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BonHair posted:It's a Eurocentric projection really, which seems odd when Usan maps are usually centered on the Americas. What? No they’re not, they use the standard eurocentric layout with Europe in the centre and the Pacific on both edges. I’ve almost never seen a US (or canadian!) map of the world centred on the Americas. That said, someone not phoneposting should post the US Marine Corps flag that prominently features an eagle mounting the globe
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:What? No they’re not, they use the standard eurocentric layout with Europe in the centre and the Pacific on both edges. I’ve almost never seen a US (or canadian!) map of the world centred on the Americas.  As an outfit made for foreign military adventures the globe makes more sense. Especially with only the Americas visible.
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I don't anything is going to top this globe. Apparently it started out with a technical issue with a component called an octopus harness, and then that turned into a running gag that their supervillain superiors liked the symbolism of. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-story-behind-the-comically-villainous-octopus-logo-of-us-spy-agency
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SlothfulCobra posted:I don't anything is going to top this globe. i can't believe people don't like this logo its amazing
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SlothfulCobra posted:I don't anything is going to top this globe. same energy 
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Merge the two Georgias into one state, this is getting too confusing.
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BonHair posted:Merge the two Georgias into one state, this is getting too confusing. Finally the US and Russia go to war directly.
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BonHair posted:Merge the two Georgias into one state, this is getting too confusing.
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frankenfreak posted:Don't forget you also need South Georgia for the achievement! Also New Georgia!
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One thing that was crazy about the capitol attack was just how many drat flags there were. Barely any picket signs, a million flags (which they also used as weapons). Which I think both speaks to a lot of things. There's how the protestors were kind of ideologically vapid without any clear messages or complex ideas they want to push beyond just their general allegiance, there's how conservatives for a long time now have co-opted generic americana to imply that only they are the true americans and their rivals are all false americans (that was a lot bigger during the W days), and there's the fact that there's a huge industry for flagmaking for these flag-happy idiots so they can do things like cross the Texas flag with the snake flag. For whatever reason, they really like flags as a medium. Here's a good article analyzing some of their flags. https://qz.com/1953366/decoding-the-pro-trump-insurrectionist-flags-and-banners/ When I first saw that there were flags for the Trump campaign, something about it just deeply disgusted me about the concept. Not just because he's a horrible monster, but because it seems like a way of elevating the pissfuck above the nation, like in a place where you've put a flagpole, you're raising some fuckin' idiot's personal logo instead of your nation or even your locality.
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Has anyone determined whether the guy with the Georgian flag (the nation, not the state) was just a moron who bought the first thing he found online for 'Georgia flag,' or if there is some weird Georgian iconography fetishism in the far right? Leaning heavily towards the former for what should be obvious reasons.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Has anyone determined whether the guy with the Georgian flag (the nation, not the state) was just a moron who bought the first thing he found online for 'Georgia flag,' or if there is some weird Georgian iconography fetishism in the far right? There were a number of other national flags there so it seems less likely, unfortunately.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:That's like all of European heraldry. To be fair, the nobles did traditionally own, and by extension represent, the land. These posts remind me of an article I read a few years ago about an Iranian factory that made hand painted American flags. The entire business was based on burning the flags, which somehow seemed reasonable to all involved.
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When I was a kid, americans bought loads of french wine to film themselves pouring out. To own France for not joining the Iraq War ofc
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:americans bought loads “Butt” loads was right there!
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BonHair posted:To be fair, the nobles did traditionally own, and by extension represent, the land. I mean, if there’s a huge demand for burning American flags, it makes sense. Add some wolfram to make it extra spectacular and stuff
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Hey flag thread, I recently found out that Poland has two official national flags!  According to wiki, quote:The basic variant of the national flag is a plain white-and-red horizontal bicolor. A variant defaced with the coat of arms is restricted to official use abroad and at sea. Legal restrictions notwithstanding, the two variants are often treated as interchangeable in practice. But my question is: do these have any unofficial political significance? I'm aware there's currently a big old chasm in Polish politics between people who think women are human beings and a super Trumpy block of arseholes, does either side favour one or the other flag?
