Hello underachievers!
So, I'm just gonna come straight out and say it,
but like-- There are so many puns.
There are so many puns.
I'm just gonna come straight out.
I'm gonna come out and say it:
I don't really know the Pride flags.
I have never put even a single ounce of effort
into learning what any of the Pride flags mean,
or where they come from,
or what identities they correspond to.
And, to be honest, it's not just Pride flags, like...
I'm half Irish,
and I can't tell the difference between the Irish flag
and the Ivory Coast flag.
I know very little,
but I thought today it would be fun to rate
and/or roast some of the Pride flags,
because let's not lie, that's a lot of ugly ones.
There's a lot of ones that make me question
the intent of the people that designed it, like...
I know you're saying this is for your identity,
but do you hate yourself that much?
But, let's get on with it!
Let's see these Pride flags!
So, I actually made my own tier list for this,
because I am resourceful,
but I'd like to explain the tiers for you,
so first up, we have:
"LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT",
because the Pride flag is so good
that it makes people that are outside of the LGBT cult
want to join it.
That's a joke.
I'm very very very LGBT.
I was never a lesbian,
but I was gay and I'm bi and trans, so...
"LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT" is reserved for the superior flags.
And we are just talking about aesthetics, by the way,
I should probably mentioned that before.
We're not talking about like,
"oh, do I prefer genderqueer people?"
Or, "do I prefer, you know...
"Gays?"
That's not what it is.
We're purely basing this on aesthetics.
And you say: "who are you to judge, Noah?
"You have no qualifications--"
Exactly.
But like, I'm going to do it.
So, down from "LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT",
we have "VERY PRETTY".
Just a very pretty flag.
Below that we have "CERTAINLY A FLAG".
That's just reserved for flags that are just like,
"yeah..." I mean, I guess you're there.
Not very impactful,
not gaining much from this experience.
Below that we have "DID YOU HAVE TO...?"
This is for the flags that are just like, really those colors
and right at the bottom, we have:
"A CRIME - GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL".
Those are for the flags that I don't like how they look.
So, let's get on to it!
So, first up we have the Progress flag,
which is this new Pride flag here, you know?
You may have been thinking:
"Oh, but wasn't it the rainbow enough?"
To which, I would say,
I don't know, I don't really care.
A lot of people have opinions on flags,
and until now, I haven't had them.
I guess I can kind of understand people being like:
"Well, I mean, the original rainbow flag,
"that included everybody,
"so why do we need to add more stripes and colors?"
And I'd say like,
"yeah, it was intended to include everybody,
"but this little LGBT community we have right here
"is maybe not as inclusive as we once thought it was".
So somebody created the progress flag.
And, you know, some people like it,
some people hate it,
some people don't care.
I'm one of them,
but just in terms of this video,
that's a lot of colors.
I like lots of colors.
And it also encapsulates the entire LGBT community,
so it's just gonna have to go to
"LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT",
because if there was going to be any flag
that was going to attract the most amount of people,
I feel like this one would be that!
Next up we have the non-binary flag,
and what does that look like?
"The yellow stands for people
"whose gender doesn't exist within the binary".
Non-binary.
"The white represents people with all genders or many genders".
Non-binary, I guess.
"Purple stands for people with genders
"that may be a mix of female and male".
Non-binary.
"Black represents people
"that identify as not having any gender at all".
Non-binary.
You'd think that I would put this in "CERTAINLY A FLAG"
I would say no...
I would say "DID YOU HAVE TO...?"
There is nothing aesthetically pleasing to me about this flag.
No hate to non-binary people, but like...
Your flag's really ugly.
I'm really sorry about that.
I just don't think they go together.
I look at the flag and it makes me feel cold,
and I can't really explain why.
Like, I love purple.
I really love purple.
I mean, black and white are there,
they're cool for the contrast,
but the purple and the yellow together,
it's just not nice to look at, I'm sorry.
Next up we have the polysexual flag.
And, you know what?
I'm not gonna pretend to remember the definition
for literally everything.
"Poly" means "many",
so I assume "polysexual" is somebody who is attracted
to many sexuals.
"Polysexual meaning".
So, polysexual is
"involving or characterized by different sexualities:
"Sexually or romantically attracted
"to more than one gender".
So, yeah, I mean like, obviously,
when it comes to like, polysexuality,
I'd be technically polysexual, because I'm bisexual.
