The rejected EU flag from 2002.

Skua 74 points a year ago

This was never intended as a flag

"The barcode has been featured in a number of prominent European newspapers, mistakenly touting it as the new European flag to replace the current twelve gold stars. This, however, was certainly not the idea behind its conception. The barcode was merely a suggestion for an extra symbol, parallel to the existing EU symbols, to bring Europe in a new way to new audiences."

https://www.oma.com/projects/eu-barcode

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remon 63 points a year ago

And vexillologists everywhere rejoiced.

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SkaveRat 9 points a year ago

Or had an aneurism. It's hard to tell

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VirgilMastercard 39 points a year ago

Some things are best rejected.

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Sunsofold 20 points a year ago

What product comes up if you scan it?

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NichEherVielleicht 20 points a year ago

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Ephera 15 points a year ago

Maybe we should sort the colors, so it looks like this:
Pride Flag

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rowdyrockets 12 points a year ago

The queer community deserves a better flag. The rainbow was great and made sense - the whole spectrum of the rainbow; everybody. Now it’s just displeasing to look at with clashing colors. Maybe a vexillologist can chime in to put that into better words.

This is not a critique of people, just my opinion of this flag.

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cactusupyourbutt 2 points a year ago

I dunno man, I really like the flag. Like you I dont have a good reason for why either, and thats fine, tastes are different.

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Buffalox 2 points a year ago

I'd vote for that. 😋

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Skua 2 points a year ago

Used the expanded version, which means it has more countries than the version in the post. It was made before Brexit and before the accession of Croatia and Romania, though

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Skua 2 points a year ago

Also, a version rotated to match other pride flags so that this, uhh... not-a-flag can look slightly more like the flag we're vaguely imitating here

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Ephera 1 point a year ago

Neat, thanks. That works even better than I expected. 🙃

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federalreverse 15 points a year ago

Color puke.

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axEl7fB5 14 points a year ago

make it monochrome

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dumnezero 10 points a year ago

That's not a flag, it's a printer error.

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lime 10 points a year ago

*bip*

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red_bull_of_juarez 10 points a year ago

Imagine having to remember this flag in school.

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oce 9 points a year ago

If you flip it twice and shake it vigorously, nothing particular happens.

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Kertyna 7 points a year ago

I think, out of fairness the french flag should be rotated 90 degrees.

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RandomVideos 7 points a year ago

Obviously it got rejected, it doesnt have the Romanian flag

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illi 6 points a year ago

I can see why

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JackLSauce 5 points a year ago

I see the problem: the lines should have been horizontal

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guy 5 points a year ago

Thank god

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FundMECFSResearch 5 points a year ago

It’s not very pretty. But I like the concept.

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Ephera 2 points a year ago

Yeah, the stars thing feels like it's just kind of another entity from all the countries, whereas this barcode drives home much better that it's a group of countries doing a thing.

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mercano 4 points a year ago

Well, it be easy to identify on a flag pole, at least. You wouldn’t be able to spot individual details, necessarily, but what else would look this busy?

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CanadaPlus 2 points a year ago

And America would rejoice for no longer having the most overstuffed flag.

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ZombiFrancis 3 points a year ago

Terran Academy Scream

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NoneOfUrBusiness 2 points a year ago

I have to say that is goofy.