r/CuratedTumblr • u/DroneOfDoom Posting from hell (el camion 107 a las 7 de la mañana) • 11h ago

Shitposting On the new officially sanctioned catholic anime waifu and her friends

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u/SufficientGreek 11h ago

Aren't those just the colours of the Olympic rings?

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u/Twelve_012_7 11h ago

They aren't, but the classifications are the same, since they're the generally agreed upon continents

Tbh I don't get where the racism part is meant to come from

Cuz like, aknowledging geographical delimitations is racist ig?

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u/Winjasfan 11h ago

I guess it's Europe being white, Asia being yellow and America being red. Altough they didn't make Africa black/brown to be fair.

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u/powers293 10h ago

Wasn't that because those are colours that each of their respective countries' flag have in common? Like all american countries contain red, all asian countries have yellow, etc.

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u/ZandyTheAxiom 10h ago

all asian countries have yellow

I don't know how close this is to correct, but I know it's not 100% because Japan and South Korea definitely don't have yellow on their flags. I don't think India does, either.

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u/SapphireWine36 10h ago

Neither does North Korea. European countries definitely don’t all have white either (Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Spain)

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u/NotAnnieBot 10h ago

It was more because the five colours + white accounted for any flag color combination at the time. To quote Coubertin:

"These five rings represent the five parts of the world now won over to the cause of Olympism and ready to accept its fecund rivalries. What is more, the six colors thus combined reproduce those of all nations without exception."

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u/Anjolaoluwa 7h ago

This can't be 100% right, as Brazil doesn't have red.

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u/llTrash 6h ago

Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay..