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BART's Anime Mascots

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150 points archagon | 1 comments | 26 Apr 25 19:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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godelski ◴[26 Apr 25 22:40 UTC] No.43807867[source]▶
I do like the idea of mascots, but truthfully I think they are better done as non-human mascots and need to be simple. I think Japan got this right with Yura-chara[0]. There seems to be a strong preference for non-human characters and when there are human ones, they're still overly simplistic.

Seems like same rule about flags[1]: a child should be able to draw it from memory.

Only Barty seems to fit these conditions.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuru-chara

[1] https://nava.org/good-flag-bad-flag

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throwaway314155 ◴[27 Apr 25 00:49 UTC] No.43808518[source]▶
> Seems like same rule about flags[1]: a child should be able to draw it from memory.

Im a grown ass man and can't draw the US flag properly from memory, much less the many far more complicated flags out there.

I don't think that definition is particularly useful.

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1. jonchurch_ ◴[27 Apr 25 01:02 UTC] No.43808583[source]▶
It is a useful concept, and letting the whispers of the vexillophiles[0] into your head will lead you to see that most flags are well, pretty bad.

CGP Grey has a lot of opinions[1] about this.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexillology

[1] https://youtu.be/l4w6808wJcU