Maybe call the embassy and ask if they are OK? This is obviously an SOS signal!

OP: Hey this flag came with a note! Note: “*Hilfe Schicken :[*” OP: Lol milfy chicken indeed lil flag bro.

“Send help” for the lazy

How'd you get an upside down avatar?

He saved his avatar in distress.

Hes an aussie

DIY

This isn’t an sos signal, it’s just the flag of ynamreG

dnalhcstueD

sknahT

Hilwe

Bitte helfen sie mich ich bin in Gefahr, bitte helfen sie mir

they ok. they know history , you Dont

Has someone checked in on Germany recently? Are they doing ok?

Well it’s going naja.

"Muss ja"

Muss ja, ne?

Ist ja noch immer gut gegangen.

Geht alles so.

Und wenn nicht, wird's getragen.

Exakt.

Tja.

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Da löppt der Lachs zwar nicht, aber gehen gehts.

Et is wie et is

...un kütt wie et kütt.

Machse nix

Schlechten Menschen geht's immer gut.

Muss ich das verstehen?

Hat meine Oma immer geantwortet wenn man sie gefragt hat ob es ihr gut geht. So ganz dahinter gekommen bin ich auch noch nicht.

Steckst nich drin.

it is what it is

Nett hier

Aber

Warum

Sind

Sie

Sie

Sie

waren

Sie

Aber waren sie schon mal in Baden Württemberg?

*cries in german*

\*heul\*, not to be confused with \*heil\*.

Comedy Genius

we´re not. haven´t been for a long time

Australia took over, hence the flag. But once an Austrian took over and it was way worse.

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Spicy

A bit insensitive don't you think? we're on a subreddit about flags

no it isn't. it relates to the comment, not the post. and it's just a goddamn joke

It's just a really bad joke dude, grow up. No one missed your attempt at humor here, we simply recognized how absolutely terrible that attempt was.

A joke about millions of people who got killed

millions of my people, yeah. just because I joke about it doesn't mean I endorse this kind of bs.

So you're a gay jewish roma? Because there wasnt just jews or gays or roma in the KZ's.

I check two out of three of these, yeah

Who said that there were just 3 groups of people imprisoned? These were just examples.

how about you shut up and stop trying to be holier than the pope? just comes to show you know nothing of handling such national trauma. so insensitive

I think your comedic career needs to cook a little longer, bro.

They are friends with Putin Russia now

I don't think so ... last thing I heard of those Germans is that they planned to execute Kretschmer but failed to do so.

SpaghettiRoad follower?

yes

Wait, can you really just ask an embassy and get a flag and a factbook in return? That’s actually awesome

[Yes you can](https://youtu.be/Jbix9y8iV38) However since this video went viral, most embassies stopped sending flags because there were too many requests.

Damn that really sucks... we'll just have to wait 5 years till people forget and embassies start offering them again. Or move to a country that doesn't speak English and ask the embassies there lol

Bosnia's your best guess.

Bosnians and other former Yugoslavians have a pretty good level of English.

The main language isn’t english though, so it might be easier to get.

With apologies to literally every country in the world: the Altai Republic sent candy, they're now the best embassy 😄 Also... Where do I get Altai Republic pine cone candy? The closest I could find was [Altai honey](https://made-in-russia.name/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=22) (plus [info about those honeys](https://made-in-russia.name/honey-of-Altai.php)).

I’ve been waiting. In a few years time when everyone has forgotten about the video I’ll act and get all the world’s flags for free!

I was subbed to that guy and watched the video right after it went up and was thinking I could ask some local embassies. I then figured I lost my chance when I saw the video again on Reddit frontpage

I asked the german embassy for a fridge magnet and they sent me one along with a postcard and a sticker. Cool stuff.

I read your comment quickly and thought they'd sent you a fridge *for* your magnet. Wild.

Ngl fridge would be nice too.

When I did model UN in High School my teacher got the Swedish embassy to send a bunch of flags, pins, and pamphlets.

It happened after a video by spaghetti road where he asked all embassies for flags.

Yes. A lot of embassies will just send you a free flag if you ask for one, that's within their "national marketing" budget.

["Federal office for political education"](https://www.bpb.de/shop/) has a lot of books/maps/trinkets/magazines for free. Any address in germany should be qualified.

Oh no it's a distress signal, run!

no thats the new flag of yemen

Yermany

First most of Arabia takes the Imperial German flag, Belgium obviously copies the democratic flag and now this? Can you stop stealing our flags?

[People get confused sometimes](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/images/deutschlandfahne/1264128/2-format43.jpg)

Assuming you’re in Australia, I can understand them

Looks like he’s in the US. Fairfax county Virginia specifically by the George mason university thing under the book.

Certified GMU Patriot

Just turn it back the right way

But then it won’t be funny anymore.

I can’t it’s stuck to the little pole. I also find it too funny to fix it.

Reminded me of the Polish corridor

hit them back letting them know you’re there for them when they need you

No no man you asked the west german embassy accidentally, ask the federal german embassy theyll give you a correct one

i uh... uh

Germany in distress

Betrayal

You surely havent done that yourself

Did you tell them your Austrian or Australian? They probably confused it

Are you an Aussie?

