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Ask HN: Why the red bar in HN?
Why is the main top bar red? Is it a Christmas thing or is it a permanent change? I'm just asking because eyes are kind of bleeding right now.
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- allanlavell 12y agoThe alternation between red and green numbers on the front page would seem to suggest an xmax theme
- informatimago 12y agoIt is red because corporations need to sell their stuff in winter. Red is a commonly used color in marketting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus#20th_century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus#20th_century For this, they abused the memory of Saint Nicholas, who was a bishop, therefore usually represented in red costume http://tinyurl.com/odppxql http://tinyurl.com/odppxql and who is celebrated on December 6th. They paganified him, renaming him Santa Claus, or Père Noël, etc; and moved his feat on the night of 24/25 december in order to further disparage Christianity.
- ColinWright 12y agoIt's a Christmas theme - check out the numbers on the items as well. When you have enough karma you can set the top-color for yourself, and that over-rides the default. I hadn't noticed the color change because it doesn't show up for me.