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  • @cytobii
    @cytobii 3 года назад +2836

    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 3 года назад +83

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

    • @Notmyname1593
      @Notmyname1593 3 года назад +43

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

    • @TurtleMarcus
      @TurtleMarcus 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +33

      @@TurtleMarcus thank u

    • @drpa6881
      @drpa6881 3 года назад +2

      phi!!!!

  • @hanswurst6712
    @hanswurst6712 3 года назад +1461

    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 3 года назад +55

      Gotta love those minor differences.

    • @dogodog1247
      @dogodog1247 3 года назад +119

      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 3 года назад +8

      @@dogodog1247 the Afghan flags were technically older though

    • @biggibbs4678
      @biggibbs4678 3 года назад +13

      "in this short a time period"

    • @davidguthary8147
      @davidguthary8147 3 года назад +60

      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.

  • @braunbekmaxim5821
    @braunbekmaxim5821 3 года назад +538

    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 2 года назад +70

      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 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +1

      Jesse wtf ur talking about

    • @MWSin1
      @MWSin1 2 года назад +15

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

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP Год назад +234

    "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 Год назад +6

      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 Год назад +2

      its one nice ratio

    • @hexagon4242
      @hexagon4242 Год назад +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 Год назад +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 Год назад +2

      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 Год назад +31

    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 Год назад

      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 8 месяцев назад +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 4 месяца назад

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

  • @livispuzzled
    @livispuzzled 3 года назад +1423

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

  • @extramangos2578
    @extramangos2578 3 года назад +2269

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

    • @Wolfbroa
      @Wolfbroa 3 года назад +41

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

    • @Lufinsmemezone
      @Lufinsmemezone 3 года назад +4

      Oh I get it

    • @GreenFoxLuama
      @GreenFoxLuama 3 года назад +52

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

    • @JoQeZzZ
      @JoQeZzZ 3 года назад +7

      Also 6:18

    • @Jcksnlthl
      @Jcksnlthl 3 года назад +2

      @@Wolfbroa m

  • @Feeeeelix405
    @Feeeeelix405 3 года назад +376

    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 3 года назад +7

      Und hast du eine 1 bekommen?

    • @Feeeeelix405
      @Feeeeelix405 3 года назад +3

      Ne in einer Woche ist Präsentation

    • @paavoo3367
      @paavoo3367 3 года назад +1

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

    • @oversizeddoorhandle4214
      @oversizeddoorhandle4214 3 года назад +10

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

    • @Feeeeelix405
      @Feeeeelix405 3 года назад

      @@paavoo3367 Ja bin größer Jo Fan

  • @gforceneonaxetake2345
    @gforceneonaxetake2345 2 года назад +22

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

    • @andrejradicevic1411
      @andrejradicevic1411 2 года назад +1

      hold my cola*

    • @metalswifty23
      @metalswifty23 2 года назад +1

      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.

  • @80Mollusc
    @80Mollusc Год назад +2

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

  • @Monky-zm9nr
    @Monky-zm9nr 3 года назад +352

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

    • @HolyRomanEmpire962-1806
      @HolyRomanEmpire962-1806 3 года назад +20

      Afghanistan: *changes flag again*

    • @rubixtheslime
      @rubixtheslime 3 года назад +10

      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.

    • @GeoTube9
      @GeoTube9 2 года назад +1

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

    • @wyattstevens8574
      @wyattstevens8574 Месяц назад

      *Let me reintroduce myself* (I thought of the Gemini commercial when I saw your comment)

  • @one-eyedsurvivors5057
    @one-eyedsurvivors5057 3 года назад +856

    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 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +7

      Army time correct

    • @youraveragerobloxkid
      @youraveragerobloxkid 3 года назад +4

      nope, same here.

    • @ПавелШарпов-к5л
      @ПавелШарпов-к5л 3 года назад +37

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

    • @cbhorxo
      @cbhorxo 3 года назад +2

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

  • @jmkbartsch
    @jmkbartsch 3 года назад +1392

    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 2 года назад +43

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

    • @felipeburesti4440
      @felipeburesti4440 2 года назад +44

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

    • @ritapathakritapathak3832
      @ritapathakritapathak3832 2 года назад +6

      🇹🇬

    • @demeburtini
      @demeburtini 2 года назад +28

      @@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 2 года назад +10

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

  • @Rextum
    @Rextum Год назад +6

    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?”

