This Flag is Illegal in Austria.*

The Federal Service Flag is illegal in Austria; at least for most people. Unfortunately, no one seems to have told them.
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[@Tapakapa]

Please don't yell "I am the Austrian chancellor!" at little girls. You can support me on Patreon, though. www.patreon.com/tapakapa

[@kairo__]

amazing work as always!

[@death-istic9586]

Love your videos!💚

[@Isbnsyw26yeb6]

I love the new logo

[@kleosfellow]

why did you take 2 months to make a 5 minute video

[@TheDeuced1]

I enjoyed that there is so much humour in this video.

[@KhAnubis]

When I was in Vienna a few years ago and tried to get a flag (as I do for every new country I visit) I remember I couldn’t find a single souvenir store that sold a flag without the eagle. So now evidently my basement in the US thinks it’s part of the Austrian government

[@lemon5730]

Same with me

[@SegunNwarache-gl1gd]

Hi

[@Enderman1462]

omg its khanubis!

[@wikek2436]

I actually could only find a souvenir shop that sold the state version. So my dumbass was walking around with a state flag around vienna

[@cunningdingo2541]

It now is property of the austrian government! AEIOU

[@anthonygc96]

I find it quite amusing that Peru has a similar flag design to Austria (basically rotated 90°) and has the exact problem (and outcome) you just described with the civil vs. state flags hehe

[@steamsalty6594]

Look up Pozuzo - its an „Austrian Village“ in Peru…. pretty funny

[@BirdRaiserE]

A similar flag design TO Austria, you mean

[@anthonygc96]

@@BirdRaiserE yeah sorry English is not my native language

[@BirdRaiserE]

@@anthonygc96 it's fine, English is hard

[@dawoifee]

The Confederate States of America also used the Austrian Flag with a circle of Stars in the uper left Corner.

[@redoktopus3047]

the austrian coat of arms has a crowned eagle as well as a hammer and sickle on it. so no matter which revolution wins (the fascists or communists) they won't have to change anything. very forward thinking.

[@Tapakapa]

Compromise at its Austriest.

[@LightningYtpl]

@@Tapakapa lol

[@christschess7069]

Right, and the talons have broken chains on them, so you could either say they broke away from communism or that communism has broken it's chains.

[@JustABoyo]

The symbols of hammer, sickle and the mural crown embellishing the eagle's head represent peasantry, workers and bourgeoisie. The golden sickle and the golden hammer were introduced onto the eagle in 1919 during the First Austrian Republic. The hammer and sickle are symbolic for farmers and workers and the peasantry.

[@liahknight56]

A crown isn't a fascist symbol. Fascists are inherently anti-monarchist. The only reason A country like Italy kept their monarch during Mussolini's fascist reign was as a figurehead supported by the people.

[@oshino_meme]

I noticed when you buy the flag with the eagle on it, the eagle never has the exact same size as the one on official flags

[@Tapakapa]

Yeah, most "flagmakers" don't give a shit about design guidelines.

[@oshino_meme]

@Tapakapa Or they want to play it safe, making it as different as necessary to the official flag to eagle ratio ;)

[@danielbishop1863]

So what's the legal status of parodies of the state flag? Like it if used a turkey instead of an eagle?

[@aidenbooksmith2351]

​@@danielbishop1863 interesting question and I wanna know how it is in Austria. In my country, parodying any flag is actually considered desecration of the flag and is punishable by fines. if that applies to Austria, it would make parodying the state flag extra illegal rather than more legal lol

[@dawoifee]

@@aidenbooksmith2351 As far as I know there is no such thing. There is a Law for Coat of Arms tough where every Austrian can make his own design but you are not allowed to use any Design already used by the State for the Federal Government or the States (Länder). So Paroding a State CoA for your own might be a legal offense, but you always can claim artistic freedom if you do it for Arts, Satire etc.

[@Milenakos]

thats like the 6th video in a row with flag on thumbnail

[@Tapakapa]

Sure is.

