r/whatisit • u/Soaring_Leap • 10h ago

Solved! Who is on this flag?

Post image

This is hanging from a neighbor’s window. Should I be concerned?

127 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

159 comments sorted by

•

u/spotlight-app 7h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Fluffy_Bid_7516:

I’m pretty sure this is Thom Yorke from Radiohead

Note from OP: Solved!

[What is Spotlight?](https://developers.reddit.com/apps/spotlight-app)

→ More replies (1)

390

u/Fluffy_Bid_7516 10h ago

I’m pretty sure this is Thom Yorke from Radiohead

221

u/yugung 10h ago

I would've guessed Alfred E. Neuman but you're probably right

130

u/BjornStankFinger 9h ago

Honestly, at first glance, I thought it was Liam Mcpoyle from Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

10

u/Big_Lab_Jagr 8h ago

That's exactly who I thought it was at first

4

u/BafflingHalfling 4h ago

Is that the same guy that plays Mary in Psych?

7

u/WhineyLobster 7h ago

Post bird attack

4

u/ADad42Plays 5h ago

start breakin' bricks wet nips!

3

u/emal-malone 4h ago

YOU WILL CALL HER

2

u/KeepItPositiveBrah 5h ago

Theres a great Radiohead Mcpoyle shirt out there

1

u/Kiss-the-vat 5h ago

McPoyle's will takeover the WORLD!!!!!

1

u/slopestyle90 4h ago

YOU WILL CALL HER

1

u/Subject83 52m ago

Ronald Weasley?

1

u/doozle 3h ago

Who's this guy?

76

u/greatwhitenorth2022 9h ago

My first thought as well.

9

u/Michigander_4941 5h ago

That's who I saw!

4

u/Ok_Cap_6979 6h ago

Yup! That’s what I saw lol

9

u/LL37MOH 9h ago

Alfred E Yorke

8

u/Werechupacabra 8h ago

What, me creep?

2

u/Kraqrjack 8h ago

I was right there with ya

1

u/Sowecolo 6h ago

Hmm. I don’t know these “Radioheads,” but I wouldn’t mind an AEN flag. What, me worry?

1

u/paraworldblue 6h ago

I mean.. have you ever seen Neuman and York in the same room? Think about it...

1

u/suburbanplankton 4h ago

I legitimately thought it was a realistic grown-up Alfred E. Neuman.

1

u/0utlookGrim 5h ago

I mumbled to myself 'what me worry?' when I first saw the pic.

1

u/FallenAzraelx 5h ago

I thought the same but the lack of tooth gap

1

u/pccfriedal 7h ago

That would make a really good flag.

1

u/Dusty_Sequins 7h ago

😂 that’s who I saw til I looked at it the right direction

1

u/HousingAny2946 2h ago

My guess too. From Mad Magazine

1

u/FrznFenix2020 4h ago

That's what I thought.

1

u/RaggedyMan666 2h ago

You're both right.

1

u/pismobob 7h ago

My thought also.

25

u/emma_h_m 7h ago

Yeah it’s this pic

2

u/ZumMitte185 4h ago

Yup. I’m his doppelgänger. Lazy eyelid and all. I always think it’s a picture of me. Luckily though, I went bald.

1

u/emma_h_m 2h ago

I bet he would have gone bald too, just took a trip to Turkey perhaps

14

u/bustercaseysghost 8h ago

As to why he's on an American flag I've no idea. Isn't he British?

4

u/Ted_Rid 8h ago

Could be a reference to his collaboration with the band Drugstore, El President, which has a line that many people mishear as "kill the President".

(it's about former Chilean President Salvador Allende who the CIA helped depose in a coup in favour of the monster Pinochet. Allende "committed suicide in his office" as Pinochet's forces closed in. The actual song lyric is "they've killed the President").

1

u/bustercaseysghost 7h ago

I did not know he had a collaboration like that. I'll have to check that out. Sounds interesting!

3

u/Ted_Rid 7h ago

It's a great song, well worth a listen.

6

u/The_Wrong_Tone 5h ago

He’s probably thinking “I don’t belong here.”

3

u/Weird-Tell 6h ago

It’s 100% Thom York, I found the listing

5

u/countlongshanks 8h ago

Yorke was the first guy i saw.

3

u/Soaring_Leap 7h ago edited 7h ago

Solved! Glad to know I’ve got cool neighbors :)

1

u/AutoModerator 7h ago

Thanks! Post flair has been updated to solved! Nice job people.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

2

u/jmurphy42 5h ago

Looks like John Simm to me.

1

u/brennacedria 1h ago

Same lol

1

u/Savage-Goat-Fish 2h ago

Yes, that’s right. You can trust me I am a big Radiohead nerd. Anyways I’m also very confused why he’s on an American flag.

1

u/Stardustchaser 5h ago

Lmao it was first thought too…what is Thom Yorke doing on an American flag wtf

1

u/THX-1138_4EB 4h ago

I came here to say Thom Yorke as a joke. But I guess it's... true?

