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ufuknow t1_izkhwqh wrote

We should replace it with a blue flag

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kifn2 t1_izkiggv wrote

It looks like almost exactly like about half of the other US flags. At least it's not as bad as New Jersey's.

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xarnard t1_izkj4c4 wrote

Could definitely use an update

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crhine17 t1_izkjvy2 wrote

There are many way better concepts that embrace the keystone...I'm all for it changing from the terrible seal on a flag

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SamuelLCompassion t1_izkkjpg wrote

It's lame, and I'm legitimately jealous of other states that have better flags.

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MuckRaker83 t1_izkktzh wrote

It's great, needs even more mushrooms

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nttnypride t1_izklial wrote

It’s just like half the other states’ flags — state seal on a blue background. We need something distinctive. I like this one: keystoneflag.org

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hostile_rep t1_izklu0g wrote

r/vexillology will tell you it's hot garbage.

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CerealJello t1_izklv8z wrote

It breaks like half the guidelines for good flag design. Remove those crests that no one could pick out of a lineup and give us a simple design like Colorado's flag.

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yo_thats_bull t1_izkrara wrote

It could use an update, although I don't really like over simplified flags that make whatever they're representing look like a tech start up. A balance between traditional with a bit of an update could be nice.

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MacMac105 t1_izkrt5r wrote

Two horses locked in battle. It's great.

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defusted t1_izks385 wrote

I feel like it needs more flames for the background and an eagle flying over a hoagie or a taste cake.

Edit: ok so here we go. Flames all around, an eagle carrying a steel I beam flying over a cheese steak wearing an Amish hat, I think this covers the whole bad ass state.

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Lucaraidh t1_izks6o2 wrote

I dont care too much about the flag, but it was hell in elementary school to have to try to draw and color.

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MyFartsSparkle t1_izks7ui wrote

We should replace it with an orange fur flag with googly eyes 😂 Gritty forever!

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[deleted] OP t1_izku7o7 wrote

I love Oregon. They have a big beaver on the back of their flag. California is the bear, of course and Wyoming has a bison.

We need a groundhog!

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NerdyRedneck45 t1_izkute0 wrote

I think a flag is something everyone should be able to draw from memory, even if it takes some time to do so or isn’t perfect. I’d have no clue where to start with our current one.

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VenomB t1_izkvrab wrote

I'll be honest, my first thought was "we have a flag?"

I mean, I get it. State flags and all, I just never even gave it thought. Without a picture, I couldn't tell you what it looks like, and unless its incredibly obvious, I probably wouldn't be able to pick it out of a line up.

So take that for what ya will.

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Ham_Ahoy t1_izkwx30 wrote

I am currently wearing a belt buckle with the flag design on it, so. . . It kicks ass.

Edit: I also fly the Pennsylvania flag just a few inches higher than the USA flag at my house.

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Jamminnav t1_izky02f wrote

Looks good next to the National Flag, I like that it’s a northern blue with sea, air, land, and the ingredients you need to make beer represented

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frobirdfrost t1_izky5xs wrote

I wish it were something simpler, a yellow or white keystone on a blue field would be great

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Limp-Adhesiveness453 t1_izkypw0 wrote

I hate hate hate it. Love the seal, but it has no place on a flag, use it for other stuff. We need a new simplified flag. I'm thinking same color blue, with gold tassels, and that's it

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WentworthMillersBO t1_izl5mqo wrote

Absolutely dogwater, but I extend that belief to any state flag that is just the state emblem

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ShammaJunk t1_izl70gz wrote

It’s boring. Especially compared to my home state of Maryland

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ChrisBegeman t1_izl8glw wrote

I have heard Pennsylvania's style of flag referred to as a seal on a sheet. While our flag is not literally our state seal in the middle of the flag, you probably have to have to google image of both to prove that it is not. While it is not a bad flag, the complexity makes it hard for the average person to make a image of the flag or even quite remember what all the elements of the flag are. So it isn't easy to just slap images of it or stylized images of it on things as a unifying image of our state. If you want flags that are good examples of this, see the Texas or Chicago flags. Luckily Pennsylvania has the PA Keystone as our easily reproduced and recognizable symbol.

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EZKTurbo t1_izl9bag wrote

It's boring and it sucks

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papi_chulo_LSD t1_izl9pej wrote

It should be a blue banner with a big ol golden keystone in the middle.

But I do like the horses on the current flag, so that’s cool.

