At 11/30/06 07:13 PM, wesdood wrote:
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Who cares? o.o
At 11/30/06 09:25 PM, ReconRebel wrote:
If you had a hammer? Heh, reminiscent of a line from the Simon & Garfunkel tune "El Condor Pasa." I know what you mean though wolfie. The skull crushers have always been two of the most menacing icons in the bunch. Glad I had a chance to wield one of 'em.
*noddles* I was actually thinking of the song "If I had a hammer". ^.^ (Hmm, I wonder if there should be a NG version of that one - something along the lines of "If I was a blammer" or so... ^^)
Eh, well, jokes aside, it's a pretty sweet icon that just says "raw power". :) But not just that; unlike the other icons, which are mostly weapons, the hammer also is a symbol of blacksmithing, of forging and creation - and thus, ultimately, a symbol of purification, too, of cleansing, but also of growing. Rather philosophical, I guess, but that's the associations it evokes for me. :)
With most of the icons, you can't really do anything except whack people (well, that, and you can clean your ears with the level 23 one), but with the hammer, you can actually work on stuff. It seems like the most appropriate icon for NG to me really. :)
(Kinda reminds me of Lortzing, too: "Wenn Redlichkeit käme als Waffenschmied / Und schlüg' auf den Amboß, von Glut umsprüht"... :P)
OK, I'll stop already, and I'm not actually a fan of opera music, either. But I do like the hammer, and it certainly seems to say "don't mess with me", too. :)
Cotton bud? That's a new one. I've heard other users refer to it as a Q-tip before. I hope the updated version is more befitting of its level.
Isn't a Q-tip the same as a cotton bud?
Thanks wolfie. :-) I've been active on Newgrounds for roughly four and a half years. Seen a lot of people come and go during that time. I've always wondered what things would be like if NG still had the old voting system in place. With the increasing number of submissions my guess is a permanent portal clog. :-P
Four-and-a-half years is a long time. :) But yeah, I know what you mean: I've only been hear half that long, and I've seen a number of things change, too. Fortunately, most changes have been for the better. :)