#state flags

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Summary: CGP Grey talks about the three finalists in the Minnesota State Flag redesign, to be voted on by the end of this year (2023). Stick figure eye contact. Proper closed captions in English. Under ten minute.

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I saw this back when I used to use Reddit (for animal crossing and trans+ stuff mostly), and I felt so honoured that they used my Florida flag redesign in this that I screenshotted it. But when I looked to find the original poster, they had deleted the post (likely because of negative replies, vexillology Reddit is scary).

They recreated the state flags to be more about symbolism and individuality rather than about aesthetics (which is the problem I see with a lot of over simplified state flags). All while keeping the flags that actually carry deep meaning and are beloved by the residents.

I’m not the biggest fan of Nebraska’s, Virginia’s, and Wisconsin’s, but all the others are wonderful (especially Florida’s… I will not apologize for being biased lol)

The original Reddit person’s caption:

“I kept some flags which I believe are currently great. Most of them are all over State merchandise, and people of these states carry a lot of state pride for these flags. They are:

1. Alabama

2. Alaska

3. Arizona

4. Arkansas

5. California

6. Colorado

7. lowa

8. Maryland

9. Mississippi

10. Missouri

11. New Mexico

12. Ohio, my home state! [not mine, OPs]

13. Rhode Island

14. South Carolina

15. Tennessee

16. Texas

17. Utah

18. Wyoming

19. District of Columbia [I believe you mean the Douglass Commonwealth]

20. Guam

21. The Northern Mariana Islands

22. Puerto Rico

I've switched some State’s boring Seal on a Bedsheet flags into their more popular historical ones. They are:

23. Conecticut ~ New England Flag

24. Hawaii ~ Kanaka Maoli

25. Maine ~ Original State Flag

26. Vermont ~ Green Mountain Boys Flag

27. Virginia ~ Gadsden Flag

28. West Virginia ~ Original State Flag

I've made a few tweaks to some existing flags so they look more unique / are more easily recognizable. They are:

29. Indiana ~ Golden Frame

30. New Jersey ~ Added Stripes

31. North Carolina ~ Un-Tex-ified

32. Oklahoma ~ Added Stripes

33. American Samoa ~ Added Southern Cross

I designed some using the Pan Cascade colours for the Pacific Northwest (BC will have the tree one). They are:

34. Idaho

35. Oregon

36. Washington

I borrowed some other designs which I found on here which I found beautiful. I mostly looked for flags which were designed by locals from the states that they are redesigning or included state symbols on their old flags. They are:

37. Florida [omg they chose mine!!!]

38. Georgia

39. Kansas

40. Kentucky

41. Louisiana

42. Michigan

43. Montana

44. Nevada

45. New Hampshire

46. New York

47. North Dakota [I prefer my communist flag better wajajaja]

48. Pennsylvania

49. South Dakota

50. Wisconsin

51. Virgin Islands

I left the flags currently in the process of a redesign blank, for, given the recent track record, any new flags are probably going to look amazing like Utah’s and Mississippi’s. They are:

52. Illinois [this is your reminder to vote for your new state flag if you’re from this state!!!]

53. Massachusetts [this is your reminder to vote for your new state flag if you’re from this state!!!]

54. Minnesota [this is your reminder to vote for your new state flag if you’re from this state!!!]

I kept one Seal on a Bedsheet flag to honour this horrid time in American vexillological history. That is:

55. Delaware

And lastly

56. Nebraska (idk)”

While I agree with most of the OP’s opinions, I think Nebraska’s flag would look better if it looked something like this:

Better designed of course, I made this on Pic Collage in like 5 minutes

Im not sure about Wisconsin and Virginia, I just know I’m not the biggest fan of either (since Virginia’s flag has a separate meaning and Wisconsin’s is just bland.

Let me know what you think!

And if you’re the OP of this, please let me know, I like your choices!!

[dylanisdazed]

This might be a random question for my first ask but I wanna know for some reason... What's your favorite state flag (that isn't Alabama lol). My state, Minnesota, just re-designed ours and I think it's really boring. It looks like a soccer team logo.

Well, it absolutely wouldn't be the Alabama flag. Have you seen it? It's literally a white flag with a red X.

Also while googling this, i accidentally typed state fags.

I'm gonna say Vermont because I like the tree also Saltburn vibes lol

or Kansas because I like the landscape scene.

This is the Alabama flag 😐

[palisadewasp]

i *LOVE* the flag of the state of virginia you don't understand. get his ass.

[sourcreammachine]

us state flag tierlist by how urgent the need to change them is

(not necessarily by objective quality, although they are ordered by my own personal preference within the tiers)

yeah everyone and their cunt’s done a tierlist of how good the us state flags are, but here’s one that’s more useful imo - how much they need to change. ie, how far up the statehouse’s agenda changing the shitass flag should be

the ‘perfect’ flags shouldn’t ever change. yeah, alabama’s good, i said it - it’s iconic and recognisable. and yeah colorado might be cheesy but it’s american cheese, it’s an icon. and arizona is the best flag do not @ me

‘ain’t broke don’t fix it’ means you can start nitpicking the flag, but honestly, nobody cares and there’s no point in changing. alaska and indiana are here because their mute colours hold back their excellent designs. california’s here because the bear should probably be bigger and have a different face. utah and mrs sippy’s new flags are both here because they’ve got the same problem - they’ve both chosen really horrible dark blues, honestly so bad that they should be in lower tiers, but they changed them too recently so they should stick for a while, until people get used to the, yeah, iconic and recognisable new designs. a placeholder for minnesota is here too, based offa the six finalist designs released on tuesday, because any of them would probably end up in that spot - imperfect but relatively good

