MIssissippi finalists in crowdsourced state flag replacement includes...unintended design.

[Eacaraxe]

Mississippi blames 'typo' for including huge mosquito among new state flag designs

A viral design being proposed as the new state flag for Mississippi originated as a joke and was only included in a list of finalists due to a typo, according to officials.

thehill.com

Mississippi man who created mosquito-themed state flag says design was a joke

Many were surprised the flag had advanced to a second round.

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I mean, it's truth in advertising.

 

[Jarrito3002]

Meme a flag into existence I would love to see that happen.

 

[Hawki]

Looking at that flag, there's something about it that bugs me.

 

[Dalisclock]

Is it terrible I see that and think "Well, sure, but it would be more fitting for Florida"?

Or would Florida be an alligator packing a handgun?

 

[Iron]

Is it terrible I see that and think "Well, sure, but it would be more fitting for Florida"?

Or would Florida be an alligator packing a handgun?

Florida man wrestling with an alligator

 

[Dalisclock]

Jason from "The Good Place". He's basically Florida Man.

 

[Palindromemordnilap]

I mean its one the biggest killers if not the biggest killer of humanity to have ever lived, that has not only resisted our efforts to render it extinct (suck it Tasmanian tigers!) but occupies an environmental niche that means we can't render it extinct without consequences. You fly that mosquito flag with pride Mississippi!

 

[Thaluikhain]

I mean its one the biggest killers if not the biggest killer of humanity to have ever lived

Depending on how you define it (if you give it credit, rather than the diseases it carries) it's "the". Somewhat in front of humans, though we are working on changing that, in more ways than one.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

They're having their "Mosquito McFlag-Face" moment. Still one of the lesser harmful outcomes from public votes I'd say.

 

[Palindromemordnilap]

Depending on how you define it (if you give it credit, rather than the diseases it carries) it's "the". Somewhat in front of humans, though we are working on changing that, in more ways than one.

Way I see it, if you got malaria via a mosquito its the mosquito's fault. If I pushed someone off a cliff its not gravity's fault they die

 

[Trunkage]

Way I see it, if you got malaria via a mosquito its the mosquito's fault. If I pushed someone off a cliff its not gravity's fault they die

#virusesareorganismtoo