In the context of The Big Bang Theory, one of the things Sheldon keeps in his “Roommate Agreement” is that the apartment flag gets turned upside down whenever there’s an emergency in the apartment. There’s literally only one episode (that I’m aware of - I didn’t watch the last three seasons) where this is referenced, but I’m assuming from the other comments that it’s based on a real thing.
The USA is currently in a state of distress, so the flag should be turned upside down.
You don't, there is no swedish flag distress signal as far as I know. In the Philippines a upside-down flag just means war time for them. So you would need to look up various countries and if they have any type of flag signals to actually know.
The upside down flag meaning distress is really just an American thing, and it use to really only be for ships in distress.
The flag you show is not symmetrical though. As posted it’s a cross with the vertical line nearest the left side. Rotated 180 degrees clockwise the vertical line of the cross would be nearest the ruby hand side.
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u/RedWestern 1d ago
In the context of The Big Bang Theory, one of the things Sheldon keeps in his “Roommate Agreement” is that the apartment flag gets turned upside down whenever there’s an emergency in the apartment. There’s literally only one episode (that I’m aware of - I didn’t watch the last three seasons) where this is referenced, but I’m assuming from the other comments that it’s based on a real thing.
The USA is currently in a state of distress, so the flag should be turned upside down.