[@KarolOfGutovo]

@@Tapakapa Hoping that'll be a pattern

[@Tapakapa]

@@KarolOfGutovo It just might ...

[@jacksonmckinney]

​@@Tapakapajust keep uploading, uploader boi, and make it quick yeah? i got some blokes to shank downtown

[@IsYeaYesyup]

4th

[@Marylandbrony]

This gives me an idea. I will run around Washington D.C with the Austrian state flag saying "Hello i'm the Austrian chancellor".

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

G'day mate. I'm tha Chancellor of Austria. What's tha good word?

[@whodarboilebamnames3990]

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 you got a loicense for that flag m8?

[@wta1518]

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 Is it true that Kangaroos live in the Alps? Or do they live in another part of Austria?

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@skaldlouiscyphre2453oi m8, you can’t be running around with that flag without a loicense. pick up 5 pieces of rubbish m8.

[@bjornmu]

Not flag but: there was some hoopla here in Norway this year when the Labor Party used the coat-of-arms in some election campaign material. This is strictly illegal for any non-state entity so they had to remove it.

[@Tapakapa]

Good call. Wish it were as strictly enforced in Austria.

[@MrMagoo8888-]

Lol

[@jonathandevries2828]

thank you tapakapa for setting your video to premiere 1 hour after appearing on my feed....some are days away! Good on you buddy!

[@Tapakapa]

Glad to hear that. ^_^

[@Liggliluff]

I just wish KZbin didn't put upcoming videos in the feed of released videos, and instead allowed you to "scroll into the future" and see upcoming videos in order of when they are released, and not from the time the uploader pressed save. Then having a week for an upcoming video would be fine, and even preferable. Because it would be like a nice timetable.

[@dnielbloqg]

3:39 Nice to see that Doofenshmirtz hasn't given up on his dream of ruling over something, and if not the Tri-State Area, then the next best thing must be Austria

[@Todesnuss]

It seems to me it's mostly about regulating the use of the flag for marketing. It's normal to see the civil flag on the packaging of a local product. Even if it's unlikely to be misused maliciously it makes sense for the to be rules about that. The law would be most directly relevant to graphic designers working for Austrian Brands. Don't wanna slip up and paste the wrong flag into your PS project, though it'd be easy to make the civil flag from scratch.

[@affa_lol]

Tapakapa is a walking billboard for Austria

[@Tapakapa]

Bit more critical than the usual Austria ads, maybe ...

[@P4Tri0t420]

In Germany there´s a similar case in which u are dont allow to use the "Bundesdienstflagge" if u r not a government offical. For the People there´s another version with another version of the Bundesadler (Federal Eagle)

[@P4Tri0t420]

@@acevant7535 U r absolute right

[@InquisitorBoomBoom]

Funny mustache man flag is looking good tho

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

To be fair to Monaco, the flag they've been using was officially adopted in 1881 by Prince Charles III, although red and white have been the heraldic colors of the House of Grimaldi since at least 1339. And the dimensions are different from Indonesia's in that Monaco's flag is a square. But yes, the lozenge flag is much cooler! The House of Grimaldi was founded in 1160 by Grimaldo Canella in Genoa and became the ruling house of Monaco when Francesco Grimaldi captured Monaco in 1297. A poetic interpretation may take from the flag according to the Monegasque government is that it is a representation of the blood of Saint Devota, 4th century martyr and the Principality’s patron saint. And the Lesotho flag is interesting! Blue represents the sky and rain, white represents peace as Lesotho has had the ideology of peace since King Moshoeshoe I, and green represents prosperity. The symbol in the middle is called a Mokorotlo which is a traditional Basotho straw hat. It has been said that the Sotho adopted this hat from the Cape Malays who wore a similar hat called the toedang. The Sotho display them in their homes to both uphold their customs and protect the home against danger and other evil influences.

