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the jizz taxi posted:I realise it's more normal when playing against another country, but something that struck me while I was in the US three years ago was that there are motherfucking flags everywhere. Like, you can't turn a corner someplace and see the Stars & Stripes hanging from a building, planted in a corner or used as part of a logo design. I even saw buildings with multiple flags. I understand that Americans are pretty chauvinist, but I never saw that amount of national flags in the United Kingdom or France - also both chauvinist nations. Or is it a reminder to very dim people that they are in America? It can't be that either, can it? I'm in San Francisco and I don't see US flags anywhere. There are rainbow flags in the Castro and you'll see some Giants flags though.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:
He's from 1st Century Galilee and speaks only ancient Aramaic dude, you realize how loving hard it was to even get him in front of that computer without him trying to exorcise it or whatever?!
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm in San Francisco and I don't see US flags anywhere. There are rainbow flags in the Castro and you'll see some Giants flags though. Maybe it's different from city to city. I was in Chicago. Or you've grown so accustomed to flags that you don't notice them anymore.
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Handbags. What are they? We just dont know. Oh wait, now we do.
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DarkCrawler posted:He's from 1st Century Galilee and speaks only ancient Aramaic dude, you realize how loving hard it was to even get him in front of that computer without him trying to exorcise it or whatever?! He got with the times:  
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the jizz taxi posted:Maybe it's different from city to city. I was in Chicago. I haven't been into the US, but they seem to do pretty much the same thing with maple leaves in Canada. It's weird. Practically every business incorporates it into their logo. 
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I was just recently thinking about how I don't really notice the flags a lot anymore, but they are everywhere. Maybe there were fewer flags before 9/11? Can't remember too well. 
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The flags are everywhere. Nobody notices them anymore. Nobody but me. One day there'll be nothing, the next, a flag. Sometimes I ask people. I ask my neighbors. Nobody remembers putting them there. It doesn't seem to bother them. Some flags, you can predict. Places like sporting fields, gun stores, schools, they have the most. Once, I found a small gun shop down in Arkansas with no flag. I tried to camp out outside it to see who would place the flag. I don't remember what happened next. I woke up a week later in my bed with a slight headache and a polaroid on my nightstand. It was a photo of me by that store. Written on the bottom, in bold, imposing, lettering was "DON'T." I don't notice the flags anymore.
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I believe my comment came because a few weeks ago I was looking out a car window at a fast food place outside Monticello, New York, and it had a big flagpole with a huge American flag and landscaping around the base. I thought to myself that it was a tad ridiculous, that sort of flag display outside a Wendy's or whatever it was. I'm not against gratuitous displays of patriotism at all, but it looked to me like something you'd see outside of a big post office or in front of a military facility. Then of course I remembered that there are flag displays like that all over. There really are.
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Nanomashoes posted:The flags are everywhere. Nobody notices them anymore. Nobody but me. One day there'll be nothing, the next, a flag. Sometimes I ask people. I ask my neighbors. Nobody remembers putting them there. It doesn't seem to bother them. Some flags, you can predict. Places like sporting fields, gun stores, schools, they have the most. Once, I found a small gun shop down in Arkansas with no flag. I tried to camp out outside it to see who would place the flag. I don't remember what happened next. I woke up a week later in my bed with a slight headache and a polaroid on my nightstand. It was a photo of me by that store. Written on the bottom, in bold, imposing, lettering was "DON'T." Very nicely done. To contribute, one I took at work. 
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xxEightxx posted:US mens team in the World Cup qualifier against panama faces the wrong way during the national anthem What's the correct way to face?
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xxEightxx posted:[a picture the size of the drat stadium] No they're not. They're facing the flag that's on the field, not the one on the pole above it.
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the jizz taxi posted:I realise it's more normal when playing against another country, but something that struck me while I was in the US three years ago was that there are motherfucking flags everywhere. Like, you can't turn a corner someplace and see the Stars & Stripes hanging from a building, planted in a corner or used as part of a logo design. I even saw buildings with multiple flags. I understand that Americans are pretty chauvinist, but I never saw that amount of national flags in the United Kingdom or France - also both chauvinist nations. Or is it a reminder to very dim people that they are in America? It can't be that either, can it? Yes, there are many more flags on display here in the US than in some other countries, but it's not as unique (or bellicose) as you make it seem. Have you been to Switzerland? Flags everywhere. Germany, not so much. The Philippines is full of flags, but not Japan. Like many things here, the flag has been commodified and if you look you'll notice that the vast majority of flags are flying on corporate buildings. Hell, it's practically law that car dealerships have to have the largest flags available because they catch your eye. Flags on homes are unusual outside of certain holidays like Memorial Day or the 4th of July. Also, nice red text.
