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    Flags

    I am very sorry, but I have always been a little perturbed by the flags that are next to people's screennames of posters on apolyton. I understand that the flag is meant to represent the country in which the poster resides. I also understand that, contrary to the belief of many American high-school students, Europe is not a country. Other people seem to have gone to the other extreme: Wales has not been a country for a little while now, either. However, people live in Europe, and people (in fact, some of the same people) live in Wales. People, to my knowledge, do not live in the United Nations. (Except me, of course.)

    What up with that?
    Who exactly lives in the United Nations? If you are a hobo and you sleep in front of the U.N. building, does that count?
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    Its just a standard pack of flags that comes with the forum software.

    Questions of this sort are best raised in the Apolyton/Community Forum, where the owners and moderators see them.

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    • #3
      Some people would prefer to use the European flag over their national flag, so they do. Certain people consider themselves a resident of Wales rather than the UK, so they use the welsh flag instead. Not like I know anything about that...

      Then there are some people like Spamski, who just pick a random flag that looks cool. No way you live in St. Pierre/Miquelon

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      • #4
        /me tests to see what flag he has
        Yep... no flag at all. Better that way.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Method

          Then there are some people like Spamski, who just pick a random flag that looks cool. No way you live in St. Pierre/Miquelon

          They are fun little islands though. Its great for folks in newfoundland to take a quick trip to France
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          • #6
            Of course, any thread in the community forum asking the admin to modify the list of flags is doomed to failure. Dooomed!!!

            I use Cocos Island so I can raise thier average postcount per person to an insanely high amount.
            I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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            • #7
              I'm ashamed of the country I live in.

              I just like my flag with the tree in it. I like trees. You could say I'm a tree hugger.

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              • #8
                I've never met a cute tree though.
                I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                • #9
                  Who needs flags when you can have a neat new avatar?
                  EDIT:
                  Who needs flags when you can have a 1337 new avatar?

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                  • #10
                    Well the EU is rapidly becoming a "country like thing" ofcorse the flag of the particular member state would be more informative.

                    My biggest wish is that people actualy use the Flag of the Country they are IN or FROM. I have often started asking someone about their Home Country only to discover their not from or in that country. This is higly anoying. Furthur more using the correct Flag will help others know your time zone and make comunications easier.
                    Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators, the creator seeks - those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest. - Thus spoke Zarathustra, Fredrick Nietzsche

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                    • #11
                      Imp: Time translations are under the avatars.

                      The other points are good, though.

                      EDIT: Or to the right of the Avatars, it depends...

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Dissident
                        I'm ashamed of the country I live in.

                        I just like my flag with the tree in it. I like trees. You could say I'm a tree hugger.
                        You are not a tree hugger. I don't see you enter the Gaian team. Tree huggers don't go join the evil spartans.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]
                          Well the EU is rapidly becoming a "country like thing" ofcorse the flag of the particular member state would be more informative.
                          Not so rapidly as you seem to think, Impaler. And hopefully it won't happen too fast.
                          He who knows others is wise.
                          He who knows himself is enlightened.                           -- Lao Tsu

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]
                            Well the EU is rapidly becoming a "country like thing" ofcorse the flag of the particular member state would be more informative.

                            My biggest wish is that people actualy use the Flag of the Country they are IN or FROM. I have often started asking someone about their Home Country only to discover their not from or in that country. This is higly anoying. Furthur more using the correct Flag will help others know your time zone and make comunications easier.
                            I admit, I'm not from Norfolk Island

                            It was only recently I found out where the hell Norfolk Island is.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by HongHu


                              You are not a tree hugger. I don't see you enter the Gaian team. Tree huggers don't go join the evil spartans.
                              you got me

                              I still like trees though. But the gaians are just too wimpy.

                              I figure it is more important to conquer planet by force, then later we can concentrate on trees

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