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just for your information: the logo resembles islamic flags

by rho4 4y ago

_8j50 4y ago
I disagree, they usually have green or black. I don't recollect them using stars either.
- masklinn 4y ago
  > I disagree, they usually have green or black. The logo is black, which seems to qualify as "green or black"? Red and white are also very common (ottoman flag, turkey, tunisia). > I don't recollect them using stars either. "Star and crescent" has been common muslim iconography since the 14th century, and the ottoman empire (which introduced them).
  - _8j50 4y ago
    The logo shows purple to me and it isn't a crescent, cuts off ar the bottom.
    - masklinn 4y ago
      > The logo shows purple to me It seems to be an extremely dark purple, on a white background it's genuinely indistinguishable from black. > it isn't a crescent, cuts off at the bottom. Which is close enough to a crescent for > resembles islamic flags to be a perfectly valid take.
      - _8j50 4y ago
        It is a subjective opinion and I strongly and subjectively disagree.
      - michaelmrose 4y ago
        It's actually not a very valid take at all. It is VERY clearly not black I suggest your monitor is extremely poorly calibrated if it appears so. It not only isn't a crescent its not even a vaguely crescent shaped object. In Muslim iconography the crescent is a moon an object in the foreground not the background formed by putting any circular item offset inside any other. It's reaching.
jcoder 4y ago
It’s pretty obviously an astronaut looking out at space. Buzz (Aldrin/Lightyear), get it? Would it be an issue if it did resemble an Islamic symbol?
- masklinn 4y ago
  > It’s pretty obviously an astronaut looking out at space. Props to you for seeing it, but I don’t think it’s obvious at all until pointed out.
snovv_crash 4y ago
No, it resembles a safety pin and stars, the well known Society for Communist Seamstresses flag.
- giann 4y ago
  Safety pin? No its an astronaut and some stars.
macintux 4y ago
I don’t think it matters in the slightest, but you’re absolutely correct, there is a resemblance. I don’t know how that became open to subjective debate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_and_crescent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_and_crescent
tmtvl 4y ago
Yeah, I think making the icon an octagon rather than a circle would help.

just for your information: the logo resembles islamic flags

by rho4 4y ago

just for your information: the logo resembles islamic flags

_8j50 4y ago

I disagree, they usually have green or black. I don't recollect them using stars either.

masklinn 4y ago
> I disagree, they usually have green or black. The logo is black, which seems to qualify as "green or black"? Red and white are also very common (ottoman flag, turkey, tunisia). > I don't recollect them using stars either. "Star and crescent" has been common muslim iconography since the 14th century, and the ottoman empire (which introduced them).
- _8j50 4y ago
  The logo shows purple to me and it isn't a crescent, cuts off ar the bottom.
  - masklinn 4y ago
    > The logo shows purple to me It seems to be an extremely dark purple, on a white background it's genuinely indistinguishable from black. > it isn't a crescent, cuts off at the bottom. Which is close enough to a crescent for > resembles islamic flags to be a perfectly valid take.
    - _8j50 4y ago
      It is a subjective opinion and I strongly and subjectively disagree.
    - michaelmrose 4y ago
      It's actually not a very valid take at all. It is VERY clearly not black I suggest your monitor is extremely poorly calibrated if it appears so. It not only isn't a crescent its not even a vaguely crescent shaped object. In Muslim iconography the crescent is a moon an object in the foreground not the background formed by putting any circular item offset inside any other. It's reaching.

jcoder 4y ago

It’s pretty obviously an astronaut looking out at space. Buzz (Aldrin/Lightyear), get it? Would it be an issue if it did resemble an Islamic symbol?

masklinn 4y ago
> It’s pretty obviously an astronaut looking out at space. Props to you for seeing it, but I don’t think it’s obvious at all until pointed out.

snovv_crash 4y ago

No, it resembles a safety pin and stars, the well known Society for Communist Seamstresses flag.

giann 4y ago
Safety pin? No its an astronaut and some stars.

macintux 4y ago

I don’t think it matters in the slightest, but you’re absolutely correct, there is a resemblance. I don’t know how that became open to subjective debate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_and_crescent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_and_crescent

tmtvl 4y ago

Yeah, I think making the icon an octagon rather than a circle would help.