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The weirdest design trick I know (theastronauts.com)
29 points by Ideka 4399 days ago
3 comments
_greim_ 4399 days ago
This reminds me of the orange/blue contrast thing in movie posters that went viral a few years back[1]. I wonder how much things like this are just industry fashion trends, as opposed to having a deeper, more timeless psychological basis.

[1] https://www.google.com/#q=orange+blue+movie+posters

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sheriff 4399 days ago
This was covered on The Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uCNOKODf4
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nickthemagicman 4399 days ago
Very interesting. I would love to see more language studies about this.

Sort of reminds me of how a minor chord invokes sadness.

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mathattack 4399 days ago
Linguistics is a fascinating field. I suspect there is a lot behind which sounds are culturally biased, and which are universal.

I recall a study that said "spit" is the least corrupted word across languages. (Because the sound is similar to the activity)

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eCa 4399 days ago
Which leads to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia

and more specifically (though spit is missing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias

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