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The new American Flag

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  • Brian888Brian888 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    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.

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  • EvanderEvander Disappointed Father Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    MD Flag (and DC flag, for that matter" both routinely show up on the short list of best and worst flag designs. Love it or hate it, it at least seems to grab everyone's attention.

    DC, for refference, is based on Washington's own coat of Arms:

    dc_flag_l.gif

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  • DuffelDuffel jacobkosh Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Evander wrote: »
    MD Flag (and DC flag, for that matter" both routinely show up on the short list of best and worst flag designs. Love it or hate it, it at least seems to grab everyone's attention.

    DC, for refference, is based on Washington's own coat of Arms:

    dc_flag_l.gif
    That's the DC flag? That's terrible. It looks like it was made in 5 minutes in MS Paint. Not that every flag should be elaborate (France, Germany, Russia, etc. are simple but still look cool) but you think they'd at least try to work BLUE into it somewhere.

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  • EvanderEvander Disappointed Father Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Duffel wrote: »
    Evander wrote: »
    MD Flag (and DC flag, for that matter" both routinely show up on the short list of best and worst flag designs. Love it or hate it, it at least seems to grab everyone's attention.

    DC, for refference, is based on Washington's own coat of Arms:

    dc_flag_l.gif
    That's the DC flag? That's terrible. It looks like it was made in 5 minutes in MS Paint. Not that every flag should be elaborate (France, Germany, Russia, etc. are simple but still look cool) but you think they'd at least try to work BLUE into it somewhere.

    You sound like a million board room execs who just don't "get it"

    It was based on Washington's own coat of arms:
    COA_George_Washington.svg

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  • DuffelDuffel jacobkosh Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I'm aware of that but that still doesn't mean it's visually appealing. Of course nobody cares about city flags anyway but my hometown of like 2000 people had a better-looking flag than that.

    Maybe I just hate the red-on-white field. It reminds me of matchbook covers and packs of cigarettes.

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  • EvanderEvander Disappointed Father Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    It's not a city flag, It's a District flag.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2010
    For all the bickering in this thread, let's all be thankful our flags AREN'T THE FUCKING SAME.

    Vermont:
    Vermont%20State%20Flag.gif

    New Hampshire:
    NH-State-Flag_2.png

    Maine:
    Maine_state_flag.png

    I mean look at these shits. If you removed the state name from the flag would you really be able to tell which state is which?

    And why the fuck does New Hampshire have a boat? The state's coast line is about the size of my drive way!

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Those flags are pretty distinct.

    MKR on
  • Edith_Bagot-DixEdith_Bagot-Dix Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Zython wrote: »
    Tomanta wrote: »
    The 52nd state will be a corporation.

    Just watch. It'll happen.

    Hell, Disney could probably be their own country. I mean, they already have their own currency.

    A country perhaps, but you will never see a corporation as a state. States only get two senators.

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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    What I am gathering from this thread is that state flags are uniformly terrible.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29.svg
    Flags shouldn't have people on them. They always end up looking like shitty clipart. This is especially true for anything that attempts to display anything complex like a boat. They also shouldn't have "In God We Trust" on them.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered 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.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Couscous wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29.svg
    Flags shouldn't have people on them. They always end up looking like shitty clipart. This is especially true for anything that attempts to display anything complex like a boat. They also shouldn't have "In God We Trust" on them.

    I love that one of the things on Georgia's flag is "Moderation".

    Thats Georgia, always keeping themselves in check.

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  • EvanderEvander Disappointed Father Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    WIS
    DOM

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    This is my proposal for the Washington D.C. flag:

    dcflag.png

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Hachface wrote: »
    What I am gathering from this thread is that state flags are uniformly terrible.

    I always thought California's flag wasn't too bad.

    I mean.

    It has a bear. Also, a star.

    Oh, and words on it.

    california_state_flag.jpg

    No nevermind that's terrible. The bear looks like he's moonwalking. Jesus.

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  • DrezDrez 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.

    It looks like a cross between something you'd see on a church and a crash test dummy.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Havelock wrote: »
    Hachface wrote: »
    What I am gathering from this thread is that state flags are uniformly terrible.

    I always thought California's flag wasn't too bad.

    I mean.

    It has a bear. Also, a star.

    Oh, and words on it.

    california_state_flag.jpg

    No nevermind that's terrible. The bear looks like he's moonwalking. Jesus.
    Red star. Check

    Bear. Check

    So, it's pretty obvious that California's flag is Russian propaganda. I can't have been the first to make this connection.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Most heraldry is fairly ugly.
    MacLellan_crest.png

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Havelock wrote: »
    Hachface wrote: »
    What I am gathering from this thread is that state flags are uniformly terrible.

    I always thought California's flag wasn't too bad.

    I mean.

    It has a bear. Also, a star.

    Oh, and words on it.

    california_state_flag.jpg

    No nevermind that's terrible. The bear looks like he's moonwalking. Jesus.
    Red star. Check

    Bear. Check

    So, it's pretty obvious that California's flag is Russian propaganda. I can't have been the first to make this connection.

    Steven Colbert must never go there.

    Couscous on
  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Hachface wrote: »
    What I am gathering from this thread is that state flags are uniformly terrible.

    They really are.

    It's cool to have pride in your state flag, but secretly we all know they're pretty bad.

