Ask Lemmy

Petition for you to add flag emoji to each country mention, e.g. "🇵🇱 Poland", for those of us (me!) who are vexillologically challenged and don't remember any flags.

Edit: an attempt, based on gboard's emoji search functionality and with zero verification:

great post

Let's make a tierlist sbout how urgent it is for them to change:

S:

• 🇵🇱Poland's flag is supposedly derived from a white bird against a setting sun. To me it would make sense to include that imagery on the flag, or a historical coat of arms.
• I think places like 🇸🇾Syria, 🇪🇬Egypt, 🇱🇾Libya, 🇮🇶Iraq need to agree on a different colour scheme for themselves. At the moment they're confusingly similar

A:

• 🇮🇱Israel (changing flag after a hopeful regime change would be prudent because it's like a symbol of genocide now.)

B:

• 🇱🇺Luxembourg (too similar to 🇳🇱Netherlands),
• 🇨🇳China (i find china's flag really dull even if it is iconic. They surely want to invoke their historical longevity rather than just Communism. Stars represent the key chinese regions, which seems like a good feature - the red does not.)

F:

• I don't think i'd change it, but 🇨🇦Canada seems as/more close to britain than 🇦🇺Australia so it makes more sense to give a little 🇬🇧Union Jack in the top left corner.