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Enjoy posted:
Can confirm I hate this flag. Mostly because it doesn't fit well at all when Mexico encompasses most of the hemisphere but the flag only shows the original borders.
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Sep 4, 2022 07:59
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Powered Descent posted:Got to say, whatever their politics, those fascist Uyghurs have a pretty striking flag design. I'd have gone with a slightly darker blue, though. I think they were going for the steppe sky blue that you see with Kazakhstan and Altay, so darkening it would be Official Bad Flagging. It's associated with the old Tengri days, and also conveniently a stark contrast to both traditionally-russian and later soviet and PRC bright red. Altay Kray  Altay Republic  Kökbayrak flag (unofficial, banned in PRC) for Xinjiang  And for actual sovereign entities, the Kazakh National Flag, which I'm deeply biased here but imo is the best of modern countries. In a world of boring tricolours and total fuckups (  ) who wouldn't choose the golden steppe eagle?
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Sep 4, 2022 09:35
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Sep 4, 2022 10:23
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i was about to butt in and say "who stole the flag of the East Turkestan Republic" before actually reading the post, and then actually read the post instead, have the also-relevant flags of the (defunct) second East Turkestan Republic and Uzbekistan   that said it's unlikely the ETR flags took inspiration from other central asian states, since those were parts of the USSR at the time (which, sure, had blue in their flags, but so did most of the other SSRs), and weren't really nations prior (the Emirate of Bukhara had a flag, but it wasn't particularly turkic, and turkic nationalism in central asia was only barely a thing within the russian empire at the time the USSR came into being)
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Sep 4, 2022 10:25
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India being proud of their dumb new flag for their dumb navy. Also Modi's turban. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1565619838865002500 Edgar Allen Ho posted:And for actual sovereign entities, the Kazakh National Flag, which I'm deeply biased here but imo is the best of modern countries. In a world of boring tricolours and total fuckups ( I'm not really a fan of the carpet pattern to the side that it and a few other flags do, but the central design sure is striking. I think Kyrgyzstan is the coolest of the steppe flags with a yurt ceiling on it, although the 40 sun rays are a bit cluttered. But also somebody else thought it was a cool design and co-opted its geometry for its own symbolism.  Most pre-independence SSR flags are truly awful, so it's impressive how good their post-independence flags are.
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Sep 4, 2022 15:53
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KSSR went through several variants, each boringer than the last  
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Sep 4, 2022 21:31
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 Kurzgesagt
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Sep 4, 2022 23:06
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:KSSR went through several variants, each boringer than the last Wait, they changed their flag/alphabet to Latin under the USSR? That feels like a good story, does anyone know it?
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Sep 5, 2022 11:14
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BonHair posted:Wait, they changed their flag/alphabet to Latin under the USSR? That feels like a good story, does anyone know it? They changed from arabic to latin (looks lot like Turkish) under the USSR, then from Latin to Cyrilic during one of the periods of Russification in the USSR. They are currently changing from Cyrilic back to Latin.
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Sep 5, 2022 15:27
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VictualSquid posted:They changed from arabic to latin (looks lot like Turkish) under the USSR, then from Latin to Cyrilic during one of the periods of Russification in the USSR. They are currently changing from Cyrilic back to Latin. Then what's the deal with the (double) Cyrillic on the first flag? Shouldn't it be Arabic then?
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Sep 5, 2022 15:34
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BonHair posted:Then what's the deal with the (double) Cyrillic on the first flag? Shouldn't it be Arabic then?
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Sep 5, 2022 16:10
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Guavanaut posted:
Surely you mean Kyrgzgesagt
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Sep 5, 2022 19:34
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The state of Utah is working on a new flag. They have 20 semi finalist designs, and anyone can give feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MoreThanAFlagAll22 They ask for a zip code, so maybe pick a random utah zip code to make sure your voice is heard
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Sep 8, 2022 23:06
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That's neat, though I won't vote for a place I don't live. Here's all of them: 
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Sep 9, 2022 00:22
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The only one that doesn’t entirely look like 2010s corporate redesign aesthetic is the middle top one.
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Sep 9, 2022 00:38
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Bottom middle is the only one on there that makes me think of Utah (as a non-Utahn). Beehive symbolism is some weird / creepy poo poo tbh. Bottom right looks like a Republican campaign logo.
