior to the one and only glorious beautiful Michigan
@fenastra2 жыл бұрын
1:47 Well, if it's coming from someone in Europe, then, what can I do
@Demonetization_Symbol2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised there were no memes about Detroit or Baltimore.
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
we dont talk about Detroit >:(
@David_Quinn_Photography2 жыл бұрын
the memes are top-notch just sad it wasn't at least 1 meme per state and mostly aimed at Cal.
@gamermapper2 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm in a video! 1:45 If you want to know why I think the US is underdeveloped, reply to this comment! 🙋♀️
@idiotictaco172 жыл бұрын
I'm American and I can confirm Europe is an underdeveloped continent
@person30702 жыл бұрын
I am American and I can confirm that Europe as a continent is massively underdeveloped and pales in comparison to the glorious US, who is the only reason they have any development in the first place.
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
Hi. So can you tell me why?
@person30702 жыл бұрын
@@a-sane-person they're joking. Or they're just salty that the US built their European country from the ground up through trade, investment, the Marshall plan, protecting them from the Soviet Union and communists, and paying for their entire defense/military budget. Perhaps they're from Berlin, and instead of thanking the US for the Berlin airlifts, they are mad about not being the superior country in foreign affairs
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
@@person3070 Ok.
@intermediateguitarist7629 Жыл бұрын
Five feet of snow is a regular Saturday in Montana
@rwberger62 жыл бұрын
"Its amazing the difference a couple miles can make" There's like over 200 miles between fort worth and dallas.
@Perririri2 жыл бұрын
The Kennedy assassination was the shot heard around the world! So, Fort Worth heard it well.
@keikekaze2 жыл бұрын
Did you mean "20 miles"? Fort Worth and Dallas are about 25 to 30 miles apart, according to Google Maps.
@thanos63462 жыл бұрын
You know, if Blair Mountain is what the memes are for West Virginia now, I’m down for it. Better than just poor and second Alabama.
@devin88112 жыл бұрын
You are correct, Michigan is glorious. 🇧🇿 Edit: I know this isn't the Michigan flag but it's the best I can find.
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
HOW DARE YOU! THATS NOT OUR FLAG!!! But yea Michigan is the best and one and only glorious most beautiful state ever
@akiAAbatteries2 жыл бұрын
Keep on going Drew.I like the Californian memes a lot they are so funny
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
He makes them because he moved to California.
@FireboltPrime2 жыл бұрын
6:41 Me, a houstonian: aw yeah, more reasons to laugh at Dallas >:D 7:48 Also me: laughing at them can wait, the great evil has arrived... all Texans unite!
@a-sane-person2 жыл бұрын
You mean the great good? xD
@its_dg2 жыл бұрын
6:14 What!?! Isnt it like that? Im so confused gosh *stresses in kilometers*
@Shadow_Drip2 жыл бұрын
7:41 As someone from Oregon(luckily not p*rtland), this is true!
@Cosmo_3482 жыл бұрын
I live in p*rtland..........but yeah it's very true.
@andrewhalushka60592 жыл бұрын
As a Michigander... 7:20 Yes. This is true. And we like Florida because if we didn't they would sell our spring break homes.
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
Wisconsin and Alaska are our best buds tho, Florida just threatens us...
@boiledpepsi2 жыл бұрын
the Yoopers may hate us, but we still love them :)
@Perririri2 жыл бұрын
OK, Yooper!
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
@@Perririri I dont think they're a Yooper because the sentense states that they aren't
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
Yea, we love our Yoopers :)
@YourAverageEesti2 жыл бұрын
I'm Canadian and American and I live in Virginia.And it's SOMEWHAT like that.
@lawden2102 жыл бұрын
2:02 French people during the french revolution:
@Pixel22-fs3tt6 ай бұрын
As a person that was born and lives in Northern Virginia that meme about it taking 20+ years to develop a Highway is so true 🤣
@martinazanotti19632 жыл бұрын
one hundred and seventieth day of asking Drew to visit Italy
@ManXgos Жыл бұрын
in minnesota 3ft is the most average snowfall you will get
@hihellohi57142 жыл бұрын
Finally! A meme about Northern Virginia! It was pretty dang accurate
@sammymarrco22 жыл бұрын
We’re always under construction, gotta love it
@Luna_the-Idiot9 ай бұрын
wheres east virginia
@luord29402 жыл бұрын
fetus: Please no America or Mexico Fetus: Where am I? Doctor: El Paso,Texas Fetus: ...
@stevemorrissey75732 жыл бұрын
As an Arizonan I rate this funny 🤣
@person30702 жыл бұрын
indeed
@no2ticonderogatri-writepencil2 жыл бұрын
We may not got trees but we got the next best thing a lot of sand and snakes oh so many snakes as someone once said “they are in the sand!!!”
@Etr_ust2 жыл бұрын
Drew is a gigachad
@Sleeper____14722 жыл бұрын
I believe we should start classifying and New Yorkers north of the end of MTA (Metro North) rail service should be not considered the ones from the city. I can tell you from personal experience we are very different, most of us don't even have a starbucks nearby.
@girlpower2632 жыл бұрын
I feel so bad for California’s. They live in a bad state and then when they try and leave they get discriminated against and segregated. They even get made fun of on social media.
@pumpkin3.14152 жыл бұрын
You get what you vote for lol
@tankman_tv93322 жыл бұрын
Bruh its kinda annoying how every other state thinks california is their enemy…….im from CA, and when i feel people saying that CA is the worst state, it really hurts me
@nebulaone9082 жыл бұрын
Sucks to suck.
@girlpower2632 жыл бұрын
@@tankman_tv9332 I’m sorry man, I think your still a human being. I know that you still got feelings too and if I owned a business I wouldn’t care wear you were from when hiring.
@person30702 жыл бұрын
@@tankman_tv9332 it is. Please stop invading my state whihc borders you. Keep your crappy politics in your own damn states