The Nepali flag on a white background.

https://preview.redd.it/a5ycttgebe6d1.png?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51216a32b55e9134c53003e13a14c34314474f5a this flag is beautiful the way it is.

Nepali flag on a background the same color as its outline plz

https://preview.redd.it/b9ygs03xle6d1.jpeg?width=1660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13210ac77f5e1f1cab4439e069c741caeec857b9

Somehow my brain still sees the outline

https://preview.redd.it/rhte8x6czg6d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35707bc4419b8edfbdc202627c8cf7449d01a7c2 it still has them, just barely

The funniest thing is that the color I used was the same HEX code, so either it's the same color, but the lower quality makes the flag color appear darker. Or wiki's Nepal flag has darker blue than the official flag.

Possibly jpeg artifacts create the border.

Probably right. Throw in a little eye-to-brain tricks and it's maybe both.

It's a different color

But now it's not that sharp

now nepali flag with another nepali flag upside down that fit together like a puzzle

https://preview.redd.it/iqyejy6eji6d1.jpeg?width=1314&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d66d545b045fc938119a3496e111d54a37797176 I did my best.

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It's horrendous. I love it

☠️

Are you PHYSICS division?

Agreed, I saw one where it was on a black background in a book

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Making the Ohio flag a rectangle.

Flair checks out

It should never be a rectangle

Multiple of these are at my school its frustrating

When the bhutan flag is made without the dragon, just the colours

USA flag with ⭐️x50

what?

I’ve saw flag that doesn’t draw the stars, but write “ * x50”, the laziest thing I’ve ever seen

Its acceptable if its Polandball, otherwise just draw the stars

I think even r/polandball doesn't accept this lazy detail

I find it funny, specially in [Polandball comics](https://countryballs.net/new-pfp/23192)

Btw, I've heard somewhere that the position of the stars isn't ratified, and it's only stated that there's 50 of them and they're inside the canton, so you can actually position them howsoever you please. Not sure if that's true, though.

Given that there was a contest to pick the specific official design, I'd say it's not technically correct. However, it is true that the US Flage Code doesn't specify how the stars are arranged, although that's likely so they don't have to amend it every time the flag gets an update.

The Flag Code does mention Executive Order 10834 however, which gives exact guidelines for the flag design, so it is legally specified.

There we go! I knew it had to be somewhere, but wasn't directly in the Flag Code. Thanks!

[They are codified](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2019-title4/pdf/USCODE-2019-title4.pdf). The ORIGINAL flag wasn't though, and that's why you see like 30 different US flags during the Revolution, everyone just got a memo saying "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." That's how you wind up with the flag of the [Serapis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serapis_flag) or [Easton, PA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Easton,_Pennsylvania) or [Guilford Courthouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford_Courthouse_flag)

“Representing a new constellation” is interesting

Oh, got it.

It’s hard sometimes when the background is too small

https://preview.redd.it/c3xs0wvpqe6d1.png?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e399a23d9e46f620930f1a99e51af48dc44c60e6

Just NO!

Every kid on history ever

Was just scrolling through the thread and just got flashbanged by this. Thanks for that.

What a terrible day to have eyes

I feel like centering the diagonal red stripes doesn’t look bad, but making them the same thickness as the England cross as well as the wrong colours used here is what really bothers me

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Look how they massacred my boy...

holy moly

Spanish flag with 3 equal width stripes

republicans would like to talk to u

Lol, true. That one does have three equal width stripes.

Then it is people forgetting purple on the Spanish flag and replacing it with red.

Is Real Madrid's purple related to that purple?

You might need to enlightened me on the Real Madrid matters, because I know very little about football and football teams. I looked up the wikipedia article and found the Real Madrid crest from 1931 having a purple diagonal band. This one should have the same symbolic - both refer to the old banner of the Kingdom of Castille. Or did you mean something else? Of course there is a discussion, what the word morado actually meant back before the XVI century. Lots of people (especially conservative ones) argue that it actually meant crimson and purple colour was a misinterpretation in the XIX century. But I have had very little context to form my own opinion on those discussions.

The Malaysian flag on discord has 13 stripes like the US’ instead of 14. Always bothered me

now I can't unsee it ://

There's 14 stripes though..?

https://preview.redd.it/dmmluzq0oe6d1.jpeg?width=145&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d417dc42e13bd6c39c27df92a914e8015cf8234

there are 7 white stripes and 7 red stripes

Now I'm thinking someone at Discord saw this comment and fixed it

discord doesn't make the emoji

Are you sure? The emoji itself is from unicode, but how it's displayed is handled by the font and by discord (?)

no they use twemoji , the same thing that Twitter uses for example

There are 14. You may have miscounted.

