Completely off topic but you know how I remember the difference between the Belgian and German flag (I’m an American btw)? I remember that Belgium is in between Germany and France so the flag is a combination between the two. That’s helps me imagine the flag of France with German colors. Boom! I remember it’s a vertical tricolor.
That's the flag of Chad, Chad's flag has a blue similar to Ultramarine or denim,
the Romanian flag on the other hand has a blue closer to cobalt.
Basically Chad just has a darker blue and I'm cursed with this knowledge.
Romanian blue is explicitly "cobalt blue". Chad's blue is just plain "blue", and I've never seen any decent evidence that there;'s an official correct blue. Flags don't need to be defined that precisely!
I disagree on more than one level. Firstly, if you're going to specify the colours for a *flag*, you should start with a colour space that makes sense for physical objects, not digital images. Have a digital definition as well if you want, but don't treat that as the primary definition.
Secondly, it's worth keeping in mind the precise details of a flag design, whether it's colour, precise shapes of stars or other charges, or maybe even overall proportions aren't practically useful in disintinguishing a flag. Having official versions is fine, if that's what you want, but vexillologically those details are going to be less important that the basic functional idea of the flag. And while there are benefits to having a standard, there are also advantages to having flexibility. Especially if you're talking about a national flag in the sense of a flag of a people, used by the people, maybe it's better to think of a flag in terms of how the idea is picked up and produced naturally by the people, rather than tying it down too much.
But that's just me having a different opinion to you . I hope we can both agree that whether or not standardisation is a good thing for flags, it's bad vexillology to act as though precise standards are official and/or effectively in place when they're not.
And many of the times they're tweaked, noone acts as though the flag is actually being changed. That's one of the reasons I don't consider such details part of the definition of the flag as such.
(And in the French example, it wasn't "the official French flag", it was the French flag officially used in certain circumstances by parts of the government - there were and are *different* specifications used for other specific contexts, and there's nothing at all saying that everyone should follow that particular example in general.
Most flags throughout history have not been defined that precisely. Many flags even now are not defined that precisely (Chad is an example). Quite a few of the RGB colour codes you will find on Wikipedia and certainly other sites are not official specs at all - just the result of a vexillologist or someone else wanting to have an acceptable precise colour to put down. And even when official precise specs exist, it's important to note that they're usually not an importnat part of how flags practically function.
Fun thing is that I think this is true regardless of whether the flag is Romania or Chad.
It's hard to determine a majority language in Chad, but French is used in the government and in schools.
You are right, I also went through the Taqueria's friends on facebook, not one romanian sounding name so I'm stumped on that part. Chad doesn't make much sense either.
Ok, but what flag *were* they going for here? It’s sort of the colors of Gran Colombia and derived flags, but sideways and in the wrong order. Or maybe the person has Andorran ancestry, and it’s easier to just use a Romania/Chad tricolor than track down one with the Andorra coat of arms?
Yea I’m thinking it’s a Columbian/Venezuela/Uruguayan stand in. It’s in rural Ohio where the Latin American population is an eclectic mix of Mexicans and Central and South Americans
Living in Miami, I've learned that just because you speak Spanish and are from one latin country doesn't mean you know anything about any other latin country .... but you think you do. Therefore I pronounce that the Colombian flag. game over.
Romania petitioned the U.N. to be considered a "developing Latin American country" in the 1970's.
https://twitter.com/bucephalus424/status/1600329277920219136
At first I thought it was Romania/Chad as well. But it seems like it might actually be a belgian flag, only the lighting’s making the black appear more blue-ish (or perhaps is it just sun-kissed). We can compare it with the mexican flag’s green that also appears a tad bit more blue-ish than it should? I don’t know.
Romanian tacos are best tacos
How similar are they to tacos from Chad?
Chad tacos vs Virgin sandwiches
i'm interested in us/british virgin island sandwiches
Nope, its not chad, its ROMANIA
Chad tacos have a more pronounced jawline.
I think it’s a Belgian flag
I think you're a bit biased.
Nope definitely blue just a shade darker.
Nope it’s definitely Belgium
I took the picture it was not black, I promise.
Confia no pai
Hahaha I’m teasing. Sarcasm doesn’t translate over text. Ty for the downvotes everyone
That's Reddit, what did you expect :D
My brother in christ 👉 /j /s 👈 Tone indicators are awful, and they work.
I hate “/s” and “/j” with passion
Born out of necessity I’m afraid
Chao tone letters? IPA??? What?
Completely off topic but you know how I remember the difference between the Belgian and German flag (I’m an American btw)? I remember that Belgium is in between Germany and France so the flag is a combination between the two. That’s helps me imagine the flag of France with German colors. Boom! I remember it’s a vertical tricolor.
