Graham StarkVery blessed that people want to hear me talk about design and trivia nonsense.
The mascots video just created 100k views šš»
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Belghast@Graham_LRR it was a great thing to keep up in the background as I worked.
Chris Bednar@Graham_LRR This was a great video!
I wish my professors in college had been this informative when I took my design classes.
computercolinx@Graham_LRR as someone who was a child in the 90s in Atlanta I'll never forget Izzy
Hyperialguard@Graham_LRR Was worth it just to learn about Mukmuk
Michelle Rapp, Tough Cookie@Graham_LRR I loved having it on in the background as I painted!
Also the Sarajevo wolf jingle will live in my head rent free forever.
@Graham_LRR SARAJEVOOOOOOOO
@kilnfiendpotter I love him more now.
Apparently itās pronounced more like āVOOCH-koā.
Apparently itās pronounced more like āVOOCH-koā.
@Graham_LRR That makes sense!
Apparently Boston was in the running for the Olympics for 2024, and the city was like NOPE.
San Francisco had also been bidding on a North America spot, and JFC I'm glad it got passed over.
Michael Rawdon@kilnfiendpotter @Graham_LRR The very thought of tens of thousands of people trying to navigate Greater Boston for an Olympics makes my head hurt.
It would be extra hilarious if it were the Winter Olympics.
@mrawdon @Graham_LRR Imagine if the T set itself on FIRE during the Olympics.
Ian McLean@kilnfiendpotter @mrawdon @Graham_LRR considering how long the games are, it would be more surprising if it didnāt catch fire at least once during.
@Graham_LRR What are your thoughts on the logo?
( I have thoughts, but yours are more entertaining.)
@kilnfiendpotter I currently have no earthly idea what this is supposed to be.
I THINK itās a wreath of laurels but so simplified as to be unrecognizable, rendering it utterly bland.
Itās a nice ENOUGH polygonal horseshoe, but why is that their logo?
Ultimately, not a fan.
MrDrLewis@Graham_LRR @kilnfiendpotter This is the imperial banner of Boston from the darkest timeline.
Judge Yuri š©š»āāļø@Graham_LRR @kilnfiendpotter Call me a basic B, but I think it looks cool. Not... the most evocative of anything š
but I like it.
@Graham_LRR We're on the same page. I particularly like one of the descriptions from this article: "Autobots fighting the Decepticons."
But yes, it looks like Chase bank's logo crossed with a laurel leaf meets Tron.
https://qz.com/329424/the-us-olympics-2024-bid-logo-looks-like-the-chase-banks-emblem
@Graham_LRR also I showed #rappscallion the logo and asked what she thought.
She glanced at it, stared into my eyes and proceeded to take a very audible dump into her diaper.
Rubik@Rubik @Graham_LRR She's so talented.
PigmyWurmI really like the "alternate" logo proposed:
Texan_Reverend@Graham_LRR @kilnfiendpotter To me it slots directly into the NFT/Crypto logo oeuvre. Maybe an Ingress clone game logo.
@Texan_Reverend @Graham_LRR oh JFC can you imagine an Olympics crypto/NFT scheme?
"Now YOU can own this gold medal moment - FOREVER - on the block chain!"
@kilnfiendpotter @Graham_LRR I can...and I did not like it.
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Aaron Allermann@kilnfiendpotter @Texan_Reverend @Graham_LRR What do you mean 'imagine', they already did it https://olympics.com/ioc/news/officially-licensed-olympic-nft-pins-announced
@mtvcdm @kilnfiendpotter @Texan_Reverend Yike. For what itās worth, I am fairly confident they no longer support any of these. Since everyone has realized NFTs are stupid.
@Graham_LRR @mtvcdm @Texan_Reverend I'm only a little sad it wasn't covered in one of Dan Olson's deep dives.
Thorne@Graham_LRR @kilnfiendpotter I know what the logo reminds me of, and I'm extra glad they aren't taking place there. We wouldn't have liked the closing ceremonies!
