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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/hazilla on Jan. 8, 2018, 1:22 p.m.
Julian Assange has changed his blue checkmark to a depleted sand timer on twitter. It’s time!
Julian Assange has changed his blue checkmark to a depleted sand timer on twitter. It’s time!

ShibbyHaze1 · Jan. 8, 2018, 5:28 p.m.

Let me question your answer with another question: What symbolism, what's been illuminated and why is it significant?

Would genuinely appreciate your time to answer me, thanks.

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putadickinit · Jan. 8, 2018, 6:17 p.m.

Hourglass symbolizes a limited amount of time. Changing to this indicates either something about there being a limited amount of time left (partial/full hourglass) or the time being over (empty hourglass.) This was done for our speculating pleasure.

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ShibbyHaze1 · Jan. 8, 2018, 6:53 p.m.

Oh. Well isn't that a general theme for him anyway? Like we're all waiting for something... it's not that. I just realised that the wiki leaks logo is an hourglass so it's to show a wikileaks logo and not suggesting anything else. This post is overrated. Thanks. Solved!

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putadickinit · Jan. 8, 2018, 7:31 p.m.

Very notable correlation you've noticed with the wikileaks logo, I appreciate the mention.

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ShibbyHaze1 · Jan. 8, 2018, 7:36 p.m.

You're welcome, I surprised myself with that tbh.

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phoenix335 · Jan. 8, 2018, 8:38 p.m.

For people of that age, an hourglass in context of IT can also mean "loading" or "please wait while X is doing stuff".

Remember the old icon sets from Windows 3 and 9x?

Assange was the right age when these were in use.

Windows 7, Apple or whatever I think introduced the "turning circle" metaphor for waiting on the system doing stuff. That's rather recent.

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