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Sep 9, 2022 01:41
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Randallteal posted:Bottom middle is the only one on there that makes me think of Utah (as a non-Utahn). Beehive symbolism is some weird / creepy poo poo tbh. Bottom right looks like a Republican campaign logo. It's apparently an LDS symbol, so you got it in one. Assuming this BYU article is accurate, nothing creepy about having "the kingdom of god" on a bunch of state seals and flags and poo poo, nope, not at all. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Sep 9, 2022 |
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Sep 9, 2022 01:52
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Count Roland posted:That's neat, though I won't vote for a place I don't live. 4 x 4 looks like the flag of the Marshall Islands: 
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Sep 9, 2022 01:52
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I like that first column, third row is pretty blatantly copying Mississippi’s new flag, just with the Utah state flower
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Sep 9, 2022 02:02
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smug n stuff posted:I like that first column, third row is pretty blatantly copying Mississippi’s new flag, just with the Utah state flower I was thinking the Hong Kong flag
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Sep 9, 2022 02:57
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I kinda like third row on the right for the same reasons as bottom middle, I'm just a sucker for stars on flags 
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Sep 9, 2022 03:30
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Bloody Pom posted:I kinda like third row on the right for the same reasons as bottom middle, I'm just a sucker for stars on flags Apparently the 8-pointed stars are supposed to represent the 8 tribal nations in Utah, which is neat.
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Sep 9, 2022 05:32
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Column one row three looks like a Japanese prefecture flag
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Sep 9, 2022 12:54
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Discendo Vox posted:It's apparently an LDS symbol, so you got it in one. Assuming this BYU article is accurate, nothing creepy about having "the kingdom of god" on a bunch of state seals and flags and poo poo, nope, not at all. It's very Gilead.
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Sep 9, 2022 15:05
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King Hong Kong posted:The only one that doesn’t entirely look like 2010s corporate redesign aesthetic is the middle top one. 2010 corporate redesign is a very Mormon aesthetic so it’s apropos really
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Sep 9, 2022 19:20
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I’d merge #15 and #18 if possible.
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Sep 9, 2022 20:31
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the bottom middle delicate arch where it crosses line boundaries looks a bit too... idk, modern graphic design-y for a flag. the flat one with the star on the right looks much more flag-like that said the rest arent proper 2010 corp redesign. what we really need is a flag with some horrid globohomo people 
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Sep 10, 2022 00:59
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Upon election I promise to petition the UN to replace each nation's flag and arms with a suitably stereotypical dog Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the national dog."
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Sep 10, 2022 13:20
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Makes me glad my state flag knocked it out of the park on the second try 🌙 🌴
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Sep 14, 2022 17:25
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Alright nerds, I was at the hospital today for some reason, and I saw this mural. It's obviously not new, but I'm guessing it's possible to date fairly accurately. And I hope y'all will like the challenge and/or have some good trivia: I personally suck at flags, but Canada and DDR places it between 1965-1991 ish
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Sep 14, 2022 21:04
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It's 1971, I think -- I see Zaire, which was instuted that year, EDIT: Whoops they changed the UAR flag as well. But the three-star Syrian flag is there which went out of use in 1972, so I'm still comfortable with my 1971 guess. ninjahedgehog fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Sep 14, 2022 |
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Sep 14, 2022 21:12
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Also South Vietnam is still on there so it’s between 1971 and 1975
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Sep 14, 2022 21:44
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Pre-1974 Afghan flag in the top left, and the 1973-1979 flag of the Cook Islands just above Ireland and to the left of Costa Rica.
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Sep 14, 2022 22:30
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Is that the Vietcong banner between the West German and old Yemen flag?
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Sep 14, 2022 22:48
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1970-75 Cambodian flag, and pre-1975 Laotian flag. I have no idea what the country between Laos and Lebanon is supposed to be, someone help e: it's Lesotho, 1966-87, but I have no idea why it's before Lebanon.
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Sep 14, 2022 23:43
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Albino Squirrel posted:e: it's Lesotho, 1966-87, but I have no idea why it's before Lebanon. Because while it is in alphabetical order, I think it's Danish. Which would also explain why it ends in Austria, East Germany and East Yemen (All of which begin with Ø)
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Sep 15, 2022 08:26
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Jerkhammer posted:Because while it is in alphabetical order, I think it's Danish. Which would also explain why it ends in Austria, East Germany and East Yemen (All of which begin with Ø) Absolutely correct, specifically it's Herlev Hospital. I'm also amazed that this was answered in 10 minutes with a specific year. That's pretty cool!
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Sep 15, 2022 14:23
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They have some out-of-date and unrecognized flags. The Republic of Anguilla was a largely unrecognized state that used that three-dolphins-in-a-circle motif from 1967 to 1969. And there's both the flags of the Yemen Arab Republic and the Kingdom of Yemen (the red one with the sword), although the war between them was over by 1970. It's like Danish hospital painters in the early 70s didn't have Wikipedia or something.
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Sep 15, 2022 16:23
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Ikasuhito posted:Is that the Vietcong banner between the West German and old Yemen flag? Sure is. They even have the North Vietnam flag up there, so that's a weird one.
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