Return of the terrible flag thread.

What makes the WORST flag?

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longtimelurker

Since I've been having a bad day, I've decided to take it out on you guys.
Presenting first, the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. This would be a nice, if very cheesy sticker that a city's Chamber of Commerce would hand out - but it's their actual flag.
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But they have a newer flag, which is alright, if a bit like a logo for a medical insurance company
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I also have the old Flag of the City of Lubbock, Texas. Very Poor, violates all the principles of good flag design.
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Finally, we have the flag of Brown County Nebraska, which is essentially a hate crime
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Gillan1220

Gillan1220

Filipino here. Our province flags save for Bohol, Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro, Camarines Norte, Southern Leyte, and ARMM follow the same seal-on-a-bedsheet style along with American state flags.
Complete list on Wikipedia.

Flags of the provinces of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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Thankfully you never see these fly outside government offices. Only those provinces and municipalities with distinct flags fly alongside the Philippine flag.

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The seal is not even in the center. And why the does the text take half of the field? Lazy design.

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Flag of Buenavista, Bohol. What is this? Imperial Japan mixed with the stars of the United States? The 35 stars apparently represents the 35 barangays (neighborhood sub-units) of the municipality which have their own flags. Oddly enough, I do want a copy of this flag.
www.google.com

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
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https://www.facebook.com/buena.ps.9/posts/1137651716378353

I did mention Buenavista's 35 barangays have their own flags and you'll see the worst flag in the world.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/lgij56
https://www.facebook.com/mpdcbuenavista/posts/1064026433945682

And now for the worst flag in the world:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/lugcmp
TADA!

OH GOD MY EYES NO!

Yes this is a real flag. The one who designed just put images of mountains and forests. Arguably the worst in the world. It's good that this only stays in the barangay hall. It makes Buenavista's flag look like the best in the province. The redditors are even commenting that it's a "shitpost" and "what the actual fuck!" One of them even comments it makes Liberia's subdivision flags look tamer in comparison!

Let it remain obscure for life.
 
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Aghasverov

Aghasverov

Gillan1220 said:
Filipino here. Our province flags save for Bohol, Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro, Camarines Norte, Southern Leyte, and ARMM follow the same seal-on-a-bedsheet style along with American state flags.
Complete list on Wikipedia.

Flags of the provinces of the Philippines - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
Thankfully you never see these fly outside government offices. Only those provinces and municipalities with distinct flags fly alongside the Philippine flag.

PH-ILI_Flag.png

The seal is not even in the center. And why the does the text take half of the field? Lazy design.

1280px-Flag_of_Buenavista%2C_Bohol.png

Flag of Buenavista, Bohol. What is this? Imperial Japan mixed with the stars of the United States? The 35 stars apparently represents the 35 barangays (neighborhood sub-units) of the municipality which have their own flags. Oddly enough, I do want a copy of this flag.
www.google.com

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
www.google.com www.google.com
https://www.facebook.com/buena.ps.9/posts/1137651716378353

I did mention Buenavista's 35 barangays have their own flags and you'll see the worst flag in the world.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/lgij56

And now for the worst flag in the world:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/lugcmp
TADA!

OH GOD MY EYES NO!

Yes this is a real flag. The one who designed just put images of mountains and forests. Arguably the worst in the world. It's good that this only stays in the barangay hall. It makes Buenavista's flag look like the best in the province.

Let it remain obscure for life.
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This thread shall go on forever, as apparently the human capacity to create a new, more hideous World's Worst Flag - even worse than the last, most hideous World's Worst Flag - will never be exhausted :D
 
Aghasverov

Aghasverov

longtimelurker said:
Since I've been having a bad day, I've decided to take it out on you guys.
Presenting first, the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. This would be a nice, if very cheesy sticker that a city's Chamber of Commerce would hand out - but it's their actual flag.
us-okbar.gif

But they have a newer flag, which is alright, if a bit like a logo for a medical insurance company
Flag_of_Bartlesville%2C_Oklahoma.jpg

I also have the old Flag of the City of Lubbock, Texas. Very Poor, violates all the principles of good flag design.
us-txlub-l.gif

Finally, we have the flag of Brown County Nebraska, which is essentially a hate crime
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Brown County (just sounds depressing already, and probably appropriate given how hot it's been this year :p) has been picked on already, deservedly....
Bartlesville, I sort of like the old one better, it's... happy :) The newer one would make a better bumper sticker, or even better, window sticker if it incorporated a bar code that could double as an E-Z-Pass for toll roads :D
Lubbock.... well, it looks like a jukebox. It would make a better top part of a jukebox than it makes a flag....
 