Cooper Astronaut@Graham_LRR @kilnfiendpotter It makes me think of one of the StarCraft 1 faction banners, and not in a good way.
Juliamon@Graham_LRR @kilnfiendpotter As someone close enough to Boston to have familiarity, "doesn't make sense" is very on theme. That said, given the water droplet shape from the negative space I imagine it's themed on the fishing industry. (I also really, REALLY hope there's never Olympics in Boston while I'm still this close, the area is NOT made for it. At all.)
Jennie - Desert Bus Crafter@kilnfiendpotter @Graham_LRR Oh yeah they proposed it (because we are so walkable and have outstanding public transit) and immediately cut $14M from the MBTA budget.
They shut down the orange line for a month last year and itās still restricted to 10mph or slower for much of my commute. š
@JennieFuchsia @Graham_LRR And also sometimes on FIRE.
BART in SF had its problems for sure, including poop and spontaneous orgies. But unless something went *very* wrong, neither should cause mass death and destruction.
@kilnfiendpotter @Graham_LRR Iām just sad we donāt have folk songs about the woman who climbed out a broken window, leapt over 30 feet into the river, refused to get in the fire deptās boat, swam to shore, and walked away without anyone finding out who she was
@JennieFuchsia @Graham_LRR Lemme grab my ukulele...
Brady Loop@Graham_LRR my dog and i watched this over a couple of days before i went to work in the morning. Love the olympics videos!
Metalupis@Graham_LRR I thoroughly enjoyed it
Propriety@Graham_LRR You are an engaging, delightful speaker and you did so much research! I hope it gets a million views.
azninsect@Graham_LRR Thanks to this video I now know which mascots to be fearful of because they own guns.
@azninsect @Graham_LRR The only thing that can beat a bad mascot with a gun, is a good mascot etc..etc...
@kilnfiendpotter @Graham_LRR we all know that only a few of these gun wielding mascots are...good š
cetan@Graham_LRR the video is great! Worthy of a million views for sure.
@Graham_LRR The wait was so worth it. Even just for the Cobi blast from the past. I used to watch that cartoon(a bit salty you included the Brazilian but not the Mexican song š).
I never knew Petra was supposed to be the Paralympics mascot. š¤Æ
*Movies with Mikey effect*
But did y'knooooooow?
Cobi was voiced by the same actress who voiced Bart Simpson in the Latin American dub. Petra was the same voice as "Serena" Tsukino.
@Yuriel I showed the three I could find, itās been difficult. I think searching English omits a lot of non-English results.
That is a GREAT piece of trivia!
Oscelot@Graham_LRR itās a damn good video! I was honestly just sad it ended. I had no concept of how long Iād been watching. XD
Mikiao@Graham_LRR It was absolutely lovely. I need more mascots WITH A GUN pins in my life.
GooglyEyesOnMagicCardsThis was an absolute delight all the way though, but my partner absolutely lost it at the end bit about the phryges when you "couldn't find it" because...reasons
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/15/mascot-paris-olympic-games-2024-likened-to-clitoris-in-trainers-phryges
@googlyeyesonmagiccards what weāve now learned is that while I can find the clitoris, Iāll never know if itās armed
@Graham_LRR @googlyeyesonmagiccards
It's sneaky like that, the clitoris.
MegaDosX@Graham_LRR Well there's a sentence I wasn't expecting to hear/read today. Or ever.
toni_tinte@Graham_LRR Iād love to hear you talk more about design. Not just olympic stuff.
Ambient Sponge@Graham_LRR Your "with a gun" link was funny every single time.
@Graham_LRR My mother offered me some old jewelry of hers and her mother's yesterday and among them were two Misha pins! She told me they were gifts from a Russian workers union delegation who met with her union's women's rights group. (This was in West Germany)
@echozeta woah cool!
Alex (he/him)@Graham_LRR So what's next? Going to jump in to the strangely wide world of Olympic pin designs?
@Alexicon I feel like that way lies madness, but Iāve seen a lot of other great suggestions.