    As far as the American flag goes, I didn't realize how attached I was to it until people started advocating changing it (I'm not talking about adding a star for a new state, that's obviously something that happens) around dramatically.

    I say hells no to that.

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  • Modern ManModern Man Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Zython wrote: »
    Tomanta wrote: »
    The 52nd state will be a corporation.

    Just watch. It'll happen.

    Hell, Disney could probably be their own country. I mean, they already have their own currency.

    A country perhaps, but you will never see a corporation as a state. States only get two senators.
    :lol: True. Archer Daniel Midlands probably already has half a dozen Senators under its belt.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Havelock wrote: »
    Hachface wrote: »
    What I am gathering from this thread is that state flags are uniformly terrible.

    I always thought California's flag wasn't too bad.

    I mean.

    It has a bear. Also, a star.

    Oh, and words on it.

    california_state_flag.jpg

    No nevermind that's terrible. The bear looks like he's moonwalking. Jesus.
    Red star. Check

    Bear. Check

    So, it's pretty obvious that California's flag is Russian propaganda. I can't have been the first to make this connection.


    It also doesn't help that the font used on the flag looks like it could go on the cover of Das Kapital.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29.svg
    Flags shouldn't have people on them. They always end up looking like shitty clipart. This is especially true for anything that attempts to display anything complex like a boat. They also shouldn't have "In God We Trust" on them.

    I love that one of the things on Georgia's flag is "Moderation".

    Thats Georgia, always keeping themselves in check.

    It used to be the confederate flag. That's pretty moderate in comparison. :rotate:

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    You know the main reason I support statehood for PR today?

    It would mean Michelle Bachmann would no longer be a Congresswoman.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Back when I had a Commadore64 I used to play Olympics games with my dad and I got really into flags. I had a flag book and everything. I always like Albania because seriously, what the fuck is that thing. Its like a mythical monster.

    140px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png

    Im also a huge fan of Barbados because it looks like Aquaman's flag.

    150px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Hachface wrote: »
    What I am gathering from this thread is that state flags are uniformly terrible.

    They really are.

    It's cool to have pride in your state flag, but secretly we all know they're pretty bad.

    As far as the American flag goes, I didn't realize how attached I was to it until people started advocating changing it (I'm not talking about adding a star for a new state, that's obviously something that happens) around dramatically.

    I say hells no to that.

    I was going to argue that Colorado's flag looked ok.
    Then I looked at it again. Sure it doesn't have any bears or eye-searing heraldry on it, but that big "C"...
    Granted, it's not as bad as most state flags. I don't even know what I'm trying to say anymore.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Man Wikipedia is SO awesome for this topic.

    I have no problems with Arizona's flag.
    150px-Flag_of_Arizona.svg.png

    But holy shit, Nevada's flag (circa 1902) looks like an ad on a geocities website:
    150px-Flag_of_Nevada_1905.svg.png

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Seriously, California's flag looks like something you'd see on a tank regiment in the Caucuses circa 1980.

    Just turn the R around.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    Man Wikipedia is SO awesome for this topic

    But holy shit, Nevada's flag (circa 1902) looks like an ad on a geocities website:
    150px-Flag_of_Nevada_1905.svg.png

    It looks like an ad for a gold seller.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    MKR wrote: »
    mxmarks wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29.svg
    Flags shouldn't have people on them. They always end up looking like shitty clipart. This is especially true for anything that attempts to display anything complex like a boat. They also shouldn't have "In God We Trust" on them.

    I love that one of the things on Georgia's flag is "Moderation".

    Thats Georgia, always keeping themselves in check.

    It used to be the confederate flag. That's pretty moderate in comparison. :rotate:

    It is more moderate than having flags on your flag.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia_%282001-2003%29.svg

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  • Modern ManModern Man Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    I always like Albania because seriously, what the fuck is that thing. Its like a mythical monster.
    Wales has them beat. This is a flag that screams "Don't fuck with us, unless you've got a fully-geared level 80 Tank with a dedicated Healer."

    800px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2010
    That thing has a tail for a tongue.

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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    That thing has a tail for a tongue.

    And a brain for its heart.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    It seems like it would be pretty uncomfortable to have an arrow-shaped tongue.

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  • DuffelDuffel jacobkosh Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    That Georgia flag would have been OK without the other flags.

    Personally I think navy blue and gold are pretty classy colors for flags, since they look official but not too loud.

    My own state's flag is... alright. I prefer not to have human figures on a flag but it could be worse. Supposedly, the guy on the left is supposed to be a frontiersman, whereas the dude on the right is a statesman, and we're all equal or whatever. Sometimes they mess it up and portray both of the dudes as wearing suits, which kind of ruins it. I personally would rather have had a racehorse on it, but they even took those off of the license plates.

    I would also prefer that the motto was in Latin, but it's actually a pretty good state motto, especially considering what happened there in the Civil War.
    KentuckyFLAG.gif

    Still, my favorite is probably South Carolina's:
    nunst066.gif

    I don't know why, but it just looks cool and kind of mysterious.

    It used to be really stupid, though, like a political cartoon that someone gave up on before they finished drawing it.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2010
    Kentucky looks more like a guy getting a hooker.

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    edited September 2010
    it looks like they're gonna kiss

    maybe they're cousins

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  • DuffelDuffel jacobkosh Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    If you had cousins like mine, you'd be a little more open-minded.

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