this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
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Admittedly, I'm not much of a graphics dude, but I think this is pretty charming :3

Here, have one without the background gradient:

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[โ€“] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

there is no "rule" in title, you must eat 100 gummy sharks as punishment

[โ€“] MattW03@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

great icon ๐Ÿซถ

[โ€“] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 18 points 4 hours ago

Coming in from all, I love it, blahaj looks amazing

[โ€“] tasho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 hours ago

so cute ๐Ÿ’œ I like no. 1

[โ€“] spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 hours ago

THIS IS SO CUTE

[โ€“] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago

Goes hard af

[โ€“] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Looks really cool! ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉต

[โ€“] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 hours ago
[โ€“] glorious_goldfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I absolutely love it! Personally prefer the one with the background gradient.

[โ€“] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 hours ago

Late 90s vibes

[โ€“] Cornflake@pawb.social 10 points 6 hours ago

Thank you! ^^

[โ€“] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago

Rad. Both are ๐Ÿ’ฏ

[โ€“] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

oooo that looks so coollll! :O I think @SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone (offline atm) is the only one that can change the icon

[โ€“] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I also love it! In the spirit of not being the other 196, maybe we should get a few options and put it to a community vote?

[โ€“] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

yeh absolutely! :3 I guess we should make a pinned post telling people we're looking for a new icon and that this is one of the options and ask if anyone has any other suggestions

o and also a banner! :3

[โ€“] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's funny because I started this thinking I'd stick a pin in this in case 196 doesn't self correct. I was like 98% sure that was going to happen and we'd end up with two or three lost people leaving confused posts here. Then a bunch of people gave old 196 the middle finger. Now less than 24 hours later, we're doing the internet equivalent of picking out furniture and drapes for the new home.

It has been wild.

[โ€“] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It has been wild.

well tbf its not over yet, idk y the old 196 mod team just reopened 196 and went silent like nothing's happening X3 but welp I guess until and if they speak again this is the new home of 196 :P

[โ€“] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm happy to peacefully coexist, I don't want to start any silly crusades. I'd imagine we'll just end up splitting participation some. We can remain as a safe and sane "letter 196" backup for "number 196".

[โ€“] Cornflake@pawb.social 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I hope they see this and consider it or perhaps somebody can make a more refined version of my idea :P

[โ€“] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 hours ago

Do we want refined? The best memes are always terrible visual quality. I think a graphic that someone just kind of slapped together is perfect.

[โ€“] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 hours ago

I'm afraid it doesn't scale that good. If small you can't recognize it anymore but that's true so many icons so I don't really care that much

[โ€“] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 8 points 5 hours ago
[โ€“] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I've seen 196 pop up a lot but i'm not in the loop, whats the community about?

[โ€“] fxomt@lemm.ee 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's a shitposting community where you have to post when you leave.

[โ€“] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Nice I love a good shitpost

We all eat a lot of post fiber, so watch where you step - shitposts are everwhere.

[โ€“] Cornflake@pawb.social 18 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Originally from Reddit as r/196, 196 is a community where the "rule" is to post something before you leave.

Here on Lemmy, it's mostly become a place to share memes, and because this is on the instance lemmy.blahaj.zone, it's cultivated a largely LGBT-positive identity with a focus on the trans community.

You'll find that most posts are titled with "rule" in the name. It's not really necessary, but it's become a staple of what makes a 196 post a 196 post.

[โ€“] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 hours ago

it was very lgbt friendly even before lemmy

[โ€“] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I think this works better as an instance icon. There's nothing in this that suggests "196" in any way, unless there's some kind of reference I'm missing.

[โ€“] Cornflake@pawb.social 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's a totally valid critique. I'm honestly not sure what makes a 196 icon a 196 icon- the other communities just used Saturn. I figured expressing the lemmy.blahaj.zone part in the logo would distinguish this one as the "real" 196.

[โ€“] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 9 points 5 hours ago

That's a pretty good point, actually - we definitely need an easy way to differentiate the subs visually.

[โ€“] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 hours ago

I guess but it's still really cool and I guess could kinda represent the whole no we're staying on blahaj part

Shork ๐Ÿ’œ

[โ€“] Staden_@pawb.social 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Cool idea. I would suggest centering the rings inside the frame and maybe vectorizing the blรฅhaj to make it look better as an icon.

[โ€“] Cornflake@pawb.social 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Those are some awesome ideas, unfortunately I've not got the knowhow to vectorize stuff. Maybe somebody with more skill could take this idea and execute it with better design, I think Blรฅjh with trans rings would really set us apart well from the other 196s

[โ€“] P4ulin_Kbana 6 points 5 hours ago

I like the Blaahaj as it is

[โ€“] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

It's. Perfect.

Might not hurt to push his head through the ring a little more

[โ€“] P4ulin_Kbana 5 points 5 hours ago

Why not use this as the icon?