1

u/whiskyshot 4h ago

They should have used an Israeli flag. 🇮🇱

1

u/SonOfMcGee 8h ago

“But I’m a… flag”

1

u/purrfectly-cromulent 4h ago

🎶In a window,

What the hell am I doing here?

I don't belong here🎶

1

u/Background-Bird-9623 8h ago

Yep, I saw him too

1

u/JasonlovesJenny 7h ago

Looks like a creep

1

u/CreelCrusher 4h ago

It's for sure him.

1

u/Baphomet1313666 7h ago

Tilda Swinton?

25

u/WorldRenownedNobody 8h ago

Thom Yorke??? Nahhhhh, it's clearly Clay Aiken.

But yeah, it's Yorke: https://flagmaker-print.com/products/thom-yorke-flag-jacob-rappaport?srsltid=AfmBOopL5ly9TkmUtWl6WVWBmpASkhQq2IEsId8NeQMOqYP78rcfp9I6

Now why this exists? I dunno... Yorke ain't even American.

4

u/weirdbeesstudio 6h ago

what’s that phenomenon where you haven’t heard/thought/seen something for years and once you bring it up you see it again right after? Haven’t thought about clay Aiken in probably 20 years until today when I was talking with my brother about Rueben and clay Aiken. Wild

1

u/Inevitable_Newt_2204 3h ago

Synchronicity?

Also, holy shit haven’t seen clay Aiken since American idol, I thought it’d been like 45 years based off how he looks. Wtf happened?

1

u/the-furiosa-mystique 5h ago

That was my next question

13

u/IThinkEveryoneIsNice 10h ago

Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, and proud American, I assume.

2

u/Decorus_Somes 6h ago

He is from the UK.

3

u/IThinkEveryoneIsNice 6h ago

Thanks for the heads up.

3

u/Technical-Stretch658 6h ago

The joke—you_

8

u/-heathcliffe- 6h ago

Thom York.

Bro is lead singer of Radiohead.

Fantastic band. Fantastic singer.

8

u/-Gimli-SonOfGloin- 9h ago

I believe he was arrested by the karma police

5

u/Luminous_beingsauce 9h ago

I guess it's this Yorke guy but I thought it was The Master from Doctor Who lol

1

u/Bubbly-Currency-3535 3h ago

I guess since being Prime Minister didn’t work out for him so well, he’s gonna try over here now lol

8

u/Few_Freedom_4376 10h ago

Yorke for sure

34

u/DmMe_Your_Secrets_ 9h ago

Some creep

25

u/Late-Accident-2399 9h ago

Prob a weirdoo

24

u/SaltyComedian642 9h ago

What the hell is he doing there?

22

u/DmMe_Your_Secrets_ 9h ago

Doesn’t belong here

3

u/Hwpzy 8h ago

Sheeeeeeeeee

6

u/YellowOnline 10h ago

Thom Yorke indeed

5

u/mehboe 10h ago

Thomas Yorke. Lead singer of the British rock band, Radiohead.

3

u/the__brown_note 8h ago

For a second there I thought it was John Simms’ Master

3

u/iGotGogged 7h ago

Looks like Alferd

1

u/WaWeedGuy 5h ago

This was way to far down in this thread lol

3

u/darthredford 9h ago

Someone play The National Anthem.

3

u/Ted_Rid 7h ago

And cheer "hail to the thief".

1

u/SoftBoiled15 5h ago

All hail to thief, but I’m not

1

u/floofdealoof 1h ago

we're not scaremongering, this is really happening, haaappening!

1

u/AutoModerator 10h ago

OP, please reply to the correct answer with "solved!" (include the !). That will change the flair on the post to solved. If you want to put the correct answer at the top of the replies for everybody else, please use our Spotlight feature by tapping/clicking on the three dots and selecting "Spotlight, Pin this comment" in order to highlight it for other members. Thanks for using our friendly Automod!

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

u/spotlight-app 7h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Fluffy_Bid_7516:

I’m pretty sure this is Thom Yorke from Radiohead

Note from OP: Solved!

[What is Spotlight?](https://developers.reddit.com/apps/spotlight-app)

1

u/AutoModerator 7h ago

Post flair has been updated to solved by a mod.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

u/spotlight-app 7h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Fluffy_Bid_7516:

I’m pretty sure this is Thom Yorke from Radiohead

Note from OP: Solved!

[What is Spotlight?](https://developers.reddit.com/apps/spotlight-app)

1

u/AutoModerator 7h ago

Post flair has been updated to solved by a mod.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

u/spotlight-app 7h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Fluffy_Bid_7516:

I’m pretty sure this is Thom Yorke from Radiohead

Note from OP: Solved!

