# America's Worst Flag Gets a Redesign

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- **Канал:** CGP Grey
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwwo0W5Ugg
- **Дата:** 14.12.2023
- **Длительность:** 6:58
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- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/49037

## Описание

Thank you, Bonnie Bees, for making this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey

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## Транскрипт

### Segment 1 (00:00 - 05:00) []

breaking flag news Minnesota is redesigning her flag the current colors provocatively called quote worst in the Union by some YouTuber Minnesota asked for submissions received thousands out of which selected six then thinned to three one of which to be picked as new before end of the year which of the three will it be doubtless many motans and YouTubers will want to weigh in and I will because breaking flag news is rare and exciting so exciting that this is my second Minnesota flag redesign video the First with my first impressions of the six semi-finalists I gave semi-serious names I'm sticking with for cinematic continuity but enough with the intro on to the top Trio with designs as described by their documents for you to decide upon first up Star Rise so Minnesota is the North Star State thanks to the Angle Inlet the US Canadian mapmaking mudel up that inched Minnesota out over the 49th parallel putting her as America's northernmost contiguous State thus Star Rise centers the North Star here with eight points to distinguish it from the standard State Stars the blue is the sky that gives colors to Minnesota's 10,000 lakes with a Rolling Green Landscape for the forests and farms and a bit of snow up top because it's cold up top that's star rise on to Old wavy here again is a North star this time distinctify as four points in yellow and on the upper fly is described as wisps of snow clouds and Aurora that are reflected along the bottom half as the head of the Mississippi River you might see a loon the common loon is the state bird you might not but it's there and that's old wavy last up Polaris tricolor starting with a hoist design in the simplified shape of Minnesota herself an eight-pointed star is centered inside with more of a twinkle look and from that feature tricolors extend for the lakes land and snow these are the final three and if you haven't ranked them yourself already pause here to give it a Ponder cuz I've got thoughts I'm about to share in 3 2 1 all right old wavy of the top three it's easy easily the awfulest in my first impressions video did not like this design and given time to reflect upon it has but changed my position to do not like harder and learning the details of the design didn't help either snow clouds and the Aurora Borealis are very different things and this squiggle looks like none of them Its Reflection I can see as a river if I try and it may be inspired by The Loon but to me it looks like a duck and a duckid down duck in fact I think this design really represents the potential danger in flag redesigns maybe it can serve as warning to any states who might want to go next because when you ask for designs of a state you'll get designs that stick all the stuff of the state on the flag like the lon and the Mississippi and the uh Aurora but the goal of a flag is not to use pre-existing symbols but to become a symbol of its city or state State and all that stuff well there's a perfect place for it in your seal which we don't have time to get into but Minnesota also just redesigned hers into a total Banger best seal in the Union uh I don't actually know because I haven't gone through all of them oh they're so interesting No Gray don't get distracted there's no time you have yet to give your hottest of takes which before I say the sentence that will doubtless drive many mad this video had to be written recorded edited animated and edited again all in a day so I dead and reserve the right to retract but I actually think I might prefer Minnesota's original flag over old wavy I know it's terrible literally worst in the union but there's kind of an achievement in that at least it's outstanding aren't the real worst things those in the middle of bad where there isn't even any fun to be had in the art of entertaining complaining that's old wavy bad but middle mediocre which is worse than being the worst uh yeah so anyway in case you couldn't tell I really don't like this design and its alternative options are even uglier so let's just move on to starise which is fine uh I don't have a lot to say about this one because it's better but maybe not amazing if old wavy is mediocre bad than this one is mediocre good no that's a bit too harsh really my main complaint is that it's so good at evoking the idea of a landscape that it looks kind of odd when hung vertical North Star to side star there are alternative options that move the star but still but I'd rate any of these as a legit improvement over the original flag and would probably put Minnesota somewhere in the region of Miss Mississippi's recent redesign yeah I don't know but better for sure now on to Polaris tricolor which come on girl contest over right it's awesome

### Segment 2 (05:00 - 06:00) [5:00]

that Minnesota K is so cool subtly representing the great state it's a unique design element not just among state flags but world flags I kind of can't believe no tricolor hoist has inverted a triangle before because it looks so truly traditional something that could have been designed at any time in the long past thus basically guaranteeing it'll look great into the long future unlike say old wavy which despite my nickname looks painfully modern and is destined to be dated under a decade Polaris tricolor looks like a flag especially when you rotate it with Northstar top star and still stands out even without wind now the only thing I'm afraid of for perfect Polaris is there are a bunch of variants all of which detract from the original design look I get the desire to Tinker at the last second when this first caught my eye I did wonder about the slightly muted colors and had second thoughts about the white stripe up top but unlike old wavy my love for this design has only grown with time white stripe on top makes it distinct from some of the most well-known tricolors and the slightly muted colors convey a northern kind of cold coziness and look better together than brightening the blue I mean look the design is so strong it would survive small changes but they'd hurt my heart a bit thus the original tricolor Polaris design as the artist intended gets my unambiguous approval and I hope to soon see it flying over the Land of 10,000 lakes but I'm not a motan it's not my opinion that matters I'm just here cuz I can't stop myself from being on the edge of my seat to see what Minnesota selects for herself please pick pois tri color though