BostonUniStudent t1_itvc3os wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:04 PM

It's not the least cool flag in America, but it's close. I always like the Arizona and New Mexico flags. Principles of flag making are kind of interesting if you want to go down a rabbit hole.

They used to say a flag should be simple enough a child could make it from memory. In the past, it was important to be able to see it hanging from the mast of a ship. The decision to include text on a flag is fraught. You'll have to be able to read it backwards 50% of the time. I personally like flags that are naturally occurring phenomenon. Like Alaska's astronomical flag, trees, fish, etc. Technically even the rainbow flag is a naturally occurring phenomenon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/y0uu1d/ireland_west_virginia/

marmosetohmarmoset t1_itvztb5 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:37 PM

Mississippi’s new flag is nice too (minus the words which I agree are superfluous and annoying)- it’s a magnolia flower!

-Im-A-Little-Teapot_ t1_itvgj0u wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:33 PM

>They used to say a flag should be simple enough a child could make it from memory

That goes out the window when a country's flag only consists of horizontal or vertical stripes of the national colors. Even worse when national flags share the same colors but the order the stripes are in is different.

Quick... How many of these can you ID?

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Not to be outdone, and to continue the practice, there's lazy, bland nonsense like this

This approach to flag design is just plain unimaginative, boring and uninspiring.

TheGodDamnDevil t1_itvzrzy wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:36 PM

I Googled it and it turns out lithromantics/lithsexuals are not people who get turned on by rocks. Interesting.

realvladdiputtn t1_itxq5p1 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:49 AM

Specifically, the rule of thumb is that what a child can draw by memory is recognizable, not necessarily completely accurate. That gives more room for creativity besides the endless tricolors and makes it clear that flags like mass’s current one doesn’t make the cut.

Few kids could draw the US flag well, but you’d know what you’re looking at right away when they try. Same with the Arizona flag.