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  • @jmkbartsch
    @jmkbartsch Před 2 lety +1319

    Togo's flag ratio makes the most sense. It says that the flag must follow the golden ratio. That's more or less what many other countries (3:5, 5:8, etc.) are trying to emulate. But Togo was smart enough to basically just say: "Yeah, we follow the golden ratio. Period." - I think that's clever.

    • @aliersinoral
      @aliersinoral Před 2 lety +40

      It's hard to draw golden ratio by hand on a paper doe

    • @felipeburesti4440
      @felipeburesti4440 Před 2 lety +40

      thats right the proportion of togos flag is 1:1,61...

    • @ritapathakritapathak3832
      @ritapathakritapathak3832 Před 2 lety +5

      🇹🇬

    • @demeburtini
      @demeburtini Před rokem +24

      @@aliersinoral no, it's very easy. First you draw a square, then with the compass you point at the medium point of the square base and to the up right angle. The interception between the line that continues from the square base and the compass line is the golden ratio

    • @demeburtini
      @demeburtini Před rokem +9

      also, the red square with the star in the Togo flag is in golden ratio too

  • @hanswurst6712
    @hanswurst6712 Před 2 lety +1432

    1:52 "i have never seen a nation go through so many flags" - while sitting in the US which changes it Flag everytime a new state joins.

    • @GobbiExists
      @GobbiExists Před 2 lety +52

      Gotta love those minor differences.

    • @dogodog1247
      @dogodog1247 Před 2 lety +114

      yeah, but that was over the course of 240 years. And also, not all states join individually, one time the US just added 5 stars directly cuz 5 states joined, they don't have to update their flag 5 separate times for that.

    • @User-qz2wz
      @User-qz2wz Před 2 lety +7

      @@dogodog1247 the Afghan flags were technically older though

    • @biggibbs4678
      @biggibbs4678 Před 2 lety +13

      "in this short a time period"

    • @davidguthary8147
      @davidguthary8147 Před 2 lety +57

      The United States has had 28 official flags over a period of 245 years, all based on the same design except the first (Union Jack in the canton). Afghanistan has gone through 25 flags in 312 years, 19 of which were in the 20th century alone, and 7 in just the year 1929, with several different designs used at various points.

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP Před rokem +219

    "What symbol is that, togo? Is it infinity?"
    It's phi, a symbol now used to represent the golden ratio. The golden ratio is 1:φ, and is the most appealing to look at for a bunch of reasons but I'm no mathmetician.

    • @hallojava2458
      @hallojava2458 Před rokem +5

      φ as a number is 1+sqrt(5) all over 2 (approximately 1.618), and rectangles in the golden ratio (1:φ) are generally agreed upon to be "perfect" because people just like it. Approximations include 2:3, 3:5 and 5:8.

    • @fiiral5870
      @fiiral5870 Před rokem +2

      its one nice ratio

    • @hexagon4242
      @hexagon4242 Před rokem +1

      It's the ratio that the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence approach between themselves. Since this sequence is seen in nature a lot, it's makes shapes with that ratio really appealing to the eye. The golden rectangle (A rectangle with that ratio) has been scientifically found to be the easiest shape to look at. There's also a bunch of cool mathematical tricks you can do with phi (Such as how phi^2 = phi +1 and 1/phi = phi - 1) among other things. Togo made a really good choice with their flag ratio.

    • @hallojava2458
      @hallojava2458 Před rokem +1

      @@hexagon4242 I slightly disagree with some of your points. However, all of them are common misconceptions, so I feel like it's worth stating why.
      1. The Fibonacci sequence producing the Golden Ratio is true, but that's kind of giving it too much credit. Any sequence taking the sum of the previous 2 terms as the next term will produce the Golden Ratio. In my opinion, the Lucas sequence is most intimately associated with φ, as the Nth term of the sequence = φ^N (rounded). (Incidentally, the Lucas sequence also follows the " taking the sum of the previous 2 terms as the next term" rule, starting with 1 and 3.)
      2. Fibonacci numbers do turn up in nature, but the extent to which that is the case is usually exagerated.
      3. I don't know of any study that claims that the Golden Rectangle is the most appealing. I think it's just that everyone agrees with it being "perfect".

    • @terdragontra8900
      @terdragontra8900 Před rokem +1

      mathematician here, the ratio is cool, but the """fact""" that golden rectangles are objectively beautiful is doubtful and more a matter of psychology than mathematics. its just a very commonly spread "pop math" thing

  • @jarjars3261
    @jarjars3261 Před rokem +19

    After a bit of research, I found the flag in 8:33. It's like I already suspected a Prussian regimental flag, specifically of the 32nd Infantry Regiment from Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, a small principality in the south-west of Germany, nowadays in the province of Baden-Württemberg.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 10 měsíci

      I could see the black-white-black prussian flag in there.
      The whole thing is probably a result of the Württemberg line of the Hohenzollern house.

    • @JafuetTheSame
      @JafuetTheSame Před 4 měsíci +1

      That was a thing in those days: every regiment had its own flag (or at least unique color variation). Something for the vexillologists...

