Knowing flags isn’t impressive.

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Anyone who actually puts him in time to memorize each flag can do it easily. It’s no different from memorizing 200 Pokémon, 200 Soccer players, or Album covers. It’s just knowing each flag from memory is useless to virtually every person so there’s no point in doing it.

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  2. Fish_Leather Avatar

    They do represent the nations of the world, which is the place where we live, and which tend to drive large scale events. So I’d say it’s slightly better than knowing those things.
    In the end I think most people do it because flags are neat

  3. senserestraint Avatar

    Exactly. People act like there’s thousands of flags to memorise. 

  4. New_General3939 Avatar

    Putting the time in to learn anything is impressive, no matter what it is or how useful it is

  5. Dazz316 Avatar

    Memorising that much stiff is impressive. It’s not like, win a gold medal impressive, but it’s mildly impressive.

  6. Thistime232 Avatar

    Is that a thing people brag about? I’ve never once met someone that has told me they know all the flags.

  7. Twillix13 Avatar

    Op just lost a flag trivia game lmao

  8. BreakerMark78 Avatar

    So you just exist to shit on people’s interests?

    You could say the same thing about literally anything: performing heart surgery isn’t impressive, just go to school and practice; flying a fighter jet isn’t impressive, it’s basically the same thing as driving a bus.

  9. annual_aardvark_war Avatar

    “Knowing things isn’t impressive“

    This is just dumb. Knowledge is power

  10. smellslikebadussy Avatar

    Not arguing your point, but I proofread a marketing piece today and avoided a mistake by knowing a flag was wrong. So it does help sometimes.

  11. shasaferaska Avatar

    Who hurt you? I don’t know anyone who brags about knowing flags.

  12. Dawnzila Avatar

    But… It is impressive when someone knows bunches of artists, Pokemon, athletes, whatever.

    The topic material itself might not interest me, but it’s still cool to see people’s passions.

  13. _I__yes__I_ Avatar

    It’s just trivia. So yes it’s trivial, but I find quizzes fun so why not. 

  14. allisondude Avatar

    i’ve never seen someone brag about knowing flags, it’s just kind of a cool little thing to know

  15. Due_Willingness1 Avatar

    If someone had every flag memorized I’d be pretty impressed 

    Especially with how many of them are just three same-colored stripes in a different order, like who can keep track of all that? 

  16. Texas_Kimchi Avatar

    OP will hate my avatar.

  17. Kosmopolite Avatar

    There’s an argument to be made that the social cache is better for knowing flags than pokémon. If you need a reason, then that’ll be it. More people are interested in real countries than anime ones, or in football players, or albums in your favourite genre.

    Personally, I wish I were better with flags and geography, as it does come up more than you’d think in my life. Unfortunately, the desire isn’t strong enough to put n the effort.

  18. burningtoast99 Avatar

    What flag made you lose in the trivia game op?

  19. Embarrassed-Kale-744 Avatar

    I know them all, but I don’t brag about it because it’s not all that impressive.

    It is, however, helpful sometimes.

  20. Jealous_Swimming4918 Avatar

    Have you ever been to sea? Or been scuba diving? Flags are still pretty relevant, friend.

  21. molhotartaro Avatar

    >t’s no different from memorizing 200 Pokémon, 200 Soccer players, or Album covers.

    This is true.

    >It’s just knowing each flag from memory is useless to virtually every person so there’s no point in doing it.

    This is false.

    Being useful is not always the point.

  22. tearlesspeach2 Avatar

    My husband learnt all the flags and it’s created many wacky situations and happy memories. People do shit for fun, glad I don’t share your opinion.

  23. peridoti Avatar

    That’s what the word “trivia” means, by definition. Have you considered that the same reason people know pokemon is the same reason people like flags, not because it’s impressive but because they LIKE it?!

  24. MassageWithABottle Avatar

    200 soccer players ? for most poeple it stops at Tom Brady if they know him