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first time posting here, just wanted to ask y'all: what is the best flag? (by best i mean your favorite. it's just hyperbole alright, don't sue me)

I'll start. the mozambique flag. it has a frickin' ak-47 on it. there's absolutely no way anything is cooler than that!

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[–] kala_telo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Flag of Russian city Zheleznogorsk, has bear crushing atom on it. 1280px-Flag_of_Zheleznogorsk.svg

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

this is the craziest thing i've seen in a flag and i've seen at least 3 flags with dragons in it

i love it

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i'm a big fan of kenya's flag: the background is a nice decorated tricolour and then they have a very unique symbol (the maasai shield and two spears) which is just a perfect thing to have on a flag. It's simple enough to be easily drawn and recognizable but complex enough to also be a genuine depiction of the real objects.

I feel it's what all national flags should be, simple colours are good and all but having a cultural symbol is just :chefs_kiss:

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Obviously the welsh flag, it has a mf dragon on it

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The dragon she tells you not to worry about

you

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

This is the obvious and correct answer. I can't believe this is a conversation.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

You already posted the best one, which not only has an AK47, but also a hoe. Angola has a machete in it, it's a good runnerup

Here's the (proposed?) flag of Saint Martin, which is a Martini and no one can convince me otherwise

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

a martini on the flsg of saint martin. it has to have been done on purpose

i love it, maybe even more than angola's. though can you elaborate on the "proposed?" part? that might influence my judgement

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The island of Saint Martin is divided in half. North is a french territory, south is dutch. According to wikipedia the French side uses the French flag, but I had seem that flag floating around before. The dutch side has its own flag, which isn't as good, because, I think, it's technically a country that's part of the kingdom of Netherlands.

Idk. The machete is a powerful symbol as both a tool and a weapon

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

this is beautiful. it looks like an angel!

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I think the head in the middle is supposed to be Medusa lol

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is that a selfie stick next to the AK-47?

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

it would be funny if it was but thats a hoe

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago
[–] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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I absolutely love the Austrian Social Democrats flag. The three arrows mean crush fascists, crush capitalists and crush the reactionary.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

You're not wrong but that's the German definition.

On the Wikipedia page of "Three Arrows" in the Section "Use outside Germany" at the end of paragraph 2 it says:

"After World War II, the Three Arrows became the official party logo of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) in 1945. The symbol had been modified to include a circle, and the symbolism changed to represent the unity of industrial workers, farm workers and intellectuals. The Three Arrows remained a prominent symbol of the Social Democratic Party of Austria until the 1950s. According to the modern SPÖ, the Three Arrows represent opposition against fascism, capitalism and clericalism."

As to why they changed the definition my guess is the Austrian Social Democrats didn't want to oppose communism because the first republic was essentially a two (or at best times three) party system similar to the US before it drifted into Austro-Fascism and a civil war (foreshadowing for the US) and ultimately got annexed. And until today the SPÖ is more left than the SPD - or should I say their left wing is stronger.

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

thats beautiful i love it

[–] Frozzie@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I like the one from Papua New Guinea, because bird ! Papua New Guinea flag

[–] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Love the simple yet strikingly unique design of Seychelles.

Flag of Seychelles

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago
[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Tulsa's new flag is pretty rad.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I thought Tulsa was a planet in Star Wars.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 10 points 5 days ago

It's beautiful, and the best thing to ever happen to Europe probably since the end of the 2md world war

[–] lay@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 days ago

My favorite is the one i made imagining the flag of Shia state in Iraq if it would be real.

And if you mean a real flag then it would be the flag of Mongolia.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 11 points 5 days ago

Personally I'm a fan of Botswana's flag. Despite using very simple shapes only three colours, it's still instantly recognisable - I'm pretty sure it'd be distinct even in greyscale, or even if you just saw the three colours at all because nobody else uses that pale blue alongside white and black.

[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hard to choose a favorite, but the flag of Chuvashia is pretty cool imo.

[–] Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 days ago

Switzerland! Its litterally a huge plus and the only flag in a 4:3 format. And if you invert the colors you get the flag of the red cross.

[–] kugel7c@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm a friend of the flag of the city of Amsterdam. xxx in white on red and black. Venice Berlin and Hamburg are also nice flags but Amsterdam is just so clean. Amsterdam

[–] headerfile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

its very niche but I personally love the hive mind collectivist flag

or

someone beat me to the angolan flag though which I've been obsessing over for the past three weeks :sob:

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

kinda looks like the diamonds' symbol from steven universe, but anarchy flag colored. i like it