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[–] 207 points 2 years ago* (16 children)

Having your country's flag on your property

Oh wild guess... USA?

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

    Denmark too. You’re not a success in Denmark until you have a flagpole, two kids (no more, no less), an electric car, a robot mower, a robot hoover and a sunken trampoline.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    Is sinking a tampoline a Danish nautical tradition?

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    I moved to Denmark recently. The Danish love to fly their flag. Half of the houses have a flagpole. It's weird for me because no one in Poland does this.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s a long story of course, but goes back to a wave of nationalism that arose after the 1864 wars against Prussia. The Danes often said “what is lost externally must be gained internally” and it lead to a break with Pan-Scandinavism so Danes really had nothing but flags and flagpoles left. And boy did they use them.

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