    • @LindsayWagner-vz1vg
      @LindsayWagner-vz1vg Před 12 dny

      Something I thought of was the symbol in the corners. It looks like the emblem on the San Marino flag!

  • @cytobii
    @cytobii Před 2 lety +2814

    the togo flag proportions is actually really cool: the weird symbol is the golden ratio and if you ask me a pretty cool idea

    • @problems3485
      @problems3485 Před 2 lety +83

      @Fihlippe Luhis I would’ve cringed even more if he said pi honestly

    • @Notmyname1593
      @Notmyname1593 Před 2 lety +43

      @@problems3485 I see you have problems with reading. Noone mentioned pi.

    • @TurtleMarcus
      @TurtleMarcus Před 2 lety +138

      @@Notmyname1593 I see you have problems with reading. He said it would be more cringe for Drew to mistake phi for pi.

    • @problems3485
      @problems3485 Před 2 lety +34

      @@TurtleMarcus thank u

    • @drpa6881
      @drpa6881 Před 2 lety +2

      phi!!!!

  • @livispuzzled
    @livispuzzled Před 2 lety +1411

    “yemen can be the only flag with red, black, and white”
    egypt, syria, trinidad and tobago, nono germany, wwi germany, and iraq: oh?

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 Před 2 lety +14

    4:22 I think all flags should be squares, pennants, 2:3 rectangles, or Nepal.

  • @Rextum
    @Rextum Před rokem +4

    9:34 Normal man: ”Oh my gosh, they are so beautiful”
    Flag man: ”Yes, they are lovely, great shapes and nice hues”
    Normal man: ”Indeed, those are the prettiest women athletes I’ve ever seen…”
    Flag man: ”Women? What women?”

  • @extramangos2578
    @extramangos2578 Před 2 lety +2269

    Drew: Why is America always trying to be different?
    Also Drew 10 minutes later: 12:08

    • @Wolfbroa
      @Wolfbroa Před 2 lety +41

      Not to mention every single flag is different there too not just the USA but for some reason it gets called out

    • @Sarge_plague
      @Sarge_plague Před 2 lety +4

      Oh I get it

    • @GreenFoxLuama
      @GreenFoxLuama Před 2 lety +52

      @@Wolfbroa because "America bad, give me likes"

    • @JoQeZzZ
      @JoQeZzZ Před 2 lety +7

      Also 6:18

    • @benjamin2822000
      @benjamin2822000 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Wolfbroa m

  • @braunbekmaxim5821
    @braunbekmaxim5821 Před 2 lety +532

    Drew: I've never seen a nation go through so many flags.
    Also Drew: lives in the USA, a nation that changes its flag every time a new state is added.

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 Před 2 lety +69

      At least the US is consistent about it. Like it is just a subtle change dealing with the stars. Unlike Afghanistan, you could time travel to the US during any year in the last 3 centuries and any quick glance at a flag will tell you that you are in the US.

    • @reanbowlerd5988
      @reanbowlerd5988 Před 2 lety +24

      The united states didnt change their flag 6 times in a single year, and its not like there were 50 different US flags with a single new star each time. Timelines matter when you are being critical

    • @arrozenescau1539
      @arrozenescau1539 Před 2 lety +1

      Jesse wtf ur talking about

    • @MWSin1
      @MWSin1 Před 2 lety +14

      To be fair, that has happened exactly twice in the last hundred years, in 1959 and 1960.

  • @sn33zz93
    @sn33zz93 Před rokem +2

    12:08 Czechia has something similar… when you put the flag vertical you switch the position of the white and the red stripe (so the red stripe is then on the right side)

  • @user-vw6vx4xm6s
    @user-vw6vx4xm6s Před rokem +25

    5:30 but the main joke here is a word under the flag. Its персик, or peach on english

    • @djromchick4578
      @djromchick4578 Před rokem +1

      It's also not in Ukraine, it's Russian

    • @user-vw6vx4xm6s
      @user-vw6vx4xm6s Před rokem +2

      @@djromchick4578 word is the same. Land is Ukrainian as I think.

    • @char_noir
      @char_noir Před rokem

      and no peaches around)

  • @Feeeeelix405
    @Feeeeelix405 Před 2 lety +370

    I'm from Germany and my English teacher wanted us to do a Presentation about Australia. I have chosen to make it about the Emu war and I think that's perfect.

    • @paavoo3367
      @paavoo3367 Před 2 lety +7

      Und hast du eine 1 bekommen?

    • @Feeeeelix405
      @Feeeeelix405 Před 2 lety +3

      Ne in einer Woche ist Präsentation

    • @paavoo3367
      @paavoo3367 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Feeeeelix405 na dann viel Glück und bissl geklauter CZcams Name von thejocraft hahah

    • @oversizeddoorhandle4214
      @oversizeddoorhandle4214 Před 2 lety +10

      Im learning german but a shit this is gonna be hard that what did you written there.