I guess some people prefer the word "polysexual",
they identify with it more than they would with "pansexual" or "bisexual".
Is that for me to judge?
Absolutely not,
but we are here to judge the flags,
and what do I think about this flag?
Now, I'm liking the pink.
I like pink.
I'm enjoying the green.
There's a lot of green going on in my room.
I like green.
This table is also green.
This.
I feel, if a picture or a painting or a photo doesn't have green in it,
there's something missing,
so you get bonus points for green.
The blue is also cool.
I think this flag makes me think of Play-Doh.
And I'm not sure why!
I feel like I'm having a positive response to these colors of this flag.
It's either "VERY PRETTY" or "LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT".
I think I do like it enough for it to make me want to join your cult.
It'll stay up there for now.
We'll see if we can move it later on.
So, next up we have the aromantic flag,
which is for people who are aromantic,
meaning that they experience very little
or no sexual romantic attraction at all.
Certainly can't relate.
I would have crushes on inanimate objects
if that was possible.
Don't think about the man who has sex with cars.
- Good morning, baby.
My handsome man.
- In terms of the flag, I mean, there's green there.
So, the green it's not going in the bottom tier,
because it has green in it.
But the shades of green...
I'm not feeling so much.
I love a really deep green or a really bright green
and this one is really neither of them.
And I'm not a big fan of gray either.
This flag makes me think of maths,
and again, it makes me feel cold.
Specifically, like the non-binary flag.
It's not really very eye-catching.
And that's difficult when there's green involved.
I don't, however,
think that it's as bad as a non-binary flag,
so I guess I'm just gonna have to put it in "CERTAINLY A FLAG",
because it's certainly a flag.
There's not much to it.
Next up we have the lesbian flag
and look, this is the most aesthetically pleasing flag, I think.
It's going straight in "LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT".
Lesbians, do I have permission to be a lesbian?
I believe that there was a bunch of controversy
surrounding the lesbian flag.
I don't remember specifically what it is, you'll have to Google it.
I do remember, though, that the old lesbian flag,
the person who made it was problematic
or did something dodgy, I'm not entirely sure, but...
We can ignore that,
because this flag is so nice looking.
All the colors look really nice together,
none of them look out of place.
If I had these colors and I had to put them in order,
I would put them in the order that they're in.
And I love orange and I love purple,
and purpley pink,
and it's just a nice flag.
Next up we have the asexual flag,
which is here, and you know,
asexuals experience little to no sexual attraction.
Their flag...
It's certainly a flag.
There's not much to say about it, is there?
You definitely get points for there being purple,
but I just feel like a flag with black, gray and white...
It just has to be way more exciting than this one is.
The gray makes me feel cold,
the purple makes me feel warm,
so it's not a negative experience with this flag,
but it's just there's nothing to it.
So, what are the meanings?
"Black represents asexuality",
so it could just be a black flag.
"White represents allosexuality",
which is the presence of sexual attraction,
so that's the spectrum part of it.
Some asexuals experience a little bit of sexual attraction,
so that accounts for them, that's cool.
"Gray represents the gray ace folks in the asexual Spectrum".
Gray ace, gray ace, gray ace, great ace.
"A gray-asexual may engage in sex with someone
"they have a strong connection to,
"but their relationship is not based on sex,
"nor do they crave sex".
I feel like not--
There's a lot of relationships that aren't based on sex.
It's not a very good relationship if it's just based on sex.
"This can also be known as gray areas,
"which can be combined with different orientations, such as:
"A graysexual heteroromantic person,
"rarely sexually attracted to others".
Okay, so it's just like the gray area, that makes sense.
"And the purple represents community,
"because the AVEN
"(Asexual Visibility and Education Network)
"website had a purple color scheme".
Cool. I mean, it's a good flag.
I mean, the colors, they make sense.
I can't put it in "VERY PRETTY", though.
It can't go higher than "CERTAINLY A FLAG",
because it's not very pretty.
Next up we have the gender fluid flag,
and I'm sorry to the gender fluids out there,
but what is that?
What is that?
That's an abomination.
I, genuinely, it's--
Why?!
Whose idea was it?
Like, none of the colors go together.
That pink with that purple, absolutely not.
That purple with that blue?
Could work, but the pink ruins it.
I really don't like it and, for some reason,
the fact that the black stripe is not either in the middle
or on the outside really upsets me.
It just feels like it's so off balance.
