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Erik Uden 🍑
@ErikUden@mastodon.de  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

We need to talk about these hideous flag cones countries have been using for a couple of years now to give the appearance of a waving flag in the background of a conference when filmed from the front

A picture of Anthony Blinken at a press conference of the US Embassy of Jerusalem with almost real looking flags in the background, but since this picture is taken at an angle, one can see that they're cones
A picture of Anthony Blinken at a press conference of the US Embassy of Jerusalem with almost real looking flags in the background, but since this picture is taken at an angle, one can see that they're cones
A picture of Anthony Blinken at a press conference of the US Embassy of Jerusalem with almost real looking flags in the background, but since this picture is taken at an angle, one can see that they're cones
A picture of many of the flag cones
A picture of many of the flag cones
A picture of many of the flag cones
A picture of someone applying the Israel flag over a cone with many non-flag cones in the background
A picture of someone applying the Israel flag over a cone with many non-flag cones in the background
A picture of someone applying the Israel flag over a cone with many non-flag cones in the background
A picture of military generals walking out of a room with several flag cones from Italy, Brazil, France, Canada, and Serbia being displayed
A picture of military generals walking out of a room with several flag cones from Italy, Brazil, France, Canada, and Serbia being displayed
A picture of military generals walking out of a room with several flag cones from Italy, Brazil, France, Canada, and Serbia being displayed
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Allan
@crapaud@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden
Thank you for your service

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@Lazarou@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden "Flagwankers"

https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/23/worker-attacked-passerby-mistakenly-assumes-removing-union-jack-24239764/

#Flagwankers #Nationalism #Fascism #Fascists #UniteTheKingdom

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Weltzeitgeist
@wackJackle@norden.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden Baudrillard undefeated.

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Chuckles ❤️🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦❤️
@celeduc@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden maybe they deter humping?

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humbug
@humbug@bonn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden Looks like Schultüten to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schult%C3%BCte?wprov=sfla1

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hnapel
@hnapel@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden

'Conified flags', one to remember as a new trope of imagined or real dystopian narratives.

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Peter
@peter@thepit.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden good lord, how hard is it to just use a flag??

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lashman
@lashman@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ErikUden flags are cringe

countries are cringe too

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Erik Uden 🍑
@ErikUden@mastodon.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

I thought they were normal flags, but then a couple of weeks ago I first noticed the cone-ification of flags and couldn't unsee it

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