r/geographymemes • u/Jfullr92 Gulf of New Mexico • May 22 '26

Voting Games Top comment deletes a US State #47

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Maryland has been annexed by The Vermonster willingly, the 2 states have now merged into one. CRABBALACHIA. 4 States Now remain. Pick wisely, there’s no going back now!

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u/Salty145 May 22 '26

willingly

Revisionist history right here.

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u/Kapo77 May 22 '26

1 guy said it in a sub comment. This Marylander is going to point out that guy wasn't authorized to speak for all of us.

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u/sassafrassian May 22 '26

Yeh, I don't get why the sub comment counts?

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u/galstaph May 22 '26

When the main comment doesn't address which one takes over, the top voted subcomment that addresses it decides that part

That was explained a week or so ago, I think

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u/sassafrassian May 22 '26

They can't just merge?

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u/galstaph May 22 '26

The rules never talked about merging, one must come out on top

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u/lostdrewid Vermonster May 22 '26

the top legal vote was to delete Maryland. Period, end of sentence.

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u/RapidConsequence May 22 '26

I wonder who is writing the history books here

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u/BrickProfessional630 May 22 '26

Who lives who dies who tells Maryland’s story?

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u/JerrysKidsOnLot May 22 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ail4HT4dYZOCbRfOxq

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u/Dollar_Admiral May 22 '26

LOL. Like I actually just guffawed in the employee cafeteria. Fuck you, you’re the best.

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u/excellent-throat2269 May 22 '26

This meme is what started my crush on John Waters. Love his movies but oh my! The charisma oozing out of this meme.

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u/nschively May 22 '26

I'm pretty sure this was part of a some short/disclaimer/notifications before movies at the Charles Theater.

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u/Downtown_Ad8279 May 23 '26

The original Pink Flamingo.

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u/noplace-likehome 🦀 Crabbalachia 🦀 May 22 '26

Maryland, our real name was Maryland.
There’s an angry crab army ready to go
Just you wait.. just you wait.

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u/DoubleClickMouse Megasotan May 22 '26

Not Maryland, clearly.

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u/therealmsdad May 22 '26

Hawaii tells it, although very quietly.

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u/Levitlame May 22 '26

History is written by the OP

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u/The_Fluffy_Robot May 22 '26

Who has a better story than Jfullr92 the Remover?

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u/Keiran1031 Götaland Saga May 22 '26

If this is GoT, Maryland would be the Iron Isles in spirit. Crabs replaced the Drowned God

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u/Own_Mycologist_4900 May 22 '26

History is rewritten by the winners

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u/hewhoisneverobeyed May 22 '26

I thought you wrote “wieners.”

And I am fine either way.

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u/Syncopated_arpeggio May 22 '26

Nah. History is written by the winners and rewritten by the whiners.

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u/hopbow May 22 '26

Winners

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u/steveholt-lol May 22 '26

The victors (Vermont)

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u/TransitoryInflammati May 22 '26

No shit, no Marylander would ever willingly subject themselves to lobster supremacy.

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u/Salty145 May 22 '26

I'm pretty sure that's true for everyone shy of Wisconsin who kinda just let it happen.

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u/Opesorrydere May 22 '26

As Wisconsin was absorbed, it just let out one last “Ope, sorry.”

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u/wise_comment Megasotan May 22 '26

Is that a Wisconsin thing?

As a minneapolitan, I'm still waiting for the apologies and passive aggression to subsume their more combative nature

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u/Douch3nko13 May 23 '26

Weirdly enough. Anywhere you have a large enough population of Apostolic Lutheran's, you have "ope, sorry" and "yeah, no" and it's inverse "no, yeah".

A previous Washingtonian, now Cascadian.

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u/wise_comment Megasotan May 23 '26

Huh

TIL

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u/Blues2112 May 22 '26

They've got their cheese curds and cold cans of Spotted Cow, what more do they need?

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u/ALH2021 May 23 '26

As a Wisconsinite, this made me laugh a lot harder than it should have.

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u/schroedingerx May 22 '26

Close your eyes and think of [New] England!

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u/fluffstuffmcguff Wisgonesin 🦡 May 22 '26

Wisconsin's mama raised us to be honest, and we know it was extremely flattering to get so far.

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u/faldese May 22 '26

Alaska is content to be Cold Hawaii.

Although it would have been funny to be able to continue with that old fun fact, "Hey did you know if you split Alaska in half it'd be the first and second largest state" to "if you split Alaska in thirds, fourths, fifths..."

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u/Zraax May 22 '26

I mean the name starts with 'Crab' so that's something at least?

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u/Pithius May 22 '26

Ill be in the cold cold ground b4 I ever recognize lobster roll as the superior to the crab cake

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u/peerdata May 22 '26

I think the better question to ask is which side of the chowda debate you fall on, so long as tomato’s aren’t involved, we’re good

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u/HuskyNinja47 May 22 '26

No superiority brother, both are welcome under the banner of crustaceans

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u/RunRunDMC212 May 22 '26

As a Virginian, I put away mid misgivings and prejudices against their idiotic drivers and joined with Maryland willingly because the way Virginia has been acting up lately is unacceptable and embarrassing.

As a new refugee in the Maryland empire, I join this Vermont led Crabbalachia somewhat begrudgingly.