[@ChadwickMann]

I like the slight change in both editing style and with your characters. The stick people a no more, the age of slightly rotund people has begun!

[@maxfi878]

Finland also has a separate state flag from the civil flag, it has the lion coat of arms in the middle of the cross. There are also separate flags for the president, the minister of defence and the commanders of the land and naval forces.

[@poiuttyrfghj8474]

I found it interesting that you’re only allowed to fly a flag on specified flag days in Finland also.

[@clopec]

@@poiuttyrfghj8474 A common misconception. You are allowed to fly the flag any day you like, but you have to take it down for the night. And this is the big catch, as it really limits the number of civilians willing to fly the flag every day. Instead, civilians tend to use a household pennant that you can just fly for as long as you want. Yes, people would think you are weird for flying the flag every day, but it is by no means illegal. The law actually states that everyone is allowed to fly the national flag. Then there are official flag days when government offices are required to fly a flag, but for everyone else, it is a recommendation.

[@trikyy7238]

And of course, you can fly the flag all night at Midsummer, but only then. Because everyone is too drunk to take the flag down.

[@joshuahillerup4290]

I would love to see a video explicitly about the Austrian identity

[@aForkfulOfGold]

- We are not German, don't call me German or I will get indignant. - We invented coffee and classical music. Also psychotherapy, probably not by coincidence, but I wouldn't know. - Everything's fine. There are no problems, only compromises, also I don't like change. Just work around it, it'll be fine. - Don't ask me about my family's history between 1938 to 1945.

[@joshuahillerup4290]

@@aForkfulOfGold the Austrian relationship with Germany feels kind of like the Canadian relationship with the US, although I suspect there's more to the Austrian identity than "not German"

[@aForkfulOfGold]

@@joshuahillerup4290 There is of course, yes! But still that is a big part of it, due to historical reasons between the German unification by Prussia in 1870 (instead of a loose confederation under Austrian stewardship, which the Habsburgs seemed to have in mind) and the ramifications of WW2. It is no longer than 150 years ago that essentially anyone in Austria would have said "Yes, I am a German". "A German", not "German". It was different then.

[@joshuahillerup4290]

@@aForkfulOfGold are there other cultural things across Austria, that aren't defined in terms of another country?

[@aForkfulOfGold]

@@joshuahillerup4290 I don't feel like I know how to answer that, it's too broad a question. I can say that despite quips or slight exaggeration for comedic effect in my first reply to you there is some truth to everything I wrote in how many Austrians see themselves/their country.

[@JessmanChicken86]

I have the Austrian flag hanging in my home because the movie The Sound of Music's use of the flag was inspiring to me (anti-Nazi)

[@Tapakapa]

That's a nice perspective on it! ^_^

[@nutsi3]

As an Australian I can confirm *I’ve never seen this flag in my life* (no I didn’t misspell it)

[@bootmii98]

Well you've probably seen TheJuiceMedia's spoof of the Australian coat of arms.

[@Roach18]

Same with me

[@JustABoyo]

The symbols of hammer, sickle and the mural crown embellishing the eagle's head represent peasantry, workers and bourgeoisie. The golden sickle and the golden hammer were introduced onto the eagle in 1919 during the First Austrian Republic. The hammer and sickle are symbolic for farmers and workers and the peasantry.

[@NetunoYoshito]

copy and paste

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Australia used a defaced British red ensign as its civil flag until 1953. The blue ensign was the state flag.

[@KarlSmith1]

Technically, that is still the case. We can wave handheld blue flags around when we're feeling patriotic, but erecting a flagpole outside a building and flying the blue flag is a representation that it is a government-owned building. If we want to fly a flag outside our homes, we're supposed to use the red flag. But, most younger Australians would have never seen a red Australian flag.

[@BadlyDrawnJack]

1:18 This "hihihihihihi" has taken over my vocabulary at this point lol

[@Dampfrebell02]

The Real Austrian Flag has a Stiegl Logo at the center!

