Thinking about how the area of identity signaling mechanisms has shrunk while the information you try to communicate has expanded.
Coat of arms: 2 feet x 2 feet, maybe 10-20 bytes?
Military ribbons/medals: 6”x 6”, maybe 100-200 bytes?
Profile pic: 0.5”x0.5”, and your whole self?
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Coat of arms
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Couldn’t find a good chart of how to read military formal ribbon displays (is there a term for the full rack of stuff a military person wears for formal occasions, like “coat of arms”?)
The stuff on a very decorated general’s uniform is like 6 rows of patches
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lol! i'm too lowly/unimportant to have even thought about this... none, I think. unless like basic marksmanship and combat fitness badges have associated ribbons, which I don't think they do...
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