• Otome-chan@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m no artist but my vote goes towards the mascot being some sort of alien (or maybe astronaut?) with a gun. the gun to match the karabin source of the name, the alien to match the “kbinauts” moniker.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve been wondering where “kbin” came from. So it’s confirmed that the original Polish version is supposed to be named “rifle”?

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        1 year ago

        So I just stumbled upon one of ernest’s comments about it. Yes, the polish instance is a play on words referencing a rifle. however it seems the original “kbin” name actually stems from unix’s “sbin”.

        I guess in the end it ends up being a double reference?

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          however it seems the original “kbin” name actually stems from unix’s “sbin”.

          Oh so THAT’S why it’s stylized as “/kbin” on kbin.pub. And why the logo kinda looks like a folder. Interesting!

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          seems the original “kbin” name actually stems from unix’s “sbin”.

          That makes a lot of sense! I really like that reference and how the logo is stylized as a forward slash