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There’s something really insidious about the design I can’t quite put my finger on. The sharp points maybe? It also looks vaguely like a satanic symbol, but tha
by dclowd9901 4y ago
There’s something really insidious about the design I can’t quite put my finger on. The sharp points maybe? It also looks vaguely like a satanic symbol, but that would require knowing about satanic symbols to be effective, and I assume this symbol is used universally!
- mLuby 4y agoI wonder how it's perceived in Muslim cultures where the crescent moon shape is much more common and positive.
- twic 4y agoSee also the bouba/kiki effect: spiky shape = spiky sound = negative valence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect In particular, this little experiment: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327766252_The_Good_the_Bad_the_Bouba_and_the_Kiki_Cross-Modal_Correspondences_Between_Evaluative_Meanings_Speech-Sounds_and_Object_Shapes https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327766252_The_Good_...
- arthurcolle 4y agoThey look vaguely like demonic sigils, but I think for me its more the sharp black/yellow contrast
- ModernMech 4y agoIt looks 3 insect pincers or mandibles.
- twic 4y agoYes, it looks very insectile to me too, and as such, instinctively unclean and repulsive.