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Wax Dynasty posted:Yes, there are many more flags on display here in the US than in some other countries, but it's not as unique (or bellicose) as you make it seem. Have you been to Switzerland? Flags everywhere. Germany, not so much. The Philippines is full of flags, but not Japan. Like many things here, the flag has been commodified and if you look you'll notice that the vast majority of flags are flying on corporate buildings. Hell, it's practically law that car dealerships have to have the largest flags available because they catch your eye. Flags on homes are unusual outside of certain holidays like Memorial Day or the 4th of July. Also, nice red text. You're right, I also noticed it in Switzerland. But then, the Swiss are really nationalist. My guess is that Germany and Japan downplay flag nationalism a bit for obvious reasons. 
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Wax Dynasty posted:Have you been to Switzerland? Flags everywhere. Spotted in Ohio Amish country, a McDonald's flying the Swiss flag. 
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I just woke up, and I sat staring at this for at least thirty seconds thinking, "Is there some sort of pun here? Obi Wan Leekobi? Obi Wan Kenoleek? That doesn't make any sense. What do they call leeks in other languages?" Christ.
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If I wanted to hear a boring flag derail I'd go to the flag store at the Mall of America and casually drop the line "Betsy Ross wasn't all that".
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Rollersnake posted:I just woke up, and I sat staring at this for at least thirty seconds thinking, "Is there some sort of pun here? Obi Wan Leekobi? Obi Wan Kenoleek? That doesn't make any sense. What do they call leeks in other languages?" Christ. Leek Skywalker?
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Rollersnake posted:I just woke up, and I sat staring at this for at least thirty seconds thinking, "Is there some sort of pun here? Obi Wan Leekobi? Obi Wan Kenoleek? That doesn't make any sense. What do they call leeks in other languages?" Christ. It's Leek Skywalker. e: ^Oh for poo poo's sake.
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Yes, I eventually came to that realization, thanks.
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the jizz taxi posted:Or you've grown so accustomed to flags that you don't notice them anymore.
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Nanomashoes posted:The flags are everywhere. Nobody notices them anymore. Nobody but me. One day there'll be nothing, the next, a flag. Sometimes I ask people. I ask my neighbors. Nobody remembers putting them there. It doesn't seem to bother them. Some flags, you can predict. Places like sporting fields, gun stores, schools, they have the most. Once, I found a small gun shop down in Arkansas with no flag. I tried to camp out outside it to see who would place the flag. I don't remember what happened next. I woke up a week later in my bed with a slight headache and a polaroid on my nightstand. It was a photo of me by that store. Written on the bottom, in bold, imposing, lettering was "DON'T." I've enjoyed your retelling. Thanks.
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benito posted:Spotted in Ohio Amish country, a McDonald's flying the Swiss flag. Berne, Indiana has "Swiss Days" every year where they celebrate their association with a sister city. I'm sure other small towns do the same.
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Rollersnake posted:I just woke up, and I sat staring at this for at least thirty seconds thinking, "Is there some sort of pun here? Obi Wan Leekobi? Obi Wan Kenoleek? That doesn't make any sense. What do they call leeks in other languages?" Christ. Leek Skywalker. edit: and thats what happen when i forget to refresh.
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Helicity posted:If I wanted to hear a boring flag derail I'd go to the flag store at the Mall of America and casually drop the line "Betsy Ross wasn't all that". Is he seeing the British and French flags?
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CobiWann posted:Is he seeing the British and French flags? Do you think he meant country matters?
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Captain_Maclaine posted:oh god a humon comic This loving sucks 
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CobiWann posted:Is he seeing the British and French flags? No, he's seeing a Brazilian.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Do you think he meant country matters? Aye, there's a fair thought.
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Konar posted:This loving sucks Why don't they have those at the costco I go to? Now I want a giant jar of nutella. The diabetes would be worth it. 
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A woman found a razor blade in a Burger King burger, and a local news station helpfully demonstrates the concept:
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Masa posted:A woman found a razor blade in a Burger King burger, and a local news station helpfully demonstrates the concept: Someone at the station really wanted a burger but didn't want to pay for it. "We need a stunt burger"
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bringmyfishback posted:
They learnt their lesson from the incident with the 99 luftballons.
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hazza posted:They learnt their lesson from the incident with the 99 luftballons. Dude, last page.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Dude, last page. God...DAMMIT. 
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