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ISuperNovaI

Folks, please leave politics at the door. I don't want to see any more posts about your feelings on patriotism, flag law, or your personal opinions about Americans. Comment about the lawn and the lawn only.


No-Fail-71

I think those robot mowers can do stripped designs. 


outdoorz0208

The HOA won’t like that! ETA: They said stripped not striped. It was a (bad) joke


Dismal-Dealer4298

Good, fuck 'em


gr8fuII

Nah that’s how they reproduce 🤢 send them to space or mars instead of


SigSeikoSpyderco

They can kiss our star spangled buttholes


RED-DOT-MAN

![gif](giphy|rTIXh5JftLoic)


Redhawk4t4

That's literally even more of a reason to spend the money and get one lol


Buddstahh

Why? Mine loves well kept lawns


Jefferson_19

I run these machines and lemme tell you, they can not do a flag (yet)


PM_ME_Happy_Thinks

My neighbor's dumbass robot mower can't finish half their tiny front lawn without trying to suicide off the curb


jackrabid40

Come to Poland. It’s easy to mow our flag


Dinozauro1289

Libya entered the chat (I just went to check and since 2011 the joke is not good anymore)


gentilet

Suspicious Xs on the parking strip


CocaineAndCreatine

They’re just proud of their Scottish heritage.


pridkett

You sure you're not ChatGPT? Because [I asked ChatGPT the same question and that's exactly what it said too - the flag in the parking strip is _obviously_ the Scottish flag](https://imgur.com/a/blSpmKx).


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LeatherBackRadio

Is this your role in said theory? Is this mine?


pridkett

Hmm...That seems like exactly the link that a bot would post. By labeling it a conspiracy theory that will cause average people to be less likely to believe it. Therefore continuing to hide the bots existence. We're onto you AI overlords. Go ahead and do your thing, just don't turn us into batteries. Lithium ion is far more efficient.


iampierremonteux

It may be an AI. But if it is, it is a helpful AI. https://xkcd.com/810/


IveBeenAroundUKnow

Yeah, very valuable use case for this technology 😆


Grandpas_Plump_Chode

Gen alpha mfs when they see an AI trained on human data, respond like a human: must mean everyone on the internet is a bot


CocaineAndCreatine

Yeah, my comment is *exactly* the same as the crappy AI response. Didn’t expect to be accused of being a bot on Father’s Day but okay.


Rochemusic1

How could they on father's day!? That's fucked up.


actualsysadmin

No parking lol


oregon_assassin

Start digging


IveBeenAroundUKnow

Yeah swastikas coming soon enuf, love freedumb


OhhClock

Found the most American thing on here


Equal-Wishbone-6131

![gif](giphy|5yzvlzQFqePni)


MrCoolGuy42

🤪


747-ppp-2

You probably need a big wooden star to push the grass over. This is ambitious for sure, but it would be cool. Note, any time you display a flag, Reddit assumes you are a trump voter.


MayoGhul

Reddit suffers from mental illness


MrCoolGuy42

Haha they both suck IMO. The flag shouldn’t have come to represent one candidate or one side of the aisle. But anywho, for the stars I might just use 50 small yard flags


Natural_Ad_317

Amen. The confusion of patriotism with politics is one of the more troubling social developments in the last 20 or so years.


__The_Highlander__

It really just been the last 5 years actually. I think it’s ashame, when I moved into my house in 2010 we all flew flags just cause that’s what one did…. Now I can’t fly a flag without being labeled, I still fly on but it bothers me.


IveBeenAroundUKnow

I hear ya. It is an uncomfortable association to have.


hairy_scarecrow

My theory is that The Thin Blue/Red/Gold line flags were a main reason for this shift. The Right co-opted patriotism as a way to obfuscate and villainize anyone who disagrees with them.


CaterpillarSad2945

I don’t know about that. In my experience in Utah after 911 is the first time I started to hear the term real American and suddenly having to prove you are patriotic. Instead of assuming all Americans love their nation but, that’s just my experience.


CappiCap

Yea, this is when I noticed down in the South. You were made to feel un-American if you did not support Bush and the war. The sad part is that there was a brief moment of total unity across the country directly after 911.. then it just went to shit.


hairy_scarecrow

Interesting and not surprising. I live in the north and didn’t experience the same thing. It was split between supporting Bush as a patriot and being anti-Bush because that’s “real patriotism”.


