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The stark black and white colour scheme with bright red markings was chosen for a very specific reason.

• JasonFruit 7y ago
  You mean like the logos for Ace Hardware, Coca-Cola, Adobe, and Red Robin? I still don't see it. I think the assumption is made because the viewer projects their moral discomfort with arms distribution onto the objective page.
  • big_chungus 7y ago
    The page is intended to project a certain aura. The dramatic fade-in, the crossed-out weapon, and text in all caps were chosen for a specific reason. You can't possibly pretend it's impartial. The source data, a table, is presented impartially. More importantly, as daenz pointed out, the circles are calculated to mislead: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21566253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21566253
    • JasonFruit 7y ago
      Oh my goodness, that header! I opened it in another tab and didn't see the initial animation or the huge, idiotic header. No wonder everyone is downvoting me! All I saw was the map, and the rightmost scrollbar was off the screen, so I missed the crap at the bottom too. Apparently I don't know how to use a web browser this morning!