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The new American Flag

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  • Ziac45Ziac45 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Irond Will wrote: »
    i was out in public kind of musing about how ugly maryland's flag is

    like i think i said that it was the clown of state flags

    and some random stranger overheard me and got pissed and called me out

    it was kind of embarrassing for both of us i think

    He was probably from Maryland. That is one thing about this state we all really love the flag and are proud of the state.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2010
    Ziac45 wrote: »
    Irond Will wrote: »
    i was out in public kind of musing about how ugly maryland's flag is

    like i think i said that it was the clown of state flags

    and some random stranger overheard me and got pissed and called me out

    it was kind of embarrassing for both of us i think

    He was probably from Maryland. That is one thing about this state we all really love the flag and are proud of the state.

    maybe he was a juggalo

    Doc on
  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Guys I think South Carolina might be a secret Muslim.

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    state-flag-virginia.jpg

    sorry bros, we win.

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Guys I think South Carolina might be a secret Muslim.

    They can't be, they voted for McCai.... oh. I see, very crafty.

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  • SpacemilkSpacemilk Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    state-flag-virginia.jpg

    sorry bros, we win.
    pages n' pages late

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    So Kyrgyzstan's flag is just the XBox360 logo?

    167px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png

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  • Modern ManModern Man Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    So Kyrgyzstan's flag is just the XBox360 logo?

    167px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png
    Eventually, a corporation will pay a country to change its flag to its corporate logo- "Singapore, brought to you by Microsoft."

    There's already a town named after a game show, so why not?

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Brian888 wrote: »
    Ziac45 wrote: »
    No matter that the new flag is it won't be as badass as Maryland's.

    Maryland_stateFLAG.gif

    that's ugly, not badass

    The Flag of the State of Maryland consists of the heraldic banner of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. It is the only state flag in the United States to be based on English heraldry. (While the flag of Washington, D.C. is a representation of the coat of arms of the Washington family, Washington, D.C. is not a state.)

    That's right, we have actual British heraldry as our flag.

    Respect, bitches.

    No. It's still butt-ugly.

    As a current Maryland resident, I'd like to say:

    yeah, it's really ugly. But it certainly isn't more ugly than the flag for my previous state, New York.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Modern Man wrote: »
    mxmarks wrote: »
    So Kyrgyzstan's flag is just the XBox360 logo?

    167px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png
    Eventually, a corporation will pay a country to change its flag to its corporate logo- "Singapore, brought to you by Microsoft."

    There's already a town named after a game show, so why not?
    Don't forget "Google, KS."

    As if we needed more reason to be embarrassed to be Kansan.

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  • PhistiPhisti Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I give you the Hawaii state flag.

    hawaii_flag.gif

    I love me the Jack, but really, does that flag scream America! or what? - I think what... Comparatively it owns most other state flags though, all of the original 13 colonies in particular have awful state flags.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Well, Liberia stole our "Keep the stripes, go with one star" design.

    190px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited September 2010
    Modern Man wrote: »
    mxmarks wrote: »
    So Kyrgyzstan's flag is just the XBox360 logo?

    167px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png
    Eventually, a corporation will pay a country to change its flag to its corporate logo- "Singapore, brought to you by Microsoft."

    There's already a town named after a game show, so why not?

    T or C is the worst place on earth

    god does it suck

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  • NODeNODe Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Duffel wrote: »

    Still, my favorite is probably South Carolina's:
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    I don't know why, but it just looks cool and kind of mysterious.

    Is South Carolina's state song Midnight At The Oasis?

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  • stevemarks44stevemarks44 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Saudi Arabia's flag has to be fucking terrifying for the Western World...

    250px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Saudi Arabia's flag has to be fucking terrifying for the Western World...

    250px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png

    Sure if anyone bothered to read up on it. But hey the dude holds hands with Bush, so they must be good right?

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  • stevemarks44stevemarks44 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Holy shit, this is apparently the real flag of one of the Federal Subjects of Russia. Get ready for ultimate destruction at the hands of Yaroslavl Oblast
    800px-Flag_of_Yaroslavl_Oblast.png

    And watch out for the coat of arms, because then that shit gets a crown
    324px-Coat_of_arms_of_Yaroslavl_Oblast.png

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  • NODeNODe Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Saudi Arabia's flag has to be fucking terrifying for the Western World...