An middle of the pack state flag

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snuffy_tentpeg t1_izlaic4 wrote

Replying to defusted (#895,543)

TastyKake pies were the staple of my morning commute. Pick up a coffee and pie at Wa Wa and head to work. Not all that many years ago, the pies were packaged by themselves in their cartons. For some reason, they were redesigned and packaged in a small aluminum tin in the carton. Formerly, the top and bottom crust of the pies were bonded so that you could pick them up and eat them while in the car. Now the top and bottom crusts are separate pieces of pastry that, when bitten fall to pieces and get the filling all over your shirt.

Every once in a while, I'll forget and the whole scenario plays out again.

A pox on them for screwing up an already well designed product.

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seriousfrylock t1_izldr74 wrote

The whole trend of the state seal on a blue background is played out, over-used. I say we go with Wawa bird on white background

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GalaMoruu t1_izlhh1g wrote

I agree. Flags for Good has a design for the PA flag that I like better. Here’s the link.

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mcvoid1 t1_izljitt wrote

I want a yellow keystone on a blue background with the colors matching Sweden's flag better since that's what the colors are supposed to reference. If you didn't know it's supposed to be Sweden's colors, it means the current hues failed at their only job.

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jshrdd_ t1_izlkfh3 wrote

All the largest corporations and richest people should have their images on it. Let everyone know who runs and controls this joint.

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WonderingHermit t1_izlkm6n wrote

Put an eagle and a rock on it, then the trio is complete.

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TheRealJewbilly t1_izlkunn wrote

Moving here from Maryland, a state that lives for its flag, it’s kinda boring. 😳

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TheManInTheSocks t1_izlmto2 wrote

Not a fan. Boring to look at, too many small details that are indistinguishable from any distance, looks like a lot of other state flags. I like a flag that's distinct and makes you think "Wow, I'd like to put that on a hat/t-shirt!" (Maryland, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan are a few that come to mind.)

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Ham_Ahoy t1_izlnnk8 wrote

Replying to normalguy9293 (#896,804)

Because I'm a Pennsylvanian first and am American second. Also, because it is technically illegal, but so is putting the us flag on merchandise, or clothing. .. changing the colors of the flag (blue lives matter flags are illegal flags.) A whole host of things. "Flag code." There are many laws governing the proper use of flags and they are so often violated I violate one myself for fun.

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GraffitiTavern t1_izlojfj wrote

I dislike that we just have the seal on a blue background like so many other states. I'd want something incorporating the keystone or at least state colors.

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teegeek t1_izlq0kn wrote

We shouldn’t let Maryland show us up like that

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Ham_Ahoy t1_izlqhuj wrote

Replying to normalguy9293 (#896,890)

Honestly PA has lots of problems. I do want our coastline back. Delaware doesn't exist. The Johnstown flood tax needs to go. I do think PA is better culturally than most states (I feel this way about the northeast in general, and the original 13 more broadly). PA was founded directly because of one man railing about the right of jury veto, and pissed off the king so much he sent that man to the colonies with a sizeable chunk of land just to get rid of him. I love that.

It's not that I think PA is necessarily better than the US as a whole, though. . . Just that the US as a whole is ridiculous and I don't feel allegiance to it in the same way I do my home state.

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RedStar9117 t1_izlrjtd wrote

Crossed Sheetz and Wawa flags showing despite our differences we are all Pennsylvanians. And John Fetterman driving a monster truck

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B0MBOY t1_izlrw11 wrote

It’s a not a flag, it’s a seal on a bedsheet. We could do way better.

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Maelis t1_izlu4td wrote

I hate it tbh. I'm really not a fan of "crest flags." A flag should be something distinct that's easily recognizable from a distance or in tiny print. Put the crest by itself on other stuff if you want but have a modern striking flag design please.

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skipperoniandcheese t1_izlwr4j wrote

It’s eh. I don’t like flags with crests or words on them though so. I say we should just have the flag be split diagonally with the sheetz and wawa logos on either side. It’s the true spirit of the state

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UnaffiliatedOpinion t1_izm7ttm wrote

Replying to Allemaengel (#896,387)

A big part of that issue though is simply that the art in the center is way too complicated/detailed. Also there's no contrast between the black horses and the blue field. South Carolina and Alaska follow a similar "symbol on a blue field" formula but I'd rank them solidly above most of the rest as the symbols are relatively simple and easy to identify. Even Indiana's is better because the symbol is so much simpler, there's clear color contrast, etc.

I do quite like the Pennsylvania coat of arms on its own, it works well in printed designs. I just don't think it works well as a flag.

