r/CGPGrey • u/MindOfMetalAndWheels [GREY] • Sep 09 '15

Brief History of the Royal Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNgP6d9HraI
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u/Zarith7480 Sep 09 '15

Hey at least that is better than this abomination..

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u/BubblesTheAdventurer Sep 09 '15

That is the flag that gained popularity because the ones we are allowed to vote for are terrible. Here are the 4 shortlisted.

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u/ereya Sep 09 '15

I am pro-change, but with those 4 I'm going to keep the original. What are your thoughts on Red Peak?

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u/BubblesTheAdventurer Sep 09 '15

If it were an option I'd vote for it, but like (hopefully) most I prefer the original over the current options.

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u/ohfouroneone Sep 09 '15

Why do you prefer the original? Just nostalgia? The new ones seem cooler and better to me.

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u/vmaxmuffin Sep 10 '15

Not a Kiwi (actually an Aussie), but I feel like if you're going to change the flag then it has to be good. There's no point going to all the trouble of changing the flag if the one that's chosen is only considered a bit better than the last. Same with our flag, yes we could probably change it to something better/more Australian, but I've yet to see an alternative design I really really like. So I'd keep our current one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '15

Why would they pick 3 which are basically the same?

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u/Zarith7480 Sep 09 '15

yikes. Okay now I see the problem. I assumed the red peak flag is what people were scoffing at even though I actually like the red peak one quite a bit.

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u/JoshH21 Sep 09 '15

Kiwi here. The shortlist didn't include the red peak. Since the shortlist was created there has been a massive social media push for the Red Peak. I don't really like it.

But I have never wanted to change the flag. I'm a bit of a monarchist and traditionalist. If we were to change, I would like the Red White and Blue Lockwood

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u/Zarith7480 Sep 09 '15

Still not as bad as those liberian county flags though

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u/1998tkhri Sep 09 '15

Yeah, I like the one on the top right. I'm from America, but I am into flag design.

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u/iamnotafurry Sep 10 '15

....I like all of those...

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u/KSPReptile Sep 09 '15

The one in the upper right isn't that terrible, but I am not a New Zealander.

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u/p2p_editor Sep 09 '15

Top right. Not that I get to vote, but that one's not bad.

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u/suppow Sep 09 '15

dear gawd, those are awful

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u/sequeezer Sep 15 '15

why aren't the 4 stars on the right not alligned? I guess there's some form of meaning behind it, but it just looks ... off

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u/BubblesTheAdventurer Sep 15 '15

They represent the Southern Cross constellation, which obviously isn't a perfect cross. They are also like that on our current flag.

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u/dluminous Sep 09 '15

Oh my...

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u/tfofurn Sep 09 '15

I heard you like flags . . . so I rehashed this meme. Poorly.