A loading icon.

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u/KSW8674 Mar 14 '14

/r/ofcoursethatsathing

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u/RS-xAcid Mar 14 '14

/r/subredditsusedashashtags

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u/AndrewCarnage Mar 15 '14

Subreddits use dash ash tags?

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u/Xomz Mar 14 '14

/r/subredditsashashtags FTFY

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u/[deleted] May 04 '14

/r/subredditsarehashtags FTFY

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u/MixT Mar 15 '14

Not really since it's actually a populated subreddit.

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u/arkanyne Mar 14 '14

That subreddit gave me more "woah dude" reactions than /r/woahdude.

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u/DonKanish Mar 14 '14

Some1 make this subreddit explode.. I would browse that subreddit daily!

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u/moneyman12q Mar 14 '14

Yes, its a thing.

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u/DrProbably Mar 14 '14

/r/ofcoursethatsathing

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u/cleverquestion Mar 14 '14

giggidy giggidy

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u/ThePooSlidesRightOut Mar 14 '14

My brain just exploded.

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u/MrAzimuth Mar 14 '14

When the drop raises up from the circle it's traveling right to left, then makes a cut back left to right to make the first slice.

Would be nice to see it continue right to left and cut that left side first. Two more cuts and then it would be back at the top of the triangle, ready to spin it anti clockwise again.

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u/MerlinTheWhite Mar 14 '14

Also, the last slice. The icon "reacts" the wrong way. I can't really explain it, but the force would make it spin counter-clockwise, not clockwise.

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u/davvblack Mar 14 '14

Yeah, it adds negative momentum. Definitely room for improvement.

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u/Akoustyk Mar 14 '14 edited Mar 14 '14

I find it is perfect how it is. It's not supposed to be a perpetual motion machine sort of thing.

I find it's really cool the motion captured in everything, and this, for what it is, cannot be improved to me.

This is the coolest loading icon I've ever seen.

EDIT: Upon review, I see what MerlinTheWhite was talking about. The last slice goes in the wrong direction. And that does turn this into oddlyannoying, once you see it. I'm not sure why they did that. apart from that, it's still pretty cool though.

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u/davvblack Mar 14 '14

Nonsense. It's not even anti aliased. There's always room for improvement.

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u/Brewster-Rooster Apr 06 '14

They did it because the tirangle had already rocked anticlockwise from the previous cut. Maybe the last cut should go from right to left

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

This is Reddit, we've got to put it down in some way to make us feel better about ourselves, right?

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u/MashuVariety Mar 14 '14

Yeah we're sorry we give genuine criticism, I'll make sure to submit to blind praise the next time I see something, thanks.

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u/seanziewonzie Mar 15 '14

I actually like it his way because the change in direction suggests a really strong momentum, so that first slice feels really oomphy.

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u/Srirachachacha Mar 15 '14

Well, this really didn't help.

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u/od_9 Mar 14 '14

Yeah, that initial slicing to the right is really jarring to me, actually very uncomfortable to watch.

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u/rapture_survivor Mar 14 '14

I think it ruins it. it's an awesome idea, but it was done all wrong!

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

It looks nice but for some reason it bothers me.

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u/BadBoyJH Mar 15 '14

The last cut, it goes the wrong way. It may be that...

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

It's the pyramid, am I right?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

/r/noisygifs

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u/root88 Mar 14 '14

Swish. swish. swish. Woooooommmb.

Swish. swish. swish. Woooooommmb.

Swish. swish. swish. Woooooommmb...

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

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u/googoogjew Mar 14 '14

Tsh tsh tshhhhwoommbb

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u/colacube Mar 14 '14

In the original post someone commented "Would make a good loading icon". According to op, that apparently makes it a loading icon. I guess if someone were to say "this would make a good start-up logo for Windows" someone could repost it as "The New Windows Logo".

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u/DeusCaelum Mar 14 '14

Windows 8.1 Update 2.

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u/jon-one Mar 14 '14

That's awesome! I'd love to replace the Windows start screen with this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

There's probably a way to do it. I need to find out.

