I think kaomoji have been a thing in Japan even before unicode was invented. The Japanese encodings and IME (input method esitors) allowed them to type a wide variety of characters, punctuation and symbols that aren’t available in most western encodings, so I feel like the Japanese folks had a head start on creative use of typography.

For example, if you want an eyeball you can just type “do” (degrees), and the IME will pull up °, and “omega” gives you ω, so it’s pretty easy to make (°ω°).

And a couple ball sacks.

I don’t know what technically constitutes the most troublesome username, but surely some of the kaomoji Japanese folks have come up with are up there. Good luck trying to type these.

ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ ੈ♡‧₊˚

I think the first person to use an obfuscated name like lIiḷ|ḷiIl was pretty clever.

I felt like a wizard as a kid because I knew how to defrag the hard drive and degauss the CRT.

One more idea, this time in 3d:

1. Create an icosphere with maybe 6 subdivisions
2. select just one vertex
3. Use the same random proportional editing tool to randomize the surface radiating away from the selected vertex
4. Set a material and use a diffuse black shader

As a bonus, you can have the object rotate to give it an animated, portal-like look.

I’m a novice, so I’m sure there’s probably a better way to do this, but I would probably make a 2d shape that I can move around and scale. Here’s what I would try:

1. Create a circle with an even number of vertices, like 32
2. In vertex selection mode, checker deselect. (Select > Checker deselect)
3. Scale just those points outwards a little bit
4. Bevel the vertices (Ctrl + Shift + B) and use the mouse wheel to create three points. Make them more or less evenly spaced. It should look like a cauliflower
5. Select all vertices
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 a few times. It should start to look like a carnation
7. Using circle select tool (C, mouse wheel adjusts radius) pick just the inside vertices. There should be 16.
8. Turn on proportional editing mode and set it to random (squiggly line)
9. Scale those points in or out, playing with the radius using the mouse wheel. The deselected points will move random distances, giving a jagged/fuzzy look. You can get a lot of variety if you play with the radius.
10. Select all points and hit F to fill.

Here’s how mine turned out.

Smullyan would be proud.

Thank you for introducing me to Your Name. I just finished watching it. Absolutely wonderful film.

I was going to translate but you’ve already done it. Great wording!

They should have sent a poet.

I see a Lyapunov fractal in your soap.

Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone, though I think I heard it on NicoNico Douga before it became known as the NumaNuma Song.

Came here to say this. If you haven’t heard this remix yet do check it out!

https://youtu.be/oJhayhBh5JM

That is really cool. I would love to implement that in a VR world, but I’m guessing the dithering might not line up for both eyes and it would be annoying.

Cable management (fix my screwed up nerves) Quintessence (just to see what it would do) Photogrammetry (great for 3d modeling) Emergence (discover new properties in unexpected places)

First I just want to say, that is a damn beautiful website. No ads, no popups, just pure information.

And second, as a former back end developer who has spent a huge amount of time working on input sanitization and building database schemas, that list gave me mild PTSD for a job I have never even had.

Great. Now I’m unsure of how to pronounce database as well.

I’m really bad at arithmetic so it took me two years to do the calculations, but the math does check out.

Can they add a little speaker and have it play some smooth jazz when unzipping?