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Deadlock Clock: Apr 29th 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#1: Apr 3rd 2014 at 1:59:51 PM

First off, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly. And also ugly.

Secondly, the cause and effect seem messed up as the first image is Earth blowing up and second image is (I assume) a Big Red Button.

I'm down to pull without a replacement, but I'm sure we can find something.

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ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#2: Apr 3rd 2014 at 2:39:16 PM

Funny, I was just thinking of this exact example.

It's actually not two images, it's a label for the button (which does exactly what you'd expect). However, this isn't a good crop at all.

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#3: Apr 3rd 2014 at 2:51:28 PM

Wow, that's a pretty bad pic. It also doesn't demonstrate the trope; a Big Red Button causing an Earth-Shattering Kaboom is not the same as a Self Destruct. Motion to pull.

Potential replacements, this, that or these.

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Earnest from Monterrey Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#4: Apr 3rd 2014 at 3:51:05 PM

I like 3.1 best of the three.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#5: Apr 3rd 2014 at 3:51:41 PM

[up] If the third looks good at wiki size it gets my vote, if not then the first.

peasant Since: Mar, 2011
#6: Apr 3rd 2014 at 4:33:15 PM

What about this one? [1]

It's a little less on the nose and/or text-reliant.

doubleyouteeeff Political ends as sad remains will die from (Hudson) River running right on over my head Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
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#7: Apr 5th 2014 at 10:23:47 AM

An attempt to make a better image from the original source: [1]

edited 5th Apr '14 10:25:19 AM by doubleyouteeeff

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Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#8: Apr 5th 2014 at 10:29:44 AM

[up][up] I like that one. AS for the current, it looks like it's saying "In case of Earth-Shattering Kaboom, press Big Red Button." Cause and effect are reversed. The border around the Earth is pointless, and that button has a bad case of parallel projection. Plus, it's too simplistic and ugly. I'd ditch that completely.

[nja] [up] Did not see source. It's still too simple and sucky to use.

edited 5th Apr '14 10:31:01 AM by Rethkir

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theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#9: Apr 5th 2014 at 7:57:23 PM

Heh, the image of Big Red Button would probably make a better image than the current.

As for the suggestions, I like 3.2 and 3.3

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#10: Apr 6th 2014 at 2:12:40 AM

The current image can go, for sure.

As for the suggestions, 3.1 and 3.3 are good. 3.6 looks like a good image for Big Red Button, whose current image shows Self-Destruct Mechanism to me.

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#11: Apr 6th 2014 at 6:48:46 AM

[up] Did you mean 6? If so, I agree that it's a better pic for Big Red Button than that one's current pic.

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#12: Apr 6th 2014 at 6:50:37 AM

Yes. I was going through my watchlist when I posted that.

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theAdeptRogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#14: Apr 26th 2014 at 10:44:36 PM

I think 6 should replace Big Red Button, and the current image of that page can go to this one.

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#15: Apr 26th 2014 at 11:07:48 PM

Too text-based?

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#18: Apr 27th 2014 at 5:38:23 AM

Any opinion about the suggestion in 14?

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#19: Apr 27th 2014 at 3:02:33 PM

Not great, but meh.

... and seriously, can we at least pull the current? It's amazingly bad on so many levels.

Oh, and here's another suggestion for Big Red Button (and then we can move Big Red Button here): Megas.

edited 27th Apr '14 3:04:25 PM by Larkmarn

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#20: Apr 27th 2014 at 3:02:56 PM

That is a contender.

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theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#21: Apr 27th 2014 at 6:28:54 PM

The suggestions in 19 are good.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#22: Apr 27th 2014 at 6:41:09 PM

I like either 6 or 19 for Big Red Button...leaning toward 6 for being a cleaner pic if nothing else. Still liking 3.1 or 3.3 for Self-Destruct Mechanism.

edited 27th Apr '14 6:44:09 PM by Willbyr

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#23: May 9th 2014 at 9:51:27 PM

This one's way past due. I've pulled the current since the consensus is that it's a bad pic and doesn't fit the trope. Locking up.

edited 9th May '14 9:51:40 PM by Willbyr

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