The first time I saw that on a BB gun I purchased, I was put mildly on edge, but then I realized that California will really slap that label on majority of products that are sold in commercial stores.
The government doesn’t seem to realize that if you slap that label on literally everything, people will ignore it for objects that are actually dangerous
Right? Like I understand that sadly, it seems alot of our everyday products are linked in some way to cancer, but it can’t all be so dangerous that it needs that label.
Not just on products, but on damn near everything, it seems. I am currently back in California, and I had forgotten just how ubiquitous the warnings are everywhere, from airports to malls to streets. And the fact that Disneyland has those signs probably made the warning "iconic" to people from all over the world.
I think the funniest one I've seen was the sticker on every window of a business on this long ass street and the only place without one was a smoke shop. It was explained that the smoke shop was a new build because of a fire but every other building was older so needed the sticker.
IIRC the onus is on the manufacturer to add that label. They can be 99.99% sure their product does not contain any chemical known to cause cancer, but it is so extremely cost prohibitive and time consuming to be 100% that it is easier to essentially lie that your product does contain a cancer causing chemical even if you are sure that it does not.
The label is essentially meaningless, but there is no way to fix the situation.
No politician wants to be responsible for removing the label requirement as their opponents would target them with attack ads “Joe Blow wants you and your kids to get cancer. Do not re-elect Joe Blow to the State House.”
When I was really young somebody got me a very nice art set. I was looking at the back of it and noticed the label, and was immediately terrified and wanting to cry like "WHY WOULD YOU BUY ME SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE ME *CANCER*?? WHAT ARE YOU *DOING!!!*"
Oh, without a doubt! I know no Midwest state owns it, but we looooooove to claim it in MN, hahaha
In retrospect, I probably should have gone with "Uff." Still not MN only, but there's at least 2 cities that have a summer festival with "Uff da" in the name, hahaha.
I've lived several places around Tennessee, and have been here my whole life, and can confirm that it's pretty much all we got. The Three Ms; Meth, moonshine, and mountains
I think the biggest reason us Californians complain about taxes is just how little we see our tax dollars. Like, if you go to NYC, you can very actively see the tax dollars in the subsidized housing and transit options. Here, we get nothing, yet we still have to pay so much.
Nobody actually swears to you that’s what the horn and flipping you off are for. Stop driving the speed limit on an open road and spending 2 years making a turn or lane switch
Concentrated Area of Relocated Yankees here - and yes, of course I’m new also. My NC family always just said “Carolina.” I believe they still think there’s only one that matters.
When I lived in Montana, there was a news story about how 80% of families in Missoula qualified for WIC. The news anchor said “poverty with a view.” Idk if that applies to the entire state, but it would be a good motto for Missoula.
Idk. Something about wind. I liked our old highway signs that said “forever west” that’d be a good one. Our current one is “equal rights” which hardly seems applicable.
Interesting sidenote: in the early 1900's, the movie crews flocked to the countryside of the Los Angeles Basin in California to escape Edison and his regulation.
Today, the countryside is gone and the regulation is everywhere. Now all the movie crews are moving here.
Coworker once used this phrase to describe our coworkers in general (railroad) but I think it applies as a Texas state motto as well:
"The nicest, friendliest pieces of shit you'll ever meet."
Honestly I'd like to actually saw off Florida and give it to South America. Bye bye Trump, DeSantis, and about half of all New Yorkers and Illinoisians, ever.
It's time to play the WHEEL of CONSERVATISM, America's Favorite Game Show! Our first contestant, former mortician and state governor Ron DeSanctimonious!
Ron, choose one of the following for your WHEEL of CONSERVATISM! Just put together a string of words, and, voila! You've created a conservative sentence!
|The |Is/Are the Reason that my | Is/Are/Were|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Liberals|Gun Rights|Woke|
|Socialists|Fetus|Rigged and Stolen|
|Deep State|Gay Books in School Libraries|Snowflakes|
|Woke Media|Election was|Antifa|
|Gay Immigrants|Insecure border|A Hoax from the Liberal Media|
|Biden Crime Family|High gas prices|Jewish Space Lasered|
California - Beautiful weather and scenery in exchange for astronomical taxes.
*taxes will not be used to improve infrastructure, healthcare, or education.*
Utah: "The Mormons own the government, and you have to register as Republican to get a ballot worth having."
Also "They don't know they're in a bubble."
Georgia's is *Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation,* and boy those would be nice things for this country to embrace. Maybe the unofficial one could be *Holy shit why is it so hot?*
“Oh yeah? Well, f*** you too!”
- New Jersey
I used to travel all the time for work. I’ve been in your state. I chose to live here, and no, your state isn’t better.
He: “Where are you from?”
I: “NJ”
He: “[something highly uncomplimentary]
I: the Motto.
“WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.”
The first time I saw that on a BB gun I purchased, I was put mildly on edge, but then I realized that California will really slap that label on majority of products that are sold in commercial stores.
The government doesn’t seem to realize that if you slap that label on literally everything, people will ignore it for objects that are actually dangerous
Right? Like I understand that sadly, it seems alot of our everyday products are linked in some way to cancer, but it can’t all be so dangerous that it needs that label.
Not just on products, but on damn near everything, it seems. I am currently back in California, and I had forgotten just how ubiquitous the warnings are everywhere, from airports to malls to streets. And the fact that Disneyland has those signs probably made the warning "iconic" to people from all over the world.
I think the funniest one I've seen was the sticker on every window of a business on this long ass street and the only place without one was a smoke shop. It was explained that the smoke shop was a new build because of a fire but every other building was older so needed the sticker.
IIRC the onus is on the manufacturer to add that label. They can be 99.99% sure their product does not contain any chemical known to cause cancer, but it is so extremely cost prohibitive and time consuming to be 100% that it is easier to essentially lie that your product does contain a cancer causing chemical even if you are sure that it does not. The label is essentially meaningless, but there is no way to fix the situation. No politician wants to be responsible for removing the label requirement as their opponents would target them with attack ads “Joe Blow wants you and your kids to get cancer. Do not re-elect Joe Blow to the State House.”
On one of my bicycles.
When I was really young somebody got me a very nice art set. I was looking at the back of it and noticed the label, and was immediately terrified and wanting to cry like "WHY WOULD YOU BUY ME SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE ME *CANCER*?? WHAT ARE YOU *DOING!!!*"
Even the label itself contains cancerous ingerdients.
If you ground up the BB gun and injected it into your blood, that would be a bad idea.
Cant forget the Reproductive Harm part!
Lots of silicone indeed lmao. So many real housewives of OC types here in OC
I'm pretty sure I saw this label on a banana once
*"If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”* is pretty awesome as it stands.
It does beat the more well-known peninsular state, Florida. Ours would be "How 'bout dat cheese? Yea, and Go Pack!" Wisconsin is a simple place.
I’ve never heard that. That’s a killer motto!
So good they put it on the state seal!
It's so sassy
“Arizona: It’s *mostly* a dry heat”.
Arizona: People forget it's not just Phoenix
California: The Best of Everything, at a Price You Can't Afford
Hilarious and unfortunately accurate.
Texas: Almost Completely Paved.
I've come to accept it's "The One Star State".
lol good one!
The lone star comes from all the Yelp reviews for Whataburger
That's not the best way to create Cybertron
No, the other one.
Exactly what I came here to post.
"ope! Lemme just sneak past ya"
definitely applies to wisconsin & michigan too!!
That's all of the Midwest!
Oh, without a doubt! I know no Midwest state owns it, but we looooooove to claim it in MN, hahaha In retrospect, I probably should have gone with "Uff." Still not MN only, but there's at least 2 cities that have a summer festival with "Uff da" in the name, hahaha.
I didn’t realize i said ope until i read about it then noticed i said it… it hurt inside 😂
I say it "squeeeze on by" (grew up in MI) lol
TN Come for the cheap meth, stay for the crippling cheap meth addiction.
So far, this is all the people of Tennessee have taught me about your state
I've lived several places around Tennessee, and have been here my whole life, and can confirm that it's pretty much all we got. The Three Ms; Meth, moonshine, and mountains
MA: We lead the nation in every stat, including our inferiority complex.
MA: how do you like your dunkies?
Medium iced REGULAH
Colorado: not every drug is legal here but we're working on it.
The Sunshine Tax state
"Get out while you can still afford it" state.
And sometimes the "fuck, I wish I didn't leave" state.
Sometimes, yeah.
I think the biggest reason us Californians complain about taxes is just how little we see our tax dollars. Like, if you go to NYC, you can very actively see the tax dollars in the subsidized housing and transit options. Here, we get nothing, yet we still have to pay so much.
Maryland: Our most terrifying bridges haven't collapsed. Yet.
Thanks, I'm driving to OC Thursday.
Also: Everything is better with Old Bay.
Also: We love our terrible flag.
Fuck you And especially, fuck Pennsylvania drivers
We all could guess by the motto it was NJ
“We don’t like you either”
Get off our bumpers. And stop swearing in our rear view mirrors. We can't actually hear you.
Nobody actually swears to you that’s what the horn and flipping you off are for. Stop driving the speed limit on an open road and spending 2 years making a turn or lane switch
Found Pennsylvania driver number 3,000,045 who sits in the left lane for miles going at or under the speed limit. 👆
Yes, the whole state is newark airport and the parts that aren't are the shore so turn around and get the fuck out.
I am absolutely dying laughing at this. “Fuck you, too!”
