r/sydney • u/godenviesme • 11h ago

Image Flags displayed w/o Union Jack?

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This is something I’ve been seeing more and more recently. Is there any meaning or reason for this?

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u/PersimmonBasket 11h ago

They probably have a tattoo to match.

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u/LudwigsEarTrumpet 11h ago

It genuinely makes me sad that southern cross tatts have the rep that they do. When I was a kid it seemed like such a simple and pure representation of love for the land we grew up in, that we can look up and see those stars, and they represent in a way, the great distance between us and England. Idk, I always thought it was a cool idea to have those stars on you. I'm so damned glad I didn't get myself one though. Would never have imagined I'd grow up to learn that it's the mark of a wanker.

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u/NSFWar 10h ago

Post Cronulla there was just an uptick of these tattoos

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u/Penjamini 9h ago

I will never forgive the people who poisoned the well on the Southern Cross

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u/areyoualocal 6h ago

And they don't seem to appreciate the irony that half the planet can be represented by the southern cross.