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[Gentleman Jack]

Provo, Utah

Actually, they're changing it this year. I'm assuming because it looks like 90's MS Office shit.

Haha looks like a box of detergent

 

[John Dunbar]

nordic countries have some lazy flags. it's like they flipped coins to decide who gets which colour cross.

 

[hobblygobbly]

Pre 1994 South African flag was bad, flag-ception is such a terrible design.

 

[MikeDip]

OMG BROWN COUNTY, NEBRASKA HAHAHAHA. Looks like it was made in microsoft paint hahahahahah

This! Holy cow scrolling down and seeing that was quite the shock.

Jesus christ how is that real

Hahahahahahaha I can not stop laughing at this flag what the fuck hahahahaha

 

[jstripes]

Why would complimentary colors hurt eyes? Green and red compliment each other, that's what complementary means.

It doesn't mean they complement each other, necessarily. It means that they're directly across from each other on the colour wheel.

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined, cancel each other out. This means that when combined, they produce a grey-scale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those particular two colors. Due to this striking color clash, the term opposite colors is often considered more appropriate than "complementary colors".

 

[Chococat]

Worst Flag:
Northern Mariana Islands

What is even going on there? A wreath of condoms filled with cocaine?

 

[injurai]

Why couldn't we have a cool flag like Chatanooga?

I really like this.

 

[FStubbs]

Maryland, USA

Hey. You shall not defame the union of the House Calvert sigil and the House Crossland sigil.

 

[PBalfredo]

Every tricolor.

 

[Jarrod38]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuaUtr9p5p0

 

[FStubbs]

Virginia's state flag is definitely something out of Game of Thrones. A woman with her breast exposed killing a man with her spear. "The speared man" maybe?

 

[impirius]

FLAGS ON FLAGS ON FLAGS

 

[Prosopon]

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[ElTorro]

 

[injurai]

Yep. They went from worst flag to best flag.

It really is one of the best.

 

[Royal Rainbow]

Most of the counties and districts of Liberia

Bomi:

River Gee:

Nimba:

 

[Goldfishking]

the nepal flag

It's not even a f***ing rectangle.

 

[Rest]

I like the first three in the OP. But Libya's flag used to just be green. How stupid is that? Also, check out this TED talk about flags.

 

[Nerdkiller]

Ivory Coast.

It's just our flag upside down.

Also, Nepal's flag is rather unique in that it's neither square, nor rectangular.

 

[Nanashrew]

Vetka, Belarus

It's Wario Land!

 

[TheSaddestSort]

Basically city flags. See the following:

Greenbush, Maine

Kissimmee, Florida

Tucson, Arizona

 

[Kinyou]

Provo, Utah

Actually, they're changing it this year. I'm assuming because it looks like 90's MS Office shit.

Looks like a toilet paper brand.

 

[oti]

Bavaria, Germany

 

[Veritigo_X]

the nepal flag

It's not even a f***ing rectangle.

Nepal's flag is awesome. They even have exact instructions for creating the flag in their constitution.

Flag layout
There is a precise description of the Nepalese national flag in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, Article 5, Schedule 1, adopted 9 November 1990.

National Flag
(A) Method of Making the Shape inside the Border
(1) On the lower portion of a crimson cloth draw a line AB of the required length from left to right.
(2) From A draw a line AC perpendicular to AB making AC equal to AB plus one third AB. From AC mark off D making line AD equal to line AB. Join BD.
(3) From BD mark off E making BE equal to AB.
(4) Touching E draw a line FG, starting from the point F on line AC, parallel to AB to the right hand-side. Mark off FG equal to AB.
(5) Join CG.
(B) Method of Making the Moon
(6) From AB mark off AH making AH equal to one-fourth of line AB and starting from H draw a line HI parallel to line AC touching line CG at point I.
(7) Bisect CF at J and draw a line JK parallel to AB touching CG at point K.
(8) Let L be the point where lines JK and HI cut one another.
(9) Join JG.
(10) Let M be the point where line JG and HI cut one another.
(11) With centre M and with a distance shortest from M to BD mark off N on the lower portion of line HI.
(12) Touching M and starting from O, a point on AC, draw a line from left to right parallel to AB.
(13) With centre L and radius LN draw a semi-circle on the lower portion and let P and Q be the points where it touches the line OM respectively.
(14) With centre M and radius MQ draw a semi-circle on the lower portion touching P and Q.
(15) With centre N and radius NM draw an arc touching PNQ [sic] at R and S. Join RS. Let T be the point where RS and HI cut one another.
(16) With Centre T and radius TS draw a semi-circle on the upper portion of PNQ touching it at two points.
(17) With centre T and radius TM draw an arc on the upper portion of PNQ touching at two points.
(18) Eight equal and similar triangles of the moon are to be made in the space lying inside the semi-circle of No. (16) and outside the arc of No. (17) of this Schedule.
(C) Method of making the Sun
(19) Bisect line AF at U and draw a line UV parallel to line AB touching line BE at V.
(20) With centre W, the point where HI and UV cut one another and radius MN draw a circle.
(21) With centre W and radius LN draw a circle
(22) Twelve equal and similar triangles of the sun are to be made in the space enclosed by the circles of No. (20) and of No. (21) with the two apexes of two triangles touching line HI.
(D) Method of Making the Border
(23) The width of the border will be equal to the width TN. This will be of deep blue colour and will be provided on all the sides of the flag. However, on the five angles of the flag the external angles will be equal to the internal angles.
(24) The above mentioned border will be provided if the flag is to be used with a rope. On the other hand, if it is to be hoisted on a pole, the hole on the border on the side AC can be extended according to requirements.
Explanation: The lines HI, RS, FE, ED, JG, OQ, JK and UV are imaginary. Similarly, the external and internal circles of the sun and the other arcs except the crescent moon are also imaginary. These are not shown on the flag.

