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In a way it is disappointing... Almost certainly, the person who drew this axe is still alive today. There are ~8 billion people alive today, so it is a s

In a way it is disappointing... Almost certainly, the person who drew this axe is still alive today. There are ~8 billion people alive today, so it is a simple matter of figuring out who to ask. Yet, while everyone might be only 6 handshakes away from everyone else (on average), we do not have sufficient human connectivity to locate this person, even with hundreds of people putting at least a little thought/effort into identifying the artist.

School-Cotton 3y ago
I think it's not unlikely that if it were actually important (someone's life depended on it, or a serious amount of money was at stake), this person _could_ be located. It would almost certainly require someone who speaks fluent Chinese to go to China and investigate in person, though.
CRConrad 3y ago
> Almost certainly, the person who drew this axe is still alive today. There are ~8 billion people alive today, so it is a simple matter of figuring out who to ask. But the artist who drew the pic wouldn't necessarily -- I'd go so far as to guess probably doesn't -- know how it ended up on that ball; who copied it from where and what word (or letter) that person thought it illustrated.
shermantanktop 3y ago
I'd pay good money to watch a cinema verité documentary capturing the moment when the graphic artist encounters the StackExchange page and reads each comment in turn, while the camera slowly zooms in closer and closer on their eyebrows as they alternately furrow and rise up in surprise.
- xxs 3y ago
  I am quite positive none of that happen, or would happen. Mistakes do happen, including picking the wrong clipart and publishing it.
  - Brian_K_White 3y ago
    They found a 2nd, different clipart, from the same original artist, with a different Y with the same Axe. That proves that the original (Chinese) artist actually thought that the image is associable with Y, and they were paired before going on the ball, not someone (other than the original artist) picking the wrong image to go with a letter.
- archagon 3y ago
  Why do I hear Curb Your Enthusiasm music?
- theendisney2 3y ago
  I wouldnt spoil the fun of explaining such an obvious pun. Why ask?
Cacti 3y ago
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School-Cotton 3y ago

I think it's not unlikely that if it were actually important (someone's life depended on it, or a serious amount of money was at stake), this person _could_ be located. It would almost certainly require someone who speaks fluent Chinese to go to China and investigate in person, though.

CRConrad 3y ago

> Almost certainly, the person who drew this axe is still alive today. There are ~8 billion people alive today, so it is a simple matter of figuring out who to ask. But the artist who drew the pic wouldn't necessarily -- I'd go so far as to guess probably doesn't -- know how it ended up on that ball; who copied it from where and what word (or letter) that person thought it illustrated.

shermantanktop 3y ago

I'd pay good money to watch a cinema verité documentary capturing the moment when the graphic artist encounters the StackExchange page and reads each comment in turn, while the camera slowly zooms in closer and closer on their eyebrows as they alternately furrow and rise up in surprise.

xxs 3y ago
I am quite positive none of that happen, or would happen. Mistakes do happen, including picking the wrong clipart and publishing it.
- Brian_K_White 3y ago
  They found a 2nd, different clipart, from the same original artist, with a different Y with the same Axe. That proves that the original (Chinese) artist actually thought that the image is associable with Y, and they were paired before going on the ball, not someone (other than the original artist) picking the wrong image to go with a letter.
archagon 3y ago
Why do I hear Curb Your Enthusiasm music?
theendisney2 3y ago
I wouldnt spoil the fun of explaining such an obvious pun. Why ask?

Cacti 3y ago

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