Nasty icons
nastyicons.comI hate to be That Guy, but could we get an NSFW warning on the link?
(I figured the icons were going to be "nasty" in terms of being very shoddy quality. It turns out that they depict "nasty" subject matter.)
I'd be curious to know how you think pictograms such as these might honestly impact someone's job.
I've worked in some pretty uptight places, and anywhere that I might've encountered petty flak for something like this was a place where my maturity was so poorly regarded, that I and my fellow employees were not permitted internet access at all.
In any other situation, getting "written up" for "inappropriate behavior" so that the proper paperwork could be fully digested by the HR apparatchik, would have required my signature, my manager's signature, would have been reviewed by my bosses boss, and become a permanent HR record, in anticipation of potential legal proceedings, and revisited during my annual review, when pay raises were considered.
If I were actually fired over such a matter, again, my bosses would have to consult their boss and possibly further up the pecking order, possibly including senior HR staff, and we'd all sit in a room together (with HR), and they might show me print outs of the web page that triggered my getting fired, after which I might be escorted from the premises by security guard.
Most of the bosses I've had would require something very serious to provoke such a process, and usually had reasonable higher-order bosses with children who behaved worse than this, to the point where the underling boss might be laughed at by the overlord boss, if they tried to fire me over something as silly as this. Especially, when paying recruiters to hire someone can cost the company thousands upon thousands of dollars.
So really, is this honestly NSFW worthy?
Getting fired for looking at these icons could actually be a great start towards working for the right people.
On the tiny outside chance that you're not just trolling:
I just spent a solid year looking for work while watching my bank account slowly dwindle. If I walked out of the job I just got, I don't think I would even have enough money to break the lease on my apartment.
possible you shouldn't be browsing HN at all while working that new job?
Congratulations on landing the job & I wish you well! The people my comment applies to have plenty of alternatives but are afraid.
I think it's interesting that in conceiving "nasty" icons, the images are almost entirely either violent or scatological, rather than sexual (the bare-breasted woman being the only exception I noticed). I imagine a few possible explanations: a) the creators considered sexuality too risqué for what they were doing, b) they considered it not nasty at all, or c) the emphasis was on a childish nastiness, rather than a grown up one.
It may speak to the relative acceptance of violence vs sexuality in our culture?
Using the word "nasty" to describe nudity makes me very sad. I can imagine a very small niche of sexual practices that I would label in this way, but to regard sexuality in general as "nasty" seems ludicrous to me.
There is also the stripper and the vibrator
Ah, so there are! I don't know how I missed those. Still, that's three out of 45.
We could do a kickstarter.
This comment totally adds to nothing but the overanalysis in this place is pretty wicked. Its a damn icon set...
Not providing on-site info about implementation details and not letting users download without sharing first on Twitter/Facebook is not a good combination. From what I can see on the site, it's SVG images but I'd like to know the implementation details.
Well that was not exactly the thing that comes to my mind when I see the menu item "cut", but yeah, why the hell not =)
I wish I had a page where I could use these when AB testing. Think about it: Using nasty icons increased the click-through rates by 200%!
Ew, don't get me started on "paste"
The middle one here: http://nastyicons.com/img/icons-09.svg
Great for a 404 icon :-)
Startup inspiration ... come up with an MVP that utilizes each of these icons at least once.
Sadistic tamagochi?
That made me laugh, thanks :).
"Ahah neat, going to check & save this for later... Oh, tweet 3rd party paywall. Nevermind."
I wish I could download these but I have no Twitter or Facebook account :( I don't see a public repo so I guess these are proprietary? What is the licensing besides the "Free For Commercial Use"?
Eh, the "bête et méchante" school lives on ...
could you explain your reference to me, I'm completely lost about what you mean and/or refer to :)
it means "stupid and nasty"
edit: why did I get downvoted? That's a literal translation, not what I think of the icons.
It's the motto on the cover of some French humor/comics magazines. Sardonic, very iconoclastic, and definitely not safe-for-work in the USA ...
One of the best artists was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marc_Reiser , and you can also search for the Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo magazines images (NSFW, as cautioned above).
P.S. Forgot to mention also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Wolinski , who seems to be still active.
I need some Vans with those icons printed all over them. That would be schweet!
Hilarious.
What's the one in between the tank and the guillotine?
Riot police. Shield, full facial helmet, baton.
If LT IE10, smelly-garbage.svg.
these would make great tshirts!
should check out teespring.com ;)
haha love it!
This was a cute break from the normal srs bsns of HN, thanks!