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demetrius on Jan 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why can't you reverse a string with a flag emoji?

It's sad that Unicode doesn't include flags for dissolved countries. If it did, reversing an US flag would make a Soviet Union flag (code SU). This would make the text much more fun

kragen on Jan 28, 2022 [–]

The whole reason for handling the flag emojis that way was so that the Unicode Consortium wouldn't have to decide which countries should or should not be recognized. It is totally valid for you to configure your computer to display SU as a Soviet flag.

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