[@Tapakapa]

... and the Real Austrian National Anthem is the Radetzkymarsch. ^_^

[@hannesgroesslinger]

I thought the real Austrian Flag has the Gösser Logo on the back side. But it seems to depend what sporting event you are watching. Downhill skiing has the Gösser flag, Ski jumping the Stiegl flag. Maybe that should be the next video topic.

[@shrouddreamer]

@@Tapakapa Why do I now have a picture of marching corn cobs in my head?

[@DandyDNA]

Australia used to have a state-civil distinction as well; the state flag had the blue background we all know today, but the civil flag had a red background

[@Pharaoh_Roxy51012]

when i went to Salzburg, the State Flag was the only flag i could buy, i couldn’t find the Civil Flag

[@Tapakapa]

😭

[@knightrider585]

Australia has a red ensign version of our national flag which is our civil ensign. Up until the 1950s the blue ensign version was only allowed to be used by government entities, civilians were required to use the red ensign. But since then the rules were relaxed and the civil red ensign is now mainly only used on Australian registered civilian ships. (The red ensign was recently also used by some protesters doing that thing where they use an older version of the national flag to support a return to a previous political order during the protests against our covid lockdowns.)

[@halftime919]

I find funny that technically Argentina has a civil flag, but it's unused because of a law passed in the 80's that made the Argentine flag with sun the national one too. People still use the civil flag anyway because it's a pain in the ass to make the sun correctly.

[@MrRhombus]

Huh, now your characters have bodies :o

[@Tapakapa]

wEiRd I kNoW

[@someonerandom704]

That there's a law with an associated fine that everyone breaks but nobody ever gets punished for is probably deeply unsettling to Germans

[@skunkrat01]

Fricken hell Tapa, this was so funny. I always love your work but this was a cut above in the amusement stakes. Bravo sir Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼😁

[@Tapakapa]

Glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

[@0PageAccess]

Even as a finn, I didn't know the differene between our own national and state flags! Now I do, woo!

[@bcvetkov8534]

Austrian monarchists must love the state flag.

[@MortusArtis]

When I saw the title I was thinking it was illegal cause it was the old imperial flag and got cooped by neo-na*i’s. There was a similar issue in Germany. Glad it wasn’t that!

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

Lebanon looking at this and saying "hey, there's supposed to be no confusion but from a far enough distance, there's definitely some confusion" 🇱🇧🇦🇹

[@bbtle]

Aw man i wish the austria flag had the emblem with the bird

[@moenchii]

In Germany we have the state and civil flag like you showed, but theres an alternative unofficial flag that looks just like the state flag, but uses a different Coat of Arms on it. The Oficial state flag has a Coat of Arms with a round base and the eagle has more spread out wing feathers. The unoffical flag uses the oficial German Coat of Arms that has a pointy base and the wing feathers are straight down among other smaller things.

[@hannesmayer3716]

The official coat of arms is called "Bundeswappen", the coat of arms shown on the state flag is called "Bundesschild".

[@scpjack7856]

One of the pubs in my town (England) brought a flag pack for the Euros that I noticed had the eagle on it. I thought it was obsolete and me and my friends were memeing about the pub recognising Austria-Hungary. Turns out they’ve been breaking the law this whole time.

[@danysou_1]

This is the 4th video in a row with a flag and nothing else for the thumbnail

[@eriksonarinohedarino6921]

Tapakapa out of nowhere became EXTRA THICC

[@Tapakapa]

Thiccapa.

[@menoflowicz]

Interesting thing - in Poland we have two state flags (one with Coa and one without), with rules which state entities may use each, but civilians may use both.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

Interesting!

