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A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Sanderson » Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:17 pm

So I noticed the pumpkins on the CAA forums, and obviously I'm sure that it's related to halloween since that's around the corner. But this concerns me though because halloween is a pagan holiday, so is this even a good idea?
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby FllMtl Novelist » Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:50 pm

The pumpkins aren't for Halloween, they're for your local church's annual Fall Festival.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Ante Bellum » Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:08 am

To be fair, Christmas trees are pagan as well.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby K. Ayato » Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:08 am

Anything tainted by sin and the world, Christ can and has redeemed. Including holidays and celebrations.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby goldenspines » Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:16 am

Pumpkins are wonderful and adorable members of the squash family that are in season in Autumn, usually early October. There have been a variety of uses for pumpkins around this time of year because of this, which include but are not limited to: pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin spice lattes, etc. Despite the fact that pumpkins are commonly used to create jack-o-lanterns, this is a bit unfair to the lovely orange winter squash since originally, Jack-o-lanterns were created with all types of gourd like vegetables and fruits. But since pumpkins became more popular and widespread (plus they are so big and plushy!), they are used now for carving jack-o-lanterns.


But seriously, Fu is correct. The pumpkins on CAA are for a more fall feel to the forum and their goal is to hopefully bring some bright and happy cheer to the gloomy and gray fall days.
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Reason: Correction: Pumpkins are in fact part of the squash family, not the gourd.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby mechana2015 » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:35 am

We're working on a more expanded fall lineup, as we don't want the site to look the same year round. This one is/will be harvest themed with many of the general fall images around at this season in the americas/northern hemisphere, including pumpkins.

Also many of this sites members go to churches or belong to denominations that acknowledge the Hallows eve and/or all saints day traditions, or as Fu mentioned fall/harvest celebrations, so keep that in mind, as there isn't one agreed upon interpretation for the holiday itself, and a lot of things are happening around this time of year.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Xeno » Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:25 am

Why do you hate candy and freedom? Additionally, why do you hate free candy?
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby seaglass27 » Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:39 am

It's not free if I have to sell my soul to get it, now is it?

Anyway, I personally don't have a problem with Halloween because of it's pagan origins. Many of the Christian traditions that we hold, like Christmas and church steeples, have pagan origins. Heck, the cross itself was invented by pagans and yet we use it as the symbol of our faith. (I do have an issue with Halloween because of how it seems to promote an interest in things of dark nature, but that's another topic.)

But to get to my main point, just because something is often associated with evil doesn't necessarily make the thing itself evil. Just because pumpkins are often used in Halloween festivities doesn't mean they are some sort of forbidden frui... er, squash.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby drill » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:17 am

I would like to point out a concern that I have, which is that the functionality of the site goes down tremendously by having the pumpkin icons because on the home page, there is no distinction between read and unread posts. I think there needs to be some separate pumpkin icon (such as a red pumpkin) on the home page so then it would be easy to tell between read and unread threads.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby K. Ayato » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:33 am

Or a pumpkin with a bite out of it?
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Davidizer13 » Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:24 am

K. Ayato wrote:Or a pumpkin with a bite out of it?

You've never tried to bite a pumpkin, have you?
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Ante Bellum » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:23 am

Davidizer13 wrote:
K. Ayato wrote:Or a pumpkin with a bite out of it?

You've never tried to bite a pumpkin, have you?


Shut up, that only happened once!
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby ClaecElric4God » Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:27 pm

Ante Bellum wrote:
Davidizer13 wrote:
K. Ayato wrote:Or a pumpkin with a bite out of it?

You've never tried to bite a pumpkin, have you?


Shut up, that only happened once!

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Anyways, yeah, I just considered the pumpkins to be fall-related. I personally hate Halloween, but that's beside the point. Pumpkins are more a sign of autumn/harvest than a sign of Halloween. Of course, Goldy already covered this topic beautifully.
That said, it's entirely true that pumpkins are pure evil. Spend two months picking 8 zillion of them, and you'll know what I mean.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Ante Bellum » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:49 pm

DoZ is just as guilty as me.

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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Rewin » Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:20 pm

Unread threads should have a green pumpkin and read threads should have the standard orange pumkin.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Banana Lobster » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:43 pm

Rewin wrote:Unread threads should have a green pumpkin and read threads should have the standard orange pumkin.

This is actually a pretty good idea, because aren't pumpkins green before they turn orange? Another thing I've noticed about the pumpkins, is that they usually show up next to the name of a thread that I've read, but not always. Sometimes, they're just there, even when I haven't looked at the thread or previously posted in the thread.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby mechana2015 » Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:52 pm

They were just dropped in wholesale, so they aren't fully realized, and we've been working over the fall design, which will need another look over due to this thread. The christmas skin is much more complete.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby drill » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:24 pm

mechana2015 wrote:They were just dropped in wholesale, so they aren't fully realized, and we've been working over the fall design, which will need another look over due to this thread. The christmas skin is much more complete.

Ok, this is good to know, thanks mecha :D
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby mechana2015 » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:18 pm

Further clarification the pumpkins were implemented properly in the previous version of CAA.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Yuki-Anne » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:16 pm

Rewin wrote:Unread threads should have a green pumpkin and read threads should have the standard orange pumkin.


Or maybe unread threads could be a pumpkin, and read threads could be a steaming, delicious-looking pumpkin pie.

As to the demonic nature of pumpkins, I believe it. The strongest evidence is the way pumpkin spice lattes take over our culture in the fall even though they taste absolutely terrible. 'Tis the work of the devil.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Peanut » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:36 pm

Yuki-Anne wrote:Or maybe unread threads could be a pumpkin, and read threads could be a steaming, delicious-looking pumpkin pie.

One flaw to this idea is that it would make me hungry for pumpkin pie...other then that I like it.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby K. Ayato » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:59 pm

Why not apples for unread, and pumpkins for read?
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Xeno » Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:07 am

K. Ayato wrote:Why not apples for unread, and pumpkins for read?

We should deffo do this. Don't worry about the apples, I know a guy.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby MomentOfInertia » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:42 am

If we're going there we may as well use red and green apples and then use the pumpkins for something else.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:37 am

How about for unread it's Satan's face? And for read it's a pumpkin pie? That was we gotta read ALL
the threads to rid this site of Satan!
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby K. Ayato » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:39 am

Or turkeys, unless that's for next month.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby mechana2015 » Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:45 pm

Turkeys are thanksgiving.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Ante Bellum » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:54 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:How about for unread it's Satan's face? And for read it's a pumpkin pie? That was we gotta read ALL
the threads to rid this site of Satan!


I never gave you permission to use my face.
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby Xeno » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:57 pm

Ante Bellum wrote:
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:How about for unread it's Satan's face? And for read it's a pumpkin pie? That was we gotta read ALL
the threads to rid this site of Satan!


I never gave you permission to use my face.

Hail Ante

and by that i mean hale satin
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Re: A concern I have about the pumpkin icons.

Postby shooraijin » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:15 pm

Well, so much for this thread.
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