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Proof that every flag is better with their coat of arms (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by OctaviaMeowzly@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/vexillology@lemmy.world
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[–] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 months ago

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

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

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

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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...).

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago

No

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

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

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

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

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

How unfortunate, guess that leaves only Ukraine.

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (2 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 4 points 2 months ago

Dear politicians,

This guy is being sarcastic. Please stop.

Thanks

[–] OctaviaMeowzly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

what’s the point of making little kids draw your flag, like let kids be, don’t spew fucking nationalist ideals to kids, no one could choose where their born so what’s the point of pushing nationism

[–] jeff@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] crimeschneck@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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