Pause Laugh
Aug 28, 2017 · 2 min read

this is fucking idiotic.

are you trying to make a point about unoriginality by flat out stealing tedious articles from years ago? No, because it said “you figured out.” You didn’t figure out shit, and I highly doubt you just randomly flipped through something other than one of these blogs to “figure out” the similarities.

Besides your basic plagiarism:

to copy IS NOT THE EQUIVALENT OF “to do something that’s been done before.”

copying = imitating something. If you end up being similar to something else, you didn’t necessarily copy it.

2+2 doesn’t copy 3+1, even though they both equate to 4.

“I figured out where some popular logos might have come from.”

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I figured out where this “deep commentary” came from, freshman year graphic design brainstorming that that earns you Beating the Dead Horse 101 credits.

Just because some other mark from 50+ years ago is similar to something somebody came up with today doesn’t mean the modern exploration copied the older version. Case in point, if you DIDN’T steal this content and try to pass it off as original, you’re not guilty (but we know you are.)

Maybe you don’t have the grasp on English that you think you do.

Maybe you were too unaware of the “Everything is a Remix” fad from a few years ago when millennials discovered they’re not the center of the world no matter how much big data tries to make them think so.

I don’t know… but it is a trivial exercise to just randomly output shapes resembling letters of the alphabet, and see how similar they’d end up to various logos. The computer obviously didn’t “copy” or “steal” it.

It’s called PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT.

Yes, even years apart, something could be developed entirely in parallel thoughtlines as something else.

I hate the idea that since logo_a resembles logo_b it is “the death of logo” and “everything has been done.” Zzz. Obviously! There are only so many ways to make a mark or resemble a quality typographically.

That does not, again, mean that you are copying anything. You are simply applying the same logical pattern as someone else.

)

    Written by

    Welcome to a place where words matter. On Medium, smart voices and original ideas take center stage - with no ads in sight. Watch
    Follow all the topics you care about, and we’ll deliver the best stories for you to your homepage and inbox. Explore
    Get unlimited access to the best stories on Medium — and support writers while you’re at it. Just $5/month. Upgrade