Blame – Why that Swiss flag?

Cultist Simulator

Psy-Q — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:26:44 +0000

In this excellent sinister card roleplaying/strategy game, you can find a position at the Swiss institute to make money:

This makes perfect sense, as the Swiss economy is usually stable even when facing otherworldly horrors.

This New York hospital

Psy-Q — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:40:32 +0000

This blog is celebrating its one hundredth post!

With that, I would like to go back to an image that a reader sent in at the very start of the Covid pandemic, but I felt it was inappropriate to post it at the time.

It was this hospital somewhere in New York:

“Swiss emergency”? No, these people were completely wrong. It wasn’t just a Swiss emergency in New York, it was a global emergency everywhere.

Mondly

Psy-Q — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 17:01:51 +0000

Mondly is a language learning service owned by Pearson and developed in Romania. So despite being very international, these people still failed to notice that their “Emergencies” category shows a Swiss suitcase:

Shame on them. Swiss suitcases just contain fondue and chocolate; clearly no reason to panic but to rejoice.

Dropsy

Psy-Q — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 12:34:21 +0000

In this older game, Dropsy can visit the Swiss Temple of Healing:

Clearly, being of Swiss heritage makes the people inside this building especially apt at curing wounds. I can see why, Switzerland is a pretty clean place.

Weird West

Psy-Q — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 13:04:38 +0000

In this dusty Old West tale, people refresh themselves with bundles of Swiss alpine herbs:

Yum, herbs wrapped in cloth

And this is what that looks like in context:

Yeah, Desidério. I’d like a whiff of that sweet Swiss alpine lemon balm as well.

The Telegraph

Psy-Q — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:43:06 +0000

The Telegraph has truly and completely exited all things Europe, not just the European Union, since they can’t even remember that this is the Swiss Cross and has nothing to do with health:

Source

Thanks, Peta T., for submitting the article!

JoyPixels’ fake hospital

Psy-Q — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:45:56 +0000

It’s neat of JoyPixels to offer a reasonable collection of emoji, but they include a mislabeled Swiss embassy:

For some reason, they label this as “hospital”. Even though it has a properly formatted Swiss flag hanging off it.

Update 2022-08: I wrote them about this and never heard back, but the latest version of the emoji uses the Red Cross instead of the Swiss cross. This is only marginally better as we know the Red Cross is a protected symbol and not meant to be used like this, but hey, it’s an improvement.

Apex Legends

Psy-Q — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:07:42 +0000

This is a game where armed Swiss gold delivery specialists carry suitcases full of the stuff around a battlefield, competing to see who delivers first, or at least trying not get killed on the way:

They labeled their gold suitcases “med kits” in order to throw off potential thieves. Clever!

The Ambulance

Psy-Q — Tue, 25 May 2021 20:22:11 +0000

In this 1990s movie, this old “ambulance” is arguably one of the main characters:

Regular readers will of course notice that this isn’t an ambulance but an old Swiss parade float decked out with blinking lights. This becomes more obvious when we see it from another angle and notice that it has not one but three Swiss crosses on it:

And the word “ambulance” is clearly only slapped on there with rub-on transfer letters.

The real ambulances in the film correctly show the Rod of Asclepius in a Star of Life:

Solar Opposites

Psy-Q — Sun, 02 May 2021 10:23:41 +0000

In this show, there is a scene showing a mural depicting the history of The Wall that Yumyulack created:

In the top left corner you can see what claims to be a Swiss Army first aid kit. Unfortunately, Justin Roiland and his team didn’t do quite as good a job copying that style as when they drew the Nerds logo on the right. For reference, here’s what a real Swiss Army first aid kit used to look like:

Red Cross symbol on the left, bilingual (not English) label in the middle, Swiss Army emblem on the right. Now I fully expect to see accurate Swiss items in season 3!