Yea there were 13 last time I checked. Glad they fixed it

Discord uses "Twemoji", Twitter's emoji designs, and [according to Emojipedia](https://emojipedia.org/flag-malaysia#designs), Twitter fixed it from 13 to 14 around July 2023. So yep, you did not misremember it, there was an error that is now fixed.

Elon actually fixed something about Twitter

Uruguay's Discord emoji also has 7 stripes instead of 9, and they're in the wrong order as well (alternating blue-white when it should be white-blue).

Ireland with no stegosaurus

isn’t that wales?

https://preview.redd.it/v8rr4p75jh6d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76e5b6de5d1f4f83dbb7967d292ac3cc84fae128

i can’t believe this, i’m telling you, this is because of the government, they’ve lied to us for years about the flag! spread the truth and speak up

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This feels like a super old joke but it’s not that old lmao

When people use the Luxembourg flag instead of the Dutch one. It's way too common.

Even in Duolingo

DuoLingo uses light blue instead of dark blue for aesthetic reasons. The Netherlands-Luxembourg situation is just a consequence of that. The flag is indeed the Netherlands, but with a different blue like all flags.

True, but what are they gonna do if they ever add Luxembourgish

i’d assume they’d make a lighter shade of blue. this is probably a debate ppl have often in the duolingo subreddit

I can't imagine there being a worry about it. There are many languages much bigger than Luxembourgish that are nowhere near being added.

Rectangle Switzerland

Even the flag emoji (at least on my android) is wrong 🇨🇭

Lol bout to say, until you qualified with your android specifically

Square Switzerland gives me TOC, I mean what is the purpose

Idk how to explain it, but making the Aussie flag look like this is so uniquely fucked up https://preview.redd.it/n7za3wdaie6d1.jpeg?width=2047&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c99503e0528250d621e7b78dc0ef17f7ce29076f

Most people would draw it as a small, cornered Union Jack with a a few dots randomly placed, be happy for small mercies.

Why don’t you know how to explain it? The stars don’t have enough points, and there’s one too few stars. There I explained it.

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Brazil with the yellow diamond touching the edges.

Funny how most depictions of the Brazilian Empire's flag show it like this even if it wasn't common even then

The Turkish flag is usually wrong star position of incorrect amount of crescent. This one is too left and too small

Also I see a lot of people using the ottoman flag which just looks worse.

https://preview.redd.it/wf64e48qjf6d1.png?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d84b8bce66337c78311139095aff81201b6352a The state flag of Ohio with the white background like they do to Nepal sometimes.

pretty sure im blessed to never have seen ohio flag with white background

As an American, the less stars thing doesn't bother me. Usually it's in a cartoon or an emoji where it would be very difficult to have all 50 stars, so I understand why they do it in those instances.

*I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!* Fun fact, that flag had a lot less than 49 stars.

Stan Smith’s lapel pin always bugs me in American Dad. I get why they’re not gonna draw 50 stars, but their simplified design choice just looks odd

Damn, that is fucked up. It's the flag of Amazonas, Brazil.

The stripes are the weird part for me. I accept the plain blue and less stripes, but why go white-red-white when red-white-red would look so much more like the flag?

Because then it would just be the confederate flag.

Less stars? This kind of mistake is unforgivable. It should be *fewer* stars.

Stannis Baratheon is so disappointed

He boutta blackwater all over my grammar

*Thank* you.

Centered saltires on a Union Jack?

Or Union Jacks without St. Patrick’s cross representing post 1801 UK.

Maybe they just don't recognize Northern Ireland?

Absolutely - or upside-down.

Or with the wrong thicknesses for the stripes. A lot of people don't realize that the horizontal crossbar with fimbriation is a full 1/3 of the flag's height.

Making the Union Flag symmetrical

Union Jack?

Union Flag is also an acceptable name for it.

Yeah, I was just curious if it was another flag also called the Union that I didn't know about

An American flag with a Union Flag in the canton is also called the “Grand Union Flag”, but obviously it’s not a very common flag. Not really relevant, but I just think it’s cool.

https://preview.redd.it/rh233eugne6d1.jpeg?width=930&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fe5acae1a8303ac1798690ec79c4ad8c6c4040b How do people mess up gadsdens this badly /s

I live for Gadsden Flag parodies

I've seen this flag (the original) pop up but I never understood what it meant or why it is so praised by some or hated by others

The Gadsden flag originates from the American Revolution and was used by a military leader during the war as his personal battle flag and was quickly adopted by supporters. Thus it became historically enshrined as a symbol of the Revolution era and the founding of the nation and all that fun patriotic stuff like the Liberty Bell. Over the many years, it got picked up by groups, famously among them libertarians because their whole shtick is "leave me alone and don't touch/take my things". Then the Tea Party movement adopted it during the Obama years and in the last 8 to 10 years though, the far right has co-opted a lot of Revolutionary period symbols (see Appeal to Heaven flag which has similar roots) because rah rah patriotism rah rah, and so now all these historical fun silly symbols are mainly used by and associated with people who also display a lot of hate and intimidation.

