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[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's pretty cool the word (symbol? character?) for construction looks like an I beam.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Pictographs can be fun like that. Like the character for "fire" looks kinda like a camp fire. You got your little pyramid of wood and two little "flames" coming off it.

[–] bendan@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

it originally depicted some variant of this but yeah the I-beam definitely helped cement* the continued use of this character

* kelly