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TheTaraStark t1_izm89i7 wrote

Replying to username-1787 (#896,141)

Believe it or not, we actually don't have official colors! People see those colors prominently on the state flag, but that's circumstance, same with the license plate and a few state agency logos, and tourism wound up running with it. They still made it into this design, though!

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AFD_0 t1_izm9kcl wrote

Imo, it's too "horse-y" ;)

Honestly kinda like the horse/crest/eagle motif, but not a fan of the boring shade of royal blue background that's used in dozens of other state flags. And the ship is just kinda weird and out of place for what's an essentially land-locked state that really doesn't have much of a maritime industry outside of Erie and a handful of rivers.

Jmo, but one of the icons in the crest should be replaced by a pretzel.

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TheTaraStark t1_izma4s9 wrote

Replying to Ham_Ahoy (#895,727)

I'm not a fan of it on a flag, but mostly because the coat of arms gets lost in the wind, or when the flag is limp. I agree that the coat of arms is badass, and it deserves more than to just get slapped on to a bedsheet. It deserves to be really seen on mediums that make it shine! That's part of why I designed a PA flag that references the coat of arms without making it into a mess - ideally, I want people to ask about the flag and wind up interested in the COA's history.

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TheTaraStark t1_izmbgqn wrote

Replying to mcvoid1 (#896,682)

Philly's flag colors are referencing Sweden! PA's flag was meant to match the blue on the US flag, and was codified that way per a 1907 law. The gold is just a traditional color for a coat of arms.

If what you want is a yellow keystone on a blue (and green) background, the Keystone Flag exists!

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tomo32 t1_izmcgo1 wrote

It’s awful

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Ap3xHitman t1_izmf822 wrote

Its fine the way it is why change it?

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Trixicity t1_izmksq7 wrote

Vexilogically, it's terrible. Too much detail, no interesting or bold patterns. From a practical standpoint, it's barely distinguishable from about 20 other state flags, all of which are blue with some kind of crest in the middle. If we ever went to war with New York or Michigan nobody would know who was on whose side.

For comparison, see Arizona, Texas, Colarado, New Mexico, Alaska, or Maryland's flags, which are actually used by normal people as state pride, and are even popular as tourist souvenirs. SC or Ohio are also pretty good IMO. State seal on blue background is pretty F-tier.

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Ferks_ t1_izmmjvg wrote

I like the horses and general feel of it, but it could lose the wheat and plow which is overused on many other flags.

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GawkieBird t1_izmnaxt wrote

Replying to TheTaraStark (#897,834)

Yeah I saw, that's terrific!! I already grabbed what I can afford atm and am crossing my fingers that you get enough backers to pull off the pride flag. Good luck with the rest of the campaign, and thank you for doing it!

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OhFerFS t1_iznr5gz wrote

It sucks but it's better than Ohio's

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PhillyBilly1987 t1_iznum89 wrote

Needs hookers and guns and firetrucks and booze and hookers

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TheTaraStark t1_iznvhmz wrote

Replying to the_hoagie (#896,834)

Even if this were true, what would be wrong with that? Alaska’s flag was designed by a teenager, and decades later it’s still one of the most beloved US state flags.

(For anyone who cares, the kid was barely born when I was putting the design together in 2017 - I received that homework photo from a friend and supporter about 2 months ago. That said, this is the funniest misreading of a situation I’ve seen in a while, and I appreciate you for that 😂)

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Redlar t1_izny6ox wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#895,255)

Yup, grew up there, family's from there, it's a distinct and striking flag

I've lived in PA, at this point, longer than my birth state so I feel alright critiquing the PA flag

Holy moly, it's soooo boring compared to MD's.

There that's my critique lol

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Redlar t1_iznzqrm wrote

Replying to Ham_Ahoy (#896,827)

>technically illegal

Eh, not technically illegal because it's the Flag Code not the Flag Law but I know exactly what you mean, burns my butt to see people that claim to be patriots and the like going around mistreating flags with the flimsy excuse that it's "not the actual flag" just something very closely resembling the flag 🙄 or attaching one to a vehicle only to let it get shredded

>There are many laws governing the proper use of flags and they are so often violated I violate one myself for fun.

I like your style

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Caution999 t1_izom94a wrote

Needs more rainbows. We need to be more inclusive!

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pocketbookashtray t1_izphk91 wrote

It needs to be simplified. Look at states like Texas or Colorado, with a simple design that kids can draw, and that is easily recognizable. As a result people and businesses can fly the flag more often because it’s recognizable. I’m all in on this one: https://keystoneflag.org/

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WorstTimeCaller t1_izpmvop wrote

Should have a pigeon standing on top of a traffic cone

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