Flags I think are Weird
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Mar 31, 2025
Flags I think are Weird
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Flags that are weird
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I found this flag in the forest and I picked it up because litter is bad, but I want to know what it means
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Okay, it's got an igloo on it and a palm tree. That is weird. Let's see if anyone in the comments knows
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Boogaloo movement. I don't know what that is. Ah, they're far-right anti-government extremists
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Well, that's ruined the fun of it. The Olympic Facebook flag trivia is just mean
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So the official Olympics made a flag quiz on Facebook, but it is compared to Chad and Romania
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which obviously have basically the same flag. I think Chad has an ever-so-slightly darker blue
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Yeah, they do. It's really subtle though. Anyone know why Spain is using a flag without their coat of arms at the
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Olympics? Oh, I didn't notice that. My guess is just for small icons, it makes more sense because
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the other one's too detailed. Ah, the official flag is the plain one. I did not know that. The
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coat of arms version is mandatory only for official buildings and entities. So apparently actually in
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Spain, you just find both variations everywhere. How did I not know that yet? I've heard so much
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flag trivia. Why complicate things? Australia and New Zealand flag redesign proposals. Oh
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They've gone very simplistic with just the two colours. I mean, to be fair, it kind of works, doesn't it
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I kind of like it. But I have seen better flag proposals from both countries
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particularly the New Zealand silver fern one. That's always nice. Proposed flag of Maine that will be voted on in November
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How did the United States get anything else done with all of their redesigns for state flags
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It feels like they're just constantly switching them up at the minute. That looks sweet, though. I kind of like it
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Another tree is maybe a bit too detailed for kind of modern flags, but I think it works
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What flag is this? I have literally no idea. We do have Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland, but I do not know that one
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It appears to be some guy's fictional flag for Uranus. What? Oh my god, this was shared in 2010 on DeviantArt. That's the exact same image. Wait, what
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I'm betting someone saw this labelled Uranian and thought it was Ukrainian, which is absolutely hilarious
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No way. That's insane. That's so funny. This shop's in the UK. I want to visit it, seeing as it's the only shop out there that caters to a Uranus market
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Cleveland is ready to vote for a new flag. They're at it again. All these US counties, towns, states, cities, they're all switching up their flags willy-nilly
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And it looks like they're all going very modern as well. Part of it feels like they start feeling a bit more like logos rather than flags, but I don't know
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I'm still kind of undecided. Favourite flags of countries that don't exist anymore
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Oh, that looks cool. Look at that. I always love a bit of purple. I'm always willing for a bit of purple in a flag
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This is the Spanish Republic flag that hasn't existed since 1939. Ooh, the King Dynasty flag
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in the olympics and there it is the united kingdom with the 1707 flag how does this accidentally
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happen you know what i say how does this accidentally happen a couple of years ago i I accidentally used the same flag in a thumbnail instead of the modern day union flag, so I can't really talk, can I
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I saw the comments and I just slightly changed it and then pretended nothing ever happened. Countries are the most similar flags
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This is red and white specifically, which is incredibly common in flags
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It's these four here that are the worst offenders. Monaco and Indonesia are literally just the same flag but different dimensions
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but then you throw Singapore in, which I guess gets away with it because this symbol doesn't show up anywhere else
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Most flags these days I can instantly recognise, but with Poland, Monaco and Indonesia
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I always have to think about it for a second. Qatar and Bahrain, once again, really similar
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These days, I have worked out a mnemonic to remember the difference between the two. You're
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welcome to use it if you wish, but the way I remember it is that Bahrain, starting with B
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is way earlier in the alphabet than Qatar, starting with Q. So because it's a lower number in the
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alphabet, it has a lower number of spikes. Because you can see, Qatar has way more of these pointy
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little spikes. Turkey and Tunisia, I have also gotten mixed up in videos many times, and people
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kick off at me. But I walked past the Tunisian embassy in London and since that moment it's kind
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of stuck in my head a little bit more. What the hell did I just come across in Amsterdam? Okay
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that looks to me, whoa. I was gonna say the first one looks like a Nordic pride flag but I have no
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idea what that is. What's going on there? It's multiple flags stitched together. We've got like an EU flag in there? What is this? That looks like a Argentinian pride flag I guess. Yeah, these are
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some really chaotic flags. What is going on there? Right, USA mixed with a pride flag mixed with so
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many other things. This is absolute chaos. What is going on? Oh, there's so many as well. I mean
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they all kind of look cool, but in a horrible, horrible way. An art project. I think someone was
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just feeling a little bit wacky, you know. What's this flag? Oh, that's just a classic Confederate
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flag variation, right? That's the old Mississippi State flag. Oh, of course, I've heard that before
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Crazily, they only changed that in 2021. And this is the new flag which is much nicer isn it Let be honest Why does the flag of Alaska not get more love Is this the flag of Alaska I don have ever seen the Alaskan flag before I assume the stars represent the position
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of the biggest cities in the state. Yeah, it's gotta be, hasn't it
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We've gotta be each of these here and then the big fella in Fairbanks. Wait, I did a video learning all of the American state flags
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I must have seen this before. It has not stuck in my head. I am one of these people that have not given the Alaskan flag love
