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Don't anyone show her what a human heart actually looks like.

by strictnein 9y ago

Asooka 9y ago
Well, the inverted scrotum we use right now is a better symbol of lust anyway.
- mikeash 9y ago
  Great, I'll never be able to un-see that.
  - anc84 9y ago
    For a very long time I thought <3 was a variation of :3
    - mixedCase 9y ago
      Thank you, you will now make me picture a scrotum with eyes everytime I see that.
  - kyberias 9y ago
    Let me introduce you to the record label called Love Records and their logo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Records
- throwanem 9y ago
  Is it? I'm not sure I'd be feeling so lusty if someone inverted mine.
- taneq 9y ago
  I always thought it looked like a butt, from the point of view of a person getting oral from the owner of said butt.
- taejo 9y ago
  The heart shape may come from the shape of the seeds of the extinct silphium plant, which were associated with love and sex because of their use as a contraceptive.
scott_s 9y ago
This is clearly not that; everyone knows that the common icon for a heart is a cartoon. I - and probably most people - was not aware that the common depiction of butterflies is in a form they rarely take during life.
- strictnein 9y ago
  Yes, yes. I was just poking fun. Like the other commenter, I too have small kids and have had to explain to both of them the shape of the human heart and how it differs from the heart shape.
- astrocat 9y ago
  Funny story - just the other day my 4 year old daughter was wondering if the hearts in our bodies looked like the shape she knew as a "heart" because it didn't look that way in the Magic Schoolbus episode she'd just watched about Ms Frizzle's vascular system (where the heart was depicted in a more-or-less anatomically correct manner). It was an adorable moment.
- ENTP 9y ago
  I always thought it was supposed to represent fusing 2 hearts together. A bit grim but hey... https://i.imgur.com/5DtIqYg.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5DtIqYg.jpg
vacri 9y ago
Meh. The heart icon has nothing to do with the anatomical heart, but it represents love. Love has nothing to do with the anatomical heart. So, apart from the name, they don't share any aspects; they're not workable drop-in replacements for each other.
kps 9y ago
The heart symbol is a silphium seed pod. (See also: Cunningham's Law)

Don't anyone show her what a human heart actually looks like.

Asooka 9y ago

Well, the inverted scrotum we use right now is a better symbol of lust anyway.

mikeash 9y ago
Great, I'll never be able to un-see that.
- anc84 9y ago
  For a very long time I thought <3 was a variation of :3
  - mixedCase 9y ago
    Thank you, you will now make me picture a scrotum with eyes everytime I see that.
- kyberias 9y ago
  Let me introduce you to the record label called Love Records and their logo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Records
throwanem 9y ago
Is it? I'm not sure I'd be feeling so lusty if someone inverted mine.
taneq 9y ago
I always thought it looked like a butt, from the point of view of a person getting oral from the owner of said butt.
taejo 9y ago
The heart shape may come from the shape of the seeds of the extinct silphium plant, which were associated with love and sex because of their use as a contraceptive.

scott_s 9y ago

This is clearly not that; everyone knows that the common icon for a heart is a cartoon. I - and probably most people - was not aware that the common depiction of butterflies is in a form they rarely take during life.

strictnein 9y ago
Yes, yes. I was just poking fun. Like the other commenter, I too have small kids and have had to explain to both of them the shape of the human heart and how it differs from the heart shape.
astrocat 9y ago
Funny story - just the other day my 4 year old daughter was wondering if the hearts in our bodies looked like the shape she knew as a "heart" because it didn't look that way in the Magic Schoolbus episode she'd just watched about Ms Frizzle's vascular system (where the heart was depicted in a more-or-less anatomically correct manner). It was an adorable moment.
ENTP 9y ago
I always thought it was supposed to represent fusing 2 hearts together. A bit grim but hey... https://i.imgur.com/5DtIqYg.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5DtIqYg.jpg

vacri 9y ago

Meh. The heart icon has nothing to do with the anatomical heart, but it represents love. Love has nothing to do with the anatomical heart. So, apart from the name, they don't share any aspects; they're not workable drop-in replacements for each other.

kps 9y ago

The heart symbol is a silphium seed pod. (See also: Cunningham's Law)