    250px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png

    Sure if anyone bothered to read up on it. But hey the dude holds hands with Bush, so they must be good right?

    Look, they found this sword and they're just trying to get it back to it's rightful owner. What's the problem?

    NODe on
  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I don't see what the big deal is; Mozambique's flag has a goddamn AK-47 in it.
    800px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Phisti wrote: »
    I give you the Hawaii state flag.

    hawaii_flag.gif

    I love me the Jack, but really, does that flag scream America! or what? - I think what... Comparatively it owns most other state flags though, all of the original 13 colonies in particular have awful state flags.

    To me it screams 'I don't know what I want to be'.

    Like it's having an identity crisis, or loyalty issues. The poor thing.

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  • SpacemilkSpacemilk Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Modern Man wrote: »
    mxmarks wrote: »
    So Kyrgyzstan's flag is just the XBox360 logo?

    167px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png
    Eventually, a corporation will pay a country to change its flag to its corporate logo- "Singapore, brought to you by Microsoft."

    There's already a town named after a game show, so why not?
    Don't forget "Google, KS."

    As if we needed more reason to be embarrassed to be Kansan.
    HA! You beat me to it!

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Saudi Arabia's flag has to be fucking terrifying for the Western World...
    250px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png

    Speaking of flags that run the risk of terrifying Americans, apparently the famous AK-47 sporting flag of Mozambique used to be even more communist-looking:

    500px-Flag_of_Mozambique_%281983%29.svg.png

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Guns and hos. Way to subvert that stereotype.

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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Couscous wrote: »
    Guns and hos. Way to subvert that stereotype.

    awful awful post
    4 stars

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  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Couscous wrote: »
    Guns and hos. Way to subvert that stereotype.

    Someone give this man a medal.

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Goddamn your state flags are hideous.

    I mean, Provincial Flags aren't there greatest, but they ain't THAT bad:
    ProvinicialFlagsMap1.jpg

    Gotta give props to Newfoundland here. Well done guys.

    Quebec and PEI are good too imo.

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited September 2010
    Ziac45 wrote: »
    Irond Will wrote: »
    i was out in public kind of musing about how ugly maryland's flag is

    like i think i said that it was the clown of state flags

    and some random stranger overheard me and got pissed and called me out

    it was kind of embarrassing for both of us i think

    He was probably from Maryland. That is one thing about this state we all really love the flag and are proud of the state.

    also: scrapple

    but yeah she was almost certainly a marylander. i think i was either in DC or in pennsylvania at the time

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited September 2010
    shryke wrote: »
    Goddamn your state flags are hideous.

    I mean, Provincial Flags aren't there greatest, but they ain't THAT bad:
    ProvinicialFlagsMap1.jpg

    Gotta give props to Newfoundland here. Well done guys.

    Quebec and PEI are good too imo.

    nunavut looks like it was the winning entry from "have your kid draw the provincial flag day"

    of course, only twenty people live in nunavut, so maybe it's just an elaborate prank

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited September 2010
    also, BC's flag is eye-poppingly ugly

    quebec's is tasteful though, unlike her people

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited September 2010
    also, BC's flag is eye-poppingly ugly

    quebec's is tasteful though, unlike her people

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Irond Will wrote: »
    shryke wrote: »
    Goddamn your state flags are hideous.

    I mean, Provincial Flags aren't there greatest, but they ain't THAT bad:
    ProvinicialFlagsMap1.jpg

    Gotta give props to Newfoundland here. Well done guys.

    Quebec and PEI are good too imo.

    nunavut looks like it was the winning entry from "have your kid draw the provincial flag day"

    of course, only twenty people live in nunavut, so maybe it's just an elaborate prank

    Wow, Nunavut's flag may be pretty awful, but it's coat of arms MORE than makes up for it.
    Arms_nunavut_canadian_desig.jpg

    Igloo with a crown + Elk + Narwhail + Hyroglyphics from LOST = Unbeatable.

