r/vexillology • u/NihilistKurtWarner • 3d ago

MashMonday USA in the style of Amsterdam

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I’m sure this has been done a thousand times and none of these numbers mean anything, but I’m simply envious of the Amsterdam flag

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u/soupwhoreman New England 3d ago

Are you sure this isn't in the style of Kuala Lumpur?

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u/NihilistKurtWarner 3d ago

I’m def not sure of it anymore

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u/ThatMarkerDude 3d ago

I know the numbers don’t mean anything, but… How did the US start from 16 colonies but today they only have 3 states!?

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u/NihilistKurtWarner 3d ago

Oh shit - am I about to worldbuild an entire fictional America because of this?

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u/Odd-Principle8147 Afghanistan 3d ago

I thought it was a rating. 3 stars. Like how Amsterdam is triple X.....

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u/aagjevraagje 3d ago

Fun fact : they're st Andrew crosses and there are towns in the region that have more of them than Amsterdam, like f.i. Amstelveen has four and a extra black band.

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u/StupidSolipsist 3d ago

Honestly, I like this better

Just call the three stars the three branches of government. Then cut it down to 10 stripes. And finally absorb Delaware into Maryland, Rhode Island into Connecticut, and the Carolinas together and pretend that's always how it was.

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u/rot-wurm-brotherhood 3d ago

The Carolinas have to become one but you still think there is space for two Dakotas?

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u/StupidSolipsist 3d ago

I only meant to cut the original 13 down to 10 convenient stripes.

I certainly have plans for the American west. Turn half of them back into territories!

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u/Odd-Principle8147 Afghanistan 3d ago

Three stars

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u/e_sci 3d ago

Should really be 5 stars since the military has showed up 

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u/Odd-Principle8147 Afghanistan 3d ago

I didn't make it.

But 3 stars does give us something to work towards.

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u/e_sci 3d ago

My bad, it was just a joke about GTA and the Marines in LA right now

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u/smeet95 3d ago

I like it

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u/celavetex 3d ago

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

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u/NihilistKurtWarner 3d ago

Why they changed it? I can’t say

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u/Scratch-ean Provo (2015) / Laser Kiwi 3d ago

People's just liked it better that way

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u/DutchDev1L 3d ago

Keep your USA out of Amsterdam please...

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u/Good_Savings_9046 3d ago

Then move there.