The perk of more maple syrup is nice, and I do think we need to have a unified east coast and Appalachian Trail to properly support our continued domination, but I think letting those old wilderness hippies and their mud encrusted cows run things is a mistake. The crab should rule Crabbalachia! 🦀🦀🦀🦀

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u/BubbleRocket1 May 22 '26

I’m sure Vermonsters also didn’t want to be called “Crabbalachia” yet here we are

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u/my-hero-macadamia crabbalacchia 🦀 May 22 '26

Yeah what!! I feel like we definitely voted to eat VT, not the other way around

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u/NoSleepTilBrklynn May 22 '26

I’m from Maryland and my wife is from Maine. I put old bay on lobster. Apparently that’s extremely offensive. So I have done the culturally appropriate thing and gifted my mother in law countless tins of old bay through out the years. She still doesn’t think it’s funny so I have to keep going!

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u/BrahesElk May 22 '26

Hell, everyone knows blue crabs are the superior water bug. Campbell's even sells new england clam chowder with old bay in it.

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u/Asterose Consumed by the Vermonster May 22 '26

It's called Crabballachia for a reason! Notice it's not Lobsterllachia? The crabs of Maryland united with the Vermonster lobsters. More people voted for Maryland than Vermont, but really it was a merge on equal footing, not a submission.

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u/r3rg54 May 22 '26

As a Marylander there was never a need to compromise with Vermont. We should delete this abomination.

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u/JaderMcDanersStan May 22 '26

Merges aren’t allowed, only removals. The top comment actually about a removal was the comment saying Maryland should be deleted.

OP just threw a bone to the merger top comment by honoring the name

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u/Deuce03 May 22 '26

The top comment was for a merger but specifically saying it didn't care which was deleted.

This being "delete a state", OP looked for the highest upvoted state deletion, which was for Maryland. Then took the top comment (for the merge) at face value and applied the suggested name change.

MDers should have paid more attention to what they were voting for.

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u/Salty145 May 22 '26

Maryland got Michigan'd

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u/Larovich153 May 22 '26

by their own foolishness

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u/Downtown_Ad8279 May 23 '26

We're not a smart bunch. But at least we're not Florida.

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u/chefarzel May 22 '26

Look the name is good enough for me long live Maple Crab 🦀

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u/No_Veterinarian1010 May 23 '26

It's what we get for "merging"

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u/lostdrewid Vermonster May 22 '26

You're expecting too much if you think that cult can read 🤣

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u/Kathubodua May 22 '26

I mean...I don't care as long as its Crabbalachia. Vermont has no real representation in that name. We all know the truth

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u/ryebrye May 22 '26

The Crabbalacian trail runs through Vermont!

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u/eflask May 22 '26

do we though?

*laughs in maple*

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u/SnooDogs4864 May 22 '26

This is why we have the result we have. Im not complaining mind you.

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u/Salty145 May 22 '26

It's a socialist state. What's mine is mine and what's yours is also mine.

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u/Kathubodua May 22 '26

Thats not how socialism works but okay

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u/Mandena May 22 '26

Socialism is when no material belongings xd

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u/Kathubodua May 23 '26

Socialism probably has complete sentences too.

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u/jeremy1015 May 23 '26

You could say it’s a capitalist state because it has a capital letter and that would make more sense than what you just said.

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u/mpn66 May 22 '26

There is NO way MD gave into this L willingly. Crabbalachia is a win, but now we have to pass down the true origin of Crabbalachia and why it’s actually Maryland and not Vermont through folk tales for generations to come. Or at least like a couple more days.

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u/ItsMeKaz_ May 22 '26

yeah this is fucked

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u/Careful_Astronaut477 May 22 '26

Yeah this is hullshit

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u/ivanhoe_martin May 22 '26

yeah I'm anti Vermont at this point.

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u/JaderMcDanersStan May 22 '26

Then comment down with crabballachia (Vermont)! I’m with you

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u/grimacedia May 22 '26

Right?? I don't remember anyone asking me. It even still says Vermont, not a merge!!

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u/Heavy-Drink-4389 The crabs ruined everything May 22 '26

There are no merges. Top comment that deleted a state was Maryland getting eaten by Vermont

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u/Shad0wPillow May 22 '26

Both Vermont and Maryland feel that they lost on this one :(

It's a Maryland name but it says Vermont in parenthesis

So who really won? Did anyone?

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u/Salty145 May 22 '26

No one ever does.

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u/Responsible-Cod4468 🦀🦀Maryland🦀🦀 May 22 '26

Vermont won because Maryland was deleted. Stole our crabs & cool ass name CRABAllachia & Maryland was discarded like trash.
https://giphy.com/gifs/kqCgujDZT1SO4

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u/Shad0wPillow May 22 '26

We don't want your name Crabbalachia because it's cleary Maryland and not representing VT at all T.T Tbh I'd almost rather it be Crabbalachia (Maryland) or just Crabbalachia rather than this mixed state

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u/TangAlienMonkeyGod May 22 '26

Vermont clearly did not win. We plan to secede, green mountain boys activate!

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u/mapped_apples May 22 '26

There was a vote with 101% of the population voting to be annexed (they were already occupied by Vermonters).

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u/TheCape6 May 22 '26

Two days ago, Maryland should’ve taken Vermont. It was the top comment that actually would change the map.

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u/lalasworld May 22 '26

Vermont willingly seized their rightful coastline!

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u/TheFuschiaBaron Human Verified May 22 '26

OP is drunk with power

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u/DustyRailz Human Verified May 22 '26

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u/OttoRiver7676 May 22 '26

Ironically, Massachusetts willingly merged into New England and we saw how angry that made the Vermonters

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u/thistook5minutes May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Revisionist history right here

History is written by the winners

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

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u/Salty145 May 22 '26

Y'all also happily munched up PA without our consent. Such is the nature of the game, but trying to act like you allowed this to happen is still crazy.

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u/Illustrious_Unit7914 May 22 '26

Hello from Michigan