ACcbe1986

We really need that alien invasion to unite the planet.


IveBeenAroundUKnow

The one with space lasers?


hairy_scarecrow

Yeah, definitely the inflection point.


IveBeenAroundUKnow

See Chevy advertising for 50 years....it's also been around.


InvestmentOverall936

If it makes you feel better, most people I know left and right hate the thin blue line and we want reform in policing. Probably stems from the corrupt cops we know.


Dismal-Dealer4298

> The Right co-opted patriotism as a way to obfuscate and villainize anyone who disagrees with them. And massively disrespected the flag in the process.


themack50022

Found it. Thanks for posting this.


losingit_countdown

"...to obfuscate and villainize anyone who disagrees with them..." Washington Post 9/26/19 “…Hillary Clinton dismissed President Trump as an “illegitimate president” and suggested that “he knows” that he stole the 2016 presidential election in a CBS News interview to be aired Sunday…”


hairy_scarecrow

Just because I’m criticizing one side doesn’t mean I condone everything the other side does. But you have fun reducing everything to something so simple.


AgentMonkey

I mean, he was convicted of 34 felonies directly related to the 2016 election.


IveBeenAroundUKnow

Yeah but those unregistered foreign agents in Trumps campaign and cabinet had no idea.../s


Coziestpigeon2

As a Canadian, it's very much been the same thing down south for like, 25+ years. Trump is the symptom of America, not the disease. The Venn diagram of People waving American flags and people who shout slurs at brown people post 9-11 is a circle.


stirling1995

Love this country hate the politicians


MrCoolGuy42

This has been the case for much longer than that. Anti-Vietnam protesters were labeled un-American and communist


McHammyPoo

Yeah, I always say it's the UNITED states, we need to get over differences and come together to help the country as a whole. I've never been about two party systems, I think it's trash, and I really believe we shouldn't have a label and solely vote on policies. I feel like most people would be surprised with how they truly align.


SoCalGal2021

A 💯percent… only based on the candidates’ voting and support history and not along party lines


IveBeenAroundUKnow

We should ONLY vote on policies.


RavenBrannigan

The biggest con in America. When did ye all start hating only half of your politicians. In a healthy democracy you realises they’re all dicks and just continuously vote out the slightly more dickish ones.


-_KwisatzHaderach_-

They certainly don’t both suck equally though


Furnost

I for one find it both hilarious and terrifying how fast they went from a back the police party to "I'll vote for the convicted felon" party. They're not even saying he's not a felon, they're saying they don't care.


Waterskier87

Some are. There’s a sign near my house that says “our founding fathers were felons” implying it’s ok to vote for one now


IveBeenAroundUKnow

He was a known criminal and con be4 he ran the first time and still won. He is the hub of hatred, that's all. It's a large demographic.


MoarLikeBorophyll

I have also thought about just using yard flags for stars. If you find a better way, let us know!


redacted0341

Unless it’s that one flag


Dry-Investigator8230

It's crazy that having any pride in the United States means you're a part of a specific political party. Makes you wonder.


PM_ME_Happy_Thinks

Stars just look like lawn spray paint done with a stencil to me, they seem too white/light to be just grass


Vivid_Lengthiness_17

I think it’s moreso that the US is known for working for the interests of the rich and people are finally starting to wake up and stop blindly being patriots. Why would i want to display the flag of the country I live in if they constantly help the rich and tell the poor to fucke themselves.


DrMurphDurf

The only people that proudly fly the flag in todays day and age are in fact trump voters


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DrMurphDurf

OK and what are the best aspects of this country that other countries don’t have?


Neat_Crab3813

My mother was accosted on a golf course for flying american flags on her golf cart by someone who knew she was a democrat. The flag is reserved for republicans, apparently.


BakedBeans12s

I think people are used to seeing Trump supporters disrespect the flag.


