Reply to post: Re: I guess sometimes you just can't win.

What happens when cancel culture meets Adolf Hitler pareidolia? Amazon decides it needs a new app icon

Claptrap314 Silver badge

Re: I guess sometimes you just can't win.

The mind is weird like that. We are super good (actually, too good) at pattern matching. And once an association has been made, if there is a significant emotional aspect to it, it can be almost impossible to break. I can see 88 and 1312 being banned from math text books for the same reason.

Still, given the built-in smile, I would have been sorely tempted to run a add campaign associating Charlie Chaplain to the icon instead--we need to reclaim the 'stache!

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