hot take? 

The biohazard symbol is a lot prettier than the nuclear hazard symbol.

hot take? 

@ziphi the biohazard symbol is legit a triumph of design.

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re: hot take? 

@starkatt @ziphi I sometimes wonder how good a job it would do of conveying "danger" to someone who isn't familiar with the symbol, though.

The radiation hazard symbol has this same problem, though
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re: hot take? 

@Felthry @ziphi

The biohazard symbol was actually designed with the specific intent of looking visually striking without drawing on preexisting semiotics!

99percentinvisible.org/article

re: hot take? 

@Felthry @ziphi Personally I think the symbol looks pretty menacing.

but not quite so much as Mr. Yuck and Mr. Ouch.

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