‘minor tweaks maybe’ is where the nitpicks start becoming flaws and the good designs could be made perfect very easily. hawai’i doesn’t need the british canton, it just doesn’t. wyoming doesn’t need that seal inside the buffalo. and rhode island? well idk but it’s a bold design held back by, something. stew on it for a while

the final three tiers are the ones i believe should change. the first (non urgent) is for bad flags that remain somewhat distinct, and so are still managing to do their job - but could be had so much better. NC is ripping off texas. iowa and missouri are both overcomplicated and dull. and arkansas, ignoring the word ‘arkansas’ i’m definitely getting slavers’ rebellion vibes from it

the bottom two tiers unambiguously must change. ‘fairly urgent’ are the flags where there’s maybe one redeeming quality that sets the flag apart, and could be carried forward to the new one. LA’s pelican and OK’s osage shield are iconic, but they’re still a something-on-blue and need upgrading. florida is just alabama but with a seal, honestly pathetic and one of the list’s biggest tragedies. washington, yep, there he is, but it’s still just something on a plain background. i hesitated between putting delaware here or the tier below, but its boon is its recognisability with that yellowy diamond. then there’s georgia, probably the most controversial placement on the list. but yeah. that’s the fucking CSA flag. and the iconic state deserves so much better than just an undistinct crest on the slaver flag

and yeah the last category are where all the truly pathetic failures sit. the opening few have curious motifs that could be used for the new flag, like connecticut’s grapes, michigan’s elk and oregon’s 🅱️eaver. but they still suck utter pisswank, the distinguishing thing about them only becoming clear when you stop to look at it. the latter flags of the tier are fucking irredeemable trash. tell me you know which states those final four are when the picture’s zoomed out. it’s a fucking tragedy that new york the state is amongst the union’s worst, when the city’s iconic blue-and-orange could lend it so much inspiration (same could be said for IL being outshone by chicago). or if new york wants to make it distinct from the city, it could always look to old york shire’s iconic white rose. combine it with a tulip for old amsterdam and bam we’ve got a brilliant motif. i am honestly happy to call the vermontese flag the worst in the us, for a state with such history, with such a pronounced identity and spirit, how can it let itself have such horseshit. especially when the green mountain boys’ flag is such stupid, dumb brilliance. yeah, vermont is the worst because they should just change to the green flag end of story

BOUNS ROUND: provinces of canadada

perfect: la quebec

ain’t broke: sass, newfie & lab

tweak: nova scotia, new brunswick

non urgent: BC, PEI (both controversial picks ino, but they’re fuck ugly d@m)

change now: ontario, manitoba, albert

[moe-mozzarella]

the hard work that the public is putting into this Minnesota state flag competition is astounding

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We stand for the Minnesota flag in this house

[racefortheironthrone]

Why does New Mexico have such a good state flag? It fits the modern requirements for flag design and it has meaningful and accurate Native American symbolism. But it was adopted in 1925, when so many other states had just slapped a state seal on a blue bedsheet and called it a day. Was it just a fluke, or was flag design taken more seriously by 1925?

So I asked my friend who actually knows stuff about vexillology and they said that the New Mexico flag was adopted as the result of a contest run by the DAR - and the winning entry was designed by a local physician and archaeologist who was familiar with the iconography of the Zia people.

My guess would be that the quality of the New Mexico flag is due to the fact that, rather than being designed by committee or commission, it was the result of one designer with relevant cultural knowledge. I think this explanation still leaves open the question of why the DAR had better taste in vexillology.

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[theoneandonlylittlefella]

Just made a flag for stateasota from moral oral. Thought it would be funny but like actually did something really good

And here's the meaning of the stuffs (btw the black part is supposed to look a lil like the states shape)

I'm the best.

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[dddemigirl]

Enjoy the low effort meme that I made. I’m late to the party for the Great Minnesota Flag Redesign Decision™️ but she’s pretty and I love her. Blue really is the best color. 💙🩵🤍

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Map with flags of the United States of America circa 2076. Notable Changes:

1. DC, now officially the Douglass Commonwealth, became the 51st state along with the eastern counties of Oregon (now the state of Lincoln) who voted in the greater Idaho movement, Puerto Rico, and Mariana (a state comprising of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands).

2. North Florida split from the rest of Florida, and now there are two Floridas, Florida-Dixie and Florida-Caribe

3. The Navajo Nation became a state

4. Upstate New York becomes a state, called North New York, as does the almost-a-state Sequoyah

5. California split into 7 Smaller States, California, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Frémont, Jefferson, Joaquina, and Southern California

6. The Virgin Islands and American Samoa (now Samoa Amelika) became states after floating city technology grew

7. 6 Planned mini City States (a la DC) get admitted. The US now has 10 Capitals to avoid bureaucratic collusion and corruption. The USA now has 10 capitals, DC (Capital of the executive branch), Vespucci (located in former parts of Iowa, congressional capital), Twainstun (located in former parts of northern Maine, judicial capital), MLK (located on Gulf Coast, where all governors meet to talk), New York (economic capital), Liliuokalani (located in former parts of Oregon, diplomatic capital), Eisenhower (located in former Alaska pan handle, military and intelligence capital), Sequoyah (Reservation version of MLK), Quintanilla (former southern tip of Texas, Space Station capital cause future), and Frémont (cultural capital, museums here)

10. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick become states following the bloody Canadian civil war, Yukon joins Alaska

11. Israel is moved to Montana in an area of land 7x the size of modern Israel, it’s initially an independent country but votes to join the USA

12. Michigan upper peninsula becomes a state after the Yooper terror attacks for self autonomy of 2069

13. Most states change their flags to be prettier

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