    • @Feeeeelix405
      @Feeeeelix405 Před 2 lety

      @@paavoo3367 Ja bin größer Jo Fan

  • @Monky-zm9nr
    @Monky-zm9nr Před 2 lety +351

    "I've never seen a nation go through this many flags"
    America: Allow us to introduce ourselves

    • @HolyRomanEmpire962-1806
      @HolyRomanEmpire962-1806 Před 2 lety +19

      Afghanistan: *changes flag again*

    • @rubixtheslime
      @rubixtheslime Před 2 lety +9

      For once I'm defending America: at least it's fairly consistent, with the only change being the start field. Also, fun fact, US flag code states that it is always perfectly acceptable to fly any previous flag as though it were the current one.

    • @LeafMapping
      @LeafMapping Před rokem

      Afghanistan changes their flag for unknown reasons like their recent change sucks

  • @erdnussflip007
    @erdnussflip007 Před 2 lety +6

    8:31 this is an old military banner of prussia. It is the unique flag of either the VII., VIII., XVIII. or XX. corps of the prussian army after 1890. And yes what you showed is the version they have on wikipedia

  • @danieln9226
    @danieln9226 Před rokem +163

    The Belarusian flag at the end is what it used to look like. The current one is more or less linked to it's current "president" Lukashenko(let's be honest, he's basically a dictator). You can see this flag (white-red-white) on the Chevron/Patches of the Belarusian soldiers fighting alongside Ukrainians troops against russians.

    • @matchaeylle
      @matchaeylle Před rokem

      yep basically appointed by putin.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Před rokem +29

      you beat me to this! im belarusian in heritage (born in australia because parents moved here before i was born). i wish more people knew that the white-red-white is the flag we accept because it represents belarusian freedom.

    • @jakubnowak649
      @jakubnowak649 Před rokem +6

      and the official flag kinda represents opression of the Belarusian language

    • @TwilightDawn193
      @TwilightDawn193 Před rokem

      @@jakubnowak649 There's no such. It's a dialect of Russian.

    • @ccclxxxiv9633
      @ccclxxxiv9633 Před rokem +1

      @@TwilightDawn193 cry more, ruzzian fashist

  • @hanswurst6712
    @hanswurst6712 Před 2 lety +280

    4:39 Qatar is just so rich, they just have all ultra wide sreens there. 😅

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes we do😎

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 Před 2 lety +6

      @@karkris5419 if you haven’t heard there have been reforms this year thankfully, worker payments were increased and their lives have been improved significantly.

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 Před 2 lety +4

      @@karkris5419 agreed. It won't change that fact but I'm happy that the country I live in is finally trying to be better.

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 Před 2 lety +2

      @@karkris5419 oh I'm glad you agree 👍

    • @dyna6448
      @dyna6448 Před 2 lety +1

      My ultrawide isn't even that wide!

  • @one-eyedsurvivors5057
    @one-eyedsurvivors5057 Před 2 lety +858

    Drew: Denmark, that looks like a time. 28 : 37?
    *Me, a non-American trying to understand how that can be possible considering there are 24 hours in a day*: Things must be different in America

    • @lawden210
      @lawden210 Před 2 lety +95

      Ironically, the US uses the 12 hour AM/PM system. Though, on a side note: planets where days are longer could have a "28:37"

    • @imacat4571
      @imacat4571 Před 2 lety +7

      Army time correct

    • @youraveragerobloxkid
      @youraveragerobloxkid Před 2 lety +4

      nope, same here.

    • @user-bx6rc6vf3q
      @user-bx6rc6vf3q Před 2 lety +37

      That's just 4:37 of the next day, like 32nd day of August or something.

    • @cbhorxo
      @cbhorxo Před 2 lety +2

      He was talking about the YEAR 2837. (e.g. - This is the year 2021)

  • @erickpacas5409
    @erickpacas5409 Před 2 lety +6

    I've been watching Drew's videos for a while and love his content, but to see the flag of my homecountry El Salvador featured, not once but TWICE in a video, it's pretty wild! You got a new subscriptor Mr Drew

  • @SetOfAllSets
    @SetOfAllSets Před 2 lety +10

    11:25 Look behind you

    • @aboodimimo6981
      @aboodimimo6981 Před 11 měsíci

      True

    • @LAh_be
      @LAh_be Před 4 měsíci

      drew be like : we have got to get rid of blue backgrounds
      also drew : *has a blue background*

    • @LevSigal-alt
      @LevSigal-alt Před 17 dny

      Turn your head sideways.

  • @micayahritchie7158
    @micayahritchie7158 Před 2 lety +289

    5:05
    Togo: Has perfect flag ratio
    Drew Durnil: Is ThAt InFiNiTy?
    Ps: that's the golden ratio

    • @DarwinskiYT
      @DarwinskiYT Před 2 lety +5

      @Hi last name ur mom

    • @phoenix1026
      @phoenix1026 Před 2 lety +3

      @Ein Mensch how much is it in numbers?

    • @windowstudios45alt
      @windowstudios45alt Před 2 lety +4

      @@phoenix1026 around 1.6

    • @phoenix1026
      @phoenix1026 Před 2 lety +1

      @@windowstudios45alt ok

    • @Emil-yd1ge
      @Emil-yd1ge Před 2 lety +2

      That is the ratio they should use if they were to standardise it! Isn't it the ratio of paper sheets anyaway?

