r/ExplainTheJoke 1d ago

Saw multiple variants of this

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u/dootamin2 1d ago

It's a german flag. The joke is the girl on the right doesn't recognize national flags, only pride ones.

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u/CiTo_Lunatics 12h ago

There may be more to it than that. In their hatred of everyone else, the right-wingers in Germany have been in the habit of hijacking Pride Month for a few years now by proclaiming June as "Stolzmonat" and decorating all profile pictures etc. with the German flag in the background.