[@Cydonius1701]

Huzzah! I really love your new meeples (Tapakapeeples?), the videos feel even more gloriously expressive now 😊. Echt gut gemacht, Alter! I love the German channel too, forgive me for not commenting on the mother-tongue version of this as well but while I can understand Wienerisch well enough, writing it is well beyond my C1 German skills 😅

[@Hendricus56]

And Germany just has 2 versions where the eagle in the centre has 5 or 6 stripes on each wing, 5 being for everyone (afaik), 6 for official buildings etc

[@shrouddreamer]

It's the difference between the "Federal Coat of Arms" and the "Federal Shield". Having the coat of arms on a German flag is condoned, as it's basically a different flag on it's own, however not an official one.

[@rssyng]

1:10 Salzburg too!

[@Real_LeCHL]

where da stickfigures

[@JudgeEomer]

It follows similar logic to impersonating an officer of the law. You can dress up as a policeman all you like, as long as you're obviously not a real one, nor actively trying to convince people you are.

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

That's what I was thinking. Also, I don't know what the free speech protections are like in Austria, but it's possible that punishing non-deceptive use would raise free speech issues.

[@thedestroyerofopinions1321]

I was in this german rollercoaster park called “Europapark” and there in the Austria section a boat actually had that flag.

[@fischpelzq.8155]

Actually the law defines the size ratio with 2:3 and the colours of the Eagle which both are slightly different for the Flags sold. When you fly These Flags would be interesting how a cort would rule.

[@jamm6_514]

To be fair that eagle is a banger

[@ExSpoonman]

4:25 - I just noticed what that good birdie is holding.... Oh dear. Austrians, you ARE an enigma.

[@arivandiver7580]

I'm loving the use of voice acting 😂

[@Vanderpool0312]

Only now realised Austrian state flag has a HAMMER and a SICKLE 🤯

[@JustABoyo]

The symbols of hammer, sickle and the mural crown embellishing the eagle's head represent peasantry, workers and bourgeoisie. The golden sickle and the golden hammer were introduced onto the eagle in 1919 during the First Austrian Republic.

[@Roach18]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought it was banned because the Soviets put that as the flag of occupied Austria.

[@ghibliq]

My god.. I remember my grandma, who had a thing for putting flags on her car, putting this flag on her car (in austria). She got pulled over by a cop and they let her off with a warning.. Never thought I'd see a video on this topic in my life, that's crazy

[@cloaker416]

I'm so happy to be here to see it, love your videos enjoy your day

[@Tapakapa]

So glad to hear it! ^_^

[@wackypacky6917]

As someone who has an Austrian state flag in America (was a prop from Sound of Music), this was an interesting watch! Also, what's the music in the beginning?

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

I don't think the government needs its own separate flag.

[@roerd]

In the German case, the Federal Service Flag show the "Bundesschild", a special version of the federal coat of arms reserved for this special use-case. If you put the regular federal coat of arms on a flag, it becomes the "Bundeswappenflagge" (federal coat of arms flag) which may be freely used by everyone.

[@Ian-nl9yd]

A distinction like this used to be made in some British colonies, the union jack in the corner on either a red background or a blue background depending on the purpose, but this went away.

[@phelan05manley21]

i had no idea the eagle had a hammer and sickle

[@cdw2468]

i didn’t either, is it related to socialism or a coincidence?

[@JustABoyo]

The symbols of hammer, sickle and the mural crown embellishing the eagle's head represent peasantry, workers and bourgeoisie. The golden sickle and the golden hammer were introduced onto the eagle in 1919 during the First Austrian Republic. The hammer and sickle are symbolic for farmers and workers and the peasantry.

[@yaboi672]

i'd use it since it looks better, having an awesome eagle instead of some boring lines

[@sagc1998]

Here in Chile we have a similar system of law, the Civil and State flags are the same but the state flag has the coat of arms in the middle, here however I think is more popular that division, seeing that in protest and in the national day I only see our civil flag and the state flag is use just by the president, making it more a presidential flag than a state flag. Supposedly you can get fined if you fly the state flag but I can't remember the last time that happened

[@Alcofoamer]

I live in the states, but I have an Austrian flag with the eagle on it. In fact I don't think I've seen the civil flag in person. Also I didn't even notice your accent until you said you were Austrian.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

even in the Olympics the state flag was shown on tv by NBC!