  • @danieln9226
    @danieln9226 Год назад +165

    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 Год назад

      yep basically appointed by putin.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Год назад +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 Год назад +6

      and the official flag kinda represents opression of the Belarusian language

    • @TwilightDawn193
      @TwilightDawn193 Год назад

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

    • @ccclxxxiv9633
      @ccclxxxiv9633 Год назад +1

      @@TwilightDawn193 cry more, ruzzian fashist

  • @micayahritchie7158
    @micayahritchie7158 3 года назад +290

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

    • @DarwinskiYT
      @DarwinskiYT 3 года назад +5

      @Hi last name ur mom

    • @phoenix1026
      @phoenix1026 3 года назад +3

      @Ein Mensch how much is it in numbers?

    • @windowstudios45alt
      @windowstudios45alt 3 года назад +4

      @@phoenix1026 around 1.6

    • @phoenix1026
      @phoenix1026 3 года назад +1

      @@windowstudios45alt ok

    • @Emil-yd1ge
      @Emil-yd1ge 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +179

    That Nepal ratio was hilarious

    • @ashercampbell9425
      @ashercampbell9425 3 года назад +43

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

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 года назад +12

      That could be a math problem 😂

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 3 года назад +3

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

    • @oresttheproto
      @oresttheproto 3 года назад +7

      🇳🇵

    • @Attaxalotl
      @Attaxalotl 3 года назад +5

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

  • @GBT164
    @GBT164 3 года назад +411

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

    • @hiddesytsema9155
      @hiddesytsema9155 3 года назад +19

      The country is ours but the people arent

    • @_MC529
      @_MC529 3 года назад +20

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

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 3 года назад +15

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

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 года назад +12

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

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 3 года назад +8

      @@_blank-_ no

  • @ferudunatakan
    @ferudunatakan Год назад +2

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

  • @SetOfAllSets
    @SetOfAllSets 3 года назад +11

    11:25 Look behind you

    • @aboodimimo6981
      @aboodimimo6981 Год назад

      True

    • @LandH_Superkids
      @LandH_Superkids 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @LevSigal-alt
      @LevSigal-alt 4 месяца назад

      Turn your head sideways.

  • @nikolas7153
    @nikolas7153 3 года назад +48

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

  • @syedarif4554
    @syedarif4554 3 года назад +306

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

    • @totaly4169
      @totaly4169 3 года назад

      yeah

    • @samiuddin328
      @samiuddin328 3 года назад +1

      I was gonna comment that

    • @seanbrummfield448
      @seanbrummfield448 3 года назад +3

      Dyslexic Drew. lmao.

    • @Rrgaas
      @Rrgaas 3 года назад

      yep

    • @DomenBremecXCVI
      @DomenBremecXCVI 3 года назад +1

      His amazing level of focus and reading skills are just 2 of the reasons I relate to him.

  • @justanotherhotguy
    @justanotherhotguy 3 года назад +177

    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.

  • @erdnussflip007
    @erdnussflip007 2 года назад +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

  • @whatthehellisthisaccount8984
    @whatthehellisthisaccount8984 3 года назад +6

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

  • @bjoen
    @bjoen 3 года назад +191

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

    • @Royale-Thalia
      @Royale-Thalia 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +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 2 года назад

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

    • @Fenix-dp1cm
      @Fenix-dp1cm 2 года назад

      @@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 2 года назад

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

  • @xaviertricot776
    @xaviertricot776 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +5

      i triggered when i saw thad flag

    • @ggeshundra
      @ggeshundra 3 года назад +2

      No one cares

    • @ololo518
      @ololo518 3 года назад +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)

    • @rhsmn2334
      @rhsmn2334 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +2

      @@rhsmn2334 why they don't belong? Can someone say "no, that thing you put on flag shouldn't be there"? Is there a commitee?

