asklemmy·AsklemmybyBeatTakeshi Why is this pattern so ubiquitous and does it have a name?View original on lemmy.world196Comments26Reply
ddick_stitches lemm.ee3Hide 3 repliesPaisley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(design)103Reply
NNineMileTower replylemmy.worldReminds me of a Lonely Island lyric: Dreamgirl you amaze me all dressed in paisley Love how not one but both eyes are lazy 9Reply
CCreativeShotgun replylemmy.worldYo i never knew and i wear bandanas all the time! Been calling it paisley generically for years, Thanks for the link9Reply
AAnd009 replyreddthat.com7Hide 7 repliesThis predates Paisley. Lemmy might be catching up to reddit faster than we thought5Reply
bblindbunny replylemmy.mlMight be worthless to you but that'll get most of us unlimited beans 🫘2Reply
AAnd009 replyreddthat.com2Hide 2 repliesReferring to finding deeper information, from an actual human response. I've always known that pattern as a Paisley, but here's a word I've never heard of hinting different geographic origins.9Reply
GGingernate replyprogramming.dev1Hide 1 replyAnd the reddit connection? Pretty sure reddit is a bunch of bots or so it seems1Reply
NutWrench lemmy.ml1Hide 1 replyPaisley. It was really popular pattern in the late 1960s / early 1970s in curtains and furniture.86Reply
Zier replyfedia.ioThey should be. I'm unaware of any that are not. You can find videos on YouTube that show how paisley fractals replicate, it's quite cool.1Reply
ccrapwittyname lemm.eeIt's called paisley. Originated in Persia, but named after a town in Scotland.45Reply
NN0x0n lemmy.ml3Hide 3 repliesI call it "paramecia". But that's just my personal way of calling it, without knowing the real original name ! Good to know though :)-8Reply
DDaerun replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesMost people I know name it after some kind of microorganism 😆-2Reply
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Paisley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(design)
Paisley paisley makes the girls go craizley
Reminds me of a Lonely Island lyric:
And a and a and a C Kettering Town FC!
The main shape is a Boteh.
Yo i never knew and i wear bandanas all the time! Been calling it paisley generically for years, Thanks for the link
This predates Paisley. Lemmy might be catching up to reddit faster than we thought
What do you mean by that?
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Might be worthless to you but that'll get most of us unlimited beans 🫘
Referring to finding deeper information, from an actual human response. I've always known that pattern as a Paisley, but here's a word I've never heard of hinting different geographic origins.
And the reddit connection? Pretty sure reddit is a bunch of bots or so it seems
Umm... That's where it began
Paisley. It was really popular pattern in the late 1960s / early 1970s in curtains and furniture.
And ties.
Paisley, which is a fractal.
^Paisley, ^which ^is ^a ^fractal.
Are all paisleys fractals?
They should be. I'm unaware of any that are not. You can find videos on YouTube that show how paisley fractals replicate, it's quite cool.
It's called paisley. Originated in Persia, but named after a town in Scotland.
It's paisley
I call it "paramecia". But that's just my personal way of calling it, without knowing the real original name !
Good to know though :)
Most people I know name it after some kind of microorganism 😆
Like a paramecium?
Exactly!