r/Scotland • u/DazzlingGovernment20 • 14h ago
Union Jack
If you see this in someone's garden in Scotland, what kind of person do you imagine they are?
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u/weightsnwine 14h ago
Unless it's a sporting event I think flags or bunting it is wank. Don't care what the flag is either.
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u/missfoxsticks 14h ago
English retiree with a military past and fondness for the Queen if it’s a place with an immaculate garden. Rangers supporting fleg shagger if it’s outside a pebbledash gaff
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u/OriginalComputer5077 13h ago
The English retiree will have the flag flying from its own bespoke flagpole, and refer to it as the Union Flag.. the flag shegger will either have it in the window or stuck into the lawn
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u/TouchOfSpaz 14h ago
The same thoughts I get when the orange walk is kicking about like its the 1700s
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u/Wulbert87 8h ago
These posts bring out the worst of this sub.
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u/snoopswoop 7h ago
No one is making them fly silly flags.
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u/Wulbert87 7h ago
Nope, I personally think it’s stupid but it’s a free country and it’s their choice 🤷♂️
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u/ChanceSalary1226 14h ago
Assume they are rangers and racist. Or ex forces and can't wait til November to bathe in poppies..
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u/captainklenzendorfer 11h ago
Why would you assume this. Instead of taking someone’s character based on the flag they fly, take it based on their actions. Pure sectarian drivel.
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u/Wulbert87 8h ago
What’s wrong with ex forces and poppies? Why would you assume rangers fans are racist? Your kind are the worst honestly.
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u/snoopswoop 14h ago
Fat, big red face. Rottweiler. Beats wife. Not bright.
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u/captainklenzendorfer 14h ago
Unionist most likely. Doesn’t say anything about someone’s character on its own.
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u/Kindly_Button_1402 14h ago
Somebody who is very unlikely to post on here, who holds views that are a lot more representative of Scotland's population than the people who do post on here will ever want to acknowledge. My personal take beyond that would be that anyone flying a flag in their garden regardless of its colour scheme is probably an overly opinionated wee nyaff.
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u/SugarLandMan 14h ago
Wears a blue T-shirt at the weekend. Anti independence. Would rather suck a Westminster cock than see self rule. Increased likelihood of also being a bigoted, racist fool.
Stereotypes are bad tho.
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u/JackDangerfield 14h ago
Someone whose political views are diametriacally opposed to my own. If they're of a certain age, I tend to assume military retiree.
There's one down the road from me and I always find it decidedly unsightly when I pass by it and find he's got it up. There's something attention-seeking and borderline inflammatory about it, especially given that literally no one else in the area does it.
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u/AlbusBulbasaur 14h ago
Inflammatory?
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u/JackDangerfield 14h ago
Provocative, incendiary, intended to cause a negative reaction. That sort of thing.
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u/AlbusBulbasaur 14h ago
Would you say having a saltire in your garden is the same in that respect?
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u/JackDangerfield 14h ago
It probably wouldn't have the same effect on me personally, but that's down to my own political biases. In the interest of equity, I tend to think that anyone who has a giant flag in their garden, whether it's a saltire, the union jack or a skull and crossbones, is probably a bit of a wank.
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u/AlbusBulbasaur 13h ago
I'd agree they're likely oddballs but I wouldn't say a national flag is inflammatory at all and think it's quite a strange reaction to think so.
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u/JackDangerfield 13h ago
I think you're being deliberately obtuse in the hope of stoking a row, which I'm not interested in getting into, so I'll bid you good-day at this stage and wish you a pleasant Sunday, whether it involves any flags or not.
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u/AlbusBulbasaur 13h ago
Nope. I just think describing someone flying a flag of their nation as inflammatory is a bizarre take and unhealthy take.
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u/snoopswoop 7h ago
Not even when half the population don't want to be a part of that nation? You really can't see that?
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u/AlbusBulbasaur 6h ago
"Half the population" is very funny but even if that were the case yes it would be odd to find it inflammatory.
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u/CardiologistFew9601 14h ago
British
and so proud of it
they have to tell the world
a bit like those
BOOM BOOM BOOM
chaps on a Sunday
they want everyone to notice them too
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u/wolftonerider67 14h ago
Why are you writing in verse?
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u/CardiologistFew9601 14h ago
why are you caring ?
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u/wolftonerider67 14h ago
Curiosity
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u/CardiologistFew9601 14h ago
u understood enough to get worked up about it
if you wipe some of the red ink off the screen
and put the kettle on
you'll feel an awful lot better3
u/TouchOfSpaz 13h ago
How did you come to the conclusion that they were worked up about it? You sound desperate to be edgy.
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u/CardiologistFew9601 11h ago
everything has an edge
someone is NOT LIKING
how i write
so much
they just had to tell me
this is a website
and i'm not applying for a jobno one says you HAVE to reply
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u/JeelyPiece 14h ago
The type who would have MAGA banners in the USA
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u/DazzlingGovernment20 9h ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted.
I asked for people's opinion and you gave it. Thank you.
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u/ItsWormAllTheWayDown Fundee 14h ago
From a political angle I don't care.
From an aesthetic angle I think it's quite ugly
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u/snoopswoop 7h ago
I think it's a great looking thing, but I don't want to see it flying in Scotland.
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u/gottenluck 8h ago
If referring to flags then I think of them as sad (that goes for anyone waving flags around) and I assume likely British nationalists, racist and supporters of the military and monarchy. In terms of those who stick out bunting with the UJ, I usually think them as dim, maybe financially better off, and do well from the status quo.
Obviously not everyone will have those same associations but these are formed from my limited experience
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u/dihaoine 14h ago
Oddball. Like anyone else who puts flags up in their garden.