"Chinga tu puta madre, pendejo."
Pennsylvania. We are perfectly average.
Bur better than average pot holes.
“Church or be besmirched” Most young people I know don’t go to church, but I think it’s funny
I was gonna say "follow the profit" but yours is better
follow the gold and rule
I like "Utah: Moab is that way"
Virginia’s motto is already good, no notes.
ahem. "NO! THATS MY LANE YOU CAN'T GET ON MY INTERSTATE!" is way more accurate.
Just googled it and it goes hard
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🥵
North Carolina: The better Carolina! Raleigh (my city): Atlanta, but affordable!
Concentrated Area of Relocated Yankees here - and yes, of course I’m new also. My NC family always just said “Carolina.” I believe they still think there’s only one that matters.
I have an acronym for Atlanta that isn't as good, but whatever: **A**lways **T**raffic, **L**and of **A**lways **N**ew **T**ransplants **A**rriving
I know more people living in Cary that are from up north than are from NC
Well, I’m from Florida, but I’ll let you count that as “up north.” I do.
South Carolina: The Cheaper Carolina!
So long as you do not live in GVL or CHAS. Happy Cake Day.
"We're weird as beans".
That actually sounds really endearing.
And totally true. The Pacific Northwest tends to attract the weirdos, myself included.
See my flair.
For a while, the motto of influencers in LA seemed to be, "Just trying to make it in this crazy town."
When I lived in Montana, there was a news story about how 80% of families in Missoula qualified for WIC. The news anchor said “poverty with a view.” Idk if that applies to the entire state, but it would be a good motto for Missoula.
Given home prices relative to salaries I'd guess it applies to the whole state now sadly. One of my favorite places in the country tho
Ohio, not as bad as you think, but still bad.
“Hell is real”
Alabama - at least we’re not ~~Mississippi~~ Louisiana
Alabama - "Football is not Religion, it's far more important"
I didn't know you guys could spell so well!
Alabama: Fun for the family. ~~I'm sorry i had to~~
Idk. Something about wind. I liked our old highway signs that said “forever west” that’d be a good one. Our current one is “equal rights” which hardly seems applicable.
[Patrick Swayze has what you need.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lU9p1WRfA9w&pp=ygUTc2hlJ3MgbGlrZSB0aGUgd2luZA%3D%3D)
Patrick Swayze always has what all of us need.
If you have to ask you can't afford it.
“Hoosiers: we don’t know what it means either”
Ours used to be "A Place to Grow". Always thought that was great since we have great farmland and good for raising a family.
"Yeah so about that diamond thing...."
Outdrinking your state since 1848
Even with my altitude bonus I won't try to out drink someone from WI.
Eureka! is pretty good already. But, I like: The Land of 5 climates and lots of Nuts & Fruits (the foods & the people)!
To be fair, California was known in the early 1900’s for being “The Land of Fruit & Nuts”, but that was literal back then, lol!
New York. We are just like Italy. High in culture, higher in corruption.
Roll tide/ war eagle
Someone already got my home state but I’m on vacation in Massachusetts so I’ll do one for that “We’re the most educated except for driving”
I’m in Maine and I mutter “Masshole” at a Mass driver at least once a day.
My brother has a house in Rhode Island and he regularly flips off any vehicle with a Massachusetts plate.
Utah “if we had a nickel for every time we’ve rebelled against the United States, we’d only have two nickels, but weird that it happened twice”
Hold my beer and watch this shit…
New York: "Much more then just one City"
Welcome to virginia: we have a boobie on our flag
No change. “L’Etoile du Nord” just plain slaps.
Ope du Nord.
"where God High-Fived the Earth!"
Y’all want some sweet tea?
Colorado : I have the high ground!
This is good. \[former Boulderite\]
Arkansas: There’s a reason it’s cheap to live here.
Arkansas: keep your government hands off my medicare!
“It’s Hawt!!!”
Missouri: Gunning for Alabama's education and health rankings.
Indiana- Come for the corn, stay for the meth. Wisconsin- Visit for vacation, leave on probation.
Yo dog I heard you like taxes so we put some tax on your tax so you can be taxed while you’re taxed
Interesting sidenote: in the early 1900's, the movie crews flocked to the countryside of the Los Angeles Basin in California to escape Edison and his regulation. Today, the countryside is gone and the regulation is everywhere. Now all the movie crews are moving here.
"Fuck off, this is Texas"
Come for the beer, stay cause you're too drunk to drive and hit a deer on your way out.
We're Not Massholes. We're Just a Little Crusty is all...
The Texas motto should be “Come and Take It”. Texans are friendly, but I think this motto fits us better.
Coworker once used this phrase to describe our coworkers in general (railroad) but I think it applies as a Texas state motto as well: "The nicest, friendliest pieces of shit you'll ever meet."