  • @harshit2.02
    @harshit2.02 Před 2 lety +170

    That Nepal ratio was hilarious

    • @ashercampbell9425
      @ashercampbell9425 Před 2 lety +43

      in their countries constitution they literally have a 24-step guide on how to make a nepalese flag

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ Před 2 lety +12

      That could be a math problem 😂

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 Před 2 lety +3

      It wouldve been 2 by 3 if the blue border wasnt there.

    • @oresttheproto
      @oresttheproto Před 2 lety +7

      🇳🇵

    • @Attaxalotl
      @Attaxalotl Před 2 lety +5

      "What's the aspect ratio on your flat"
      "Yes, we have an aspect ratio""

  • @fac7orcosplay
    @fac7orcosplay Před rokem +1

    "Ñ" on its beginnings was a replacement for the syllable "NI", the idea was to save space for the writing with typewriters. Ñ sounds like in Niagara Falls (Ñagara even though we don't write it this way, but works phonetically)

  • @gforceneonaxetake2345
    @gforceneonaxetake2345 Před 2 lety +17

    "I've never seen a nation go through this many flags in such a small time"
    America: hold my beer

    • @andrejradicevic1411
      @andrejradicevic1411 Před rokem +1

      hold my cola*

    • @metalswifty23
      @metalswifty23 Před rokem

      Key words there being "in such a small time." 27 (I think) in 246 years is an awful lot better than 19 in around 100 years, especially when there were like 7 in the same year. Plus, the USA's flag is pretty consistent in its design, with the only changes being a star added (or multiple stars at once in the earlier years). Afghanistan just does whatever the hell it wants for no reason, and it's dumb.

  • @justanotherhotguy
    @justanotherhotguy Před 2 lety +176

    Togo’s proportion is 1 : φ (which is equivalent to one plus the square root of five, divided by two), it’s the Golden Ratio hence the most beautiful flag. Phi is about 1.6, where as printed paper of A4 size is 1: sqrt 2, around 1.4.
    Tbh all flags should either by 1 : 1.4 or 1 : 1.6.

  • @GBT164
    @GBT164 Před 2 lety +411

    Drew: the south of the Netherlands is just Belgium.
    me: Finally someone who understands

    • @hiddesytsema9155
      @hiddesytsema9155 Před 2 lety +19

      The country is ours but the people arent

    • @_MC529
      @_MC529 Před 2 lety +20

      Isn't the North of Belgium just the Netherlands tho? Lol

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 Před 2 lety +15

      It’s a funny cause it’s a runnng Dutch joke that belgium is southern netherlands

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ Před 2 lety +12

      @@gible2330 But what if the Netherlands were actually nothern Belgium? 🤔

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 Před 2 lety +8

      @@_blank-_ no

  • @aqimjulayhi8798
    @aqimjulayhi8798 Před 2 lety +34

    I’m so used to the Malaysian flag changing design when held vertically, it surprised me that it’s considered an odd quirk. But it looks more symmetrical that way.

  • @Ilshatey
    @Ilshatey Před rokem +3

    5:25
    Sign below. Translation:
    "Peach"

  • @whentheisofthenot2050
    @whentheisofthenot2050 Před 2 lety +181

    14:47
    That is the flag of the Belarusian democracy movement, I’m guessing they changed it after the protests :D

    • @davidthegreat4984
      @davidthegreat4984 Před 2 lety +20

      They haven’t changed it. But some companies are changing it to support the democracy movement

    • @whentheisofthenot2050
      @whentheisofthenot2050 Před 2 lety +16

      @@davidthegreat4984 that’s what I meant, should have been clearer

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff Před 2 lety +13

      It's just concept art from a user, it's actually not the official icons Duolingo uses.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Před rokem +4

      @@drfm16 the white-red-white is good. im belarusian. most of us agree it represents us. so your point? the flag is false, has no meaning, and the rushnik isnt even a real traditional design. its a trash soviet design made by a non-belarusian. its represents soviet control, lukashenko's regime, and meaningless design. its rubbish. the white-red-white is traditional, post-WW1 design when belarusian was free. it represents years of freedom. so, if that isnt good for a flag idk what is. you saying "not a good flag for representing Belarus" makes me think you dont know what you are talking about and you probably arent belarusian.

  • @nikolas7153
    @nikolas7153 Před 2 lety +47

    Drew: why wouldnt they just go with the belerussian flag?
    The dictator of belaruss: insert meme template

  • @jakubraha6016
    @jakubraha6016 Před 2 lety +2

    10:18 Žihobce is a really small town (~550 citizens) near where I grew up. It doesn't even have its own postcode, so I was surprised to see that it has its own flag... Even though it looks this way 😅

  • @Tezza5
    @Tezza5 Před 2 lety

    I just realized your shirt and I love it so much!

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ Před 2 lety +44

    9:44
    Anyone else see those flags as ÷, +, *, and -?
    Or am I just going insane from math?

  • @syedarif4554
    @syedarif4554 Před 2 lety +305

    can we just appreciate that drew say 1939 instead of 1936 lol good video

  • @sarakamel7819
    @sarakamel7819 Před 2 lety +1

    Drew: Yemen can be the only one rocking the red white black flag
    Egypt:am I alive??