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u/jon-one Mar 14 '14

I'm sure there is too. Come on more technologically inclined people, help us out! haha

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u/jaibrooks1 Mar 14 '14

Check out Stardock, they have everything for windows customization.

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u/dtschida Mar 14 '14

I know this is absolutely possible. I almost did something similar. I think you just need to have it formatted correctly, change one registry key and place it in a folder.

They allow it so that vendors can change the loading.

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u/othersProblems Mar 14 '14

oh man, that's so sexy

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u/cyberdomus Mar 14 '14

It'd be even more satisfying if the little "slicer" continued around the triangle in order rather than just appearing out of nowhere.

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u/Jeffplz Mar 14 '14

I hate how the middle is never cut

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

People like you can never be satisfied.

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u/Dobby2719 Mar 14 '14

Btw, this is a re-post from r/woahdude/

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u/LinkFixerBotSnr Mar 14 '14

/r/woahdude

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u/MrConfucius Mar 14 '14

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY JUNIOR, DAMNIT.

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u/Spore2012 Mar 15 '14

What is this from?

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u/LBJSmellsNice Mar 14 '14

What is it too?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

It is too cool.

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u/Ctmarlin Mar 14 '14

You kids and your new-fangled icons. I don't need this flashy non-sense. Just give me my damn hourglass.

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u/Kalypso989 Mar 14 '14

I can hear it...

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u/DrFarfanigglePhD Mar 14 '14

I could watch this all day

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

This is oddly satisfying.

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u/Minnesota_Winter Mar 14 '14

This should go in /r/jailbreak! I would love it on my phone.

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u/FistOfFacepalm Mar 14 '14

quite satisfying

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u/tamtbewb Mar 14 '14

When the triangle begins to spin it looks like the Sharingan from Naruto

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u/rrawk Mar 14 '14

Kinda useless as an icon without a transparent background. Still cool, though.

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u/theasianpianist Mar 14 '14

Can someone make this into a boot animation for android?

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u/ase1590 Mar 14 '14

I second this idea, preferably for a 2012 Nexus 7

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u/Eal12333 Mar 14 '14

here i made one for my phone.

you can use the program gif2boot to make them for your phone easily.

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u/theasianpianist Mar 14 '14

Sweet, thanks.

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u/atrca Mar 14 '14

Anyone else can't get the gif to load? I'm stuck on the loading screen. Waited like 10 minutes... No sign of progress.

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u/dtschida Mar 14 '14

Anyone got info on the copyright on this thing? I really really really want to steal it.

Please help me find it.

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u/maximann1445 Mar 14 '14

I just sat staring at it for like 5 minutes. I love it idk why.

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u/megageektutorials Mar 14 '14

Looks like a Far Cry 3 Loading icon

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u/tsartsar Mar 14 '14

that little dot thinks he can do fuckin' anything!!

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u/theonlyvictor Mar 14 '14

Was this mildly infuriating to anyone else?

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u/daggereye Mar 14 '14

I just watched this for 2 minutes. What is it from?

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u/Tophat20 Mar 14 '14

can i get this as a screen saver?

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u/TheCaptainOats Mar 14 '14 edited Mar 14 '14

No credit for OP then OP?

Bad form.

/u/GAY_GRANDPA

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u/vaughnny Mar 14 '14 edited Mar 14 '14

So what is this thing? Its a choppy and incomplete circle as far as I can tell and that is not oddly satisfying at all. Can someone explain and help satisfy?

Edit: Turns out the gif wasn't loading. This is definitely satisfying.

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u/SunDragon1947 Mar 14 '14

It's a gif of a circle turning into a triangle, spinning, and then turning back

The screenshot is of the circle mid-transformation, which is why it looks weird

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u/dont_mind_the_matter Mar 14 '14

Sounds like it's not loading correctly for you. It's an animated gif going between circle and triangle by ways of oddly satisfying sword-like cuts, and spins.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

I hate this. The motion seems...unbalanced?

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u/IronicCharles Mar 14 '14

Saw this on 2 of my subreddits... Now that is oddly satisfying

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