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[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field."

Seems correct.

After reading the article on Wikipedia, it seems they have more rules about handling the flag than the Catholics have about the cross. And they don't follow around 2/3 of them, especially the MAGA types.

Edit: This made me read the code about my country's flag. A lot of the same stupid rules. This one made me burst out laughing: "If a flag is to stay out after dusk it should be well lit". Is it fucking afraid of the dark?

[-] TotallynotJessica 32 points 2 months ago

Flags when not in a well lit environment:

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

That one seems pretty standard. Either you take it down at sunset and put it up at sunrise, or you leave it up 24/7, and you need to have it lit up.

The weirder one for me is that you have to burn the flag if it touches the ground

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

That's a myth. But don't let the flag touch the ground is still stupid.

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Naw it does always have to be within light. It comes from the revolutionary war "and our flag was still there"; in that our nation shall never see darkness. Sadly, unrelated to flag standards, that very much has not been the case.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I think your description of the American flag is out of date. We only had 48 stars from 1912-1959. Though that does mean a lot of the most iconic depictions of the flag do fit this.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

i'll be in the cold cold ground before i recognize missourah. or utah.

[-] Nightlight17776@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

As a Utah resident I second this. It's different in here

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I think the next paragraph was about adding stars.

[-] Una@europe.pub 63 points 2 months ago

Holy based flag :3 mrrreow meow

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 33 points 2 months ago

Do you go "meow meow" in every comment you make? If so, based

[-] Una@europe.pub 19 points 2 months ago

Yes meow meow :3 not every but almost :3

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 17 points 2 months ago

We should all strife for more mrrreeoow in our comments

[-] thoughtfuldragon 4 points 2 months ago

Mew mew based

[-] kittenzrulz123 3 points 2 months ago

Meooow mrrroow :3

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

Although this is a U.S. federal law, the code is not mandatory: it uses non-binding language like "should" and "custom" throughout and does not prescribe any penalties for failure to follow the guidelines. It was "not intended to prescribe conduct" and was written to "codify various existing rules and customs."

[-] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 46 points 2 months ago

In this house we stand for the flag, and kneel after putting on a collar

[-] thoughtfuldragon 12 points 2 months ago

Heck I'll kneel to put the collar on. Except for fascists. We don't kneel for those.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 23 points 2 months ago

nah. I prefer the original one.
tranarchy

don't like empires, esp. that enslaved.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

this is very jem coded and i loveit so much

[-] Una@europe.pub 3 points 2 months ago

meow meow

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

😺‍💤 ∗pats🐾 cushion🛏️ signaling∗ “if you want to huddle next to me, you can”

[-] Una@europe.pub 3 points 2 months ago

Meow

[-] qwookah@piefed.social 22 points 2 months ago

is there anything specifying the stripes have to be separated by white or can the all be placed next to each other, or that the stars can't be placed on top of the white? 🏳️‍⚧️

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

a comment above explained the real rules but in short alternate red and white stripes and stars have to be on blue background

[-] TotallynotJessica 10 points 2 months ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

that slighly offcenter red stripe is gonna bug me

[-] Thevenin@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

I really wanted this to be true :( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

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