[@Benjam878]

I read the title as Australia, was so confused why an Austrian flag was banned in Australia

[@Kret-o]

I got an Austrian State flag in my collection. So my room is now the Austrian embassy in Serbia

[@Forgotmk]

Welp, that explains a lot. I knew of that 3600€ fine and since I've been living in Austria for some time, I've been using this flag at my apartment for 7 years and haven't been fined. I sincerely do belive that this is the official Austrian flag.

[@Mici]

What are those books on the table?

[@Tapakapa]

🔍

[@Mici]

@@Tapakapa Well yeah but I can’t make the letters out

[@ryanwidjaja4252]

Hi, Tapakapa. I love this video! Could you make a vexillological video explaining the terms "civil flag & civil ensign", "state flag & state ensign", and "war flag & naval ensign"?

[@prion42]

Throw in naval jack while you're at it

[@Tapakapa]

Would be too dry for most people on its own, but maybe with the right base example it might work.

[@prion42]

It might also have been done before. There are a lot of channels that talk about flags.

[@thesmithersy]

Sounds a bit like Germany in the 1930s when they adopted a particular party flag as the german state flag....

[@lucasparis7284]

Overwatch and Call of Duty use the state flag, that's a bit bizzare

[@kirby1225]

Finland also has a different state flag to the civil flag. There is also a separate presidential flag.

[@GunSpyEnthusiast]

austrailia, germany, and monico just saw a bird and stole it for their state flag. denmark just added 2 triangles to their flag and called it good.

[@familygash7500]

01:35 "Back of the *nyeeeee-!"*

[@Zonary306]

Lmao

[@cyberdreamsinteractive]

I have always had a love for the design of the austrian eagle.

[@djdjukic]

In Serbia we have a similar situation, except we use the flag with the coat of arms for international and government purposes, and the one without the coat of arms is meant for civil use. However, you can rarely see the version without the coat of arms. Which is a shame. However, that one IS used (for all purposes) by Republika Srpska.

[@Liggliluff]

(2:15) I know I've commented on it before, but the usage of US icons for representing Austria is still weird. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a song written by people from USA about their travel through Maryland. It's not connected to Austria as far as I can see. I just find it weird and odd, and I think something more Austrian could be used ... it could be a clever reference that only some gets, and some might also start associating it with Austria. I just think you could be more clever :)

[@Tapakapa]

Specifically used "Country Roads" because it's well known everywhere, quite popular among Austrian patriots, and captures the sentiment I was going for in the scene.

[@purpleku7768]

I had a copy of FLAGS by Whitney Smith when I was in high school in the 70s. I was a proto vexillologist.

[@matj12]

The state flag contains the stripes twice - in the background and on the shield. That is like if I wasn't sure if it is an Austrian flag, and the eagle was showing me that it indeed is an Austrian flag.

[@y0gi96]

It's same with Serbia... There are two flags: flag of the Serbian people; and flag of Republic of Serbia. The flag of Republic of Serbia is used only for government purposes and flag of the Serbian people can be used by anyone.

[@A_Senitent_Ford_F150]

I managed to buy one this summer in Salzburg. Its hanging on my wall now. It was €20.

[@bodhimations6098]

The real question is can you just get a custom print with a different eagle on ut

[@glaschu6272]

Do one on the Scottish Lion Rampant (Royal Banner). I’m sure there’s similar ideas around it’s use being restricted but allowed to be carried by individuals at certain times. But it’s seen everywhere

[@OctaviaaivatcO]

you like overanalyzing flags don't you

[@Tapakapa]

I wouldn't say *over*-analyze. ^_^

[@ZuiVeemo]

I have been collecting flags of countries I have travelled to solo, and it bugs me how difficult it is to find the civil flag of Austria in every single souvenir shop (well, mainly in Vienna and Salzburg). Every one of them used the flag with the coat of arms, which kind of gave me the impression that, well, I am not sure if I should be buying that to display in my flag collection. Ended up caving and bought the state flag, but bearing in mind I needed to treat it with more respect / caution

[@4zir856]

i m austrian and i didnt know about it. sometimes there is a eagle on it and sometimes not. was confusing but i didnt give a f*** so it stayed a mystery for me until now.

