Umm, the fist is largely used for activist motions fighting opression? While there are bad use cases, I think you all are overreacting? Comparing it to a swastika is pretty ridicuolousâŚ
Also itâs the standard symbol for right to repairâŚ
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Iâm gonna side with @Shiroudan here, if you donât like the fist, thatâs totally fine, but itâs such a ubiquitous symbol that itâs unreasonable to assign it a purely negative meaning.
I donât think I would ever use it, but thereâs really no reason to come to a fan art thread and go âyour art makes me uncomfortableâ, if it makes you uncomfortable, just ignore it.
Itâs not even the fist alone either, itâs the fist with a wrench, which is a different symbol, and one for right to repair to boot, which is kinda the whole selling point of the Framework laptop
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Just be careful what signs you are using⌠I âfeel uncomfortableâ because people using these signs destroyed my country. I am ignoring this art, no problem, but I want to give my 2 cents, consider it history lesson. Itâs important that we remember so we donât fall into the same trap as X years ago.
Be aware. Thatâs all.
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Well the SwastiKa was used quite differenly given it originally meant going with the sun and good luck. That the naziâs used it didnât change itâs meaning but just coloured itâs use for maybe many generations.
The fist may well be used as sign of fighting oppresion but it simply a close fist provoking power.
So in the first case it is about good smooth sunny intentions and the fist is asscocited with violence. That the violence is in support of people deemed oppresed is the same reason no doubt hitler used as his excuse for violence.
The symbols have been used to represent violence and the only two issues are a) the fist was never a sign of love eminating from the soul and b) the fist is more used as a call to fight outwardly
Sure the fist gangs havenât mobilised a national army under a symbol, well not yet anyway. Given the New Naziâs, Nationalist, Fascists, Anti-fascists the symbol isnât really relevant itâs just the fear or loathing of gang warfare which often coems from those who consider themselves desrving of better, which will always be at the expense of others.
Itâs not the symbol that matters but the fear or discomfort that is invoked in the individual.
The right to repair isnât benign to me. I donât need some symbol to show the law that must be obeyed I will repair what I can if I want to. Itâs a privalege and a skill and not a right.
Laws are only laws if they are enforceble and the fist looks like itâs trying to enforce something ~ itâs not for me either. Dontât want some wayving their fistin my face as they have established the right, it just means they have the power. Yuk!
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The fist part do have eerie resemblance to the fist that was shown in the wikipedia page.
HOWEVER:
- Upon closer inspection, the fingers are made more angular, the area near âthenar eminenceâ is also slightly more angular, and the palm âcreaseâ is also different.
- Perhaps more importantly, the hand is holding a adjustable wrench, which, perhaps, have more meanings than the hand itself.
Because a wrench â by and of itself â does not mean anything. Itâs just a common tool in a shop. Perhaps we can understand the fist to be a symbol of âthe peopleâ, which I donât think is a stretch.
Also, this movement is literally called right to repair. Itâs not about if you are able to repair or not. Itâs to put regulations in how companies should support the " repair and modify their own consumer products in ways that would help increase their lifetime and/or performance".
And also, this same graphics (albeit, without the ring, and maybe slightly rotated) is present on effectively every iFixit product. If there is a problem with said graphics, then iFixit would probably have faced a much bigger issue.
Itâs simply a symbol, yes, not unlike Swa[_]ka. However, the latter is related to, well, (mostly) crazy people, but the former isnât.
TL;DR
Itâs like how if your car tire had a puncture you donât have to go to your car dealer to get it fixed, taking three weeks, and all cars effectively use the same wheels. You can change them out yourself or at a local tire repair shop. And attempting to apply this idea to other consumer products (including John Deere tractors).
And locked cellphones tied to a specific carrierâs networks.
I think we have had enough discussion on this matter, and we are getting way off topic and approaching âextreme discussionâ territory.
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This is getting very off-topic and could become inflammatory. Letâs get back to the fan art please.
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Bottom leftâs my favourite! 
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Agree! I dig the bottom left as well! Itâs the BOLD version of the one on the bottom right.
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Discussion around the swastika was moved to its own thread to keep this thread on topic.
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The top ârowâ is just showing the process I went through to smooth out the pixels.
Technically the one on the right is closer to the framework logo, but the smaller hole on the left make it look more cute
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Not my work, and not directly framework, but I thought some of you guys might appreciate this poster by the right to repair movement.
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I thought those were framework logos⌠Confirmation bias is real
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What logos? Not the nuts they are regular 
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Hey guys, I created a background that combines the sustainable and the modern side of Framework, in a minimalistic approach. Itâs a bit of a style break but I hope you like it as much as I do
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Has anyone noticed the picture at 47:00 in the Launch Event video?
Appropos of a discussion early on in this thread (look for Feb '22 and read everything down to my âslugâ remark), I think this could make for a great piece of fan art - perhaps with the logo addedâŚ?
Just a thoughtâŚ
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My first reaction is âomg EMR screen lets goooâ rather than âhmm cool pen you hadâ.
I donât think it is too Framework related, but nevertheless.
cool picture idea:
I want to see someone do a blender render. The squares are your expansion deck/module/cards and they are flying in to the laptop to, well, fill in the gaps or whatsnot.
Kinda like Tetris posters.
Or kinda like a âexploded viewâ technical drawing. Basically is saying âhey our laptop can do this. Buy it and unleash creativityâ or whatsnot.
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Hello! I wanted to share my Lego Fan project of a Framework Laptop! I made a 13 inch mock up a while ago but upon hearing about the showcase of âsomething newâ i wanted to wait. Iâm still not quite done yet but I couldnât wait to render this out and show everyone!
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Wow! That is so cool! If you could release the brick requirements and instructions, Iâd be so down for building it IRL!
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Oh how times have changed! I donât know if you would consider the FW 16 a âGamingâ laptop but itâs pretty dark close! I love the carbon fiber motif on the lid⌠Maybe itâd be a good idea to get that as a dbrand skin 
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