  • @joshuaschexnyder2331
    @joshuaschexnyder2331 2 года назад +4

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

  • @ferudunatakan
    @ferudunatakan Год назад +2

    Southern Dutchland 🇳🇱 isn't Belgium 🇧🇪, northern Belgium 🇧🇪 is Dutchland 🇳🇱

  • @johnathanotolinskisa9223
    @johnathanotolinskisa9223 3 года назад +88

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

    • @KubickQ
      @KubickQ 3 года назад +8

      A large amount of Americans, too

    • @kayk2631
      @kayk2631 3 года назад +2

      Ikr I'm American and...

    • @artistrg3487
      @artistrg3487 2 года назад

      The U.S. is a very misunderstood country…

    • @andrejradicevic1411
      @andrejradicevic1411 2 года назад

      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.

  • @whentheisofthenot2050
    @whentheisofthenot2050 3 года назад +181

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

    • @davidthegreat4984
      @davidthegreat4984 3 года назад +20

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

    • @whentheisofthenot2050
      @whentheisofthenot2050 3 года назад +16

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

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 года назад +13

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

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Год назад +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.

  • @lucasalvarez8524
    @lucasalvarez8524 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +5

      A Union Jack watermark
      *on the union jack*

  • @sarakamel7819
    @sarakamel7819 2 года назад +1

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

  • @Wilbtube
    @Wilbtube 2 года назад +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.

  • @WingMaster562
    @WingMaster562 3 года назад +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 2 года назад +1

      no that’s actually how you hang it sideways

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +1

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

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +1

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

  • @S.R.S_Nuke
    @S.R.S_Nuke 3 года назад +18

    2:38 maybe he’s tricking the geoguesser players

  • @erickpacas5409
    @erickpacas5409 2 года назад +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

  • @boyacka1260
    @boyacka1260 2 года назад +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 2 года назад

      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 Год назад

      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.

  • @morganmcallister2001
    @morganmcallister2001 3 года назад +48

    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 Год назад

      fr

    • @Kongongongg
      @Kongongongg Год назад

      Lol? Fictional country doesn’t count

    • @cc-to
      @cc-to Год назад

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

  • @artificial_oysters
    @artificial_oysters 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +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 Год назад

      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.

  • @kokolekroko882
    @kokolekroko882 3 года назад +34

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

    • @JalebJay
      @JalebJay 3 года назад

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

    • @pulse_mt
      @pulse_mt 3 года назад

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

  • @sn33zz93
    @sn33zz93 Год назад +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)

  • @samuraidog
    @samuraidog 3 года назад +3

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

  • @palastofhistory4026
    @palastofhistory4026 3 года назад +50

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

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 года назад

      Ahah NERDS

    • @palastofhistory4026
      @palastofhistory4026 3 года назад +3

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

    • @darkdeemen
      @darkdeemen 3 года назад +5

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

    • @delfinenteddyson9865
      @delfinenteddyson9865 3 года назад +1

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

    • @ttv_timesoarer5563
      @ttv_timesoarer5563 2 года назад

      Thank you

  • @dragongirl3148
    @dragongirl3148 3 года назад +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 🤡

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ 3 года назад +44

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

  • @rnjezus
    @rnjezus Год назад +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)

  • @NanosoftRussia
    @NanosoftRussia 3 года назад +5

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

  • @ClaudiaRodriguez-rm5zn
    @ClaudiaRodriguez-rm5zn 3 года назад +20

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

  • @pzevenkyusuf8422
    @pzevenkyusuf8422 3 года назад +107

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

    • @kepigirl
      @kepigirl 3 года назад +1

      The only existing country xd

    • @regnumreq3617
      @regnumreq3617 3 года назад +5

      @@kepigirl sir what about syria and iraq and egypt

    • @DarwinskiYT
      @DarwinskiYT 3 года назад +6

      Most of the Middle East: ._.

    • @kepigirl
      @kepigirl 3 года назад

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

    • @Msalkk
      @Msalkk 2 года назад

      @@kepigirl barely

  • @jae6722
    @jae6722 2 года назад +5

    7:47 I LIVE THERE HOLY FRICK

  • @ShedowGame
    @ShedowGame Год назад +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.

  • @kcechoxzar
    @kcechoxzar 3 года назад +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 3 года назад

      No

    • @eriXD_1510
      @eriXD_1510 3 года назад

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

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 года назад +1

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

  • @ihavenoideawhatimdoing389
    @ihavenoideawhatimdoing389 3 года назад +6

    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

  • @Aima952
    @Aima952 3 года назад +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?