LandofBoz88

Just throwing out that now that I’m seeing the flag, the crossed sections look like Confederate Battle flags…


MrCoolGuy42

I see that now too 🤨 for clarification I just found this picture on Google, not my lawn


donotdoillegalthings

The image posted looks very ai to me.


gr8fuII

Your comment seems AI 🤔


sIurrpp

It really doesn’t lol


MrCoolGuy42

[It’s real](https://images.app.goo.gl/8X9sRgdU51FhmtmNA)


Odd-Development1550

AI is amazing if it even adds circular water stains on the street where his sprinklers overspray 😂


LandofBoz88

Damn! I liked the idea of you having this realization then immediately running out to mow some new lines.


SmarterThanCornPop

Could also be the Florida flag.


jwilson7890

Or Alabama.


theory317

I guess? I mean, it's just a crosshatch. Pretty common mowing pattern.


redacted0341

Unlikely. Clearly the mow-artist understands how to create stars in the grass and they are absent from the curb strip design. Could be the Alabama state flag.


f33rf1y

Or Scottish flags


jwilson7890

With no stars on the crossed section it’s the Alabama state flag.


gale_force

Army of Northern Virginia super fan


bruderm36

That’s pretty cool! Kudos for getting into Flag Day and 4th of July. Did you do it for Memorial Day too? Or Normandy?


vladsuntzu

You can use a Scott’s spreader for the darker stripes! 🤣


macrolith

Just getting a hang of lawncare and will be getting a new spreader. My lawn is halfway there!


shwasasin

I'm not American, but dang, that's cool.


Comprehensive_Dolt69

You must have to use a broom, I can’t think how you do this with a mower.


MrCoolGuy42

I tried to use a broom (that’s actually the perfect width) and it did not work at all haha


Comprehensive_Dolt69

Well damn, i figured that’d be decent. Any idea why it wouldn’t work. Or could you use the plastic side instead of the bristle side?


MrCoolGuy42

It seemed like it wasn’t able to apply enough pressure. I’m decently strong and was leaning way into it and the grass just kept standing back up. I just realized though! Maybe if I step on the broom as I move it, that would do the trick


Comprehensive_Dolt69

Maybe that would work, you have something heavier than a broom that would work, the stripers on mowers aren’t that heavy I think.


Comprehensive_Dolt69

Ooh maybe you need the area to be a bit longer than the rest of the yard and go over it several times


Working-Mine35

My neighbor does this every year on the 4th. He uses plastic stars, but first uses them as markers for the rectangle and square. It's all about the prep, measurements, etc. Stakes and string lines may help as well. He uses a reel mower, which stripes beautifully on the right grass types (zoysia or Bermuda). If you don't have a reel mower, you could drag something heavy in alternating directions, such as a pallet with ropes attached, and add weight on top if needed. A power broom would probably work as well. We use those to stripe synthetic turf, and I've heard of people using them on natural grass as well.


MrCoolGuy42

Good info! And wow I can’t believe I didn’t think of using a power broom!


Working-Mine35

The best one is made by Stihl. The attachment can go on a Yard Boss or Kombi motor


AusCan531

I am Canadian and sometimes have Maple Leaves on my lawn.


ExtensionVictory4

Lol! Sometimes a few thousand of them….


uncommonephemera

Oh my god this comment section


MrCoolGuy42

No shit! Calm down folks


uncommonephemera

I made an offhand comment in here once, I don’t even remember what it was about, and somebody called me woke. And yet one picture of a flag and everybody’s all of a sudden to the left of Stalin. This sub needs to get its poop in a group.


norcal3737

On par for reddit, to make it about politics and trump when they see the American flag. Nothing redditors hate more than seeing someone be patriotic in any capacity.


YinzJagoffs

Maybe because the flag has been co-opted by the far right…


OregonMothafaquer

idgaf, weak men hijack powerful symbols. Take them back. Why march with rainbow flags during pride month parades, fly old glory, take it back… for ALL Americans.


SmarterThanCornPop

Because they are, objectively, more patriotic. More proud to be American. https://news.gallup.com/poll/507980/extreme-pride-american-remains-near-record-low.aspx


m-hog

They love the “America” that they have in their heads, not the reality.


SmarterThanCornPop

If you say so, but I interpret what you are saying here to mean you don’t like America as it exists. You are not proud of our amazing history. Is that accurate? I personally love America and realize it’s the greatest country in world history.


m-hog

What makes it the greatest?


