Minnesota is looking for a new state flag design and crowd-sourcing did not disappoint, resulting in some "absurd" and "ridiculous" designs

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Nitpicking, but my understanding was that Cook County is Chicago plus some unincorporated territory that wouldn’t really be considered separate communities.

EDIT: I stand corrected below!

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Did anyone submit this? Missed opportunity if not

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No, there’s a whole slew of dozens of cities, villiges and other municipalities besides Chicago in Cook County

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F1598. Does no one here have any experience with MN?!?

F1598 - pg. 16, last row, middle (shorturl.at/nBEKQ)

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Wow. Way too many of them, and so many are similar (loon, stars, same color scheme.)

The blue Canadian flag variant is a nice joke though.

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All of us Soldiers are just huge Enid Blyton fans, that’s why

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That makes sense to me. I mean, who isn’t?

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That is not the Tennessee flag. The stars in this image are symmetrical, whereas in the actual TN flag they are not:

Star arrangement

State law dictates exactly how the central emblem is to be displayed on the flag.

The arrangement of the three (3) stars shall be such that the centers of no two stars shall be in a line parallel to either the side or the end of the flag, but intermediate between the same; and the highest star shall be the one nearest the upper confined corner of the flag.

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Krandelvachian Minnesota

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Paredoilia Goodboi Hairgoop Did I Leave My Nowhere Running


Lakes Microbiology Sailing and Medical Care uh, Navy Pantsuit Justice


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Schvitzesota

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Ownage (I dunno. Maybe First Google Lens Said Nothing?)

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Tilings, Derps!


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Purplecat and Painted Unicorn Abide Thee, Gradeschoolers

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i do like that tiling one. a little unfortunate maybe that it doesn’t… well… tile. and why so (dark) blue? there’s space to fill.

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we love evry one. but not spelling. and why are we being forced to repeat second grade?

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That’s one of my faves! (even though I don’t fish). Love how they used the Northwest Angle for the top of the bobber.

I wouldn’t pick it for the state flag, of course, since, obvs, we don’t all fish.

(I see that @Flossaluzitarin picked it out, two posts above, but I’ll put it here so people know which one you/we mean.)

Also, welcome to the bbs!

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That’s because Google Translate doesn’t do Dakota, especially when it’s in blackletter.

Mni Sóta Maḳoce
“Land where the water reflects the sky”

Mni Sóta means “clear blue water”, and is where the name “Minnesota” comes from.

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That’s… not really a new thing.

Why not have flags for state and local governments?

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What do you mean “now”?

Sussex

Wessex

Kent

Dorset

Devon

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Chiming in with my city:

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I assume that to be a hommage to the Laser Kiwi design that rose to fame during the similar NZ flag-changing debacle.

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While beach-towels serve a third purpose again, which is why flags should not look like beach towels.

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