  • @fac7orcosplay
    @fac7orcosplay Год назад +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)

  • @gadgetj5279
    @gadgetj5279 2 года назад +1

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

  • @harshit2.02
    @harshit2.02 3 года назад +59

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

    • @manny5500
      @manny5500 3 года назад +4

      Bahrain and Qatar : 👁👄👁

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk 3 года назад +5

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

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk 3 года назад +2

      @@gisellestephanieaudrienna5704 Latvia and Austria are easy to differentiate

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk 3 года назад +2

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

    • @User-qz2wz
      @User-qz2wz 3 года назад +1

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

  • @j.d.manyakis3370
    @j.d.manyakis3370 3 года назад +11

    2:19 looks like the Phillipines is at war

  • @Rescel1
    @Rescel1 3 года назад +12

    5:11 Nepal we have Mountains and like math

  • @im697m
    @im697m 2 года назад +1

    Wow I've always thought that Switzerland was the only country with different flag proportions

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi Год назад

      It's not even the only one that's a square. 🇻🇦

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 2 года назад +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.

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 3 года назад +15

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

  • @ihatemotionblur_3255
    @ihatemotionblur_3255 3 года назад +100

    drew pls pls pls start calling the new afghani flag "no-no afghanistan" i will literally force my entire family to subscribe to you if u do it plssss

    • @desparagon4595
      @desparagon4595 3 года назад

      Hi JD end fyy try h

    • @reffog7195
      @reffog7195 3 года назад +6

      He must call it the best Afghanistan

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 3 года назад +1

      yesssssssssssssssss

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 2 года назад

      Idk if RUclips even allows him to say the name of the country since he sometimes censors it to “No-no-Stan-land”

  • @ombrage9413
    @ombrage9413 3 года назад +15

    drew: I've never seen this many changes to a flag in one century
    *angry Malaysia noises*

  • @NickAndriadze
    @NickAndriadze 2 года назад +2

    *1:47* Let's just all take a moment to agree that The Soviet Red and Golden color combination is *LEGENDARY!*
    *5:19* Ahh yes the United Seeds of Melonica!

  • @somevincentsauce
    @somevincentsauce 2 года назад +2

    11:33 *Prefecture

  • @someguy2347
    @someguy2347 3 года назад +6

    "One day we will get rid of those dark blue backgrounds..."
    **Has a blue wall behind him**

  • @White_Recluse
    @White_Recluse 3 года назад +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.

  • @WillieTheSilent
    @WillieTheSilent 3 года назад +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).

  • @ENDI8089
    @ENDI8089 Год назад +1

    The italian flag is literally what’s on pizza margherita basil,mozzarella, and tomato soup.

    • @ENDI8089
      @ENDI8089 5 месяцев назад

      When did I write this?

  • @jakubraha6016
    @jakubraha6016 2 года назад +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 😅

  • @alexls1923
    @alexls1923 3 года назад +6

    12:24 is no one going to mention that they can’t finish the puzzle because they got an extra piece instead of the correct one?

  • @nataliac.m.6998
    @nataliac.m.6998 3 года назад +7

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

    • @easttur19auttp
      @easttur19auttp 3 месяца назад

      __________________
      | |
      | Ñ |
      | |
      L_____________|

  • @1994CivicGLi
    @1994CivicGLi 3 года назад +26

    5:06 Togo rocking the Golden ratio flag

  • @I.like.beans.
    @I.like.beans. 2 года назад +1

    “Yemen can be the only country rocking the red, black and white…”
    Syria and Iraq: 👁👄👁

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 2 года назад +18

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

  • @semilyezhuregimbekov
    @semilyezhuregimbekov 3 года назад +5

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

  • @khulhucthulhu9952
    @khulhucthulhu9952 3 года назад +5

    Props to Duolingo for actually using the people's flag for Belarus instead of the dictator's flag

  • @axel9237
    @axel9237 2 года назад +1

    That Belarusian flag was used in the protests against dictator lukasjenko. I guess that duolingo just wanted to show their support for the people of Belarus instead of using the states flag.