Ulahlica-Ulahlica

Alternativity said:
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Old flag of Louisiana, why are the baby's eating their Mother ALIVE?!
also..
ANOTHER
DAMN
BLUE
𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿!
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Heraldry. In the medieval period, the Pelican was used as a symbol for Christ, as it was believed that pelicans fed their young on their blood, which was compared to Jesus sacrificing himself to save us all from sin. It was a myth perpetuated through the Bestiaries, books which used beast fables as a vehicle to communicate Christian morality via allegory. The idea that the lion is the king of beasts also comes from the Bestiaries.
 
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Gillan1220

Gillan1220

Aghasverov said:
This thread shall go on forever, as apparently the human capacity to create a new, more hideous World's Worst Flag - even worse than the last, most hideous World's Worst Flag - will never be exhausted :D
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Every time we see a horrible flag, this is my reaction:


MAY THE RATS EAT YOUR EYES!
- Maximilian Roivas, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002)
 
Gillan1220

Gillan1220

Alternativity said:
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Old flag of Louisiana, why are the baby's eating their Mother ALIVE?!
also..
ANOTHER
DAMN
BLUE
𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿!
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Ulahlica-Ulahlica said:
Heraldry. In the medieval period, the Pelican was used as a symbol for Christ, as it was believed that pelicans fed their young on their blood, which was compared to Jesus sacrificing himself to save us all from sin. It was a myth perpetuated through the Bestiaries, books which used beast fables as a vehicle to communicate Christian morality via allegory. The idea that the lion is the king of beasts also comes from the Bestiaries.
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Caledon said:
There can be only one.
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Without the ribbon with the words, Louisiana's flag does look nice. I do like flags with birds to be honest. Example of a great flag with detailed bird is Midway Island (unofficial), Uganda, Ecuador, and Mexico.
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Crazy Boris

Crazy Boris

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Gillan1220 said:
Without the ribbon with the words, Louisiana's flag does look nice. I do like flags with birds to be honest. Example of a great flag with detailed bird is Midway Island (unofficial), Uganda, Ecuador, and Mexico.
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Flags with animals are pretty great in general, I think, just ask the Welsh! I think when it comes to bird flags, Midway is probably my favorite, with Uganda and Kiribati close behind. Tierra del Fuego’s stylized bird shape is also pretty appealing.
 
Gillan1220

Gillan1220

Crazy Boris said:
Flags with animals are pretty great in general, I think, just ask the Welsh! I think when it comes to bird flags, Midway is probably my favorite, with Uganda and Kiribati close behind. Tierra del Fuego’s stylized bird shape is also pretty appealing.
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IMO, whichever agency or sitting body in the government in charge with flags in the U.S. government should approve Midway Island's flag. It's even sold on flag stores online.

Here's another Bear Flag that's awesome:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/v7x16w
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@CalBear's Russian cousin perhaps?
 
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Rac98

Rac98

I don't know if this has been already posted/talked here but here's the Paraíba state flag, definitely not the worst... But the most boring design of a Brazilian state flag in my opinion.
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The "nego" comes from "negar", lit. "denying" in Portuguese
 

longtimelurker

Gillan1220 said:
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Pilar in the Camotes Islands group, part of the Province of Cebu, Philippines.
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I am sorry, what is this the flag of?
Its a bit unclear...

Gillan1220 said:
Thankfully you never see these fly outside government offices. Only those provinces and municipalities with distinct flags fly alongside the Philippine flag.

PH-ILI_Flag.png

The seal is not even in the center. And why the does the text take half of the field? Lazy design.

1280px-Flag_of_Buenavista%2C_Bohol.png

Flag of Buenavista, Bohol. What is this? Imperial Japan mixed with the stars of the United States? The 35 stars apparently represents the 35 barangays (neighborhood sub-units) of the municipality which have their own flags. Oddly enough, I do want a copy of this flag.
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Egad, none of these are particularly good, the combination of the simple (would calling it Child-like be too mean?) art with the perfect straight-lines is a bit of a painful contrast, those two aren't that bad. They're still overcomplicated, but at least they're distinguishable for a distance.
Gillan1220 said:
And now for the worst flag in the world:
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This is definitely a strong contender - though I think that the old Provo flag or the Brown County flag are pretty tough competition for worst in the world.
The worst part is how, in the bottom row, one of the pictures is out of line...
 
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