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What flag to fly? (www.etsy.com)

submitted 1 day ago by JeanValjean@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So, I bought a house that just happens to have a flagpole. It was put in by the neighbor's grandfather back when he owned the property like 60 years ago. I recently dug it up and painted it, replaced the hardware, etc. I've been flying the US flag to keep same Republican neighbor happy, but after this weekend's events, that's not happening any more.

So, I've been pondering what flag to fly instead. It doesn't appear that my town has a flag, though my county and state do. I considered the United Federation of Planets flag, but it looks too much like the UN flag and I don't need to hear John Birch from that same neighbor. Ditto the Earth flag.

Maybe the Jolly Roger? Anybody else have a fun flag they think I should fly instead?

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

I fly a pirate flag here for Gasparilla, then usually nothing. We don't have a whole flagpole though.

My kids put a rainbow flag in the window.

American flags on flagpoles left up all night just crack me up. Dudes wanting to proclaim they are so patriotic but then not following the etiquette requirements for that piece of fabric they put so much emphasis on. At school there were routines we had to follow, to put it up each morning and take it down each evening and fold some particular way.

If I had an actual flagpole - I'd make it a Maypole in spring. At Christmas make it a Christmas tree made of string lights. At Halloween put a skeleton stripper on it. At Gasparilla the pirate flag and in the summer use it to help anchor a shade cloth stretching to the house. I don't think I'd usually use it for a flag.