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[–] jeff@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago

You've convinced me a little bit. Some of those flags do look good. Definitely not every flag though.

[–] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 21 hours ago

N- no??? Barfing a seal into the middle of a flag definitely does not improve it imo.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Wow, this is a... hot take. I mean by all means defend your opinion but hard disagree lol.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 20 hours ago

Canada's one might look, a bit odd like that

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 points 20 hours ago
[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

There's a place for both. I like the abstraction of regular tri/bicolours, and I also like the added detail of coats of arms or other emblems.

In the case of the Union Jack it doesn't really work at all, though. I think it detracts from the interesting construction of the flag.

I also don't like this Palestinian flag. The eagle looks off-center because of the triangle, but if you were to put it in the center between the triangle and the end of the flag (I'm not really familiar with flag jargon), it'd probably still look off-center. That, and the flag re-appearing in the emblem gives a bit of an annoying Droste-effect (might want to add the eagle in the emblem as well, with another flag with another eagle, with another flag...).

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Ukraine and Germany look good. France looks less generic (it's hard being a trailblazer; everyone else imitates you). The rest? Nah.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

In Germany, only officials or fascists use the CoA flag.

[–] OctaviaMeowzly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

omg…srry I didn’t know, I’ll remove it

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's not that bad, there is just a lot of carefulness around the German flag except by the far-right.

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 1 points 18 hours ago

Using that flag is also a bit of a football hooligan thing, right?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

How unfortunate, guess that leaves only Ukraine.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 3 points 19 hours ago

I think Poland's coat of arms flag is nice too.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] crimeschneck@feddit.nl 6 points 17 hours ago

I can't see those embedded SVGs. (I use the regular lemmy-ui.)

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Nah. Needs more detail, text, and preferably also some numbers. If a child in a kindergarten is able to draw more than 10% of the flag, you’re doing it wrong

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Dear politicians,

This guy is being sarcastic. Please stop.

Thanks