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Unfortunately many of them look similar to a swastika with 3 sides instead of 4.

JeanSebTr 6y ago
Which would make it NOT a swastika? Unintentional swastika are somewhat bad, but unintentional swastika among a bunch of other auto-generated forms aren't a crime I hope.
- 29athrowaway 6y ago
  Yes but the human brain is very good at filling in the blanks. For example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_contours https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_contours If I draw a dog very poorly, even with missing limbs, you can recognize that as a poorly drawn dog with missing limbs.
webmaven 6y ago
> Unfortunately many of them look similar to a swastika with 3 sides instead of 4. Yeah, like the triskele logo for the AWB: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Afrika...
- graderjs 6y ago
  It is an unfortunate association because I love that tripartite symmetry and I think that particular design looks great. Perhaps if I added more colors, I could let people ignore those connotations.
  - webmaven 6y ago
    Perhaps. Also try outlines of various styles and weights rather than just solids.
    - graderjs 6y ago
      Mmmm. Good idea
graderjs 6y ago
I feel pretty scared for you that you had this experience... It must have been very disturbing. But i honestly think it's a case of you find there what you bring to it. After i read these comments i couldn't unsee the connection you mentioned for about half an hour. Now it's back normal, to the way it was before i read your comments, for me.
- graderjs 6y ago
  Here is another comment for you to feel better about yourself by putting down. I have lots of points, I can help you, if you need to feel better about yourself by putting down what others say, here's another comment for you to put down.
  - graderjs 6y ago
    Here's a fresh comment got those who need to put down what others say to feel better about themselves. I have lots of points, i can help you.
  - 29athrowaway 6y ago
    1) I don't have enough karma for downvoting. If you have been downvoted, that has nothing to do with me. This is a throwaway account, I do not care about its karma. 2) I took a look at your profile, and noticed that your comments contain the word "feel" a lot, often in the context of attributing feelings to others. Attributing feelings to people you don't know based on short fragments of text is so speculative that it can be reasonable to say it's misleading and can be a waste of time.
    - graderjs 6y ago
      I'm not saying you, just whoever needs to do it. So i think you got that a bit inaccurate. I appreciate you spent time looking at my profile, I'm grateful you would want to look. But I think you've got that a bit inaccurate...I use feel mostly to express my own feelings, but where I'm empathizing with others, it's not speculative for me, I'm confident in that and fine doing it. If you've got a problem with that, it's your issue not mine. Please don't tell me what words you "think i should" use or how you "think i should" do. It assumes you know me and what I'm doing better than me, which is trying to talk down to someone else. If you need to try to talk down to someone to feel better, i get if you feel that way, but please don't expect me to encourage your need for that. But even tho i don't encourage it, i can still help you...I've put plenty of comments here that you can put down from your main account if you have one, if you need to do that. Anyway, thanks for letting know how you feel about it.... if you want to know how i feel about it, i think you should try empathizing with people more, even tho you're only interacting over text. In my experiences it pays to be attentive to the emotions of others. I get if you feel that's a waste of your time, i feel a very sad for you if you think you're wasting your time on HN today... But if so, you can always do something else you enjoy, so things can still be good for you today. I feel happy to think this is possible for you. I just hope to share this thing and brighten people's day as bit by it. I feel sad to think my work is part of an experience they didn't enjoy, but i can't control how they feel about it, i just express myself, like everyone express themselves. I feel sad for you if didn't enjoy your experience of this show.
graderjs 6y ago
I can't see my original comment. It's a good one: I feel pretty scared for you that you had this experience... It must have been very disturbing. And it's a case of you find there what you bring to it. After i read these comments i couldn't unsee the connection you mentioned for about half an hour. Now it's back normal, to the way it was before i read your comments, for me.

Which would make it NOT a swastika? Unintentional swastika are somewhat bad, but unintentional swastika among a bunch of other auto-generated forms aren't a crime I hope.

29athrowaway 6y ago
Yes but the human brain is very good at filling in the blanks. For example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_contours https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_contours If I draw a dog very poorly, even with missing limbs, you can recognize that as a poorly drawn dog with missing limbs.

webmaven 6y ago

> Unfortunately many of them look similar to a swastika with 3 sides instead of 4. Yeah, like the triskele logo for the AWB: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Afrika...

graderjs 6y ago
It is an unfortunate association because I love that tripartite symmetry and I think that particular design looks great. Perhaps if I added more colors, I could let people ignore those connotations.
- webmaven 6y ago
  Perhaps. Also try outlines of various styles and weights rather than just solids.
  - graderjs 6y ago
    Mmmm. Good idea

graderjs 6y ago

I feel pretty scared for you that you had this experience... It must have been very disturbing. But i honestly think it's a case of you find there what you bring to it. After i read these comments i couldn't unsee the connection you mentioned for about half an hour. Now it's back normal, to the way it was before i read your comments, for me.

graderjs 6y ago
Here is another comment for you to feel better about yourself by putting down. I have lots of points, I can help you, if you need to feel better about yourself by putting down what others say, here's another comment for you to put down.
- graderjs 6y ago
  Here's a fresh comment got those who need to put down what others say to feel better about themselves. I have lots of points, i can help you.
- 29athrowaway 6y ago
  1) I don't have enough karma for downvoting. If you have been downvoted, that has nothing to do with me. This is a throwaway account, I do not care about its karma. 2) I took a look at your profile, and noticed that your comments contain the word "feel" a lot, often in the context of attributing feelings to others. Attributing feelings to people you don't know based on short fragments of text is so speculative that it can be reasonable to say it's misleading and can be a waste of time.
  - graderjs 6y ago
    I'm not saying you, just whoever needs to do it. So i think you got that a bit inaccurate. I appreciate you spent time looking at my profile, I'm grateful you would want to look. But I think you've got that a bit inaccurate...I use feel mostly to express my own feelings, but where I'm empathizing with others, it's not speculative for me, I'm confident in that and fine doing it. If you've got a problem with that, it's your issue not mine. Please don't tell me what words you "think i should" use or how you "think i should" do. It assumes you know me and what I'm doing better than me, which is trying to talk down to someone else. If you need to try to talk down to someone to feel better, i get if you feel that way, but please don't expect me to encourage your need for that. But even tho i don't encourage it, i can still help you...I've put plenty of comments here that you can put down from your main account if you have one, if you need to do that. Anyway, thanks for letting know how you feel about it.... if you want to know how i feel about it, i think you should try empathizing with people more, even tho you're only interacting over text. In my experiences it pays to be attentive to the emotions of others. I get if you feel that's a waste of your time, i feel a very sad for you if you think you're wasting your time on HN today... But if so, you can always do something else you enjoy, so things can still be good for you today. I feel happy to think this is possible for you. I just hope to share this thing and brighten people's day as bit by it. I feel sad to think my work is part of an experience they didn't enjoy, but i can't control how they feel about it, i just express myself, like everyone express themselves. I feel sad for you if didn't enjoy your experience of this show.

graderjs 6y ago

I can't see my original comment. It's a good one: I feel pretty scared for you that you had this experience... It must have been very disturbing. And it's a case of you find there what you bring to it. After i read these comments i couldn't unsee the connection you mentioned for about half an hour. Now it's back normal, to the way it was before i read your comments, for me.