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keyjan t1_ja5kc24 wrote

Probably by mistake. I used to work across the street from a government building (which is no longer there); one morning, I looked out the window and saw their flag was upside down. At lunch I walked across the street and asked the guard at the desk what was wrong, since they were flying an international distress signal on their flagpole. The guard burst out laughing and basically said, “oops.”

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keyjan t1_ja5kyfo wrote

Replying to BrokenJellyfish (#2,040,122)

Yep. Especially if it’s the kids who run up the flags; bet they thought it was hilarious. (In high school, we ran up the flags. We would also occasionally run a uniform skirt up the flagpole.)

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BeholdAComment t1_ja5ssv8 wrote

Fyi: this neighbor isn't anacostia, though it is off of the anacostia trail; it's called Parkside Mayfair, near deanwood

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Texasforever1992 t1_ja5vrcb wrote

Most likely just someone not knowing/paying attention to what they were doing. It could be a distress signal, but I feel like there are so many other easier ways to signal distress that this isn’t that, despite that being what it’s supposed to indicate.

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DCRealEstateAgent t1_ja67t16 wrote

DCPS lost a young and very beloved teacher unexpectedly this week. Some flags were at half mast as a result. I don't know if this would be related.

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SkyeMreddit t1_ja67um3 wrote

The upside down flags signify “America is in Distress”. A few Democrats did it during the Trump presidency so now the Trumpers are doing it. Doesn’t appear to be anything online that they would be protesting

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Leather-Ad-580 t1_ja6klow wrote

This is happening way too often. This signal should not be joked about. It’s disgusting if it’s not real. .

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camelot478 t1_ja6zr3t wrote

I was on flag patrol most of my time in school and trust me accidents happen - have been chewed out for this before 😂

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SubstantialCity8138 t1_ja7bzes wrote

Lol let’s be honest, it’s anacostia. Not that smart over there.

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XxSephyxX t1_ja7d4x1 wrote

Also this isn’t Educare. Educare doesn’t have any flags to my knowledge.

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blueeeyeddl t1_ja7htok wrote

The school is in a hostage situation & should be freed ASAP.

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GeraltofRivi4 t1_ja7q4b7 wrote

An upside down flag usually means someone is in distress. I’m gonna assume it’s a prank tho

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ZonaPunk t1_ja800hc wrote

DC government employee at their finest. I bet it sits there all day because no one can be bothered to fix it as its not their job.

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CashofLegend t1_ja82jgl wrote

Hopefully that is a joke, but an American flag upside down is to signal distress.

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fvb955cd t1_ja8ael5 wrote

Load the cannon and ready the sails, that thar be a building that has been ravaged by pirates.

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EducationPlus505 t1_ja8h9vd wrote

I think this may be to commemorate the passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, which placed the District under Congressional control. This removed people's citizenship as part of either Maryland or Virginia, meaning they no longer had voting rights.

I'm a transplant, so I didn't really think much about the date. But the Council of DC mentioned it on Twitter today here.

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Ecstashae t1_ja8nba9 wrote

Lets be honest here WW3 is currently here. Even if it is an accidental. Mind as well leave it like that this country is fighting a mental/psychological war and financial struggle. And you got Russia and Ukraine going at it. And you got china spying on us.

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tehruben OP t1_ja9bh3x wrote

Update: as far as I could tell on my ride this morning (no wind) it was still upside down.

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