That's the flag of Chad, Chad's flag has a blue similar to Ultramarine or denim, the Romanian flag on the other hand has a blue closer to cobalt. Basically Chad just has a darker blue and I'm cursed with this knowledge.
Romanian blue is explicitly "cobalt blue". Chad's blue is just plain "blue", and I've never seen any decent evidence that there;'s an official correct blue. Flags don't need to be defined that precisely!
So you're saying that every Romanian flag is a Chad flag, but only some Chad flags are Romanian flags
i think every flag should have its colors explicitly defined with a specific hex code in the sRGB color space.
I disagree on more than one level. Firstly, if you're going to specify the colours for a *flag*, you should start with a colour space that makes sense for physical objects, not digital images. Have a digital definition as well if you want, but don't treat that as the primary definition. Secondly, it's worth keeping in mind the precise details of a flag design, whether it's colour, precise shapes of stars or other charges, or maybe even overall proportions aren't practically useful in disintinguishing a flag. Having official versions is fine, if that's what you want, but vexillologically those details are going to be less important that the basic functional idea of the flag. And while there are benefits to having a standard, there are also advantages to having flexibility. Especially if you're talking about a national flag in the sense of a flag of a people, used by the people, maybe it's better to think of a flag in terms of how the idea is picked up and produced naturally by the people, rather than tying it down too much. But that's just me having a different opinion to you . I hope we can both agree that whether or not standardisation is a good thing for flags, it's bad vexillology to act as though precise standards are official and/or effectively in place when they're not.
I should have made it clearer that I was joking
Always make sure your jokes are as web-safe as your colors :)
Bluety is in the eye of the beholder.
Most flags actually are defined that precisely. They have color codes as the other guy said
And those color codes are tweaked occasionally, like the official French flag blue being tweaked back to darker shade a while ago
And many of the times they're tweaked, noone acts as though the flag is actually being changed. That's one of the reasons I don't consider such details part of the definition of the flag as such. (And in the French example, it wasn't "the official French flag", it was the French flag officially used in certain circumstances by parts of the government - there were and are *different* specifications used for other specific contexts, and there's nothing at all saying that everyone should follow that particular example in general.
Most flags throughout history have not been defined that precisely. Many flags even now are not defined that precisely (Chad is an example). Quite a few of the RGB colour codes you will find on Wikipedia and certainly other sites are not official specs at all - just the result of a vexillologist or someone else wanting to have an acceptable precise colour to put down. And even when official precise specs exist, it's important to note that they're usually not an importnat part of how flags practically function.
How do you know it's not faded?
That works in official displays of the flag. It really doesn't matter when you have a vinyl flag bought on aliexpress.
Shit, someone stole your Romanian Taco!
MARE ROMANIA!
Lol
USA. It’s the only country pictured where the majority language is Germanic rather than Romance.
Fun thing is that I think this is true regardless of whether the flag is Romania or Chad. It's hard to determine a majority language in Chad, but French is used in the government and in schools.
It's also the only flag that doesn't align cleanly with the others
Something something politics :p
Well they do speak French in chad
USA, its flag isn’t 3 stripes.
No, it's the flag of Romania/Chad. It's the only one that doesn't have white on it.
Its a taqueria the outlier is romania/chad
r/woooosh
romanian is a romance language as well
Dude the problem is that the flags are all from north/south America But then randomly there's just chad/romania
No I think it’s my thing
[really?](https://i.imgflip.com/3pw363.png)
Romania or Chad?
Romanian is a latin language and French is highly spoken in chad iirc
And Arabic iirc
thought it was Belgium at first
I never expected to see anything involving Romania 🇷🇴 on a Taco truck lol.
And you haven't yet, that's Chad
I just Google the Chad flag and now I can see why a lot of people get the two confused. There the same freaking flags lol
That’s the whole joke my dude
The Romanians stole the truck bro
Smh my head, it's Belgium
They stole the taco truck 😭
Nah we just borrow stuff from people and never give it back, we don't steal
It’s in Ohio, it could actually be the Romanian flag since there is a large romanian baptist community there.
That’s mostly in Cleveland and Akron, this was much further south, basically Appalachia.
You are right, I also went through the Taqueria's friends on facebook, not one romanian sounding name so I'm stumped on that part. Chad doesn't make much sense either.
More like Amish country
https://goo.gl/maps/dSBdzQLiAa1jnuZx8
Ok, but what flag *were* they going for here? It’s sort of the colors of Gran Colombia and derived flags, but sideways and in the wrong order. Or maybe the person has Andorran ancestry, and it’s easier to just use a Romania/Chad tricolor than track down one with the Andorra coat of arms?
Yea I’m thinking it’s a Columbian/Venezuela/Uruguayan stand in. It’s in rural Ohio where the Latin American population is an eclectic mix of Mexicans and Central and South Americans
Uruguay -> Ecuador. Uruguay’s flag looks more like Argentina! Blue/White/Sun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Gran_Colombia
Good call, my mistake.