Aspect ratio
According to the stated geometric construction law, the circumscribing rectangle has an irrational ratio of 1:1.21901033… (OEIS A230582).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nepal

 

[zoku88]

I'm from Maryland and I also think Maryland has the best state flag (are we indoctrinated ?)

 

[cdyhybrid]

 

[Beelzebufo]

Omg, Brown County might be one of the best

 

[stufte]

That one isn't bad at all? Or is this some sort of sportball rivalry thing against The Ducks?

 

[Ovid]

Virginia's state flag is definitely something out of Game of Thrones. A woman with her breast exposed killing a man with her spear. "The speared man" maybe?

That is so bad ass.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

That one isn't bad at all? Or is this some sort of sportball rivalry thing against The Ducks?

Always check the avatars to verify your 'sports rivalry shitposting' theories.

 

[nailbombxx]

Virginia's state flag is definitely something out of Game of Thrones. A woman with her breast exposed killing a man with her spear. "The speared man" maybe?

You must be mistaken, this thread is not titled "What are the best flags?"

 

[Ganzlinger]

it saddens me that Portugal ditched their historic White+Blue colors for the ugly Republican Red+Green

Blue on White has been Portugal's colors since its foundation.

The Red and Green is borrowing from the late 19th and early 20th Century Republican Party (Portugal's) colors

IMO, Portugal should revert back to White n Blue (without the crown)


I want this:

Portugal flag was so beautiful.

I will say Brazil's flag is one of the worst.

 

[Basileus777]

Maryland, USA

Do you have something against quartering in heraldry because this is actually a nice flag.

 

[Nodnol]

Jesus Christ, the amount of MS Paint efforts is nothing short of embarrassing! My pick is all of them!

Anything with European heraldry is awesome; most of the UK's county flags are cool/interesting. Anything with a bit of history and meaning, rather than someone using Word Art on '95.

 

[King Gilga]

Also, Nepal's flag is rather unique in that it's neither square, nor rectangular.

That's awesome, rectangle flags are so boring and overdone, go nepal.

 

[Fathead]

Oh boy, Vexillology!

Pocatello, Idaho

My hometown. This flag is as stupid as the town is. Of course the Chamber of Commerce is so obtuse as to put their copyright notice on the flag.

 

[cntr]

Anyway, here's Sicily's flag. Never liked it lol

The Isle of Man flag omits the wheat and head:

 

[ConfusingJazz]

There are too many state flags that are just the state seal on a blue background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_U.S._states

We need an amendment banning this boring ass bullshit.

 

[Kastrioti]

Stands for everything wrong with America (steroids, corporate greed and herpes)

Hahahaha

The flag of Kosovo looks like it was made with google maps.

It also looks like you are wanted in GTA.

To be fair though that flag was probably the best the two sides (Albanian and Serbian) could agree on. The potential for a bad ass flag was there but no way either side would let that fly.

 

[Branduil]

There are too many state flags that are just the state seal on a blue background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_U.S._states

We need an amendment banning this boring ass bullshit.

Arizona still the GOAT state flag.

 

[Walpurgis]

Flag of Manitoba

UK flag in the corner with some bison flag in a random spot. Rest of the map is empty space for some reason. If the whole thing were the bison shield, it would actually be cool. :/

Unless they are Japanese municipal flags, in which case they are awesome and remind me of Wipeout.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_municipal_flags

their prefecture flags are great as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_flags#Prefectural_flags

These are incredible. They're like iconic company logos.

Kagoshima is beautiful.

 

[Sunset Samurai]

Complete garbage.

Nope. Best Flag hands down. Every time I see it I sing the star spangle banner. Every time I wake up I sing "Murica Fuck Yea" in the morning. USA USA USA!

 

[Manu]

I never liked Buenos Aires' flag.

When I was a kid we actually had to vote from a group of 8 runner-ups. This was the best they could come up with.

 

[Shadow_Lord]

Flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Yeah, but here's our new flag

 

[HawksWinStanley]

Complete garbage.

Ah I was wondering how long it would take for someone to try to be controversial and edgy. Only 7 posts.

 

[23qwerty]

Ah I was wondering how long it would take for someone to try to be controversial and edgy. Only 7 posts.

it's an eyesore man, calm down.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Brown County, Nebraska

Looks like someone made it in PowerPoint.

 

[Venture]

Kagoshima is beautiful.

All I can see is Pac-Man, but that just makes it even better. Cool Flag.

 

[Hexa]

All the flags that are just two or three stripes. Like:

Also these:

So lazy.

 

[Vipershark]

Provo, Utah

Actually, they're changing it this year. I'm assuming because it looks like 90's MS Office shit.