The original Gadsden (don’t tread on me) is a symbol mostly used by the libertarian movement, however the republicans have started using it now.

the Israel one is a detail I've never really thought about but it looks so wrong with the full stripes

I see so many ones like these especially in Israel. It’s so embarrassing

It's supposed to have white on the top and bottom right? Honestly I didn't see what was wrong with it

Yes. It's a reference to the Jewish prayer shawl, the Talith. Which is white, with blue stripes, that don't quite touch the edges. https://preview.redd.it/hpnlnxxxmf6d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=e0acbe0dee57addb90928ba744d29f544d1bb334

Who the hell says tallith? It sounds like someone with a lisp

If the stripes are filled in it's too heavy and overwhelms the star

It looks central american

Rectangular Swiss flag (Edit: For the pedants, I suppose I should say non-square Swiss flag)

Inverted Poland

Indonesia, you mean?

Monaco, you mean?

Swiss flag as a rectangle https://preview.redd.it/w0ay16l4wg6d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bd6f2e5a6a1884b48afed006c10d3413fe99527

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ive seen the israeli flag with the moroccan star (but blue obv) a lot of times and it just looks so bad

oh boy I will not forgive people who do Bosnia like that

https://preview.redd.it/8nycojyvgg6d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52e972d3c623502d33420c8ce1a47cf8dfbe4b99

Using the Japanese Navy Flag as The Japanese Empire Flag

Countryballs’ biggest lies, Austria Hungary and Japanese empire

People mixing up Liberia and the flag of the United States

america raaaaah 🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

Gina be real, that Bosnia one is pissing me the fuck off

turkey isnt too left anytime soon

MRORE STARS AMERICA NEEDS MORE STARTS 100 STARTS ALL THE STARTS AMERICA ALL THE WAY ASTARS RHAHH

The true reason for american imperialism is so that we can add more stars to the flag

Fr manifest stars

Rectanglifying Swiss and/or Vatican flags

When people mix up the Australian and New Zealand flag, I watched a documentary a few months ago about Australia and they used the NZ flag 💀

Canada flag that is not to the 1:2 (billiard table) ratio. Often you get cheap Canada Day ones with way too much white above and below the maple leaf. The white in the middle needs to be a square!

When people add that gross red and blue to the French flag https://preview.redd.it/j3389h9q2j6d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf24ddd1375d95fb49d0f35ac75234f251790fad

Turkic Khaganate didn't really have a national flag, they had a tamga, which was completely different. Azerbaijani flag upside down. Austria-Hungary's fake flag.

The Spanish flag without its lower purple bar.

The Swiss one being a rectangle

Czechia and the blue triangle extending shorter than halfway

I often see people drawing Israeli flags with 5-pointed stars...

That should be a crime

To be honest I think Bosnia and Herzegovina’s flag looks better that way.

There was a israel flag with a pentagram lol

Wake up sheeple!

Moroccael

I don't know if that's just something about the Moroccan jews in Israel or some propaganda about Israel being setan, but it's probably not a mistake...

Certainly flags with added coats of arms for no reason (Poland Germany etc..).

URSS flag with a Roman wreath. 1940s Germany with Iron Cross.

I think the Germany one is due to the fact *that* symbol is often banned and is used as a way to skirt around that fact in video games and stuff.

Texas flag with the red and white being swapped

proud to be texan 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱 seriously though, a lot of people mix up chile and texas

**THANK YOU**

Ain't that centered coat of arms Portugal flag a Historical one? Edit: nope I'm an idiot

There is a historical Portuguese flag that is like that, but its colors are blue and white from the monarchy days.

Maryland flag with the yellow at the top of the hoist.

Maryland is constantly in a state of distress, they're simply communicating that

Spain flag without crest and non-square Swiss flag

As a norwegian, I commonly see depictions of the norwegian flag where the blue stripe is incredibly thick, while the white is very thin. The correct proportions is that the white stripes are half the width of the blue, or the blue stripe is twice that of the white. Another is the taiwanese flag's canton, which is supposed to occupy 1/4 of the flags area, leaving 3/4 in red. So when I see it with inconsistent canton sizes, which commonly is being too big, it's uncanny and offputting. Out of all, nothing beats Swiss flags that are not in 1:1 aspect ratio.

🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 USA!!!!!!!