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and I apologize. All my flags gone from emailing consulates slash embassies
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Ah, yeah, Spaghetti Road. It was a YouTuber a few years ago that did a video where he contacted every embassy and, like, asked for a flag
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And he managed to get Lords back. I watched the whole series, actually. It was a really fun project. And it's nice to see other people still doing it
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And it's also nice to see the embassies actually get back to people and send them flags
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It's a video idea I wish hadn't already been done, because otherwise I'd be absolutely on it
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Whoa, big-ass flag in Montenegro. That looks insane. Let's get an enhance, enhance, please
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Whoa, it's Big Daddy. Look at that. That is badass, to be fair
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My God. And then there's even another big chunky fella over here as well. Yeah, look at that
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Double-sided. Estonia used to have purple in its old flag. I found out about it in the Big Bang Theory
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I didn't know that. From 1721 to 1917. So a long time, they had purple
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Obviously, purple is famously a really rare flag colour. But Estonia were whacking it about years ago
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Flag identification seen outside of San Francisco capital, but looks like the Lebanon flag, but it isn't
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Yeah, it does look like a reshuffled Lebanese flag. Apparently it's the New England flag. All right, fair enough. Spotted outside of French Bistro in NYC
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What is this interesting mashup? I think I know this one. Isn't it all of the different British Isles flags
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Excluding England. So you've got Scotland, Wales. I think that's Isle of Man. Then you've got Ireland
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And I'm assuming these are Jersey and Guernsey. No, it is not Guernsey. And it is not Jersey
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Is it Isle of Skye then instead? No, it's not Isle of Skye. Let's just check the comments. I think I'm closed
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Yep, that's right. Pan-Celtic flag featuring six Celtic nations, sometimes used by the Celtic League
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So I got four out of the six, but I forgot Cornwall and Brittany. I will always forget the Cornwall flag
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Phew, I know this one. What is this flag found in North London? That is the Yorkshire flag. I know because my girlfriend Becky's from Yorkshire
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And whenever we drive past this flag, she shouts Yorkshire at the top of her voice. It's a lot of fun
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Is this literally just an upside-down German flag, or am I missing something? My prediction is that it is literally an upside down German flag based on the surrounding flags
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Yep, top comment. Totally agrees with me. Flags I got in my two years of traveling
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Each was purchased in the territory whose flag it belongs to. That's really cool, isn't it
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It's something I'm definitely going to do as well next time I go to a different country. And do you know what? I'm actually going to Ireland next month
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So I'll try and pick up an Ireland flag somewhere. Whoa, flags of countries if they were taken over by pirates
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That's an epic idea. This is the Mexican flag and they gone kind of Day of the Dead theme with the skull I like that a lot That looks amazing Poland Whoa these all look epic Getting a skull on a flag just looks incredible doesn it
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Netherlands. I'm not sure about the Netherlands one. I don't know if I like that
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Whoa, some more on the other hand. That looks absolutely epic. Then we've got Bahamas, which does look really cool
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It's had its fair share of pirates around the Bahamas over the years. Russia. I guess I see what they were going for
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oh, Nigeria looks really badass, definitely. Somalia looks epic. Somalia should just use the eye, I reckon
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I'm sure there'd be no consequences to a really aggressive looking flag in Somalia
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But Albedos, once again, that looks cool. I like how they've integrated the pointy things
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whatever they're called. But I think my favorite's the Somalian one. Flag of the Polek Municipal District
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which is in the Ivanovo region of Russia. That looks incredible. It's a really beautiful looking flag
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It'd be a nightmare to try and recreate it, but it looks epic. Main released over 400 rejected designs for its proposed new main flag after unveiling the official design yesterday
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Oh, that's kind of cool that they did. Okay, let's have a look. Why'd they not pick that one
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That one's kind of cool, I suppose. The quality's not great on these
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That one's quite similar to what was chose. I mean, that's annoying for them. Yeah, we've got some moose antlers
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I'm guessing they're not great. Kind of a sweet drawing. Okay. Uh, yep, amazing
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Chuck Norris. Don't see him enough these days. I say we all strike until this one gets officially adopted
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Is that a lob step? posting every municipal flag in belgium day 59 is a place called a brevere which i assume is
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belgian for beaver and that is a great flag i don't like how his tail's touching the water
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though that lets it down you know found a commemorative un plate from 1968 oh so it's
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probably in a charity shop thrift store or something look at that it's got united nations
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souvenir shop november 1968 right on the back i wish i found that that's incredible what a lovely
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piece of history there'll definitely be a bunch of flags on here they're outdated can i spot any
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maybe that one is that hong kong i'm not sure that looks maybe like portugal but it should be off
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center um us flag evolution yeah this is always interesting so start in 1775 with just 13 states
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and they had a sort of union flag kind of and they scrapped that quite quickly moved on to the stars
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and then they basically just added the stars almost one at a time since i can't believe they
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updated the flag each time. Like, they had to do it multiple times a year for a period of time
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Look at 36 states. They're having to have these weird gaps, and then 37 states, the gaps go the
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other way around. They should have just held out and updated it on a big, nice, even 50, really
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New political party in Tamil Nadu, India. Well, I don't know anything about their politics
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but I like their two elephants on the flag. So, no, I probably shouldn't say they get my vote
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