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SlothfulCobra posted:Here's a good article analyzing some of their flags. https://qz.com/1953366/decoding-the-pro-trump-insurrectionist-flags-and-banners/ I guess I'm a flag nerd because a few errors in that article jumped out at me. 1) In the diagram at the top of the page, the upside-down US flag is inverted the wrong way; rotated 180 in-plane instead of mirrored vertically. (In other words, the pole is still at the left side, as always, and the sewn-in attachment points don't magically move to the other end of the flag.) 2) They miscounted the stars on the Confederate battle flag. 3) I admit this one's nitpicky as hell, but they refer to the Betsy Ross flag having 13 stars in the "corner", not in the "canton". 
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I am hoping some of you flag experts can help me ID a flag I saw hanging in a home office over a Zoom call. By memory it was in a Texas home, seven alternating red and white stripes and sixteen (I think) stars in a circle in the upper left. Definitely didn't match any representation of the Betsy Ross flag that I have seen. My first thought it that it was an historic Texas flag, but did not match any Texas flag I could find. Thank You
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Septic Knothead posted:I am hoping some of you flag experts can help me ID a flag I saw hanging in a home office over a Zoom call. By memory it was in a Texas home, seven alternating red and white stripes and sixteen (I think) stars in a circle in the upper left. Definitely didn't match any representation of the Betsy Ross flag that I have seen. My first thought it that it was an historic Texas flag, but did not match any Texas flag I could find. What color were the stars? Was the corner a different color? Can you draw a lovely MS Paint sketch of the flag, maybe?
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Septic Knothead posted:I am hoping some of you flag experts can help me ID a flag I saw hanging in a home office over a Zoom call. By memory it was in a Texas home, seven alternating red and white stripes and sixteen (I think) stars in a circle in the upper left. Definitely didn't match any representation of the Betsy Ross flag that I have seen. My first thought it that it was an historic Texas flag, but did not match any Texas flag I could find. Like this, maybe? 
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Unkempt posted:But my question is: do these have any unofficial political significance? I'm aware there's currently a big old chasm in Polish politics between people who think women are human beings and a super Trumpy block of arseholes, does either side favour one or the other flag? There's quite a few countries with both civil and state flags, the latter representing the head of state and government. I don't think it's an issue for anyone in Poland or elsewhere.
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Anything with additional superfluous eagles risks attracting fash though.
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Guavanaut posted:Anything with additional superfluous eagles risks attracting fash though. Flag thread: superfluous eagles risks attracting fash
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Civilized Fishbot posted:What color were the stars? Was the corner a different color? White stars on a blue canton. And it's possible that the canton is like the left 1/3rd of the flag. Seven red and white alternating stripes.
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Byzantine posted:Like this, maybe? Thanks for the reply. Not not that. Only 7 stripes, and I think the canton wasn't actually in the corner, it was probably the left 1/3 of the flag. White stars in a circle.
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Ohio’s flag has seventeen stars but not enough stripes and it’s not rectangular. Fan edit:  Flag of Cuba as a U.S. state in someone’s althist:  Flag of Cuba but they gently caress their cousins: 
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Flagid.org only has 1 flag with a vertical stripe on the hoist and 7 horizontal stripes: Jura Canton of Switzerland Moving the vertical stripe to the fly gives the Aargau Canton of Switzerland instead: 
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Platystemon posted:
As someone from Ohio, this triggers me. Our awesome flag is the only thing we have, don't take it away from us!
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Xombie posted:As someone from Ohio, this triggers me. You have astronauts, too, I thought.
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was there a flag for mount mckinley? 
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Ok someone asked for a lovely mspaint. Can. Do. The number of stars is approximate.  Thanks for any help in ID
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Septic Knothead posted:Ok someone asked for a lovely mspaint. Can. Do.  ?
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Yes, this looks like it. What is it? (and thank you).
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longflag (specifically a pulldown banner flag, but longflag)
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It looks like it's just the colonial flag as a banner and doesn't have its own history as a flag.
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 The actual flag of my town. I have no idea what the story behind it is and most people who live here don't know it exists because there's very few mentions of it anywhere. One of the few references is the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvallis,_Oregon I would have thought it was a joke except that I later noticed it flies outside city hall.  Portland's is pretty cool tho and gets cited as one of the best city flags in the US, despite kinda looking like a swastika. 
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Portland's flag is a modified Nordic cross, it's pretty good.
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