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My ex from Norway mentioned how unusual it was that so many places and people here fly our flag (USA), so I was curious to hear what it's like for others here on the fediverse.

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Canada: VERY common and considered standard practice, we like to make fun of the Americans for being obsessed with their flag but overall we're just as bad. It's also flown by Nazis as often as the American flag is.

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[–] torbjoern@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Northern Germany here. The German flag is usually only flown at government or other public buildings or, as another commenter said, when there's a special occasion such as an international football match.

Something a bit more common up here seems to be flying the state flag (blue, white and red), which can be seen in private gardens or on some residential buildings.

[–] aragon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I am from India. It was illegal to fly the flag untill a decade ago. It took a supreme court verdict to get the right to fly the flag in private residences. So it is not common at all. You would see government buildings and some schools hoist the flag every day. In my school it was every Friday. I have walked around suburbs in US and almost every house had a flag in their porch. Very big ones too.

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Australian here. Outside of official government uses, it's generally a sign that someone is a racist fuckwit.

[–] DrCatface@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we should replace the union jack with the first nations flag

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[–] Dandroid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

As a Texas resident, I see more Texas flags than USA flags. Texas flags are everywhere here.

[–] Paddltread@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here in the UK flags are rare, I don't think there is a single one in the entire village. I think people here on the whole, are intelligent enough to realise rallying behind a picture printed in a piece of cloth doesn't really say or achieve much. It's more something the ruling class encourage to distract you from their meddling in/with your life.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There's probably more Ukraine flags than UK flags in villages?

[–] reflex_aliens@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very common in Mexico during September. Otherwise not that common but also not frowned upon. There's no signficance behind it.

[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Emilio2000@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

September 16 1810, Mexico’s Independence Day from Spain.

[–] KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In Spain it's extremely common to hang the flag on your balcony, especially since the pandemic. It's also quite common to see younger people wearing bracelets of the spanish flag. I'm not really a fan of it but most people don't do it for political reasons, it's just nornalized, so I can't really blame them.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am from western MA, USA. Other than outside of government buildings, I can't recall when the last time I saw a flag was. Occasional flag bumper stickers are a thing, but actual, flying flags? Not really.

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[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I lived in MD for a few years. The flag is everywhere. You can always tell someone from MD, no matter where you are, because the flag is incorporated into their clothing. I've never seen anything like it from anywhere else.

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[–] resurge@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty funny that coming from a Norwegian because they still have the flag out many places in my opinion :)
It's actually one of the things that stuck out the most after I had moved there.
Especially at "hytter" (vacation cabins) I think the majority has a flag out.
Same for national day, you'll see a bunch of flags.

Compare that to Belgium, where I'm from. Even on national day it's a rare sight to see a flag.
And it's only very fanatic people that will actually wave it around on the street.

The moment you'll see most flags out is probably during the world cup.

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not really. Vacation cabins are for vacation with Norwegians not acting like Norwegians, i.e. socializing with neighbors and having the flag up indicating their precense. More often than not, the flag is used as a celebration of either a national holiday or the birthday of someone in the household. Cabin, hiking and boat culture are weird albeit common outliers of Norwegian culture.

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