[@mbg8733]

Doesn't Spain have a seperate civil flag that's quite unkown?

[@Quasihamster]

Heck even the prince of Nigeria didn't use the state flag! But then he said he was in some kind of exile, so maybe that's why. They just didn't have Nigeraian state flags there. Just the normal ones.

[@Brick-Life]

Crazy to have different flags!

[@troelspeterroland6998]

They represent different entities. In countries where private citizens do not wave flags a lot, it is less relevant but in countries where they do, it is very practical to be able to distinguish.

[@SantaFe19484]

I actually remember seeing somebody waving the Austrian state flag at the finish line of a cross country (and probably international) bike race in the USA, and it didn't look like they were representing the Austrian government. It wouldn't be illegal in the USA, but if there were laws against its use enforced back, they would have gotten caught when trying to obtain one at home or when they traveled home.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

there are actual laws regarding the use and display of flags in the US, the “flag code” but it’s extremely rare that it’s enforced…you’re more humiliated and embarrassed into fixing, removing, or retiring flags than fined

[@bostonrailfan2427]

question: since you showed the Monaco flag, do you include the heads of state or government department head flags as separate flags like the civil and state flags or is that something else entirely? asking because that’s a whole can of worms in the US

[@CO84trucker]

I'm 50/50 Polish & Austrian and in the ojczyzna🇵🇱 the Polish flag with the coat of arms is only flown at embassies, consulates and by the vast majority of the Polish diaspora. This is partly to avoid confusion with other identical flags like Oberösterreich, Tirol & Südtirol.

[@tickletorture]

It's a shame because the state flag looks so bad ass.

[@Tapakapa]

Not seeing it *everywhere* would make it just that much more special.

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

If you wave a Spanish flag that also has a little black eagle on it... You risk getting into problems.

[@sohopedeco]

At first glance, I thought the video would be about Lebanon's flag.🇱🇧

[@u9477]

Eagle flag is way cooler than standard three stripes. I think Austria should just adopt eagle flag as both state and civil flag and forget about boring three stripes

[@kevincronk7981]

Why does that eagle have a hammer and sickle

[@MarcTelang]

Same reason communist countries have a hammer and sickle, the hammer represents the workers, the sickle the farmers, also the crown the eagle is wearing represents the middle and upper classes

[@JustABoyo]

The symbols of hammer, sickle and the mural crown embellishing the eagle's head represent peasantry, workers and bourgeoisie. The golden sickle and the golden hammer were introduced onto the eagle in 1919 during the First Austrian Republic.

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

4:19 a bird who likes hammers and sickles.

[@BaldiReycaster]

I wonder why

[@Tapakapa]

We'll never know, I guess ...

[@urlhnd]

TL;DR There’s no point in a separate state flag. All countries have figured it out except Austria, Germany, Denmark and Monaco.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

Are you sure that is Tapakapa's point?

[@aqua4089]

I don’t understand what the “what’s with the teeth” part is supposed to mean or what the LGBTQ flag has to do with it.

[@Tapakapa]

No connection.

[@jamesorth6460]

Nah, bring back the old Black and Gold with the double-headed eagle

[@troelspeterroland6998]

I wish more countries would adopt state flags. With a sufficiently different design, Slovenian and Slovakian embassies wouldn't look like Russian embassies when the wind isn't blowing. And if Croatia went with its cool chessboard, it wouldn't be easy to confuse with the Netherlands.