  • @Wilbtube
    @Wilbtube Před 2 lety +4

    13:36 No, that is definitely a z. The town, after all, is called Zevenaar. This is how a z was written in the 17th century.

  • @xy9784
    @xy9784 Před 2 lety +46

    new update:
    Patch notes for 1.19:
    new flag
    thank you for reading

    • @abiez4018
      @abiez4018 Před 2 lety

      Also patched some "Bugs"

    • @lewiss.9632
      @lewiss.9632 Před 2 lety +2

      No, I think it's version 2.0.21

    • @fzr850
      @fzr850 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lewiss.9632 Nah waiting for 2.0.22

  • @S.R.S_Nuke
    @S.R.S_Nuke Před 2 lety +18

    2:38 maybe he’s tricking the geoguesser players

  • @boyacka1260
    @boyacka1260 Před 2 lety +5

    My idea for a welsh addition to the union jack would be to have the bottom background be green rather than blue, i think it would fit better and not be too distracting

    • @ckl9390
      @ckl9390 Před 2 lety

      I was thinking something like that, but I was thinking for the white portions on the bottom half of the Union Jack to be green. But then on second thought, that would cut out two of the crosses, so your suggestion is better.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 10 měsíci

      Might be an idea to take out the Ireland part since the Ireland isn't part of the union anymore. So out with the St. Patrick's Cross and in with green from the welsh flag and yellow from the ulster flag.

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 Před 2 lety +3

    11:48 The Soviet flag had a specific banner variant, too. The banner was 2:1 with the star and hammer and sickle in the upper left corner. Basically the same, but the long end was the vertical edge.

  • @NanosoftRussia
    @NanosoftRussia Před 2 lety +5

    11:37 heyyy. Its my home! Republic of Chuvashia!

  • @bjoen
    @bjoen Před 2 lety +190

    Drew: isnt south Netherlands just Belgium?
    Every person from the Netherlands: **insert happy crying noises**

    • @Royale-Thalia
      @Royale-Thalia Před 2 lety +1

      I don’t understand Belgium is not part of Netherlands so why people always say Wallonie is part of France and North part ( forgot the name in english) is part of Netherlands, like if they are they will be broke

    • @bjoen
      @bjoen Před 2 lety +2

      @@Royale-Thalia 1st of all, there has been a years long debate for Belgium wanting to split, but its just kinda a joke in the Netherlands

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 Před 2 lety

      @@Royale-Thalia : In german northern Belgium is called Flandern, so in english perhaps Flanders?

    • @Fenix-dp1cm
      @Fenix-dp1cm Před 2 lety

      @@brittakriep2938 As a Spanish I am sure that part was called Flandes. Sorry for sending the Duke of Lerma, we also don't like him.

    • @KristianLyubenovYT
      @KristianLyubenovYT Před rokem

      to me South Belgium is more sensible French people and North Belgium is less sensible Dutch people lol

  • @joshuaschexnyder2331
    @joshuaschexnyder2331 Před 2 lety +4

    "I've never seen a nation go through this many flags"
    America: *laughs hysterically*

  • @gregorydedios9980
    @gregorydedios9980 Před 2 lety +2

    Oh my goodness! I live near DC, and I’ve been in that flag store!! It’s called the Alamo flag company in falls church, Virginia. It’s super cool to walk around. They have all sorts of flags, ribbons, lanyards, metals, pins and so much more! I love that store so mich and could walk around it for hours even though it’s not the largest. You wouldn’t believe how excited I got when I saw that picture and realized I’ve been there!

  • @TheDrinkingNCP
    @TheDrinkingNCP Před 2 lety +7

    5:45 A shield? Ohhhhh a shield I totally saw that the whole time, nothing else just a shield.

  • @TheGuyWhoTakesYourGirl
    @TheGuyWhoTakesYourGirl Před 2 lety +94

    As a german, I think we need more dogs in flags. If the Czech Republic ever want to combine their olympics team with ours just to have a flag with a dog together, I am totally in.

  • @lafarfalla2273
    @lafarfalla2273 Před 2 lety +2

    Real talk, I live in Jesenice and I've always been told our coat of arms just represents a metal hook (steel factory, big feature). Not once have I heard it referred to as a "J"

  • @EmsiYTs
    @EmsiYTs Před 2 lety

    Wait, I'm near Brighton, I need to check this pub out right NOW!

  • @artificial_oysters
    @artificial_oysters Před 2 lety +19

    [Tip] Indonesia and monaco is actually different. Most of us can tell by the proportions but you could also see that the red in indonesia is much more brighter.

    • @idkwhatnametochoose6197
      @idkwhatnametochoose6197 Před 2 lety +4

      Yeah, they are different but he didn’t say they were exactly the same, because Haiti 🇭🇹 and Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 even at the time had slightly different colors. Also the brighter colors are only in the web version of the flag, the physical version of the flag in real life has a more similar color to Monaco.

    • @SuperCatacata
      @SuperCatacata Před rokem

      Nobody will still be able to tell them apart unless you have them side by side.
      Unless you are Indo or from Monaco. Good luck trying to guess it correctly.

