I have to laugh about the fact that half the flags are the wrong way around so here is a friendly guide.
It assumes the flag pole is on the left by the way.
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I have to laugh about the fact that half the flags are the wrong way around so here is a friendly guide.
It assumes the flag pole is on the left by the way.
41 Comments
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 19 pts · 360d
Sometimes, you just want to fly a flag upside down, knowing which way is up certainly helps with that! Probably not very popular as a statement in the UK, though, considering how subtle the visual effect is.
Gladaed@feddit.org · 2 pts · 360d
Not that subtle. Right flag is disturbing.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 359d
Why is your flag orientable but difficult to tell‽
TIN@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 360d
Why is it not symmetrical though?
pyre@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 359d
(I'm going to call them Xs because referring to them as saint's crosses or whatever can be confusing)
because if it were symmetrical, the white X would look like it's merely a border to the red, which is not supposed to be the case because it's a separate symbol.
there's also optical alignment at play. i didn't find much about this online but as a designer I've learned that diagonal lines, if broken by another object, can look weirdly crooked if perfectly aligned, so if you actually slightly misalign them you can make them look more straight. the red X here is broken, but it still looks centered rather than to the side of the white X.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 360d
They did this to themselves.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
Because of the way it is! Duh!
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 359d
To illustrate the equal partnership between England and Scotland. England gets the foreground, while Scotland gets the pride of place in top left corner.
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 359d
It's because the part representing Scotland is elevated in heraldry over Northern Ireland.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 360d
I like how it is an interesting flag from an aesthetic point of view. So intricate and detailed. Unlike most tricolours. It even works in black and white pretty well.
I acknowledge, however, the political and historical controversies it carries. Not trying to undo that.
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 360d
You just gave me a good way of looking at it. The stripes on the right side is the “right” way up. Now I’ll always remember which way it goes.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 359d
This is why I scruffily daub England flags onto mini roundabouts.
I'm not sure who told the far right that flying a flag is anti-establishment. The fucking king flies them for fucks sake.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 359d
What percentage of Brits would recognize the "distress signal" of hanging flag upside down?
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 359d
That just means you need to put the kettle on, which as a Brit you will already be doing anyway.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
I trust someone named Nigel on this topic.
echodot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 359d
Good old-fashioned common farmer don't you know.
brashboy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 359d
Literally thought it was rotationally symmetrical until I saw this post
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 360d
What's the punishment for hanging it the wrong way around?
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 360d
You have to house a fighting-age male immigrant in your shed.
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 360d
Straight to jail
ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 359d
When I worked at a historic site that flew the Union Flag, you had to run around the parade square three times if you screwed up while raising or lowering it. That included hanging it upside down or letting it hit the ground.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 359d
And then jail?
ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 359d
There was a cell at the site but we mostly just pretended to lock tourists in it for pictures.
the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
You get hanged the wrong way around
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
From your balls?
brashboy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
Don't threaten me with a good time
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 358d
😈
Etterra@discuss.online · 5 pts · 359d
How are you supposed to even tell from a distance? In America hanging the flag upside down is used as a distress signal - how do y'all do it?
echodot@feddit.uk · -3 pts · 359d
If it's been flown at all it's a sign of distress. It's something only racists do, to try and prove they're better then everyone else.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
You think any and all instances of a country's flag being flown means the person who put it up is racist? That seems like a bit of an extreme opinion.
Where I am, I see plenty of Scotland/Northumberland/Ukraine flags, interspersed with the occasional UK, England, and Palestine flag. Are all of these people who raised these flags racist/bigoted?
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 359d
dude, that "no racism" flag youre holding is so racist
DaGeek247@fedia.io · 4 pts · 360d
What about hanging it vertically?
brewery@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 360d
According to https://www.flaginstitute.org/pdfs/Flying_Flags_in_the_United_Kingdom.pdf:
Union Flag - If hung horizontally or vertically, the broad white diagonal should be uppermost in the top-left corner.
heydo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 359d
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
"Started at the bottom now we here". First red stripe in upper left is at the bottom.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
milliams@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
It depends on which side the flag poles is on.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
Did you read the post, sir?
milliams@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 358d
It seems I did not, no. How embarrassing.
Horsey@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 359d
Who cares about the idolatry of a flag?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 358d
Burning it is the only correct way to handle that nazi flag