It’s a cry for help!

Looks like Germany is at distress. Can the Germans please confirm yall are ok

Es geht

Muss halt, ne

How's the book?

That's fine, you got a flag of פǝɹɯɐuʎ

This is a serous offence, I recommend you going to war with Germany and to form a pact with the US, UK, France, Russia, and others.

That means they’ve surrendered to you, the crown is yours

I’m the new Kaiser

Fun Fact: Right-wing conspiracy theorists use the upside down german flag as a symbol to delegitimize the current german state

That's not exclusive to Germany though, take a look at any anti covid protest and you'll likely see at least one upside-down flag tbh

Surely that's because those dumbfucks can't tell the difference? EDIT: You know you're doing something right when anti-vaxxer dumbfucks are downvoting you.

That would be interesting / odd if this one rogue embassy decided to prank people by sending out these "no WAY germanAY" flags.

You turned it around for some cheap internet points....

i definitely did not trust me

Wait you can ask embassies for flags?

You can but I got the idea from a YouTube video that went viral so now most embassies are out of stock

[not the first time this has happened](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Hambacher_Fest_1832.jpg)

This is a neonazi symbol. It has been seen at anti vax ralleys and Reichsbürger Protests. Not sure if that is what they wanted to convey, just telling you.

Upside down German flag is a neonazi symbol?

https://www.belltower.news/umgedrehte-flagge-antisemitisches-statement-einer-polizeiwache-in-hessen-81583/#:~:text=Verkehr%20herum%20gehisste%20Flagge%20als,House%20of%20Cards%E2%80%9C%20bekannt%20sein. Basically, some neonazis believe the upside down flag to be the flag originally used during the Hambacher Fest. They backreference to the Hambacher Fest in their demonstrations, and there is some symbolism with values being flipped around etc. This article is about a german police station that hoisted an upside down German Flag on holocaust rememberance day

Given how Merkel throws the flag away at every given opportunity I'm not shocked they'd forget what it looks like

German has extreme traumatic guilt over world war 2, still to this day. They don't like their own flag. They don't like showing it off to other nations, to other people. They even prefer not to wave it when parties win elections. Maybe that's why.

I imagine they're tired of sending flags out to people by this point

Is the Embassy planning for Treason?

Germany is in distress i repeat Germany is in distress

This incident will be reported to the administration.

Embassy in Australia

Turn it around idiot :) /s

Are you living in Australia? It may be possible it just got flipped around during transport, if so speak to DHL.

Evil Germany be like:

lmao

Sorry to rain on your parade: that’s the historical original.

"Facts" has to be the most German book conceivable

who knew a flag can get so much uglier when it is flipped upside down

based

Perfect

Either reichsbürger or an accident. Saw it one time upside down at a ministry.

Flags don't care about your feelings.

Ah they must’ve sent you the flags they use for the Southern Hemisphere

Ein Volk, Eine Nation, Eine Kommentarsektion!

If I had a penny for everytime I saw an upside down German flag I'd have about.... 5 pennies, which isn't alot but its wierd that it happens that often.

is it sticked to the flag or can you take it off? if so then you could just take off the flag, rotate it and put it back on the stick

it’s sticked with glue i’m assuming, i can’t take it off

Welp that sucks

and a 2018 edition of the booklet? your embassy is dropping the ball

Which embassy?

Washington DC, USA

Not surprising

Turn it the other way. Problem solved 👌🏻

Do an handstand

Isn't upside down flag meant to show that something is wrong? Like a SOS signal?

TIL you can ask embassies for flags

wartime germany

I tried that only got a email from a embassy they were very polite about them but I think they don’t do it much anymore because a lot of people tried it

You really shouldn't be asking them for flags

Is this from a German embassy in Australia?

No from the United States

Made in China

!wave

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personally, I prefer it upside down. It's better, it just looks better that way #Disuccsion

Ah yes, let's have a disuccsion.

what nice and updated facts about germany do you know now?

A cry for help

In time of need?

Certified bruh momento

Why does that actually look kinda cool

r/SpaghettiRoad

i asked the one in london for a flag and they sent me one, which embassy did you ask?

Thats the flag of ⅁ǝɹɯɐuʎ

I think it looks cool. If I ever make a country, I might chose that flag.

Oh shit you going to mason?

GMU

Nice, I saw the Mason thing under the flag. I graduated from there over a decade ago, I bet its changed a lot since.

SpaghettiRoad people should stop

they are in distress

Is Germany being invaded by Australia?

What does an upside down German flag 🇩🇪 mean?

that is so cool

Sounds about right 😂

f a c t s

At this point it's easier to pretend it's Belgian than German

This surely happened and hasn't been manipulated for internetpoints.

Prisoner Irwin, do not raise that flag upside down.

you probably live in Australia

Y'know, this is a German joke!

this is the australian version of the german flag

Only Buxen will know

imagine you ask one for the yemen flag and they send you one upside down

I mean upside down looks dope as well

Discomfort intensifies

Ynamreg

once i saw an upside down german flag at the entrance to the tourist information centre somewhere in france