Spyke
lemmy.world

They’re referencing the Fallout video game franchise. There’s a government referred to as the New California Republic, and their flag has a bear with two heads. Two-headed creatures mutated by radiation is kind of a running joke in the Fallout universe.

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literature.cafe

And it does look better, as all two headed animals on flags do.

Eagle on flag?

Boring. Cliche. Possibly a Romeaboo, aka a cryptofascist.

Two headed eagle?

Majestic.

Twice as imperial.

Possibly a Byzaboo, the correct option, East Rome Best Rome.

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Deucesreply
lemmy.world

Which east Rome? The south east, the north east, the north less east, or the north less east again but more fascist?

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I'm not on the west coast, but I've seen the flag plenty of times.

Doesnt matter. It still feels weird. Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

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niftyreply
lemmy.world

Doesnt matter. It still feels weird. Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

No, no it doesn’t. Tf man

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almost like it's a reference to fallout or something...not like the post is literally about fallout...tf man

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It really feels empty without the second head, guess I gotta reinstall New Vegas now.

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NGL a decade ago, I wanted a California flag too and was also disappointed that it wasn't a multi headed bear. Didn't even know it was Fallout.

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The idea of the people who founded California in the 1800s deciding to draw a multi-headed abomination of a bear on their flag is hilarious.

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I mean the multiheaded eagle has been used on many flags dating further back than the 1800s. So, wouldn't be too absurd for there to be a flag with another double headed animal on it I suppose. Just not sure there is a such a bear in any mythologies those founders may have subscribed to.

Edit: spelling.

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To be fair a two-headed bird is on many-a coat of arms.

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lemmy.world

Here's an example in the wild that I remember. Anime reviewer Glass Reflection (13:39) talking about an anime/gaming convention in California that he attended. He's Canadian so he gets a pass. No hate, just a funny mistake.

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AlexisFRreply
jlai.lu

Bruh

It's a Fallout New Vegas reference.

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Oh yea, my wife who's from the US showed me this flag and I was like "That NCR flag looks weird" having only ever seen that flag in New Vegas.

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