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We all think we know a lot about the places that we see on TV.
Sometimes we might be right.
Other times, well… We’ve got the TV version just about right.
That was the case when a British Twitter user went viral last April for displaying his knowledge of the whole United States.
Part tongue-in-cheek, the thread by Beës, Internet Elder dared to boast what each U.S. state was famous for–without Googling.
He went alphabetically through all 50 states, and although he’s only ever visited New Mexico, he really nailed some of them.
Some were merely factual-ish, like Alaska:
To the best of my knowledge Alaska is famous for being in Canada.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Others were all too real, with a dose of humor.
Take Arizona, for example.
No one would argue with this assessment, especially lately:
To the best of my knowledge Arizona is famous for being where Satan vacations to get some heat.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And then of course, there’s Florida.
An embarrassment to us all, really.
To the best of my knowledge Florida is famous for literally every news article that makes Europe go “oh god that country”
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
He got Georgia pretty much right, and I’m assuming this means he’s a Stranger Things fan.
To the best of my knowledge Georgia is famous for being on the end of some TV shows we see over here and maybe has peaches.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And I don’t know what this says about UK education, or just me, but he seems to know more about Hawaii than I did.
When I think of Hawaii, I think of Lost, Obama, and Hawaii 5-0, in that order.
To the best of my knowledge Hawaii is a beautiful place that once had royalty and the deposed queen wrote a book.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Next Idaho, and literally the only thing anyone ever knows about it.
To the best of my knowledge Idaho is famous for making and eating potatoes.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
I guess you’d have to live under a rock to get Kansas wrong.
To the best of my knowledge Kansas is famous for The Wizard Of Oz and it’s been downhill ever since.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And the same goes for Kentucky.
To the best of my knowledge Kentucky is famous for the chicken fast food places.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Maine, too, made me laugh. Clearly he knows as much about it as I do.
To the best of my knowledge Maine is famous for lobsters and weird accents in movies.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
But Massachusetts made me scratch my head, a little.
I mean, I’ve seen Good Will Hunting.
But this one really hit home that he’s getting his information from Hollywood.
To the best of my knowledge Massachusetts is famous for Matt Damon movies.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Which sort of explains Mississippi…
Hillbilly River kinda sounds like a country band.
To the best of my knowledge Mississippi is famous for a hillbilly river.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
My favorite thing about Beës’ Missouri observation is that he skipped right over St. Louis, and really does seem to know his stuff.
Why does he know this?
To the best of my knowledge Missouri is famous for having a place called Kansas City just to confuse people.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And I’ve been to Nebraska. He got that one right.
To the best of my knowledge Nebraska is famous for being flat which, guys, c’mon, that’s not an achievement.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
I’m pretty sure everyone knows Nevada.
To the best of my knowledge Nevada is famous for losing all your money in the desert.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
New York could have been so many things.
The Statue of Liberty. Ellis Island. Yankees baseball. The Gangs of.
But his assessment is probably true, and it was funny in context.
To the best of my knowledge New York is famous for being nothing like actual York.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
North Dakota, is definitely true, which is really a shame because their Badlands are something to behold.
To the best of my knowledge North Dakota is famous for nothing, I’ve literally never heard of it.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
The funniest part about Oklahoma is that there’s a song in it called “Kansas City.”
To the best of my knowledge Oklahoma is famous for a musical I haven’t seen.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Pennsylvania made me laugh.
It’s been in the news for a lot of things the past year that had nothing to do with the Amish, but up until then, I might have agreed.
Although I’m a little surprised he didn’t say Cheese Steaks, but maybe that’s more to do with his assessment of Wisconsin.
To the best of my knowledge Pennsylvania is where the Amish live, and they’re apparently just like our European Dutch people.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
South Carolina literally made me say, “Dear god.”
To the best of my knowledge South Carolina is famous for getting merc’d by nature on the regular.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
South Dakota is probably true, more’s the pity.
It’s a beautiful state, even with Mount Rushmore, which I guess no one knows the location of.
To the best of my knowledge South Dakota is famous for nothing, I’ve literally never heard of it.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
I was scared to get to Tennessee, but I can honestly say, it could have been worse, and he’s not wrong.
Although to be fair, I watched a Scotsman buy Jack Daniels at 9 in the morning, and literally every time I’m in the UK people want to talk to me about Elvis, so I think people know two other things about my state.
To the best of my knowledge Tennessee is famous for saying “I do declare” and people fanning themselves on their porches.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
See, it could’ve been worse.
To the best of my knowledge Texas is famous for big trucks and small dicks.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
He nailed Vermont, although this one made me roll because Bernie is literally the only politician mentioned. Not Obama, not Biden, not Clinton, not Bush, not even George Washington.
It’s funny the things people know.
To the best of my knowledge Vermont is famous for being the home of famed socialist and progressive politician Bernie Sanders.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Like I said:
To the best of my knowledge Washington is famous for not being Washington DC which is elsewhere and not a state, but also not a town. I think Washington (this one) is where Frasier lives.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
He’s right that there’s cheese there. That’s the only part of this I can agree with, I’m sorry.
To the best of my knowledge Wisconsin is famous for being where you Americans pretend to make cheese and fail.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Last but not least, I give you: Wyoming.
So funny and true, I sent it to my husband while I was working on this article.
To the best of my knowledge Wyoming is just a big field with a buffalo in it.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Lest you worry that Beës takes himself too seriously, he told Bored Panda, that he hoped Americans would take his thread as intended.
“British humor is more self-deprecating. I think we have a higher tolerance for both mocking others and being mocked. Just compare the US and UK versions of The Office. Saying that, The Office US is my favorite of the two.”
This list really made me reflect on how much I actually know about each state. Tell us what you think of his joke in the comments.
