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The States: Maybe A National Divorce Is A Good Idea After All

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dxmnkd316 said:
California, Maryland, South Carolina, the new Utah, new MS, Alaska, New Mexico are all ****ing great flags. Desperately personal to the state, clean, not corporate garbage.
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I have to look at Maryland all the time. It is hideous. It should be the seal, not the flag.

New UT was close to very nice, but the background sucks.

Anyway, they blew it; they could have had the most beautiful flag of all. This was a finalist:

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Kepler said:
I have to look at Maryland all the time. It is hideous. It should be the seal, not the flag.

New UT was close to genius but the background sucks.
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Arguments can be made either way on Utah's background.

But the Minnesota flags could be flown over any state capitol. Great flags would look out of place anywhere but where they're flown.

worth noting that one of the finalists for MN state flag is basically identical to the city flag of Duluth.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Arguments can be made either way on Utah's background.

But the Minnesota flags could be flown over any state capitol. Great flags would look out of place anywhere but where they're flown.

worth noting that one of the finalists for MN state flag is basically identical to the city flag of Duluth.
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Were any of the MN entries non-ironically any good? I saw the Uff da one.

This is obviously what should be flown:

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Kepler said:
Today I learned. Thank you!
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Desperately ignore the /r/vexillology nerds. They're wrong. Borne out of bad modern spartan design coupled with silly old traditions.

they lost me entirely with "A child should be able to draw the flag from memory"

like... why? When is the last time you've had to draw a flag of anything? We have modern printing and textile manufacturing. We don't need simple as a maximum. We need something that the populace it represents uniquely identifies with.

A nondescript star is not identifiable as Minnesota. Lakes, prairies, woods, loons, walleyes, hotdish, and yes, the North Star. What makes the North Star identifiable is its presence over the landscape. Otherwise it's just colorblind Texas.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Desperately ignore the /r/vexillology nerds. They're wrong. Borne out of bad modern spartan design coupled with silly old traditions.
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I haven't been reading anybody's rules. As with porn, I know what I like.

I agree entirely the flag should be intimate to what it is representing. Minnesotans should define what makes Minnesota home to them. As an outsider, I think of:
  • cold
  • isolation
  • socialism
  • white people
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dxmnkd316 said:
California, Maryland, South Carolina, the new Utah, new MS, Alaska, New Mexico are all ****ing great flags. Desperately personal to the state, clean, not corporate garbage.
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One thing that all those have in common is that all you need is a quick look to identify what it's representing.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
too busy for what? Betsy Ross to sew it? These stupid antiquated vexillology rules are so lame.
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Great logos / flags / brand marks are the ones that are easy for kids to draw and for people to remember.

How many people to this day don't know that there's a river, trees, and a North star hidden within the *outline of a bear* in the Minnesota Wild logo?
 
Honestly, of the finalists, the dual loons (cloud / water) are the best, but the star needs some work. It's not unique enough IMO. Maybe if it had the Dakota Star or the Polaris / eight pointed star instead...
 
I don't consider Minnesotans as isolationist at all. Anyway since the residents do love the outdoors to me that should be represented as much as possible.
 
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aparch said:
Honestly, of the finalists, the dual loons (cloud / water) are the best, but the star needs some work. It's not unique enough IMO. Maybe if it had the Dakota Star or the Polaris / eight pointed star instead...
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Wait which one are you talking about
 
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