  • @lucasalvarez8524
    @lucasalvarez8524 Před 2 lety +16

    3:26 we all like to talk about ruining Great Britain's flag by incorporating Wales... but imagine the chain reaction of flag updates we'd need for all those countries with a Union Jack watermark. Total chaos.

    • @benc.3128
      @benc.3128 Před 2 lety +5

      A Union Jack watermark
      *on the union jack*

  • @jae6722
    @jae6722 Před 2 lety +5

    7:47 I LIVE THERE HOLY FRICK

  • @highidle4532
    @highidle4532 Před rokem

    My school did a similar thing to the amazon wearhouse. A long time ago they started putting up flags for every country that a student has come to our school for boarding. Its super cool because when you walk into the main school building you see 30-50 flags hanging from the cealing

  • @kcechoxzar
    @kcechoxzar Před 2 lety +31

    5:04 Togo uses phi which is roughly 1.618 also known as the golden ratio, I think all countries should adopt this

    • @chunkyboi7443
      @chunkyboi7443 Před 2 lety

      No

    • @eriXD_1510
      @eriXD_1510 Před 2 lety

      Yes, either that or 1 : sqrt(2), which if cut in half and rotated by 90 degrees is again 1 : sqrt(2)

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ Před 2 lety +1

      @@eriXD_1510 We could also draw them on A3 or A4 paper

  • @ClaudiaRodriguez-rm5zn
    @ClaudiaRodriguez-rm5zn Před 2 lety +20

    In case no one knows, 5:05 the symbol there is called phi,
    or (1+√5)/2

  • @brodymears1185
    @brodymears1185 Před 2 lety

    There’s a vendor at the main swap meet in Yuma Arizona that sells exclusively flags, when I went they had a gigantic selection, but that was years ago

  • @popindosin228
    @popindosin228 Před rokem

    5:19 what makes this photo even weirder
    is that tent is labeled персик (peach)

  • @xaviertricot776
    @xaviertricot776 Před 2 lety +369

    14:48 the Belarus flag 🇧🇾 is as seen as the Lukashenko's terror regime flag and is inherited of the soviet period (even if it was adopted in 1995), while the ⚪🔴⚪ flag was the one of the first independant republic of Belarus in 1918 and is used by the pro-democracy movement in Belarus.

    • @cherry-nq4ts
      @cherry-nq4ts Před 2 lety +5

      i triggered when i saw thad flag

    • @ggeshundra
      @ggeshundra Před 2 lety +2

      No one cares

    • @ololo518
      @ololo518 Před 2 lety +5

      Although I have to say that current flag is beautiful with those ornaments and live colors...
      And I'm not fond of red-white flags (my country has it, 2/10 not recomend)

    • @sporeman2334
      @sporeman2334 Před 2 lety +6

      @@ololo518 ornaments really don't belong to flags, although by itself this one is pretty from my POV as well
      the green-red combination reminds me of puke tho

    • @ololo518
      @ololo518 Před 2 lety +2

      @@sporeman2334 why they don't belong? Can someone say "no, that thing you put on flag shouldn't be there"? Is there a commitee?

  • @kokolekroko882
    @kokolekroko882 Před 2 lety +34

    1:58 Only the educated French people will not get Triggered.
    (I still got Triggered)

    • @JalebJay
      @JalebJay Před 2 lety

      I got a good laughter out of it.
      (Was half expecting it seeing it was plain white)

    • @MineGaming75
      @MineGaming75 Před 2 lety

      yes, especially since France is the country with the most military victories in the world, but the Americans forget that...

  • @fyrhunter_svk
    @fyrhunter_svk Před 2 lety +2

    11:55 Slovakia also has this (the coat of arms rotates when held vertically).

    • @monika.alt197
      @monika.alt197 Před 2 lety +1

      Most countries with the CoAs on their flags also do that.

  • @rnjezus
    @rnjezus Před rokem +5

    About the Indonesia and Monaco Flag, Monaco got their flag from their coat of arms (i think) while Indonesia ripped the blue part of the Netherlands flag (yes this is true)

  • @pzevenkyusuf8422
    @pzevenkyusuf8422 Před 2 lety +107

    "yemen is the only country that can rock the whithe black red flag"
    The German Empire : :(

    • @kepigirl
      @kepigirl Před 2 lety +1

      The only existing country xd

    • @regnumreq3617
      @regnumreq3617 Před 2 lety +5

      @@kepigirl sir what about syria and iraq and egypt

    • @DarwinskiYT
      @DarwinskiYT Před 2 lety +6

      Most of the Middle East: ._.

    • @kepigirl
      @kepigirl Před 2 lety

      @@regnumreq3617 I'm egyptian and there is a yellow bird in the flag so it's technically not only red white and black 😒😒

    • @Nightmare0805Minecraft
      @Nightmare0805Minecraft Před 2 lety

      @@kepigirl barely

  •  Před 2 lety +5

    7:02 Not only on Winter Olympics 2018, Asian Games 2018 too

  • @hyperbeamattack775
    @hyperbeamattack775 Před 2 lety +1

    For some weird reason the metal marble I was holding started spinning when I looked at the Togo flag

  • @whatthehellisthisaccount8984

    10:26 you have cat flags and then you have Croatia

  • @johnathanotolinskisa9223
    @johnathanotolinskisa9223 Před 2 lety +89

    Drew: "What is wrong with the US?"
    Basically everyone who isn't American: Everything

    • @KubickQ
      @KubickQ Před 2 lety +8

      A large amount of Americans, too

    • @kayk2631
      @kayk2631 Před 2 lety +2

      Ikr I'm American and...