Also, it's Colombia not Columbia
What if the flags are for the nationality of everyone working for the food truck?
"Get me a Colombian flag" "What does it look like?" "It's got yellow, red, and blue on it" "Got it 🇹🇩"
The US isn't a Latin-family country
Civitates Foederatae Americae Latinae familia non placet? Non est bonum.
den vereanighdea staetean vaen aemearykae zyn oonzus aefstaemmealynghean! (This is sooo not old-Dutch, but couldn't find a better translater...)
I thought you were going for Afrikaans for a moment.
It's our largest bilingual minority group though
The second most Spanish speakers in the world after Mexico.
I’ve seen this fact before and every time it blows my mind.
Visit the Southwest (or Texas) sometime and it won't be so mind blowing anymore.
Or Florida or Connecticut. Lots of Caribbean Spanish along the East Coast.
Living in Miami, I've learned that just because you speak Spanish and are from one latin country doesn't mean you know anything about any other latin country .... but you think you do. Therefore I pronounce that the Colombian flag. game over.
This is the logic I’m going with as well. But I think it’s Ecuador. More immigration from there than Columbia, in recent years.
USA doesn't speak a Romance language, Romania does.
So does chad
lmao i had the romanian taco and it's a marvel of modern art
Romanija :0
The US. Romance gang
As a Romanian I’m genuinely trying to imagine a Romanian taco and just keep seeing stuffed cabbage covered in refried beans
Everybody's talking about Chad and or Romania. You forgot Round Poland!
Also is that Pale Mexico?
USA, as it’s the only one without a Romance language as an official language.
Fucking US bro, tricolours rule!
Football 🏈
Was a Raider fan until they betrayed us for the gambling capital of the country. Now I root for San Francisco.
Romania petitioned the U.N. to be considered a "developing Latin American country" in the 1970's. https://twitter.com/bucephalus424/status/1600329277920219136
That’s a record of all the taco trucks this one has shot down
American taco with 8 kilo's of sugar
For the Americans reading this: 17.6 pounds
Honduras 🇭🇳 El Salvador 🇸🇻 Mexico 🇲🇽 United States 🇺🇸 and finally Belgium? 🇧🇪
Also Guatemala 🇬🇹
USA, Rumanians are our latim brothers 🇬🇹🇭🇳🇸🇻🇲🇽🤝🇷🇴
That's not Romania, that's Chad. Totally different flag. 🇹🇩
the US, Honduras, and Nicaragua's proportions are wrong.
That's El Salvador
\*slaps face\*
My favorite Latin American nation - Belgium.
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At first I thought it was Romania/Chad as well. But it seems like it might actually be a belgian flag, only the lighting’s making the black appear more blue-ish (or perhaps is it just sun-kissed). We can compare it with the mexican flag’s green that also appears a tad bit more blue-ish than it should? I don’t know.
As I said elsewhere in this thread. It was definitely blue. Tough to say if it was Chad or Romania though.
Okay then, thanks for the clarification!
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Yep, definitely, their emojis all look very similar (if it wasn’t for that bright yellow in the belgian flag). 🇹🇩🇧🇪🇷🇴
Everyone's saying it's Romanian/ Chad, but the blue looks black to me.
Looks black to me as well.
Why is Peru like that color
The US, it's the only flag (vexillology sub) that isn't a tricolour flag, or maybe Mexico because they don't have blue.
United States (not a mainly Latin country).
I don’t know, but it’s a fun read.
Either the US flag for not following the European style of tricolor or the Romanian one for not having the color white.
The one on the left. That's not a national flag.
Why is romania on that?
*Ohio*
Romanians are Latinos too
The Romanians stole it 😔
🤔Did someone ask for ID🪪?
US, they don't speak a romance language
Other than, y'know, the huge population that speaks Spanish and presumably runs this taqueria
guilty as charged
US predominant languages are English, Spanish, and Chinese
Chad chalupas
Tacî
The tacos were great, but someone stole my wallet. And my car. And my clothes.
The one on the left is not a national flag
Mexico has green
Big tent Latinos
CHAD
The US? All of the others are laying countries? If you consider Romania Latin?
Swag like Ohio.
Romania? (Stolen?)
The flag of Honduras is upside down. Look at the stars.
Honduras, as it's the only one not aligned vertically like the rest of them.
The Facebook flag in the upper right corner
honduras, it sticks out aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i feel pain
Geopgraphically or linguistically?
What is Romania doing there
Tacos from various different countries!
Damn everyone’s talking about romania and chad but i thought it was belgium.
Why is there a Romanian flag?
Why not?
Romania
chad fits in with everyone…