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Celerity

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13. Easy way to remember it: the top left quadrant should have the larger white diagonal gap on top of the red diagonal line
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 06:50 PM
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I am a lefty (politically) and want us to be on top of the right wing (so I look to the top left of the flag), and we should also have more power than the cross/religion (ie push down on and place a check against the power of religion, which is represented in this case, thematically, by the red cross diagonal line inside the top left quadrant of focus).

Also, the top left is where the 50 stars are on the US flag, so that is another way to remember what part of the Union Jack to focus upon. Then just remember the red diagonal cross line (ie the representaion of religion for me in my mental construction) is pushed down more on the top left when the UJ is correctly flown.

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trump and his diplomatic teams are idiots LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #1
djt says,... Protocols,... Protocols,. magicarpet Thursday #2
To be fair, the difference with that flag is subtle. DavidDvorkin Thursday #3
Attention to details is stressed in the military. aeromanKC Thursday #8
True canetoad Thursday #9
Easy way to remember it: the top left quadrant should have the larger white diagonal gap on top of the red diagonal line Celerity Thursday #13
Not to professionals who are obligated to know it as such Torchlight Yesterday #32
Lol, he's a complete embarrassment. 🤣 LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #4
Comedy gold for the dozens of future movies about Trump. Doodley Friday #26
I had thought it was highly symmetric -- right-to-left AND top-to-bottom. Obviously, I've never looked at it closely. eppur_se_muova Thursday #5
Trump America is Idiocracy in real time. aeromanKC Thursday #6
All things considered, Charles and Camilla can breathe a sigh of relief that nothing worse happened. tanyev Thursday #7
Incompetent nincompoops NameAlreadyTaken Thursday #10
Trump and his toxic beta-male handshake LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #11
Good grief, there are millions of things Disaffected Thursday #12
You're right MustLoveBeagles Thursday #14
I would imagine ornotna Thursday #21
First, I doubt they noticed Disaffected Thursday #23
I don't interpret mocking the admin's ignorance as "more upset..." Torchlight Yesterday #33
Yep malaise Thursday #15
Isn't it symmetric? mr715 Thursday #16
Nope DavidDvorkin Thursday #17
Wow. That is subtle. mr715 Thursday #19
The class portrayed by this administration is unbelievable. republianmushroom Thursday #18
Frankly, I don't give a good god damn! Fuck trump and fuck the royals! Floyd R. Turbo Thursday #20
I Never Would Have Caught That DET Thursday #22
Amateur Hour Kid Berwyn Friday #24
We keep on seeing what happens when imbeciles are in charge. kerry-is-my-prez Friday #25
Major 'gaffe' sees British 'distress signal' flown at King Charles visit LetMyPeopleVote Friday #27
When I was in Berlin we had a British partner unit... jmowreader Friday #28
trump is an idiot on all flags including the US flag-trump posted a US flag with 11 stripes and 38 stars LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #29
That is disgusting! nt City Lights Yesterday #31
Governor Newsome's response made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #34
This moronic regime would screw up a one-car funeral. nt City Lights Yesterday #30
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