Let's look it up, what--
Do they have a reason?
Can they explain?
Can they make excuses for why it's like that?
So we got pink for femininity,
which, okay, fine.
We got blue for masculinity.
Again, are we doing this?
Are we doing these stereotypes within the LGBT community?
I'm joking.
"Purple for femininity and masculinity".
Okay, so pink and blue together makes purple,
I guess that makes sense.
"Black for lack of gender".
"White for all genders".
Okay, it makes sense, I guess.
I still don't like it.
I, really...
You're going straight to jail.
Gender fluid people, hands up, please, thank you.
Next up we have the agender flag,
and you know, we're seeing some green,
so it's not going to the bottom.
It's making me feel cold, but not in a negative way.
I'm not sure why.
It reminds me of... Dinosaurs?
And I like dinosaurs.
It looks like a green sandwich,
and I appreciate green and I like sandwiches, so there's--
That's positive, but I just can't put in "VERY PRETTY".
This is very difficult!
There's none that are just "VERY PRETTY",
we may have to reshuffle,
but I'm sorry, agenders,
you're going in "CERTAINLY A FLAG".
I mean, I used to be one of you.
I used to think I was agender.
Maybe it was the flag that put me off,
who knows?
Next we have the bisexual flag,
and yeah, absolutely,
I forget what Pride flag colors there are,
but the bisexual flag, 10 out of 10.
The colors just go beautifully together.
They just go so well, it's like a delicious snack.
I want to eat it.
I want to put it in "LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT",
for obvious reasons.
It's tough, between the lesbian flag and the bisexual flag,
which I prefer?
The bisexual flag feels cool to me.
Like, these are relaxing, like, cool colors.
If these colors were people, they'd be like:
"Yeah... You know.
"I'm bisexual, yeah...
"You know how it is, yeah.
"I find all different kinds of people attractive, you know?
"That's how it goes".
It's just smooth.
It's just cool.
It's just relaxed, it's confident.
I think I may have to move polysexual down into "VERY PRETTY",
because, you know,
it doesn't make me want to be polysexual.
I'm already attracted to different genders.
I admit, the polysexual flag looks tasty,
but, you know, it's not making me want to join a cult.
Maybe I--
Maybe I should just keep it in "VERY PRETTY".
Next we have the demisexual flag and, again,
what is it with the grays,
and the whites and the blacks and the purples?
Why are there so many flags with these colors?
First we should maybe explain what demisexual is
to people that don't understand.
So, demisexuals only experience sexual attraction
after an emotional connection has been made,
so, you know, I'm not demisexual.
I will see a good looking man and go straight to:
"Oh, my God, literally I--
"What, you know--
"I would-- Let's do it".
Whereas demisexuals,
they would see somebody that's attractive,
but they wouldn't be sexually attracted to them
until they formed an emotional connection.
And this is not to be mistaken with "having standards",
which I've seen a lot of people talking about.
They're like, "oh, you're not demisexual,
"you just have standards".
The thing with demisexuals is that they are physically incapable
of being sexually attracted to somebody before they have
an emotional connection.
It's not the same as like, saving yourself for somebody
until there's more of a bond, there--
It's an attraction thing.
I will just have to Google what this flag means
because it's the only one that I've got so far
where there's like a triangle, and like, why?
"Demisexual flag meaning".
"Black represents asexuality.
"Gray represents demisexuality.
"White represents sexuality.
"Purple represents community".
Okay, that's cool.
It's just a flag.
It's maybe a little bit more exciting than the asexual flag,
but it still just has to be in "CERTAINLY A FLAG".
It's not very pretty-- I'm like, I'm sorry.
I don't think anybody would see any of these gray flags
and be like, "oh, that's really pretty!
"I love that I feel represented!"
Next we have genderqueer.
What does the genderqueer flag look like?
It looks like this.
This is what the genderqueer flag looks like.
Again, green.
I'm listening.
Do you love a bit of purple,
and I like that the purple is pastel.
Pastel purple.
It's more gentle, it's not as in your face.
I kind of like it!
I do kind of wish the green was a bit nicer,
but it's not a nice green.
I can't figure out if it's "CERTAINLY A FLAG,
or "VERY PRETTY",
and I feel like, if I'm in the middle,
that means it's not very pretty.
If it feels very pretty, I'd know straight away.
It's not very pretty.
It's very close.
