this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I love that this is an American jet but they still have a flag of Puerto Rico as if it's a separate country.

Nice bit of irony there.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

TBF they also have Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At least they're consistent.

But I'd say they should probably all be independent too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hawaii maybe (but even then they currently benefit more than they suffer from being a state), but certainly not Alaska. They can't even sustain themselves without help from the federal government.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Hawaii maybe (but even then they currently benefit more than they suffer from being a state)

I doubt the natives think the same.

but certainly not Alaska. They can’t even sustain themselves without help from the federal government.

Probably because its run as an extractive economy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

A lot of those are not country flags

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The proud nation of Newfoundland and Labrador.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

That's the way they see it themselves so

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Lt. Commander Sam Urato, a P-3 pilot of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, points to decals on the fuselage of the Lockheed WP-3D Orion 'hurricane hunter' aircraft representing the hurricanes it has penetrated during a hurricane awareness tour at Washington National Airport, Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Hurricane season starts Wednesday, June 1, 2022, and it's looking busy because every factor out there is pointing to another nasty year in the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/05/31/experts-everything-points-to-another-busy-hurricane-season/

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why are two of the hurricanes backward???

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Southern hemisphere cyclones

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Might genuinely indicate the circulation direction of the hurricanes. Due to the Coriolis effect, hurricanes on the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise and on the southern hemisphere clockwise.

So, maybe they only took part in one hurricane season in the South or something...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the white flag with the blue cross the russian navy flag?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Other way around mate,

White cross on blue background

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Am I blind?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I had to check, right you are!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Mother Nature: "Target accepted."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Penetrated. Tee hee hee