    • @artistrg3487
      @artistrg3487 Před 2 lety

      The U.S. is a very misunderstood country…

    • @andrejradicevic1411
      @andrejradicevic1411 Před rokem

      As a Serb i can confirm, for them its no logic for a country to have a flag in their like australia has uk's inside of their's BUT IT IS LOGIC TO THEM that a cuntry has the EXACT same flag as othr country and the EXACT same name.

  • @palastofhistory4026
    @palastofhistory4026 Před 2 lety +49

    Drew the flag at 8:58 is a prussian regimental flag every prussian regiment has the same design just difrent collor

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ Před 2 lety

      Ahah NERDS

    • @palastofhistory4026
      @palastofhistory4026 Před 2 lety +3

      @@_blank-_ OK uneducated person
      Now go play with ur lego s

    • @darkdeemen
      @darkdeemen Před 2 lety +5

      @@_blank-_ you are literally commenting on a video about flags

    • @delfinenteddyson9865
      @delfinenteddyson9865 Před 2 lety +1

      @@palastofhistory4026 I don't think his comment was meant to be mean spirited.
      And legos are nice >:(

    • @ttv_timesoarer5563
      @ttv_timesoarer5563 Před 2 lety

      Thank you

  • @qayssarjrd5399
    @qayssarjrd5399 Před rokem

    Best version of something like fun with flags

  • @vitturyyd
    @vitturyyd Před 2 lety +2

    8:45 These guys indeed are from Germany. It said „Saarland“ in their profile, which is a state in Germany, bordering France and Luxembourg

  • @morganmcallister2001
    @morganmcallister2001 Před 2 lety +47

    14:45 "Why would you not just go with the Belarussian flag though?" But Drew that is the Belarussian flag. The pre-Soviet Belarussian flag.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Před rokem

      fr

    • @Kongongongg
      @Kongongongg Před rokem

      Lol? Fictional country doesn’t count

    • @cc-to
      @cc-to Před rokem

      Using flags to represent languages just can't ever end well.

  • @WingMaster562
    @WingMaster562 Před 2 lety +25

    Either the Philippine Flag at 2:20 was hanged wrongly, or that lone Filipino employee was at war with someone in that building.

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale Před 2 lety +1

      no that’s actually how you hang it sideways

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lifinale if it's vertical, the red side should be on the right side not left. Hanging a PH flag vertical is not simply turning it 90" clockwise,

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale Před 2 lety +1

      @@WingMaster562 no that’s actually how you hang it sideways

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lifinale Please look it up for yourself before you take a stand about it. A quick search of "PH flag code vertical" or even Republic Act 8941 (if you want the specific law about it) will do.
      It used to be just rotate 90" clockwise, then WWII happened, flag was flipped, then the war ended and the flag was flipped back by Elpidio Quirino (with his E.O. 321 of 1950) but only mentioned the horizontal and forgot to mention the vertical hang so that remained. Then decades later, Fidel Ramos puts it in law in the amendement.

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale Před 2 lety +1

      @@WingMaster562 I want you to think about my last two comments… and answer again
      no that’s actually how you hang it sideways

  • @samuraidog
    @samuraidog Před 2 lety +3

    "pretty sure southern Netherlands is just Belgium"
    *you have provoked a gang war*

  • @Rescel1
    @Rescel1 Před 2 lety +12

    5:11 Nepal we have Mountains and like math

  • @dragongirl3148
    @dragongirl3148 Před 2 lety +33

    12:08 lmao I’m a Malaysian and I didn’t realised that the Malaysian flag has to look like that for it to be correct vertically. I’ve been drawing them like the normal flag but facing down instead 🤡

  • @ShedowGame
    @ShedowGame Před rokem +1

    11:25
    "everything is better than the blue background"
    "one day we will get rid of those dark blue backgrounds", he said, with a dark blue background behind him.

  • @gadgetj5279
    @gadgetj5279 Před rokem +1

    Guam: 22:41
    Drew: you know that's a bit excessive...
    El Salvador: 189:335
    Drew: **ignores**

  • @White_Recluse
    @White_Recluse Před 2 lety +48

    14:59 That’s actually the Pre-Soviet Era flag of Belarus. You’ll see a lot of flags like that in protests, with a knight on horseback in the center. It’s also the flag of the Belarusian government that’s in exile.

  • @Aima952
    @Aima952 Před 2 lety +27

    I agree with Togo, all the sensible looking flags have consecutive fibonacci numbers in their ratio so why not take it all the way?

