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> Literally judging an entire book by it's cover. Yes, why not? Covers usually convey a lot of information about a book. Of all the books whose covers look lik

by 4bpp 2y ago

> Literally judging an entire book by it's cover. Yes, why not? Covers usually convey a lot of information about a book. Of all the books whose covers look like those an action manga, how many do you figure are a good resource for learning Polish? (Yes, in a way I'm acting deliberately obtuse about the proverb you are referring to, but the point is that there is nothing to that rule apart from it being a popular proverb. It is not hard to find proverbs that assert falsehoods.) I don't know if the hypothetical scenario in which this logo was generated according to formal DoD-wide rules inspires any more confidence, either. It would just cast more suspicion upon other inputs that go into DoD-branded claims - if standard procedure for insignia produces this, what does e.g. standard procedure for documenting the circumstances under which a video was taken do?

akira2501 2y ago
> Yes, in a way I'm acting deliberately obtuse about the proverb I would call it intentionally ignorant. Please try googling for "best book for learning polish" then flip to the image search. Which one is actually the best? Can you tell from here? > It is not hard to find proverbs that assert falsehoods. Yet it is easy to find organizations with terrible logos that still do good work.
- op00to 2y ago
  Also organizations with amazing logos that do horrible things: see DEA badges like the cocaine intelligence unit. Cool as anything.
astrange 2y ago
> Of all the books whose covers look like those an action manga, how many do you figure are a good resource for learning Polish? Manga are a good way to learn Japanese, so the Polish translations are probably an okay way to learn Polish. Not because the translation would be literal, because it won't be, just because the reading level is low. (Well, the trend in action manga lately is to have incredibly complicated magic powers where the characters just stand around explaining them to each other, so maybe skip JJK.)

by 4bpp 2y ago

akira2501 2y ago

> Yes, in a way I'm acting deliberately obtuse about the proverb I would call it intentionally ignorant. Please try googling for "best book for learning polish" then flip to the image search. Which one is actually the best? Can you tell from here? > It is not hard to find proverbs that assert falsehoods. Yet it is easy to find organizations with terrible logos that still do good work.

op00to 2y ago
Also organizations with amazing logos that do horrible things: see DEA badges like the cocaine intelligence unit. Cool as anything.

astrange 2y ago

> Of all the books whose covers look like those an action manga, how many do you figure are a good resource for learning Polish? Manga are a good way to learn Japanese, so the Polish translations are probably an okay way to learn Polish. Not because the translation would be literal, because it won't be, just because the reading level is low. (Well, the trend in action manga lately is to have incredibly complicated magic powers where the characters just stand around explaining them to each other, so maybe skip JJK.)