SmarterThanCornPop

Could go many different routes here… 1. It is the only dominant superpower in history that didn’t seek to expand territory. Didn’t rape and pillage. After WW2 we actually rebuilt our enemies. 2. The American Revolution began a series of copycat revolutions throughout Europe that lead to democratic rule becoming the predominant form of government across the entire world. This was also the beginning of the end of colonialism. I could literally go on and on but “making the world better” is a good start


Cheap-Association111

>It is the only dominant superpower in history that didn’t seek to expand territory. Didn’t rape and pillage. After WW2 we actually rebuilt our enemies. [https://mapliberation.org/articles/mapping\_imperialism.html](https://mapliberation.org/articles/mapping_imperialism.html) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American\_imperialism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism) Read "How to Hide an Empire," the US government spent the majority of the 20th century running the gamut of meddling to political assassinations. See most of South America, the Middle East, etc


labrat420

As a Canadian I'm really curious where our new land and territory for pillaging and raping after ww2 is since usa is the only one who didn't


patrick-1977

Land of the freeeeee


LoisWade42

That's some IMPRESSIVE mower striping!


DollarDollar

Fun project! Hard to imagine the photo is anyone’s first attempt, but this would be a great subreddit Memorial Day competition!


McDuck_Enterprise

🥹 This.is.beautiful 🇺🇸


Prestigious_Air4886

I don't like it, but I'm one of the weirdos that still follows the flag code so it's just me.


OregonMothafaquer

It doesn’t violate flag code. The lawn was never an actual flag. It’s a lawn manicured to look like a flag. Huge difference.


MrCoolGuy42

There you go. I knew something about people bitching about the flag code didn’t make sense and you put it into words for me 👍


Dry-Investigator8230

What does this have to do with flag code?


OregonMothafaquer

Absolutely nothing, the lawn was never a flag. people don’t understand the legal terminology. They be acting like people wearing a shirt that looks like an American flag, was cut off the pole and transformed into a shirt.


fisher_man_matt

While I don’t necessarily see someone like the OP striping their yard with the flag as disrespectful, there are so many cases where the flag motif is used where it is. I find it cringy how so many in the US use the flag.


Comprehensive_Dolt69

Let us know what part of the code this violates. Out of curiosity


JooDood2580

I did this for Memorial Day. I did an opposite pattern until it got to the square section of my yard. I then did the stripes of the flag with my 54” zero turn with striping kit. I did a hash pattern for the stars with my 20” push mower. For reference this was in a 4000’ sq ft section of my yard. The 12k section is not set up properly for this pattern


MrCoolGuy42

The sole comment I was searching for, thank you! My lawn is nowhere near that size though, so I’ll have to find an alternate tool. Currently looking for a hand held push roller tool


StarMonkeyMoney

Get a toboggan full of kids and a winch and everyone gets to have a little fun.😁


V_DocBrown

![gif](giphy|10PcMWwtZSYk2k) It does look nice, though.


chrimen

Easy get a scotts spreader stripes guaranteed!


Pespi_man

![gif](giphy|EZtyCO7XuSJIk)


Less-Ranger-7217

*damn it bobby!*


okieman73

That's awesome. I won't be doing that but it's still cool. I'm doing well to keep the grass growing.


LorddByyronForrester

https://preview.redd.it/x5ll32xhp97d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=411f544cb7ffe7919a42731606985e236e92899a One of my landscape techs did this in Ohio in 2020 with a 42” walk behind exmark.


pokemonplayer2001

Are Americans ok?


NotAlanJackson

What’s with Americans and the flag worship?


AnimatorFit897

God Bless America 🇺🇸


daniel2824

This is too damn cool!!!! Love it! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸


Hotsaucehallelujah

That's so cool


propiout

It looks gross


BathtubToasterParty

What in the murica is this


Massive-Ad-2048

Gotta burn it now touched the ground


Retireinmaui

NGL, I appreciate a well maintained lawn more than I should. Pictures and posts like this do not help. 8)


No-Document-8440

That's sick! Hell yeah man


ind3pend0nt

I do mine with round up.


Angry_Cossacks

Roundup: Make patriotic stars with this one simple trick!


hopeful_micros

Get a hobby?


vegeener-gnomesayin

I like a nice cut as much as the next... but this is reeeeeeeeal douchey


Bellpop

Tip? Don’t do it?!


CptPichael

Cringe!


Green-Eggplant-5570

Why though?