  • @FHL-Devils
    @FHL-Devils Před rokem

    5:50 - The pride of my academic career was grade 8 social studies when we had to read a book on Kenya, then do a 2-page in-class essay. I didn't read the book, and did 2+ pages on a *complete* breakdown of the Kenyan flag. Got an A, with the teacher writing "I know you didn't read the assigned material, but excellent use of acquired knowledge."
    I used my flag knowledge again to pad out an essay on the USSR. He called me out for that one.

  • @hermask815
    @hermask815 Před rokem

    16:9 the best aspect ratio for flags.
    Suggested by monitor manufacturers 😂
    The town of Eckernförde has a Squirrel on its flag.

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte Před 2 lety +15

    14:46
    "Why don't you go with belarusian flag?"
    Will somebody tell him?

  • @MrAlex_Raven
    @MrAlex_Raven Před 2 lety +7

    9:16 Almost positive that's by the Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas.

  • @memperkasaya2078
    @memperkasaya2078 Před 2 lety

    i saw a small flag store in branson missouri when i went there i couldn’t contain myself man

  • @goldplaybutton-funny_moments69
    @goldplaybutton-funny_moments69 Před 3 měsíci +1

    7:11 Why did nobody *TELL ME THIS???*
    8:09 Awesome! *THIS DUDE SHOULD MAKE MORE!*
    10:43 O’l *RRRRR!!*

  • @WOLLAHamigo
    @WOLLAHamigo Před 2 lety +25

    3:00 the netherlands is divided in three; north(North-Holland, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Flevoland), mid(South-Holland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Gelderland) and south(Zeeland, North Brabant and Limbourg).

  • @Icotheus
    @Icotheus Před 2 lety +3

    As an Amazon worker 2:20 is definitely amazon or at least a JLL building. Our building had every single flag just scattered throughout the building.

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 Před 2 lety

      Though the Philippine flag is inverted because it's hanged vertical, but still, it's cool to see them hanging their flags.
      That or it was intentional, as in that one Filipino employee was at war with someone there

  • @JajaRojas
    @JajaRojas Před 2 lety +2

    11:33 *Prefecture

  • @jordgubb3
    @jordgubb3 Před 2 lety

    12:27 man i love how there's slovenia included, even better when its my hometown

  • @nataliac.m.6998
    @nataliac.m.6998 Před 2 lety +7

    13:52 don't worry I'll do it:
    _Ñ_
    No need to thank me

  • @harshit2.02
    @harshit2.02 Před 2 lety +59

    Drew talking about Indonesia and Monaco
    Meanwhile Chad and Romania : 👁👄👁

    • @manny5500
      @manny5500 Před 2 lety +4

      Bahrain and Qatar : 👁👄👁

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk Před 2 lety +5

      🇱🇻🇦🇹
      🇹🇩🇷🇴
      🇮🇩🇲🇨
      🇧🇭🇶🇦
      Monaco & Indonesia and Chad & Romania are identical

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk Před 2 lety +2

      @@gisellestephanieaudrienna5704 Latvia and Austria are easy to differentiate

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk Před 2 lety +2

      Ivory Coast/ Cote d'Ivoire and Ireland are pretty similar

    • @User-qz2wz
      @User-qz2wz Před 2 lety +1

      @@manny5500 they have different resolutions And colours and arrows lol

  • @renat1786
    @renat1786 Před rokem

    Nice video! Reminded me that my hometown has a woodpecker on its flag

  • @ferudunatakan
    @ferudunatakan Před 8 měsíci +1

    Drew: All 100+ countries will attack you
    Me that counted unrecognized countries and find there is *223* countries: 👁👄👁

  • @j.d.manyakis3370
    @j.d.manyakis3370 Před 2 lety +11

    2:19 looks like the Phillipines is at war

  • @ihavenoideawhatimdoing389

    As a welsh person, I can confirm that we made our flag a dragon to get away from the rest of the UK. We want out

  • @benjaminmutel583
    @benjaminmutel583 Před 2 lety +1

    5:32 I give you, the United Watermelons of America!

  • @einaleMelanie
    @einaleMelanie Před rokem

    1:1 flag ratio is the best one. No nonsense. Just square. Gorgeous.

  • @tecwynjones6532
    @tecwynjones6532 Před 2 lety +10

    3:52
    I had a similar solution to this, but using the Saint David flag where you outline the centre cross with yellow as that flag is just the English one (Saint George btw) but with yellow and black apart from red and white. Defo looks better than just dragon dropping the UK flag, easy to update, and sticks with the theme of the Saint flags being used

    • @edwardhuggins84
      @edwardhuggins84 Před 2 lety +1

      I agree that it would be the best option to use the Saint flags as well

  • @petarneykov3189
    @petarneykov3189 Před 2 lety +6

    7:55 im from tulsa and i didnt even know about this...

  • @thecorneliusexperience
    @thecorneliusexperience Před rokem +5

    4:53 albania goated as hell, nice aspect ratio, coolest flag on earth

  • @80Mollusc
    @80Mollusc Před rokem +1

    “Why does the US have to be different?”
    *proceeds to show literally every country being different*

  • @silphonym
    @silphonym Před 2 lety +17

    The flag used by the role-players/reenactors are probably the colors of a regiment/unit. There were a bunch of them, often with somewhat complex and intricate details.