this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Strongbad/Trogdor vibes. Cool. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is that a sand filled hourglass with wings on the left?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Wasn't a red flag intended to mean "no mercy"? (similar to the Oriflamme or the dragon banner)

Edit: I was referring to this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

TIL Hourglasses where very common in Jolly Rogers.

However, as far as I understood, this was because when the black flag was raised, the victim had limited time to surrender, if they didn't, then the red flag would be raised which meant no quarter.

It's odd to add it to a blood flag and kind of pissy IMO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know the hourglass is often used to symbolise the limited time we have on Earth. This is why you often see hourglasses in cemeteries (memento mori).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

"Time's up you're dead fucko"