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Gosh I’m so bad at these. Is this implying that the icons are …porpoisefully bad, to encourage people to read the manual carefully?

• somat 4y ago
  It is implying that adding odd mysteries to the documentation would engage the readers curiosity and make them read it more carefully than they otherwise would With the trick being that the odd structure may not be solvable and it's only reason for inclusion was to make the reader take interest. The enlightenment comes when you spot the trick and realized you now know more about an otherwise boring subject than you would have had you only skimmed the manual.
  • mypetocean 4y ago
    The fish are _red herrings_ – even the dolphin.
  • nonbirithm 4y ago
    Even more interesting is it did in fact make me re-read the entire story twice, after which I understood the message.
    • TeMPOraL 4y ago
      Same here, and curiously as to how GP phrased it, I did skim it the first time - only upon reading the ending I was prompted to re-read the whole story properly.