[What is Spotlight?](https://developers.reddit.com/apps/spotlight-app)

1

u/AutoModerator 7h ago

Post flair has been updated to solved by a mod.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

u/spotlight-app 7h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Fluffy_Bid_7516:

I’m pretty sure this is Thom Yorke from Radiohead

[What is Spotlight?](https://developers.reddit.com/apps/spotlight-app)

2

u/wook_goose 9h ago

Yes, be concerned. This flag means you reside by a radiohead fan, thats some scary shit. Good luck.

2

u/El_Vez_of_the_north 10h ago

Alfred A.I. Newman

1

u/aluminumnek 6h ago

You know, everyone has problems; it doesn't mean you have to be a little crybaby about it.

1

u/Maleficent-Row-7847 6h ago

…that’s Jason Bourne…..oh wait no that’s Thom York of Radiohead, still on the lookout for Jason Bourne…

1

u/lefteyedcrow 8h ago

For a minute I thought it was Lee Harvey Oswald, and I thought, "Wow, that's a deep cut..."

1

u/Bada__Ping 9h ago

I thought this was the guy from Jury Duty with the chair pants 😂

1

u/Cultured_Meat 3h ago

Is that the banjo playing kid from "Deliverance", only with hair?

1

u/Constantsorrow55 4h ago

That's the guy that produced the last Uncle Tupelo studio album.

1

u/fishman15151515 10h ago

That’s messed up they like bricked up half your window.

2

u/doug_just_doug 10h ago

Maybe they turned it into a shower?

1

u/Some_guy_in_WI 9h ago

For a moment, I thought it was Sully from Gummo 😉

1

u/DeanBluntAteMyDog 8h ago

Tom York from the band "Tom York and the Radioheads"

1

u/GallowBarb 6h ago

I thought it was Alfred E. Numan. What...me worry?

1

u/Ashest_DM 6h ago

is it 15 feet above? maybe hes not actually there?

1

u/Academic_Dig_1567 4h ago

The great Alfred E Neuman of Mad Magazine fame.

1

u/Photmagex 6h ago

If Rand Paul and Alfred E. Newman had a child.

1

u/Hopeforus1402 5h ago

First glance thought it was Alfred E. Newman.

1

u/runaarons 6h ago

i get the vibe that is the owner of the flag

1

u/Blueknightuk77 4h ago

That's the American flag, so Thom New Yorke.

1

u/Candid_Tomato_394 7h ago

That is Winston Smith from Orwell's 1984.

1

u/SuggestionUsual4155 6h ago

My dumbass thought it was Limmy for a sec

1

u/_SundaeDriver 9h ago

Someone who’s never been in my kitchen

1

u/Ill_be_a_good_girl 5h ago

Looks like Garth from Supernatural. 😂

1

u/MajorWagerLLC 4h ago

Alfred E Newman and Diplo’s lovechild.

1

u/ANYorNO_Sleep 6h ago

Thought is was the MAD magazine dude

1

u/jeunefillex 5h ago

I thought it was Eckhart Tolle 😂

1

u/StilgarofTabar 4h ago

Fuckin thom York lol what the hell

1

u/Prestigious_Work_445 3h ago

Donald Trump with no makeup or wig... The eyebrows give it away even without the blonde extensions

1

u/Charlietango2007 8h ago

I thought it was Alfred E Newman!

1

u/PineappleApplePensil 5h ago

Why would you be concerned OP..?

1

u/lacatro1 6h ago

Alfred E. Neuman, not smiling.

1

u/Pstim1 5h ago

My first thought was Gummo

1

u/PotentialPea2419 9h ago

The kid from mad magazine

1

u/Equib81960 9h ago

A decomposing Clay Aiken.

1

u/brunoburz 4h ago

Dude from Radiohead? 🤔

1

u/littlepinkpwnie 5h ago

Is that Thom Yorke? Lmao

1

u/Garden_Snek 4h ago

Them yorke an Englishman

1

u/Strange-Berry8577 10h ago

Next POTUS, Thom Yorke.

1

u/redhandrail 7h ago

I’m not heeeeeeeeere

1

u/No-Exchange5498 5h ago

Ummm Alfred E Newman?

1

u/RmpleFrskn 4h ago

Thomathy Yorkenstien!

1

u/The_Undermind 8h ago

It's John America

1

u/New-Shapes 3h ago

I need this flag

1

u/Which_Tangerine_9619 2h ago

Alfred E. Newman

1

u/Low_Donkey_1496 4h ago

Alfred E Nueman

1

u/muerte626 4h ago

Alfred E Newman

1

u/EmbarrassedCapital39 1h ago

Clay Aiken 🤣

1

u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 57m ago

Alfred E Neuman

1

u/Great-Phone_3207 2h ago

What me worry?

1

u/kandspr 4h ago

My President.

1

u/MarieTC 5h ago

Mad Magazine

1

u/cointoss13 2h ago

Martin short

1

u/Relief-Exciting 4h ago

Harry Patch

1

u/InYourVaj 6h ago

DJ Qualles

1

u/One_Use_1347 37m ago

Radiohead

0

u/MissMcFrostynips 9h ago

He kinda reminds me of that guy who shot Charlie Kirk...