overly complex flags

[TremcladClock]

Also if any flag needs to be changed it should be New Zealands. It's like a cheap rip off of the Australian flag.

If ever changed, it should retain the British union flag in the canton, but swap some of the stars for the silver fern.

[Thor]

I thought it was about defense?

Taekwondo isn't that old. It was made like 50 years ago by the korean government to help get the citizens in shape. It's based off of ancient, time proven martial-arts, but really the goal is to get you active and healthy.

Like I said, yes it makes you a better fighter but in this day and age being a really really good bare-handed fighter doesn't really help you that much if you aren't some sort of asshole that gets in fights all the time.

[Bigglesnoots]

I don't think clam cares about your opinion Marlin.

Because nobody cares about your opinion.

Don't worry Marlin, I'm sure there are some people around that care for your opinion!

[Beast]

[SilverCherryClock]

Look at every annoyingly complex crest used by Pre-unification Germanic states.

[frozennn]

I am so damn curious why the Norway flag isn't the same as those scandinavian flags, I'd say it's shitty though.

Danish flag: White (ugh) cross on a pink/red background?
Swedish flag: Now this ones just absurd. YELLOW cross on a blue background?
Norway, ah good ole. Blue (yeah) cross with a white glow (ooh) on a blood red background (sucess!).

[miracle fruit]

complex shit flag

[miracle fruit]

haha triange has good taste in posting pictures

[Thor]

coats of arms don't belong on flags

[DWARFINATORclock]

I hate when countries or even states/provinces have flags with complex designs and lots of tiny detail. If a flag can't be drawn by a 1st grader with a box of crayons and a ruler, its too complex and looks like shit.

Examples of countries with good flags:
Italy
Poland (without the bird coat of arms)
Norway
Britain
South Africa

Examples of countries with shit flags:
Mexico
Poland (with the bird coat of arms)
Guatemala
Iran


Notice also it's only the shit countries that have bad flag design.

Seriously what are those assholes thinking.

Are you saying South Africa isn't a shit country?

[ChickenClock]

nazi-flag.jpg

[satan will destroy you]

overly complex fags

[Bigglesnoots]

Are you saying South Africa isn't a shit country?

he says countries with shit flags are shit countries, not countries without shit flags aren't shit countries.

[MineralWaterClock]

I'm quite surprised that no one put this up.

[Loki Clock]

What is the downside?

A first grader can't draw it?

Yes. It's the first principle of good design. A first grader should be able to draw it.

I've always thought the U.S.A. has the very worst flag I've ever seen, except possibly the Grenville Armorial at Stowe because that is just an abomination. The U.S. flag scheme is applied pretty well on the Great Seal, though.

...In this day and age being a really really good bare-handed fighter doesn't really help you that much if you aren't some sort of asshole that gets in fights all the time.

Not entirely true. You can learn to take a weapon out of someone's hand with the right form of instruction, as well as cause someone to miss a punch/strike/fire, going on the assumption that they're aiming for you. I know the technique of it, though I've never thought to use them outside of a dojang, so I can't verify that they'll work in practical application. The point of it is that there's at least the potential to learn something practical in a modern scenario of attack.

[PepperClock]

Easy Enough

[Seriously Dark]

Nepal must be the shittiest country in the world, their flag isn't even a rectangle.

Those ass holes!
Not adapting to our modern western culture. Make me sick!

Nuke em >: (

[SnakeClock]

I had trouble drawing the leaf right when I was in school, but it wasn't inherently hard; it allowed kind of an idiosyncratic way for kids to draw the flag. You drew the leaf the way you felt about it.

This flag, though, killed me repeatedly during school:



Seriously, goddamnit. This is one complicated flag! And I could never figure out how that red saltire (diagonal cross) worked! What were they supposed to be connecting to? How was I supposed to remember where they go?

This flag was even harder, though. That bloody lion and all the little pointy things on that shield in the middle, GAH!:

[Loki Clock]

Texas flag is the only flag allowed to fly at the same height as the USA flag because it was once its own country.

The Republic's flag was better.

The point of heraldric design (that of flags and coats of arms) is to be able to recognize an approaching army from miles away in a time before telescopes. The United States Flag is practically camouflage. But really I try to apply the principals of heraldry to much of my design.

Just realized I'd posted in this thread before, but still. That's why a first grader should be able to draw it.

[AbsintheClock]

Needs more jolly rogers.