this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something something french flag should be at the top something something

[–] Bashnagdul 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's in the middle, sharing with Netherlands.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The joke is that it should be 100% white

[–] Bashnagdul 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, that old joke..

[–] Vinny_93 1 points 1 year ago

And Luxembourg

[–] synapse1278 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

French flag is perfect balance

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

So is the Dutch flag. 🇳🇱

[–] hOrni 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The polish flag is missing. Or it may be hidden behind the Indonesian flag.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The Netherlands had the original and should be on top of the French one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either the scales are messed up or French flag is 70% blue, 50% red and 30% white??

[–] futterschlepper 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’re reading it wrong: the axis is tilted slightly, so red and white are diagonal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, I see it now, but this is weird. Red and blue are at 60 degree angle, but white is read at 90.

I guess it's still the same angle relative to each of axes, but yeah, that's confusing. Thanks for explaining.