• vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    The funny thing is that the Union Jack is not quite symmetrical. You can hang it upside down, but it takes a very trained eye to see it’s upside down.

    That’s part of why ships fly a solid red flag with a Union Jack quarter, so it’s readily apparent when they are in distress.

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      1 month ago

      The point is: the people hanging them on lampposts don’t know that, hence half of them being upside down.

      To be fair, as somebody who has put flags on lampposts, it’s slightly difficult to coordinate the flag orientation when you’re at the top of a ladder.

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        1 month ago

        I’m sorry it looks like I misunderstood your comment.

        Over here people put flags upside down on purpose, so that was my frame of reference.

        🪜 🇬🇧

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      1 month ago

      Never mind getting the Union Jack the right way up, at least some of those dumb fucks managed to paint the Danish flag on a roundabout because they forgot what the English one looks like