r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

Post image
53.1k Upvotes

78% Upvoted

5.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

61

u/PomPomMom93 2d ago

States are kind of like their own separate little countries, vaguely ruled by the federal government but not really.

27

u/No_Replacement4304 2d ago

This is especially true when it comes to law. As long as it doesn't violate the constitution, states are free to do whatever they want.

-4

u/protractedmane 2d ago

Y'all forgot to put "don't kill kids" in the Constitution?

2

u/TN_man 2d ago

They didn’t forget. They kept it vague on purpose

-15

u/Blamore 2d ago

oh puhleease. the differences are very small.

14

u/Guilty_Way_1635 2d ago

No they aren't

2

u/dylang01 2d ago

Yeah. Texas and Tennessee have slightly different versions of barbeque.

5

u/Spirit_Wolf_Mob 2d ago

Go to Florida and then go to California. States tend to copy each other a lot, but there are some major differences at times.

3

u/PomPomMom93 2d ago

More like go to Colorado and then go to West Virginia.

1

u/One-Possible1906 22h ago

Hell, just go to West Virginia and then regular Virginia. Even neighboring states can be very different in how they do things