"The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field."
Seems correct.
After reading the article on Wikipedia, it seems they have more rules about handling the flag than the Catholics have about the cross. And they don't follow around 2/3 of them, especially the MAGA types.
Edit: This made me read the code about my country's flag. A lot of the same stupid rules. This one made me burst out laughing: "If a flag is to stay out after dusk it should be well lit". Is it fucking afraid of the dark?
Naw it does always have to be within light. It comes from the revolutionary war "and our flag was still there"; in that our nation shall never see darkness. Sadly, unrelated to flag standards, that very much has not been the case.
I think your description of the American flag is out of date. We only had 48 stars from 1912-1959. Though that does mean a lot of the most iconic depictions of the flag do fit this.
Although this is a U.S. federal law, the code is not mandatory: it uses non-binding language like "should" and "custom" throughout and does not prescribe any penalties for failure to follow the guidelines. It was "not intended to prescribe conduct" and was written to "codify various existing rules and customs."
is there anything specifying the stripes have to be separated by white or can the all be placed next to each other, or that the stars can't be placed on top of the white? 🏳️⚧️
My trans friends were the ones who managed to make me laugh after literal years without doing so, and that fixed my self-image issues I had since I was a teenager. I'm now happily married in no small part due to that confidence boost.
I'll be on trans people's side no matter the direction this world takes.
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hOrni@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 362d
"The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field."
Seems correct.
After reading the article on Wikipedia, it seems they have more rules about handling the flag than the Catholics have about the cross. And they don't follow around 2/3 of them, especially the MAGA types.
Edit: This made me read the code about my country's flag. A lot of the same stupid rules. This one made me burst out laughing: "If a flag is to stay out after dusk it should be well lit". Is it fucking afraid of the dark?
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 362d
Flags when not in a well lit environment:
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 362d
That one seems pretty standard. Either you take it down at sunset and put it up at sunrise, or you leave it up 24/7, and you need to have it lit up.
The weirder one for me is that you have to burn the flag if it touches the ground
hOrni@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 362d
That's a myth. But don't let the flag touch the ground is still stupid.
CptEnder@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 362d
Naw it does always have to be within light. It comes from the revolutionary war "and our flag was still there"; in that our nation shall never see darkness. Sadly, unrelated to flag standards, that very much has not been the case.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 362d
I think your description of the American flag is out of date. We only had 48 stars from 1912-1959. Though that does mean a lot of the most iconic depictions of the flag do fit this.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 362d
i'll be in the cold cold ground before i recognize missourah. or utah.
Nightlight17776@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 361d
As a Utah resident I second this. It's different in here
hOrni@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 361d
I think the next paragraph was about adding stars.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 362d
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code
Una@europe.pub · 60 pts · 362d
Holy based flag :3 mrrreow meow
lena@gregtech.eu · 32 pts · 362d
Do you go "meow meow" in every comment you make? If so, based
Una@europe.pub · 19 pts · 362d
Yes meow meow :3 not every but almost :3
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 16 pts · 362d
We should all strife for more mrrreeoow in our comments
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 362d
:3
thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 362d
Mew mew based
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 362d
Meooow mrrroow :3
Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone · 46 pts · 362d
In this house we stand for the flag, and kneel after putting on a collar
thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 362d
Heck I'll kneel to put the collar on. Except for fascists. We don't kneel for those.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 23 pts · 362d
nah. I prefer the original one.
don't like empires, esp. that enslaved.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 362d
this is very jem coded and i loveit so much
Una@europe.pub · 3 pts · 361d
meow meow
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 2 pts · 361d
😺💤 ∗pats🐾 cushion🛏️ signaling∗ “if you want to huddle next to me, you can”
Una@europe.pub · 3 pts · 361d
Meow
qwookah@piefed.social · 19 pts · 362d
is there anything specifying the stripes have to be separated by white or can the all be placed next to each other, or that the stars can't be placed on top of the white? 🏳️⚧️
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 362d
a comment above explained the real rules but in short alternate red and white stripes and stars have to be on blue background
TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 362d
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 362d
that slighly offcenter red stripe is gonna bug me
mnhs1@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 361d
kadup@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 361d
I'm not trans.
My trans friends were the ones who managed to make me laugh after literal years without doing so, and that fixed my self-image issues I had since I was a teenager. I'm now happily married in no small part due to that confidence boost.
I'll be on trans people's side no matter the direction this world takes.
Nikls94@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 361d
For no appearent reason, this reminded me of this:
https://www.tiktok.com/@toddroycexxl/video/6936309670592122118