It’s wild, because almost every Texan I’ve met in-person has had a lot of pride in Texas. At college events that included students from most of the states, the Texans were the only ones who started cheering and clapping whenever they heard someone on stage casually say the name of their state. It caught the first presenter completely off-guard. The rest of the presenters quickly learned to leave a pause whenever they said it.
It’s wild, because almost every Texan I’ve met in-person has had a lot of pride in Texas. At college events that included students from most of the states, the Texans were the only ones who started cheering and clapping whenever they heard someone on stage casually say the name of their state. It caught the first presenter completely off-guard. The rest of the presenters quickly learned to leave a pause whenever they said it.
I’ve lived here my whole life and I hate this shithole.
I didn’t really understand it much myself but it’s definitely taught to us from an early age and then it just kinda sticks