Can I put it halfway?
I can't.
Hmm...
You know what?
It's almost pretty.
We're gonna give it that.
It's easy on the eyes,
and in comparison to a lot of these flags that we're looking at,
it's very pretty.
Next we have the Union Jack.
This is for British people, of which I am one,
so I am entirely qualified to say this is "A CRIME - GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL".
I can only apologize so much for being British.
Next up we have the intersex flag.
I like this flag.
If you ask me what the intersex flag looked like before this video,
I don't know if I would be able to describe it to you.
I'd maybe remember the colors,
but whenever I'm at Pride and I see the intersex flag,
I'm like, "oh, absolutely, that is the intersex flag".
And I don't know how it makes sense, but it does.
I think it's cool.
I think it looks different from the other flags, you know?
They're not trying really hard to fit in,
like these asexuals and these demisexuals
with all their colors!
Here's the thing:
I wouldn't say it was pretty,
so I'm gonna say "LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT",
because this is a cool flag.
And, you know what?
I do like yellow in some circumstances,
and this is a good one!
I like how it shouldn't work, but it does.
"What does the intersex flag mean?"
Though the flag that I'm showing you
is the most commonly used one,
and it was designed by Morgan Carpenter,
of Intersex Human Rights Australia.
And they chose the colors yellow and purple because
"none of these colors represent the traditional constructs of binary identities".
Exactly, it's not like "pink for girl, blue for boy".
And I also like this.
I think this is cool.
This makes it even cooler.
Like, the other ones, I'm like:
"Oh, black is a lack of gender".
Yeah, boring.
You could do something else with it,
whereas this one says:
"The circle on the intersex flag
"is also described by Morgan as unbroken and unoramented,
"symbolizing wholeness and completeness
"and our potentialities",
which I love.
"We are still fighting for bodily autonomy
"and genital integrity,
"and this symbolizes the right to be who and how we want to be".
I love that.
If you don't know that much about intersex stuff,
you should really look into it,
because there's a bunch of [ ] that happens to intersex people.
You know, when they're born,
their doctors are just like, "oh, so, we're not really sure
"what's going on in terms of the genitalia.
"So, you, parents, let's do surgery!"
Not "you do parents",
not the parents doing the surgery.
The parents don't do the surgery!
But, for a very long time, doctors have kind of just done
non-consensual surgery on intersex children
to try and "correct them",
which is why I like the circle thing,
and how it's about wholeness,
because like, intersex people, on a whole,
there's nothing wrong with them.
I like that, hell yeah.
That's absolutely stay in "LEMME JOIN YOUR CULT".
So, the pansexual flag.
I go back and forth on this.
I'm either like, "yes, I love it.
"It's the best, it's so obnoxious".
But sometimes when I'm tired, I'm like, "look, calm down.
"You can chill out a bit".
Right now I'm just gonna say that the pansexual flag is "VERY PRETTY".
The pink is so bold,
the yellow is so bold,
the blue is so bold,
and they're all kind of equally as bond as each other.
They don't look out of place together.
It doesn't want to make me join the cult,
it doesn't, but it is very pretty.
And I feel like it also stands out from the other flags.
Like, it's very recognizable.
Next up we have the super straight flags,
for transphobic losers
who don't think that trans people are sexy.
Of course, "A CRIME - GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL".
And it is also the exact same colors as a certain adult website,
which if the flag wasn't just a big front for transphobia,
that would give it bonus points.
I would like that.
It's also got the same colors as Grindr,
which is kind of funny,
considering that Grindr it's like a gay app
and these straights are like, "no, I'm really straight!"
They chose the gay colors.
And finally, we gotta end with the trans flag.
Absolutely, you know what's going on.
I've already joined the cult.
I'm already here, as I'm sure some of you are.
I think, you know like, growing up being trans,
I didn't want to accept that I was trans
and I was embarrassed about being trans.
I wanted nothing to do with the trans flag,
but that was silly.
It's just very aesthetically pleasing.
I think this is a contender with the lesbian flag.
It's symmetrical,
I love symmetry.
The pink and the blue go beautifully together.
And I just love it!
I really-- It's a very nice flag.
So, what do you think about my tier list?
Do you agree?
Do you disagree?
Are you upset that I said something mean about your flag?
I'm sorry, but it's ugly.
But yeah, that's the end of the video.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Have a good day or don't,
see you later, losers.
Goodbye!