  • @juanca2825
    @juanca2825 2 года назад +1

    13:48 so basically the "N" with the "tilde" is a special letter we have in spanish that does not exists in any other language in the world, it is pronounced as the portuguese "nh"

    • @BiNy26
      @BiNy26 2 года назад +1

      We have ň. Just a little bit less fancy way to write it. 😁

  • @tobiascoch4336
    @tobiascoch4336 3 года назад +6

    The L Flag is A Village in Switzerland called Lichtensteig. It is called almost like the country Liechtenstein but it has nothing to do with it.

  • @este7955
    @este7955 3 года назад +42

    About the Belarusian flag: there is a massive conflict with the government and so the whole nation now sticks to their old flag (this white red and white) which at the same time represents the revolution.
    So Duolingo kinda shows it's disapproval of the Belorusia president's cruelty.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Год назад +1

      yeah. im belarusian and i love this white red white flag. though sadly the doulingo thing is fake, someone made it up. they dont offer belarusian

  • @silphonym
    @silphonym 3 года назад +16

    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.

  • @ДмитрийШироков-т8ъ

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

  • @prekatori
    @prekatori 2 года назад +1

    Germany in the thumbnail: 5:8
    Germany in the video: 3:5

  • @superbro1-q3h
    @superbro1-q3h 3 года назад +6

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

  • @trygveblacktiger597
    @trygveblacktiger597 3 года назад +7

    8:31
    That flag is a Regimental standard pretty mutch in the olden times Eatch Regiment of a Army had their own flag which was both used in parades and battles. And they are reprisenting a Prussian Regiment

  • @TheKnightCrafter123
    @TheKnightCrafter123 3 года назад +17

    Guys nepal’s flag ratio is litteraly my math homework

  • @gregorydedios9980
    @gregorydedios9980 2 года назад +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!

  • @LooneyKids847
    @LooneyKids847 3 месяца назад +1

    0:17 Chad and Romania: ARE we a JOKE TO YOU?

  • @MrAlex_Raven
    @MrAlex_Raven 3 года назад +7

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

  • @Morrov
    @Morrov 3 года назад +17

    14:45 that is the flag of Belarus, the one you're used to is basically the flag of Lukashenko's regime

    • @wiktoria9252
      @wiktoria9252 3 года назад +3

      Came to write this here.
      Really good that duolingo is using the correct one!
      It will be probably banned there though 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @Morrov
      @Morrov 3 года назад +2

      @@wiktoria9252 so be it, the people of Belarus need all the support and solidarity they can get right now

    • @wiktoria9252
      @wiktoria9252 3 года назад +2

      @@Morrov absolutely.
      It would be great to see RUclipsrs recognising this flag :)

  • @-haclong2366
    @-haclong2366 3 года назад +5

    03:00 In the Netherlands everyone consumes culture through U.S. American media, a lot of Dutch farmers fly Confederate battle flags because they associate it with "rural culture" and "farmers". In fact, people likely see it as "The Dukes of Hazzard flag" rather than a flag associated with the Confederate States of America.

    • @sheevpalpatine8978
      @sheevpalpatine8978 3 года назад

      I have never seen a Confederate flag in my country. I didn't know this.

    • @Outwhere
      @Outwhere 3 года назад

      I regularly drive through a German village where someone flies a Confederate flag.
      It's also pretty common on biker's jackets.

    • @nightspawnson-of-luna4936
      @nightspawnson-of-luna4936 2 года назад

      To be fair... I'm sure that there might be one or two people in america who actually just see it as 'the dukes of Hazzard flag' as well

  • @FHL-Devils
    @FHL-Devils Год назад

    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.

  • @vitturyyd
    @vitturyyd 2 года назад +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

  • @GobbiExists
    @GobbiExists 3 года назад +9

    14:45 Belarusian- just go with the Belarus flag
    *does he even know that there were protests going on in belarus for over a year*

  • @viewingstorm8930
    @viewingstorm8930 3 года назад +9

    2:45 when your Dutch and a southerner: oh no

  • @aleksandur3947
    @aleksandur3947 3 года назад +5

    6:24 The only people running for president are probably too old to even know how to use photoshop or to know it exists

  • @thecorneliusexperience
    @thecorneliusexperience 2 года назад +5

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