Flagging yourself

[gowlerk 2,249]

I got a nasty PM yesterday from a fellow Canadian. Apparently he does not approve of my posting style here and thinks I am "A poor ambassador for Canada". He told me I had no right to have a Canadian flag beside my name and demanded that I remove it immediately. My answer to him was not polite in the least. However, it occurs to me that most people don't have flags. Probably because they don't know how to set them. So here goes. It is not in your profile settings like it used to be. You need to go into Settings / Account Settings / then in the left panel select country, then you can select your country from the drop down list, and finally save the setting.

C'mon people, lets get some flags flying.....

[yobnoc 142]

God damn right.  Not to be impolite, but aren't Canadians famously polite?  I'd like to see what you'd consider a strongly worded, impolite response and compare it to what I'm picturing my response would be if someone charged me with the same.

[gowlerk 2,249]

3 minutes ago, yobnoc said:

God damn right.  Not to be impolite, but aren't Canadians famously polite?  I'd like to see what you'd consider a strongly worded, impolite response and compare it to what I'm picturing my response would be if someone charged me with the same.

PM sent......

[yobnoc 142]

7 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

PM sent......

Bahahaha "Kindly ask..."

I was right lol

IFL Canadians

[gowlerk 2,249]

4 minutes ago, yobnoc said:

Bahahaha "Kindly ask..."

I was right lol

IFL Canadians

I would just like to say that this Canadian is not one of the regular posters here. I don't know him and his name is not familiar to me. This came completely out of the blue. ( I do not want anyone to wonder if it could be so and so.)

[Coreece 190]

47 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

it occurs to me that most people don't have flags. Probably because they don't know how to set them. 

I didn't want to offend the international community that might perceive it as an arrogant display of pride by an ugly American.

[yobnoc 142]

21 minutes ago, Coreece said:

I didn't want to offend the international community that might perceive it as an arrogant display of pride by an ugly American.

How Patriotic of you

[JerryBaumchen 1,436]

1 hour ago, gowlerk said:

Settings / Account Settings / then in the left panel select country, then you can select your country from the drop down list, and finally save the setting.

Hi Ken,

OK, let's see if it worked.

And, Thanks,

Jerry Baumchen

[rifleman 70]

Have selected United Kingdom mainly because there's no entry on the list for Wales.

Edited July 11, 2019 by rifleman
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[yobnoc 142]

1 hour ago, rifleman said:

Have selected United Kingdom mainly because there's no entry on the list for Wales.

Same thing, right?  lol

[rifleman 70]

Not to the Welsh, it's not. They're very proud of their flag.

[yobnoc 142]

2 minutes ago, rifleman said:

Not to the Welsh, it's not. They're very proud of their flag.

/sarcasm

[ScottishJohn 25]

13 hours ago, gowlerk said:

I got a nasty PM yesterday from a fellow Canadian. Apparently he does not approve of my posting style here and thinks I am "A poor ambassador for Canada". He told me I had no right to have a Canadian flag beside my name and demanded that I remove it immediately. My answer to him was not polite in the least. However, it occurs to me that most people don't have flags. Probably because they don't know how to set them. So here goes. It is not in your profile settings like it used to be. You need to go into Settings / Account Settings / then in the left panel select country, then you can select your country from the drop down list, and finally save the setting.

C'mon people, lets get some flags flying.....

I lurk here now and again but I don't think I have seen any of your posts that would reflect badly on Canada.

I am glad you offered him some "robust advice" and that you still fly your flag.

Regards

John

 

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

14 hours ago, gowlerk said:

I got a nasty PM yesterday from a fellow Canadian. Apparently he does not approve of my posting style here and thinks I am "A poor ambassador for Canada". He told me I had no right to have a Canadian flag beside my name and demanded that I remove it immediately. My answer to him was not polite in the least. However, it occurs to me that most people don't have flags. Probably because they don't know how to set them. So here goes. It is not in your profile settings like it used to be. You need to go into Settings / Account Settings / then in the left panel select country, then you can select your country from the drop down list, and finally save the setting.

C'mon people, lets get some flags flying.....

I was unaware that you were the Canadian Ambassador. I thought you drove truck. 

While this is a private site, owned by South Africans & hosted on Canadian servers (at least it used to be), the latitude allowed for civil discourse & debate is pretty broad. It's not true 'freedom of speech' (the mods see to that), but outside of truly offensive statements (racist, hateful, threats, PAs), people are allowed to voice (type) their views. 
While I certainly don't agree with some of your positions, you post in a civil manner, and do so in a literate and logical way. That goes a long way for me. The fools who believe in truly stupid crap, or who can't be bothered to worry about spelling and grammar tend to end up on my 'ignore' list.

I was unaware that the flag thingie was an optional setting. I like the flags, if for no other reason than it gives a bit of perspective on the poster. Literally 'where they are coming from', which is pretty helpful in evaluating their posts.
Thanks for sharing it.

[DJL 235]

16 hours ago, gowlerk said:

I got a nasty PM yesterday from a fellow Canadian. Apparently he does not approve of my posting style here.....

C'mon people, lets get some flags flying.....

Did your argument consist of the two of you saying "Please" and "Thank you" and "something something Tim Horton's."

[turtlespeed 226]

3 hours ago, DJL said:

Did your argument consist of the two of you saying "Please" and "Thank you" and "something something Tim Horton's."

Would you all just go Flag Yourselves?

[gowlerk 2,249]

5 hours ago, turtlespeed said:

Would you all just go Flag Yourselves?

 I was wondering if anyone would go there. I should’ve known it would be you. I’m getting the Flag out of here for a while.

[turtlespeed 226]

2 hours ago, gowlerk said:

 I was wondering if anyone would go there. I should’ve known it would be you. I’m getting the Flag out of here for a while.

Flag off then!

[ryoder 1,590]

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Do you have a flag?

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[grimmie 186]

Ken, If only John Smith was alive to see this, eh.

 

[BIGUN 1,406]

On 7/11/2019 at 3:44 PM, gowlerk said:

and thinks I am "A poor ambassador for Canada". He told me I had no right to have a Canadian flag beside my name

I think it's safe to say that you & I are on opposite sides of the spectrum most of the time. You have the fucking right to express your opinion about anything; anytime. Tell them to piss off.    

[Coreece 190]

On 7/11/2019 at 4:44 PM, gowlerk said:

He told me I had no right to have a Canadian flag beside my name and demanded that I remove it immediately.

Just tell him to disable your flag in the account settings if he doesn't want to see it.

 

31 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

On 7/11/2019 at 4:44 PM, gowlerk said:

and thinks I am "A poor ambassador for Canada". He told me I had no right to have a Canadian flag beside my name

I think it's safe to say that you & I are on opposite sides of the spectrum most of the time. You have the fucking right to express your opinion about anything; anytime. Tell them to piss off.  

They don't have those freedoms in socialist countries, duh.

[turtlespeed 226]

19 hours ago, grimmie said:

Ken, If only John Smith was alive to see this, eh.

 

The guy that settled in Utah?

[gowlerk 2,249]

4 minutes ago, turtlespeed said:

The guy that settled in Utah?

No, but he did spend quite a bit of time in Eloy.

[turtlespeed 226]

1 minute ago, gowlerk said:

No, but he did spend quite a bit of time in Eloy.

I thought he founded a church or something . . .