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-Im-A-Little-Teapot_ t1_itvgj0u wrote

Reply to comment by BostonUniStudent in What should be on the Massachusetts state flag? by your_city_councilor

>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.

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TheGodDamnDevil t1_itvzrzy wrote

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

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realvladdiputtn t1_itxq5p1 wrote

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.

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