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LiveJournal is down again...
Oct. 11th, 2011 01:55 pmETA-- second attempt to cross-post this, 'cause y'know, LJ was down...
You know what I hate most about LiveJournal error messages? The mascot, "Frank's," face. It was obviously intended to be cute... but it's just creepy as Hell. It was obviously drawn by someone who's never even looked at a real goat, and has no interest in doing so.
They've given a something with a vaguely goat-shaped head and horns a dog's shiny black nose, and forward-facing, bright yellow human eyes, complete with human eye muscles that crinkle the eyes at the corners when showing emotion.
A real goat's eyes, of course, are on the sides of their heads (like deer, horses, sheep, cows, and all the other herding prey animals) And, and they have horizontal, almost rectangular pupils, and the irises are yellow at about the same shade as a cat's eyes are yellow -- not the day-glow safety yellow some idiot decided to stick on "Frank."
Compare the cartoon of Frank with this photo of a real goat: Billy the Kid (photo of a buff and white, bearded, goat with dark gray/black horns, wearing a blue collar). Now, if an image like that popped up, I might actually be amused and/or reassured. And, yes, I do believe that goat is actually smiling at the camera; I had two goats as pets when I was a tween-teen, and they were the only mammal I've encountered other than humans that would actually turn and laugh at you -- the corners of their mouths would curl back just slightly, they'd open their mouths and pant "heh, heh, heh!" There's a reason goats are often the totem animals of trickster gods.
You know what I hate most about LiveJournal error messages? The mascot, "Frank's," face. It was obviously intended to be cute... but it's just creepy as Hell. It was obviously drawn by someone who's never even looked at a real goat, and has no interest in doing so.
They've given a something with a vaguely goat-shaped head and horns a dog's shiny black nose, and forward-facing, bright yellow human eyes, complete with human eye muscles that crinkle the eyes at the corners when showing emotion.
A real goat's eyes, of course, are on the sides of their heads (like deer, horses, sheep, cows, and all the other herding prey animals) And, and they have horizontal, almost rectangular pupils, and the irises are yellow at about the same shade as a cat's eyes are yellow -- not the day-glow safety yellow some idiot decided to stick on "Frank."
Compare the cartoon of Frank with this photo of a real goat: Billy the Kid (photo of a buff and white, bearded, goat with dark gray/black horns, wearing a blue collar). Now, if an image like that popped up, I might actually be amused and/or reassured. And, yes, I do believe that goat is actually smiling at the camera; I had two goats as pets when I was a tween-teen, and they were the only mammal I've encountered other than humans that would actually turn and laugh at you -- the corners of their mouths would curl back just slightly, they'd open their mouths and pant "heh, heh, heh!" There's a reason goats are often the totem animals of trickster gods.