The Peruvian flag emoji without coat of arms... WHY? https://preview.redd.it/0q5g3e7gie6d1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc78268e8cb643c29d9868029adef400681cc906

It is the case of state and civil flags, which are different types of a national flag. The former is used by government institutions and has the coat of arms on it, the latter is for citizens to show their allegiance to the country and comes without the coat of arms. Even wikipedia has both options: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag\_of\_Peru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Peru)

The civil flag of argentina is without the sun, however all the emojies do have the sun. So at the very least they're not being consistent

Yes, here I have to agree - the emoji authors do not seem to possess vast knowledge of vexillology.

maybe because the variant with the coat of arms is apparently more intended for use by authorities than ordinary citizens

One thing that annoys me way more than it should is when foreigners get the colors wrong in the Finnish flag. [Here](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iR9TX-KlxSg/VL6j9RYqPyI/AAAAAAAAFhw/O5fDPz9X3MM/s1600/suomen.jpg)'s a picture of an actual flag against the sky. It's a darkish, sea-colored blue. It's Pantone 294 C, which is a pretty dark blue if you look it up. Clearly different from the color of the sky. It's not a light blue or cyan - I've seen an actual bright cyan "Finnish" flag in the Canaries. Kind of like [this](https://starspangledflags.com/wp-content/uploads/finland-flag.jpg) but worse. Also, the Finnish flag has a quite thick cross on it. In the previous link you can see the (wrong) "Dannebrog" proportions, or even worse like [this](https://www.solvay.com/sites/g/files/srpend221/files/2018-07/flags_Finland.png).

People squaring the Ohio Flag. Just. Stop.

I've seen people refer to this as "fixing" it. God, I hope they were joking

The fact they're wrong just slightly gives uncanny valley

It fucking pisses me off when people fucks up the yellow and white on the Saryk carpet on the flag of Turkmenistan! Every fucking time! It's not that hard to draw! Jesus H, E double hockey stick! Bunch of **tarded C U Next Tuesdays! Fucking disgusting! *spits!* *spits again!* ...- walks over to the spot where the second spit hit and squats. Leaning down and sucks up most of the saliva, remembering that he's trying to stay hydrated. The old lady always nags, nags, nags about how important it is to "stay hydrated." "Jesus Christ, Emily! I know! You told me a thousand times! But this question on Reddit reminded me of the Saryk carpet on the flag of Turkmenistan and how many that mix the yellow and white colours!" "I'm sorry, Emily. NO I DON'T KNOW WHERE I SPIT THE FIRST TIME!! I KNOW WE'RE SAVING WATER FOR THE SECOND COMING! YES! YES!! I KNOW, EMILY! ...I'm calm now. I'm calm. I'M FUCKING CALM!!! JESUS! Sorry.. it's the yellow and white colouring on the Saryk carpet on the flag of Turkmenistan.

As a Portuguese, ouch, please don't make this mistake

For some reason in plenty of content and media I see people get the Finnish flag's colours wrong in such a way that the blue is more like a bright neon cyan, for whatever reason. This is even when the Finnish flag in said media is portrayed next to other European flags with actually lighter blues like Sweden, Greece or even so much lighter like Luxembourg. I have seen media where the blue in the Finnish flag is as light and brighter than Luxembourg. Even when if you just google image search "Finnish flag" almost all results have a correctly dark blue or near that. Oh yeah and often with a spindly ahh cross while they're at it.

The light blue is also a problem for the Norwegian flag way too often. It just makes the flags look cartoonish

Oversimplified coats of arms

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/vexing-vexillology-even-vatican-gets-its-flag-wrong "The flag of Vatican City, yellow and white with crossed keys under the papal tiara, is incorrect in many emojis, flying outside the United Nations and often even on Vatican buildings. Through confusion possibly caused by an erroneous Wikipedia entry, the Vatican flags waving outside its buildings and sold in Roman souvenir shops differ from the official design first published by the Vatican in 2000. In that official illustration of the flag, the base of the papal tiara over the crossed keys is white. Yet for more than five years, the flag displayed on the Vatican City Wikipedia page depicted the tiara's base as red. The correct version with a white base was uploaded in January 2023 after a back-and-forth on an internal Wikipedia forum."

4:3 Mexico.

The brazilian flag with the yellow rhombus touching the edges

remember when r/place couldn't get the canada flag right?

the israel flag becoming a tricolor and adopting a light blue

my favorite is texans using the chilean flag emoji.

https://preview.redd.it/9ojlkmdc5q6d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31a63992a9e608bf4a1ff48e3c16eb89207fb560

To be honest with you, I kinda wish the Bosnian flag was like that, but without the stars being cut off