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Jaettehjort@lemmy.worldM to Vexillology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Minnesota is in the process of proposing a new state flag. Here are some proposals, circulating online. Many feature the North Star, a symbol of the state.

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Minnesota is in the process of proposing a new state flag. Here are some proposals, circulating online. Many feature the North Star, a symbol of the state.

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The current flag looks like this, which obviously needs changing: SoB Minnesota flag

There is a commission tasked with proposing a new design. A news article about it is available here: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-house-bill-moves-forward-commission-to-redesign-state-flag-and-seal/

The top proposal, called “The North Star Flag”, seems to be a popular favorite.

I gathered these proposals from these two sites: https://newmnflag.org/designs https://vexillology.fandom.com/wiki/Minnesota

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    Is this because they got slagged off by CGP Gray?

    • gramathy@lemmy.world
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      If CGP Gray slagging off shite flags gets places to update them then good, maybe he can do transit infrastructure next

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        Ha! Sadly CGP grey loves his teslas and cars. His video about how self driving cars are the future shows a dystopian idea where pedestrians or cyclists have no space on the roads at all. (And he doesn’t even consider trains or other public transit)

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          • WaterSword@lemmy.world
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            Highspeed rail in California was way closer but lobbyists and car lovers made progress way and way slower sadly. A good video talking about california high speed rail

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    I vote for #10, the 4yr old’s rendition of a Lovecraftian horror.

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    Minnesotan here. #4 from the top has my vote hands down. Nice clean flag, not too complicated.

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      Not a Minnesotan but I agree, #4 is the best.

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        So just the big fancy star? Or the Nordic Cross?

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          By #4 I mean the yellow and white star that looks like a quilt block.

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            Got it! Thanks!

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      Non-minnesotan but I agree on #4 it also allows it to be reproduced on other mediums like buttons and patches easily.

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      Minnesota native here - definitely agree, that’s a great design. Plenty of potential for it to become an iconic flag.

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    Those last 5 are absolutely unhinged and I love them. I think that number 4 is really the best choice though

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      Seriously what are the stories on those? Surely they were submitted by children or something?

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    Take it from a Coloradan, get yourself a nice, clean flag design and the merch will sell itself.

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    Needs a loon with red stars for eyes

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      And an optic blast like the Laser Kiwi Flag.

      • Jaettehjort@lemmy.worldOPM
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        Here you go!

        Laser Minnesota loon

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          Yes.

          This comment section has gone full !vexillologyjerk and I’m loving it.

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            This has double the lasers, just to stick it to nz who passed up a great deaign

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          Every other option is now the wrong option.

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    Is Minesota trying to become Nordic?

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      Minnesota does have an unusually large population with Nordic ancestry. I guess that is the reason for the Nordic cross designs

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_and_Scandinavian_Americans

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        I cannot see the name Minnesota without hearing the Norwegian family from the start of Deadwood: “We’re going hooome, too Minnesooootaaaahh”

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    #4 is my choice. Very clean, it’s an easily recognizable design, and it seems more creative than just “Nordic cross with star” or whatever the abominations in the later half are.

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      The pattern is called Selburose and is a traditional pattern used in knitted mittens and sweaters from the area of Selbu located in Norway at the border to Sweden.

      I thing #4 is by far the nicest flag

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      Number five gets my vote. The light blue with a nice star and the swirls , it’s the perfect sign for a flag

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    1, 5, 4.

    I like Nordic Crosses, and the star’s a good color in a good placement. If you want an snowflake star, 4 is the best version.

    But 1 emphasizes the rivers!

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    Number two or four.

    Really disappointed in lack of laser beams coming from the bird eyes.

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    I like how the farther down you go on the proposals, the more cooked they get

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      I actually like the 8th one – the one with three vertical stripes. The one above that, though, looks like a loon and baby loon are following the Star of Bethlehem, on their way to deliver a nice bowl of cream of wild rice soup to the baby Jesus.

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    The fuck are the last two

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    Number 10 is the clear winner here. Who wouldn’t want the pancake loon on their flag?

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    The current flag is ahhh, pretty bad. Like its just awful looking, and the native american racism too.

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