So It Wasn't Just Me

[apel]

The logo for the 2012 London Olympics is ugly. It's also hard to decipher out of context.

Apparently 15605 other people think so too. They've all signed a petition to scrap it. Roll your mouse over the comments column to see their scathing verdict. Oops, now there are 16186 signatures. That logo really isn't popular.

Update: The BBC has

Comments

[kshandra]

Logo backlash has shown up in metaquotes and cat_macros already.

[apel]

Ah yes. Although as far as macros go, the O'RLY book is better.

[kshandra]

I'm having great fun reading ihasatardis; there was a recent post with motivational posters of all ten Doctors and two of the Masters (including an Eric Roberts that said "No, seriously, WTF?")

[apel]

You inspired me to add a LOLcat policy to my profile. I've got rather a lot of cat photos. Although there don't seem to be a whole lot of cats in .

[maetang]

All the jagged lines of it hurt my eyes. And the contrasting yellow border leaves me feeling like I'm coming down with eyestrain. I hope they replace it.

[apel]

Yeah, it's not exactly pleasant to look at, is it?