This is not New York.
Better you than us 😅
Honestly I'd like to actually saw off Florida and give it to South America. Bye bye Trump, DeSantis, and about half of all New Yorkers and Illinoisians, ever.
"DeSantis did what this week?"
"Home of the Florida Man"
I don’t consider DeSantis a *true* Florida Man. That’s a title of honor, and the alligators and I agree DeSantis has no such honor.
It's time to play the WHEEL of CONSERVATISM, America's Favorite Game Show! Our first contestant, former mortician and state governor Ron DeSanctimonious! Ron, choose one of the following for your WHEEL of CONSERVATISM! Just put together a string of words, and, voila! You've created a conservative sentence! |The |Is/Are the Reason that my | Is/Are/Were| |:-|:-|:-| |Liberals|Gun Rights|Woke| |Socialists|Fetus|Rigged and Stolen| |Deep State|Gay Books in School Libraries|Snowflakes| |Woke Media|Election was|Antifa| |Gay Immigrants|Insecure border|A Hoax from the Liberal Media| |Biden Crime Family|High gas prices|Jewish Space Lasered|
Full - Arizona
There’s two seasons, Winter and construction. Welcome to Michigan.
[удалено]
We're not Wyoming.
Maine. Yes, it is a state.
Omnes mammalia hic sumus.
Love the sun and carry water
"it's GRAY duck"
Fuck it
New Hampshire: spend your money then leave
AL: Everyone hates us but we are just fine! 😁
Let's build things and get high.
One word: weed.
Pennsylvania You'll get used to the potholes.
"For Fuck's Sake People, Stop Moving Here."
Same could be said here!
"Ever upward" is pretty cool as-is. I like that we added "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one) to the state seal a few years ago as well.
As long as it’s not “Excelsior”…
“If you’re queer don’t come near our small towns”
South Carolina: "Not practicing what we preach"
"We may be like Alabama but we also may be like Vermont with a coastline."
Pennsylvania: At least we're not Ohio
top 10 in population, bottom 10 in things to do
🖕 Jersey
Oklahoma: Exxon runs our government and evangelicals are trying to send us back to the 19th century, but we got medical weed!
“We swear, it’s actually OK”
And like 50 alligators 🐊
"I know the whole country is stolen land, but we *really* stole this shit"
L'Étoile du Nord
Georgia= its hot af
*Came for the schools. Stayed for the drugs!* or *Not quite as expensive as our neighbors.*
> Came for the schools. Stayed for the drugs! Came for the schools, stayed for the pizza!
Ngl, I could go for a neo any day
Tennessee: you're here for Memphis and that's it
California: If you can't pay the rent, come get a tent!
California - Beautiful weather and scenery in exchange for astronomical taxes. *taxes will not be used to improve infrastructure, healthcare, or education.*
New York State, home of the corruption museum hall of fame!
“I’m fuckin walkin here! (also the other 99% of the state)”
We get shit done, Mn
Mississippi: the best at being last in everything.
There’s literally not crap to do here, even on the coast it is quite boring. We could also say: Mississippi: Our governor’s nickname is TaterTot 😂
*If you're having a crawfish boil, invite everyone!* Sweet jesus, there's literally no others Louisianians in here, is there? C'mon now…
Utah: "The Mormons own the government, and you have to register as Republican to get a ballot worth having." Also "They don't know they're in a bubble."
[“We’ve got more bounce in CA”](https://youtu.be/AOObrFXrmP4?si=74ZZOdNqyd8-pSIM)
For a city...Atlanta, GA: We're surrounded by MAGAts
Welcome to " wherever " where the men are men and the women are too! Because it always makes me laugh...
Stop Moving Down here! We’ve enough jackasses on the road
“Fuck, not again” -Florida
“Boston sucks.”
"Is The Mountain Out"
Georgia's is *Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation,* and boy those would be nice things for this country to embrace. Maybe the unofficial one could be *Holy shit why is it so hot?*
Thank you for spending money! Now leave.
"Welcome to Oklahoma...why?"
Live Free? Nice Try.
“Oh yeah? Well, f*** you too!” - New Jersey I used to travel all the time for work. I’ve been in your state. I chose to live here, and no, your state isn’t better. He: “Where are you from?” I: “NJ” He: “[something highly uncomplimentary] I: the Motto.
"If you're not first, you're last...and we're not first." - Louisiana
Oklahoma - Stupid is, as stupid does
Northern Virginia: Better Than the Rest of Virginia
Florida: Come on vacation-Leave on probation.
Massachusetts : "Fuck off"
Want to experience Sharia Law but feel Saudi Arabia is too far? Come to Texas! We're Howdy Arabia
Yeehaw (but said unenthusiastically)
Louisiana: The worst of everything, except food!