this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2025

313 points (99.7% liked)

Technology

38571 readers

356 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

313

Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? (velvetshark.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

39 comments fedilink hide all child comments

So, which butthole did you pull your code, copy, or image from today? 🙂

all 41 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 95 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I can't stop laughing.

No single person suggests making a logo that resembles an anus, but when everyone's feedback gets incorporated, that's what often emerges.

1990s-2000s: 3D and Glossy - Remember when every logo needed a drop shadow and a glassy shine? Apple's aqua interface set the standard.

2010-2013: Skeuomorphism - Digital designs mimicking physical objects, with stitched leather textures and realistic dials.

2013-2018: Flat Design - Reaction to skeuomorphism brought minimal, clean interfaces with bright colors and no shadows.

2018-2022: Neomorphism - Soft shadows and semi-flat design creating subtle, "touchable" interfaces.

2022-Present: The Butthole Era

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago

Somehow Walmart is leading innovation, launching a butthole logo in '07. Truly ahead of their time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

I give this post 3.5 buttholes.

[–] muhyb 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's what I was thinking. Maybe they're just Community fans.

.. Should we be pinching our nipples at their AI?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I hope this doesn't awaken anything in me.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A company's logo should be evocative of their strengths. So suggesting they, principally, shit all over everything is apt.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago

e pluribus anus

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is one of the rare cases where reading the article would probably ruin a perfectly good headline. lol

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought so too, but the article really delivered. I didn't know I was living in The Butthole Era. I suspected it, but I didn't know it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Even before I saw another user pull out some hilarious excerpts, I was gonna read it later Now I'm definitely going to.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You’re missing out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I just find it remarkable that not only the shape of Claude's logo is what it is, they also went with that particular color for it. Chef's kiss.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

It’s a good article too :)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You either die a startup, or live long enough to see yourself become the butthole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

today we are all buttholes

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Because the only thing coming out of them is shit?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Only one of those looks like any butthole I've ever seen. Now I wanna see the buttholes whoever wrote this has seen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

because ai is the modern equivalent of goatse

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

The guy who wrote the article watches too much porn. The more you watch and see and experience something, the more you will see it everywhere.

[–] madame_gaymes 8 points 2 weeks ago

They all wish they were as clever, funny, and efficient as GLaDOS

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

The dark-mode switch at the top of the article:

I'm surprised they didn't mention the Izze logo:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Funny that they praise Slack’s “hashtag inspired logo” when they replaced the original angular one with circular symmetry that looks like a penis swastika.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Penis swastika" is spot on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Because AI is going to fuck us in the ass with no protection.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Except only one does here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

You need to broaden your horizons. There's more to life than cute Hentai buttholes.

Althought, I guess I can see not wanting to acknowlege prolapse and so many other horrors some of these represent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hmm. Reductionist design probably has gone too far if you start to require radial symmetry.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they're all designed by Pootie Shoe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think he just goes by Pootie now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Because the people who own the company are buttholes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Subliminal messaging.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ich bin cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

What's the Walmart logo doing in there?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

They all used ai to make their logos

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Because they ran out of logos that look like all-seeing robotic eyes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--9kqhzQ-8Q

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Manus joined the room…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Something something about showing connections between points in a circle... the chocolate starfish of life.