Flags & Vexillology

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Null said:
I talked about this recently and kicked around using a 7-striped progressless flag as the Pride Before Fall logo. Removing the chevron creates what's called a swallow-tailed flag (notably, Ohio and Allied Occupied Germany had swallow-tailed flags).

Removing something from a flag is an extremely fascinating form of expression. It was seen in both Hungary and Romania during Soviet occupation. Anti-soviet movements would raise their flag with the Communist state seal removed, creating a hole in the center.
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I remember you mentioning it last year on MATI. I don't think it's caught on much unfortunately but it's a very nice flag with like you say very cool historical references even if it's accidental.
 
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Rudolf's Friend said:
Honestly I like the Old Flag of the State of Georgia, even though it's basically a Confederate Battle Flag with blue and a coat of arms on the top left.
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The Current one is fine too, and it is interesting that they came up with it after releasing this atrocity to replace the 1950s version.
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Yeah ironically enough they still put the flag it replaced on it, but this was the early 2000s so there was actual compromise back then.
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That's not the current flag, that was a placeholder that was subsequently replaced by the current design which also evokes Confederate imagery and is one of the better US state flags.

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Has anybody ever noticed how bad flags can be categorized into 4 distinct types of shitty flags:
1. Shitty city/county/state seal on a basic background (Bonus points if it is copyrighted so finding a non-pixelated version is a pain in the ass.)
2. The vast majority of what r/vexillology creates and upvotes. (Minnesota and Utah's new flags.)
3. Got into flag making all the way back when it first became a thing and kept their recolored Polish flag till the modern day. (Looking at you, Federal states of Austria.)
4. Slop clearly made by corporations (South Korean province flags.)
 
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AnOminous said:
This but a Kiwi bird for the Kiwi flag.

Do we not have a Kiwi flag yet? Even though nool is an obsessive vexillologist?
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There was a post that had possible Kiwi Farms flags:
Fools Idol said:
Why doesn't this site have it's own flag? I put some ideas together:

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I'm not that happy with the shield emblem, I feel it might be too simplistic but I don't have the skill to do anything better. I think you could do something with a Kiwi bird, maybe some type of two headed version but the bird has really small wings. The wi-fi symbol I'm a on the fence about. Adding more specific symbiology would be nice. I like the plain tricolor with the dark green the most.

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I noticed after doing these that the dark grey needed to be darker but I'm not going make into now. It's simplistic but I like the colors.
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I also considered that New Zealand laser kiwi flag a contender:
Hamsteroid said:
Some of the submissions to the 2015/2016 New Zealand Flag Referendums were wild:

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Fire the Lazar!
Designed by: James Gray from Auckland
‘The laser beam projects a powerful image of New Zealand. I believe my design is so powerful it does not need to be discussed.’

The flag even has a Facebook page:
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There are a lot of tricolor flags, most of which aren't outstanding. But i always loved the Imperial Russian flag, i think the combination of black, whatever this shade of yellow is and white mesh nicely together and look clean


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Same with the Kursk flag, which funnily enough has the same tricolor Imperial Flag in the middle, but upside down. The upside down imperial flag is also considered a alternate flag of Novorossiya

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(Left: Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Right: Flag of a Donetsk People's Republic battalion.) I think both of these flags are amazing, the symbolism of the sun setting over a vast ocean is great. They're peculiar and some of my favorites. I do like the Russian version ever so slightly more due to the darker colors, but both of them are mesmerizing
 
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I like the flag of Monaco.

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If you're dyslexic, it can also serve as a Polish flag.

Something about the simple red and white really speaks to me.
 
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