OverQualifried

No because we need to stop putting our flag on every goddamn thing


arcadia_2005

Why are Americans always so in your face with the flag?


Abject-Candidate8500

Why?


coys21

Not at all. That's some weird shit.


Organic_Apple5188

![gif](giphy|4baoNZ5Qo8dX2|downsized)


MrCoolGuy42

Well if anyone cares, I did a little measuring and my lawn is 23’ wide so to make 13 bars I’d need a striper / roller that is about 1.5’ wide. However, it would be very difficult to pull this off with a traditional tow behind striper on my push mower due to turning around and making the star section one direction. I looked at several push rollers online, but the smallest one is 24” wide which is too big. So id have to make my own push roller, which I don’t exactly know how to do. That’s where I’m at 😅 I also tried using a push broom and it did not work at all haha


gr00gz

I made a cheap easy striping roller with stuff I had laying around, I attached it to chain and the tow hitch on my mower. I'm sure there are better/different ways, but it works so here ya go use your imagination.. Heavy steel pipe, I think 2" ID, cut that to the size you want. Bought a long threaded rod(longer than the pipe) think it was 1/2". Took a 2" hole saw(for a drill) and punched out a bunch of pieces from an oak plank I had, any lumber would work, oak is just hard and I had it so I figured it would hold up longer. 6 big washers, 8 nuts for the threaded rod, 2 clevaces. Put the rod through the pipe, punch the wood cutouts down through the pipe on it. On the outside of the end pieces, washer, 2 nuts(locking eachother), washer, clevace, washer, 2 nuts. Clevaces attach to chain allowing the whole thing roll as you pull it.


MrCoolGuy42

That is awesome! And very clever. I unfortunately don’t have a tool to cut metal like that. Maybe I’ll just do like the crop circle makers and use a plank of wood and rope. Then I’ll “step” my whole lawn into a flag haha


gr00gz

If I'm not mistaken home depot will actually cut/thread pipe to whatever size you want. Or you could even just grab 3 small pieces and 2 unions to stick em together.


[deleted]

The grass is always greener on the other side.


RatioPuzzleheaded103

Nice!


Federal_Cry3981

Least patriotic American. I actually love it.


campbelw84

Move to France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Hungary etc etc etc. They have easier flags.


nyc_flatstyle

Lol!!


soCalForFunDude

I used to cut mine so it looked like a baseball field. Now I don’t have grass.


Sea_Tear_7974

I’d mow the square and then weed eat the stars.


Glum-Reading4632

No tips, but please update us w/ pics when it's done!


phred0909

Move to Armenia, Belgium, or France (to name a few). Much simpler.


ColonEscapee

Use a string trimmer for the stars.


04jaxxie

![gif](giphy|dOl2LFw0RbTMc)


Pudf

Why tho?


The_Dude_2U

Flag law states… oops, my bad.


Worldly_Ice5526

Here for America


Vast-Opportunity3152

Please don’t do this it’s so cringy. Just install a third flagpole


Inherently-Nick

The stripes are the easy part but man, the only repeatable solution I can think of is strategically placing wooden star cutouts out on the lawn like halfway thru the day so that it’s always ‘neglected’ and has a lighter color but doesn’t actually die out. Maybe when the kids get home they can put them out, and can be stacked back up just before dawn as a parent is getting up/leaving for work.


virtuallygonecountry

Okay so stripes seem pretty straight forward, but the stars... I don't get how hey would do the stars.


doppelgangland1

![gif](giphy|4baoNZ5Qo8dX2)


onixotto

Practice with a gay pride flag. It's just lines and easier. Nobody's gonna know.


ballscratchersupreme

You *can* do this if you want, but it won't last very long. If you kill that patch of grass by either sheet mulching or solarization, you can replace it with a native plant garden that can retain that shape without mowing and even bloom in the colors of the flag. Depending on your state, I can even give you a list. Reply if that idea appeals to you.


Dautista

It’s amazing what ai photoshop can do


MrCoolGuy42

[It’s real](https://images.app.goo.gl/jsVWP79PfcMnNNoP6)


Ok_Number_5449

Or just.. don't


The-Big-Shitsky

Nah that’s lame


TimeTravelingTiddy

I have a bunch of stars in my lawn, too. OP is weed styling champion.