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  • frandelgearslipfrandelgearslip 457670Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Getting back to the Puerto Rican issue anybody who thinks any Republican except the 10% most hardcore racist will oppose Puerto Rico becoming a state is deluding themselves with their hate.

    1. As somebody said Republicans are big in Puerto Rico and maybe they all become democrats the day after statehood, but it is still enough to give Republicans a legitimate belief that the state will swing their way. Remember under Bush they had a delusion that they could get the full Hispanic vote.

    2. Republicans still love the idea of Manifest Destiny. Adding more territory trumps almost anything. Give the average Republican his choice and the world would consist of Mexico, France, Russia, China, Middle East and a very large United States. Puerto Rico is probably the last chance to add an extra state ever, that is a once in the lifetime opportunity for most Republicans.

    3. The average Tea Partier hates Mexicans not Hispanics in general. True they treat all hispanics the same, but they in their ignorance assume all Hispanics in the US are Mexicans. Ask the average Republican about Mexico and then ask them about Brazil and you will get two totally different answers.

    4. Its an untenable position. To prevent U.S. Citizens from gaining statehood would cast them in a very negative light even with a significant portion of there own party, Much less the American people in general, Much less the U.N.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    shryke wrote: »
    Goddamn your state flags are hideous.

    I mean, Provincial Flags aren't there greatest, but they ain't THAT bad:
    ProvinicialFlagsMap1.jpg

    Gotta give props to Newfoundland here. Well done guys.

    Quebec and PEI are good too imo.

    Not enough Fleur-de-lis on the Fleurdelisé.

    Needs more French. And an angry Québécois bus driver at Whistler-Blackcomb yelling at me to hurry the hell up.

    Havelock on
  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited September 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    Irond Will wrote: »
    shryke wrote: »
    Goddamn your state flags are hideous.

    I mean, Provincial Flags aren't there greatest, but they ain't THAT bad:
    ProvinicialFlagsMap1.jpg

    Gotta give props to Newfoundland here. Well done guys.

    Quebec and PEI are good too imo.

    nunavut looks like it was the winning entry from "have your kid draw the provincial flag day"

    of course, only twenty people live in nunavut, so maybe it's just an elaborate prank

    Wow, Nunavut's flag may be pretty awful, but it's coat of arms MORE than makes up for it.
    Arms_nunavut_canadian_desig.jpg

    Igloo with a crown + Elk + Narwhail + Hyroglyphics from LOST = Unbeatable.

    that is amazing

    the moon language banner is great

    actually the whole thing is incredible

    what is that cartoon dong thing anyways?

    and the bowl of food. wtf?

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  • stevemarks44stevemarks44 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I'm sorry guys, but I'm not letting bear with a halbred go without a fight...
    800px-Flag_of_Yaroslavl_Oblast.png

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  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    What is that language? I don't understand nunavut!

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I'm sorry guys, but I'm not letting bear with a halbred go without a fight...
    800px-Flag_of_Yaroslavl_Oblast.png

    This.

    This must be our flag.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I'm sorry guys, but I'm not letting bear with a halbred go without a fight...
    800px-Flag_of_Yaroslavl_Oblast.png

    This.

    This must be our flag.
    Just put a bald eagle with a shotgun facing the bear.

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    I'm sorry guys, but I'm not letting bear with a halbred go without a fight...
    800px-Flag_of_Yaroslavl_Oblast.png

    This.

    This must be our flag.
    Just put a bald eagle with a shotgun facing the bear.

    Better yet a bear dual wielding a shotgun and a halberd hanging from the talons of said eagle.

    It says, "we're going kick your ass, but from the air because casualties look bad", which is really America in a nutshell.

    Styrofoam Sammich on
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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    I'm sorry guys, but I'm not letting bear with a halbred go without a fight...
    800px-Flag_of_Yaroslavl_Oblast.png

    This.

    This must be our flag.
    Just put a bald eagle with a shotgun facing the bear.

    Better yet a bear dual wielding a shotgun and a halberd hanging from the talons of said eagle.

    It says, "we're going kick your ass, but from the air because casualties look bad", which is really America in a nutshell.
    I was going more for a stylistic allegory for the Cold War, but this works too.

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