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https://xkcd.com/3025/

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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 minutes ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

No alt text?

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

They linked the comic beneath the image, you gotta click it. I was gonna copy/paste for ya, but my phone won't let me. So I screenshot.

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

Welp, that responds to my issue of those cubes being too rounded to be kiki

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

You can set alt text for images on lemmy.

[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Alt text: When water's temperature falls below 0°C, it undergoes Bouba to Kiki.

Pic: The picture has a diagram showing water above freezing being flowy and liquid, and below freezing being rigid and icy. Many people find the sounds Bouba and Kiki to match visually to the look of rounded and pointy shapes respectively.

[–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 hours ago

Take that Fahrenheit lovers